Posts Tagged ‘Los Angeles’
On Porn and Other Healing Art Forms: An Interview with Rachel Mason
May 21, 2020
In April of this year, Rachel Mason’s documentary ‘Circus of Books’ premiered on Netflix to great acclaim. The film is an intimate portrayal of her parents’ experience as a straight Jewish couple running a gay porn bookstore in Los Angeles…[read on]
‘Traveling Light’: The Soft and Intimate Eye of Kira Bunse
Article by Martha Lochhead // Dec. 19, 2019
‘Traveling Light’ is Kira Bunse’s second solo show at Italic, a small exhibition space in Berlin Mitte. The gallery was formerly a foyer in the Leipziger Straße Complex, a row of…[read on]
‘Forever BUTT’ Chronicles the Life of the Eponymous Gay Magazine
Aug. 26, 2019
In 536 pages, the new Taschen book ‘Forever BUTT’ is “the ultimate compendium of the best and the baddest from BUTT magazine”…[read on]
Escapism // New Works by Calvin Marcus at Clearing Gallery NYC
Article by Nora Kovacs // Apr. 6, 2018
Los Angeles-based artist Calvin Marcus’ work can be characterized by its humorous, playful, and often psychological qualities. Known for his embrace of the subconscious through automatic drawing…[read on]
Interview // The Herd Mentality of House Parties and Hedonism: An Interview with Canyon Castator
Article by Jack Radley in Berlin // Feb. 8, 2018
In Canyon Castator’s world, the absinthe drinker finds comrades and the feast of the gods gets out of hand and the death of Sardonopolis is the result of frat hazing. After breaking his leg skateboarding,…[read on]
Climate Change // Reflecting Nature: An Interview with Doug Aitken
Article by Berlin Art Link in Los Angeles // Aug. 30, 2017
This Spring, American artist and filmmaker Doug Aitken contributed his site-specific architectural intervention ‘Mirage’ to the group exhibition DesertX, which took place in California’s Coachella Valley…[read on]
Interview // Occultism and the Berlin-L.A. Comparison: Curator Aaron Moulton
Article by Liam Casey in Los Angeles // Mar. 14, 2017
Since opening in spring of 2015, the Venus gallery has occupied a spacious, formerly industrial space in the city’s Boyle Heights neighborhood—directly east of downtown and the Arts District,…[read on]
Virtual Reality // Jon Rafman and Stan VanDerBeek at Sprüth Magers Los Angeles
Article by Liam Casey in Los Angeles // Jan. 27, 2017
With European gallerists continually recognizing Los Angeles as an international and lucrative destination for contemporary art, it makes sense that the Sprüth Magers gallery, originally hailing…[read on]
Interview // Meghan Edwards: A Girl on the Edge of Music, Performance, and Her Mind
Interview by Paul Feigelfeld – in Berlin; Wednesday, Sep. 17, 2014.
Announcement // Berlin Art Link presents YUNG JAKE & MISS M.E., a Berlin Art Week Wrap-Up Party
Blog post by Monica Salazar – in Berlin; Friday, Sept. 12, 2014.