DRAKE CARR ON MANIFESTATIONS, HIS OBSESSION WITH PEOPLE, AND WANTING TO COLLABORATE WITH WITH OTHER ARTISTIC FAGGOTS
Drake Carr Gay Bar Painting (Gay Stare), 2021 Acrylic paint on paper pulp and wood panel 96 x 30 x 2.5 inches “My work is best described as an obsession…
NINA TARR IS TOO HOT TO BE “FUNNY”
Nina Tarr is easily East LA’s Golden Girl and one of my favorite LA comedians I’ve had the privilege of seeing do standup. She’s a total chameleon, weaving…
REMOTE
INSPIRED by late summer sunlight, Remote is an intimate expression of solitude, longing, and painfully strange beauty of a season spent with oneself. Emily McAlister LaCivita: We’ve collaborated on projects…
BEYOND THE STREETS: IN CONVERSATION WITH MISTER CARTOON
Los Angeles in the 1980s found itself simultaneously unraveling at the hems of social unrest and flourishing in amorphous creative prosperity. A teen at the time, Mark Machado expended…
CUQUITA THE CUBAN DOLL CHALLENGES THE WHITE ART WORLD ELITE
It is 2018. In front of the 14th street Union Square stop, Yali Romagoza sits in complete stillness. The sign next to her reads: “Hello, my name is Cuquita…
ARTIST TSCHABALALA SELF ON CEMENTING BLACK WOMEN IN ART HISTORY
Tschabalala Self talks to LADYGUNN about her path to becoming one of America's most renowned modern artist, why black women are her muse and what she hopes to achieve with work.
DEVIL OR ANGEL I’M NOT ONE OR THE OTHER
photos/ Joebert Tupas @mojojooe model / Luca angel Mancuso @angelmeatzz Makeup / Victoria Magno @facebyvickyminaj Hair / Keita Higashi @keitahair All Clothes and Accessory Designer / Fecal matter @matieresfecales @fecalmatterworld
WATCH- FILM PREMIERE: “DIRTY BLONDE” BY RAZIEME IBORRA
Razieme Iborra's film Dirty Blonde opens with 16-year-old prostitute Shaye Rankin finishing up with a client. She seems young and vulnerable but with sensibilities of someone who has had to…
CROWDPLEASER
CROWDPLEASER examines the role of image, gender, and representation for women and nonbinary artists in the music industry through a series of artist profiles and photos that feature the artist at their most comfortable and powerful in environments and roles that have historically served men and the male gaze.
CLOSE COLLABORATIONS: IN CONVERSATION W/ NATHALIE CHRISTMAS & SMOKE SEASON
In our series Close Collaborations, Natalie and the LA-based musicians Smoke Season have a conversation about working together on their latest video "Up On Me"
NICOLE WARGON
Bay Area artist Nicole Wargon's goal is to push social change through female-oriented design. Nicole puts the woman at the forefront of her work with years of inspiring friendships acting as her muse.