hi fructose 5th anniversary...

Last year I went to the Hi Fructose anniversary exhibition; I'm debating going to this year's. The opening is this weekend at Copro Nason in Santa Monica. I've seen lots of preview images, but I might just have to go for Lori Earley and Audrey Kawasaki...
"Flutter Away" by Audrey Kawasaki
"Lee the Pink Sheep" by Lori Earley

Amy Sol, Kris Kuksi, Mark Ryden, Audrey Kawasaki, Martin Wittfooth, Lori Earley, Mia, KMNDZ, Shag, Annie Owens, Candice Tripp, Chet Zar, Greg ‘Craola’ Simkins, James Jean, Jeff Soto, Harma Heikens, Jonathan Viner, Junko Mizuno, Kathie Olivas, Attaboy, Sas Christian, Jesse Hazelip, Scott Musgrove, Alex Pardee, Kevin Cyr, Chris Mars, Thomas Doyle, Yosuke Ueno and more...

laments and lullabies...

i love lori earley. man i wish i was in london to see this show at the opera gallery...
isn't lori just as beautiful as her art work? she has it all. haha, hear the admiration gushing from me?

images from arrested motion.

the brush project...

how freakin cool is this project? i have a weakness for art supplies, so this got me all kinds of excited. rotofugi gallery in chicago is displaying the brushes of various artists during the charity auction. click on the Brush Project logo to see the site and info...
bob dob's brush
tara mcpherson's brush
jeff soto's brush
lori earley's brush
i got all bug eyed when i read about the brush project on if it's hip its here.

the worlds on fire...

last night my best friend, connie, and i attempted to go to the second opening of The Worlds on Fire: Grammy Nominated Art Exhibit. it's a series of portraits done by various amazing artist of grammy nominated musicians. apparently we crashed a private party instead of attending an opening, which was actually only on monday. the blog for Juxtapoz magazine stated, "If you missed the Worlds on Fire opening reception on Monday, you still have a chance to attend a second public opening tonight, Friday, February 6th 2009, starting at 7pm." when we arrived at the door of the Pacific Electric Lofts, the door lady said the gallery closed at 7pm and a private party started at 9pm. imagine our confusion. we got there around 8pm and the glass windows showed us a practically empty gallery. with enough desperation, connie talked our ways into the show. it was fantastic. thank you to the door lady and whoever she asked to let us in.
my favorite piece: lori earley's portrait of madonna
detail of one of connie's favorite pieces; it's a mosaic of vinyl pieces to create jay-z's portrait by mr. brainwash.

images from our night at the exhibit.
images from the actual opening

List of Artists (and Musicians portraits created):

• SAS CHRISTIAN – Riverview, FL (Rihanna)
• LORI EARLEY – Red Bank, NJ (Madonna)
• COLIN CHRISTIAN – Riverview, FL (M.I.A)
• JEREMY LIPKING – Los Angeles, CA (Snoop Dogg)
• SHEPARD FAIREY – Los Angeles, CA (Paul McCartney)
• IAN JOHNSON – San Francisco, CA (Al Green)
• DAVID STOUPAKIS – New York, NY (Will.i.am)
• PAUL CHATEM – Los Angeles, CA (Rick Rubin)
• RON ENGLISH – Jersey City, NJ (Metallica)
• GREG GOSSEL – Minneapolis, MN (Jay-Z)
• HENRY LEWIS – San Francisco, CA (Nas)
• SHAWN BARBER – San Francisco, CA (ACDC)
• TRAVIS LOUIE – Red Hook, NY (Nine Inch Nails)
• MATT BONE – Los Angeles, CA (Beyonce)
• JOSHUA PETKER – Los Angeles, CA (Radiohead)
• VAN ARNO – Los Angeles, CA (BB King)
• HEIDI TAILLEFER – Montreal, CAN (Coldplay)
• KRIS LEWIS - Los Angeles, CA (Beck)
• MIKE MAXWELL – San Diego, CA (Bruce Springsteen)
• GARY BASEMAN - Los Angeles, CA (Kanye West)
• CHRIS PUGLIESE – Hoboken, NJ (The Eagles)
• HELEN GARBER – Los Angeles, CA (Will.i.am)
• SAUL ARMAS – Los Angeles, CA (Lil' Wayne)
• TRAE KING – Los Angeles, CA (Duffy)
• NATALIA FABIA – Los Angeles, CA (Pink)
• R.C. LIPKING – Los Angeles, CA (Alison Krauss & Robert Plant)
• JOSEPH TODOROVITCH – Los Angeles, CA (Alicia Keyes)

afterward we went around the corner to blu LA cafe for banana cream pie...