Highbrow Magazine - Gallery 30 South https://www.highbrowmagazine.com/gallery-30-south en Artist Graham Moore Draws Inspiration From Mid-Century Modern, Vintage Styles https://www.highbrowmagazine.com/24192-artist-graham-moore-draws-inspiration-mid-century-modern-vintage-styles <div class="field field-name-field-cat field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/photography-art" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Photography &amp; Art</a></div></div></div><span class="submitted-by">Submitted by tara on Wed, 11/22/2023 - 14:41</span><div class="field field-name-field-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" rel="og:image rdfs:seeAlso" resource="https://www.highbrowmagazine.com/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/field/image/1moore.jpg?itok=Dwhj9ITd"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://www.highbrowmagazine.com/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/field/image/1moore.jpg?itok=Dwhj9ITd" width="480" height="480" alt="" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p> </p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif"><a href="https://gallery30south.com/graham-moore-2023/" style="color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline">Gallery 30 South</a> is currently presenting the works of artist Graham Moore.</span></span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif">The clean, simple lines of mid-century modern design and the cool sounds of West Coast jazz and Bossa Nova Blue Note minimalist record cover artworks of the 1950s – 60s. The Abstract Classicists with their hard-edge painting style using bold lines, organic shapes, and textures. Vintage fashion and photography and classic cars. Pop Art, Constructivism and Suprematism. These are just a few ideas and movements that inspire Graham Moore’s collages. </span></span></p> <p> </p> <p><img src="https://www.highbrowmagazine.com/sites/default/files/2moore.jpg" /></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif">Max Ernst described collage as “<em>the noble conquest of the irrational, the coupling of two realities, irreconcilable in appearance, upon a plane which apparently does not suit them,</em>” but looking at Moore‘s collages, one can’t help but see all elements in such an intuitive way that it’s hard to imagine them not being juxtaposed. Indeed, his record cover collages are a thrift-store upcycle that elevates discarded nostalgia into fine art.<br /> <br /> Moore studied at the Wimbledon School of Art and then the East Ham College of Technology (the school that launched the careers of Gerald Scarfe, Ralph Steadman, and Alexander McQueen) eventually landing an instructor gig at Pasadena’s Art Center College of Design. </span></span></p> <p> </p> <p><img src="https://www.highbrowmagazine.com/sites/default/files/3moore.jpg" /></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif">His work can be found in several museum and private collections, and he continues to teach and work in the community outreach programs with non-professional artists and students from at-risk environments.   </span></span></p> <p> </p> <p><img src="https://www.highbrowmagazine.com/sites/default/files/5moore.jpg" /></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif"><strong><em>For more information about Graham Moore and the artworks featured here, please contact <a href="https://gallery30south.com/graham-moore-2023/" style="color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline">Gallery 30 South.</a></em></strong></span></span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif"><strong>Highbrow Magazine</strong></span></span></p> <p> </p> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-tags field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/graham-moore" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Graham Moore</a></div><div class="field-item odd" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/artist-graham-moore" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">artist graham moore</a></div><div class="field-item even" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/mid-century-modern" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">mid-century modern</a></div><div class="field-item odd" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/vintage-art" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">vintage art</a></div><div class="field-item even" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/collages" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">collages</a></div><div class="field-item odd" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/contemporary-art" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Contemporary art</a></div><div class="field-item even" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/gallery-30-south" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Gallery 30 South</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-author field-type-text field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">The Editors</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-pop field-type-list-boolean field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Popular:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">not popular</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-bot field-type-list-boolean field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Bottom Slider:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">In Slider</div></div></div> Wed, 22 Nov 2023 19:41:01 +0000 tara 12803 at https://www.highbrowmagazine.com https://www.highbrowmagazine.com/24192-artist-graham-moore-draws-inspiration-mid-century-modern-vintage-styles#comments Nonamey Art Show Recalls Relics of Americana https://www.highbrowmagazine.com/19020-nonamey-art-show-recalls-relics-americana <div class="field field-name-field-cat field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/photography-art" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Photography &amp; Art</a></div></div></div><span class="submitted-by">Submitted by tara on Wed, 12/08/2021 - 11:27</span><div class="field field-name-field-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" rel="og:image rdfs:seeAlso" resource="https://www.highbrowmagazine.com/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/field/image/1nonamey.jpg?itok=E3T4zJHK"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://www.highbrowmagazine.com/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/field/image/1nonamey.jpg?itok=E3T4zJHK" width="480" height="320" alt="" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p> </p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif">Nonamey (they/them) is the pseudonym of Z. Taylor. They are a Portland-based artist, having spent their formative years in Taos, New Mexico. Nonamey has exhibited works in the U.S. and internationally, notably at the Lucca Biennale, CONTEXT Miami, CONTEXT New York, and the LA Art Show. They are co-founder of the art collective, Dosshaus (active years 2011-2019).</span></span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif">Growing up in the Southwest, they were inspired early on by the relics of Americana: motels with shattered neon, vacant houses, train cars, and roadside objects. These experiences translate into the work they create today from the banks of the Willamette River. </span></span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif">Using cardboard, acrylic, spray paint, and paper, Nonamey has created a body of work varying from sculpture, to painting, to installation art.