Tag: Gallery 1988

Reuben Rude debut LA solo show tomorrow night…

“RIP, V8″ – acrylic & collage on board – 12×28”
Reuben Rude was born in San Francisco, as the sun was setting on the Free Love era. His bohemian parents then moved “back to the land” to the woods of Northern California, where he spent the better part of his childhood without a television. This lack of technology forced him to spend almost every waking hour drawing and painting. When he moved back to the city to attend art school, he got into all the usual trouble with graffiti writers, skateboarders and art students. He now lives in San Francisco with his wife and eight-year-old daughter, and yes, a television. However, he still spends most of his waking hours drawing and painting. Sometimes he even gets paid for it.

“Basic Communication Theory”
acrylic and collage on canvas -28 x 72″
“Do Something True”
acrylic and collage on paper8.75 x 10.75″
Join Reuben tomorrow night to help him celebrate the opening of his debut LA solo show. The sneak peeks offered above only hint at the goodness to come tomorrow.

Tue, June 23rd 7-10PM
Gallery 1988 Los Angeles
7020 Melrose Ave in Los Angeles / 323.937.7088
“Americana” featuring new works from Reuben Rude
(On view through July 11th)
www.nineteeneightyeight.com

Recommended openings to catch this weekend…

Edward Walton Wilcox (opening this Sat @ Merry Karnowsky)
Sat, April 25th 8-11PM
Merry Karnowsky Gallery
170 South La Brea Ave. in Los Angeles / 323.933.4408
New works from Edward Walton Wilcox
(On view through May 23rd)
http://www.mkgallery.com/

Sat, April 25th, 7-9PM
Mid-City Arts
5113 West Pico Blvd in Los Angeles
“Resurrection” features new works from Los Angeles’ one and only graffiti legend “Chaka” – own a piece of LA’s cultural history – a not miss show!
http://www.chakaone.com/

Sat, April 25th 6-10PM
Swiv-Tackle Circus
530 South Coast Highway in Oceanside
“Native” group show featuring art, film, furniture, bikes, headdresses & other native curiosities from Miki Iwasaki, Josh Higgins, Jeffrey Durkin, Thatcher, Tocayo, Stacy Kelley, Sean Kelley, Shaney Jo Darden & Jeff Black
(On view through mid-May)
http://swivtacklecircus.com/

Sat, April 25th 7-11PM
Tylerspencer Studio
3362 Glendale Blvd in Los Angeles
“Cornish Acid” – the return of Tofer Chin’s signature Eggman – a collaboration with jewelry designer Han Cholo – limited to 250 pendants – each signed and numbered by the artist
http://www.tylerspencer.com/

Sat, April 25th 8-11PM
Wax Poetic
3208 West Magnolia Blvd in Burbank / 818.843.9469
New works from Ronald J. Llanos
http://waxpoeticsalon.com/Art-Gallery/Next-Show.aspx

Tue, April 28th 7-10PM
Gallery 1988 Los Angeles
7020 Melrose Ave in Los Angeles / 323.937.7088
“The Lost MacGuffin” new works from Mark Brown
(On view through May 21st)

Ghostpatrol gets busy down in Australia…

Australian artist Ghostpatrol has been busy as of late and has much going on. He’s just come off a killer show in Singapore alongside his mate Nior and late last year, he and his friend Miso spent a good bit of time with an ABC news crew on their trail. The end result aired recently on ABC TV Australia. The Documentary is called ‘Paper Cuts’ and runs for about 30 mins. The special has now been uploaded to the web, and is broken up below into 3 segments. The footage shows both Ghostpatrol and Miso working in their studio in preparation for their Metro 5 Gallery show ‘Nesting and Dying’.

For those new to his work, Ghostpatrol is a self taught artist who has transgressed working as a street artist to exhibiting his artwork in art galleries worldwide. Through sculpting, painting, drawing and sewing, he has created a diverse range of artwork which covers ink drawing, graffiti, commissioned murals and soft sculpture. Yet through all this diversity he has also developed a unique dark satirical style which underpins all his work across the various mediums.

Part one

Part two

Part three

On top of that, the good folks over at Inframe.tv recently did a short feature on him as well. Check it out below.

Ghostpatrol will be in a four person show next month at Gallery 1988 in Los Angeles – ‘Quiet Storm’ – alongside Krista Huot, Scott Campbell, and Roland Tamayo, so be sure to check that out if you are in the LA area. We’ll be posting shots of the show here for sure.

We also have some great works still left from his ‘Ink Advance’ show with us last year. View them here. We hope to have some new works from him in soon and plans are underway for a bigger show in early 2011 already, so we’ll keep you posted, but we love his work, and wanted to share this great series of videos with you all. Be sure to keep an eye on him, we will be.

