Salt Lake City gets a bad rap. Weak beer, guns galore, Brigham Young and his many wives – you’ve heard the reports. Still, it’s a place that tends to produce some very interesting and talented people. I met Cody Comrie in the summer of 2008, and he introduced me to his brother Michael Comrie soon [...]
Tag Archives: Los Angeles
In the Studio with Sage Vaughn
December 14, 2011 – 2:36 pm
Owls with gangster tattoos. Children frolicking amidst an industrial landscape. Butterflies possessed by Dionysian fury. All of these unlikely subjects are recurring motifs in the phantasmagoric paintings of Los Angeles-based artist Sage Vaughn. His work continually tests the stability of the elusive boundary that separates the natural world from an urban sensibility—a complicated balance that [...]
Westside Story: Interview with Alexander Wang at Opening Ceremony
January 29, 2010 – 10:38 am
Growing up in Los Angeles, I believed that New York would be the only place where I could get up close and personal with the types of fashion that I love. Thankfully this past year Los Angeles gave me some amazing opportunities to meet or stand merely inches away from such designers as Phillip Lim, [...]
Westside Story: Prism Gallery in West Hollywood
December 29, 2009 – 8:24 am
Prism Gallery is a new West Hollywood stomping ground for the artsy crowd. The three story gallery is located right in the heart of the Sunset Strip, just a few inches away from the Sunset Plaza—the trendy dining and shopping destination. Prism opened with a series of celebratory events in mid November, including a private [...]
Westside Story: New Painting by Jeff Koons @ Gagosian Gallery
December 24, 2009 – 8:22 am
On view through January 9, 2010 at the Gagosian Gallery in Beverly Hills, Jeff Koons: New Paintings challenges viewers to confront preconceived notions and look beyond abstraction. Stepping out of the realm of his kitschy sculptural interpretations of everyday objects – balloon animals and vacuums – the paintings ignite a dialogue between a fascination with [...]
LA Scene: Mr. Lim Goes to Town
July 25, 2009 – 10:17 am
This month the CFDA award-wining designer celebrated the one-year anniversary of his West Hollywood store. Located on the infamous Robertson Blvd., just a few blocks up from the sidewalks lined with numerous high fashion driven storefronts and paparazzi awaiting a glimpse of someone camera worthy, stands 3.1 Phillip Lim, provoking intrigue with its both luminous [...]
