Wooster Collective: Los Angeles Archives

April 7, 2009

BOXI's "Grey Area" Opens This Thursday in Los Angeles at the Carmichael Gallery

This week is shaping up for some amazing gallery openings in cities all over the world. While the London Police will be holding it down in London, in Los Angeles BOXI will be opening "Grey Area" a solo exhibition of new work at the Carmichael Gallery of Contemporary Art.

Here's the info:

"Grey Area"
a solo exhibition of new work by
BOXI
Opening Reception
Thursday, April 9th
7.00pm – 10.00pm

1257 N. La Brea Avenue
W. Hollywood CA 90038

Please RSVP to rsvp@carmichaelgallery.com

Open to the public April 10th – April 30th, 2009
1.00pm – 7.00pm

Posted by marc at 8:38 PM in Los Angeles | Recommend this! |

January 7, 2009

Ericailcane's Man Is The Bastard - This Weekend In Los Angeles

This coming weekend, the wonderfully talented Italian artist Ericailcane is set to open "Man Is The Bastard" his first solo show of new work in Los Angeles at the Carmichael Gallery in New York.

The exhibition which runs until the end of the month is a collection of etchings and graphic art of domestic animals, set in an alternative universe where they have taken revenge against mankind.

Click here for more info.

Posted by marc at 7:25 AM in Los Angeles | Recommend this! (26) |

December 4, 2008

New Work From Elbow-Toe for Mostly Memory

Elblow-Toe has posted images from Mostly Memory, his upcoming show with Armsrock at Thinkspace in Los Angeles on his Flickr page. Some terrific new work. Check it out here

Thinkspace gallery presents:
"Mostly Memory"
featuring Armsrock and Elbow-toe

12th december- january 2nd, 2009.
opening reception december 12th, 7 pm.

thinkspace gallery.
4210 Santa Monica Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90029

Posted by marc at 7:13 AM in Los Angeles | Recommend this! (21) |

November 20, 2008

The Big Geezers" Hit Los Angeles

Unfortunately we weren't able to make it out to Los Angeles for the opening of the Big Geezers show at the Scion Gallery earlier this month. But judging from the photos on Flickr, it looked like it was an amazing show and a hell of a lot of fun. Seeing the photos reminded us of the types of art events that artists themselves would stage back to 2001-2002-2003 when the focus was less on selling work to wealthy collectors, and more on bringing friends together for a good time.

Over the last few years, Chaz (from the London Police) along with Galo, Fortress and the other Geezers have become good friends, so it was great to see the show come together. Chaz sent us a note last night from Japan, giving us a rundown on how things went. We thought we'd share it with you here as it gives a terrific sense of what the show was like:

"Roll up roll up! The circus is steaming into town. The Big Geezers are coming to LA for a November 8th show at the Scion Installation LA gallery.

'So what’s all this here BIG GEEZERS all about?' I hear someone pipe up from the back. Well, the BIG GEEZERS represents a would-be family of European and American artists who, over several years, have met, worked together and traveled the globe in search of adventure, hope and good times.

Armed with markers, paint and spray the BIG GEEZERS movement has seen group shows in Amsterdam, Reykjavik, Torino, Berlin, Barcelona, New York, Oslo, Copenhagen, Warsaw, Bratislava, Vienna, Budapest and drawing live with The Dandy Warhols in Portland.

'So what’s going to happen then?' bleats another interested party near the rear. Well let me tell you sirs and madams. Expect fun, prizes, mirth and extravagance. All the fun of the fair. Suited, booted and packaged to delight the humming crowd. Bring your mates, bring your pets, bring your dinner and we'll 'ave it!

Moving on from the banal yawn-city, that IS modern day going-to-galleryness, the group have decided that in LA 'entertainment 'is the name of the game and so entertainment there shall be. This particular show the BG crew will attempt to blend visual ingredients with interactive methods to cook up a good ol' splendid Saturday night pie. They hope to provide an odd and wonderful night out for all those wide-eyed enough to be concerned.

7pm kickoff.

7.30pm With a microphone and a 15 man strong welcoming committee we asked people their names as they came in and introduced them like they were guests
of honor e.g "LADIES and GENTLEMEN its Marc and Saraaaaaaaaaa" at which point the welcome committee would bay their appreciation and cheer them a welcome to the show. it proved to be really funny and not only had a personal touch but began to create an atmosphere...

