MURAL UNVEILING & GROUP EXHIBITION 11/11/11

Madison Marquette and MK2 Projects will unveil an art mural completed by Shepard Fairey on November 11th, 2011.

Shepard Fairey designed and will be painting a 30ft high mural on the former Continental Graphic’s Building, newly renovated by Madison Marquette as ‘District La Brea’. The mural will stretch across the south end of the District La Brea Complex at La Brea Avenue and 2nd Street. A reception for the mural and Group Art Exhibition will take place on Friday 11/11 at MK2 Projects.

GROUP ART EXHIBITION – 161 S. La Brea Ave, 90036
OPENING RECEPTION – FRIDAY NOVEMBER 11, 2011, 7-10 PM

In conjunction with the District La Brea Mural, there will be a 2 week group art exhibition which will open on Friday November 11th featuring original artwork by: Shepard Fairey, Deedee Cheriel, Mercedes, Helnwein, Mark Whalen (Kill Pixie), Mel Kadel, Travis Millard, Matt Small, Samuel Lowder (FrePrs), Lezley Saar, Aiko Nakagawa,
Todd Carpenter and Steven R. Gilmore.

To attend the show you must RSVP : [email protected]

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Billy Al Bengston @ Subliminal Projects 11/11/11

Subliminal Projects is honored to present Billy Al Bengston w/ “Real Lite & Space,” and “Your New Home” and “Ed Ruscha”.

Please join us for an opening reception this Friday, 11-11-11 at 11am and  7-10pm.

STATEMENT BY THE ARTIST:

ON JAN. 25, 2011, KATIE PROPOSED I HAVE AN EXHIBITION AT SUBLIMINAL PROJECTS.  FOR A LONG TIME I HAVE BEEN CAPTIVATED ABOUT THE DATE OF NOVEMBER THE 11TH, 2011.  I LIKE A LOT OF ONES.  SHE AGREED. WE HAD MEETINGS TO ESTABLISH WHAT THE TOPIC OR THE STYLE OF THE SHOW WOULD BE.  SHE WAS ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT A GROUP OF PAINTINGS THAT I DID IN 2008.  I THINK THEY SORTA LOOK LIKE YOUR FUTURE PAD.  AND I THINK THEY’RE PRETTY.CONCURRENTLY, WE WILL SHOW MONOTYPES I MADE IN 1966. THEY ARE VERY LIGHT AND REFLECT ALOT OF SPACE. THE RUSCHA WILL BE A SURPRISE. UNDOUBTEDLY, I’LL DROP OTHER THINGS INTO THE MIX.PLEASE COME AND LET KATIE EXPLAIN IT TO YOU. HOPE YOU ENJOY IT.

SINCERELY, BILLY AL BENGSTON

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Shepard Interviewed at OccupyLA

Here’s a video of one of the interviews I did at Occupy LA. Campaign finance reform is a solution I discussed to decrease corporate influence in politics that made it into a different interview but not this one. To learn about an organization pushing for campaign finance reform and ending corrupt influence in congress, check out Rootstrikers.org. Thanks for caring.
-Shepard Fairey

David Flores x Obey Giant

My friend David Flores asked me to share a wall with him in downtown LA. David has been doing some great portraits and I added to his piece with some of my patterns to keep my contribution decorative and secondary to David’s portrait. I think they work well together. Check it out.
-Shepard

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Shepard Goes to #Occupywallstreet

My friend Russell wrote this great piece about his experience visiting Occupy Wall Street NY. Check it out here.

I had a similar experience here in LA when I went down to City Hall on Sat. I took a few handmade signs and some cookies, as well as my books for the library tent. People were very friendly. A guy named Jesse was hand screen printing “we are the 99%” bandanas and promptly offered me one. I did a couple short interviews in support of the Occupy movement. I talked about the importance of action beyond just voting, and how every effort makes a difference. I also shared my belief that campaign finance reform is the first step toward giving incentive to politicians to look out for the interests of the people before the corporations. There were a broad range of views about banking, the environment, war, veganism, the American dream, etc…displayed by the people and their signs. Some were more fringe or extreme than my beliefs, but people were very tolerant and generous in spirit. I found Occupy LA to be almost utopian, in dramatic contrast to the Tea Party, the other theoretically “populist” movement. Check it out and support if you can.
-Shepard Fairey

To learn about an organization pushing for campaign finance reform and ending corrupt influence in congress, check out Rootstrikers.org

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Art As A Weapon