Once upon a time, or circa early ’70s to be somewhat precise, there was a band called the Imperial Dogs. They were a bunch of South Bay (Redondo Beach, etc.) fellas, a pack of long-tressed, rockily dressed rock-loving rockhounds/party boys and pot-smoking wildmen and, actually, totally ace musicians in a balls-out, true-rock, rock-rock-rockin’ way…
And this is their story, or a rough impression of it:
In February, LA-Artist went to visit Heriberto F. Luna in his studio space, shared with Pola Lopez, at the 2 Tracks/Avenue 50 Studio in Highland Park.
A canvas is spread across the wall of his studio. In its beginning stages, it is a representation of “The Universal Game,” a Mayan story about the elevation of [...]
Heriberto Luna is the fourth artist to have been featured in the LA-Artist Documentary Project’s on-going film series.
The documentary – that premiered to a nationwide audience on Showtime – chronicles the underground scene that sprouted Freestyle Fellowship (Myka 9, Aceyalone, Self Jupiter, Peace), Chali2na, Medusa, Ellay Khule, Chillin Villain Empire, Volume Ten, Pigeon John & more.
The health food spot called the Good Life Café in Leimert Park hosted freestyle hip-hop battles that started the West Coast sound still influential – emulated and alive- today.
Great news! ArtCard has finally started to gain momentum. The citywide mail art collaboration has attracted over one hundred and twenty artists from across Los Angeles and is showcasing artwork from twenty five different neighborhoods.
JR and Vhils took to the 600 block of Spring Street for two large murals facing each other in a narrow parking lot (permission was received). JR is from France and is known for his known for his large photographs that “highlight humanist matters that are often overlooked.” Portuguese artist Vhils likes to manipulate surfaces, as he did in the portrait of a man by chipping away at the building for a bas-relief effect.
From ABBA to Opeth to the Shout Out Louds to The Soundtrack of Our Lives to the Hives to Dungen to Club 8 to Peter, Bjorn and John, Sweden’s exploding with the most imaginative pop or rock or whatchacallit music on the planet.
Rika Ohara is the third artist to have been featured in the LA-Artist Documentary Project’s on-going film series. I would like to thank Rika for participating and being such a star in front of camera!
1980 marks the year of Rika Ohara’s arrival in the U.S. from her native Japan. At eighteen, she left the place that had been her home to pursue what would become a prolific career in the arts, unfolding and taking shape in all kinds of graceful, messy, and unexpected ways.
Los Angeles Unified School District, a teacher mentors her students while they design and build ‘Thrones of Power and Wisdom’.
This short documentary film captures the creativity, commitment and goals of a group of students in an 8th grade inner-city art class.
Filmed and edited, in part, by the student – artists themselves at Hollenbeck Middle School [...]
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