jesus satan left his heart (amongst other body parts, and all of them weren’t necessarily mine) in San Francisco. lots of amazing graffiti, beautiful girls, potheads, junkies with blood coming down their faces and rice-a-roni… hey, what’s not to love?
tonight WTTD pal and internet pin-up queen Courtney Cruz brings a sexy reprise of her Star Wars themed stripperella show to the Henry Fonda theater. for plenty more naughtiness from other Devil’s Playground shows, including Video Game Girls and Fetish Girls, check out our gallery section here. tickets aren’t available anymore online, but there are plenty at the door. jesus satan will see you there. (*UPDATE – this was all sold out and jesus satan did NOT see you there. congratulations Courtney!)
this Saturday Brian Viveros and Dan Quintana are bringing their special brand of military fetish to Santa Monica with their Desensitized opening at CoproGallery. Bad Otis Link provides backup with his You’ll Be Sorry When I’m Dead show in the back room. (jesus satan says that every day and he doesn’t get an opening. people usually just laugh, actually.)
more info from Copro’s newsletter: Hey Everyone – This Saturday, January 16, 8:00-11:30 PM, CoproGallery presents “Desensitized” with the art of Brian Viveros & Dan Quintana. This is an incredible show for both artists and all the work is amazing. Its going to be a multi-media event in 5D with films being projected, sountracks of bizzare music and sculptures as well as live music and costumed Desensitized girls. Everyone is encouraged to participate so please dress up in military gear like a Viveros or Quintana painting and get a free “Desensitized” poster. In gallery 2 Bad Otis Link’s “You’ll Be Sorry When I’m Dead” which will also be in 5D with films, twisted puppets and warped art. I hope to see everyone there but for those that can’t make please check out the Brian Viveros web-preview. The other previews will be ready soon so stay tuned!!!
the Downtown Art Walk is tonight, and it is going to be cuh-ray-zee, because as the warm summer season arrives, there are just THAT many more drunk people out in the streets. check out our recent gallery from June’s night of debauchery for plenty of porn slash art, plus lots of alcohol-fueled shenanigans (although that happened mostly behind the shutter). jesus satan will see you there, and he might just take your picture if you’re lucky… or if you’re willing to take your clothes off for free.
definitely going to be checking out Dennis Dutzi’s posthumous fund-raiser at the Pharmaka gallery. pretty amazing Socal portraiture, and the benefits go to the Colors of Hope charity for support of cancer patients and their families.
ALSO definitely going to be checking out Christy Rogers‘ Siren collection at the Spring Arts (453 S. Spring St., 90013) Collective group show. she takes underwater portraits of herself as dreamlike, drowning nudes (sort of like my dreams every night) and some of it is really beautiful stuff.
wow. so this looks fun. DJ sets from Shepard Fairey and Keith Morris from Black Flag/Circle Jerks? plus there’s some art like, oh, no big deal, just limited edition OBEY prints signed by Shepard, Tony Alva and Wynn Miller? fcuk yes we can! full list of artists below, plus free stuff like an OPEN BAR from Monster (i’m assuming with alcohol, as well.)
TONY ALVA AND RICHARD VILLA III PRESENT
AN EXHIBIT A GALLERY EVENT
“THE DETOURNEMENTS OF WYNN MILLER”
SATURDAY JUNE 13TH 2009 7PM- 11PM
FEATURING ARTISTS:
SHEPARD FAIREY
MARK “GONZ” GONZALES
SHAWN BARBER
GREG GOSSEL
NATE FRIZZELL
CHLOE TRUJILLO
AXIS
LAUREN BERGMAN
JON CHASE
RICHARD VILLA III
NAZRN
ERIC MONSON
DENNIS MCNETT
MICHAEL RUIZ
MARIO ” FDUBS ” LUEVANOS
JEFF HO
VOTAN
TONY MEISTER
JAMIE LA CHAPPA
VISIT WWW.EXHIBITAGALLERY.COM FOR MORE UPDATES AND INFO
EXHIBIT A GALLERY: 1086 SOUTH FAIRFAX AVE. LOS ANGELES CA 90019
INFO@EXHIBITAGALLERY.COM 323-954-7295 WWW.EXHIBITAGALLERY.COM
ALL ARE INVITED BUT SPACE IS LIMITED
PLEASE RSVP NOW TO GUARANTEE ENTRANCE AT:
WWW.EXHIBITAGALLERY.COM
LIMITED EDITION SIGNED OBEY GIANT PRINTS BY:
SHEPARD FAIREY, WYNN MILLER, TONY ALVA
SPECIAL EXHIBIT FEATURING:
A ROBERT TRUJILLO BASS WITH ART BY CHLOE TRUJILLO
GUEST DJ’S:
KEITH MORRIS [BLACK FLAG, THE CIRCLE JERKS]
SHEPARD FAIREY
LIVE “DETOURNEMENT” PAINTING OF A 2009 SCION XD BY:
MARIO “FDUBS” LUEVANOS
OPEN BAR PROVIDED BY:
MONSTER ENERGY DRINK
FREE FOOD AND GIFTS
ALL ART WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE
EXHIBITION RUNS 06/13/09 – 07/11/09 MON- SAT 1PM – 7PM
FOR PRE-SHOWING ON 06/12/09 – PLEASE CALL 323.954.7295 TO SCHEDULE AN APPOINTMENT.
