From the Los Angeles series, by Adam Bartos.
This absolutely surreal picture appeared in a story that KCET just posted about Bunker Hill in L.A. The station has been doing a fascinating series on the laws that have shaped the L.A. landscape. This week they look at how the federal Housing Act of 1949 resulted in the destruction of the Victorian mansions that were once clustered on Bunker Hill. (Courtesy the L.A. Public Library and KCET.)
Gusmano Cesaretti’s show at Roberts & Tilton in Culver City looks like it’s going to be off the hook. Shown here, an image from his East Los Angeles Series, from 1974. (Image courtesy of the artist and Roberts & Tilton.)
A detail from Frank Lloyd Wright’s Hollyhock House in Los Angeles. Via KCET.
Lobster swimsuits and hostess pyjamas and much much more.
How to create your own Marina Abramovic centerpieces for only $12 (via c-monster.net)
Truly sublime ridiculosity.
Because I’m into service journalism.
Pacific Standard Time, a series of California-themed shows, will be opening up all over Southern California this week and it’s gonna offer all kinds of goodness. Shown here: David Hammons’ work Bag Lady in Flight, part of Now Dig This! Art and Black Los Angeles at the Hammer Museum. See the rest of my PST picks right here.
Asco, Asshole Mural, 1975. With Patssi Valdez, Humberto Sandoval, Willie Herrón III and Gronk. Photo by Harry Gamboa, Jr. (Via East of Borneo.)
This is has got to be one of my favorite murals in L.A.: Kent Twitchell’s Bride & Groom, for the Victor Clothing Company.
Maynard Dixon’s Wild Horses of Nevada, from 1927. At the Autry in L.A.
