Two of the best three dimensional pieces we've ever had in the gallery just so happen to be in our Old School Video Game show opening this Friday!!
Scribe and his wife, Alisa Ross, created this insane Dig Dug collab, which is part custom vinyl, part handmade plush.
And Andrew Wilson created this flawless Samus sculpture titled "The Hunter". Totally amazing!
And one more addition to the show that we received yesterday is Roland Tamayo's "Just Before"...
(detail)
This is how Roland imagines Bowser and the Bullet Bills preparing for war. They're approaching the "battlefield," just before the player loads the Super Mario Bros. cartridge into the console. And the F-85 on the factory represents 1985, the year the Bullet Bills were introduced into the series.
This show is so awesome!! Don't miss it THIS FRIDAY at Gallery1988 Venice.
Tonight at the Melrose gallery we open "Little Cloud Show," debuting over 20 new pieces from artist Ben Strawn. It's so hard to really get across how incredible Ben's work is, unless you see it in person. If you put each piece up to the light, they almost become totally different pieces. I really hope a lot of you can come see it in person by July 1. Ben gave us two more videos, letting you in on his tedious, and unique, process.
Hope to see you guys tonight for an incredible exhibit from Ben Strawn, and select pieces from Scribe's recent "Baggage & Freedom" exhibit, from 7-10 PM at the Melrose gallery. Come say hi to Ben. And me.
Thanks to everybody who came out tonight to welcome Scribe to Los Angeles and unveil "Baggage & Freedom!" Special shout outs to Scribe, who did some serious damage to the walls (much like DJ Ice - wilshiredistrictmusic.com - who spun the party...
And this might be my favorite piece...
You can see everything from this (AFFORDABLE) show, and purchase directly from our website, by CLICKING HERE.
Tomorrow night at G1988: Melrose we'll be celebrating the opening of "Baggage & Freedom," the solo show from D. Ross, aka Scribe. The gallery looks incredible, as he's put together an amazing installation that you have to see. As I've explained before, it will only be up for a limited time during the show, so make sure to come down to the opening reception to make sure you see it. And we just got in the INCREDIBLE custom cupcake toys that he made especially for the show!
Wanna see the man himself in action? Check him out while creating a character he calls "Cupcake" on our walls.
Kansas City native D. Ross, aka Scribe, is in full LA effect, hanging out in the gallery and creating an epic installation with graf pieces all over the gallery. Keep in mind, a few of these will only be up for a week or so, so make sure to swing by the opening on Thursday from 7-10 PM at G1988: Melrose, or else you'll miss it. And you don't want that.
It took some serious sweat, but the Olly Moss Paper Cuts show is down and ready for pick up/shipping. Says a lot considering it is totally sold out. You can't buy a thing from us, even if you wanted to. A serious bummer to already see a handful of the original pieces at such marked up prices on eBay. Sadly, after 7 years of running the gallery and being involved with a lot of emerging, still affordable when they show with us, artists - the only person it really hurts is the artist and their next show. There's nothing we can do now, as Olly's original concept was that people could hang 3-5 of the pieces in their house, and people seem to be taking advantage of that. Again, it's happened over and over with shows at G1988, just still kinda hurts to see people buy artwork without any intention of enjoying it themselves.
On to more positive things though...
This Thursday night we open "Baggage & Freedom," an art show from D. Ross, also known as "Scribe." If you even have your little toy in the vinyl toy world, you know how awesome Scribe's work is. He just got into LA from Kansas City, and we're stoked to be putting together the show with him. The reception will be 7-10 PM, and make sure you come by because he will be putting together a limited time installation you have to see.
Here's a sneak peek at one of my favorite pieces...
With only a dozen of the "Don't Worry" print available in the entire Olly Moss show (get one of the last ones by CLICKING HERE), we don't have a whole lot to do except get excited, and ready, for our upcoming shows. The end of May/beginning of June is going to be a VERY busy time at both locations, and it's time to make the announcements.
First up, we're proud to announce "Baggage & Freedom," a solo exhibit from D. Ross, better known as "Scribe." We've been excited about this one for quite some time, and you can see more of his work at his website by CLICKING HERE. He's well known for his paintings, custom toys and sculptures, and has become one of the most sought after vinyl toy artists in the past few years. Scribe will be in Los Angeles for the reception and doing some pretty cool limited time installations in the gallery, so make sure you come to the opening on Thursday, May 26th from 7-10 PM at G1988: Melrose.
And next, with our friends at Treehouse Brand Stores, we follow the lead of the E3 convention that will be in town, and celebrate American McGee's Alice video game series, a groundbreaking group of video games that puts art in the forefront of your console. With the release of his newest game, American McGee's Alice: Madness Returns, we'll be celebrating at G1988: Melrose with an art show and party you won't want to miss. We're especially stoked to have American on hand for this! You can learn more about the game by CLICKING HERE.