Recommended openings to catch this weekend…

Thurs, Jan. 29th 6-8:30PM
University Art Gallery @ University of California San Diego

Mandeville Center / 9500 Gilman Drive in La Jolla / 858.534.2107
Mark Dean Veca – Paintings, Wall Drawings and Collaborations
(On view through March 15th)

Fri, Jan. 30th 9PM-1AM ($8 at the door / 18+)
Infusion Gallery
719 S. Spring Street in downtown Los Angeles / 213.683.8827
“Booty!” – curated by Heidi ‘Bluegirl’ Calvert and featuring all manor of pirate themed art, sexy performances, live music, art on display from KRK Ryden, Art Weeks, Wil Cohen, Shahid Brown, Paul Torres, Bill Bronson, Oriana Small, Debra Haden, Dave Naz, Brad Miller, Alan Deforest, and many more plus Mad Jack The Pirate and Kaptain Kula as your hosts
www.myspace.com/bluegirlproductions

Sat, Jan. 31st 7-10PM
01 Gallery
530 South Hewitt Street #141 in Los Angeles / 213.689.0101
“Graff Since ‘69” – new works from Chaz Bojorquez
(On view through Feb. 15th)
http://01gallery.com/
Saturday, Jan. 31st 9PM-1AM ($8 admission / $5 as walking art)
Cannibal Flower
NEW LOCATION: 821 traction ave #106 (across from Crazy Gideons) in Los Angeles
Featured Artist: Michael Pukac with beats by: Mr. NumberOnederful and a live Performance by the Pussy Galore Burlesque Dancers and a huge group show featuring works from Craig “Skibs” Barker, MacSorro, NC Winters, David Campbell Wilson, Stephen J. Brooks, Yuki Miyazaki, Azikiwe, Rebecca Peloquin, Rebecca Hahn, Douglas Alvarez, Michele Waterman, Clinton Neuhaus, Tina Darling, Jim Darling, John Hicks, Jimmy Blyer, Walt Hall, Patric Hammerlien, Shahid, Jeremy Szuder, and many more – presented by Sour Harvest and Venice Grind
http://www.cannibalflower.com/

Sat, Jan. 31st 6-9PM
Crewest
110 Winston St. in Los Angeles / 213.627.8272
“On the One” Closing Night Party featuring Live Painting by “Unification Theory”. Core members include visual artist Overton Loyd (from legendary Funk band Parliament-Funkadelic), renown graffiti artist Man One, visual artist/writer Gustavo Alberto Garcia Vaca and special guest painter Favianna Rodriguez along with live music by Lonnie Marshall and DJ Phyz Ed spinning Hip Hop jams. Artwork created during past Unification Theory performances as well as pieces created that night will be available for purchase.
http://www.crewest.com/

Saturday, Jan. 31st, 3–5 pm
MOCA Store @ MOCA Grand Avenue
250 South Grand Avenue in Los Angeles
The Tree Book: Signing with Mark Ryden
*please note this will stop at 5PM sharp, and Ryden will only be signing the new book and only those purchased directly from the MOCA book store on day of event – no exceptions.
http://www.moca.org/store/index.php?

Sat, Jan. 31st 12:30 – 2:30
Munky King
7308 Melrose Ave in Los Angeles / 323.938.0091
Eyegore figure (chrome edition) signing with The Pizz
http://www.munkyking.com/

Sat, Jan. 31st 9PM-4AM ($10 at the door / 21+)
Rabbit + Gun
2323 East Olympic Blvd in Los Angeles
“Reflect” presents “I Love LA” with 10 LA-based artists on view, live painting from Mear One, a photobooth by Lawrence Cassel, live music and more.
www.myspace.com/reflectla

Sat, Jan. 31st 6-9PM
Sam Lee Gallery
990 North Hill Street, #190 in Chinatown area of Los Angeles / 323.227.0275
“Flesh + Bone” new sculptural works from Rebekah Bogard (*image above of Bogard’s sculptural work)
(On view through March 14th)
http://www.samleegallery.com/

Sun, Feb. 1st (check for time, may just be during normal hours...)
SURU
7662 Melrose Ave in Los Angeles / 323.655.0770
“This Is Los Angeles” – a photographic retrospective from Estevan Oriol
(On view through Feb. 28th)
http://www.suru-la.com/

Mon, Feb. 2nd 8PM-Midnight (*may be invite-only / not sure at this time…)
Pacific Electric Lofts
610 S. Main Street in Los Angeles
‘World On Fire’ exhibition curated by Will I. Am, Kris Lewis, and Justin Giarla from the Shooting Gallery featuring portraits of grammy nominees painted by: Shepard Fairey, Ron English, Gary Baseman, Shawn Barber, Kris Lewis, Lori Earley, Sas Christian, David Stoupakis, Joshua Petker, Paul Chatem, Greg Gossel, Henry Lewis, Shawn Barber, Van Arno, Matthew Bone, Helen Garber, Mike Maxwell, and many more.
(On view through Feb. 8th open daily 11am-6pm)

Tue, Feb. 3rd 7-10PM
Gallery 1988
7020 Melrose Ave in Los Angeles / 323.937.7088
“Cackle Factory” featuring new works from Brandt Peters
(On view through Feb. 27th)
http://www.nineteeneightyeight.com/