My Leontine

Leontine's solo show is now up, after a hectic afternoon of phone calls! People seem to love her new work, which is not a surprise because she did an amazing job putting together this show.

You can check out the work here: www.88point5.com

Many of the pieces have already sold, but the website will not be updated until Monday with sales, so please call or email us to see if a specific piece is available: (415) 409-1376 / gallery1988sf@gmail.com

Thanks!

Katie
G1988
(415) 409-1376

Ryan Sanchez

We just got such a great piece delivered by Ryan Sanchez...


"Caught Between"

This is one of 12 pieces that will be in our new SF show "Call of the Wild" which opens one week from tonight! Melissa Haslam and Gideon Boomer's work arrives tomorrow, so I'll post some more pics then.

Happy Friday!

Katie
G1988
(415) 409-1376

Sus-tense

Wanna test how impatient the world can be? Run a free contest that ends August 8th, then wait a week to post answers? It's kinda amazing.

Anyway, although we're still going through emails of people's guesses on naming every weapon in the Crazy 4 Cult 3-D Tim Doyle poster, we figured we'd still put the key and answers up and let the calm kick in before we've picked the winner.

So here we go, and yes before you complain, he included cult properties that have movies coming out next year. Kind of a loophole, but also kind of fun:





A. Pulse Rifle- Aliens
B. Bat-Grapple- Batman 1989
C. Mini-Gun - Terminator 2
D. The Glaive - Krull
E. Bubo - Clash of the Titans
F. Capture Bolt Device - No Country for Old Men
G. Proton Pack - GhostBusters
H. Enviornment Helmet - Predator
I. .44 Magnum - Dirty Harry
J. Crysknife - Dune
K. Holy Grail - Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
L. Megatron - Transformers the Movie 1985
M. Loki's Mask - The Mask
N. Odd Job's hat - Goldfinger
O. Leatherface's Chainsaw - Texas Chainsaw Massacre 1974
P. Data's Bully Buster - Goonies
Q. Jason's Mask - Friday the 13th pt. 3
R. Identity Disc - Tron
S. Holy Hand Grenade - Monty Python and the Holy Grail
T. Thermal Detonator - Return of the Jedi
U. Training Sphere - A New Hope
V. Killer Ball - Phantasm
W. Fork - Army of Darkness
X. Auto 9 - Robocop
Y. Hunter Seeker - Dune
Z. Anakin's / Luke's Lightsaber - Star Wars
1. Johnny 5's head - Short Circut
2. Golden Gun - The Man with the Golden Gun
3. MacLeod Broadsword - Highlander
4. Atlantean Sword - Conan
5. Sword of Omens - Thundercats (2010)
6. Six-fingered Sword - The Princess Bride
7. Bond's Walther PPK - James Bond Films
8. The Golden Snitch - Harry Potter
9. Phaser - Star Trek Original Series
10. Green Lantern Ring - Green Lantern (2011)
11. BlasTech DL44 (Han Solo's gun) - A New Hope
12. PKD Blaster- Blade Runner
13. The One Ring - Lord of the Rings

Hope it was fun for everyone and we'll hopefully have a winner selected next week!

Jensen
G1988: LA

Melissa Haslam

We just received images of Melissa's work in our upcoming show, "Call of the Wild," so I thought I would give you a sneak peak...


"Desert Bunny"
oil on panel
9 x 12 inches




"Green Tea Cake"
oil on panel
14 x 11 inches



Melissa will have a few more beautiful works like these in the new show, which opens on Friday, August 21st at G1988 San Francisco. Stay tuned for more previews from the three other artists in the show, Gideon Boomer, Ryan Sanchez and Ben Strawn. It's going to be a GREAT show!

Katie
G1988 SF

Opening Now...

We'll be here at G1988: LA from 7 - 10 PM for the opening of "Monsters of POP!" Swing on by!

Brandon Bird shows you what Vin Diesel's days off set are like...



Dave MacDowell x John Hughes x Molly Ringwold (still weird to me how these paintings were done before Hughes's passing).



