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Tuesday ART ATTACK- Guy Rose "The Old Church At Cagnes"

Christian Franzen Posted on October 06 2015

By Christian Franzen

Guy Rose was born on March 3rd, 1867 in San Gabriel, California. Rose was born into a large family of eight children allowing him a lot of freedom at a young age on his families large Souther California rancho. When he was eleven years old, Rose was on a hunting trip with his brothers and was accidentally shot in the face. His injury took a substantial amount of time to recover so he passed the time drawing and painting in oils outside on his families rancho.

Graduating from Los Angeles High School in 1884, he decided to move to San Francisco where he attended the California School of Design. While in San Francisco Rose began to contemplate his place in the world, as many artists do. The young artist looked to Europe in search of his true potential and moved to Paris in 1888 to study at the Académie Julian. While at the Académie, Rose became swept up in the Impressionist phenomena and won several awards for his brilliant light infused paintings.

In the mid 1890's Rose moved back to the United States settling in New York where he illustrated for Harper's and Century magazines. One day Rose realized the commercial art scene wasn't cutting it for him anymore and he decided to return to France in 1899. He settled in Giverny with his wife Ethel and created some of his most famous works during this period.

After a long stay abroad he returned once again to the United States. Spending his first year back in Narragansett, Rhode Island and then finally making his way back to Los Angeles, California in 1914. Rose began teaching at the Stickney Memorial School of Art in Pasadena. Tragically, Rose suffered a stroke in 1921 that left him paralyzed from the neck down and ultimately led to his death on November 17th of 1925.

Guy Rose was arguable the Great Great Grandfather of the historically crucial lineage of "The California Painter" that is still carried on today. He cultivated many pivotal themes of The West, Spanish influence, and the activeness of the California landscape throughout his career that are still staples of the California Painters experience today.

Laguna Coast (1910)

Stephanie’s Corner: PINS!

Alex Seastrom Posted on October 05 2015

By Stephanie Schechter

This week in Stephanie’s corner, we’re going to talk about some of my favorite flair items! I have collected pins and buttons for several years, and love to display them proudly. I usually wear them on my lucky denim jacket or my favorite vintage overalls, but sometimes they migrate to other clothing items like shorts, jeans, and backpacks!

When I found out Mowgli was collaborating on some radical pins, I knew I had to get my paws on them! I am so stoked on these bad boys, because they are totally different from any of my other pins.

I usually find my pins at thrift stores, but I also like to get some during my travels or will buy new ones that are meaningful to me. Two of my most special pins are one celebrating my surf club, Swami’s Surfing Association’s 50^th anniversary, and one that I got while learning about my heritage in Israel this past summer. I hope to expand my pin collection throughout my life, because every pin and button tells a story!

Radical Tune Sunday- CHVRCHES "Leave A Trace"

Alex Seastrom Posted on October 04 2015

Radical Tune Sunday

Thank You To Everyone Who Came Out To The Tara Fox and Gold Star Show Last Thursday!!!!

Alex Seastrom Posted on October 03 2015

Puppy Stopnik. San Elijo State Beach, Ca.

Philip Seastrom Posted on October 02 2015

Photos Jessie Stopnik

Tomorrow 6-9!! Mowgli and Mokuyobi Present Tara Fox and Gold Star at Space 15 Twenty!!!

Alex Seastrom Posted on September 30 2015

Mowgli and Mokuyobi Present Tara Fox and Gold Star

Thursday October 1st 6-9!!! At Space 15 Twenty!!

1520 N Cahuenga Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90028

FREE PIZZA!! FREE CACTUS COOLER!! FREE BEER!!

Tuesday ART ATTACK- Tony Cragg "Stack"

Christian Franzen Posted on September 29 2015

Tony

By Christian Franzen

Cragg was born on April 9th 1949 in Liverpool, England. Beginning in 1969 he studied art at the Gloucestershire College of Art and Design in Gloucestershire followed by attending the Wimbledon School of Art from 1970-1973 specializing in sculpture. During the following years, Cragg spent his time in a concentrated sculptural program at the Royal College of Art until 1977.

Having completed school Cragg began working with sculptural installation. By combining different mixed media materials Cragg created complex reliefs on the walls of galleries and walls around his neighborhood in England.

At the turn of the decade Cragg left England to pursue a teaching job that he was offered at the Kunstakademie of Dusseldorf in Germany. While in Germany, Cragg began to turn away from his focus on installation sculpture and started to concentrate on the power of individual pieces and the media used. Cragg continued to play off of this idea throughout the 1980s; taking everyday objects, reshaping them to create more dynamic forms, but still keeping them recognizable in order to evoke a subconscious response from the viewer.

