We spent the day in Jen's studio talking about psychedelia, plants, and her collaboration with Miley Cyrus for the MTV Video Music Awards in this Amadeus short directed by Matthew Kaundart.
Gruesome yet seductive women permeate Los Angeles-based artist Kristen Liu-Wong's fluoro-colored paintings and illustrations. We spend some time in the studio with Kristen, where she shows us some of her favorite pieces and fills us in on the allure of making lewd yet lustful images.
Spanning a variety of fields — fine art, photography, and print, to name a few — artist Benjamin Ewing’s work is constantly in conversation with itself.
Jerry Hsu's new book, 'The Beautiful Flower is the World,' is a curated “feed” of cell phone photos — shot only with his Blackberry phone — documenting absurdities, unplanned snapshots of friends and strangers, skate culture, roadside curiosities, and anything else that Hsu deemed sharable.
Art serves many purposes — a form of therapy, of ritual, of commentary. For artist Tara Booth art constitutes a means to remain sane and deal with insecurity directly.
Some artists get so caught up in pleasing the masses that their work starts to deteriorate from its true self. Kyle Falzone doesn’t work to appeal to the masses. He works for himself and no one else.
Artwork riddled with political insights and innuendos, Eric Kenney, also known as Heavy Slime, has his own way of seeing things in this tumultuous world.
In contrast to their other newly released singles, “Seven Sisters” and “Medio Litro,” Cosmonauts really play up a slower pace in their latest release, “Suburban Hearts.”
From using an ebow on the pedal steel, to lead singer Brad Barr’s string bow technique on his acoustic guitar, the Barr Brothers constantly experiment with obscure ways to achieve different sounds live.
Jemimah Barba is not only an artist and educator, but a champion of community wellness. Through her shop and print studio, 1418 Fulton, Barba celebrates print media and the spirit of DIY. Jemimah took a minute to put a playlist together for our ongoing series, Insight Sounds.
Cherry Glazerr is a band that's best watched alone, immersing yourself in the music of some the most talented individuals, and simply forgetting about everything else.
Throughout the month of February, a range of LA-significant spaces housed diverse performances, film screenings, panels, and collaborative experiences as part of Red Bull Music Festival.
Historian, archivist, and activist of his people, photographer William Camargo points his camera at his Chicanx community to shape its collective identity.
Wolfman Books has quickly come to represent both the physical space where new and used books are sold, where words are read and bodies perform but also encompasses that sense of wonder and urgency to pursue the creative unknown.
Kelly Wang founded Ziran, a sustainable womenswear and menswear brand that aspires to weave tradition into the modern world and lead a new generation to live natural, spontaneous and free.
Visual aesthetics meets musical function in the Prisma Guitar workshop. Skateboards and guitars. The two have always been close to one another, but Nick Pourfard smoothly took the relationship a little further.
Skateboarding has not only become King's therapy, exposing her to a close-knit community of women skaters, but also serves as a catalyst for her creativity and ultimately has put her in a place where she feels like she can be her authentic self.
In Venice Beach, California, the all-women skate crew GRLSWIRL takes its cues from the smooth, graceful style of the 1970’s to create an atmosphere for women to take up the sport without judgment or inhibitions.
Jared Mell expertly maneuvers south swell Malibu traffic with his signature style, in this new video "Bikini Visions," shot on 8mm by Matt Grote for Crap.
Artwork riddled with political insights and innuendos, Eric Kenney, also known as Heavy Slime, has his own way of seeing things in this tumultuous world.
Historian, archivist, and activist of his people, photographer William Camargo points his camera at his Chicanx community to shape its collective identity.
While BackBeatRags remains an homage to the classics, owner Isadora Alvarez has a keen eye for incorporating contemporary colors and shape to each garment.
Drawing from her personal stream of consciousness, while still referencing indigenous cultures, fables, and fairytales, Chau’s work explores symbolism, as well as solutions to the devastating and irreverent conditions of our world.
Skateboarding has not only become King's therapy, exposing her to a close-knit community of women skaters, but also serves as a catalyst for her creativity and ultimately has put her in a place where she feels like she can be her authentic self.
The searing style of Potty Mouth, the garage-like candor of Pinky Pinky, and eager anticipation of BRONCHO made the energy inside the venue practically palpable.
Pearl Charles looks like Linda Ronstadt, sounds like Emmylou, and writes like Gram Parsons, complete with a Byrds ability to harmonize and master arrangements
“Music is art,” states Indiana-based designer, Aaron Lowell Denton, who never envisioned art and design as a career path, but rather a means to further express his longtime love for music.
