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7 February 2012

Cartoonist John Norment’s cool mid-century watercolors @ New Puppy Gallery

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An exhibition of fine-art watercolors by New Yorker cartoonist, John Norment (1911-1988). [...]

5 July 2011

Robert Brown’s “Harbor Theme,” historic mural from Beverly Hilton hotel, at New Puppy Gallery

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Robert W. Brown was a prolific Los Angeles visual artist with a vast range of talents: a print maker, studio glass artist, professor of art, ceramicist, figure artist; there are few art forms he didn’t delve into, and he was generally a master technician at each.

Brown completed Harbor Theme sometime in 1954 or [...]

12 April 2011

Bring Your Own Glue (BYOG) to New Puppy Gallery’s street-art show

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Street arts gets its Good Housekeeping Seal of Approval this weekend as MOCA opens a gargantuan, eye-filling retrospective dedicated to the scrappy artform. But a smaller gallery, New Puppy, ten minutes from downtown, also has a street art show. [...]

12 March 2011

Yuichiro Ando @ New Puppy Gallery

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New Puppy Gallery opens a mixed-media exhibit with works by Yuichiro Ando, who completed three journalistic/film making tours of Iraq. [...]

15 November 2010

ROA wrangles the rats of Los Angeles

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ROA has genuine affection for rats, weasels, squirrels, birds, skunks, and mice – did I mention rats? It all comprises the natural environment we city dwellers would rather not notice. But they cohabit our universe, or so ROA’s work reminds us. His impressive show leaves a queasy, disturbing feeling. [...]