CONTEST!!

We haven't had a contest in a long time. This is so much fun! All you have to do is pick a number between 1-100 and you could win an artist proof (signed and numbered) of Mark Brown's new print "Mmm... Candy" (image above) from his current solo show at the SF gallery.

Visit the Artchival Boards here to officially submit your entry
http://artchival.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=contests&action=display&thread=3683&page=1

The contest only lasts 48 hours, so hurry! A huge thank you to Ken Harman for putting this together!!

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"Idiot Box" is so insanely soon here at G1988: LA and we're getting 5-10 pieces a day here in the gallery now. And each one is more impressive than the next. Kiersten Essenpreis, who has quickly become one of my favorite artists around, took Seinfeld worship to a WHOLE new level with her piece, "Seinfeldology (a.k.a. 99 Seinfeld References)." And yes, it titled literally.



So insanely perfect and detailed. And you know what that means? It's contest time. Using the key below, write down as many of the 99 Seinfeld references you can, matching them with the numbers.



To enter, if you live in Los Angeles, give me your attempts by hand at the opening reception on April 2nd. If you live outside of Los Angeles, but in the United States, mail us your entry at:

Gallery1988: LA
7020 Melrose Ave.
Los Angeles, CA
90038

Please make sure to include your mailing address on the entry, in case you're a winner. The entry MUST BE RECEIVED at the gallery by April 2nd and WE WILL NOT BE ACCEPTING EMAIL ENTRIES AT ALL. Unfortunately, this is a US only contest. If we have a tie, the winner will be chosen by random picking, by my dog, Benjamin Peeny.

The winner will get...an artist proof print of Luke Chueh's "Disintegration" giclee. Yup. That's the grand prize. Pretty sponge worthy.

Jensen
G1988: LA

Test the Contest

So a few months back we announced a contest with our friends at AintItCool.com where artists could send in their Crazy 4 Cult cult movie-themed submissions tot he gallery, and a winner would be chosen to have their piece included in the actual show, as well win a prize package of signed prints and posters. Well the deadline to turn in pieces for that contest have come and gone, and we've narrowed it down to 11 finalists. There is a panel of esteemed judges now affixing points to each piece, from their favorite to their....less favorite than the one before it, but I figured why not let the blog in on the process. If you want, leave a comment or send in an email with your opinions (we gave each piece a number, leaving off the artists' names for now leveling the playing field) and we'll incorporate it into our scoring process in some way. Be nice, cause mean comments get denied like The Jonas Brothers trying to buy Rolling Rocks.

#1 - Todd Browning's Freaks


#2 - Eraserhead


#3 - West World (GREAT movie, rent it if you haven't seen it)


#4 - Todd Browning's Freaks


#5 - Ju-On


#6 - El Topo


#7 - Attack of the Killer Tomatoes


#8 - Porky's


#9 - The Japanese Horror Genre


#10 - Clockwork Orange


#11 - The Warriors/Trainspotting


There ya go. Thanks to everyone who submitted work for the contest and good luck to our finalists.

Also, speaking, we will officially open our Andrew Wilson cult poster contest tomorrow...so get your thinking caps ready. And for those who have already read about the contest from our email, we'll be posting larger poster pictures for you to work with on crazy4cult.com in the next day or so.

Jensen
G1988: LA