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Collage Artist Elliott Hundley Embraces Excess and Chaos
Chaotic, unruly, overwhelming, beautiful. Los Angeles-based artist Elliott Hundley’s collaged work envelops the space it occupies, pulling viewers into an immersive world of memory and storytelling. Elliott softens the boundaries between art and life by ...
Announcing First Friday Exhibitions: A Curated Series From NOT REAL ART
This year we at NOT REAL ART are launching First Friday Exhibitions, an all-new exhibition series designed to inspire readers with the artwork and artists we love. Each month beginning in February 2023, a curated ...
Cult Classic Film ‘The Last Unicorn’ Celebrates 40 Years on Screen and in Our Hearts
“It's a very rare person who is taken for what he truly is,” says Schmendrick, the bumbling but kind-hearted magician in cult classic film The Last Unicorn. Based on the novel by Peter S. Beagle, ...
German Painter Daniel Richter Returns to LA With Color and Fury
“Violence and love, like obsession and submission, are close bedfellows, and then there is also the furor—the rage,” says curator Eva Meyer-Hermann of Daniel Richter’s latest batch of abstract paintings. Now on view at Los ...
Yura Adams’ Icy, Poetic Works Arrive Just in Time For Winter
Western Massachusetts-based installation artist and painter Yura Adams has gotten to know the 500 feet surrounding her idyllic studio like the back of her hand. Located in an industrial building on her farm, Yura’s studio ...
ADD FUEL: The ‘Bizarre and Joyful’ Marriage of Pop-Culture and Portuguese Tiling
Lined with stunning ceramic tiles, Portugal’s city streets are a sight to remember. The tin-glazed azulejo tiles that color Portugal in bright cobalt date back to the 15th century, and often illustrate historical and religious ...
Pop-Surrealist Brandi Milne Bridges the Gap Between Halloween and Christmas
Isolated in her Fisher-Price-filled studio, Elton John tickling the ivories in the background, California-based painter Brandi Milne created the candy-coated work of Everything I Ever Was. The solo exhibition at Corey Helford Gallery includes Brandi’s ...
Rammellzee: The Subversive Philosophy of ‘Gothic Futurism’ Arrives in LA
In the 1970s, New York City was teetering on the edge of bankruptcy, a city reeling from extreme unemployment, arson, and depopulation. Emerging from the generation who came of age during this decade, legendary graffiti ...
Paintings of Innocence and Experience From Children’s Book Illustrator Nicoletta Ceccoli
“What is beautiful and sweet often hides dark suggestions,” says children’s book illustrator Nicoletta Ceccoli of her latest solo show, Handle With Care. Currently on view at Corey Helford Gallery in downtown Los Angeles, Handle ...
Hypnotic Paintings and Drawings From June Edmonds ‘Feel Like Love’
“The most soul-stirring, heart-opening memories that I have are black … and rhythmic,” says abstract painter June Edmonds. “They feel like love at its beginning and transform into full color." The LA-based artist’s current solo ...
Collage Artist Marina Heintze Asks Americans to Put the Ballot Back in the Box
Most voters slap their free sticker on a sweater for the day, forgetting it’s there until forced to peel it from the inside of their washer. LA-based artist Marina Heintze saves her political stickers from ...
‘Type to Image’: Marta Cerdà Alimbau Blurs the Line Between Typography and Illustration
Feeling creatively boxed in? Look for inspiration in Marta Cerdà Alimbau’s Type to Image, a casebound book that explores the Spanish artist’s multidisciplinary approach to artmaking. Recently released by UK publishers Counter-Print, Type to Image ...
‘A Multitude of Voices’: Chilean Artist Manuela Viera-Gallo Wants Women to be Heard
Chilean artist Manuela Viera-Gallo’s life started in political unrest. Her father, a Chilean politician, was forced into exile during the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet. Her parents, exiled in Rome, welcomed Manuela to the world in ...
Ben Frost Ties Hyper-Consumerism to Addiction
Golden arches on a field of blazing scarlet? That’s McDonald’s. Instantly recognizable worldwide, the brand’s iconography serves as a backdrop for Ben Frost’s sculptural pop art mash-ups. Subverting messages from mainstream media, the artist’s acerbic ...