The ART DUMP COLLECTIVE and Vice magazine Present
'PIECES OF SHEET'
featuring new works from
Andy Jenkins .Tony Larson . Andy Mueller . Rob Abeyta Jr. Jeremy Carnahan . Eric Anthony . *Plus Special Guests*
SEPTEMBER 17 - OCTOBER 17, 2005
Opening Reception: this SATURDAY . SEPTEMBER 17 . 2005 6-10pm
Open bar provided by RED STRIPE
hooray responsible drinking!
THE LAB101 GALLERY
8530-B Washington Blvd. Culver City, CA 90232
310 558 0911 / www.thelab101.com (map & directions)
THIS IS THE ART DUMP
By Carl Sanger
The Art Dump is the name tagged to a group of like-minded misfits who work under the same flat roof in Torrance, California. They are, essentially, the Girl Skateboard Company full-time art department. The veteran, Andy Jenkins uses his title as art director loosely. He considers the crew a co-op and lets it operate that way, though each artist does have a brand or specific “chores” they are responsible for. Example? Rob Abeyta, Jr. is the creative mind behind the Fourstar graphics and Andy Mueller, Lakai Footwear. Tony Larson is the illustrator behind most of the Girl skateboard graphics and Jeremy Carnahan makes sure Royal has an identity. The newest Dumper is the young Eric Anthony, who handles the cameras, scanners an runs for coffee.
That is the simplest way to can break down the Art Dump, though it’s not really that simple, for each of these people has a myriad of interests, talents and mediums. As a group, and individually, they work in both commercial and non-commercial worlds. Sometimes these worlds collide and that is where the Art Dump’s collaborative projects exist, amidst the rubble and question marks of crash site of graphic and fine art.
There are others who flow in and out of the Dump, offering their own abilities from time to time and working in the collaborative environment with the core group. Include the following creatives on that list; Rick Howard, Megan Baltimore, Evan Hecox, Lori Damiano, Misato Suzuki, Chris Waycott, Rick McCrank, Brian Anderson, Brad Staba, Edith Abeyta…
