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Coming up next at Gallery1988 Venice is a BIG group show inspired by three classic 80's films: Back to the Future, Beetle Juice and Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure! The show was curated by Chogrin and features our friends from the Autumn Society. You may remember last year's "3G" show (featuring Ghostbusters, Goonies and Gremlins) and anyone who attended the opening reception knows how packed that show was. This year's 3B promises not to disappoint and you can also expect a few opening night surprises!

The show opens Thursday, May 5th from 7-10pm at Gallery1988 Venice.

Here are a few sneak peeks from the upcoming show. Stay tuned for more over the next week. We have a ton of pieces in this show, so we'll be posting more teasers as the show approaches.


Alex Eckman-Lawn



Paul Palcko



Kali Meadows

The final video

Big shouts to the Autumn Society, who released the final video for the 3G show today. Pretty amazing stuff in this, I suggest watching it.

3G Show Premiere Video from The Autumn Society on Vimeo.

My favorite part, that I didn't realize before the video, is that Ernie Hudson also drove home, back to the valley, in the Ecto-1. Can you imagine, just driving home on the freeway, and being shocked to see the Ecto-1 on the 101? BUT THEN YOU SEE ERNIE HUDSON IS SITTING SHOTGUN? I would just drive into the median on purpose.

Jensen
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Elec Playgrizzle

Here's our friends at Electric Playground's feature on the current "3G" show:



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Ernestly

3G Show Premiere Teaser from The Autumn Society on Vimeo.

Pretty freaking epic.

More to come from our friends at Autumn Society.

Jensen
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Going, Going, Gone

The "3G" opening reception came and went, with a HUGE crowd, Ernie Hudson (from Ghostbusters), a replica of the Delorean from Back To The Future and Ecto-1. It was a MADHOUSE and an incredible show, curated by the Autumn Society. I'm sure after Labor Day we'll start seeing some fun pictures online, but in the meanwhile here are some from my Twitter account (@JensenClan88).



Me and the man himself. His is afraid of no ghosts. But slightly afraid of the hand that rocks the cradle.



By far the cutest thing I saw all night.



A pleasant surprise, the BTTF Delorean made a pit stop at G1988.





ECTO-1, yall.

And now you can buy the PRINTS from "3G" online by CLICKING HERE.

And you can buy originals by CLICKING HERE.

Jensen
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Geeeeeeez soooooon

It's officially Friday and that marks the opening reception for "3G" - Gallery1988:LA's newest exhibit. This time we partnered with Philadelphia artist collective The Autumn Society, and each artist in the show had to do one piece each, inspired by the movies Ghostbusters, Gremlins and Goonies (respectively - and respectfully). Basically, it's insane.

Some of the best pieces in the show prints, that have editions of less than 20. Since we won't be pre-selling any of the prints, and the phone calls and emails have become uncountable, we're telling you once again, the line for the show starts at 5 PM. Just make room for the Ecto-1, cause that's coming. And so is a Ghostbuster. Rumors of a Goonie, and a certain Gremlins director, have been whispered, but we'll have to see, won't we.



Thanks to our friends at Thrillist, for really hyping the show up o their front page and daily email. You can read the article by CLICKING HERE.

Gonna be a lot of fun, so don't miss out, Friday night, 7-10 PM. 3G!!!!

Jensen
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Alt Ads

ANOTHER incredible poster advertising September 3rd's "3G" art exhibit, this time by Brandon Schaefer.

This show just keeps outdoing itself. Truth is, the prints from this show are very limited, and we expect a large crowd, so we're encouraging people who want to buy limited edition prints from the show to arrive early. But more on that later.

Don't cross the streams.

Jensen

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This happened

Thanks to our friends at the Turner Classic Movies Blog - Gremlins director Joe Dante said this about our art show -

"It’s amazing to me that 25 years after the fact, Gremlins is still inspiring (if that’s the word) people to comment on it. I guess there was something about the mid-80s, or maybe it’s just cyclical. We were invoking the 50s then, today it’s the 80s. Go figure."

You should read the article by CLICKING HERE.

I mean, that's unreal.

Jensen

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Posted

Another promotional poster for "3G," opening September 3rd, this time by Jorsh Pena.

It's just around the corner!!!!!!!!



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GGG

It's coming ya'll! The joint show between G1988 and The Autumn Society, "3G," is right around the corner. The show which will feature artwork inspired by Goonies, Ghostbusters and Gremlins will open on September 3rd, with an opening reception from 7-10 PM. Scheduled to appear is an exact working replica of Ecto-1 (by working I mean it will bust ghosts) and an original Ghostbuster (in uniform!!!!). You do not want to miss that. And our friends at Mattel are going to be bringing over their brand new Ghostbuster action figures that are really cool.

But the main attraction is easily the art. The work we've seen so far is astounding. Wanted to wake up a little early this Monday and show you what we got...



A different take on our favorite paranormal fights by German Orozco.



Jorsh Pena takes to the poster to sell you what is obviously a great holiday present (both the poster and the Mogwai!)



Drew Flachetta summons Chester Copperpot.



Loving this Gremlins piece by Alberto Cerriteno. His pieces for Ghostbusters and Goonies are super impressive too!



Erick Braddock's piece is awesome.



A G1988 favorite, Jude Buffum, outdid himself. Re-imagining these movies as video games, here's Gremlins. Wait till you see the other two. Game over.



