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 [...]
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Richard Phillips’ Point of Purchase
July 27, 2011 – 12:11 am
After the recent heat wave, one doesn’t need another reason to leave the city behind for the beach but just in case… It’s the last weekend to catch New York-based artist Richard Phillips’ Point of Purchase exhibition in East Hampton. As its name indicates its focus is the on commercial, highlighting Phillps’ retail and pop-culture [...]
In Conversation with Gloria Maria Cappelletti
December 12, 2010 – 10:18 pm
Images and text by Silvia Bergomi Silvia Bergomi: Briefly describe your career. Gloria Maria Cappelletti: I have been really lucky, working in the fashion industry with great designers like Stephen Sprouse, great photographers like Steven Klein and great stylists like Patti Wilson, but my heart has always been in contemporary art and I finally opened [...]
In Conversation with Teresa Nasty
November 18, 2010 – 5:15 am
Images by Samantha Casolari The thing about Teresa (aka Miss Nasty) is that you develop a crush on her just by following her Tweets. She has a way with words that is addicting. Even an ocean away, you can feel an overwhelming warmth and gentleness, despite her chosen profession. After experiencing the aforementioned coupe de [...]
Os Gemeos: Bem-vindo Back to NYC!
August 8, 2010 – 11:28 am
They’re baaaack. Brazilian graffiti artists Os Gemeos climbed aboard two 80-foot cherry pickers on Friday to begin painting a massive yellow man similar to those they’ve created in Sao Paulo, Berlin and London. This particular giant will watch over the playground of P.S. 11 in Chelsea from the school’s west-facing wall. In Jeffrey Deitch’s absence, [...]
Opening: Jonathan LeVine’s Five-Year Anniversary Show
February 27, 2010 – 4:02 pm
Last night, at the preview of The Jonathan LeVine Gallery’s Five Year Show, I found the proverbial kitchen — that peaceful place for sampling the party’s offerings — in Sales Director Darcie Vukovich’s office. Photorealistic clubbers clamored in a Dan Witz oil painting, wide-eyed bunnies perched atop the tentacles of an Adam Wallacavage chandelier, and [...]
Maximilian Toth
January 11, 2010 – 12:59 pm
Painter Maximilian Toth isn’t your gaunt introverted aesthete. Effete is not a word in his universe. Rather the man and the images he produces have about them a muscularity, a torque… presence. “I think all the really good art,” he says, “not that I put my work up in that pantheon (though it is something [...]
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 [...]
Under The Influence at Gallery 1988: LA
January 14, 2009 – 1:12 pm
Last Thursday night, Gallery 1988: Los Angeles proved once again that it has its finger square on the pulse of the contemporary pop-art scene with the opening of “Under The Influence: The Official Tribute to Beastie Boys.” The group show is a vibrant mix of original works inspired by the music of Beastie Boys, and [...]
