Love Hurts - Just in Time for Valentine's Day

We have a new print release today by Ruel Pascual. "Love Hurts" was one of our favorites from our recent Garbage Pail Kids show at our Melrose location.


Ruel Pascual
"Love Hurts"
giclee print on fine art paper
11 x 14 inches
signed & numbered edition of 30
$40.00

These prints are NOW AVAILABLE just in time for Valentine's Day:
http://nineteeneightyeight.com/products/ruel-pascual-love-hurts

GPKay kay kay...

THANK YOU to everyone who came out and braved the packed Garbage Pail Kids x G1988 opening reception last night. What an insanely fun experience hearing and seeing everyone freak out over the GPK nostalgia. And thanks to all the artists (including Derek Deal, seen above) who really created amazing pieces, all in order to convey the influence these gross little cards had on our lives.

ALL THE ORIGINAL ARTWORK IS NOW AVAILABLE HERE: - http://nineteeneightyeight.com/collections/garbage-pail-kids-original-artwork

ALL THE PRINTS ARE AVAILABLE HERE: http://nineteeneightyeight.com/collections/garbage-pail-kids-prints

Check out The Hundreds coverage of the night by clicking the picture (taken by Bobby Hundreds) below:

Daily Du Jour's coverage of the opening is great too. Click the picture I stole from their site below to read/see more:

And this is just the first half of our "Childhood Items We Miss The Most" month, so get ready for September 16th at G1988 Venice, when we bring out the Old School Video Game Art Show...but more on that later.

Hope to see some of you tonight at the Cinefamily screening of Garbage Pail Kids The Movie. 10 PM at the Silent Movie Theater on Fairfax. Two for one admission at the box office if you print out our website and bring it in.

Jensen

G1988 (Melrose)

TONIGHT!

Our friends at Thrillist did a write-up on tonight's opening reception for the Garbage Pail Kids x G1988. Click the pic above to read it!

And remember, swing by tonight and hang out for the opening reception, 7-10 PM, at the Melrose gallery and see what artists came up with when they sat down to create their own Garbage Pail Kid! Remember, first 50 get limited edition t-shirts from The Hundreds.

Jensen

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BOMBS AWAY

Our friends at The Hundreds announced an ounce of their involvement in the GPK art show and revival over their high successful blog, and at the same time gave you a few more exclusive previews, including Robert Brandenburg's piece below. Click the pic above to see more from The Hundreds and visit their Facebook page to learn how you can be the first to own The Hundreds x GPK.

Original card that inspired Robert:

And here's his explanation:

“The classic 1967 film “Bonnie and Clyde” is now so heavily identified with its leading actors that people often forget that others had auditioned for those roles. This studio still shot shows Tommy Gun during a screen test for the part of Clyde Barrow. While it’s usually accepted that Warren Beatty took the role for himself because he was producing the movie; others suggest that he did so upon the insistence of Faye Dunaway (cast as Bonnie Parker), who objected to Tommy’s diminutive stature…he being just over 3 feet tall.”

And here's what he came up with, as he takes old paintings or photos he finds at swap meets or garage sales and adds his own pop culture twist:

Excited, yet?

Jensen

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This Friday!

We've entered Garbage Pail Kids week, as we ready Friday's show at G1988 (Melrose) and our screening at Cinefamily on Saturday. The opening reception will run 7-10 PM with many of the artists in attendance, so make sure you swing by. And what's a reminder blog post without more previews?

Alex Pardee (this is one of 3 Alex created)

Zack Unzipped by NC Winters

The Bungaloo

Stay tuned for more!!! And prepare yourself to be blown away.

Jensen

G1988 (Melrose)

SECOND look at Garbage Pail Kids x G1988

And here's your second look, guys. This one is from artist Rhys Cooper. He actually created 12 (!!!!!!!) smaller pieces from the show, which can also be bought as a set, and they all take the theme of GPK x Hollywood icons.



Excited yet? September 2nd at G1988 (Melrose).

Jensen
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Your FIRST Look at Garbage Pail Kids

Our plan with the upcoming Garbage Pail Kids tribute at G1988 (Melrose) on September 2nd is to keep as many of the pieces hidden until we open the doors. We kinda just want people to be blown away and surprised at how creative our artists have gone with this show (especially those who think Garbage Pail Kids aren't that important...CAUSE THEY ARE!). We want the experience to actually speak for itself, rather than have everyone see the completed before it even opens.

But we've been getting so many emails with people hoping to catch a glimpse and figure out what the show is all about, we have to change up the plan a little. So we're going to show a few before the opening reception in 2 weeks, and today, you'll see the first...

Iron Jaiden (Jay Shaw) gives his incredible take on Garbage Pail Kids, with a gallery art show twist!

This is going to be one amazing art show.

And don't forget about the Garbage Pail Kids movie screening the next night on September 3rd at the Silent Movie Theater (Cinefamily) on Fairfax at 10 PM. We're excited to have the movie's stars Mackenzie Austin and Arturo Gil in perform for a Q & A. Buy your tickets now by clicking the picture above. We'll be there too, with some art from the show for sale as well!

Jensen

G1988 (Melrose)

GPK1988

Gallery1988 (Melrose) is proud to announce its upcoming show to kick off September, a month both gallery locations will celebrate as "Childhood Items We Miss The Most Month."

First up is an official tribute to the grossest trading card set ever produced, Garbage Pail Kids. 2 years in making, Gallery1988 will continue to be the world's #1 destinations for pop culture art, this time collaborating with a product that, in many cases, was the first instance of collectable art in our buyers' childhood lives (it was ours!).

Opening Friday September 2nd, you'll see the results when over 100 of your favorite artists were asked to create their own Garbage Pail Kids, and some may even become actual cards soon!

Produced with our friends at Topps and The Hundreds, this show will be of epic proportions. Stay tuned for more information about the show, upcoming collaborations between The Hundreds and GPK (and how you can get the first t-shirts at G1988), as well as a screening of the cinematic gem, "Garbage Pail Kids," with our pals at Cinefamily (The Silent Movie Theater) that you can attend on September 3rd!

Hope you guys have strong stomachs, because it's about to get gross.

Jensen

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