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Shana Nys Dambrot

Shana Nys Dambrot

Shana Nys Dambrot is an art critic, curator, and author based in Los Angeles. She is currently L.A. editor for Whitehot Magazine, contributing editor to Art Ltd., and a contributor to KCET’s Artbound, Flaunt, Huffington Post, The Creators Project, Vs. Magazine, Palm Springs Life, Montage, Desert Magazine, L.A. Review of Books, and Porter & Sail. She studied art history at Vassar College, writes loads of essays for art books and exhibition catalogs, curates and/or juries a few exhibitions each year, sometimes exhibits her photography and publishes short fiction, and speaks in public at galleries, schools, and cultural institutions nationally. An account of her activities is sometimes updated at sndx.net.

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Gary Baseman and Me: Critique, Correspondence, and Collaboration in the Art World
Gary Baseman creates a parallel universe of stylized landscapes populated by gently feral creatures and doe-eyed maidens.
Dorian Wood and the Art of Performance
Echo Park native Dorian Wood, a prolific avant-garde musician and visual artist, believes in offering a truly immersive experience when he performs for an audience.
Nathan Mabry: Wit and Consternation in Contemporary Sculpture
Sculptor Nathan Mabry reimagines a familiar form of public art, the heroic monument, in a way that is startlingly inventive and very funny.
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Smells Like Artistic Spirit: The Institute for Art and Olfaction
The Institute for Art and Olfaction pushes the boundaries of the world of perfumery, experimenting with the concept of scent as an artistic tool.
Pop Surrealism Now: Greg CRAOLA Simkins on Street Art, Wild Kingdom, and Spraycans
L.A. artist CRAOLA is generally associated with Pop Surrealism and Street Art, but he finds both terms equally problematic -- being both too broad and too specific at once.
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Victor Wilde and Bohemian Society: Progressive Fashion with a Fine Art Soul
L.A. designer Victor Wilde sees fashion as the ultimate forum for a literally and metaphorically collaborative art form.
Letters on the Pages, Writing on the Wall
Shana Nys Dambrot juxtaposes two different L.A. exhibits which examine the use of text and symbols.
Art Trekking with the Berlin Collective
The Berlin Collective is a global arts network engineering intimate, user-friendly, spaces and contexts for experiencing contemporary art on a human scale.
David LaChapelle's Seismic Shift
Photographer David LaChapelle takes on the world of high-stakes museum collections in his newest mammoth work -- a singular vision of destruction that pits nature against culture. Guess who wins.
Pot Shots: Ryan Mungia Rolls Up an Architectural Vernacular of Camouflage
Pot Shots seeks to examine an emerging area of study: the architecture of the marijuana industry.
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SHRINE: Art Assassin for the New Empire of Love
Shrine, the hyper-creative and big-hearted painter, sculptor, art-festival headliner, scavenger and installation artist has created a visual culture he calls "the Empire of Love."
Art Blooms at the Sturt Haaga Gallery
The Sturt Haaga Gallery at the Descanso Gardens transforms more than just the historic La Cañada grounds; it expands the way audiences encounter and understand contemporary art.
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