Vans Presents: Under the Radar

If you happen to be in Long Beach, CA this Thursday stop by The Phantom Gallery and check out my friends work..Events from 6PM - 10PM.

LA: Small Bills Opening

THE

S M A L L B I L L S

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PUBLIC VIEWING



with

Anthony Lister

Bigfoot

Chris Pastras

Harif Guzman

Killpixie

Rick Rodney

Shepard Fairey

and

Skullphone




Small Bills Gallery

82001/2 W. 3rd St.

Los Angeles

LA - Art Exhibit "Cannibal Carnival" Opening Reception

NECKFACE
"CANNIBAL CARNIVAL"
NEW IMAGE ART GALLERY
7908 Santa Monica Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90046
www.newimageartgallery.com

Opening Reception Aug.16th, 7-10pm
Show runs Aug. 16th – Sept. 20, 2008

Neckface is back in L.A. to stir up some trouble. This time, his third
solo show at New Image Art, "Cannibal Carnival," is all
about taking things out of context to create some chaos. The
watercolors featured in the show explore good things gone bad,
subjects that become frightening when taken away from familiar
settings. "When you see a clown at a circus its funny," says the
artist, "but if you saw the same clown from the circus in an alleyway
at midnight it wouldn't be funny at all." The original integrity of
the medium is also twisted; a method which the artist normally
associates with wholesome and effeminate images, Neckface uses
watercolors and gouache to depict morbid and jarring scenes.

Also featured in the show is a set-up familiar to Neckface but
certainly not for an intimate gallery space. At the opening, friends
of the artist and professional skaters Sammy Baca and Lizard King will
be skating in a caged off mini-ramp filled with objects they encounter
every day: knives, spray paint, and booze of course. "They are both
satanic," Neckface says. "Sammy once carved Satan into Lizard King's
chest with a knife.

With "Cannibal Carnival,"Neckface offers the public a rare glimpse of
his curious existence--parts of his life and mind that cannot be
merely spray painted on the streets of New York. "I'm more of a
trouble maker skateboarder who makes stuff."

Anthem Magazine Presents Whistling Past the Graveyard Hosted By Jason Lee

Join Anthem Magazine and WESC as we present Whistling Past the Graveyard featuring new works by Mercedes Helnwein and hosted by Jason Lee at the Merry Karnowski Gallery.
Helnwein's drawings have been described as "photo-realistic," "lucid fairy-tales," "strikingly bizarre," "haunting," "southern Gothic," "evocative" and "unexpected." Her self-portraits have been compared to Cindy Sherman and her sense of quiet drama to Alfred Hitchcock and Edgar Allen Poe.
Also included in the exhibition is a video projection, in which the formerly frozen characters jerk to life for the first time in thick saturated colors.

www.mercedeshelnwein.com
www.mkgallery.com
If you miss the opening with us, make sure to still catch the show. It will run from August 30 - September 20

When:
Saturday, August 30
8 - 11 PM

Where:
Merry Karnowski Gallery
170 S. La Brea Ave.
Los Angeles, CA
90036
323.933.4408

halloween mayhem ...

Pre - Halloween @ Drinkwaters



shetal as a chola













disco kids getting their dance on ...













my friend Martin and I




the priest getting dirty for the camera.. lol .. totally staged ;-)















Halloween Night kicked off at the Neckface solo art show (Closed Casket)at the Dactyl art gallery































Nicole workin it out ..





























the eyes lit up on these bats and actually looked as though they were flying





























You can check out more photos of the show on the cobrasnake site



bounced out and ran into president reagan as we headed to a loft party on broadway





we were greeted with free flowing shots upon entering .. charlie chaplin was in the house..








free food and booze .. mark (cobrasnake) was getting his dinner on ..











the acrobats and entertainment were pretty sweet ...




























Stopped into the Bowery Hotel for a minute. So many rooms (indoor and outdoors), so many peeps decked out in costumes, paul sevigny's band played, and everyone seemed to be having a good time. Somehow managed to catch up with Jody amongst the crowds of peeps....(Jody, Nicole and I)







More pics of the party via cobrasnake







Finally dipped out and made it over to "The Box" for some debauchery with the lovely Lupe...PLACE WAS PACKED, the entire venue was the stage, and clothes were minimal to non-existant at times.













Lupe and Nicole ...















we had legz for days.. can you guess who's? (Lupe, Nicole, Myself, and Serge)





Sean and Nicole











Nicole and Lupe brought it ..











the stage at the end of the night.. definitely had set the tone of the evening ;-)

3rd Ward Brooklyn

Hit up 3rd Ward for a new interactive exhibition. If you dont know about 3rd ward heres the scenario: 3rd Ward is a 20,000sq. ft. workspace and studio facility for artists & creative professionals, located in East Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Definitely worth the visit when you check out the facilities and if you need a contact there let me know..







Open bar was provided, with fancy absythe cocktails by Pernod. This drink had a cute named .. "Abysthe minded".























The exhibits were some of the best I've seen to date ...


Vertigoes As one end goes up another goes round

An installation by Nathan Green and Owen Schoppe opens Friday, October 19, 2007 at 3rd Ward

Exhibition Dates: October 19 – November 19, 2007
Exhibition Location: 3rd Ward 195 Morgan Ave. Brooklyn, NY

Vertigoes, a large-scale installation by Nate Green and Owen Schoppe adapts forms from toys, games, and amusement rides to create an interactive and kinetic environment where sculpture fosters group engagement and interaction. Spanning two rooms, Vertigoes contains two interrelated sculptures – a carousel and a group of vertically over-lapped teeter-totters surrounded by 75 music boxes attached to the windows of the gallery. Through physical interaction with the sculpture’s mechanical and analog systems audience members will initiate the movement, displays of light and elements of sound, bringing forth the artists’ vision for Vertigoes. Acceptance of this invitation to engage in events occurring within the sculpture results in mesmerizing and disorienting effects.

From the artist’s statement – Magic can be made with the simplest of things – balls, blocks, jump ropes, and hula-hoops. Once animated through the imagination, such inert objects become mysterious and miraculous. They are the nucleus of our play, influencing how we interact with one another through their design.

The opening reception for Vertigoes takes place 7 – 10 p.m. on Friday, October 19th at 3rd Ward located at 195 Morgan Avenue in East Williamsburg. For more information please call at 718.715.4961 or visit www.3rdwardbrooklyn.org.











vertically over-lapped teeter-totters mentioned above ..




























































the exhibits were connected by thin wires and these .....





This was essentially a carousel with bucket seats that allowed you to lie back and relax while being spun....




















both rooms had walls of music boxes attached to the windows of the gallery...
















I thought these were the coolest ...





Walk through the crowded main room and stumbled upon some other exhibits ...













"Common China," a selection of photographs by Kirsten C. Springer and sculptures by
Liz Lessner, opens October 12, 2007, 7-10 p.m. The show runs from October 12 through
31 2007 at 3rd Ward, located at 195 Morgan Avenue.

This show talks about status and sex, taboo and display, advertising and commerce, and most of all fantasy and desire. Lessner's sculptures probe the limits of our culture's socially endorsed depictions of desire. Springer's photographs examine the commerce of self-display. Together these works explore the fault lines in our culture's enthusiastic relationship to images of desire.
































I snapped shots of a mural I liked ....





























I have to throw this out there... I'm not always a fan of the circle's of people that flow through the art community but I have to admit this was a fun artsy following .. here's a glimpse ... cheers kidz!