With artwork, inspired by the video game series, from G1988 regulars like NC Winters, Chet Zar, Ruel Pascual and Luke Chueh, G1988 newcomers like Alex CF, Cate Rangel and Adam S. Doyle. In addition to that work, we'll have VERY limited edition screenprints inspired by the game from Rhys Cooper, Kevin Tong, Ken Taylor, James Flames, Phantom City Creative and Angryblue. Also, making his G1988 debut, clothing designer Dr. Romanelli will unveil his creation for the game and American McGee, which I can't wait to see. AND if that wasn't enough, we'll have artwork actual Alice game designers, which will include sketches and notes from the game's creation, girls in Alice costumes serving drinks and celebrity DJs. There's a special E3 private reception on Wednesday, June 8th and a public reception on June 9th, both from 7-10 PM. You'll hang out at this one if you know what's good for you.
When we opened the gallery 7 years ago, in the back of mind I always knew what my dream show would be. But it was so random, so obscure, I never thought it could see the light of day. Here's the light...
Gallery1988: Venice will open "Camp Firewood: Celebrating the 10th Anniversary of Wet Hot American Summer," with 60 artists paying tribute to the classic cult comedy. If you've never seen Wet Hot American Summer, you are seriously missing out. Since it's release in 2001, it's paicked up quite an audience, and the stars of the movie have picked up some extremely successful careers (Paul Rudd, Bradley Cooper, Elizabeth Banks, Jimmy Fallon head writer AD Miles, Amy Poehler, Joe Lo Truglio, Judah Friedlander). Created by the brains behind the MTV sketch show "The State," this movie is an absurd spoof of the 1980's sleepover camp (Meatballs-esque) comedy. You can check out the trailer by CLICKING HERE. And we're insanely privileged to have the movie's director and co-writer, David Wain, to host the art show! DREAMS DO COME TRUE. AND, we'll be producing a screening, along with the Q&A podcast with Jeff Goldsmith, but we'll have more details on that later. If you haven't seen the movie, it was currently added to Netflix streaming, so you have no excise now. (p.s. it's NSFW). Then come celebrate the movie's anniversary with us at G1988: Venice on June 10th, from 7-10 PM.
We have an opening reception tonight from 7-10PM and it's definitely worth seeing this show in person for the installations and Dia delivered a few HUGE pieces that are stunning and must be seen in person. The photos really don't do the pieces justice. And it's my birthday today, so that's another reason you should stop by the gallery tonight. Come celebrate and have a beer with me! 1173 Sutter St (at Polk) from 7-10PM.
We're in the midst of installing our new show, Re-Up, in San Francisco and it looks awesome! Scribe is here (all the way from Kansas City) doing a really incredible installation. Here's how it started...
and this is what it looks like now, even though it's not quite finished yet...
Angry Woebots is on his way over, also to do a wall installation! So, we're looking forward to seeing his work up with Scribe's. The show also features the work of Mr. Jago, Deseo, Gaia, and Dia and there are some HUGE pieces in the show. Gaia has a painted scroll that's 33 x 90 inches! Had a small panic attack trying to figure out how to fit everything in, but we'll make it work. We still have a ton left to do, but I'll post more pics later of the finished installation. If you're interested in seeing the show preview, please email us at gallery1988sf@gmail.com.
I was out of the loop for these past few weeks travelling in Southern Africa. It's the first family vacation with both parents and all three sisters that we've taken in over 15 years. I've never been away from the gallery that long, so it was a little scary to leave, but I knew Irma had everything under control in SF. It was a long long way to go, with 21 hours of flying each way. We travelled to 4 different countries while we were there, which added up to 14 separate flights throughout our whole trip! I've always been terrified to fly, so that was a pretty huge nightmare for me, but it was 100% completely worth it. It was the most incredible trip and I seriously cannot wait to go back. It was so beautiful and I don't think you can find nicer people in the entire world.
It was hard being away for so long and I'm excited to be back (despite the horrible jet lag) because we have two shows coming up that I've been looking forward to. The first is Allison Reimold's solo show at 88point5.com. She has new paintings and drawings and here are a couple previews for you...
Post Monkeys Graphite on paper 12.5 x 17 inches Framed: 16x20 $175.00
Owl's Flight Oil 10.5 x 16.5 inches Framed: 16x20 $175.00
Allison's show opens this Saturday at www.88point5.com, so stay tuned!
And then we also have Re Up opening Friday, October 16th in SF! This show features new work from Angry Woebots, Scribe, Mr. Jago, Deseo, Dia and Gaia. Such an awesome lineup! Here are a couple images from the show...
Scribe "Interruption of Paul" mixed media on wood
Gaia "Rhetoric of Peace" linoleum block print on mulberry paper
Can't wait for this new show, which opens one week from Friday! I'll post more images, so stay tuned!
We are so excited to announce the release of a new print from SCRIBE!
Scribe is an amazing artist from Kansas City, MO, who we'll be working with in San Francisco and Los Angeles on a lot of future projects. This is our first Scribe print released through the gallery, but stayed tuned for more Scribe work later this year! You can see his website here... http://scribeswalk.com/ and also a lot more of his work on this Kidrobot thread... http://forums.kidrobot.com/viewtopic.php?t=115096&highlight=scribe
Scribe “On The Good Foot” giclee print on archival paper 16 x 20 inches limited edition of 30 $85.00
The print will be available this Thursday, June 11th at 12PM PST. To order, please contact the San Francisco gallery at (415) 409-1376 or gallery1988sf@gmail.com. We unfortunately cannot take pre-orders, so please contact us on Thursday and not before.
