Jasper Johns is having a bit of a moment. In addition to being profiled in the December issue of Vogue, the artist also has a retrospective up at the SFMOMA and an exhibition of new work at Matthew Marks’ two L.A. galleries. For Johns, now 82, this will mark the first time he has premiered [...]
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Gilgamesh and Beautification
August 1, 2012 – 10:07 am
The simultaneous openings of exhibits of new work by legendary graffiti writers Revok and Saber at Known Gallery on Saturday were remarkable for a number of reasons, some only tangentially related to graffiti art in Los Angeles. The shows, Gilgamesh and Beautification, respectively, connected to the consistent expansion and refinement that we have come to expect of both [...]
John Giorno’s Pockets
December 27, 2010 – 2:15 pm
Poet and performance artist John Giorno is many things to many people. It depends on who you talk to. To some, he’s simply lost in translation. The author of Suicide Sutra and Thanks for Nothing is fatalistic, shockingly blunt, incendiary, controversial, and pornographic – according to his critics. His defenders claim the iconic figure in [...]
