The show is just a few days away! We'll have the opening on Friday, December 5th from 7-10PM. The work in the show is the best of all five years, the artists did an incredible job. Luke Chueh, Anthony Ausgang and Peter Gronquist will be at the opening, as well as my 1988 partner, Jensen, who hasn't visited SF for an entire year!
We will also release the highly anticipated Greg Simkins mini print set at the opening this Friday.
Greg Simkins Mini Print Set (includes Winter's Knight, Night Knight, White Knight) giclee prints on Somerset Velvet fine art paper 4 x 5 inches (each print) limited edition of 300 50 sets will also include a hidden chase print 30 sets will also include a hidden original Simkins drawing $80.00
The print sets will be available in-store at the opening on Dec.5th and over the phone or email starting Dec. 6th.
So, goodbye for now while we go set up the new show. But in the meantime, here are some more Vivisect previews...
As everyone returns from Miami and the Art Basel shindig (I didn't actually go, but I did wear white pants and casual loafers around the house while chatting about Jai Alai this weekend, so I was there in spirit), we're in full swing here at 1988 for the Holiday season. For those on our mailing list who are thinking about buying something, but just think everything over $50 is 10% too expensive - look out for our first annual Holiday Gift Guide (and coupon surprise) in your inbox tomorrow morning! Which means, this is your last chance, if you're not on our email list, send me an note at gallery1988@aol.com and I'll make sure to add you before the blast tomorrow.
Welcome Kim. She's a seasonal intern over here at 1988 and she's in charge of shipping your Stella Fight Club prints. So, you know not to make her mad.
Gallery 1988 friend and resident street credibility professor Murs recently dropped his new mixtape, 'Murs and the Misadventures of the Nova Express," and low and behold - look who got the cover. It's 1988 boy genius Matt Dangler and his Loompa Land image from Crazy 4 Cult, which is still available as a print at Crazy4Cult.com. Yes, we got to curate the cover of the CD and yes, it's totally fresh. We have some here in the gallery, if you want to buy dope hip-hop and ignore the crap they play on Power 106 now. They also have them at Amoeba and other places you'd expect to get rap mixtapes rather than an art gallery. Here's his new music video too!
The reason I bring up the man named Murs is also because I ran into him this weekend at the ArcLight after catching the opening weekend of Juno. He was seeing Golden Compass (Take that, rap world!)
Anyway, Juno is a lock for a bunch of Oscar noms this season and it was really a great little movie that is leaps and bounds better than Little Miss Sunshine, which I promise everyone will sadly compare it to, so it doesn't really need the support of our little readership. Incredible cast, great touching screenplay and ridiculously funny. It's also cool to see David Choe, Kozyndan and Tara McPherson get some art love in the kids' rooms. As well as Jurassic 5 DJ Cut Chemist have a very odd school teacher cameo. Go support this movie, as it really is that good.
And lastly, I planned one waiting a while for stuff like this, but I can't. The art is too good. Here are two sneak peeks at pieces from our "Under The Influence" A Tribute to Stan Lee" show opening Jan. 8! It really just gets better and better.
So, our website is FINALLY up and running again, sort of. We're still in the process of getting everything back up there. Some pages work, some don't, but it's slowly coming together.
In the meantime, I have a couple images to show you all from the Vivisect show opening THIS SATURDAY in SF!
Amanda Visell "Underwater Carnivorous Giraffe"
Paul Barnes "Be Your Own Pet"
Kamala Dolphin Kingsley "An Elaborate and Unavoidable Propinquity"
That's all for now, but I'll post some more pics soon. It's gonna be a great show and we have many exciting visitors coming to the opening, so if you live in SF definitely stop by!
