Either Greg Simkins' son Isaac is REALLY small, or the painting Greg just dropped off is REALLY big.
Either or. You guess.
Happy Halloween, Batman.
Jensen
G1988:LA
Showing posts with label Isaac Simkins. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Isaac Simkins. Show all posts
Saturday, October 31, 2009
For Reference
Either Greg Simkins' son Isaac is REALLY small, or the painting Greg just dropped off is REALLY big.
Either or. You guess.
Happy Halloween, Batman.
Jensen
G1988:LA
Wednesday, November 21, 2007
MY FAVORITE HOLIDAY
HAPPY THANKSGIVING!
A few reasons why we're thankful this year (in no particular order)...
- The SF gallery opened and is still open - HOORAY!
- The LA gallery was broken into, but nothing was stolen and no one was hurt
- Becky, Cory, Alex and Irma (our amazing staff!)
- Finn and Benn (the pups - poor Benn is being neutered right now as I type this!)
- The best neighbors in SF and LA (StrangeCo and Golden Apple)
- Bernardo is gone
- Kevin Smith and Scott Mosier
- Peet's Coffee
- Scoops
- The recent release of Rock Band for Playstation 3
- Everyone who reads our blog :)
- Pan's Labyrinth
- Lars And The Real Girl
- Family, friends and good health (all that important, serious stuff)
- Last, but not certainly not least - the new addition, Issac George Simkins
We don't have our normal store hours this week.
The Los Angeles gallery hours...
Thursday - CLOSED
Friday - OPEN 12-4PM
Saturday - OPEN 12-4PM
Sunday - CLOSED
Monday - CLOSED
The San Francisco gallery will be closed until Saturday, Dec. 1st when we re-open with "The Vivisect Playset" at 7PM.
Katie and Jensen
G1988
A few reasons why we're thankful this year (in no particular order)...
- The SF gallery opened and is still open - HOORAY!
- The LA gallery was broken into, but nothing was stolen and no one was hurt
- Becky, Cory, Alex and Irma (our amazing staff!)
- Finn and Benn (the pups - poor Benn is being neutered right now as I type this!)
- The best neighbors in SF and LA (StrangeCo and Golden Apple)
- Bernardo is gone
- Kevin Smith and Scott Mosier
- Peet's Coffee
- Scoops
- The recent release of Rock Band for Playstation 3
- Everyone who reads our blog :)
- Pan's Labyrinth
- Lars And The Real Girl
- Family, friends and good health (all that important, serious stuff)
- Last, but not certainly not least - the new addition, Issac George Simkins
We don't have our normal store hours this week.
The Los Angeles gallery hours...
Thursday - CLOSED
Friday - OPEN 12-4PM
Saturday - OPEN 12-4PM
Sunday - CLOSED
Monday - CLOSED
The San Francisco gallery will be closed until Saturday, Dec. 1st when we re-open with "The Vivisect Playset" at 7PM.
Katie and Jensen
G1988
Saturday, October 13, 2007
NOBODY is all that Scar3d anymore.
So I can rattle off at the mouth now, as I was mostly hiding a lot of my excitement for Greg Craola Simkins' solo show until it debuted, but YES, there were two paintings clocking in over 5 feet and just totally mind bending art work in this show. We sold the entire show out in about 40 minutes, and that's only because we have two phone lines, and two people working sales. If we had 22 phone lines, basically one line per piece, we would've sold out in 22 seconds. All the work is now posted on our regular 1988 website, although Ronnie Pirovino's online report has better pics over there (which you can see by "clicking HERE."but here are party pics - as it was mobbed like an OJ Simpson hotel room.
The obligatory crowd shots...
And all those odd things Greg was bringing in all week made for a pretty sweet window installation, incorporating elements found in all of Greg's paintings, and also spelling out "I'M SCARED" in carved white pumpkins.