quite a lot of art around L.A. tomorrow. no fooling.
CoproGallery in Santa Monica has one night for three amazing artists, Joe Ledbetter, Nathan Spoor and Vincent Cacciotti.
Gnomon Gallery has the Pixologic Action Heroes collective opening from a grip of up and coming fantasy artists
Space 15 Twenty has a little show with “a very special night of sound and design” and the only US appearance of Michel Vedette and his Automatic Body Dancing Club. flyer and video below (skip ahead to about 2.20 minutes… lord help us it looks like he’s trying to bring back an even more white people version of the fucking macarena.) there’s also an after party at the Mountain Bar with Nitedog and Justin Miller from DFA.
Coop is having a signing event in the afternoon from 2-5pm at the Corey Helford Gallery in Culver City. i’ve posted frequently about the show that opened last week, and we should have pics from the event up soon.
a little too late, deceased movie poster artist Bob Peak has an opening at Gallery Nucleus
Crewest is having a celebration for The Legendary Belmont Tunnel with “A tribute to the birthplace of Los Angeles Graffit Art”. there are a ton of artists, which always means a LOT of people will be there.
lastly, the Hive Gallery has it’s montly group opening, and while they ridiculously charge $8 at the door, there always is a ton of fun stuff there to see, plus lots of people, and if the art doesn’t do it for you, maybe the burlesque show will. info below.
THE HIVE GALLERY PRESENTS:
THE HIVE’s JUNE 2009 Featured Show
This Saturday June 6th, 8-12:30AM
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Dear Friend,
Saturday, June 6th,2009 Curator Cartwright has assembled a group of 6 featured artists with a psychadelic edge including Featured Artist 1: Treiops Treyfid, Featured Artist 2: Steven Sattler, Tall Wall Artist: Brian Smith, Small Wall Artist: Sara Brum, Installation Artist: Marlon McWilliams, and Guest Feature from NYC: Muffinhead. Enjoy a glass of wine while you are the first ones to see our June 2009 exhibit with over 70 top group show artists. These Hive discovered artists are some of the premiere artists in Southern California that curator Cartwright has picked to for The Hive Gallery’s esteemed feature artist spots and they will be sure to have strikingly beautiful, thought-provoking and affordable pieces for your collection.
Once again thank you buzzing into LA’s premiere gallery for up and coming artists- it’s sure to be a great weekend for all!
The Hive Gallery- 729 S. Spring St. LA, CA 90014
Founder/Curator Nathan Cartwright
wow. this looks fun. Shepard Fairey and Keith Morris from Black Flag/Circle Jerks DJ. plus there’s some art like, oh, no big deal, just limited edition OBEY prints signed by Shepard, Tony Alva and Wynn Miller. full list of artists below, plus free stuff like an OPEN BAR from Monster.
TONY ALVA AND RICHARD VILLA III PRESENT
AN EXHIBIT A GALLERY EVENT
“THE DETOURNEMENTS OF WYNN MILLER”
SATURDAY JUNE 13TH 2009 7PM- 11PM
FEATURING ARTISTS:
SHEPARD FAIREY
MARK “GONZ” GONZALES
SHAWN BARBER
GREG GOSSEL
NATE FRIZZELL
CHLOE TRUJILLO
AXIS
LAUREN BERGMAN
JON CHASE
RICHARD VILLA III
NAZRN
ERIC MONSON
DENNIS MCNETT
MICHAEL RUIZ
MARIO ” FDUBS ” LUEVANOS
JEFF HO
VOTAN
TONY MEISTER
JAMIE LA CHAPPA
VISIT WWW.EXHIBITAGALLERY.COM FOR MORE UPDATES AND INFO
EXHIBIT A GALLERY: 1086 SOUTH FAIRFAX AVE. LOS ANGELES CA 90019
INFO@EXHIBITAGALLERY.COM 323-954-7295 WWW.EXHIBITAGALLERY.COM
ALL ARE INVITED BUT SPACE IS LIMITED
PLEASE RSVP NOW TO GUARANTEE ENTRANCE AT:
WWW.EXHIBITAGALLERY.COM
LIMITED EDITION SIGNED OBEY GIANT PRINTS BY:
SHEPARD FAIREY, WYNN MILLER, TONY ALVA
SPECIAL EXHIBIT FEATURING:
A ROBERT TRUJILLO BASS WITH ART BY CHLOE TRUJILLO
GUEST DJ’S:
KEITH MORRIS [BLACK FLAG, THE CIRCLE JERKS]
SHEPARD FAIREY
LIVE “DETOURNEMENT” PAINTING OF A 2009 SCION XD BY:
MARIO “FDUBS” LUEVANOS
OPEN BAR PROVIDED BY:
MONSTER ENERGY DRINK
FREE FOOD AND GIFTS
ALL ART WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE
EXHIBITION RUNS 06/13/09 – 07/11/09 MON- SAT 1PM – 7PM
FOR PRE-SHOWING ON 06/12/09 – PLEASE CALL 323.954.7295 TO SCHEDULE AN APPOINTMENT.
