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    Southern artist creates colorful work that screams ana dry the sand and pop culture. His work is but has elements both disturbing and whimsical just like the city itself.

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    Southern artist creates colorful work that screams ana dry the sand and pop culture. His work is but has elements both disturbing and whimsical just like the city itself.

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    Huffpost Filmweb

    Uploaded by

    juniorjel
    Southern artist creates colorful work that screams ana dry the sand and pop culture. His work is but has elements both disturbing and whimsical just like the city itself.

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    LAArtToday:TheFaceofaShinyDustyCity

    By:TomGregory

    Art,likelanguage,morphswordsandtonestodescribe theworld.Itcanbeareflective,interpretive,literal, and/oremotional.Importantartpassesthelitmustest oftime.Itremainsinthepopculturelingotomarkthe spacefromwhenceitcame. Postmodernartthumbsitsnoseattheworld,itcreates newmeaningmovingboundariesastimemoves stoicallyby.Artisabarometerofwhoweareasa society.Sincethesixties,artmusic,filmhave changedourperspectiveandourviewofthestatus quo.Warhol,Rauschenberg,andJohnFekner,begusto thinkoutsidethebox,andtheydemandwemakeour ownconclusions,asabstractastheymightbe. SouthernCaliforniaartistDaveTourjcreatescolorfulworkthatscreamsSanta Anawinds,drylakebeds,thebarrio,surf,sandandpopculture.Hisisaworldpost JanisJoplin,stilllookingforsensewhilebaringhissoul. IntheshortfilmLAAboriginal,wemeetDaveTourjandseehisworld,theLAof todaysteepedinethnicity,tradition,colorandsoul.Hisworkisclean,buthas elementsbothdisturbingandwhimsicaljustlikethecityitself. Checkoutthevideo.SitwithTourj'swork.Findsomecolor,seethepast,you'll ask,"Justwheretheheckareweheading?"Makeyourownabstractconclusions thenamakecolorfulimpressiononourremarkablynonobjectiveworld. HisworkwillbecontinuingattheGREGORYWAYGALLERYat245SBeverlyDr BeverlyHillsThrough20August.

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