The men of the hour - Simkins and the current 1988: SF curator Anthony Ausgang get their "3rd grade best friends pose" on"
This is the toughest looking gang I have ever seen. I like to call them "My Chemical Romance Crips"
Father Craola was VERY happy for his son, as Craola will be for Lil' Monsta at his second 1988 solo in 2028.
The new canvas giclee print sold out, as there were only 25 - hand signed and numbered, at $500 each. Some peeps got them signed twice, one for each tentacle.
The Simkins Trio in front of the Baron.
Pics of the gallery and wall installtions.
An in-action, behind the scenes shot, of Greg carving away at pumpkins...did you know they make electric pumpkin carvers?
The Leece fam, proud owners of the Greg's largest piece, Winter's Knight, over 6 feet tall!
AND over at Golden Apple Comics today, they had an insanely dope (insanely dope = nerdy to the point we shouldn't have girlfriends) signing today. To celebrate the new Treehouse Of Horror Simpsons comic book, they had writers and cartoonists from the Simpsons comic in store. AND two of the writers of said issue are Patton Oswalt (Comedians of Comedy, Ratatouille, etc.) and Thomas Lennon (Reno 911!, The State, etc.). I am a VERY big Reno 911! fan, so seeing these two guys (Patton plays a D&D dweeb reocurring on the show) was something I was really looking forward to for weeks.
Man, love Thomas Lennon.
Anyway, thanks to all who came out last night and a serious shout to Jenn, Greg, Isaac, George and the whole Simkins clan for an amazing night, and a show we won't soon forget (until next year because ideas are already flowing!)
Jensen
G1988: LA
The obligatory crowd shots...
And all those odd things Greg was bringing in all week made for a pretty sweet window installation, incorporating elements found in all of Greg's paintings, and also spelling out "I'M SCARED" in carved white pumpkins.
The men of the hour - Simkins and the current 1988: SF curator Anthony Ausgang get their "3rd grade best friends pose" on"
This is the toughest looking gang I have ever seen. I like to call them "My Chemical Romance Crips"
Father Craola was VERY happy for his son, as Craola will be for Lil' Monsta at his second 1988 solo in 2028.
The new canvas giclee print sold out, as there were only 25 - hand signed and numbered, at $500 each. Some peeps got them signed twice, one for each tentacle.
The Simkins Trio in front of the Baron.
Pics of the gallery and wall installtions.
An in-action, behind the scenes shot, of Greg carving away at pumpkins...did you know they make electric pumpkin carvers?
The Leece fam, proud owners of the Greg's largest piece, Winter's Knight, over 6 feet tall!
AND over at Golden Apple Comics today, they had an insanely dope (insanely dope = nerdy to the point we shouldn't have girlfriends) signing today. To celebrate the new Treehouse Of Horror Simpsons comic book, they had writers and cartoonists from the Simpsons comic in store. AND two of the writers of said issue are Patton Oswalt (Comedians of Comedy, Ratatouille, etc.) and Thomas Lennon (Reno 911!, The State, etc.). I am a VERY big Reno 911! fan, so seeing these two guys (Patton plays a D&D dweeb reocurring on the show) was something I was really looking forward to for weeks.
Man, love Thomas Lennon.
Anyway, thanks to all who came out last night and a serious shout to Jenn, Greg, Isaac, George and the whole Simkins clan for an amazing night, and a show we won't soon forget (until next year because ideas are already flowing!)
Jensen
G1988: LA
Thursday, October 11, 2007
Craola Installation - DAY THREE - Live Blogging
Day Three brings creativity galore. Greg is putting together a window display (hence those bags I was confused about) and it's really dope (is "dope" still cool to say? Actually, is "cool" still cool to say?). This show is AMAZING and I really can't say enough about Greg's new work. Absolutely breathtaking and setting a standard for artists in his peer group (now I know I'm not cool, I said "peer group.") Here are some pics...
Worst part of owning a gallery? Window stickers. I really seem to be the worst at it, but with Greg's help - all is easier.
TA-DAAAAA!
