We are attempting to write a daily little blurb on most (hopefully all) of the artists involved in our upcoming “These Friends 2″ show opening February 4th but how do we decide who goes in what order? Pick out of a hat! The artwork shown is not what is in the show BTW, you’ll have to come to the show to see that. Here’s
Ashley Snow Macomber.
I think the first time I saw Ashley’s work was in that tiny little room upstairs at the old New Image Art. I couldn’t believe how beautiful and intricate it was. We met soon after through mutual friends No Age and quickly became pals. Her art still amazes me we couldn’t be more excited for her to be in another These Friends show. I guess it means we’re still friends!
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We are attempting to write a daily little blurb on most (hopefully all) of the artists involved in our upcoming “These Friends 2″ show opening February 4th but how do we decide who goes in what order? Pick out of a hat! The artwork shown is not what is in the show BTW, you’ll have to come to the show to see that. Here’s
Matt Hock.
Matt is hands down the funniest person I have met. In the real world and in the internet world on his blog
Drarings We met him over a decade ago in Boston and kept in touch regularly mostly because his band
The Explosion would sleep on our couch whenever they were in Los Angeles. When not making little drarings he hustles big companies to give him their money in the advertising world.
Oh, and his piece in These Friends 2 is my favorite so far.
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We are attempting to write a daily little blurb on most (hopefully all) of the artists involved in our upcoming “These Friends 2″ show opening February 4th but how do we decide who goes in what order? Pick out of a hat! The artwork shown is not what is in the show BTW, you’ll have to come to the show to see that. Here’s
Roger Gastman.
Roger is infamous. He is obsessed with graffiti, ALF, Topanga from Boy Meets World and a whole slew of things I dare not mention online. He is constantly trying to get me to adopt a Yellow lab. Not going to happen. He is one of my best buddies though, so I won’t hold it against him.
Roger has published so many books I can’t begin to count. He started While You Were Sleeping Magazine, co-founded Swindle Magazine and is now in the thick of curating a serious show at MOCA.
He’s the authority on all things illegal involving Tools of Criminal Mischief and breaking artists into great galleries around the world.
I don’t know what his artwork looks like. This is going to be an adventure.
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We are attempting to write a daily little blurb on most (hopefully all) of the artists involved in our upcoming “These Friends 2″ show opening February 4th but how do we decide who goes in what order? Pick out of a hat! The artwork shown is not what is in the show BTW, you’ll have to come to the show to see that. Here’s
Joel Speasmaker.
Joel is one of the nicest dudes ever. He really is. I met him when I was in college via the internet. He was already running a successful magazine and online art / culture store ( the drama ). He sold some of my shitty handmade books. He moved to LA for a little while, but it didn’t really take, so he moved back east and to NY where he is the principal of This is Forest.
Joel is one of those designers who is very interested in art, but doesn’t let his interest dilute his design. He loves white space, cataloging his vast library of books and zines and Chipotle. Seriously, he loves Chipotle more than anyone, ever.
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We are attempting to write a daily little blurb on most (hopefully all) of the artists involved in our upcoming “These Friends 2″ show opening February 4th but how do we decide who goes in what order? Pick out of a hat! The artwork shown is not what is in the show BTW, you’ll have to come to the show to see that. Here’s
Alex Lukas.
Alex Lukas is one of those multi-talented creatives that makes you feel lazy. He has the ability to comprise his thoughts into, like, really coherent smart sentences. He really can draw. And I don’t mean draw in the way everyone can “draw”. I mean really draw. He was the kid in class that could draw the best super hero of the time and everyone would want to copy that shit. He can also screen print, paint, design, manage a gallery ( space 1026 ) and answer emails in a timely fashion ( which seems more and more rare these days ).
He also is the recipient of a West Award this year. Nothing to scoff at.
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We are attempting to write a daily little blurb on most (hopefully all) of the artists involved in our upcoming “These Friends 2? show opening February 4th but how do we decide who goes in what order? Pick out of a hat! The artwork shown is not what is in the show BTW, you’ll have to come to the show to see that. Here’s
Michael C. Hsiung.
What can I say about Michael that hasn’t already been said about his mustache. He is sinister yet kind, well groomed with just a touch of the wild-side, his attention to detail and whispy wonderment engages you while you stare at him.. What?? Anyway, Michael is an amazing illustrator/artist who has taken all the basics of metal and dungeon and dragons, shuffled those ideas through his brain and creates a world full of simple characters that you just want to be around.
We are attempting to write a daily little blurb on most (hopefully all) of the artists involved in our upcoming “These Friends 2″ show opening February 4th but how do we decide who goes in what order? Pick out of a hat! The artwork shown is not what is in the show BTW, you’ll have to come to the show to see that. Here’s
Jim Houser.
Jimbo Houser. He is one of the gallery favorites… Then again, he is on most everyone’s favorites list. I was lucky enough to be invited to give a hand with his latest LA solo show at Subliminal Projects this past year and meet up in Philly last winter during the blizzard. He also has a dog with 3 legs and a baby named Seamus.
Jim has amassed a wide array of characters and situations in his signature palette of soft greens, blues and browns. His work is highly nostalgic and heart felt whether you are seeing it for the first time or the 100th. He also released his first album, on light blue vinyl, this year with Free News Projects.
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We are attempting to write a daily little blurb on most (hopefully all) of the artists involved in our upcoming “These Friends 2″ show opening February 4th but how do we decide who goes in what order? Pick out of a hat! The artwork shown is not what is in the show BTW, you’ll have to come to the show to see that. Here’s
Cleon Peterson.
Cleon lives in Altadena near JPL. He can draw like a bandit, paint like a mad man and owns one of the most valuable Dutch typography books ever. He has done countless graphics for seemingly every skateboard company ever and has a real famous art star brother – Leigh LeDare. Not only is he the Associate Creative Director at Studio Number One in Los Angeles, but he is constantly showing his paintings at galleries all around the world: New Image LA, Joshua Liner Gallery NY and ALICE in Brussels, to name a few.
Here are some heady words about Cleon’s latest work from the show DAYBREAK .. “shadowy figures mete out violence in images that could just as well depict justice as they do barbarity. ”DAYBREAK” can be viewed as both a continuation and a progression of Peterson’s past works, in which graphically rendered scenes of sadism portray chaos as the inevitable order of things. Many of those scenes have featured characters with physical appearances largely undifferentiated from one another, suggesting a classless unsympathetic society, yet in this new body of work Peterson incorporates ”shadow” figures and a new dichotomous order. There are haves and have-nots, but amid the havoc it’s hard to decide who’s who. ”
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We are attempting to write a daily little blurb on most (hopefully all) of the artists involved in our upcoming “These Friends 2″ show opening February 4th but how do we decide who goes in what order? Pick out of a hat! The artwork shown is not what is in the show BTW, you’ll have to come to the show to see that. Here’s
Sunny Shokrae.
Who knows how/when we first met Sunny but it’s been a long time. She is a photographer living in Brooklyn but is from out here in Southern California somewhere. Sorry, bad at writing these things but Sunny takes pretty pictures and we are excited to have her in the show.
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