8pm whilst the welcoming continued we opened up the shooting gallery. the big
geezers had put so much combined effort into the show and built a circus/fairground style shoot out with wooden cutouts of our respective characters with holes in them. we bought a bunch of pretty high tech kids guns from TOYS R US and it proved to be another strong inclusion to the show.

at 8.30pm we began BALLOON DARTS whereby the public could take turns to burst balloons with darts. 10 balloons had prizes in and when you won you got a big geezers tshirt which was designed by Flying Fortress in a circus advertisement style. As the balloons went down a big collab piece was revealed which nicely connected the art with the game. Luckily no-one got hit by a dart and it was good times all the way to the next part of the show.

at 9pm my friend ABNER PREIS` made a clown performance/slideshow of his drawings which, again , gave the 700+ people who turned up another show within a show and another incling of entertainment.

At 10pm the fairground closed and i have never felt such a buzz of MISSION ACCOMPLISHED among so many geezers. the reaction of the people and the crew of SCION was amazing.

Posted by marc at 12:44 PM in Los Angeles | Recommend this! (8) |

November 4, 2008

Fresh Stuff From Matthew Rodriguez

On of our favorite artists, Matthew Rodriguez will be showing new work along with Nicholas Bohac, Saelee Oh , and Jill Bliss in Los Angeles at Tinlark Gallery later this morning. The opening on November 15th with a reception from 6-9pm

tinlark gallery
Crossroads of the World
6671 Sunset Boulevard, #1512
Hollywood, CA 90028

Matthew describes the new work as - "Paintings about hoodlum street animals, fed up plants, stray animals, rainbowed monsters, tiny chandeliers, the great pacific trash pile, the environments big problem, bling,and stories told by my grandpa."

Posted by marc at 6:35 AM in Los Angeles | Recommend this! (33) |

October 31, 2008

Kelsey Brookes Tomorrow Night At New Image in LA

We've been fans of Kelsey Brookes' work for some time, so we're thrilled to hear that Kelsey's solo show opens tomorrow in LA at New Image. Be sure to check it out if you can.

Posted by marc at 7:35 AM in Los Angeles | Recommend this! (11) |

April 17, 2008

Herakut Hit The Streets Of Los Angeles

Herakut (from Germany) have just opened Streichelzoo, their first U.S. solo show at Carmichael Gallery in Los Angeles. The show will run through May 4th. You can find more information here.

Posted by marc at 7:38 AM in Los Angeles | Recommend this! (57) |

March 19, 2008

NOMADAZ in Los Angeles

For a couple of weeks now, we've been meaning to feature the fantastic NOMADAZ group show that is currently on display in Los Angeles at the SCION Space.

Curated by Pablo Aravena, (director of "Next: A Primer in UrbanPainting") the show brings together a group of amazing artists from both Italy and Spain. If you haven't yet seen the show, here's a quick taste...

Posted by marc at 7:41 AM in Los Angeles | Recommend this! (45) |

April 12, 2007

Richard Colman's HUMAN REPLACEMENT PROJECT

As the images above attest, Richard Colman's upcoming solo show, HUMAN REPLACEMENT PROJECT at Merry Karnowsky Gallery in LA looks like it's going to be amazing. Opening April 21st, it runs through May 19.

Posted by marc at 7:42 AM in Los Angeles | Recommend this! (22) |

March 10, 2007

Heart Throb at Merry Kernowsky Gallery Tonight in LA

Not to be missed if you are in the area....

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Posted by marc at 10:48 AM in Los Angeles | Recommend this! (35) |

January 19, 2007

Faile, Swoon, and David Ellis Hit LA This Weekend

If you are in Los Angeles, here's a show that you don't want to miss this weekend. Tomorrow night at New Image, Faile, Swoon, and David Ellis will be showing new work at New Image. Shepard Fairey will be DJ'ing. Should be amazing.

Posted by marc at 6:24 AM in Los Angeles | Recommend this! (61) |

September 14, 2006

Banksy's Barely Legal - The First Image

Unfortunately we can't make it out to LA this week, but the photo above (showing a live elephant) should give you a hint of whats to come at Banksy's warehouse show later this week.

(Photo nicked from the BBC)

Posted by marc at 6:58 AM in Los Angeles | Recommend this! (15) |

August 24, 2006

Banksy Comes To LA

The rumors are true. Banksy will be mounting a new warehouse show in Los Angeles on September, 15th, 16th, and 17th. The secret location will be posted on Banksy's website the day of the opening