</span></span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif"><strong><em>For more information about this exhibit, visit <a href="https://gallery30south.com/" style="color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline">Gallery 30 South</a></em></strong>.</span></span></p> <p> </p> <p><img alt="" src="https://www.highbrowmagazine.com/sites/default/files/2nonamey.jpg" style="height:600px; width:586px" typeof="foaf:Image" /></p> <p> </p> <p><img alt="" src="https://www.highbrowmagazine.com/sites/default/files/3nonamey.jpg" style="height:388px; width:600px" typeof="foaf:Image" /></p> <p> </p> <p><img alt="" src="https://www.highbrowmagazine.com/sites/default/files/4nonamey.jpg" style="height:450px; width:600px" typeof="foaf:Image" /></p> <p> </p> <p><img alt="" src="https://www.highbrowmagazine.com/sites/default/files/5nonamey.jpg" style="height:600px; width:413px" typeof="foaf:Image" /></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif"><strong>Highbrow Magazine</strong></span></span></p> <p> </p> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-tags field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/nonamey" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Nonamey</a></div><div class="field-item odd" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/z-taylor" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Z. Taylor</a></div><div class="field-item even" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/gallery-30-south" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Gallery 30 South</a></div><div class="field-item odd" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/contemporary-art" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Contemporary art</a></div><div class="field-item even" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/art-shows" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">art shows</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-author field-type-text field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">The Editors</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-pop field-type-list-boolean field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Popular:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">not popular</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-photographer field-type-text field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Photographer:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">All images courtesy of Gallery 30 South</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-bot field-type-list-boolean field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Bottom Slider:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">Out Slider</div></div></div> Wed, 08 Dec 2021 16:27:05 +0000 tara 10786 at https://www.highbrowmagazine.com https://www.highbrowmagazine.com/19020-nonamey-art-show-recalls-relics-americana#comments Pinky Violence: Shock, Awe, and Liberation in Japanese Exploitation Films https://www.highbrowmagazine.com/12407-pinky-violence-shock-awe-and-liberation-japanese-exploitation-films <div class="field field-name-field-cat field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/photography-art" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Photography &amp; Art</a></div></div></div><span class="submitted-by">Submitted by tara on Wed, 07/21/2021 - 12:38</span><div class="field field-name-field-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" rel="og:image rdfs:seeAlso" resource="https://www.highbrowmagazine.com/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/field/image/1japanposters.jpg?itok=J5Y_uWBe"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://www.highbrowmagazine.com/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/field/image/1japanposters.jpg?itok=J5Y_uWBe" width="480" height="480" alt="" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p> </p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif">The Toei-produced, female-driven, action/exploitation films known as “Pinky Violence”  reached their crescendo in the late 1970s – and are almost single-handedly responsible for the first wave of Japanese feminism.<strong> </strong><br /> <br /> Looking at the key-art on these posters can be deceiving, and that was the point. A handful of Japanese writers, directors, and stars dedicated almost a decade to producing films with badass ladies as the leads, frequently with overt messages of empowerment. </span></span></p> <p> </p> <p><img alt="" src="https://www.highbrowmagazine.com/sites/default/files/2japanposters.jpg" style="height:600px; width:600px" typeof="foaf:Image" /></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif">By using nudity as a draw for male viewers, they were able to subvert the culture away from the chauvinism and misogyny that ruled the day and change the expectations that saddled all young women.  </span></span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif">These tastemakers had seen the political power of pinku eiga (“pink films”), which were a category of erotic films ranging from sensual to explicit that had ushered in an era of sexual liberation just a few years earlier. Those films played primarily in the Japanese equivalent of Red Light Districts with an occasional Art House run. </span></span></p> <p> </p> <p><img alt="" src="https://www.highbrowmagazine.com/sites/default/files/3japanposters.jpg" style="height:600px; width:600px" typeof="foaf:Image" /></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif">But the <strong>Pinky Violence</strong> films combined the sensibilities of <strong>Shōhei Imamura</strong> and <strong>Russ Meyer</strong> to produce a commercially salacious product steeped in social responsibility that could play in most neighborhood theaters.  They often played as the 2nd feature in back of a Toei gangster film, which exposed them to a much wider (and more general) audience. Some of the same actors might appear in both films on those double-bills, which included <strong>Ken Takakura</strong>, <strong>Bunta Sagawara</strong>, and <strong>Sonny Chiba</strong>. </span></span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif">To some Western viewers, it must shocking to see nudity on a movie poster, but there is no such taboo associated with nudity in many other cultures. Italian, French, and German movie posters, as well as those advertising films in post-Franco Spain, have promoted nudity on their key-art, but almost none as brazenly as the Japanese. </span></span></p> <p> </p> <p><img alt="" src="https://www.highbrowmagazine.com/sites/default/files/4japanposters.jpg" style="height:600px; width:600px" typeof="foaf:Image" /></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif">And to be fair: These films are still considered exploitation films in the same sense that most 1980s  horror and comedy films from the U.S. can also be categorized as exploitation. They have nudity, violence, and sometimes even torture and bondage, but what separates the Toei films from their lesser  competitors are the victories achieved by the protagonists – often against incredible adversity, and invariably with a social message.