Author: Shana Nys Dambrot
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Across a sweeping multidisciplinary practice, Amadour uses visual art and architectural history as a structural blueprint for an intimate, world-building sound—a transified, technicolor, high desert latter-day Jean Cocteau, whose expansive ...
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The Gracias Gustavo era at the LA Phil finds a fresh visual partner in artist Alexandra Grant, whose kaleidoscopic translations of text-based narrative into pure, expressive image now adorn a ...
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Jewel kinda likes it in her brand new place. Even on the eve of opening her second large-scale art exhibition—this time amid the hubbub of the Venice Biennale—the transition from ...
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Concert posters at The Fillmore were never just advertising. They functioned as part of the entire cultural atmosphere, establishing an amped-up visual experience before a single note was played. Echoes ...
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Go ahead and judge a record by its cover, as our critic takes a closer look at this year’s nominations in the Best Album Cover category. Tyler, The Creator: CHROMAKOPIA. ...
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David Schwartz approaches sculpture as a form of listening. His translucent boomboxes operate like temporal, Proustian portals where sound and memory dance in the light. In Minneapolis he was a ...
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At the intersection of snarling chords and flourishing brushwork, the collective known as Punk Rock & Paintbrushes stakes its claim as one of L.A.’s most compelling hybrid art experiments. The ...
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As the holidays approach, our column takes a more homey turn, savoring the ways that a pair of the icons who soundtracked our young lives have also long been busy ...
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Because even bona fide rock stars can be bested by the paintbrush, please enjoy this unscientific roundup of musical icons who pursue robust, very public-facing visual art practices—with tricks, treats, ...
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Senon Williams, bassist of Cambodian psych-rock outfit Dengue Fever, is also a dedicated visual artist and poet. His atmospheric, text-augmented drawings and luminous, large-scale paintings—along with zines, artist books, and ...
