one of those nights...

 April 13th, no one was available to play with me, but that doesn't mean I won't have an adventure on my own, especially on one of those nights in Culver city where all my favorite galleries are having an opening at the same time. I started at LeBasse Projects for Trusto Corp's "The Future is Blight" show featuring an installation that blanketed LA county with care packages for poverty.

 Polaroids of the care packages spell HELP across Los Angeles.

 Trusto Corp collaborated with Shepard Fairey, London Police, and David Flores for Trusto Cereal flavors.

 Next door at Thinkspace was Meggs' "Heavenly Creatures," filled with bold colors in motion.

 Of course, I loved the phoenix.

 Blum and Poe, around the block was exhibiting in their expansive space "Arhat" by Takashi Murakami. I originally thought I missed opening night since I saw posts from the VIP opening, but I was very happy to discover I was wrong.

 I was obsessed with this metal sculpture. For an idea of how big it was, the smallest skull was a little bigger than my own head.

 At Corey Helford Gallery, Kazuki Takamatsu's "Japanese Ideology of Puberty" show was mind blowing.

The details and textures and size of everything very much made my jaw drop.

 After all that, I treated myself to some Cool Haus ice cream.

Obey x Trusto Cereal...

I'm jealous of whoever grabs this Reverse Shoplifting cereal box by Trusto Corp and Obey. Although there will be 9 more...

Hopefully I can at least make the TrustoCorp show at LeBasse Projects next weekend.

After the Laughter...

Opening night for Herakut's show at LeBasse Projects: Chinatown was Feb. 25. I missed the Lucent Dossier performances the weekend before, so I was determined to make it early enough for the book signing.

 Hera was still painting finishing touches and personalizing just purchased paintings when we got there.

 The space was amazing and overwhelming, filled with sculptures, paintings, graffiti, props...

 ...and live performers from the previous weekend's show. I loved it all.

The Future Is Not What It Used To Be, etc...

Saturday night, I stopped by Corey Helford, LeBasse Projects and Thinkspace. I missed Kukula's opening night at Corey Helford, but they had extended hours for the night, which were much appreciated.

 Mike Stilkey curated the show at LeBasse Projects. I loved this altered book by Brian Dettmer "Complete Book of Marvels." Below is Stilkey's "Nothing Endures but Change" painting.

Female group show "In the Wake of Dreams" at Thinkspace was almost closed, but the owner said "I'll let you in real quick, but then I'm kicking you out." Thank you for letting us in!

 Audrey Kawasaki's new pieces are intricate and beautiful as always.

 Amy Sol's sleepy animals are adorable.

Mari Inukai's paintings amazing and intense.

Next Door...

Tonight LeBasse Projects will show a Mike Stilkey curated group show, The Future Is Not What It Used To Be.

 And next door at ThinkSpace, it will be girls galore: Stella Im Hultberg, Mari Inukai, Audrey Kawasaki, and Amy Sol.

Inspiration in the Culver City night.

At Picking Up Where We Left Off...

I had a packed schedule last weekend, but I HAD to stop by opening night of Yoskay Yamamoto's solo show at LeBasse Projects "Picking Up Where We Left Off". So between helping out a friend and going out in Santa Monica, I stopped in Culver City. Midnight Blossom was my favorite piece at this show. 

 "Seiryu: Blue Dragon"

 "Antler Girl 1" installation

 detail of "Midnight Blossom"

"Here"

Momentum...

LeBasse Projects opened a new gallery in Chinatown. When I first read about it, I was really excited that their second gallery was still in LA and not farther. So selfish, I know.

The inaugural show was called Momentum, curated by Christine LeBasse of all female artists.

We Paid A High Rent painting by Hera of Herakut was my favorite piece.

This installation by Meryl Pataky seems to have been Connie's favorite.

Much to my delight other galleries on Chung King Road were open that night with a variety of works.

I think I was standing in front of the history of the last century...

Vernissage & Vertigo...

So, I have been quite distracted and I know I've been a neglectful blogger. Happy 2011 none the less and here's what is in store in the Culver City Arts District the first weekend of the year:
Vernissage 2011 at LeBasse Projects, and Alex Pardee's Vertigo at Corey Helford Gallery. Both open January 8th.

Vernissage 2011 is a preview group show for LeBasse Projects. The gallery blog says "Vernissage will present work from artists including Yoskay Yamamoto, Andrew Hem, Mike Stilkey, Shark Toof, Herakut, Edwin Ushiro, Melissa Haslam, Thomas Doyle, Nate Frizzell, Ken Garduno, Matt Haber, Eric Fortune and more."

Vertigo has actually been in my calendar for a few months already, but with Alex's popularity I don't even know if I could make it into the gallery opening night.

hope's reply...

German artist duo Herakut is opening 'Hope's Reply' at LeBasse Projects tonight!
Preview pictures on LeBasse Project's Flickr page are looking pretty friggin awesome.
Meet me there, ok?