Robert Williams signed books all day long for an endless line of fans on March 28 at the Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery. His new book, SLANG Aesthetics!, serves as an exhibition guide to the comprehensive retrospective by the same name. The exhibit opened last February at LAMAG in tandem with Juxtapoz Magazine’s anniversary group show, “20 Years Under the Influence of Juxtapoz.” Both shows are on view through April 19. SLANG Aesthetics! covers Williams’ expansive career as an artist, a founder of Juxtapoz, and arguably the godfather of low brow art and culture.
Robert Williams with his wife, Suzanne Williams.
Robert Williams signing a copy of SLANG Aesthetics!
Fans in line for the book signing.
Greg Escalante has been an important figure and catalyst of new contemporary art for the past twenty years. Through his work as Copro Gallery director, co-founder of Juxtapoz magazine, and avid art collector, he's helped catapult some of the scene's most well known artists to prominence. On Saturday night, he began a new venture with the grand opening of the Gregorio Escalante Gallery in the Chinatown area of Los Angeles. The gallery's first exhibition showcases some of the most notable and interesting pieces in Escalante's collection, aptly titled "The Collection."
Oil painter and Lowbrow pioneer 
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