When folks talk about a 'crawl' it generally involves a group of destinations--similar in theme and close in proximity. The
Silverlake Art Crawl would have better been called a scavenger hunt. One with stops very, very, very far away from each other. In which guests are tasked with finding good art and interesting activities. Which were, as it turned out, relatively hard to find on the crawl's itinerary.
But here are some of the more interesting things and places spotted along the crawl.
Gogosha is an optical store for those with, shall we say, taste. We came upon it by accident after the first two stops along the crawl failed us. Pictured below are a ridiculous pair of sunglasses by Mykita and Willhelm that I tried on for kicks (as featured on
Sex and the City).
We discovered
Lawson-Fenning, a fabulous furniture and design store. Especially awesome? These big, big feet.
In the back of the store is yet another store,
Ivanhoe Books, with beautiful coffee table books to last your living room's lifetime.
Materials & Applications hosted a fish taco party in their courtyard. M&A is a seemingly very cool research center, specializing in architecture, urban landscaping and design.
The fish tacos were made with tilapia fish bred in the center's most recent installation. This is either really cool. Or really gross depending on how you look at it. And depending on if you happened to overhear that tilapia are bottom feeders.
There happened to be some great street art right outside our parking spot. This was not thanks to the Silverlake Art Crawl. This was simple and pure luck.
The folks at
Subliminal Projects Gallery (Shepard Fairey's Echo Park art lair), let us in early to get a sneak peak at
WK Interact's show, 'How to Blow Yourself Up' which opened later on that night. I became aware of WK's work during a show I worked for Seth Carmichael of
Carmichael Gallery. A-mazing.
We stopped by Junc Gallery to celebrate
Blood is the New Black's 5 year anniversary with founder Mitra K. Great people. Great art. Great cupcakes (c/o
Lemonade, my new favoritest spot for food in LA).
And worth sharing, is my new friend at the vintage lingerie shop next to Junc Gallery. She's fun. She's fabulous. She doesn't talk much.
