Recommended: Bergamot Station
Extended, For a Limited Time:Vagos y Reinas
"Mac and Retna are unlikely partners. Mac is a photorealist: His
work in spray paint makes the medium dissolve into a sea of
classical touches. Retna is all brush: He is known for his
abstract embellishments and calligraphic font. Collaboration is a
constant in graffiti, but from the first time that Mac and Retna
worked together on a mural it was clear that each painter brought
out the best in the other; that the precision of one balanced the
looseness of the other. In the five years since, Mac and Retna
have collaborated on more than 20 murals around the globe,
producing some of the most memorable, monumental work in recent
memory. Vagos y Reinas is their widely anticipated first
collaborative gallery show."
source: www.robertbermangallery.com
New Discovery: Terrell Moore on Hope St. in
downtown L.A., a half block from 12th St.
After wondering for weeks who ran the gallery on Hope St., I
finally got lucky. While staring in through the window, a couple
of people standing in the alley said, "Are you looking for the
artist?" They knocked on a window, as if it were a speakeasy, and
Terrell Moore came out to meet me.
He was very friendly, showing me not only the work hung in the
front area, but an entire back room full of large scale abstract
canvases, some of which (the rose series) used automatic writing
reminding me of Cy Twombly, and others, soft-core porn images on
grids covered in black light sensitive dayglo white, reminded me
more of Warhol. It was exciting to see an artist-run space by an
artist who has been supporting himself solely on his art for 22
years.
Website: www.terrellmoore.net
Old Favorite: Just in time for your holiday
shopping, P.Y.O. gallery runs a group show, "Reflections," of
wallet-friendly prints that even your mom will love.
For More information: www.pyogalleryla.com