Dan Brunn Architecture / Interview
We were first introduced to Dan Brunn’s work when our colleague (and his), Taiyo Watanabe, photographed his immaculately crafted Beverly Hills sushi restaurant, Yojisan. That was late August of 2012. Since then, Brunn has been amassing award-after-award for his recent work and gaining much deserved publicity along the way. His Venice Beach dream modern residence, he […]
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Trapmaster: Heroes x Villains (Daniel Disaster) Interview
Two years ago, around the inception of The Superslice, in one of the premiere posts, we featured We Off That. It was an absolutely stellar mixtape by Daniel Disaster (née Daniel Pollard) of Heroes x Villains. By all accounts, the collection of beats was bangin’. It drew us in, introduced us to a new genre […]
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Yojisan Sushi Restaurant / Dan Brunn Architecture (UPDATED)
UPDATE: We are happy to announce that Dan Brunn was nominated for the Best of Year 2012 Project, in the Hospitality: Asian Fusion category, by Interior Design Magazine, and he…WON! It was a duly deserved win as his sublime space went against some stiff competition, Toy (NYC) by Jeffrey Beers International, Se Sa Me (Hong Kong, closed) by Kinney Chan & Associates, and Uchi (ATX)...
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BadBadNotGood at The Mint LA / Review
This past Tuesday, fresh off of backing up crooner Frank Ocean at the biggest festival of the year (last weekend), the Canadian jazz trio, BadBadNotGood, played their first show in Los Angeles at The Mint, a legendary venue for musicians and music lovers. The band played two killer sets with a 45 minute interlude. An intimate audience of […]
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TERRYWOOD / Terry Richardson at OHWOW Gallery Los Angeles
Here are some images from the wild opening reception of cool creep and influential photographer, Terry Richardson‘s show TERRYWOOD at OHWOW Gallery. It took place last Friday, February 24th, two days before the 84th Academy Awards, The madcap opening brought out a cavalcade of Hollywood B-listers. Some of the celebs we caught are seen below. There […]
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Miss You / Os Gêmeos at Prism Gallery Los Angeles
Here is the immersive show of the work of Brazilian street artists, Os Gêmeos, identical twin brothers Otavio and Gustavo Pandolfo. The show is titled Miss You and opened on February 25, at Prism Gallery on Sunset Blvd. An impressive body of work and a one-of-a-kind consuming presentation. Just observe. Oh yeah, Jordan Bratman and the Hilton […]
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Metropolis II / Chris Burden
Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) 5905 Wilshire Blvd Los Angeles, CA 90036 Chris Burden‘s latest kinetic sculpture, “Metropolis II,” does more than just imitate life. The colorful display of roads, cars, trains and buildings is art imitating what the artist foresees life being like in five or 10 years. It will be a […]
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The Complete Spot Paintings 1986-2011 / Damien Hirst
Gagosian Gallery 456 North Camden Drive Beverly Hills, CA 90210 Damien Hirst: The Complete Spot Paintings has arrived in Los Angeles — or at least that portion of “The Complete Spot Paintings” allotted to Gagosian Gallery’s Beverly Hills outpost has arrived. Hirst, 46, began to produce paintings patterned with flat, enamel-colored disks against a white […]
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Dreadful Sorry Clementine / Elisabeth Higgins O’Connor
Elisabeth Higgins O’Connor Charlie James Gallery 975 Chung King Road Los Angeles, CA Seven large-scale assemblage sculptures by
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Collaboration / HUF x Haroshi x DLX
HUF x Haroshi x DLX Collaboration – HUF partners up with Tokyo-based artist Haroshi and Bay Area skateboard distributor DLX on a limited edition collaboration. OPENING CEREMONY Saturday, January 7th, 2012 / 7PM – 11PM 545 S. Clarence St., Los Angeles, CA, 90033 Haroshi makes his art pieces recycling old used skateboards. His creations are […]
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Branded Arts 2011