there’s a show from the legendary Coop at Corey Helford tonight. (you’ll know his work from bumper stickers on the backs of strippers’ boyfriends’ trucks everwhere.) it’s his first opening in a Coop’s age, and it’s one that jesus satan is looking forward to immensely, so if you want to say hi look for the creepy guy touching himself inappropriately in front of the naked devil girl “art”. more info from the press release below.
Opening Reception Friday, May, 29 2009 from 7-10pm
On View May 29 – June 20, 2009
Corey Helford Gallery is proud to present the highly anticipated solo exhibition of new works by celebrated Pop-artist Coop. Since 2006, Los Angeles has been on the waiting list for Coop’s next explosion of larger-than-life pop iconography, and his upcoming solo show of irreverent and outrageous fine art is built for speed. Bold and brazen does not begin to describe the parade of leering devils, voluptuous vixens, and hell-bound hot rods that dominate his electric acrylic-on-canvas paintings. Considered one of the pioneers of the Contemporary New Fine Art movement, Coop steps out from his arsenal of sin to unveil the next phase in his evolving creations of neo-Pop imagery. The reception is open to the public, and will take place on Friday, May 29 from 7 to 10pm. The show will be on view until June 20, 2009.
Born in Bixby, Oklahoma, Chris Cooper, AKA Coop, began his art career at the tender age of two, with crayons in hand. Shortly after the ink was dry on his high school diploma, he left his home state for Los Angeles where he landed his first solo exhibition in 1993 at La Luz de Jesus Gallery. Since then, Coop has been steadily taking over the art world, exhibition after exhibition, and his paintings have been showcased around the world from Merry Karnowsky in Los Angeles, Deitch Projects in New York and the Institute of Contemporary Art in Boston to galleries in Zurich and Milan.
Inspired by hot rodding, car culture, B-movie monsters, sexploitation flicks and the world of fetish, Coop parleyed his artistic talent into a merchandising empire, creating custom collections of fine art prints, rock and roll posters, artist-series apparel, lifestyle accessories, skateboards and toys. Coop released The Devil’s Advocate, a full-color coffee table book, which was an immediate sellout and is currently in its fourth printing. Following the success of his fi rst release, Coop’s second book, The Big Fat One is a 1008-page sketchbook and was published in October, 2002.
Coop’s commissioned work is equally as spectacular. He has produced over 100 posters, including rock posters for Nirvana, Soundgarden, The Sex Pistols and album cover art for notable bands such as Mono Men, Lords of Acid, Ramones and NOFX. Altoids commissioned him to create promotional artwork for its wildly successful cinnamon flavored mints, and MTV featured the artist’s imagery on its The Return of Rock compilation. Coop’s commercial talent extends to a multitude of creative projects, including a series of limited edition gambling chips and a customized Escalade for the Hard Rock Casino in Las Vegas, as well as directing music videos and designing major ad campaigns for various clients. Numerous publications have featured Coop, including ArtWeek, Paper and Juxtapoz magazine, which notes Coop’s name is “now more recognizable to modern youth than that of Rembrandt.” For more information about the artist, please visit www.coopstuff.com.
