Emily Reinhardt—appropriately known as The Object Enthusiast—is inspired by loose change and stray jewelry, plants in need of room to root and haphazard pens strewn across work-covered surfaces.
Mary Iverson's work, especially when a viewer first comes to it, has that instant-impact thing. It has the "that’s-so-bad-ass" quality, as we like to call it.
For Matt Maust there's such a blurring of art-making and life that he appropriates every part of his daily life as an art-making process. We stopped by his studio and home to get to know him better for his upcoming feature in our tenth printed issue.
Big Bud has undoubtedly evolved into a full-fledged fashion label, boasting everything from backpacks and pins to bomber jackets and tees, all doused with a range of lush, almost juicy, colors of the rainbow.
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.
The clock struck five till midnight when NOTS took the stage and were seemingly ready to riot as they blared their unapologetically punk music to the crowd at Non Plus Ultra.
We get the lowdown from Barcelona-based Jose Mendez about the artistic impact graffiti has had on his work, sexuality, subcultures, and girls with sausages.
