Many of you asked for it and here they are. We just put up some of our favorite pieces from the “Los Angeles, I’m Yours” show online for sale.

The official “Los Angeles, I’m Yours” shirts in women’s and unisex styles.

Beautiful hand-painted and acid etched vintage glass vases by Chris Bettig

Jason Schwartzman’s Coconut Records Tote with limited edition 7″ white vinyl

Last but not least, Tim Biskup’s hand-painted vintage lamps.

(John Stanmeyer, VII @ National Geographic)

The Annenberg Space for Photography currently has an incredible exhibition on display that is in conjunction with National Geographic magazine’s current issue “Water: Our Thirsty World.” By celebrating the extremely limited and vital resource of fresh water on Earth, the exhibition displays captivating images from award-winning photographers who have traveled the world to tell their stories from political, cultural, and environmental perspectives.

(Joel Startore @ National Geographic)

(John Stanmeyer, VII @ National Geographic)

(Paolo Pellegrin, Magnum @ National Geographic)

(Lynn Johnson @ National Geographic)

The Annenberg Space For Photography
Water: Our Thirsty World
On display until June 13th

We had our opening night of Poketo and Kitsune Noir’s “Los Angeles, I’m Yours” show last Friday… and for those who made it out, you know it was off the hook! During the duration of the “Los Angeles, I’m Yours” show which runs until May 15th, we will be presenting specially curated events at Space15Twenty. Saturday, May 1st, we present a live performance by the band, Portugal. The Man. Coming off the heels of their Coachella set last week, the band is on fire and ready to rock Los Angeles. The show is free and all ages!

Along with the performance on May 1st will be a bunch of other stuff we have planned that we’ll reveal on Wednesday here at Poketo and Kitsune Noir blog. In the meantime, pass the info and flyer along to friends, this will be a special performance that is out of the norm of their usual set. If you aren’t familiar with Portugal. The Man yet, get ready for a really special night that will never be the same.

“Los Angeles, I’m Yours”

A Poketo & Kitsune Noir Market presents a

live performance by Portugal. The Man
When: Saturday, May 1st 7-10pm
Where: Space 15 Twenty, 1520 N. Cahuenga Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90028

More info on the show

As we’re putting the last minute touches on “Los Angeles, I’m Yours” starting in a few hours, just wanted to show you a little sneak peek into the space and the artists that stopped by.

More photos can be found here

The signage

Steven Harrington popped in with about a dozen of these tents. Rad!

Jordan Crane popped in to drop off these one of a kind, handmade zines. Each one is different!

Stamps for the ice cream by Scoops tonight! We’ll have special Poketo & Kitsunenoir Flavors.

You can see work by Steven Harrington, Leah Chun, Chris Bettig, Significant Objects/Neil Labute, Marco Zamora, and Tim Biskup here.

See you all tonight!

“Los Angeles, I’m Yours”
A Poketo & Kitsune Noir Market
When: Opening Reception is April 24th, 7-10pm. Show runs until May 15th
Where: Space 15 Twenty, 1520 N. Cahuenga Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90028

Special Performance by Portugal. The Man: Saturday, May 1st 7-10pm

With one more day to go until the big opening day, we wanted to give you guys a sneak peak at what Jason Schwartzman / Coconut Records will be doing for “Los Angeles, I’m Yours”. Coconut Records will deconstruct and pile up several television sets to exhibit a video piece of unreleased performances and fan videos. This was made specifically for the show! That’s all we can tell you for now, so you’ll have to visit the opening tomorrow night to see this first hand.

A limited edition 7 inch, white vinyl (above) will be available for sale that was previously sold out, along with Coconut Record tote bags, and copies of his installation video piece on dvd!

Visit Coconut Records here.

“Los Angeles, I’m Yours”
A Poketo & Kitsune Noir Market
When: Opening Reception is April 24th, 7-10pm. Show runs until May 15th
Where: Space 15 Twenty, 1520 N. Cahuenga Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90028

Special Performance by Portugal. The Man: Saturday, May 1st 7-10pm

About two weekends ago, when the weather was an easy, breezy 80 degrees, I went on a Downtown L.A. excursion with my friends. We drank creamy horchata’s at the Grand Central Market, had 30-45 blissful seconds of simulated flight inside the Angel’s Flight Railway, and ended our day admiring MOCA’s permanent collection.

Alas, it seemed our day was coming to an end, when my friend pointed out a peculiar sight at the corner of Olive and 4th:

Image taken from Google Maps

Can’t see it? How about my newly edited version?

Those were fake, painted window reliefs! You can’t really see it in these photos, but the painter went as far as replicating shadows from his fake window ledges as well. Was this art? Or was this a really bad paint job?

As much as I was convinced it was the latter, I conducted heavy, non-academic, purely Google-based research. And although there were no specific results that came up relating to Olive St. and 4th St. in Downtown LA, I did discover an artist by the name of Richard Haas who is famous for his “Trump l’oeil” facades in New York City. Take a look at his work, and you be the judge.

His murals seem to appear intentionally fake and more theatrical than the one I saw on Olive and 4th.

Have you seen the work of this mysterious,repeated offender of bad-facades anywhere else in LA?

Las Vegas is kind of awesome–in an artificial and excessive way unique to America. I never thought that I could get much out of Vegas, having little to gamble and an aversion to clubbing, but during a recent trip there, I found it difficult not to appreciate the outrageous architecture, visible-from-space lights, and of course the crazypeople.

From March 21st-to June 20th, Las Vegas will be in LA. The Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles presents Las Vegas Studio: Images From the Archives of Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown.

The exhibit is an architectural study in photographs taken by American architects Robert Venturi, Denise Scott Brown, and Steven Izenour, along with students from Yale. The photos were published in 1972 in the book, Learning from Las Vegas.

Images courtesy of the MOCA

For Sin City signage enthusiasts, check out this neon sign graveyard in Vegas located here (via Artificial Owl), where you can find old signs from the torn-down casinos of yore.