Ink, silkscreen, spray paint and enamel on wood with painted aluminum base 77 1⁄2 × 49 1⁄4 × 46 inches (197 × 125 × 117 cm)
Aaron Curry is an LA based artist who creates vibrant multidimensional figures from bright paints, plywood, cardboard, twine, aluminum and posters.
Artist Profile:
The kinds of materials used by Aaron Curry to construct, paint, and sculpt his lively works are well suited to his art, and to his past life as a skateboarder — bright paints, plywood, cardboard, twine, aluminum, posters. They are simple tools transformed by Curry into vibrant multidimensional figures, electrified by color and animation, and resembling a mad artist’s drawings come to life. An incurable doodler, Curry sketches his work largely at home in LA’s Beachwood Canyon neighborhood, one of three work spaces he maintains in the city. He keeps a second studio in the Warehouse district of Los angeles, where he works with wood, and a third in east L.a., a space he utilizes strictly for works on paper. Curry is an avid image collector, always surrounding himself with books, magazines, color samples, posters, and other ephemera. He also has an array of impressive old guitars. As a result, the large-scale sculptures this 42-year-old texas-born artist has produced over the years are inspired by the endless visual impressions swirling around in his head.
Playful collages, trompe l’oeil, distorted shapes, and bizarre colors are all hallmarks of Curry’s style. Educated at Chicago’s school of the art institute (BFA 2002) and at art Center College of design in Pasadena (MFA 2005), Curry’s art has been shown all over the world, and yet it remains faithful to the mesmerizing essence of California street style, science fiction, and comic book illustration. His abstract conceptions are towering works of psychedelic color and monuments to pop culture and twentieth Century modernism.
Silkscreen, spray paint, and enamel on wood with painted aluminum base 97 × 46 × 37 inches (246.5 × 117 × 94 cm)
Aaron Curry is an LA based artist who creates vibrant multidimensional figures from bright paints, plywood, cardboard, twine, aluminum and posters.
Artist Profile:
The kinds of materials used by Aaron Curry to construct, paint, and sculpt his lively works are well suited to his art, and to his past life as a skateboarder — bright paints, plywood, cardboard, twine, aluminum, posters. They are simple tools transformed by Curry into vibrant multidimensional figures, electrified by color and animation, and resembling a mad artist’s drawings come to life. An incurable doodler, Curry sketches his work largely at home in LA’s Beachwood Canyon neighborhood, one of three work spaces he maintains in the city. He keeps a second studio in the Warehouse district of Los angeles, where he works with wood, and a third in east L.a., a space he utilizes strictly for works on paper. Curry is an avid image collector, always surrounding himself with books, magazines, color samples, posters, and other ephemera. He also has an array of impressive old guitars. As a result, the large-scale sculptures this 42-year-old texas-born artist has produced over the years are inspired by the endless visual impressions swirling around in his head.
Playful collages, trompe l’oeil, distorted shapes, and bizarre colors are all hallmarks of Curry’s style. Educated at Chicago’s school of the art institute (BFA 2002) and at art Center College of design in Pasadena (MFA 2005), Curry’s art has been shown all over the world, and yet it remains faithful to the mesmerizing essence of California street style, science fiction, and comic book illustration. His abstract conceptions are towering works of psychedelic color and monuments to pop culture and twentieth Century modernism.
Silkscreen, spray paint, and enamel on wood and cardboard with painted cardboard on wood base 136 1⁄2 × 43 × 41 1⁄2 inches (346.5 × 109 × 61.5 cm)
Aaron Curry is an LA based artist who creates vibrant multidimensional figures from bright paints, plywood, cardboard, twine, aluminum and posters.
Artist Profile:
The kinds of materials used by Aaron Curry to construct, paint, and sculpt his lively works are well suited to his art, and to his past life as a skateboarder — bright paints, plywood, cardboard, twine, aluminum, posters. They are simple tools transformed by Curry into vibrant multidimensional figures, electrified by color and animation, and resembling a mad artist’s drawings come to life. An incurable doodler, Curry sketches his work largely at home in LA’s Beachwood Canyon neighborhood, one of three work spaces he maintains in the city. He keeps a second studio in the Warehouse district of Los angeles, where he works with wood, and a third in east L.a., a space he utilizes strictly for works on paper. Curry is an avid image collector, always surrounding himself with books, magazines, color samples, posters, and other ephemera. He also has an array of impressive old guitars. As a result, the large-scale sculptures this 42-year-old texas-born artist has produced over the years are inspired by the endless visual impressions swirling around in his head.
Playful collages, trompe l’oeil, distorted shapes, and bizarre colors are all hallmarks of Curry’s style. Educated at Chicago’s school of the art institute (BFA 2002) and at art Center College of design in Pasadena (MFA 2005), Curry’s art has been shown all over the world, and yet it remains faithful to the mesmerizing essence of California street style, science fiction, and comic book illustration. His abstract conceptions are towering works of psychedelic color and monuments to pop culture and twentieth Century modernism.
Spray paint and enamel on wood with painted aluminum base 120 3⁄4 × 76 3⁄4 × 56 3⁄4 inches (306.5 × 195 × 144 cm)
Aaron Curry is an LA based artist who creates vibrant multidimensional figures from bright paints, plywood, cardboard, twine, aluminum and posters.
