Rouge: A Summer Group Exhibition July 20 6-9PM at Katherine Cone Gallery
KATHERINE CONE GALLERY Presents
Rouge
A Summer Group Exhibition
July 20 – August 24, 2013
Opening Reception: Saturday, July 20, 2013 /6-9 pm
Inspired by recent travels to Paris, Katherine Cone Gallery is pleased to present
a summer group exhibition, titled Rouge. The exhibition consists of original
works of art that will include the color red by renowned artists Edith Baumann,
Sean Cheetham, John Eden, EL MAC, Shepard Fairey, John Van
Hamersveld, Brad Howe, Eric Pedersen, DeWain Valentine, and Suzan
Woodruff.
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Billy Morrison’s Dirty Little Secrets x Shepard Fairey Wednesday night
LA RIVER LOGO Contest
The LA River is a continuous, 51 mile corridor running all the way from Canoga Park to Long Beach. I’ve always enjoyed the graffiti as a bit of flavor along the river, but few would call the LA River a scenic destination. That is about to change! The Grenway Project wants to turn the LA River into a useable green space for everyone to enjoy by 2020; #Greenway2020. Think LA’s own version of Central Park or the High Line but running along the LA River.
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Zimmerman verdict
Arianna Huffington on signature strikes and our Drones Project
I have written before about my opposition to drone strikes bsaed on indiscriminate civilian casualties which are absolutely unacceptable. This article by Arianna Huffington pointedly focuses on moral questions and failings of the drone program. She links to a very compelling and informative video created by Brave New Films who I create art for and support passionately. If you have a conscience and don’t want the U.S. government killing indiscriminately in your name, please read this article and watch the video. Thanks for caring.
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Closing Reception and Catalogue Release Party for Good Intentions
We are hosting a closing reception and catalogue release party for Good Intentions on Thursday, July 18 from 6 to 9 PM. Artwork by kids who participated in the Free Arts workshop will be installed on the gallery walls in conjunction with the exhibition. Casita del Campo and Modelo will be providing food and beverages and Mister Goodnight will be providing tunes. The printed catalogue will be available at the gallery for a limited time only. No need to RSVP…just show up!
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The Art of Punk – Black Flag – Art + Music – MOCAtv
Black Flag is one of my all time favorite bands and Raymond Pettibone is one of my favorite artists. This video is F*#@ING AWESOME!! Watch it now and then make some noise or art or both.
Thank you Jay-Z for the shout-out
I got an email from Fab Five Freddy last week and he casually said “cool that you got a shout out on Jay-Z’s new album”. First of all, it is pretty crazy that I know Fred since I bought his book “Fresh Fly Flavor” , a hip hop lingo dictionary, in 1990 and read about the origin of B-Boy and other phrases…. but to get the heads up that I’m mentioned on Jay-Z’s Magna Carta…Holy Grail album from him was surreal. Over the years I’ve met Evan Bernard, Haze, and Ricky Powell who were all mentioned in Beastie Boys songs and I was in awe of their status as pop culture reference points at the hands of one of my favorite groups. I’m very honored to join with them, since I’m a huge Jay-Z fan.
The song is called “Oceans” and is a collaboration between Frank Ocean and Jay-Z. I like Frank Ocean too which is a plus! The lyric goes:
Can’t believe they got a nigga to vote
Democrat, nope, I sold dope”
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Kings of the Mic
NEW UPDATE!
Prints will be signed by Shepard Fairey, Z-Trip, and LL COOL J! We got LL to sign the full edition, special thanks to LL for making the time!
I was asked to create the poster for the “Kings Of The Mic” tour stop at the Greek Theatre in LA. The tour features some of my all-time favorites from hip-hop, plus my favorite DJ is Z-Trip, so I was incredibly hyped(believe the hype on this one!) to work on the project. In fact, I’m not sure I’ve ever seen a lineup featuring acts this strong from hip-hop’s golden era. I’m tight with Z-Trip and I know LL so I think they are both going to sign the print. The price will depend on which signatures I can get, so stay tuned for that and the release date, but it will be sometime around the show on July 7. Word.
-Shepard
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An inconvenient truth?
When the government justifies its domestic spying by saying “if you’ve done nothing wrong then you have nothing to fear” then the reciprocal has to be true… I guess philosophical consistency can be really inconvenient.
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