GR2 – Sour Harvest

Heisuke Kitazawa aka PCP (showing this month at GR2)

Thurs, April 16th 7-11PM
Ronin Gallery
1924 Echo Park Ave in Los Angeles
“Burgeoning Heliotrope” with new works from Weirdo and Ego
http://www.theroningallery.com/

Fri, April 17th 7-10PM
The Art Center of Pasadena
1700 Lida Street in Pasadena / 626.396.2251 / Parking & Shuttle at Rose Bowl Parking Lot K
‘Grad Exhibition’ – graduation show featuring works from artists working in various mediums including but not limited to photography, film, illustration & graphic design
http://www.artcenter.edu/

Sat, April 18th & Sun, April 19th 11AM-6PM both days

Brewery Artwalk

2100 N. Main Street (5 Freeway at Main Street) in Los Angeles

The world’s largest art colony is located in downtown LA in the old Pabst Blue Ribbon Brewery and twice a year they open their doors to the public for a walking self-guided tour of all the various studios, galleries and undiscovered lil’ nooks about the ol’ space that are just waiting to be discovered. Makes for a great day out and a must see at least once – check out their website for full details and directions

http://breweryartwalk.com/

Sat, April 18th 6-9PM
Cerasoli Gallery
8530-B Washington Ave in Culver City / 310.558.0911
“Glamour and Gloom” with new works from John Grande + “Nowhere Right Here” with new works from Franziska Klotz + “Society of Spectacle” with new works from Nick Potter
(On view through May 13th)
http://www.cerasoligallery.com/

Sat, April 18th 6:30-10PM
GR2
2062 Sawtelle Blvd in Los Angeles / 310.445.9276
“…and it rained all day” featuring new works from Heisuke Kitazawa (aka PCP)
(On view through May 6th)
http://www.gr2.net/

Sat, April 18th 6-10PM
Kinsey / DesForges
6009 Washington Blvd. In Culver City / 310.837.1989
“Chasing Castles” featuring new paintings and works on paper from Chloe Early and Connor Harrington
http://www.kinseydesforges.com/

Sat, April 18th 4-8PM
Monkeyhouse Toys and Art Gallery
1618 ½ Silver Lake Blvd in Los Angeles / 323.662.3437
“The Black Wall” with new works from Walt Hall
(On view through May 24th)
http://www.monkeyhousetoys.com/

Sat, April 18th 4-8PM
Billy Shire Fine Arts
5790 Washington Blvd. in Los Angeles / 323.297.0600
Special viewing of Esther Pearl Watson’s paintings from her showing at the Oakland Museum of California earlier this year, including “Waiting For The Future”, her largest work to date
http://www.billyshirefinearts.com/

Sat, April 18th 8PM-Midnight
Showcave
1930 Echo Park Ave in Los Angeles (Echo Park area)
“Cosmic Love” featuring the work of 11 artists exploring the nature of the cosmos with Kime Buzzelli, Miss KK, Annakim Violette, Mindy LeBrock, Owleyes (James Wiegel), Nora Keyes, Alia Penner, Veronica Ibarra, Joanne Burke, Tracy Conti and Valentine Lovecraft Falcon
(On view through April 25th)
http://www.showcave.org/

Yet another weekend packed with amazing shows – get out and support the scene!

GR2 opened up their ‘Year of the Ox’ group show this past Saturday. I was out and about all over Los Angeles that day as I was taking around David MacDowell (in town for his show with us) and a friend/collector from the UK to all the galleries in LA. GR2 was somewhere in the mix, as we hit a total of 15 galleries throughout the day and into the eve on Saturday. Whew. Bit of a blur, but back to GR2…

The show celebrated this year’s Chinese zodiac animal, the Ox. The show had a lot of variation and was pretty strong overall. The show roster included Bigfoot, Deth P. Sun, Amanda Visell, Luke Chueh, Michelle Valigura, David Horvath, Edwin Ushiro, Buff Monster, Joel Nakamura, Le Merde and many more. There was many a Paul Bunyan themed piece and overall the artists’ interpretations of the theme were pretty spot on.

Some of our favorites in the show: