Tattoos, low-lows, girls with guns… at El Cuervo Gallery!
“Hasta La Muerte,” by Memo Ortega Streetwise Grit and Glamour El Cuervo Gallery spotlights the work of Travis Haight and Memo Ortega “Lucky Hell: Sword Swallowing Octopus Half-Lady,” by Travis Haight The photographs of Travis Haight and Memo Ortega take us to another part of town before dunking us into a lifestyle or culture with which we may be unfamiliar. But even if we’re at home with their subject matter, the sheer artistry of their work will lead us to experience it in ways entirely different. Haight and Ortega are the featured artists in “Made in Kalifornia,” opening with a reception at 6 p.m. on Saturday at El Cuervo Gallery. The El Segundo venue, co-founded by illustrator Ralph Villalobos and Mark Waldman, opened last June, but Waldman had already earned a reputation as the former owner of Gasoline. As a graphic artist, Villalobos sports credentials (a bachelor’s in animation and media arts plus a master’s in illustration, for example) that complement Waldman’s. In other words, by all appearances they’re a perfect fit. Now, as for Haight and Ortega, who are they, how did they come to their art, and what are they trying to express with their cameras? As Waldman summarizes…
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