Jensen
G1988: LA

A Final Bye

Here's our final good-bye to Crazy 4 Cult 3-D courtesy of G4 TV...

Video Games - E3 2009 - Movies

We'll be opening "Monsters of POP!" in a few hours...in with the new!

Jensen
G1988: LA

P-P-P-Preview

Special blog preview of tonight's "Monsters of POP!"

click here - MONSTERS OF POP! Preview

Those in LA, swing on by tonight, 7 - 10 PM, 7020 Melrose Ave.

Jensen
G1988: LA

600

600th post. Feels nice for really no reason.

Wrapping up Crazy 4 Cult 3-D tomorrow. People will start to pick up their pieces and we'll begin the shipping process of what turned out to be the most successful show of 2009 so far. We really loved this year's installment, although missed our hosts Kevin Smith and Scott Mosier (but don't yet count them out of G1988 this year), and we want to thank EVERY artist who participated and obviously worked their asses off to make the show look that good! And thanks to every blog and press outlet who covered it! And don't say you weren't warned...."CRAZY 4 CULT 4: The Case of the Redundant Number" in 2010!

And now we look forward to "Monsters of POP!" opening this coming Tuesday, August 11th, featuring the work of Kiersten Essenpreis, Brandon Bird, Dave MacDowell and Netherland. We've shown you some of the Netherlan goodness last week...so for your weekend enjoyment here are two more sneak peaks at the 4-person exhibition.



"Freddy's Mishap" by Kiersten Essenpreis might be my favorite yet. Kiersten did an entire series with her take on classic monsters and in this one, Nightmare on Elm Street's Freddy may have over extended himself a little. Look for her takes on Hitchcock's Birds, the Haunted House, Medusa and the Bad Seed. Pretty cool.



In what has to be the saddest coincidence in gallery history, Dave MacDowell pays tribute to the late John Hughes, a writer/director that not only was always one of my favorites, but also helped shape my generation. This is Dave's take on Edward Hooper's "Nighthawks," replacing the gloomy Diner inhabitants with the cast of the Brat Pack classic "The Breakfast Club." When Dave sent me the picture of this piece a few months ago, I LOVED it. And after the untimely passing of Hughes yesterday, I love it even more - as it captures the magic of The Breakfast Club, and pays tribute to one of the best. Awesome.

Remember, this and more at "Monsters of POP!" Opening Tuesday night, August 11st, 7-10 PM at G1988: LA.

Jensen
G1988: LA

Reminder: Autumn Society Show opens TONIGHT!

Just a friendly reminder that the Autumn Society video game show opens tonight! There are some great pieces in the show that we're making prints of, as we speak. The original work in the show is super affordable, so if you see something you like, definitely contact Joseph Game (theautumnsociety@gmail.com) and he'll help you out.

Here's the Autumn Society blog where you can see some of the work in the show... http://theautumnsociety.blogspot.com/

If you're in Philadelphia you can see the show in person at Brave New Worlds Comics at 45 N. 2nd Street, from 6-9PM.

Prints coming soon, like Tom Whalen's "Dragon's Lair" seen above, exclusively here at G1988, so stay tuned!

Katie
G1988 SF

New Shows!

We have two very cool shows coming to G1988 SF and www.88point5.com. The lovely Leontine Greenberg has just finished all of her work for her upcoming solo show. Here's the show flyer and a few teaser images...







The show opens online on August 15 at 12PM PST. She has a total of 15 new originals, all very charming and all very affordable.

THEN... opening on August 21st at G1988 San Francisco, we have "Call of the Wild" featuring four amazing young artists... Ben Strawn, Melissa Haslam, Ryan Sanchez and Gideon Boomer.



We'll have an opening reception for "Call of the Wild" on Friday, August 21st from 7-10PM, and in the meantime here are a few more preview pics...


Gideon Boomer



Ryan Sanchez



Melissa Haslam



Ben Strawn

Katie
G1988:SF