In more recent times Cragg's work has become more figurative. Using the figure as loose guidelines, Cragg will create abstract sculpture reminiscent of the human form that speaks to the human struggles of trying to obtain balance and stability in the modern world. Cragg is still alive and making today while he lives and teaches in Germany.

Christian Franzen. Long Beach, Ca.

Philip Seastrom Posted on September 28 2015

Photos Thomas Green

Radical Tune Sunday- Dog Party "Peanut Butter Dream"

Alex Seastrom Posted on September 27 2015

Radical Tune Sunday

Summer Songs- End of Summer by Tara Fox

Philip Seastrom Posted on September 26 2015

Los Angeles' Tara Fox delivers the perfect tunes for any mood. Tara's sound effortlessly mixes folk, country, and indie rock to create a real California sound. Make sure to catch Tara preforming live with Gold Star at Space 15 Twenty in honor of our Pop-Up Space!! We will see you at 1520 N Cahuenga Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90028! Show goes from 6-9! Free pizza and beer!!

End of Summer by Tara Fox

Since we’re approaching fall, I wanted to make a playlist that would carry a listener through the highs and lows of the season past... night drives down Sunset through the canyon to PCH (Daylight Til Dawn), soft shell crab and tilt-a-whirl on a seedy pier (Redondo), that melancholic punch in the gut when you realize summer’s over and—if you live anywhere other than L.A.—it’s getting cold again (Parade). Hope you dig!

1. Allnight Radio – Daylight til Dawn

2. Steve Gunn – Water Wheel

3. Mikal Cronin – Weight

4. Paul Simon – Graceland

5. The Growlers – Chinese Fountain

6. Mac Demarco – The Way You’d Love Her

7. Patti Smith – Redondo Beach

8. Lael Neale – Born in the Summer

9. Allah-Las – Come On

10. Kevin Morby – Parade

End of Summer Playlist by Tara Fox by Mowglisurf on Mixcloud

Photos Julia Brokaw

Summer Songs

Come Stop By Our Amazing Pop-Up Open Everyday at Space 15 Twenty Until Oct. 11!!

Philip Seastrom Posted on September 25 2015

1520 N Cahuenga Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90028!! Also next Thursday (Oct. 1) Tara Fox and Gold Star will be playing 6-9!! Free pizza and beer!!!

Carson's Monthly Crunch!– University of Michigan East Quad Dining Hall – Ann Arbor, MI

Carson Hart Posted on September 24 2015

Restaurant Reviews by Carson Hart
University of Michigan East Quad Dining Hall – Ann Arbor, MI
Rating- 9/10

What’s up shredders!! In case you didn’t know, I recently moved out to University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan) to start my life as a college student (art major of course)! Yes, I know this isn’t the beach, but hey maybe I can surf the lake?? To start out the new Monthly Crunch, my friends Arielle, Meg and I thought it would be fun to begin with one of our dining halls! Although this isn’t the one closest to my housing, it’s still awesome!

Candid photo of me in front of the entrance!

As you can see this is no ordinary dining hall!! And to be honest, this isn’t even the best one! Not only is it super hip looking, but the food choices are near endless (more detail on that soon)!

Grabbing a slice of meatball pizza and some cheesy bread. Yum!

Here is just the start of our food. We have some pasta, mashed potatoes, broccoli, pizza, and kun pao chicken! I know this doesn’t seem like a lot, but don’t worry. I also went back to get a salad, half a bagel, and of course some chocolate cake with milk.

There are so many choices that it can be overwhelming at times. They change up the courses each meal so no one ever gets bored. Except for the always-open cereal bar. I can’t complain on that. They even have a section just for vegetarians, so if that’s your thing, then this is the dining hall for you!

My friend Meg and I getting super stoked off this salad I made! Their salad bar has enough options to let your creativity run wild!

We’re stuffed! It’s sort of impossible for me to walk away from these places feeling hungry. I should probably chill out on all the eating here. Overall, the dining hall is great, and I give it a 9/10! Even if you aren’t hungry, it’s still a cool place to kick it with your friends between classes. The actual design of the complex is very impressive, and like I said before, the amount of food to choose from is incredible. As for the price, just look at the meal plan. But college is expensive, so what do you expect? I’m allowed unlimited entrees in here, so I’m happy!

Thanks so much for checking out this month’s inaugural Monthly Crunch in Michigan! Follow my food Instagram @CARSONHARTCRUNCH for more daily updates on the meals I eat! See ya later skater!!

Thursday ART ATTACK- Pavel Filonov "A Peasant Family (The Holy Family)

Christian Franzen Posted on September 24 2015

By Christian Franzen

Pavel Filonov was born on January 8th 1883 in Moscow, Russia. He moved with his family to St. Petersburg in 1897 where he began several apprenticeships under various artists in the area. Filonov applied to the St. Petersburg Academy of Arts in 1908 and was accepted his first try; which was a big deal. Even though the Academy tought Art in the classical fashion young Russian artists where heavily exposed to the collections of modern art in the east. Russian collectors had the most expansive collections of post expressionism art from Matisse to Picasso and Ganguine to Vango. Students where given free entrance to all the galleries and took inspiration form what they were seeing and used that inspiration to change the face of Russian painting.

