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Posted in Art, Europe, Los Angeles, Travels on Dec 10th, 2008
This year, the holidays mean more than family visits, endless cookie-consumption and a reason to drink hard liquor everyday to celebrate baby Jesus turning water into wine. In over a week I’ll be taking a road trip from Los Angeles, Ca to Seattle, WA and I intend to stop by galleries the entire way up. [...]
Posted in Art, Mexico City, Photography, Travels on Dec 8th, 2008
The world needs more of these thoughtful translation-taggers. Yet, “guey” looks really weird when it’s spelled “wey.” Poetic license is always implemented on the streets, but I’m not digging the spelling of this word. “Guey” would have been more profound in writing.
Seen on the streets of Condesa, Mexico City.
Posted in Art, Photography, The New York Beat, Travels on Dec 3rd, 2008
The thought of rough textured facades and decrepit buildings as aesthetic pillars of beauty is hardly novel in the 21st Century. For us — including myself — a crumbling wall, aching buttress, disheveled window-pane and dying foundation are invitations for gawking. How many images this week have you seen stenciled, spray-painted, or painted on [...]
Posted in Art, Life, Los Angeles, Mexico City, Travels on Dec 2nd, 2008
Mexico City boasts much more than Frida Khalo and Diego Rivera paintings when it comes to art. When you take aim at the country’s onslaught of conceptual connoisseurs, then you’ll find a plethora of artists dabbling in eccentricities to hold you over for years. Kurimanzutto has a spanking new art space and exhibition in the [...]
Posted in Art, Mexico City on Dec 1st, 2008
If you live in and around Condesa, D.F., your daily commute will probably involve a walk by the Mercado Condesa on Avenida Michoacan and Calle Tamaulipas. Since it’s likely you’ll be inebriated, and/or too stuffed to acknowledge anything around you (too many bars and restaurants, ya know?) you might miss out on the fantastic art [...]
Posted in Art on Nov 13th, 2008
Via Juxtapoz:
Evol TSDP from Evan Romoff on Vimeo.
EVOL is a Los Angeles based artist who I first encountered in Berlin, Germany last year when Gabriele, store-owner of SupaLife Kiosk, mentioned him during an interview she gave me. He’s primarily a stencil artist, and a helluva good one if you peruse his site. I think [...]
Posted in Art, Berlin, Life, Mexico City, Music, Sports, What I Am Listening To on Nov 1st, 2008
Forecasts in Los Angeles called for rain until this evening; friends in New York City email me with accounts of wind chills blistering enough to make you quiver under layers of Burberry; Mexico City is a gloomy mess this morning with highs expected in the low 60’s and the lows expected to send Mexicanos into [...]
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I live on the border of Colonia Condesa and Roma Norte, a few blocks away from the Chapultapec metro stop. It’s an area bustling in the day and devoid of crowds at night. You can find the most amazing quesadillas drenched in Habanero sauce and dripping with the oily residuals of Oaxacan cheese at 7am. [...]
Posted in Mexico City on Oct 30th, 2008
Update: Beirut talks with Pitchfork about the project.
I’ve heard rumors of John Malkovich residing somewhere around the Col. Condesa; Anthony Bourdain brought his spit-fire insight on gastronomy to Mexico City a few weeks back; now I’m hearing news that Beirut perched his scrawny awesomeness, probably on some hilltop where his horns would reverberate throughout valleys [...]
Posted in Mexico City on Oct 29th, 2008
I never knew the papier-mâché creatures I see at every artisan shop in Mexico are called alebrijes. I also didn’t know Pedro Linares created them in the 1930’s when he was ill, fell into some worm-hole in his brain and traveled to a distant planet where donkeys had wings. Inspired, the man began constructing tiny [...]