About a week and a half ago, Luke Pelletier packed up his life in Brevard, North Carolina, jumped in the car with his brother Tristan Pelletier and headed to Los Angeles.
Guillermo Polo's short film, On the Border, was conceived the way you would imagine any Western film would be: two guys - both cinephiles, writers and filmmakers - gushing over Cormac McCarthy and other dark films like No Country For Old Men and Deadman.
Joel Jerome is buried in the dimly lit control room of his Glassell Park recording studio, hidden under gold-rimmed tinted frames and a beanie covering dark hair.
Standing on the corner of East Cesar Chavez and Carmelita Avenue, I watch an older gentleman make the sign of the cross and gently kiss his thumb and forefinger as he passes by the grandiose mural of La Virgen that is plastered on the wall of a local beauty supply store. As I approached him I could see her image at rest under his skin in a tattoo on his left forearm.
Private chef and lamb-hacking pro Alia Zaine prepares food with the same finite consideration she hand picks it with, pairing passion with the local taste and focused approach of those harvesting her fresh ingredients.
Harley Jones is an illustrator and street artist based in Melbourne, Australia. Part of the original wave of graffiti in his hometown of Dunedin, New Zealand, some nine or ten years ago, Jones translates his bold, vibrant style between wall and print, pumping fresh illustrations into the world through all available channels.
You may know Mr. Dela Deso's work because of its pop nature, bright coloring and uniquely grimy characters, including portraits of Basquiat whose face looks like it's about to melt off onto his clothing, and half-naked chicks with slimy and delicious looking pizza slices for pasties.
Daniel Gibson is still learning. Sure, the Los Angeles based artist has been the toast of countless shows and exhibitions up and down the West Coast, but his st... Read More...
