He pegged me a tourist taking flicks.“What’s it like?”It’s like crouching under the atmosphere to keep from scorching your head. Earth’s glowing curvature is a celestial levee, a barrier to the darkness. The stars are neon streets and heavenly islands of light. They are as real as phantom pain firing from a severed limb. You stand still, afraid of stepping on the people below. You’re always in the way. Sometimes all you see is the white of clouds. Up there is …
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Using pop icons and counter culture to commit political acts through art, painter and illustrator Peter Adamyan is among a few fine-art-satirists speaking truth to power. On April 11th at Good Mother Gallery, Adamyan presents “Dystopia Toyland,” a collection of highly conceptual intricate collage-paintings. The multi-layered images are acrylic painted comedy bits. It’s a toy store for the disenchanted. Looking for that perfect custom “Hot Wheels” rape van, “Toyland’s” got you covered, “free candy included.” Come explore the subliminal propagandized childhood you …
Believe it or not, Ground of Being is Shaun Roberts’ first ever solo show. He’s photographed for a lot of media outlets including GQ Magazine, Juxtapoz, Wired, and Hi-Fructose. Taking place at Hashimoto Contemporary on March seventh, this is years in the making. He spent countless hours visiting various artists’ studios, getting immersed in their world and observing their creative process. From 2007-2014 Roberts photographed a lot of Bay Area artists and others around the country. Portraits of C3, Brett Amory, David Young V, Emory Douglas, and Doze Green are just some of the subjects …
Excited to be working on a feature about documentary photographer Michael Santiago. He was born in The Dominican Republic and grew up in New York. He talked about his unlikely course to becoming a photographer. Soon come people, hold ya nostrils. …
A year and a half after the 2011 earthquake and tsunami in Japan, artist Alejandro Chaskielberg visited the small town of Otsuchi. He photographed 20 families sitting on the foundation where their homes once stood. He found contorted belongings that felt like tortured symbols of a traumatized psyche. The altered lay of the land reflects a destroyed way of life that won’t ever come back. Using colors from a photo found in a damaged photo album, Chaskielberg painted on top of these long exposed monochrome …
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