Artist Profile:
The kinds of materials used by Aaron Curry to construct, paint, and sculpt his lively works are well suited to his art, and to his past life as a skateboarder — bright paints, plywood, cardboard, twine, aluminum, posters. They are simple tools transformed by Curry into vibrant multidimensional figures, electrified by color and animation, and resembling a mad artist’s drawings come to life. An incurable doodler, Curry sketches his work largely at home in LA’s Beachwood Canyon neighborhood, one of three work spaces he maintains in the city. He keeps a second studio in the Warehouse district of Los angeles, where he works with wood, and a third in east L.a., a space he utilizes strictly for works on paper. Curry is an avid image collector, always surrounding himself with books, magazines, color samples, posters, and other ephemera. He also has an array of impressive old guitars. As a result, the large-scale sculptures this 42-year-old texas-born artist has produced over the years are inspired by the endless visual impressions swirling around in his head.
Playful collages, trompe l’oeil, distorted shapes, and bizarre colors are all hallmarks of Curry’s style. Educated at Chicago’s school of the art institute (BFA 2002) and at art Center College of design in Pasadena (MFA 2005), Curry’s art has been shown all over the world, and yet it remains faithful to the mesmerizing essence of California street style, science fiction, and comic book illustration. His abstract conceptions are towering works of psychedelic color and monuments to pop culture and twentieth Century modernism.
Rosson Crow is a Los Angeles based painter who creates incredible, over the top, elaborate paintings
For our Located in Los Angeles feature, we wanted to showcase ten personalities, from different disciplines and walks of life, and butt them up against one another, in no particular order, like A game of musical chairs.
In the end, our goal was to elicit off the- cuff responses, based in part on the randomness of the questions.
JUNK: Do people put too much trust in the guidance of experts and authorities?
Rosson: Experts and authorities are there to inform and educate, but one must be aware of the varying angles or agendas to everything. I am a big proponent of educating yourself on all sides of an issue. Ultimately, we decide for ourselves which path, position, or experience is the right one. Education or guidance is nothing to be afraid of.
Darren Romanelli is a clothing designer and director
For our Located in Los Angeles feature, we wanted to showcase ten personalities, from different disciplines and walks of life, and butt them up against one another, in no particular order, like A game of musical chairs.
In the end, our goal was to elicit off the- cuff responses, based in part on the randomness of the questions.
JUNK: Are people overly influenced by unrealistic claims and misleading images?
Darren: People are likely to achieve their goals by being flexible rather then refusing to compromise.
The chameleon approach as I refer to it caters to people who have built careers out of their flexibility to adapt to any situation.
These people are easy to work with and exude a better energy then some asshole who wont compromise.
Juju Sorelli is a filmmaker and owner of LA store 'The Evil Hollywood Rock n Roll Cat'
For our Located in Los Angeles feature, we wanted to showcase ten personalities, from different disciplines and walks of life, and butt them up against one another, in no particular order, like A game of musical chairs.
In the end, our goal was to elicit off the- cuff responses, based in part on the randomness of the questions.
JUNK: Do idealists contribute more to the world than realists?
Juju: I’m gonna tell it as it is: reality is boring and depressing. Realistic people just live in a world that’s been “given”, made. Idealistic people have the ability to create their own world and the possibility to change things. Realistic people are defeated by what they think the world is. They are more limited.
Arty Nelson is a writer, who has published several novels and now works in television and film
For our Located in Los Angeles feature, we wanted to showcase ten personalities, from different disciplines and walks of life, and butt them up against one another, in no particular order, like A game of musical chairs.
In the end, our goal was to elicit off the- cuff responses, based in part on the randomness of the questions.
JUNK: Is deception ever justified? Why?
Arty: Justified is a relative term that, in this case, I would say runs commensurate with the extent one is willing to flaunt one’s shortcomings to the rest of the world, so in my case, I’d say, sometimes yes.
Daniel Desure is a contemporary artist who works over a number of different mediums, with a lot of sculptural work
For our Located in Los Angeles feature, we wanted to showcase ten personalities, from different disciplines and walks of life, and butt them up against one another, in no particular order, like A game of musical chairs.
In the end, our goal was to elicit off the- cuff responses, based in part on the randomness of the questions.
JUNK: When some people win, others must lose, or are there situations in which everyone wins?
Daniel: “A German officer visited Picasso in his Paris studio during the Second World War. There he saw Guernica and, shocked at the modernist ‘chaos’ of the painting, asked Picasso: ‘Did you do this?’ Picasso calmly replied: ‘No, you did this!’” — Slavoj Žižek, Violence
Brad Elterman is a photographer and man about town who has shot many paparazzi–style photographs in the 70's and now he shoots for Purple Magazine
For our Located in Los Angeles feature, we wanted to showcase ten personalities, from different disciplines and walks of life, and butt them up against one another, in no particular order, like A game of musical chairs.
In the end, our goal was to elicit off the- cuff responses, based in part on the randomness of the questions.
JUNK: Should people respect and tolerate everyone’s opinions, or should people take a stand against opinions they consider to be wrong?
Brad: Take a stand, and follow your heart. That is what makes life so interesting. Otherwise, you have nothing to discuss in the locker room!
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