Installation 5 in Los Angeles

This upcoming Saturday, September 26th, is the private closing reception for the traveling Scion Installation 5: Self-Portraits art tour. As I've mentioned several times here, my collaborative film with David Choe, 23 Short Films, was part of the tour. The tour has been great and I've been very fortunate to have attended the show in both Miami and San Jose, and the good folks at Scion are flying me down to LA for the weekend to bask in the end of my glorious sponsored artist career. I'm still hoping they pick me up on my own for some other projects, but we all know who the marquee name on this film is.

Anyways, if you are in the area and would like to attend this high-rolling event, I can probably sneak you in so give me a call.

The highlight of the evening will be the closing of the charity auction for all the art, which is already online. You can bid on my project here (no takers thus far). The thing is, $65 minimum for a DVD seems a little steep. But, if you read the fine print, you will find that Dave Choe and I collaborated on a custom painted DVD cover, and Dave even did a custom drawing for the disc. Put an image of that up and let the bidding begin!

Update: Looks like somebody is getting an original David Choe painting, drawings, and DVD for $175! Congrats.

Fortunately, I took a few scans and pictures of the artwork before submitting it to Scion so here is your chance to bask in the fading glory of my collaboration with a famous friend.

The full artwork: back, spine, and front.
Dave done drew the stickers for the disc

And here is the final package.You may be able to watch the entire video online for free, or just ask me for a DVD and I'll hook you up, but a custom David Choe painting has got to be worth something. And it's for charity, so get busy bidding or get busy dying. 
And make sure to check the previous post [below] for another awesome show from Crab Shak alumni happening in San Jose.

Certified Participants

Opening this upcoming Friday, Sept. 25th, will be Certified Participants, a group show at Empire Seven Studios in San Jose. I'll be showing new work along with such favorites as Mitsy Avila Ovalles, Roan Victor, Joe To, Fernando Amaro Jr., Wel Went, Stuart Mahoney, and Sean Boyles (who curated the exhibition). I'm too lazy to post links to all those wonderful artists, but I do recommend checking them all out.

I'll be showing some new telepole stencil panels. Kind of an continuation of the paper telepole stencils I printed for the Giant Robot NY print show. Take a look see:

Each of these panels is about 16 x 24 inches and 1.5 inches deep. I also resurrected on of my favorite multi-layer stencils for a fifth panel:

Because of my gimpy leg (that's another story) I wasn't able to make it down to San Jose for the install, but Sean did an excellent job customizing the wall to the artwork and snapped a quick pick for us:

Thanks, Sean. And then here is a quick video of the rest of the participants straight-up certifying.  

Show runs to October 31st.

You Buy Now

At last I announce my new print edition. Offered exclusively through Rowan Morrison Gallery. It is the official Time-Wasting Machine.

Each print is screenprinted by master craftsman Nat Swope over at Bloom Screen Print Co. Two colors (white and black) on reused paper bag paper. The nature of the print is a bit loose and experimental, so each print is a little different. The papers are of different tones, textures, and thickness - the image is often printed over whatever printing was already on the bag, with different levels of opacity - the registration wavers slightly - and I even rotated each print as I signed and numbered them, so their orientation varies. The final trim (which I did by hand) is 10" x 10". It is an edition of 100.

We're trying to keep the retail cost down without getting completely washed on it so you can own this print for only $15, plus shipping if you order it online. It is shipped flat. If you come by the gallery or my studio, you can browse through the stack and custom pick yours. If you want a particular style or rotation, just email me or the good folks at Rowan Morrison (also me) and let us know what you want.

You can get more info and obtain yours right here at the Rowan Morrison online print shop.

We also just released a new screenprint from Los Angeles artist Travis Millard.

New Print Coming Soon

I'm so excited. And I just can't hide it.

New Pete Glover print edition, sold exclusively through Rowan Morrison Gallery, will be available online very soon. Screenprinted on used paper bag paper. Edition of 100. More details and images coming soon.

If you just cannot wait to get your fix of my crudtacular© art projects, stroll on by Subrosa Coffee at 40th and Webster in Oakland and you can gander two new drawings I haven't posted on the blog or my website yet. Subrosa is brand new and has good coffee made one cup at a time so get hyped. Here is a picture John Casey took of the drawings for his blog:

Maybe I'll get some quality images of these up soon. I took pictures of 'em before I framed them, but still haven't processed them for the web yet. I am also now an artist contributing to the Art-In-A-Box program run by Matt and Lena at The Compound. For the first round I contributed 5 sets of prints, which are each really 3 older linocut prints sewn together, looking not unlike this:

I'll have at least 3 new pieces available next month, and if you join and are in the Bay Area you can even pick your piece in person at Compound for one night only on Sept. 8th. More info here. The art show is open to non-subscribers as well. 

There is a lot going on in September. In addition for Subrosa, Art-In-A-Box, and my new print release, I will be in group shows in Los Angeles and San Jose! I'll post it all up when once I catch my breath. These netflix aren't going to watch themselves, you know.

And, most importantly, Narangkar's big solo exhibition, "It's Gonna Be Awesome", is going to have the opening reception to end all opening reception of Saturday, September 12th.