Sweet Surrender Opening

Last night was a blast! We had a great turnout at the opening for Sweet Surrender. Camilla, Allison, Jennifer, and Krista were able to make it to the event. Unfortunately, we missed Mia, but everyone loved her work in the show. I just uploaded better images of Mia's paintings with her the beautiful frames she chose, you can see them here on the preview blog...

http://1988sweetsurrender.blogspot.com

Here are some pics from the opening last night...


the artists from left to right: Camilla d'Errico, Krista Huot, Allison Torneros, and Jennifer Tong







The show runs through March 28th, so if you weren't able to see the show last night please stop by over the next few weeks. The work in this show is stunning, so you should definitley see it in person if you can!

Katie
G1988 SF

Sweet Surrender

I am SO EXCITED to announce our next SF show, it's going to be HUGE!!!



I couldn't be happier with this show lineup! Both Camilla and Krista sent over some preview pics this morning, so this is perfect timing to share them with all of you...

Krista Huot

This is one of Krista's new drawings that she's done on colored pastel paper. Along with the paper pieces, she will also be delivering some acrylic on birch paintings.

Camilla d'Errico

Keep in mind that this photo was taken with Camilla's iPhone and it still looks incredible! She's delivering 10 pieces, some in color and a few black and whites. AND Camilla will be at the show!

The show opens on March 6th at Gallery1988 San Francisco. I will post some preview pics from Mia, Allison Torneros and Jen Tong when we have them available.

Katie
G1988 SF

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Con Jawn

It's a-coming! It's right around the corner, kids. It's San Diego Comic-Con! And it begins this coming Wednesday!

I'll actually be out in SD representing 1988 all week, but this time as an artist liaison for the Mattel company. Following up on our partnered show "TOYS" which opened in April 2008, we'll be displaying many of the customized vans and a few pieces of artwork from that show, this time at the Mattel Hot Wheels booth. And together with Mattel, we've lined up 3 limited print releases and signings with artists that you won't want to miss.



First up we have husband and wife Tampa residents Kathie Olivas and Brandt Peters releasing a new giclee print of "Leadfoot" on Friday, the 25th, at 3 PM. They will also be on hand signing products for you, celebrating their involvement with Hot Wheels' 40th anniversary and the numerous products being made from this actual piece. These prints (from the image you see on the postcard) will be limited to 190 and will be $100 each.

Next up...Ken Garduno will be releasing a print of his piece, "Imagine," and participating in a signing, on Saturday, the 26th, at 11 AM. I couldn't find a great scan of the piece, so you'll have to live with this:



That print will be $65 and limited to 220.

And lastly...



Greg Simkins, a.k.a. "Craola," will be releasing a new print from a piece he created for Hot Wheels and their 40th anniversary celebration (which you see on the postcard above, and soon on shirts) on Saturday, the 26th, at 2 PM. Better line up for this one. The print is limited to only 110 and is $125 each.

Remember, you're also competing with Hot Wheels fans on these.

Come to the Mattel booth and support one of the first moves by a mainstream toy company to include artist and gallery participation at Comic Con, as they do see how important our crowd is. Who knows? Maybe a Greg Simkins designed He-Man toy isn't as far off as you think....

In totally unrelated news, congratulation to 1988 frequenter Allison Torneros!



Allison just left for New York to be a part of MTV's Engine Room, a TV show debuting soon pinning different countries against each other in design and illustration competitions, all in hopes of winning $400,000 and tons of related products. She's one of four people on Team North America, chosen from 1000's of portfolios, so it's kind of a big deal. Wish her luck (not so much in the contest, but in surviving being that close to host Suchin Pak).

And lastly, if you're in the SF area tonight, I highly suggest you make it out to G1988: SF, as "Strangely Mannered," which opens tonight, is hands-down the best show we've had there. Joe Vaux, Brandt Peters, Travis Louie and Scott Schiedly really contributed some of their best work yet to this 4-person exhibition. 7-10 PM tonight, stop on by - you can even say hello to artists Joe Vaux and Travis Louie since they made the trip to N. California.

Have a great weekend ya'll. It's our last chance before the smell of nerd takes over our lives.

Jensen
G1988: LA

Aw Man

And the best delivery of artwork for an upcoming show of all time goes to......Allison Torneros! Since she is on a well deserved vacation out of the country, leaving right after college graduation, saying good bye to her best school pals and Bob Golic as a dorm advisor (Saved by the Bell: The New Class, anyone?), Allison had a bud of hers drop off her 2 pieces for the TOYS! show -



I'm not kidding. Allison had a friend, dressed as a pot leaf, promoting an LA medical marijuana clinic, bring in the artwork. It was rather incredible and surreal. But he didn't really think it was a big deal. He was actually really over my "Am I in a David Lynch film?" response. He was like, "Dude, here are the paintings. I have a job to do." I'm a not a weed guy, but I'm tending to think peope who just see this dude walking around, doing errands to friends, immediately feel like they are...or on peyote. And yes, the paintings are wrapped in Spongebob beach towels.

Wanna see what Allison delivered? Come see her two Barbie-inspired beauties on April 1 when we open TOYS at our LA location, 7-10 PM!

Jensen
G1988: LA

Land of Ladies

Congrats to Andrew Bell, who had an incredibly successful opening reception last night here at the Los Angeles G1988 location, and we strongly suggest you swing by the gallery and see the awesome installation Andrew, with help from his girlfriend Jackie, put together to compliment the great work. Most has sold, but there are some choice pieces left, which you can further investigate by clicking here. Sales aren't totally updated, but I think most are in line. But above all, the staff at Gallery 1988 would like to thank Andrew for an incredible show and gallery experience! It will be hanging until March 27th, so I don't wanna hear any of this, "I'm really busy right now" stuff.

Across the street today, there has been literally a line of about 50 models going in and out of the "People's Revolution PR" storefront since noon. What I at first thought was a model call, is actually a day of filming for "The Hills," but I'll keep you up to date on that one if I can get any other funny pictures (OMG - LC IS HERE!?!?! TTYL). For now, I don't think everyone's job has something like this going on, so I sent, assistant to all things Holy, Cory, over there to take pictures (I figured I would be the totally creepy guy taking pics if I did it myself).







Speaking of girls, we're finally releasing what is hands down one of my favorite prints we've ever done...



Allison Torneros
"The City"
11 x 14 inches
giclee print on archival paper
hand signed and numbered edition of 88
$75

This print is stunning in person, and at that price, you really can't lose. They are released today, so you can call or email us at gallery1988@aol.com to order.

Jensen
G1988: LA

I Dream of Prints

A lot of my time at the SF gallery is spent working on prints, as we do all of our prints in-house. So, I wanted to show you all what we've been working on since the release of the Luke minis, especially since I haven't updated the blog in a while...



Travis Lampe "Accidental Mishap" and "Mountain Scuffle" set! Finally! These are two of my favorite pieces that we've ever shown in the gallery and these prints are long overdue.



And a beautiful new print by Allison Torneros called "skittle joe's goodtime headquarters: the city!"

So, they're not quite ready, but they're coming. Very very soon.

Katie
G1988 San Francisco











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