Movie Time with Beautiful/Decay tonight…

Our friends at Beautiful/Decay are screening art-based films all month long at the new Space 15Twenty, in Los Angeles . This week’s installment is artist/director Julian Schnabel’s 1996 film Basquiat, about graffiti artist turned neo-expressionist painter Jean-Michel Basquiat. Basquiat rose to prominence in the early 80s, and the film explores his celebrity and star status in the otherwise pretentious New York art scene. The movie introduced us to the talents of Jeffrey Wright and also stars David Bowie, Benicio Del Toro, Dennis Hopper and Courtney Love.

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.


Basquiat – Wed, May 13th (TONIGHT)

Space 15twenty
1520 N. Cahuenga Blvd
Los Angeles , CA 90028

Our art adventure continues… Megan Whitmarsh opening + B/D party…

After taking in the KAWS solo show and Natalia Fabia‘s solo (both in Culver City), we saddled back up and set off to catch a few more shows.

Next up was Megan Whitmarsh‘s solo show over at New Image Art in West Hollywood…

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.

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…

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…

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)…

Robbie Conal

Robbie Conal (close up shot)

Gary Taxali

Jacob Magraw

Aaron Noble

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).

Recommended openings to catch this weekend…

Matt Furie (@ New Image Art this Sat)
Opening on February 19th (Noon – 5PM / $10 admission)
Skirball Cultural Center
2701 N. Sepulveda Blvd in Los Angeles / 310.440.4500
“ZAP! POW! BAM! The Superhero: The Golden Age Of Comic Books 1938-1950” – guest curated by Jerry Robinson, part of the original Batman team and a lifelong professional cartoonist
(On view through August 9th)
http://www.skirball.org/

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

8810 Melrose Ave in West Hollywood / 310.385.5894
‘Beautiful/Decay A To Z’ – issue Z release and special exhibition 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.

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)

Props to Beautiful/Decay for reaching issue ‘Z’…

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.