Emily from StrangeCo stopped in and held Greg's baby, Isaac. YES, he's spitting up as I took the picture. But you probably didn't notice that, because you're looking at those ink pieces, huh?
We leaked three paintings, two on vinylpulse.com and one on Juxtapoz.com, so find those, as I'm just to lazy to photobucket them.
Until later...
Jensen
G1988: LA
Worst part of owning a gallery? Window stickers. I really seem to be the worst at it, but with Greg's help - all is easier.
TA-DAAAAA!
Emily from StrangeCo stopped in and held Greg's baby, Isaac. YES, he's spitting up as I took the picture. But you probably didn't notice that, because you're looking at those ink pieces, huh?
We leaked three paintings, two on vinylpulse.com and one on Juxtapoz.com, so find those, as I'm just to lazy to photobucket them.
Until later...
Jensen
G1988: LA
Thursday, August 30, 2007
Follow The Lead
Today, both the LA and SF galleries were each one of the many artsy stops on the Kid Robot Finders Keepers scavenger hunt to mark the release of the incredible Joe Ledbetter mini-series of toys. Here's a pic of some figures from the set:
Anyway, to kick off the sales of this set, Kid Robot put together cute little races in LA, SF and NY, where the customer who visits selected stores in a certain order (cards at each stop gave you clues) in the fastest time, gets some sort of drool creating prize. Both 1988 galleries were selected as checkpoints, so we were honored to partake.
My plan was to take a lot of pictures of people from the contest, then quickly realized they don't want to stop for pictures. They want to hurry and get to Munky King in Chinatown, which was their next stop. Oh, here are the cards we had to give out if someone said "Finder's Keepers" to me at the front desk:
So, around 11:15 AM I started to get some "Scav-Hunters."
Nope, not in the mood to talk, pose for pictures or hang out. BUT, they did usually smile and run back to a waiting car on Melrose (honks were very prevelant this morning).
All in all, very fun event, and I'm sure some people have been crowned very deserving winners. The only loser?:
My dog Benjamin. He was like, "What is going on? Why are people running in and running out? This is really not part of my routine." For the record, he has OCD rituals and stuff, so this put him way out of his element.
CONGRATS to Joe Ledbetter on another great vinyl project and thanks to KR for involving us.
Oh, to cheer you up. A picture of me and Isaac George Simkins, a.k.a. Lil Monsta, a.k.a. #1 Stunna, a.k.a. Bald Head Fighter, a.k.a. I will beat up other artists' kids, a.k.a. Inspecta Deck.
He is a looker. So is the baby.
Jensen
G1988: LA
Anyway, to kick off the sales of this set, Kid Robot put together cute little races in LA, SF and NY, where the customer who visits selected stores in a certain order (cards at each stop gave you clues) in the fastest time, gets some sort of drool creating prize. Both 1988 galleries were selected as checkpoints, so we were honored to partake.
My plan was to take a lot of pictures of people from the contest, then quickly realized they don't want to stop for pictures. They want to hurry and get to Munky King in Chinatown, which was their next stop. Oh, here are the cards we had to give out if someone said "Finder's Keepers" to me at the front desk:
So, around 11:15 AM I started to get some "Scav-Hunters."
Nope, not in the mood to talk, pose for pictures or hang out. BUT, they did usually smile and run back to a waiting car on Melrose (honks were very prevelant this morning).
All in all, very fun event, and I'm sure some people have been crowned very deserving winners. The only loser?:
My dog Benjamin. He was like, "What is going on? Why are people running in and running out? This is really not part of my routine." For the record, he has OCD rituals and stuff, so this put him way out of his element.
CONGRATS to Joe Ledbetter on another great vinyl project and thanks to KR for involving us.
Oh, to cheer you up. A picture of me and Isaac George Simkins, a.k.a. Lil Monsta, a.k.a. #1 Stunna, a.k.a. Bald Head Fighter, a.k.a. I will beat up other artists' kids, a.k.a. Inspecta Deck.
He is a looker. So is the baby.
Jensen
G1988: LA
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