Iconoclast Recommendation - Experience the Revival: Follow @downeymoa & Attend Their Nov. 8th Art Show!

Downey Museum of Art

Downey Museum of Art

The first contemporary art museum in LA County was right here in Downey.  The Downey Museum of Art presented works from Southern California’s best post-war artists, including Boris Deutsch and Donna Schuster.  The Museum closed its doors in 2009 over some legal trouble, but has an active board of directors with a plan to re-open the museum within the year.  George Redfox, president, leads a board that includes Barbara Beard, George Manzanilla, Alex Saab, Harold Tseklenis, Don Lamkin and others. Soon to be live again at www.downeymoa.org http://www.facebook.com/downeymoa  https://twitter.com/downeymoa

Come Support Local Artist and the Permanent Collection of the FIRST Contemporary Art Museum in LA County. The money raised for this show will be put toward housing the fine art work that the Downey of Museum possesses permanently . Help us reach our goal!

Iconoclast Quote of the Day - "If it's a comeback you want / Then get your hands raised." - Hospital for Sinners by The Wallflowers

Get to know Polaris Castillo : A Whimsical Artist with Vision!

Get to know Polaris Castillo : A Whimsical Artist with Vision!

     Polaris Castillo is an artist that hails from the Los Angeles area.  His artistry lies within the whimsical, romantic, and with a touch of surrealism. He balances all these complexities within a dream like world with a thought provoking message that only could be told through his artistic vision. 

     What you have seen above is his teaser trailer for "BalloonHead." BalloonHead is his latest public art installation approach to showcasing his art outside the gallery setting, and bringing his message that we work at breakneck speed in a mundane existence.  The colorful balloons represent the way out towards freedom from this existence. It is only then that we can finally take a breather and enjoy all the many colors that life has to offer, and let the mundane routines of the past fall by the wayside. 

     What makes Polaris Castillo a budding Iconoclast, and why I admire him as a fellow creative is simple. Polaris creates art that has a concept, is thought provoking, he treats art as an "artist, artist" rather than as an afterthought, and that he is fearless in stepping outside the conventional box that some artist, galleries, and museums can fall prey to. 

     Recently I had the pleasure of interviewing the artist himself, for a short Q and A. Read on to get to know a bit of how he thinks, and see more of his visionary work.