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Barry Mcgee & Phil Frost with the help of Pat Tenore, PC, Vegan, Stavros, Punker Pat and a few others they really pulled off one of the most impressive shows I've ever been to last night at PrismLA. Congrats my friends! The show officially opens on November 20th, 2009. More photos coming soon.

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Biennale de Lyon

La Sucrière 
Museum of Contemporary Art Bullukian Foundation 
Bichat Warehouse
September 16, 2009 to January 3, 2010

We are living in the society of the spectacle. In spite of its alienating effects on our life and social relationships, it’s one of the very fundamental conditions of our existence. We perceive the world and communicate with each other through the spectacle – a system of image production and representation dominated by the logic of market capitalism which tends to “develop” our faculties of perception, imagination and reflection towards a “one dimensional model” formatted by the language of consumerist ideology. This is also the very contemporary condition of our self-identification and social order “guaranteed” by the established power system. As a main typology of artistic and cultural events of our time, biennials of contemporary art are no doubt an ultimate form of expression of such a tendency...

Find out more about the 10th Biennale de Lyon HERE

 

Installations Inside / Out: Armory 20th Anniversary Exhibition
September 20 – December 31, 2009
Opening reception Saturday, September 19, 2009, 6-9 p.m.
Jay Belloli and Sinéad Finnerty-Pyne, curators

This exhibition will celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Armory Center for the Arts by commissioning contemporary artists, who have created art installations in the past, to make new site-specific art installations both inside and outside the Armory.   Approximately 10 of the installations will be at outdoor sites at various locations in Pasadena, including Edgar Arceneaux, Daniel Buren, Rockne Krebs, Barry McGee, Carlos Mollura, Matthew Moore, Jane Mulfinger, Bruce Nauman, Barbara Smith.  Artists in the exhibition will include Kim Abeles, Deborah Aschheim, Carl Cheng, Seth Kaufman, Michael C. McMillen, Sarah Perry, Ed Ruscha, Betye Saar, John Trevino, Pae White, and Mario Ybarra Jr. Videos of Arceneaux’s and Nauman’s off-site performances will be in the Armory’s gallery. Barbara Smith will also do a performance at the exhibition opening on September 19, 2009.

The exhibition will reflect the Armory Gallery’s long-standing goal supporting contemporary Southern California artists, as well as the Gallery’s determination to bring art to the public in exterior, non-art locations.

A limited edition publication documenting the exhibition will accompany this show.

Preview of Celeritas at SURU July 12st 2009

The show features a hand painted Barry Mcgee Suzuki Hayabusa motorcycle, witch will be up for auction along with all the helmets.  All proceeds go to Riders for Health non-profit organization. www.riders.org

The show lineup of artists exhibiting works inspired by motorcycle racing culture. Participants include: Barry McGee, Joe Hahn, Mike Shinoda, Mark Dean Veca, Audrey Kawasaki, Stash, Futura, James Jean, Jim Lee, Alex Pardee, Jeff McMillan, Troy Lee, Jesse James, Usugrow, Nathan Cabrera, Dr. Romanelli and photographer Estevan Oriol.

For more info go to: SURU-LA.com

Participants include: Barry McGee, Joe Hahn, Mike Shinoda, Mark Dean Veca, Audrey Kawasaki, Stash, Futura, James Jean, Jim Lee, Alex Pardee, Jeff McMillan, Troy Lee, Jesse James, Usugrow, Nathan Cabrera, Dr. Romanelli and photographer Estevan Oriol.

SURU
7662 Melrose Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90046

Carmichael Gallery of Contemporary Art presents:

"GET RICH QUICK!"

Antony Micallef, Banksy, Barry McGee, Bast, Beejoir, D*Face, Dalek, David Choe, David Choong Lee, Faile, Ian Francis, KAWS, Nick Walker, Paul Insect, Shepard Fairey, Sixeart, Skullphone, Space Invader, Swoon, Will Barras and more to be announced!

Opening reception: Thursday, May 7th 2009 / 7.00pm – 10.00pm

Please RSVP to rsvp@carmichaelgallery.com

Carmichael Gallery
1257 N. La Brea Avenue
W. Hollywood CA 90038
 

Other artists blazed the trail that brought graffiti from the urban landscape into galleries. But no street or graffiti artist who came before Barry “Twist” McGee had executed the transition with such finesse. Born in San Francisco in 1966, a city he continues to make his home, Twist began painting graffiti in 1984 at the age of 18. He began showing his work in local galleries, slowly building a following, and, in 1991, he received a Bachelor of Fine Art in painting and printmaking from the San Francisco Art Institute. This was quickly followed by grants and fellowships—one notably sent him to Brazil, where he observed clustered framed artworks displayed in churches. McGee incorporated this presentation style into his art shows, which brought a kinetic, urban immediacy to the staid gallery space.

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This is the dopest project we've seen in years! Available on www.TheSeventhLetterStore.com exclusively. Get yours while you can. This has to be the coolest Holiday gift out.

Michael Delahaut (aka WISE) was born and raised in Los Angeles, California. Starting in 1984, he became a participant in the early graffiti scene in Los Angeles. An artist of many disciplines and a graduate from the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California, Michael went on to become a Senior Designer at Wieden + Kennedy / New York working on award winning projects for such clients as Nike, Jordan, cKone, ESPN, Fleet Bank, MLB, NHL, and the NFL. Despite his commercial experiences, Michael considers his greatest art/design accomplishment an educational CD-ROM produced with other Art Center students about the life and remarkable accomplishments of Jackie Robinson and his brother Mack. The award winning educational piece was distributed throughout schools in the United States and helped to fund a scholarship at Art Center for future students. Currently residing in Hollywood, California, Michael works as an independent designer/art director and artist. He sites the work of his peers as his greatest inspiration.

Find out more about Wise at: MichaelDelahaut.com



MICHAEL DELAHAUT / WISE
LAS VEGAS / PRODUCT SETS 2007
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INDIVIDUALLY NUMBERED CARD PER BOX

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1 WISE BILLS T-SHIRT (SM/BLACK, LG/WHITE, XL/WHITE)
1 AUTHENTIC PLAYED LAS VEGAS CARDS W/CUSTOM HAND-PRINTED PACKAGING
1 MINI JACK DANIELS
1 KRYLON PAINT MARKER
1 MINI DICE SET
1 CARD SET LIGHTER
1 MINI MONTANA BLACK SPRAY PAINT
1 THIN CAP NOZZLE
1 HAND STAMPED WISE BILL
11 AWR/MSK AUTHENTIC POKER CHIPS

WISE / LAS VEGAS BOX SET B.  - EDITION OF: 4
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CONTENTS:
1 WISE BILLS T-SHIRT (LG/BLACK, XL/BLACK)
1 AUTHENTIC PLAYED LAS VEGAS CARDS W/CUSTOM HAND-PRINTED PACKAGING
1 AUTHENTIC PLAYED LAS VEGAS DICE
1 T7L DICE SHAKER / AND VELVET COVER
1 WISE SCORING PENCIL
1 COCKTAIL UMBRELLA
3 MYSTERY PRIZE BOX

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