Author Archives: sleepboy
KAWS Plank
Don’t miss the KAWS show tonight at Honor Fraser. I have seen some advanced pics and let’s just say if I was a less nice person, I would skip the wedding I’m going to tonight to attend the show. Do … Continue reading
Another Night of Art
Last week, I went out on a weeknight to take in some art. The highlight of the night ended up being the Cyrcle exhibition at Design Matters. This flower skull sold for 20K! And, Mr. Will Smith showed up to … Continue reading
Souvenirs
Me and the wife like to pick up a souvenir whenever we travel. On our recent East Coast swing, we picked up one of these small collectible Vitra miniature chairs, it’s the Eames RAR Rocking Chair and it’s to 1:6 … Continue reading
A Visit With Jeff Soto
Continuing our adventure in the IE on a hot afternoon in Riverside, me and Carlos left Brian Viveros’ house and headed over to Jeff Soto’s (interviewed) new studio. He had just moved into the building with some other creatives like … Continue reading
REVOK!
It’s hard to think of an artist with more street cred than REVOK. Here he is looking cool in front of one of his abstract constructs made from found material from the show at Known Gallery that opened over the … Continue reading
Big Weekend
José Parlá finally has a show in LA opening September 9th! It’s going to be a pretty big weekend as the KAWS show will also be opening at Honor Fraser and Yoskay Yamamoto will be opening at LeBasse Projects. Unfortunately, … Continue reading
A Visit with Brian Viveros
Earlier this week, I paid a visit to fellow Inland Empire homie Brian Viveros at his home studio as he prepared for his upcoming September show at Last Rites Gallery in New York. As always, I was blown away by … Continue reading
Interesting New Luke Chueh Image
This concept sketch for a painting Luke Chueh is working on for a Persian friend cracked me up. Say what you will about an artist and their technical skills, but I’ll take Luke over any classically trained artist or art … Continue reading
Faile Plank
Wow, it’s been a while since my last post. It’s time to get back to blogging. By now, you must have heard (or tried) the latest fad – planking. Well, apparently art fans are getting into the act as well. … Continue reading
Naoto Hattori Commission
Because of the type of art I like with so much surrealistic qualities, when I think of getting a commission from an artist, a portrait is not the first thing that comes to mind. Usually, I just ask for a … Continue reading