A zine is a tiny book that you make on your own. It can be about anything. People capture the story of their lives in zines, little diaries and time capsules folded down the center. An abridged version of “magazine" or "fanzine", zines have been reproducing the voices of people on the fringes since their punk-rock inception....
Leap Before you Look: Black Mountain College (1933-1957) at the Hammer presents the first ever comprehensive survey of the North Carolina College in the United States. Curated by Helen Molesworth, the collection comes to life with particular pluck and clever presentation that is both charmingly archival and playfully approachable. With more than 250 objects, the exhibit offers enough material to appeal to an art historian and educate a novice....
Lita Albuquerque, still from 20/20: Accelerando, 2016, 3 channel color video with sound, 26:53 min, courtesy of the artist and USC Fisher Museum of Art.
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These days there is a new "f-word" on the tip of many tongues. Although it might not be obscene, the word "feminism" leaves a bad taste in the mouths of many. W...
UH-OH at the Hammer Museum presents the first comprehensive mid-career reflection of artist and writer Frances Stark. The show is saturated in internal dialogue...
Chaz Guest sees the whole world as jazz: the improvisational style, the reaction to energy, the frenetic air of the moment. He talks about Miles Davis and John ...
The art of Michael Heizer removes you from the safety of the gallery to the wild boulders, canyons and sands of the earth. One of his most ambitious projects "Double Negative" cuts a monumental line through the desert, but few know that the Nevada site is owned by LA's Museum of Contemporary Art. ...
breathing broad
words by kelby vera
photos by donna granata
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in 2008 i had my first climb up the red escalator
giggling at koons, smirking at warhol...
