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“EXCAVATED REVELATIONS”
Featuring: ZES & RETNA
Opening: February 11, 2012 | 8 – 11 pm

Known Gallery
441 North Fairfax Avenue,
Los Angeles, CA 90036
info@knowngallery.com

LA Mural Ordinance Community Discussion
Hosted by the Los Angeles Arts District Bid and LALA Gallery
Featuring Muralists: Shepard Fairey and SABER with City Planner Tanner Blackman & LA Freewalls Project Curator Daniel Lahoda.

February 7th, 2012 7-9pm
LALA Gallery
1335 Willow Street
Los Angeles, Ca 90021
P: 213.415.1826
info@lahodafinearts.com

Brisk Iced Tea joined forces with Star Wars on Thursday, February 2 in Los Angeles, Calif. to bring fans a pop-up gallery, dubbed the Brisk Bodega, to celebrate the heritage and culture of Star Wars. The private event included a spinning by Just Blaze and DJ Skee and original artwork inspired by Brisk and Star Wars, with a Dark Side vs. Light Side theme, by Artek, Mark Dean Veca, Jasper Wong, Pose, Leo Eguiarte, Dual Forces, Eye One, and Tristan Eaton.

The Brisk Bodega, featuring the Dark Side vs. Light Side art exhibit and a guest DJ, will be open to the public on today, February 3 at 722 N Figueroa St., Los Angeles, Calif. from 3 – 11 p.m.

For more photos of this event, visit Erwin Recinos on Flickr.

Michael Miller
West Coast Hip Hop | A History in Pictures

Michael Miller is a simple man with an extraordinary life in photography. Over the past 25 years, he has built an expansive portfolio that includes over 300 major record covers, the most iconic supermodels of the ‘90s and some of the biggest names in rap and jazz.

Miller was born and raised in Los Angeles and recalls the only radio station that came in clear where he lived during his teenage years was AM 1580 KDAY. As a Santa Monica High School student in the midst of the punk, surf and skate scene, he was listening to RUN DMC, Doug E. Fresh and Slick Rick.

Miller graduated from UCLA with a B.A. in Film and Television and after college, he took a trip with friends to explore Paris where he met then boxer turned top agent Rene Bosne, who in time became Miller’s roommate in Paris and introduced Miller to his first camera. Miller began landing jobs shooting models for John Casablanca and later relocated to Barcelona, Spain where he began to build an impressive portfolio shooting for major campaigns such as Cacharel Paris.

Influenced by the techniques of Peter Lindberg, Paulo Roversi and Javier Vallhonrat, Miller developed a method of cross processing film and different chemical baths for black and white photographs. He was on to something that was still undiscovered in the United States, sharing his method with fellow photographers such as Anton Corbijn.

Homesick, Miller returned to his Los Angeles stomping grounds in 1988 and was immediately picked up by Herb Ritts’ agency Visages, shooting three advertisements for Vogue in the first month. His recognition for technique and style in fashion photography gained him attention in the music industry. By the end of 1988, he had photographed his first rapper, Arabian Prince.

Impressed with his major campaign for Stussy, DJ Muggs (7A3, Cypress Hill) asked Miller to photograph the demo for a new project titled Cypress Hill that led Miller to becoming a heavily sought after photographer for the hip-hop community.

Miller continues shooting for advertisment campaigns, major publications, celebrities and musicians.  He currently resides with his wife and two daughters in Los Angeles.  His inaugural show, West Coast Hip Hop, A History in Pictures, will display 43 photos, majority of which have never been shown to the public.

Known Gallery
441 North Fairfax Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90036
info@knowngallery.com
February 4, 2012 | 8-11p

Art & Sole Exhibition – 40 one of kind designs by 40 artists on platform heels donated by Ironfist Clothing.
Lab Art Gallery
217 S. La Brea Avenue
Los Angeles, Ca

To view more photos of this event, visit Erwin Recinos on Flickr.

In a joint effort to present the arts and culture to the diverse and myriad communities in Southern California, the Museum Marketing Roundtable announces the seventh annual ‘Museums Free-For-All’ Saturday-Sunday, January 28th and 29th, 2012. The museums—presenting art, cultural heritage, natural history, and science—will open their doors wide and invite visitors free of charge. Regular Parking and other fees still apply.

Participating Museums:

• The Annenberg Space for Photography - Both Days
• The Autry National Center - Both Days
• California African American Museum - Both Days
• California Science Center - Both Days
• Chinese American Museum of Los Angeles - Both Days
• Fowler Museum at UCLA - Both Days
• The Hammer Museum - Both Days
• The Getty Center - Both Days
• The Getty Villa**- Both Days
• Laguna Art Museum- Both Days
• Los Angeles Fire Department Museum and Memorial
  (Both Hollywood & San Pedro Locations)- Saturday, January 28th Only
• The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (MOCA) - Saturday, January 28th Only
• Museum of Tolerance - Sunday, January 29th Only
• Museum of Latin American Art - Both Days
• Pasadena Museum of California Art - Both Days
• Santa Monica Museum of Art - Saturday, January 28th Only
• Skirball Cultural Center*** – Saturday, January 28th Only
• Zimmer Children’s Museum - Sunday, January 29th Only

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