Located in the Culver City Art District, Corey Helford Gallery was established in April 2006 by Jan Corey Helford and her husband, television producer and creator, Bruce Helford (The Drew Carey Show, George Lopez, The Oblongs). Passionate art collectors, the Helfords are producers on the art documentary The Treasures of Long Gone John and have partnered to open their first gallery. Corey Helford Gallery presents a wide range of artists, from members of the new fine art movement, such as Gary Baseman, Andrew Brandou, Coop, Natalia Fabia, Korin Faught, Sylvia Ji, Eric Joyner, and award-winning photographer Chris Anthony, to early Modernist William S. Schwartz. Notable shows include “Charity By Numbers”, which was co-curated by Gary Baseman and featured an unprecedented lineup of artists including Mark Ryden, Marion Peck, Shepard Fairey, Todd and Kathy Schorr, Camille Rose Garcia, and Michael Hussar. Corey Helford Gallery presents new exhibitions approximately every four weeks. For more information and an upcoming exhibition schedule, please visit www.Coreyhelfordgallery.com.
there’s a show from the legendary Coop at Corey Helford this Friday. (you’ll know his work from bumper stickers on the backs of strippers’ boyfriends’ trucks everwhere.) it’s his first opening in a Coop’s age, and it’s one that jesus satan is looking forward to immensely, so if you want to say hi look for the creepy guy touching himself inappropriately in front of the naked devil girl “art”. more info from the press release below.
Opening Reception Friday, May, 29 2009 from 7-10pm
On View May 29 – June 20, 2009
Corey Helford Gallery is proud to present the highly anticipated solo exhibition of new works by celebrated Pop-artist Coop. Since 2006, Los Angeles has been on the waiting list for Coop’s next explosion of larger-than-life pop iconography, and his upcoming solo show of irreverent and outrageous fine art is built for speed. Bold and brazen does not begin to describe the parade of leering devils, voluptuous vixens, and hell-bound hot rods that dominate his electric acrylic-on-canvas paintings. Considered one of the pioneers of the Contemporary New Fine Art movement, Coop steps out from his arsenal of sin to unveil the next phase in his evolving creations of neo-Pop imagery. The reception is open to the public, and will take place on Friday, May 29 from 7 to 10pm. The show will be on view until June 20, 2009.
Born in Bixby, Oklahoma, Chris Cooper, AKA Coop, began his art career at the tender age of two, with crayons in hand. Shortly after the ink was dry on his high school diploma, he left his home state for Los Angeles where he landed his first solo exhibition in 1993 at La Luz de Jesus Gallery. Since then, Coop has been steadily taking over the art world, exhibition after exhibition, and his paintings have been showcased around the world from Merry Karnowsky in Los Angeles, Deitch Projects in New York and the Institute of Contemporary Art in Boston to galleries in Zurich and Milan.
Inspired by hot rodding, car culture, B-movie monsters, sexploitation flicks and the world of fetish, Coop parleyed his artistic talent into a merchandising empire, creating custom collections of fine art prints, rock and roll posters, artist-series apparel, lifestyle accessories, skateboards and toys. Coop released The Devil’s Advocate, a full-color coffee table book, which was an immediate sellout and is currently in its fourth printing. Following the success of his fi rst release, Coop’s second book, The Big Fat One is a 1008-page sketchbook and was published in October, 2002.
Coop’s commissioned work is equally as spectacular. He has produced over 100 posters, including rock posters for Nirvana, Soundgarden, The Sex Pistols and album cover art for notable bands such as Mono Men, Lords of Acid, Ramones and NOFX. Altoids commissioned him to create promotional artwork for its wildly successful cinnamon flavored mints, and MTV featured the artist’s imagery on its The Return of Rock compilation. Coop’s commercial talent extends to a multitude of creative projects, including a series of limited edition gambling chips and a customized Escalade for the Hard Rock Casino in Las Vegas, as well as directing music videos and designing major ad campaigns for various clients. Numerous publications have featured Coop, including ArtWeek, Paper and Juxtapoz magazine, which notes Coop’s name is “now more recognizable to modern youth than that of Rembrandt.” For more information about the artist, please visit www.coopstuff.com.
Located in the Culver City Art District, Corey Helford Gallery was established in April 2006 by Jan Corey Helford and her husband, television producer and creator, Bruce Helford (The Drew Carey Show, George Lopez, The Oblongs). Passionate art collectors, the Helfords are producers on the art documentary The Treasures of Long Gone John and have partnered to open their first gallery. Corey Helford Gallery presents a wide
range of artists, from members of the new fine art movement, such as Gary Baseman, Andrew Brandou, Coop, Natalia Fabia, Korin Faught, Sylvia Ji, Eric Joyner, and award-winning photographer Chris Anthony, to early Modernist William S. Schwartz. Notable shows include “Charity By Numbers”, which was co-curated by Gary Baseman and featured an unprecedented lineup of artists including Mark Ryden, Marion Peck, Shepard Fairey, Todd and Kathy Schorr, Camille Rose Garcia, and Michael Hussar. Corey Helford Gallery presents new exhibitions approximately every four weeks. For more information and an upcoming exhibition schedule, please visit www.Coreyhelfordgallery.com.
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