Andy Ristaino shows that down here it's their time.

DON'T MISS THIS SHOW. Let's welcome the Autumn Society with open arms. We won't be eating after midnight.

Jensen
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Slashed

Thanks to our friends at Slashfilm.com, we get an amazing preview of the upcoming Autumn Society/G1988 show here at G1988:LA, "The 3G Show." A great feature on the exhibit from our friend Peter, which shows you a ton of the artwork being delivered. Funny enough, over 50% of them - we saw for the first time in this post. And it's all pretty freaking amazing.



You can read the article, and see a TON of sneak previews, by CLICKING HERE.

Mark down September 3rd, 7-10 PM for this opening. Looks like we'll have some great surprises too!

Jensen
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Still Crazy

First up, wanted to thank artist Daniel Danger and everyone who came by the opening last Thursday night, making it one of our most successful solo shows of all time. Daniel is a truly amazing artist, and good dude, and we couldn't be happier to showing him. If you haven't made it down to the gallery yet, you have till August 27th. If you live outside of LA, #1 you're missing some great weather, but #2 you can CLICK HERE to see the show in all its glory.

Also, we wanted to send a shout-out and thanks to our friends at Electric Playground for this feature they ran about Crazy 4 Cult 4. LOVE having them come to openings!



And I think you'll be seeing EP back at the gallery in September. And probably you. Official postcard below:



Jensen
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Mario and Link by Chogrin

We are releasing two new prints tomorrow by Chogrin from the Autumn Society!



Mario
giclee print on Epson Ultrasmooth Fine Art Paper
8 x 8 inches
limited edition of 25
signed and numbered
$35.00




Link
giclee print on Epson Ultrasmooth Fine Art Paper
8 x 8 inches
limited edition of 25
signed and numbered
$35.00


Mario is your favorite? No problem. You like Link better? That's cool. Can't decide which you like best? Don't worry, you can order both as a set (at a slightly discounted price too)! You can purchase these prints directly from our website... http://www.nineteeneightyeight.com/catalognew


They will released Friday, March 19th!

Video Game Prints!

NEW PRINT RELEASES!

These are the first of the Autumn Society video game prints to be released through G1988. Two of our all time favorite old-school video games are featured: Dig Dug and Dragon's Lair!


Dave Perillo
"Dig Dug"
giclee print on Epson Ultrasmooth Fine Art Paper
8 x 8 inches
limited edition of 50
signed and numbered
$45.00




Tom Whalen
"Dragon's Lair"
giclee print on Epson Ultrasmooth Fine Art Paper
approx. 11 x 14 inches
limited edition of 30
signed and numbered
$50.00



These prints are AVAILABLE TODAY for purchase at both
G1988 San Francisco and Los Angeles!
Please contact either gallery to purchase...

Gallery1988 San Francisco
gallery1988sf@gmail.com / (415) 409-1376


Gallery1988 Los Angeles
gallery1988@aol.com / (323) 937-7088



Stay tuned for more Autumn Society print releases and check out their blog at
http://theautumnsociety.blogspot.com

Reminder: Autumn Society Show opens TONIGHT!

Just a friendly reminder that the Autumn Society video game show opens tonight! There are some great pieces in the show that we're making prints of, as we speak. The original work in the show is super affordable, so if you see something you like, definitely contact Joseph Game (theautumnsociety@gmail.com) and he'll help you out.

Here's the Autumn Society blog where you can see some of the work in the show... http://theautumnsociety.blogspot.com/

If you're in Philadelphia you can see the show in person at Brave New Worlds Comics at 45 N. 2nd Street, from 6-9PM.

Prints coming soon, like Tom Whalen's "Dragon's Lair" seen above, exclusively here at G1988, so stay tuned!

Katie
G1988 SF

The Autumn Society

Mario, Pac-Man, Link, Dig Dug, Mega Man, Q*bert... sound familiar? Video game inspired artwork is coming back, the G1988 way.




Scott Derby "OG: Original Gamer"



Pat Kinsella "Super Plumber"



Dave Perillo "Dig Dug Digs Balloons"


The Autumn Society is an artist collective based out of Philadelphia, but is now branching out worldwide, and in 2 days they're opening their very own video game tribute art show. The show will take place at Brave New Worlds Comics in Philadelphia and will feature original works inspired by your all time favorite video games, from Super Mario Bros. to HALO.

If you love video games and affordable artwork, you can't miss this show. You can check out some sneak peaks on the Autumn Society blog and if you like what you see, we have some good news because exclusively here at G1988 we'll be releasing limited edition prints of some of the standout pieces in the show, including the three images above!

We know first hand that video games and original artwork are a perfect match, so we're very excited to be involved. Stay tuned for these new print releases, as well as an exciting collaboration project with G1988 and the Autumn Society in 2010!

Remember the show opens this Friday, August 7th from 6-9PM at Brave New Worlds Comics in Philadelphia (45N 2nd Street, Philadelphia, PA) with live music from Doctor Octoroc.

And very soon prints can be found here at G1988 Los Angeles and G1988 San Francisco.

For more info on prints:
Call G1988 SF at (415) 409-1376 or email at gallery1988sf@gmail.com

For more info on the show:
The Autumn Society blog - http://theautumnsociety.blogspot.com/
Brave New Worlds Comics - http://www.bravenewworldscomics.com/