<br />  </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif"><strong><u>About this collection:</u></strong><br /> <strong>Gallery 30 South</strong> owner <strong>Matt Kennedy</strong> was the founder of <em>Panik House Entertainment</em>, which was the first company dedicated to the remastering and release of these films in the United States. </span></span></p> <p> </p> <p><img alt="" src="https://www.highbrowmagazine.com/sites/default/files/5japanposter.jpg" style="height:600px; width:600px" typeof="foaf:Image" /></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif">Back in the early 2000s, most of the key art for these films was missing from the Toei vaults, and Kennedy had to contact private collectors all over Japan to source them. He amassed one of the largest and most thorough collections of posters and ephemera dedicated to this niche. </span></span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif">The first Panik House titles were released on July 2, 2005, providing an anniversary of sorts for this exhibition. The first <em>Art of Pinky Violence</em> exhibition was held in November 2009, and showcased 16 artworks. This exhibition features almost 50 items, most of which are linen-backed original release movie posters. Linen-backing is a museum-recommended archival preservation process that gives the absolute best presentation to the artwork and significantly increases the value.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif"> <br /> <strong><em>For more information about this exhibit, visit <a href="https://gallery30south.com/pinky-violence/" style="color:blue; text-decoration:underline">Gallery 30 South</a></em></strong>.</span></span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif"><strong>Highbrow Magazine</strong></span></span></p> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-tags field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/pinky-violence" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">pinky violence</a></div><div class="field-item odd" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/japanese-films" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">japanese films</a></div><div class="field-item even" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/japanese-exploitation-films" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">japanese exploitation films</a></div><div class="field-item odd" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/exploitation" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">exploitation</a></div><div class="field-item even" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/gallery-30-south" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Gallery 30 South</a></div><div class="field-item odd" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/feminism" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">feminism</a></div><div class="field-item even" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/violent-films" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">violent films</a></div><div class="field-item odd" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/japanese-cinema" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">japanese cinema</a></div><div class="field-item even" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/posters" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">posters</a></div><div class="field-item odd" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/collectible-posters" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">collectible posters</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-author field-type-text field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">Matt Kennedy</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-pop field-type-list-boolean field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Popular:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">not popular</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-photographer field-type-text field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Photographer:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">All images courtesy of Gallery 30 South</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-bot field-type-list-boolean field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Bottom Slider:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">Out Slider</div></div></div> Wed, 21 Jul 2021 16:38:21 +0000 tara 10521 at https://www.highbrowmagazine.com https://www.highbrowmagazine.com/12407-pinky-violence-shock-awe-and-liberation-japanese-exploitation-films#comments The Art of the Late Daniel Johnston: Musician, Artist, and Renaissance Man https://www.highbrowmagazine.com/11212-art-late-daniel-johnston-musician-artist-and-renaissance-man <div class="field field-name-field-cat field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/photography-art" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Photography &amp; Art</a></div></div></div><span class="submitted-by">Submitted by tara on Wed, 01/20/2021 - 10:46</span><div class="field field-name-field-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" rel="og:image rdfs:seeAlso" resource="https://www.highbrowmagazine.com/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/field/image/1danieljohnston.jpg?itok=HWvP_nKe"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://www.highbrowmagazine.com/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/field/image/1danieljohnston.jpg?itok=HWvP_nKe" width="480" height="439" alt="" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p> </p> <p>Daniel Johnston (January 22, 1961 – September 11, 2019) was a manic-depressive genius singer/songwriter/artist, active in the music scene since the late 1970s, whose artworks are currently on exhibit at <a href="https://gallery30south.com/daniel-johnston/" style="color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline">Gallery 30 South</a>.</p> <p>He was a self-taught pop rocker and illustrator whose art and music was greatly focused on his obsession with unrequited love and the pop culture that he first encountered as an adolescent.</p> <p>Johnston’s songs have been covered by several hundred artists, including David Bowie and Tom Waits. The late Kurt Cobain mused that Daniel Johnston is the best songwriter in America. In 2006, his life was documented in the award-winning film, <em>The Devil and Daniel Johnston</em>, and his painted illustrations were exhibited in the Whitney biennial.</p> <p>Johnston had a lifetime battle with mental illness, and medication prescribed for this condition damaged his liver requiring multiple hospitalizations. He died from a heart attack in his sleep before the morning of September 11, 2019. He left behind a legacy as perhaps the greatest outsider musician-artist of the 21<sup>st</sup> century.</p> <p> </p> <p><strong><em>For more information about Daniel Johnston’s artworks, visit </em></strong><a href="https://gallery30south.com/" style="color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline"><strong><em>Gallery 30 South</em></strong></a><strong><em>: (323) 547-3227,  </em></strong><a href="mailto:info@gallery30south.com" style="color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline"><strong><em>info@gallery30south.com.