Issue 16 of Hi-Fructose Magazine features an interview I conducted with UK-based artist, James Roper. I encourage you to pick up a copy but in the meantime, here’s a snippet: “…to grasp the complexity of Roper as a creator is to know him first and foremost as a thinker. If the viewer were to act [...]
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Interview With James Roper in Issue 16 of Hi-Fructose Magazine
Posted in Articles, Editorial, Features, Fine Art, Interviews, Painting, tagged Hi-Fructose, James, Lainya, Magana, Roper on July 22, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
A Lush Life on the Lower East Side
Posted in Art History, Articles, Curatorial, Exhibitions, Fine Art, Gallery on July 10, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The literary and visual arts are intersecting in New York’s Lower East Side, thanks to independent curators Omar Lopez-Chahoud and Franklin Evans who have assembled an intricate group show based on the popular LES detective novel “Lush Life” by Richard Price. The eponymous group show utilizes nine Lower East Side galleries as geographical correspondents to [...]
The New York Times Talks Street Art
Posted in Articles, Fine Art, Gallery, Lifestyle, News, tagged Jonathan Levine Gallery, lowbrow, New York, New York Times, NYC, pop pluralism, Street Art on March 10, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The 5 Year Anniversary show at Jonathan Levine Gallery runs through the end of March. I was checking out the work online and just happened to catch the fact that Jonathan, his artists, and a run down of the street art genre was featured in a New York Times article. It’s a nice first attempt [...]
Tracking Transience: The Art of Hasan Elahi
Posted in Articles, Editorial, Lifestyle, Photography, tagged Colors Magazine, Hasan Elahi, Photography, surveillance, Tracking Transience on September 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
In the recent Winter issue of Colors Magazine, there is an article on the art of surveillance that is quite intriguing. The featured work belongs to Hasan Elahi who, in 2002, was stopped by the FBI at the Detroit airport and questioned about his whereabouts on September 11th.
Interview With Travis Louie in September Issue of Jux
Posted in Articles, Editorial, Fine Art, Interviews, tagged Fine Art, interview, Juxtapoz, Lainya Magana, Travis Louie on September 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I conducted an interview with the very talented artist Travis Louie for the September issue of Juxtapoz Magazine. We had a chance to discuss his early influences, the foundation of his aesthetic, as well as the stories behind his intriguing characters. It’s on newsstands now!
Beautiful Mind: Zdenek Kosek
Posted in Articles, Fine Art, News, tagged Art on Paper, l'art brut, Lyle Rexer, Zdenek Kosek on August 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I just picked up the current issue of Art on Paper which featured an article on the work of Czech artist, Zdenek Kosek, written by Lyle Rexer. Kosek was a typographer and cartoonist who was diagnosed with schizophrenia at about the age of forty. The work
New Editorial Pieces in Issue 12 of Hi-Fructose
Posted in Articles, Editorial, Fine Art, Illustration, tagged Editorial, Hi-Fructose, Joe Ledbetter, Lainya Magana, Michael Page on July 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I have a couple of pieces in the latest issue of Hi-Fructose. The first is an introduction for the interview Annie Owens did with Michael Page and the second is a book review on Joe Ledbetter’s new book, Creatures of Habit. Issue 12 of Hi-Fructose is on newsstands now.
I’m Contributing to Buzzine Magazine
Posted in Articles, Editorial, Exhibitions, Features, Fine Art, Magazine, Museum, Painting, Photography, Reviews on April 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I recently began contributing to Buzzine Magazine’s “Arts” section. Based in Los Angeles,
Brandi Milne Feature in Spring Hi-Fructose Magazine
Posted in Articles, Editorial, Features, Interviews, Magazine, tagged Art, Brandi Milne, Fine Art, Hi-Fructose, interview, LA, Lainya Magana, lowbrow, Painting on April 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I had the pleasure of interviewing the lovely and talented Brandi Milne for the Spring issue of Hi-Fructose Magazine. It’s on newsstands this month so keep your eye out for it!