Cool Hunting

High Energy Constructs
High Energy Constructs, the latest gallery in Los Angeles' Chinatown, opens tomorrow 18 February, 2006 with a solo show by Colorado-born artist David Brady, 27. The exhibition, called "Max Jewel," is a series of sculptures made with hardware-store materials like wood, plaster, and metal and, for a gallery named after the poet Charles Olson's cry for high energy in art, the inauguration seems fitting....

The Live! Show
The year was 1979. Cable television had just broken the big three television networks' stranglehold in America when Jaime Davidovich began appearing on boob tubes across New York City. Appearing every week on "The Live! Show," Davidovich developed the character Dr. Videovich, a satirical television psychologist who claimed to treat TV addiction. The show featured fake advertisements for Videovich's treatments and products as well...

Mike Harte and Jamie Shovlin: Bourbon Joy
While the rest of us nurse our heads and livers in post-St. Patrick's Day convalescence, British artists Mike Harte and Jamie Shovlin will unveil the fruits of their week-long bourbon binge. For the past week, Harte has been furiously painting in the company of his magnanimous compatriot, Shovlin. Both have been plowing through a bottle of bourbon per evening to create a seven-piece exhibition...

Abigail Reynolds: The Universal Now
British artist Abigail Reynolds makes her solo debut in London with The Universal Now — a series of collages that combines old photos, maps and other curiosities to make abstract imagery out of old-world aesthetic. Reynolds' images include obscure landscapes as well as more familiar landmarks. In Westminster (above right), the artist superimposed images from two photos taken 37 years apart that shows the...