Art vs. Art – An Interdisciplinary, cross-genre throwdown.

There are those that say that art can not be judged against other art. And there are those that say that art can only be judged by category, painters vs. painters, writers vs. writers and so on. And then there are those, like us, that say throw them in the ring and make a case for the winner. In one corner we may have Picasso’s Man with a Blue Guitar, and in the other corner Woody Allen’s film Broadway Danny Rose, or AC/DC’s Highway to Hell album against Catcher in the Rye. Which is better? Put on your lawyer hats and lets engage in debate as you make your best scholarly case for the winner.

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The Wilds Inside (Aller Retour) – The Art of Jacques Levy

by Abe Levy December 18, 2019

We are very pleased to present the work of reclusive northern California artist Jacques Levy, who is interviewed by his son, southern California filmmaker Abe Levy, about his six decades of work as a painter. Jacques’s entire body of work (over two thousand paintings and drawings) has recently been released for public viewing online. For […]

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LA Nights with Hanksy – Surplus Candy

by Nate "Chops" Johnson November 4, 2015

All photos by Brandon Lavoie I got a text from a buddy of mine who wanted to hang out that night. We hadn’t seen each other in a while so I agreed to meet up with him and chill, but less than an hour later, I found myself in the passenger seat of his car […]

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Let’s Go to MOMA Shall We? (NSFW) – PHOTOS

by Tony Shea August 5, 2015

New York’s Museum of Modern Art (MOMA), located in midtown Manhattan, features an absolutely astonishing collection of work from some of the most famous artists of all time, and includes a number of pieces that you might call “holy grails” of the art world like “The Starry Night” by Vincent Van Gogh, “Christina’s World” by […]

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Let’s Go to the Whitney, Shall We?

by Tony Shea May 4, 2015

Spring is in full effect in New York and to celebrate the Whitney threw a block party with free admission to the museum’s new digs.

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Philip K. Dick – His Best 5 Books

by Tony Shea December 16, 2014

Philip K. Dick would have been 86 years old today. He was one of the great visionary science fiction writers of the 20th century, and published forty-four novels during his highly decorated and award-winning career. Dick was nominated five times for the Nebula Award, won the John W. Campbell Award for his novel Flow My […]

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Mood Organ (Progression of 8 Panels)

by Tony Shea November 24, 2014

In the old days, when I was still painting on canvas with brushes, I would often paint over  an image numerous times, sometimes over a period of years, working through a number of progressions. Sometimes the paint would be two inches thick when I was done. This  had less to do with the artistic process […]

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Jeff Koons at the Whitney (NSFW)

by Tony Shea July 15, 2014

As anybody will tell you, one of the great joys of New York City is simply walking in any direction and seeing what happens next. I think of a forty block walk as almost mandatory, and my top mark so far is somewhere around a hundred, twenty blocks representing approximately a mile so you can […]

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Painted Guardians – Gus Harper Melds Minds (and Bodies) NSFW

by Tony Shea June 25, 2014

This marks the third occasion that we’ve featured the work of Los Angeles artist Gus Harper, and with good reason. Harper has had a run of successful gallery exhibitions and his work has been featured in numerous films and television shows including: Modern Family, The New Girl, Up All Night, and Dallas among them. But […]

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Stunningly Surreal – the Art of Adam Stone

by Tony Shea September 28, 2013

Adam Stone is one of my very favorite artists in Los Angeles. His work never fails to bring a smile to my face and engage my intellect as I sort through his surreal creations and wonder what it all means. So I figured I would ask him. Below my interview with the always fascinating Adam Stone. […]

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