Artist: SanD

Great things happen on Sunday afternoon walks in downtown LA. Today Scott and I were headed to our favorite gallery Hold Up in Little Tokyo when we came across some art in action. I have seen this artist's work up all over the streets and in galleries over the last year and have been so curious about who she was. Well, today by chance I got to meet a very talented and energetic Sandy! She stopped what she was doing and introduced us to all her friends who were standing around and just chatted while we watched her paint.  After we left the scene of the art we finally made it to the gallery and prominently featured was art by Sandy. The street piece on 2nd and Main is still under construction but here are some shots of the pieces from the gallery to give you an idea what it will look like when it's done.

Enjoy!

In Progress

Debating the next step

Tag team...ha ha..

Supplies

Here is a piece from Hold Up gallery that shows what the end result will be.

More samples of what the end product will be. I'll post images of the final wall when it's done.

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Hoopty_High

Artist_Justin_Bua

I was going through some pictures the other day and came across some images I took this summer of a  show I saw at Hold Up Gallery in Little Tokyo that showcased the art of Justin Bua. It was my first time seeing a collection of all his work together. It was really inspiring and I thought I would share.

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Old_School_Graphics

I love the old vintage graphics from the 50's. Here are some old type writer tape covers.

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Eye_See_You

From the Arts District Downtown.

Beautiful_Bath

It's time for another inspiring interior posting. Here are some lovely bathroom designs that make me drool! I would love to have one of these to call my own...or for that matter help someone design something this fabulous. Enjoy!

Obey_Spotting

The notorious Andre the Giant by Shephard Fairey spotted off Broadway.

Art_And_Life

As a follow up to yesterday's post, art has always had it's history in reflecting the world around the artist. The artist draws inspiration from their daily lives, the world around the artist provides the fuel for the need to create. The artist is the lens that sees and then makes, often leaving commentary that only an artist would recognize. One of the reoccurring themes downtown in the shows that I haven't mentioned before is the subject of the human condition. Here is a shot from a show at Crew West. I particularly love the fact that the image is on the stock market section of the paper, suggesting to the viewer how someone might end up living on the street and pushing a cart.

Excess_Baggage

Living downtown is really inspiring, I see great art all the time, I also see the realities of different life choices. I spotted this guy on the corner of Broadway and 8th moving his belongings. It's so common down here that people barely flinch at the sight of someone carrying or pushing everything they own with them. The contrast of the wealth to the poverty is jarring and everywhere.

Down the street at 5th and Broadway, a camera crew filming while a homeless man pushes his cart past them.

Pattern_Recognition

Here are some shots from the Subliminal Projects show titled: Pattern_recognition. 

A pattern is a type of theme consisting of recurring events or objects that repeat in a predictable manner.  Each artist's work in this show is a direct example of visual pattern, whether they be simple and decorative, such as stripes, zigzags, and polka-dots, or more complicated patterns, which may be found anywhere in nature or in art, they can be directly observed with any of our five sense.  Shapes, sounds, tastes, smells, and textures all go into the creation of higher order structures which are vital to our growth and adaptation to the environment.  

There is more to pattern than just the literal aspect, however.  The observation of rituals, habits, coping mechanisms, and our reactions to things, events and people, are based on data that we've accrued and will therefore lead to the ability to recognize a given sub pattern within a much larger pattern.  Through the artist's observation, "Art is the imposing of a pattern on experience, and the aesthetic enjoyment is recognition of the pattern."  Pattern recognition is also the ability to see order in a chaotic environment; the primary condition for life... particularly the idea that even in chaos, there are recognizable patterns.

Artist: Souther Salazar

Artist: Seonna Hong

Screens_Of_India

Beautiful Pattern work from India. 

Void and fill. Light and Shadow. Scale and Shape.