Our friends at Beautiful/Decay are screening art-based films all month long at the new Space 15Twenty, in The film is being shown on a large outdoor screen behind the gallery. Seating is limited so get there on time. Check out the trailer below.
Next up was Megan Whitmarsh‘s solo show over at New Image Art in West Hollywood…
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Upon entering the gallery you were met by a huge pile of “The Crap Of Life” (the show’s title) – made up of handmade stuffed plush items of everyday objects ranging from Sharpie pens to VHS cassettes to all matter of food packaging… just stunning the detail and time that went into this.
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The show was exceptional and showcased Whitmarsh’s numerous talents. Her trademark needlepoint works (seen above) were on display, as were works from her new plush ‘bling’ series (see below) and several works on paper as well…
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Megan Whitmarsh was in the house (seen below with Shawn from Thinkspace) and had autographed copies of her new book with Rojo, Yeti Logic, on hand for patrons to pick up. As we were leaving, Megan’s trademark lifesize cardboard robot was about to make it’s appearance during the special performance from Dolphine Force… alas, we had to get going and hit the road…
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To get over to the Beautiful/Decay ‘A to Z’ show over at Kopeikin Gallery that helped to celebrate the release of issue Z. In celebration of reaching issue ‘Z’, Beautiful/Decay curated a special show featuring 26 artists including the likes of Robbie Conal, Gary Taxali, Skwak, Aya Kato, Aaron Noble, Jacob Magraw, Suntek Chung and many more – see some of our favorites below, of note the epic piece from Robbie Conal that greated patrons in the main window facing Melrose Avenue (in some places, the paint was well over 2″ thick on the canvas)… .JPG)
Robbie Conal
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Gary Taxali
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Jacob Magraw
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Aaron Noble
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Ended the eve running into a bunch of good friends (seen above L-R: artist Andrew Hem, Shawn from Thinkspace, aritst Michael Alvarez, collector Amanda Erlanson, and artist Tessar Lo).
Matt Furie (@ New Image Art this Sat)Sat, Feb. 21st 7-10PM
Corey Helford Gallery
8522 Washington Blvd in Culver City / 310.287.2340
“Hooker Dreamscape” featuring new works from Natalia Fabia
(On view through March 14th)
http://www.coreyhelfordgallery.com/
Sat, Feb. 21st 5-7PM
Richard Heller Gallery
2525 Michigan Ave, Space B-5A at Bergamot Station in Santa Monica / 310.453.9191
“Molten Kin” – new works from Rachell Sumpter
(On view through March 21st)
http://www.richardhellergallery.com/
Sat, Feb. 21st 6-8PM
Honor Fraser
2622 S. La Cienega Blvd in Los Angeles / 310.837.0191
“The Long Way Home” featuring new works from KAWS
(On view through April 4th)
http://www.honorfraser.com/
Sat, Feb. 21st 6-9PM
Kopeikin Gallery
Sat, Feb. 21st 7-10PM
New Image Art
7908 Santa Monica Blvd. in Los Angeles / 323.654.2192
“Yeah, The F*cking Crap Of Life…” featuring new works from Megan Whitmarsh plus new works from Matt Furie (*pictured above) and C.F. in the project room with a performance from Dolphin Force
(On view through March 21st)
Beautiful Decay is about to celebrate a pretty big milestone, by reaching issue ‘Z’ – pretty awesome, as we remember when they used to sell the first few issues out of a backpack at the early Cannibal Flower events – props for keeping at it so long and continuing to build the magazine.
‘Beautiful/Decay A To Z’ – issue Z release and special exhibition
Opening Reception: Sat, Feb. 21st 6-9PM
Kopeikin Gallery
8810 Melrose Ave in West Hollywood
In celebration of reaching issue ‘Z’, Beautiful/Decay has curated a special show featuring 26 artists including the likes of Robbie Conal, Gary Taxali, Skwak, Aya Kato, Aaron Noble, Jacob Magraw, Suntek Chung and many more – come on out and give B/D some well earned love and support.
