Lil’ sneak peek of the flavor to come during tomorrow’s poetry slam.
Mike The Poet and friends – 4PM
‘Culver City INVASION’ 12noon-8PM
During the Culver City Art Walk
8542 Washington Blvd (just a few doors west of Corey Helford Gallery)
‘Sneak Peek’ set here.
It’s going to be an awesome day, please come on through.
The man’s first major show in three years. Get out and support. Press and interviews are everywhere. The new works are massive in scale and beg to be seen in person.
Our ‘pop-up’ show during the Culver City Art Walk, ‘Culver City INVASION’, was previewed in today’s LA Times (scan of article above). The article can be viewed online here as well.
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Craig “Skibs” BarkerFri, May 29th 7-11PM (closing reception)
UCLA Hammer Museum
“Nine Lives: Visionary Artists from LA” – closing reception featuring a live performance from Llyn Foulkes and his one-man band the Machine / group show featuring Victoria Reynolds, Llyn Foulkes, Jeffrey Vallance, Lisa Anne Auerbach, Kaari Upson, Hirsch Perlman, Julie Becker, Charles Irvin, and Charlie White
http://hammer.ucla.edu/exhibitions/detail/exhibition_id/151
Sat, May 30th 7-11PM
The ARTery @ The Lab
2930 Bristol Street in Costa Mesa
“Black Market Sugar” group show curated by Popnz featuring works from L. Croskey, Macsorro, Jose Carabes, Cate Rangel, Glenn Arthur, Tsai-Fi, Nick Hernandez and many more plus live art by Prince Parise and music by DJ Loaf
(On view through June 21st)
www.thelab.com
Sat, May 30th 12Noon – 8PM
ARTWALK Culver City
For full details: http://www.culvercity.org/cultural/artwalk.asp
Sat, May 30th 8PM-11PM
Merry Karnowsky Gallery
170 South La Brea Ave. in Los Angeles / 323.933.4408
“I’ll Hit You Up Tomorrow” featuring new works from Kill Pixie
(On view through June 27th)
www.mkgallery.com
Sat, May 30th 12noon – 8PM
Miracle Mile / Muse ART WALK 2009
For full details: http://www.lacma.org/support/Muse.aspx
Sat, May 30th 7PM-Midnight
Synchronicity Space
4306 Melrose Ave in Los Angeles / 323.284.8960
“The Enigmatic Shadow” group show featuring Zachary Rossman, Geoffrey Todd Smith, Ryan Travis Christian, Colin Chillag, Joseph Buzzell, and Mark Hesterlee
(On view through June 27th)
http://www.syncspacela.com
Sat, May 30th 12 Noon – 8PM
Thinkspace – ‘Culver City INVASION’ during the 4th Annual Culver City Art Walk
‘Pop Up’ Gallery Location: 8542 Washington Blvd. (just a few doors west of Corey Helford)
‘Culver City INVASION’ with featured artist: EKUNDAYO alongside works from: Acorn, Allison Sommers, Anthony Clarkson, Anthony Pontius, ARMSROCK, Brandi Milne, Brian Viveros, Camilla d’Errico, Catherine Brooks, Cherri Wood, Craig “Skibs” Barker, Damon Soule, Dan-ah Kim, David MacDowell, Dennis Hayes IV, ELBOW-TOE, Erik Siador, Fafi, Fumi Nakamura, Gaia, Ghostpatrol, G.R.L., Hannah Stouffer, Joao Ruas, John Antoski, Joshua Mays, KMNDZ, Lilly Piri, Matthew Feyld, Microbo, Nathan DeYoung, Paul Barnes, Peter Taylor, Rebecca Hahn, Reuben Rude, Seth Armstrong, Skewville, Stella Im Hultberg, Timothy Karpinski, Tony Philippou, Tran Nguyen, Turf One, Yosuke Ueno, Yuka Yamaguchi, & Zach Johnsen PLUS a live painting demonstration featuring: Mear One – Ekundayo – Asylm – Nathan DeYoung – Anthony Clarkson – Michael Pukac – Michael Alvarez – Zoso – Jesse Hotchkiss – PLUS a poetry slam @ 4PM with ‘Mike The Poet’ & frienda PLUS beats curated by Mr. Numberonederful
www.thinkspacegallery.com
Sat, May 30th 7PM-1AM ($10 at the door for bar)
X Repertory Theater
1581 Industrial Street in Los Angeles / 818.817.3114
“The Creature Feature” two man show and live painting event from Vyal One and Eaz One + live DJ / full bar
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Went out to Echo Park last weekend to visit the studio of the legendary graffiti artist Mear One. Always fun catching up with Mear and during this visit, he was in the final stages of an epic piece immortalizing the one and only Jimi Hendrix. Measuring in at 6′ x 5′, this will be one of a series of pieces that will revolve around important figures in Mear’s life, in terms of inspiration and personal evolution.
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Close up of the Hendrix piece coming together
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One of Hendrix’ immortal stances given the Mear treatment
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This piece is amazing in scope – I can’t wait for him to finish this series and debut them for all to relish in. Will be a good year, as he spends a good bit of time on these massive pieces, and there’s at least nine planned for this series I believe.
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Initial sketch for the Hendrix tribute piece
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One of the numerous sketch books littering his hilltop studio
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Mear with his baby pet boa constrictor Magma (2 years old now)
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Mear is in a constant state of creativity, and always seems to have at least a dozen huge works going at any given time. The above piece is all about rallying against authority and going up against the city…
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The true impact of this piece is in the subtle details. The main character has just taken down a plane with his slingshot – very powerful the statement being made here.
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Tools of the trade
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A beautiful woven tapestry a friend made of his signature icon/logo
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This one is all about the common man looting and taking back control of the Masonic Temple (found on our money due to the early beliefs of our gov’t) and what it represents to our founding fathers. Taking back our nation, Mear style..JPG)
Close up shot of the piece above
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Shot of one of the many bookshelves in Mear’s home filled with inspiration.
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This piece sums up many an artist’s hardship. All the time and money one puts in… often times doesn’t come back out right away.
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Another massive work in progress. Mear’s been adding to this one on and off for a couple years now. There is SO much detail in this one…
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Including this awesome portion featuring Jay-Z in the foreground…
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The visit included a trip into one of Mear’s back rooms where a vast array of his live paintings are warehoused… if you haven’t seen Mear paint live, you have not witnessed what live painting can be. Be sure to swing by our ‘Culver City INVASION’ show this Sat to witness Mear painting for yourself. More details on that here.
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Pretty much sums this piece up. 