Art

Theo Ehret was the house photographer at the Los Angeles Olympic Auditorium in its heyday, and he captured many of the the great boxers and wrestlers of that time: including Muhammad Ali, George Foreman, Andre the Giant, Mil Mascaras, and many of the emerging Latino fighters of his era. So, when our friends at 722 told us they were going to throw a gala in his honor we swooned at the opportunity to attend!

Ehret's classic film noir black and white images captured the gigantic characters and wild scene at one of the great fight venues in America. He chronicled the rise of Latino fighters from places like Mexico, Honduras, Panama and Nicaragua. And just as importantly, he covered the colorful scene in and around the Olympic: the Battle Royales, Cage Matches, celebrities, mariachis, luchadores, dwarves, heels, and passionate fans. We seriously could not have had more fun, and if you get a chance go and check it out-the exhibit runs through the end of the month...

Last Friday night G-Shock honored legendary graffiti artist and our good friend Haze for collaborating with the company for over 15 years, along with the release of their 4th collaborative timepiece. The event went down at Solo in the Financial District of New York City and guests included Nigel Sylvester, Rosie Perez and Dj sets from Just Blaze, Stretch Armstrong and DJ Scratch. Get a look at what went down on this monumental night and be on the lookout for more from us with this great artist...

Last Friday the 13th, New Image Art Gallery and HEX presented SIMPLY THE WORST!!! a NECKFACE print release party. In addition to the two prints - shown below - a few originals were shown, but the entire gallery had been tagged up in proper Neckface fashion.

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We were really excited to check out the opening of "The Goblin Universe" - a split show featuring Matt Furie and Michelle Devereaux - presented by our friends over at New Image Art Gallery.

Matt Furie's monsters range from sexy alien creatures to the crazy rainbow wormhole below.
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We are excited to announce our latest exhibition, "The Goblin Universe" featuring the works of Matt Furie and Michelle Devereux. Matt Furie returns to New Image Art with a new cast of hyper colored phantoms, monster sluts, and other mythical creatures sure to melt your sci-fi loving hearts. This month New Image Art welcomes newcomer Michelle Devereux in her first West Coast exhibition. With her series titled "Dudes on Pizza" Devereux renders four of her pals surfing on pizza slices using colored pencil and airbrushed backgrounds with a perfectly 1980's appeal and technical precision alongside some of her other fantastical characters and scenes created for this show.

Matt Furie was born in Columbus, Ohio in 1979. He graduated from Ohio Wesleyan University in Delaware, Ohio. He currently lives in San Francisco. Matt Furie's drawings come from a mix of child-like enchantment and momentary adult situations. His self proclaimed "...children's book illustrations for adults" combines traditional and modern mark-making for his ripe, cartoon-inspired characters. He has been awarded best Visual Artist by the SF Bay Guardian in the 20th annual Goldie awards. Furie has exhibited in San Francisco, New York, Los Angeles, and abroad. Selected publications include Juxtapoz, Vice, The Believer, The Oxford American Journal, Swindle, and McSweeny's McMullens.

Michelle Devereux was born in Dallas, Texas in 1982. She graduated Bard College, NY with a BFA in Studio Art. She currently lives and works in Austin,Texas. She is a contributing artist for Austin based, multi-media label, Monofonus Press. She is also a member of a female-centric video collective called Austin Video Bee, a co-founder of a conceptual tap troupe known as What's Tappening?! and plays drums in a apocalypse inspired chick band called SSSSTORMSHELTERRRR. Her current body work is comprised of colored pencil drawings combined with airbrush that depict realistically rendered subjects in fantastic environments.

OPENING RECEPTION - NEW IMAGE ART (Saturday, June 2nd)
7920 SANTA MONICA BLVD.
LOS ANGELES, CA 90046

Last Saturday we jetted down to Hollywood to visit our friends at New Image Art Gallery for the opening of their newest exhibit "High Five!!!" which runs through May 26th. Featuring six of today's brightest talents this show was one for the ages, and a fun variance from Rich Jacobs and Anthony Lister shown here in the past. We could go on and on trying to sound smart by critiquing the works we saw, but instead we'll leave that to you. Check our photos and video and get down there the second you have the chance!

View from the balcony.

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