Hustler of Culture

Megan Geckler Installation At The Wexner Center For The Arts

LA - "THE TOTALLY BITCHIN' NIGHT OF THE DEAD 3" (10.30.10)

SF - "Bad Dads" (10.30.10 - ?)

SM - Yigal Ozeri's "Lizzie in the Snow" (10.30.10 - 12.19.10)

Yigal Ozeri's "Lizzie in the Snow"

An inaugural solo exhibition of new work by the acclaimed painter at Mark Moore Gallery.

Opening Reception:
October 30, 2010, 5-7pm

On view through:
December 19, 2010

Mark Moore Gallery
2525 Michigan Avenue, A-1
Santa Monica, CA 90404
Telephone 310 453 3031
Fax 310 453 3831
info@markmooregallery.com
www.markmooregallery.com

NYC - Jessica Snow's "Multiple Plot Points" (10.30.10 - 12.05.10)

Jessica Snow  Multiple Plot Points

OPENING RECEPTION: Saturday, October 30, 6–8 p.m.
The show will run October 30 – December 5, 2010

6 spring street
new york city 10012
tel: 212.219.0166
info@jenbekman.com

Scottsdale - Prasad Boradkar Event (10.28.10)

Book signing and discussion with author Prasad Boradkar of “Designing Things: A Critical Introduction to the Culture of Objects”

When and why did the turntable morph from playback device to musical instrument? Why have mobile phones evolved changeable skins? How many meanings can one attach to such mundane things as tennis balls? The answers to such questions illustrate “Designing Things: A Critical Introduction to the Culture of Objects,” which examines the cultural meanings of things and the role of designers in their design and production. Meet author Prasad Boradkar, purchase a signed copy of the book and participate in the discussion about design at 6:30pm. Cocktails and book signing starts at 5:30 pm.

“Designing Things” Author Prasad Boradkar
Thursday, October 28, 5:30pm
DWR Scottsdale Studio
4821 N. Scottsdale Road, Suite 101
Scottsdale, AZ 85251
Phone: 480.970.8800
Directions: http://news.dwr.com/rd/9z1zl98h4nl6el58c3kvnommb2hivec4jb89u05muo8

Detroit - Deborah Kashdan's "Motorcity Icons II" (10.27.10 - ?)

LA - Pop-Up Store: Masquerade Reception (10.26.10)

LA - Madlib Medicine Show #10 Release Party (10.26.10)

LA - Steve Olson, Susanne Melanie Berry + CR Stecyk III's "Ménage à Trois" (10.23.10 - ?)

LA - Hugh Holland's "Locals Only: California Skateboarding: 1975 - 1978 (10.23.10 - 12.04.10)

HUGH HOLLAND: LOCALS ONLY
CALIFORNIA SKATEBOARDING: 1975-1978
October 23 - December 4, 2010

Artist's Opening Reception and Book Signing
Saturday, October 23 from 6-8 PM

M+B
612 North Almont Drive
Los Angeles, California 90069
T 310 550 0050
F 310 550 0605
www.mbart.com
info@mbart.com

Dogtown

This bulldog is one of many skateboarding dogs in my neighborhood, Dogtown.

Pasadena - "The Mini Show" (10.23.10)

SF - Come Out & Play Festival at GRSF (10.22.10 - 10.24.10)

LA - The Art For Awareness Event: Benefiting the Avon Walk For Breast Cancer (10.21.10)

LA - Game Night 3 with Meat Bun (10.16.10)

LA - "Close To A World Below" (10.16.10 - 11.06.10)

"10 Years Of Prius" Party Pictures!

We were one of the lucky 300 guests invited to celebrate 10 years of Prius at the picture perfect, Wright Organic Resource Center in Malibu. The celebration included green workshops and presentations by Eric Wright (architect and grandson of Frank Lloyd Wright), Robert Llewellyn, and editors from Wired Magazine, live music by M. Ward, a DJ set by Shepard Fairey, and an unforgettable dinner under the stars by Outstanding in the Field. 

Welcome to the 10 Years of Prius party in Malibu, California!

Private concert by M. Ward.

Grilled peppers for appetizers.

The dining table was breathtaking, elegant, and comfortable -- a perfect way to spend time with friends on an incredibly beautiful day.

Outstanding in the Field founder and chef, Jim Denevan can be seen in the wine glass.

This Prius was designed by C&A Development Department.

Staff prep the dinner table while Lulu and Silvio wander the grounds.

Artist and DJ Shepard Fairey's sunset performance.

10 Year Anniversary Prius guests enjoying themselves at the Wright Organic Resource Center.

Dinner plates for the Farm Dinner.

A delicious dinner appetizer.

Eating under the stars!

"Outstanding in the Field: A Farm to Table Cookbook" signed for Lulu.

If you'd like to see more photos from the magnificent day, the complete album can be viewed in this slideshow:

Thank you, Toyota Prius and Evolutionary Media Group for the party invitation! I couldn't have asked for a more wonderful 10.10.10!

This Is A Prius!

I was fortunate to be invited to the 10 Years of Prius party in Malibu and before I recap the memorable day, I wanted to share a few photos of a Prius prototype with you. This beautiful machine was designed by the C&A Development Department. Um, hello?! I'm blown away. I wonder if you would even hear it roaring up behind you?! What a lean, green, kick ass machine!

NYC - Javier Piñón: O Babalon (10.14.10 - 11.13.10)

Javier Piñón: O Babalon
October 14 - November 13, 2010
Reception for the Artist: Thursday, October 14th, 6-8 pm
 
Javier Piñón’s 2010 exhibition of collages is built around depictions of the highly charged image of the earth goddess Babalon, her attendants, priestesses and their mystical terrain unfolding in a narrative of liberation, sensuality, death and rejuvenation. Together the female players act as warrior protectorates and elusive guards of mysterious natural rites, often in what appears to be an acts of sacrifice or sensual oblation. The densely rendered surroundings are a culmination of the singularly meticulous technical approach of the artist, carving and sculpting his original two dimensional source materials into optically accurate, air-tight backdrops that seem to heave and breathe with expectation.

Piñón’s works reference a wide range of visual precedents, from the French academic William-Adolphe Bouguereau and British Neo-classicist John William Godward to American illustrator Maxfield Parrish and pop-culture cult icons like Frank Frazetta. He unites the compositions in palette, light and tone with snippets carefully culled from mid-century magazines like Arizona Highways and The Time Life Nature Library, a group of books the artists studied as a child. Expanding on past concentrations of the heroic male figure, Piñón here investigates the distaff half of his mytho-poetic narrative; nearly absent of male presence, save two figures disguised or transmogrified into animals, only male skeletal remains litter the sylvan sets of a captivating drama.

The artist was born in Miami, Florida and raised in Houston, Texas where he became engrossed with the ideals and expectations of the American West and vintage Americana, in general. His work has been featured internationally in shows including El Museo del Barrio’s Bienal and the Beijing Biennale. Piñón received a 2007 artist fellowship from the New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA). His work and the exhibition will be previewed in the October issue of Modern Painters.

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