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Hammer Pants Flash Mobs Make Me Happy
- June 23, 2009
- By Angela Carone
A flashmob in M.C. Hammer pants descend on an upscale store in Los Angeles. Read more →
See King Sunny Adé Perform
- June 12, 2009
- By Angela Carone
See a video of Nigerian icon of jùjú music, King Sunny Adé, performing in Atlanta. Read more →
Artist Glenna Jennings' Exhibit at Luis De Jesus Seminal Projects
- June 8, 2009
- By Angela Carone
From cheerleader to conceptual artist, Glenna Jennings revisits high school through a new narrative that combines her photography, a novella, and her long fascination with Dostoyevsky's Raskolnikov. Read more →
Culture Shock Performs Graffiti Life
- May 27, 2009
- By Angela Carone, Sharon Heilbrunn
The urban inspired dance company Culture Shock San Diego teams up with local graffiti artist Pose 2 on a theatrical dance show about life as a graffiti writer. Read more →
Art From the Cool Kids at Subtext Gallery
- May 15, 2009
- By Andy Trimlett
Culture Luster Andy Trimlett heads over to Subtext Gallery to check out the work of some emerging artists and see what the cool kids are up to. Read more →
San Diego Weekend: OK Go, Shiny Toy Guns, and the Sun
- May 11, 2009
- By Angela Carone
Every weekend in San Diego, photographers are making images and capturing the city's energy. Culture Lust showcases the best of the photographs tagged "San Diego" on Flickr. Read more →
Do You Have a Creative Fix for Our Country?
- April 30, 2009
- By Angela Carone
With all that's on President Obama's plate (recession, wars, swine flu!), what if Obama added people like Philip Roth, W.S. Merwin, Yo-Yo Ma, or Barbara Kruger to his advisory team? Would these artists come up with a different approach to solving our country's problems? Would they provide unique insight? Read more →
Stolen Cow From CowParade La Jolla
- April 30, 2009
- By Angela Carone
One of the artist-painted cows in the La Jolla CowParade was stolen from a La Jolla sidewalk sometime between April 25th and 26th, according to organizers of CowParade La Jolla, a public art project that includes 40 cows designed and painted by local artists. The stolen cow (above) was painted by San Diego artist Werc Alvarez, who is also a graffiti artist. The cows in CowParade are auctioned off to benefit Rady Children's Hospital and the Zoological Society of San Diego. Michael Kinsman, Operations Director for CowParade La Jolla, says this cow was estimated to raise between $5,000 and $10,000 at auction on July 11th. Read more →
The Pop Culture Genius of Artist Isabel Samaras
- April 29, 2009
- By Angela Carone
If you're a fan of pop culture, or if you go to Comic Con every year, then you'll be thrilled to hear about the the work of artist Isabel Samaras. She's been a cult favorite for years, and on May 1st, Chronicle Books is publishing a beautiful, hardcover monograph of her work called On Tender Hooks: The Art of Isabel Samaras. Read more →
San Diego Weekend: The Derby Dolls, Art Walk, and the Holgalap
- April 27, 2009
- By Angela Carone
Happy Monday, everyone. I had a busy, but fun weekend. We went to Chicano Park Day, the Robert Whitaker opening at the Morrison Gallery, the Adams Avenue Roots Festival, and we went and saw the grunions on Saturday night at Scripps Pier. There were tons of them glowing along the coast. Here's what other San Diegans were up to with cameras in tow. Read more →
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