Ed Fuentes
Ed Fuentes is a cultural journalist who has been covering the Inland Empire, the High Desert, and downtown Los Angeles for KCET since 2010. He lived in downtown Los Angeles for 13 years before moving to Las Vegas, where he covers regional art, including murals and street art, at painthisdesert.com. He tweets at @viewfromaloft.
With rumors of an upcoming L.A. exhibition by the UK street artist, it's time to connect the century-old dots between Banksy and the father of conceptual art, Duchamp.
Students and property owners collaborated to bring public art to the walls of Isla Vista.
Writing on the Wall guest editorial series continues with Bill Lasarow, who serves as Board President of the Mural Conservancey of Los Angeles.
With a 13 to 2 vote on Wednesday, the modified mural ordinance, which doesn't allow murals on single-family homes, has officially moved forward.
The last year has been a mini-golden era of outdoor art, giving L.A. the chance to regain the title of "mural capital of the world."
The mural ordinance, which would lift the 11-year city-wide ban on murals, was passed by city council -- almost.
Provoking awareness of both an inner and outer nature, Noguchi's work fosters self-reflection and a collective call to honor and appreciate the crucial but tenuous relationship Californians hold with their precious resources.
For a city that's infatuated with its murals, it's been dishing out a lot of tough love -- the anticipated city council vote on the proposed mural ordinance has been delayed.
If one of your neighbors wants to hire an artist to paint a mural on an outside wall of his or her house, should you and your fellow homeowners have the right to say "No?"
The sequel shows the L.A.-based filmmaker globetrotting to meet with artists in Australia, the Middle East, and Asia.
Graffiti can be a crime. There, I said it. And Saber agrees.
As we wait for the proposed mural ordinance to reach City Council August 20, let's have a look at what else has been happening with murals, public art, and street art in July of 2013.