
MocaTV Artist Talks: David Choe
Decked out with a game room, a radio station, and a remote control tire swing, David Choe’s Los Angeles warehouse studio is a testimony to the “bonus level” that he has reached in the art world. As a wildly popular…
Decked out with a game room, a radio station, and a remote control tire swing, David Choe’s Los Angeles warehouse studio is a testimony to the “bonus level” that he has reached in the art world. As a wildly popular…
Barbra Kruger‘s contemporary artwork on “the kindness and brutality of the everyday” and money, power, and desire is currently being featured in a solo exhibition in the next two months at L & M Arts in Los Angles. Taking place…
Photographer Luke Abiol has compiled a series of inspired urban landscapes. Tempting you with contrasting visuals between structured sets of Interior/Exterior dynamics, absorb his unique point of view on the structural silhouettes that we often take forgranted. Original and deep,…
An insightful body of work that epitomizes the old adage, ‘ recycle, reduce, and reuse ‘ here’s your chance to witness Wes Lang’s, ‘Staring At Empty Pages’ exhibit. You will see first hand, Lang’s signature science at work as he engineers objects from his…
Portraits are often the most personal photographs. The close-ups convey emotion and emphasize details that have the possibility to unveil well kept personality quirks and traits. As opposed to the mundane flashy covers decked out with expensive cars, jewelry and…
Ever since Melle Mel’s 1983 hit “White Lines,†cocaine has long been a fixture in rap. As the crack epidemic took its course, everyone from De La Soul to N.W.A. had crack-cocaine on the mind with songs like “My Brother’s…
From painting on the floor of his apartment in Santa Cruz, California to bombing the streets of L.A. and designing album covers, Mear One has come a long way. He started as an art student, winning contests and taking drawing…
There’s no questioning the lyrical genius of the Wu-Tang Clan, however, many fans often overlook their creativity in pioneering many artistic themes and images prominent in hip-hop today. Drawing upon cartoon, fantasy, and supernatural influences, Wu extended their image well…
Gun culture has long been a part in hip-hop. Everything from hit men to police brutality and gunshot victims has been discussed in rap music. For many, holding heat is a status symbol. It represents power, masculinity, and ultimately what…
The Long Arm of the Law Like rock and roll before it, hip-hop is outlaw music. But while rock n’ rollers merely seek rebellion, rappers seek justice. Of course, justice for the rapper is prevailing against persecution by law enforcement…