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tonight Dan Witz brings some literal street art to Carmichael Gallery (1257 N. La Brea, 90038) from 7-10. half of the works are actually placed on doors, alleys, etc., and i can’t tell whether or not it will look as good as it seems. either way, my interest is piqued. (more info after the jump)

Opening Reception: Thursday November 5 2009 / 7.00pm – 10.00pm

Please RSVP to rsvp @ carmichaelgallery.com

Exhibition Dates: November 5 – December 3

Address: 1257 N. La Brea Ave / West Hollywood CA 90038

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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

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“Mid-City Arts is pleased to present the first solo show ever from the infamous LA graffiti artist, Chaka. Resurrection opens April 25th and will feature highly anticipated new work from the mysterious Chaka.”

This looks pretty bad-ass, not only is Chaka a Los Angeles legend… causing upwards of 500K in property damage while spreading his name…but he’s also a hard-to-catch kind of dude. As you can imagine by the lifestlye he lives as a widespread graffiti artist. So seeing him in person, SIGNING AUTOGRAPHS no less, is a rare opportunity. Should be a very cool show. It’s Chaka’s FIRST SHOW EVER. Info below the imagery:

Info:
Sat, April 25th, 7-9PM
Mid-City Arts
5113 West Pico Blvd in Los Angeles
http://www.chakaone.com/

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LOST COMB LOST!

Do your part! Save this comb!

These fliers were posted up and down Hollywood Blvd this morning.

Unnatural obsession with hygiene?

Weird guerrilla marketing stunt?

Secret communiqué from alien invaders?

Non-conformist raving lunatic who refuses to use the universally-accepted Raving Lunatic Scrawl font?

Your guess is as good as mine.

I’m too lazy and protective of my email address (ok, mostly lazy) to send the perpetrator of this nonsense an email. Surely someone out there is more motivated than I am. If that someone is you, send an email to lostcomblost@gmail.com and find out what the hell this is all about. Then post your findings in the comments so the rest of us can reap the benefits of your labor.

Full flier text (for the curious and/or hard-of-seeing):
“I LOST MY COMB ON MY LAST VISIT TO LOS ANGELES. I DON’T KNOW WHERE I LOST IT, IT COULD BE ANYWHERE. I NEED THIS COMB. I USE IT TO COMB MY HAIR. PLEASE FIND IT AND EMAIL ME: LOSTCOMBLOST@GMAIL.COM“

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Quiñones is a legendary graffiti artist who has been working since the 70s. Born in Puerto Rico, raised in New York.
“Lee Quiñones has been at the forefront of American graffiti art and is universally regarded as a leading figure in the development and transition of Post-Graffiti within the contemporary art world. Today, while displayed for an art-world audience, his work has landed in both public and private collections around the globe.” – Wikipedia.

Currently rocking a solo exhibition in Italy, it opened this past weekend, April 18th. Info:
Il Trifoglio Nero
Palazzo Ducale
Piazza Matteotti 80r
16123 Genova
Italy
T. +39 010 859 2255

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Eyyo kiddos. TINT is blogging from Buenos Aires, Argentina. That’s right, Wreck The Tape Deck has officially become international. Congratulations to us!

It took 4 planes to take me from Los Angeles to here. I landed in a lightning storm in Atlanta and hugged an old Chilean man for good luck. My bags followed me a day late.

This is officially my first full day of the trip. I’m gonna do my best to post everyday but obviously priority numero uno will be making the most of B.A. (aka: sloppily hitting on 15 yr old girls celebrating a quinceniera). I apologize in advance for all the incoherent drivel you’re gonna have to suffer through with Jesus Satan in charge of the blog. But don’t fret! I’ll be making my return to the glorious land of the brave on 4/20… with Jimmy Cliff on blast. Should make for an interesting workday.

Anyway, I’ll be taking pictures, checking out the lifestyle and catching some art/music. I hear there’s quite an urban-street art scene here. Here’s what I’ve seen so far:

Adios for now. Catch me on the tweet tip.

(In other news: Woody Harrelson mistook a photographer for a zombie on Wednesday night.)

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Ooooh he's got that Herron flow!

Willie Herron, old time hipster/chicano/muralist, is debuting new paintings along with old footage, drawings, photos and prints that put together a history of LA in the 70s and 80s. Of course, free booze.

Info:
Federal Art Project Opening
Thurs 6-10pm at 316 W 2nd St, Downtown

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