the brewery

Another Arstyfartsy Sunday

I read an article in the Real Estate section of the L.A. Times last week about a community in downtown L.A. which consists of loft spaces in old industrial buildings. The place is called Brewery Art Colony. The majority of the tenants are artists and the rent is surprisingly low. The whole area caters to artists and encourages it's tenants to live a creative lifestyle. They had an art walk, which means they opened up their lofts for strangers to see their art and what they did with the space. I am always interested in things to do that does not require alot of money, hence, the art walk was free (even the parking).

The buildings were more exciting than the art. I just love the industrial look and the big windows that features in each loft space. The place has a bridge that takes you from one building to the next. It was so much fun to walk around and inside the buildings. At first, I was shy to go into a loft because I felt I was envading their privacy. They were all very nice and welcoming, but it still felt weird. As for the art, I only saw a couple of styles I liked. The sculpture of the lady is by Adam Kurtzman. I thought his stuff just stuck out the most. He really distorted the woman figure and resembled it into a gnome. I love this chair made out of bathroom pipes. Oooh.. how I love chairs. This brings me to an artist in the colony whose subject matter were chairs. It was irritating to see the same chair painted over and over again. I give her credit since I saw a painting of an Eames rocking chair. The chair is genius! I was also searching for graphic designers and illustrators living in the colony. Unfortunately, there were so many loft spaces, I didn't even see all of them. There were mostly fine artists and lots of abstract work. And yes, so many Art Fucks! "I am depressed... I want to kill myself".. blah blah blah. Take Prozac and get over it!

I also caught the sun setting in downtown L.A.