</em></strong></a></p> <p> </p> <p><img alt="" src="https://www.highbrowmagazine.com/sites/default/files/2danieljohnston.jpg" style="height:600px; width:600px" /></p> <p> </p> <p><img alt="" src="https://www.highbrowmagazine.com/sites/default/files/3danieljohnston.jpg" style="height:600px; width:600px" /></p> <p> </p> <p><img alt="" src="https://www.highbrowmagazine.com/sites/default/files/4danieljohnston.jpg" style="height:600px; width:600px" /></p> <p> </p> <p><img alt="" src="https://www.highbrowmagazine.com/sites/default/files/5danieljohnston.jpg" style="height:600px; width:600px" /></p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Highbrow Magazine</strong></p> <p> </p> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-tags field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/daniel-johnston" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">daniel johnston</a></div><div class="field-item odd" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/art" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">art</a></div><div class="field-item even" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/gallery-30-south" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Gallery 30 South</a></div><div class="field-item odd" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/tom-waits" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">tom waits</a></div><div class="field-item even" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/david-bowie" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">David Bowie</a></div><div class="field-item odd" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/musicians" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">musicians</a></div><div class="field-item even" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/contemporary-art" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Contemporary art</a></div><div class="field-item odd" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/new-exhibits" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">new exhibits</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-author field-type-text field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">The Editors</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-pop field-type-list-boolean field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Popular:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">not popular</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-bot field-type-list-boolean field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Bottom Slider:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">Out Slider</div></div></div> Wed, 20 Jan 2021 15:46:34 +0000 tara 10121 at https://www.highbrowmagazine.com https://www.highbrowmagazine.com/11212-art-late-daniel-johnston-musician-artist-and-renaissance-man#comments Donald Topp and the Art of Skewering Pop Culture Icons https://www.highbrowmagazine.com/11120-donald-topp-and-art-skewering-pop-culture-icons <div class="field field-name-field-cat field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/photography-art" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Photography &amp; Art</a></div></div></div><span class="submitted-by">Submitted by tara on Mon, 12/21/2020 - 11:20</span><div class="field field-name-field-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" rel="og:image rdfs:seeAlso" resource="https://www.highbrowmagazine.com/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/field/image/1donaldtopp.jpg?itok=Ffs6j_I1"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://www.highbrowmagazine.com/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/field/image/1donaldtopp.jpg?itok=Ffs6j_I1" width="480" height="480" alt="" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p> </p> <p>Donald Topp is a silkscreen artist from Madison, Wisconsin. His work playfully skewers commercial pop culture, while honoring icons whose works have pushed boundaries.</p> <p><br /> As Topp explains, “I play off the nostalgia of a recognizable image, but make it into an avatar of a much deeper message.”<br /> <br /> Topp uses mixed media with screen printing in overlapping layers on paper and board. Images are hand-pulled with mixed-media application in each print, with predetermined sizes and ink selections for different bodies of work.</p> <p> </p> <p> In the last few years, Topp’s tattooed <em>Disney Princesses</em> and <em>Sesame Street</em> characters have gone viral to the point that his pieces have been pinned over a million times on Pinterest.</p> <p> </p> <p>This is Topp’s first exhibition at <a href="https://gallery30south.com/" style="color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline">Gallery 30 South</a>.</p> <p> </p> <p><img alt="" src="https://www.highbrowmagazine.com/sites/default/files/2donaldtopp.jpg" style="height:600px; width:450px" /></p> <p> </p> <p><img alt="" src="https://www.highbrowmagazine.com/sites/default/files/3donaldtopp.jpg" style="height:600px; width:600px" /></p> <p> </p> <p><img alt="" src="https://www.highbrowmagazine.com/sites/default/files/4donaldtopp.jpg" style="height:600px; width:447px" /></p> <p> </p> <p><img alt="" src="https://www.highbrowmagazine.com/sites/default/files/5donaldtopp.jpg" style="height:600px; width:600px" /></p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Highbrow Magazine</strong></p> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-tags field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/donald-topp" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Donald Topp</a></div><div class="field-item odd" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/gallery-30-south" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Gallery 30 South</a></div><div class="field-item even" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/pop-culture" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">pop culture</a></div><div class="field-item odd" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/pop-art" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">pop art</a></div><div class="field-item even" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/contemporary-new-art" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">contemporary new art</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-author field-type-text field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">The Editors</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-pop field-type-list-boolean field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Popular:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">not popular</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-photographer field-type-text field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Photographer:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">All images courtesy of Gallery 30 South</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-bot field-type-list-boolean field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Bottom Slider:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">Out Slider</div></div></div> Mon, 21 Dec 2020 16:20:44 +0000 tara 10065 at https://www.highbrowmagazine.com https://www.highbrowmagazine.com/11120-donald-topp-and-art-skewering-pop-culture-icons#comments Artist Zach Mendoza’s Tribute to Great Literary Heroes https://www.highbrowmagazine.com/10659-artist-zach-mendoza-s-tribute-great-literary-heroes <div class="field field-name-field-cat field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/photography-art" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Photography &amp; Art</a></div></div></div><span class="submitted-by">Submitted by tara on Wed, 05/20/2020 - 06:38</span><div class="field field-name-field-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" rel="og:image rdfs:seeAlso" resource="https://www.highbrowmagazine.com/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/field/image/1mendozaart.jpg?itok=ztUW1qrr"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://www.highbrowmagazine.com/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/field/image/1mendozaart.jpg?itok=ztUW1qrr" width="480" height="394" alt="" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p> </p> <p>Much of Zach Mendoza‘s art is an investigation of the ways things are built, disrupted, reinterpreted, or redefined into something new.</p> <p> </p> <p>Francis Bacon once said, “I want a very ordered image, but I want it to come about by chance<em>,</em>” and that fundamental dichotomy of chaos and order is a prime component of Zach’s practice. His narrative work is infused with universal truth – or rather the search for that truth, and opposing forces are always at play: randomness and order, beauty and the grotesque, victim and aggressor.