Smashbox Studios Curated by Warren Brand Branded Arts 2011 (Los Angeles) November 5th, 2011 An art exhibition benefiting the Witness To A Dream Foundation and The Terry Brand Scholarship, featuring Various Artists. -SI Photography by Taiyo Watanabe
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A Meal I Make with My Mother / Bert Rodriguez
OHWOW Gallery BERT RODRIGUEZ A Meal I Make with My Mother (Los Angeles) November 19 – December 3, 2011 937 N. La Cienega Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90069 A Meal I Make with My Mother (Los Angeles), begins with a one-night only performance that involves the act of preparation, serving, and consumption of a home-cooked, […]
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Surface to Air / Thomas Doyle
Here is an exhibition by Thomas Doyle, an artist based in New York. Thomas’ work derives from his training as a painter and printmaker. From his early childhood, he had a fascination with scale models. He is a 2008 West Prize finalist and a 2009 MacDowell Colony Fellow. Location: LeBasse Projects Culver City, California November […]
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WAKE Recap / spaceLUNA
The Superslice recently sponsored WAKE, the second gallery show hosted by spaceLUNA and Cement Studios. Aside from being enthused about spaceLUNA’s location in the American Cement Building, one of the rare architectural marvels in the area, we had the chance to see some good work by young artists from Los Angeles and San Francisco. The theme of the show was loosely based […]
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It Happened at Pomona: Art at the Edge of Los Angeles, 1969-1973
It Happened at Pomona: Art at the Edge of Los Angeles, 1969-1973,
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Restlessly Still: DeeDee Cheriel / Femke Hiemstra / Audrey Kawasaki
This previous weekend featured a trio of super-talented artists at the Merry Karnowsky Gallery in
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Tokyo/LA Houses: Joe Day Interview
We checked in with Joe Day, the principal of deegan-day design llc, a practice based in Los Angeles. Joe Day is one of the creative directors and curator for the Tokyo/LA Houses: Micro-Environments for Mega-Cities, an exhibition of forty new homes by Japanese and Californian design practices that explore new efficiencies of scale, construction and […]
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ARTCUBE: Brandon Shigeta Interview
ARTCUBE contains a novel interactive sculpture comprising photographs of the artistic processes and techniques captured by Brandon Shigeta
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Shark Toof: Nature Will Always Win @ LeBasse Projects
LeBasse Projects, Culver City: June 18th – July 9th, 2011 Artist Reception: Saturday, June 18th 7-10p Los Angeles, CA – After being featured in the recent Portsmouth Museum of Art’s ‘Outside/In’ exhibition, Shark Toof returns to LA for his first major solo gallery show. ‘Nature Will Always Win’ will feature a series of paintings in […]
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HUF x Haroshi x DLX Collaboration Interviews / HBTV
Hypebeast TV catches up with Keith Hufnagel of HUF and Japanese artist Haroshi regarding the HUF x Haroshi x DLX Collaboration. Watch the insightful video interviews. –@teemunny Following the success of the recent HUF x Haroshi x DLX Collaboration, HBTV sat down with HUF founder Keith Hufnagel to explore a range of inspirations that […]
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Pulp Fiction in Chronological Order
A Top-5 film on IMDB, Pulp Fiction (1994), recut and re-edited to play in chronological order, here in full. If you’re a Quentin Tarantino fan, you’re well aware that the auteur relies on flashbacks and non-linear progression within the mechanics of his storytelling. This restructuring unfolds the film in a traditional linear fashion, providing an […]
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Was ‘Exit Through the Gift Shop’ a hoax?
Well known Los Angeles street artist, Revok (Jason Williams, 34), who was a contributor and participant in MOCA’s Art in the Streets exhibition, was arrested in late April at LAX while boarding a flight to Ireland. He was found to have violated his probation on a misdemeanor vandalism charge by failing to pay adequate restitution […]
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