Just two years after being accepted into the Academy, Filonov was expelled in 1910 for not following the rules of painting put in place by his instructors. Leaving school he became apart of a group of painters known as the Neo-Primitivists. However, Filonov's work differs greatly from any other artist in this group and strives to tackle more diverse issues in composition and form. Filonov found problems with cubism, and other popular styles of the time, that he wished to address with his self proclaimed style of Analytical Realism.

He became highly recognized as one of the best avant-garde artists in Russia and gained a large following. Just as Filonov had reached success WWI erupted. Filonov enlisted and served in action throughout most of the war. After the war he began to work once again creating even more visually and symbolically complex work with the help of his WWI experiences. He was asked to teach at St. Petersburg Academy of Arts; the school that had previously expelled him. He accepted and was viewed as a naturally gifted teacher inspiring many of the future Russian artists.|

One very unique characteristic of Filonov was that he never sold his work. No matter how many times someone asked or offered him he would not sell a single piece. This was because he believed in the idea that all the works as a whole create an enormous work of their own, a cohesive time line of the artist evolution. He would not sell a painting because he didn't want to separate them from one another because then the timeline would be incomplete. Filonov had made arrangements to donate his entire body of work to the Russian Musuem to be displayed together. Tragically before this was able to happen Filonov was killed in the Nazi siege of Leningrad in 1941.

Soon after his death both his studio and residence where looted and a majority of the collection was lost. However, everyone who stole one of Filonov's paintings died rather soon after do to out of the ordinary causes. Soon the whole collection was restored and now hangs in the Russian Musuem.

Noah Foskett at the Skate park!

Philip Seastrom Posted on September 23 2015

Photos Carson Hart

Stephanie’s Corner! Helen Woodward Animal Center, San Diego

Stephanie Schechter Posted on September 21 2015

By Stephanie Schechter

In Loving Memory of Sandy the Golden Retriever

Last weekend, I went to visit some furry friends at Helen Woodward Animal Center in San Diego! Helen Woodward is a no-kill animal rescue where people can adopt all sorts of pets that need to find loving homes. I got to play with some puppies, kitties, sheep, llamas, horses, mini-ponies, and more! I didn’t take home any new friends, but I definitely got excited about getting a dog soon, as I recently lost my beloved Sandy. I was feeling down and was really missing her, and it really cheered me up to see that there were SO many amazing animals that are ready to find a new home.

If you live in the San Diego area and have love to give or want to help check them out! LINK Helen Woodward Animal Center

Mowgli x Mokuyobi Present Tara Fox and Gold Star 10/1 6-9 at Space 15 Twenty!!! Free Beer!! Free Pizza!!

Alex Seastrom Posted on September 21 2015

Radical Tune Sunday- Kacy Hill "Foreign Fields"

Alex Seastrom Posted on September 20 2015

Radical Tune Sunday

Thank You To Everyone Who Came Out To The GospelbeacH Show last Thursday!!!!

Alex Seastrom Posted on September 18 2015

Tuesday Art ATTACK- Vija Celmins "Ocean with Cross I"

Christian Franzen Posted on September 15 2015

By Christian Franzen

Vija Celmins was born on October 25, 1938 in Riga, Latvia. After Soviets seized control of Latvia in 1940, Celmins and her family fled to Germany where they stayed out of the hands of the Nazi forces. At the end of WWII they were relocated by the Church World Service to Indianapolis, Indiana. Not being able to speak English led Celmins to focus more of her energies on drawing at a young age.

In 1955 she was admitted to John Herron School of Art in Indianapolis. Celmins loved her time at Herron being able to fully devote herself to art in a stimulating learning environment. She graduated Herron in 1962 with her BFA and directly there after moved to Los Angeles, California to achieve her MFA from UCLA. Receiving her MFA she continued to live in the Los Angeles area teaching at many of the surrounding California State Schools and Universities.

Celmins decided to leave Los Angeles in 1981 for the allure of New York. In New York she works out of her small studio in Manhattan while teaching at Cooper Union as well as Yale.

Celmins is best known for her photorealistic paintings and drawings depicting natural surfaces such as that of the ocean and other natural occurrences in nature, Early in her career she worked to produce photorealistic depictions of common household objects which gave way into her making woodcuts then printmaking. Clemins also dabbled in sculpture in the later 1970s creating bronze sculptures as well as painted rock installations. More recently she has returned to the depiction of everyday objects in a photorealistic manner in paint and graphite.