</p> <p> </p> <p>The great reverence that Mendoza has for the past (and an equal infatuation with the lurking shadow of the future) is omnipresent in his <em>alla prima</em> portraits, which pay tribute to his literary heroes -- including F. Scott Fitzgerald, William Faulkner, Sylvia Plath, and Fyodor Dostoevsky. His combination of expressionism and neorealism embodies the era in which many of his subjects thrived. As a perpetual student of history, he draws a line from late modernism through post-contemporary art, such that even latter-day heroes connect back to the writers and artists that inspired <em>them</em>, in addition to Mendoza, himself.</p> <p> </p> <p>According to Mendoza, “I have always had an appreciation and reverence for the past. Romantic-era music and art has moved me since before I knew how to articulate the feeling and it continues to, still. I give great credence to the art movements that preceded me, though it is sometimes difficult to reconcile old wisdom with a post-modern understanding of time in the age of the internet.</p> <p>“Turner and Basquiat can be components of a single Google search. While each is a master in his own right, and separated by more than a century, the democratization of information online dissolves the context. And so now when someone enters my name into a search engine, this very page will list my name beside theirs–all of us intrinsic to one another and to the writers and artists that comprise the portraits in this show. Just by painting them, I’ve created a through-line that connects us all,” Mendoza explains.</p> <p> </p> <p><img alt="" src="https://www.highbrowmagazine.com/sites/default/files/2mendozaart.jpg" style="height:600px; width:600px" /></p> <p> </p> <p><img alt="" src="https://www.highbrowmagazine.com/sites/default/files/3mendozaart.jpg" style="height:492px; width:600px" /></p> <p> </p> <p><img alt="" src="https://www.highbrowmagazine.com/sites/default/files/4mendozaart.jpg" style="height:600px; width:600px" /></p> <p> </p> <p><img alt="" src="https://www.highbrowmagazine.com/sites/default/files/5mendozaart.jpg" style="height:600px; width:600px" /></p> <p> </p> <p><strong><em>Zach Mendoza: Literary </em></strong><strong>is on display at <a href="http://gallery30south.com/zach-mendoza-literary/" style="color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline">Gallery 30 South</a> through May 31. For more information, visit the gallery’s <a href="http://gallery30south.com/" style="color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline">website</a>.</strong></p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Highbrow Magazine</strong></p> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-tags field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/zach-mendoza" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">zach mendoza</a></div><div class="field-item odd" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/portraits" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">portraits</a></div><div class="field-item even" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/literary-heroes" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">literary heroes</a></div><div class="field-item odd" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/gallery-30-south" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Gallery 30 South</a></div><div class="field-item even" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/paintings" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">paintings</a></div><div class="field-item odd" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/f-scott-fitzgerald" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">F. Scott Fitzgerald</a></div><div class="field-item even" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/dostoyevsky" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">dostoyevsky</a></div><div class="field-item odd" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/flannery-oconnor" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">flannery o&#039;connor</a></div><div class="field-item even" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/sylvia-plath" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">sylvia plath</a></div><div class="field-item odd" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/art" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">art</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-author field-type-text field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">The Editors</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-pop field-type-list-boolean field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Popular:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">not popular</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-photographer field-type-text field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Photographer:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">Images courtesy of Zach Mendoza and Gallery 30 South</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-bot field-type-list-boolean field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Bottom Slider:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">Out Slider</div></div></div> Wed, 20 May 2020 10:38:15 +0000 tara 9562 at https://www.highbrowmagazine.com https://www.highbrowmagazine.com/10659-artist-zach-mendoza-s-tribute-great-literary-heroes#comments Photographer Linda Aronow’s Homage to the L.A. Punk Scene https://www.highbrowmagazine.com/10616-photographer-linda-aronow-s-homage-la-punk-scene <div class="field field-name-field-cat field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/photography-art" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Photography &amp; Art</a></div></div></div><span class="submitted-by">Submitted by tara on Tue, 04/28/2020 - 19:50</span><div class="field field-name-field-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" rel="og:image rdfs:seeAlso" resource="https://www.highbrowmagazine.com/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/field/image/1punkphotos.jpg?itok=uMwLSZab"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://www.highbrowmagazine.com/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/field/image/1punkphotos.jpg?itok=uMwLSZab" width="480" height="351" alt="" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p> </p> <p>Gallery 30 South is currently featuring the <a href="http://gallery30south.com/linda-aronow/" style="color:blue; text-decoration:underline">Punk Photography of Linda Aronow</a>.</p> <p> </p> <p>Aronow was the manager of WACKO on Melrose in Los Angeles during its heyday in the 1980s and ‘90s when Punk was becoming New Wave, but the post-Punk sound was giving way to what would soon be termed Alternative Rock.</p> <p> </p> <p>As Aronow explains, “After some really awful jobs (including working a week in a Fotomatbooth and the J.C. Penney Portrait Studio at Fox Hills Mall), I found my way over to Melrose and spent an amazing decade managing Wacko when that street was the coolest place to be.</p> <p> </p> <p>Some of the bands I shot during this time worked in shops just up the street (Patrick from Kommunity FK and Edward from Nervous Gender both worked at Poseur). I was able to shoot Black Flag at a surprise show at UCLA, which provided a rare opportunity to photograph them without having to dodge stage divers; although there was a weird kind of chivalry back then where people looked out for you and your camera–<em>usually</em>.”</p> <p> </p> <p>On the weekends, kids flocked from East L.A. and the Valley to Melrose Avenue to buy their Doc Martens and Manic Panic hair dye, and Aronow was everybody’s favorite Goth shopkeeper.