[ad_1] The artist Arthur Jafa in front of his painting “Thirst Trap” (2024). When I first met Arthur Jafa, Fred Moten was still living in the West Adams area of Los Angeles, and I was living in New York, visiting L.A. for the holidays. Fred invited me and AJ, as friends call him, to dinner,… Continue reading Arthur Jafa talks about success and growth as an artist
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Other Scenes We’d Love to See Captured by the Trump Courtroom Sketch Artist
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Neon artist Roxy Rose will teach you her ‘old-school’ ways
[ad_1] It’s 100 degrees in North Hollywood and Roxy Rose, 60, is inside her neon studio clad in a skintight camel-colored getup, complete with her signature cowboy hat. “I’m old-school neon,” she says as she blows into a glass tube she’s bending for an upcoming piece. As a third-generation Southern California neon glassblower and signmaker,… Continue reading Neon artist Roxy Rose will teach you her ‘old-school’ ways
What Kind of Artist Was Wayne Shorter?
[ad_1] One thing that emerges in Dorsay Alavi’s three-part documentary “Wayne Shorter: Zero Gravity” (out on Amazon Prime this Friday) is that the late, great jazz saxophonist and composer was, not to put too fine a point on it, a nerd. Born in Newark in 1933, he grew up a devotee of comic books and… Continue reading What Kind of Artist Was Wayne Shorter?
Artist Fiona Connor re-creates L.A.’s well-trodden sidewalks
[ad_1] In a place as car-centric as Los Angeles, the 9,000-plus miles of sidewalk spread through the city are often overlooked and underappreciated. Over the past decade the city has launched several initiatives, from Vision Zero to Great Streets, to make Los Angeles less car-dependent and more pedestrian-friendly. Yet despite providing essential urban infrastructure, it’s… Continue reading Artist Fiona Connor re-creates L.A.’s well-trodden sidewalks
Jamie Reid dead: Artist designed Sex Pistols record covers
[ad_1] Jamie Reid, the iconoclastic British artist who helped define the jagged, cut-and-paste punk aesthetic with his iconic Sex Pistols record covers, died on Tuesday, his gallerist John Marchant announced. He was 76. Reid aligned himself with the radical anarchist underground since his school days at London’s Croydon School of Art, but it was his… Continue reading Jamie Reid dead: Artist designed Sex Pistols record covers