“I’m feeling sculptural gold jewelry—these are edgy but still refined.” -Ali Larter GOLD-FILL SAFETY PIN EARRINGS, $120, GABRIELA ARTIGAS.COM, 323-845-9821

This  collection plays along historical and contemporary elements, a subtle tension between them but never achieving juxtaposition. A play of contrasts between handmade detailing, distressing and industrial looking materials: suede, amber, gold and bronze dominate the pieces. The chains coloration and texture are offset by the clear geometry of the accompanying elements marking it one [...]

Genesee + Esquivel The Handmade May 22 to June 26 – Esquivel House Courtyard Entrance 8309 W. 3rd St, Los Angeles, 90048 Hours: Wednesday – Sunday 11 am – 5 pm – Brands: Esquivel   ARTLESS   Gabriela Artigas Farm Tactics   Gentry  Man Candy Carla Fernandez   Trista   Teamo   Zan Zan Eyeware Artists: [...]

http://www.latimesmagazine.com/2010/05/true-to-form-artigas-curtin.html The Essentialists Alejandro—“Alex” to his friends—Artigas and Thomas John Curtin Jr. are, to use a well-worn phrase, men of parts. In their case, a lot of parts. Curtin, 30, a graduate from USC’s School of Cinematic Arts and Pasadena’s Art Center College of Design, is an interior designer who creates fine art in multiple [...]

Borrowing its title from Charles Baudelaire’s controversial book,the exhibition brings together five artists working in varying degrees of abstraction, whose work integrates immediate surface pleasures with underlying elements of escape, fantasy and social critique. All of the artists live and work in Los Angeles, and each has been uniquely informed by the city’s character of [...]

Simmons and Burke, Deleted # 1and Deleted # 3, 2008 lightjet prints, 27.5 x 20 inches each, edition of 6, courtesy of Michael Kohn Gallery Brian Bress           Simmons & Burke           Melissa Keller Tom McCaffrey         Carter Mull                 Chloe Sells Yasmin Than             Ed Templeton       Rosha Yaghmai Curated by Price Latimer Agah and Alejandro [...]

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