</p> <p> </p> <p>In the evenings, Aronow was busy documenting the live music scene of that era and managed to capture still photos of the most iconic bands of the day over multiple gigs spanning over a decade. </p> <p> </p> <p>The collection of photographs that comprised her first exhibition (<a href="http://gallery30south.com/punk-rock-primer/" style="color:blue; text-decoration:underline">A Punk Rock Primer: L.A. 1982 – 1992</a>), included intuitive snapshots of Minor Threat, Henry Rollins &amp; Black Flag, T.S.O.L., The Damned, Christian Death, GBH, Kommunity FK, Social Distortion, Alice Bag, and some of the first ever shows by the Red Hot Chili Peppers.</p> <p> </p> <p>For Aronow’s sophomore exhibition, Gallery 30 South is showcasing another assortment of never-before-seen photos from L.A.’s Punk Rock Golden Age.</p> <p> </p> <p><strong><em>For more information, visit: </em></strong><a href="http://gallery30south.com/" style="color:blue; text-decoration:underline"><strong><em>Gallery 30 South</em></strong></a><strong><em>.</em></strong></p> <p> </p> <p><strong><img alt="" src="https://www.highbrowmagazine.com/sites/default/files/2punkphotos.jpg" style="height:467px; width:600px" /></strong></p> <p> </p> <p><strong><img alt="" src="https://www.highbrowmagazine.com/sites/default/files/3punkphotos.jpg" style="height:600px; width:408px" /></strong></p> <p> </p> <p><strong><img alt="" src="https://www.highbrowmagazine.com/sites/default/files/4punkphotos.jpg" style="height:600px; width:475px" /></strong></p> <p> </p> <p><strong><img alt="" src="https://www.highbrowmagazine.com/sites/default/files/5punkphotos.jpg" style="height:600px; width:253px" /></strong></p> <p> </p> <p><strong><img alt="" src="https://www.highbrowmagazine.com/sites/default/files/6punkphotos.jpg" style="height:533px; width:600px" /></strong></p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Highbrow Magazine</strong></p> <p> </p> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-tags field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/linda-aronow" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Linda Aronow</a></div><div class="field-item odd" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/gallery-30-south" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Gallery 30 South</a></div><div class="field-item even" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/punk-rock-photos" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Punk rock photos</a></div><div class="field-item odd" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/punk-rock" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">punk rock</a></div><div class="field-item even" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/los-angeles-music-scene" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Los Angeles music scene</a></div><div class="field-item odd" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/photo-exhibits" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">photo exhibits</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-author field-type-text field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">The Editors</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-pop field-type-list-boolean field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Popular:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">not popular</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-photographer field-type-text field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Photographer:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">Photos courtesy of Linda Aronow and Gallery 30 South</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-bot field-type-list-boolean field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Bottom Slider:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">Out Slider</div></div></div> Tue, 28 Apr 2020 23:50:10 +0000 tara 9514 at https://www.highbrowmagazine.com https://www.highbrowmagazine.com/10616-photographer-linda-aronow-s-homage-la-punk-scene#comments Gallery 30 South Presents ‘Barbie: The Plastic Religion’ https://www.highbrowmagazine.com/10320-gallery-30-south-presents-barbie-plastic-religion <div class="field field-name-field-cat field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/photography-art" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Photography &amp; Art</a></div></div></div><span class="submitted-by">Submitted by tara on Fri, 12/20/2019 - 08:50</span><div class="field field-name-field-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" rel="og:image rdfs:seeAlso" resource="https://www.highbrowmagazine.com/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/field/image/1barbie.jpeg?itok=lYv0Bb9w"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://www.highbrowmagazine.com/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/field/image/1barbie.jpeg?itok=lYv0Bb9w" width="380" height="480" alt="" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p> </p> <p>You have to have guts to mount an exhibition like the ones that the Argentine artists Pool &amp; Marianela (Marianela Perelli and Emiliano Paolini) exhibit these days across the globe.</p> <p> </p> <p>The Plastic Religion plays with religious iconography, with special emphasis on the Christian religion, disguising the popular Barbie and her boyfriend Ken as virgins, saints and Christs. Past shows have faced staunch criticism and controversy from right-wing factions who have applied their own agendas onto the artwork, but simultaneously this work has found acceptance from Pope Francis (who owns one of the couple’s loose Barbie figures), Mattel (the makers of Barbie), and the Palais du Louvre (which displayed four of Pool y Marianela’s boxed Barbie &amp; Ken dolls in their museum of decorative arts).</p> <p> </p> <p><img alt="" src="https://www.highbrowmagazine.com/sites/default/files/2barbie.jpeg" style="height:480px; width:480px" /></p> <p> </p> <p>This current presentation at Gallery 30 South features some of the same striking pieces that were featured at the Louvre, and they’ve produced new unique versions of pieces both owned and beloved by the Pope.</p> <p> </p> <p>“More than bravery is taking on the commitment,” says Pool with energy. “We live in an increasingly ugly world where the extreme right threatens our freedoms all the time with artists frequently becoming unwitting collaborators.”</p> <p> </p> <p>Pool is resounding when it comes to talking about this. In his opinion, art of today that does not say anything (specifically that which is limited to pretty pictures with the sole purpose of selling), is a treacherous, empty art that only serves to bolster fascism.</p> <p> </p> <p><img alt="" src="https://www.highbrowmagazine.com/sites/default/files/3barbie.jpeg" style="height:480px; width:480px" /></p> <p> </p> <p>Explains the Argentine artist, “We, Pool and Marianela, do not conceive art if it does not have rebellion. The enemy of good art is the artist who makes nice things in support of vapidness. That is unforgivable. They are occupying space in the zeitgeist that should go to someone who wants to shout a real message into the ether. We cry out by testing the limits of the nexus between religious mentality and consumerism.”</p> <p> </p> <p>But criticism is in the eye of the beholder and the duo count the Holy See among the owners of their work. “This exhibition, like all our work, focuses on the boundary between satire and homage,” says Pool, who speaks on behalf of both. “We move in duality; we are neither good nor evil.”</p> <p> </p> <p>“We try to make people think, to put their heads to work so that each time there is less authoritarianism and less preconception of thought – which is what allows dictators to operate unopposed. Always, for them, it will be more difficult to deceive when the public is thinking clearly.”