Alex Schaefer

A Landscape of Irrational Exuberance: This Artweek.LA (May 28, 2012)

Bill Bush | Posted 05.28.2012

Read More: LA Art Exhibitions, George Schumacher, Amy Park, Adam D. Miller, La Around Town, Brian Porray, Alex Schaefer, Arts News
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PHOTOS: More Work From The Flaming Bank Painter

Posted 01.11.2012

Read More: Ebay, Activism, Chase, Terrorism, Bank of America, Anarchism, Occupy La, Burning Banks, Occupy, Alex Schaefer, Political Art, Lapd, Arts News

The Occupy Movement has its fair share of accidental activists, people without political backgrounds who feel a human obligation to take action. Alex ...

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PHOTOS: Burning Bank Paintings Attract Police & Collectors

AP | By JOHN ROGERS | Posted 11.13.2011

Read More: Bank Financial Crisis, Bank of America Fire, Chase Branch Bank on Fire, Bank Bailout, Banks Foreclosure, Burning Bank Painting, Alexander Schaefer, Capitalism Catastrophe, Alex Schaefer, Video, Los Angeles News

LOS ANGELES -- Alex Schaefer is the hot Los Angeles artist of the moment, thanks to a couple of oil-on-canvas works showing banks burning down. Alt...

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LAPD Visits Artist Over Painting; Asks If He Is A 'Terrorist'

Posted 10.29.2011

Read More: Art Series, Freedom of Speech, Art, Los Angeles-California, Police, Crime, Eagle Rock, Freedom, Banks, Artists, Los Angeles, Big Banks, Alex Schaefer, Arts News

Los Angeles-based artist Alex Schaefer, 41, recently learned just how problematic it can be to have your work misinterpreted. A painting of his, whic...

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