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Artsy Fartsy: This Punk Rock is for the Dogs
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Wednesday, March 5, 2008. This Punk Rock is for the Dogs. In an effort to raise money for the upcoming chemotherapy for, Odin the Bear, a 7 year old three-legged pit bull, the Long Beach punk rock community came out to Syndicate Barber Shop last Sunday from 3 to 9 pm for live music, a full bar, BBQ, give-aways- and some impromptu tattooing. The event was pulled together by Jason "Woody" Wood, Odin's loyal master. Both have been each others best friends for the past five years. One of Woody's friends said...
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Artsy Fartsy: April 2008
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Wednesday, April 23, 2008. The press preview for LACMA latest exhibition Phantom Sightings: Art of the Chicano movement from April 2 was painfully typical. After my run through the exhibition and the press hoopla, I decided to take a moment to ponder these artsy thoughts and walked around the side of the museum to smoke a Marlboro in the LA sunshine. Sitting on the stairs, just steps away from the overpaid high art Chicanos of the budding exhibition, I had a "Phantom Sighting" of my own. Especially when ...
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Artsy Fartsy: March 2008
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Tuesday, March 25, 2008. Sorry MoLAA, LACMA Awaits. The Tate Modern, New York's Modern Art, the Smithsonian- I could chat with you extensively about any of these fine artistic establishments. But I have a confession to make: I never been to Long Beach's own Museum of Latin American Art (MoLAA). Still that is not in fact the topic of this blog. Phantom Sightings will feature 31 artists and 120 works some of which were newly commisioned for the show. In a press release from LACMA Micheal Govan, CEO and...
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Artsy Fartsy: Artist Spotlight: The Brains Behind Ask Father Holey
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Wednesday, January 30, 2008. Artist Spotlight: The Brains Behind Ask Father Holey. Pedophilia, Down Syndrome, Black Water, the Pope, abortion - on any given week, you can flip to the comics page of the Union Weekly. And find Paul Hovland's comic, "Ask Father Holey," poking fun at any one of these sensitive or controversial topics. His paintings on the other hand do not. Vivid colors depict fetal pigs with police hats, crosses with death's cloaks, piles of fecal matter and numerous phallic symbols. Hovlan...
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Artsy Fartsy: Phantastically Snooty
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Wednesday, April 23, 2008. The press preview for LACMA latest exhibition Phantom Sightings: Art of the Chicano movement from April 2 was painfully typical. After my run through the exhibition and the press hoopla, I decided to take a moment to ponder these artsy thoughts and walked around the side of the museum to smoke a Marlboro in the LA sunshine. Sitting on the stairs, just steps away from the overpaid high art Chicanos of the budding exhibition, I had a "Phantom Sighting" of my own. How I got started.
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Artsy Fartsy: Juxtaposition Is Overrated
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Wednesday, April 9, 2008. Performance art, slaughtering animals, grill, protest, PETA. These are some of the words I recieved on Sunday from a seemlingly reliable source about what was going to go down at the Annual Otis Student Art show in Los Angeles. Being both a good carnivore and student journalist I couldn’t resist checking out the story. In one swoop I was out of the newsroom and on the Interstate 405. One hour and a dozen wrong turns later, I arrived at the show. How can you eat something so cute?
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Artsy Fartsy: Long Beach Art Museum Portraitures: About Face
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Wednesday, February 13, 2008. Long Beach Art Museum Portraitures: About Face. It’s happened to many of us. You go to a contemporary gallery and see all these random works, many of which are abstract, hard to understand and in general difficult to relate to. Looking at the construction you may even think, “Come on, my kid brother could do that,” if only he had that coveted piece of paper from a university or fancy art school. For such a small museum like the Long Beach Museum of Art, this narrowly tailore...
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Artsy Fartsy: February 2008
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Wednesday, February 27, 2008. Local museum finally appeals to the young folk. In an effort to reel in young Long Beach locals (in addition to all the regular attendees) the first-ever LBMA After Dark event at the Long Beach Museum of Art on Ocean Boulevard takes place tonight from 8 pm to 10 pm. In addition to the Fallopian she-painters, DJ Nobody will be “spinning grooves.” If that’s not intriguing enough, there will be a cash bar and appetizer menu for $3 per dose of social lubric...Don’t fret &#...
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Artsy Fartsy: January 2008
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Wednesday, January 30, 2008. Artist Spotlight: The Brains Behind Ask Father Holey. Pedophilia, Down Syndrome, Black Water, the Pope, abortion - on any given week, you can flip to the comics page of the Union Weekly. And find Paul Hovland's comic, "Ask Father Holey," poking fun at any one of these sensitive or controversial topics. His paintings on the other hand do not. Vivid colors depict fetal pigs with police hats, crosses with death's cloaks, piles of fecal matter and numerous phallic symbols. Hovlan...