</p> <p> </p> <p><img alt="" src="https://www.highbrowmagazine.com/sites/default/files/4barbie.jpeg" style="height:407px; width:601px" /></p> <p> </p> <p>The couple of Argentine artists does not consider, however, that Barbie is an icon of consumerism. For them, Barbie is more the representation of canonical beauty and an icon of feminism.  “We say hembrismo,“ qualifies Pool, since it represents a woman who does what she wants, as she wants and when she wants. So much so that her boyfriend, Ken, is simply an accessory.</p> <p> </p> <p>That’s why they chose these two pop icons. “We had been incorporating the most popular figures into our work, and Barbie was the number-one pop culture doll. This was in tandem with connecting the rite of play with the first things imposed on us: religion through baptism. Once we mixed the two, we knew we had a project with broad, international appeal. From this was born our oeuvre, which gets a bit of updating in this evolving but superplastic era.”</p> <p> </p> <p><img alt="" src="https://www.highbrowmagazine.com/sites/default/files/5barbie.jpeg" style="height:480px; width:480px" /></p> <p> </p> <p><strong><em>The exhibition runs through December 29 at </em></strong><a href="https://gallery30south.com/"><strong><em>Gallery 30 South.</em></strong></a></p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Highbrow Magazine</strong></p> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-tags field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/pool-and-marianela" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">pool and marianela</a></div><div class="field-item odd" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/barbie-exhibit" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">barbie exhibit</a></div><div class="field-item even" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/barbie-and-ken" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">barbie and ken</a></div><div class="field-item odd" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/religious-art" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">religious art</a></div><div class="field-item even" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/gallery-30-south" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Gallery 30 South</a></div><div class="field-item odd" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/art-exhibits" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">art exhibits</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-author field-type-text field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">The Editors</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-pop field-type-list-boolean field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Popular:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">not popular</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-photographer field-type-text field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Photographer:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">Courtesy of Gallery 30 South</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-bot field-type-list-boolean field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Bottom Slider:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">Out Slider</div></div></div> Fri, 20 Dec 2019 13:50:53 +0000 tara 9234 at https://www.highbrowmagazine.com https://www.highbrowmagazine.com/10320-gallery-30-south-presents-barbie-plastic-religion#comments Lowbrow Meets Highbrow at Gallery 30 South’s Coaster Show https://www.highbrowmagazine.com/10199-lowbrow-meets-highbrow-gallery-south-s-coaster-show <div class="field field-name-field-cat field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/photography-art" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Photography &amp; Art</a></div></div></div><span class="submitted-by">Submitted by tara on Wed, 10/16/2019 - 20:23</span><div class="field field-name-field-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" rel="og:image rdfs:seeAlso" resource="https://www.highbrowmagazine.com/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/field/image/1coastershow.jpg?itok=Cf8WDUXV"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://www.highbrowmagazine.com/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/field/image/1coastershow.jpg?itok=Cf8WDUXV" width="480" height="410" alt="" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p> </p> <p>PASADENA, CALIFORNIA  – Gallery 30 South is currently featuring the return of the the "Original Coaster Show.”</p> <p> </p> <p>Seven years ago, “The Coaster Show” became world-famous for the sheer scope of unique pieces of art by extraordinary artists, many who saw their careers explode from the original show.</p> <p> </p> <p>Combining the quirky, the vibrant and the storytelling aspects of art, Gallery 30 South has set up an exhibit of hundreds of artful coasters displayed in a storyboard fashion along the walls of the gallery. Beer coasters (like those you can find at your local bar or restaurant) have been transformed from a disposal, functionary object into a canvas for one-of-a-kind art pieces.</p> <p> </p> <p>The show, founded by Gallery 30 South owner Matt Kennedy in 2013, features the works of some of the most important, young artists of of today. The annual event gathers up to a thousand unique pieces of artwork by hundreds of individual artists, many whom are now making their gallery debut.</p> <p> </p> <p>In addition, the annual show includes a significant number of works that highlight diversity, as well as exceptional works created by artists with disabilities. From autism to limited mobility, these amazing artists have overcome physical and developmental challenges to create a collection of soulful and inspiring works of art. Subjects include cultural heritage, environmental activism, gender and orientation equality, mental health awareness, and even the occasional political cartoon.</p> <p> </p> <p>“It’s a lot of work to pull together, but this is my favorite show to curate each year,” says director Matt Kennedy. “Taken as a whole, the exhibition is a single installation comprised of work by hundreds of individuals in random collaboration. And with entry-level pricing, anyone can acquire one piece or full artist sets quite affordably and become a true patron of the arts. The gallery walls are covered with these tiny, extraordinary and invariably unique art pieces, so you can walk the show a hundred times and still see something new each time.</p> <p> </p> <p>At its core, this show is the transformation of a lowbrow concept into an egalitarian ideal, which is that art really is everywhere.”