Scott C Book Signing Today!!

Scott C book signing and print release today at 2PM at Gallery1988 Venice! Don't miss it!

Scott C, Olly Moss, Rexbox and Jon Klassen! Oh my!

We are so excited to announce our new Venice show featuring Scott Campbell, Olly Moss, Rexbox and Jon Klassen. The show features new originals and prints inspired by... GHOSTS! The show opens on Nov. 10th at Gallery1988 Venice.

In celebration of our upcoming "Ghosts" show, we're releasing a brand new Scott Campbell "Great Showdowns" print set. And the best part is YOU get to decide which prints make it into the set! That's right, we're taking a poll. Email us at gallery1988venice@gmail.com with your top five choices from the list below. The poll will end this Sunday.



1. Kill Bill
2. The Neverending Story
3. The Labyrinth
4. Amelie
5. Life Aquatic
6. Pee-Wee's Big Adventure
7. Fargo
8. Pan's Labyrinth
9. Army of Darkness
10. Friday
11. The Godfather
12. Misery
13. The Professional
14. Stand By Me
15. Blues Brothers

ALSO - stayed tuned for more info on a Scott Campbell book signing for his newly released "Amazing Everything" on Nov. 12 at Gallery1988 Venice!!


November will be a BIG month at G1988, so stay tuned...

Rest In Peace

Until tomorrow...

Nathan Stapley is in LA!

Nathan arrived yesterday in LA. He came all the way from NYC for his solo show that opens at G1988 Venice TOMORROW NIGHT! Here are some last min sneak peeks. The show is awesome, he did a really great job. Below, check out the Beastie Boys having a drink with the Three Stooges and a Robert De Niro montage...



"Cheering Up Curly"



"Six De Niros"

Nathan's new paintings in the show are funny and smart and really creative. You have to come check it out tomorrow night, Friday, August 26 from 7-10pm at Gallery1988 Venice.

See you tomorrow!

Katie
Gallery1988 Venice

Johnny Be Great

Our homeboy Johnny Cupcakes stopped by the Venice gallery for the Pee-Wee Herman Tribute opening reception and took some pretty great photos of the art, the patrons and Speed Racer. Click the photo above to check it out.

Jensen

G1988

3B OPENING FOOTAGE!

We have some great footage from the 3B opening thanks to Steve Czarnecki & BTTF.com!

THE 3B SHOW PREMIERE (Video by Steve Czarnecki / BTTF.com) from The Autumn Society on Vimeo.

If you haven't seen the show yet, you can see all of the available artwork and prints at this link:

PRINTS - http://www.nineteeneightyeight.com/sf/3bbbprints.html
ORIGINALS - http://www.nineteeneightyeight.com/sf/3bbborig.html

Michael Steele Preview LIVE

The artwork from our brand new Michael Steele show is NOW ONLINE. We also have several new print releases as well!


Michael Steele "Who You Gonna Call?"
giclee print on archival paper
12 x 12 inches
signed & numbered edition of 30
inspired by Ghostbusters I & II
$50.00


Michael Steele "Good"
digital illustration print
18 x 18 inches
signed & numbered edition of 30
Inspired by Tron
$30.00


Michael Steele "Evil"
digital illustration print
18 x 18 inches
signed & numbered edition of 30
Inspired by Tron
$30.00


Michael Steele "Cluster Bot"
digital illustration print
18 x 18 inches
signed & numbered edition of 30
$30.00


You can purchase these prints and view the entire show HERE:
http://nineteeneightyeight.com/index.php/sf/apr2011.html?limit=all

And if you're in the Los Angeles area, definitely stop by and see the show in person TONIGHT at the opening reception from 7-10PM at Gallery1988: Venice. Michael Steele has traveled all the way from Australia to attend the event, so come meet the artist!

Man of Steele

It's about that time again... we're starting to prepare for our next show at Gallery1988: Venice, which features Australian artist Michael Steele! Best know for his "Cluster" series, you may remember Steele's Back to the Future inspired piece from last year's Crazy 4 Cult:


"Where we're going, we don't need roads" inspired by Back to the Future

Now Michael has the entire Venice gallery at his disposal, so be prepared for new clusters with themes ranging from Star Wars to Ghostbusters. Here are a few sneak previews for you lucky blog readers...







The show opens Friday, April 8th at Gallery1988: Venice and we'll also have a few new prints available at the show. Stay tuned for more info.

Katie
G1988: Venice

Washington Post!

Jen Chaney from the Washington Post was in town last week for the Oscars and stopped by our Venice location to check out our John Hughes exhibit! I want to give a huge THANK YOU to Jen for coming all the way to Venice to cover the show! You can check out the article here, which includes a short video and is a cool way to see some of the pieces in the show if you can't make it in person.

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/celebritology/2011/03/john_hughes_and_the_art_his_mo.html

The show ends this Friday, so this is the last week to check out amazing artwork inspired by John Hughes and his many incredible movies, including Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Sixteen Candles, Weird Science, Planes, Trains & Automobiles, The Breakfast Club, and the list goes on and on...

Come see the show if you're in the LA area before it's gone forever!

Katie
G1988

K-E-N!

Gallery1988 (Venice) is gearing up for its first solo show on March 12th, featuring the outstanding work of artist Ken Keirns.



We've been looking forward to this one for quite some time and now that we've seen some of the show's pieces, we are even more excited. Time to share!

Here are 3 pieces from the upcoming impressive exhibit...







Mark it in your calendars now, as "Alone With Ghosts," a solo show from artist Ken Keirns, will open March 12th, with an opening reception from 7-10 PM. He's hands down one of the most talented painters we show, so you'll want to see this one in person! I'm looking at you L.A. peeps.

Jensen
G1988

Steve Martin & John Candy

Last night was tons of fun as we opened our new Venice show - "The Road to Shermer: A Tribute to John Hughes." We had a great turnout and everyone seemed to enjoy reminiscing about their favorite scenes from Ferris Bueller, The Breakfast Club, Sixteen Candles and the many many amazing movies created by John Hughes. I thought it would get you in a nostalgic mood to post a video that our friend Jeff Yorkes made of clips from one of the greatest movies of all... Planes, Trains & Automobiles (yes another John Hughes masterpiece). This made Ariel and me smile this morning when we got to the gallery, so hopefully it makes you smile too. http://vimeo.com/19720549

To see more amazing John Hughes moments, check out the artwork from the new show, which is now online here:

Originals - http://nineteeneightyeight.com/sf/rtsfeb11.html
Prints - http://nineteeneightyeight.com/sf/rtsfeb11print.html

I Want My MTV!

In Venice this week, we're setting up our new show "The Road to Shermer: A Tribute to John Hughes." The entire show features artwork inspired by the movies John Hughes created, including some my personal all time favorite movies like The Breakfast Club, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Planes, Trains & Automobiles, Home Alone, Pretty in Pink, and the list goes on and on. This show is really a perfect match for Gallery1988 and we're hearing a lot of excitement about it. MTV just covered the show on their Clutch blog, so a HUGE thank you to Adam Raymond for putting the images online. You can check out the article here and see some sneak peeks from the show: http://clutch.mtv.com/2011/02/08/11-amazing-artistic-depictions-of-john-hughes-movies/.

Stay tuned for more images coming over the next few days. And defintiely stop by the opening this Friday, Feb 11th from 7-10PM at Gallery1988: Venice.

Katie
G1988: Venice