</p> <p> </p> <p><img alt="" src="https://www.highbrowmagazine.com/sites/default/files/2coastershow.jpg" style="height:577px; width:577px" /></p> <p> </p> <p><img alt="" src="https://www.highbrowmagazine.com/sites/default/files/3coastershow.jpeg" style="height:577px; width:577px" /></p> <p> </p> <p><img alt="" src="https://www.highbrowmagazine.com/sites/default/files/4coastershow_0.jpg" style="height:577px; width:577px" /></p> <p> </p> <p><img alt="" src="https://www.highbrowmagazine.com/sites/default/files/5coastershow.jpg" style="height:577px; width:577px" /></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p><img alt="" src="https://www.highbrowmagazine.com/sites/default/files/6coastershow.jpg" style="height:577px; width:577px" /></p> <p> </p> <p><em><strong>The 7th Annual Coaster Show Exhibition</strong></em></p> <p><em><strong>Gallery 30 South, 30 South Wilson Avenue, Pasadena California 91106</strong></em></p> <p><em><strong>Runs through October 27, 2019</strong></em></p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Highbrow Magazine</strong>                              </p> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-tags field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/coaster-show" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">the coaster show</a></div><div class="field-item odd" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/gallery-30-south" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Gallery 30 South</a></div><div class="field-item even" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/matt-kennedy" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">matt kennedy</a></div><div class="field-item odd" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/new-artists" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">new artists</a></div><div class="field-item even" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/coasters" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">coasters</a></div><div class="field-item odd" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/california-art" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">california art</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-author field-type-text field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">The Editors</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-pop field-type-list-boolean field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Popular:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">not popular</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-photographer field-type-text field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Photographer:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">Courtesy of Gallery 30 South</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-bot field-type-list-boolean field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Bottom Slider:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">Out Slider</div></div></div> Thu, 17 Oct 2019 00:23:43 +0000 tara 9083 at https://www.highbrowmagazine.com https://www.highbrowmagazine.com/10199-lowbrow-meets-highbrow-gallery-south-s-coaster-show#comments The Art of Mojdeh Rezaeipour https://www.highbrowmagazine.com/9896-art-mojdeh-rezaeipour <div class="field field-name-field-cat field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/photography-art" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Photography &amp; Art</a></div></div></div><span class="submitted-by">Submitted by tara on Sun, 03/24/2019 - 12:18</span><div class="field field-name-field-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" rel="og:image rdfs:seeAlso" resource="https://www.highbrowmagazine.com/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/field/image/1mojdehart.jpg?itok=zUZWEpR8"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://www.highbrowmagazine.com/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/field/image/1mojdehart.jpg?itok=zUZWEpR8" width="480" height="349" alt="" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p> </p> <p>Mojdeh Rezaeipour is an Iranian-American artist and storyteller based in Washington, D.C. Her organic mixed media works and installations explore hyphenated identity and belonging, as well as the intersections of our collective striving for healing and transformation.</p> <p> </p> <p>After completing her architectural studies at UC Berkeley, Mojdeh’s involvement in art and design has taken her to San Francisco, New York, Rome, Tokyo, and Berlin, where she spent the summer of 2018 on an arts fellowship awarded by The Studio Visit. Her exhibitions locally and internationally have been featured in publications such as <em>The Rib, DIRT, So To Speak</em>, and <em>The Washington Post</em>. Her stories have aired on The Moth Radio Hour on NPR and she also served as The Moth’s Washington DC StorySlam Producer from 2015-2018. Mojdeh’s work is privately collected worldwide, and several of her works were recently acquired for the permanent collection at Eaton Workshop in Washington, DC.</p> <p> </p> <p><em>Memories, Dreams, Reclamations</em> (یکی بود یکی نبود), recently exhibited at Gallery 30 South (Pasadena, California),  explores the spaces we are called to claim and reclaim between dualities of dark and light, pain and play, trauma and healing. </p> <p> </p> <p>In nonlinear collaboration with her past and future selves, Rezaeipour brings us inside of a semi-autobiographical landscape of learning and adaptation, where she engages in a process of piecing herself back together.   Her organic mixed media self-portraits, assemblages and installations incorporate natural elements and her own body, as well as photographs, early drawings and toys from the artist’s childhood in Iran.  Through this playful deconstruction and reconstruction of personal narrative, Rezaeipour exposes a familiar language of individual and collective resilience.</p> <p> </p> <p><strong>For more information, contact gallery director Matt Kennedy: (323)547-3227 or <a href="mailto:info@gallery30south.com">info@gallery30south.com</a></strong></p> <p><img alt="" src="https://www.highbrowmagazine.com/sites/default/files/2mojdehart.jpg" style="height:625px; width:625px" /></p> <p> </p> <p><img alt="" src="https://www.highbrowmagazine.com/sites/default/files/3mojdehart.jpg" style="height:625px; width:625px" /></p> <p> </p> <p><img alt="" src="https://www.highbrowmagazine.com/sites/default/files/4mojdehart.jpg" style="height:625px; width:625px" /></p> <p> </p> <p><img alt="" src="https://www.highbrowmagazine.com/sites/default/files/5mojdehart.jpg" style="height:625px; width:625px" /></p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Highbrow Magazine<a name="_GoBack" id="_GoBack"></a></strong></p> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-tags field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/mojdeh-rezaeipour" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Mojdeh Rezaeipour</a></div><div class="field-item odd" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/gallery-30-south" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Gallery 30 South</a></div><div class="field-item even" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/artists" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">artists</a></div><div class="field-item odd" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/iranian-artists" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">iranian artists</a></div><div class="field-item even" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/modern-art" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">modern art</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-author field-type-text field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">The Editors</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-pop field-type-list-boolean field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Popular:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">not popular</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-photographer field-type-text field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Photographer:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">Photos courtesy of Gallery 30 South</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-bot field-type-list-boolean field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Bottom Slider:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">Out Slider</div></div></div> Sun, 24 Mar 2019 16:18:43 +0000 tara 8624 at https://www.highbrowmagazine.com https://www.highbrowmagazine.com/9896-art-mojdeh-rezaeipour#comments