art/design

AD 2010 Gallery Show

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My friend finished her Advertising Design class at UCLA Extension, and we were invited to come see their work.
Here’s a campaign for MOCA’s street art exhibition.

One of my favorite campaigns were “What if designers were cut out of the equation”.

It was nice to come back to school and catch up with old class mates and teachers.

The Date Farmers at Ace Gallery

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We went to Ace Gallery to check out the opening night of the Date Farmers exhibition.
It was a different crowd that what we were used to at a gallery, more upscale dressed up buyers and not so many colorful fun people.
The art was mixed media and street art, but I was not very impressed. I am not a big fan of mixed media but love street art. This did not speak to me though, I want bigger and bolder statements. 

Painting the Trees, Part 2

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Another set of trees are to be cut down on my friends street, so we were there to make sure they go to heaven in style!

It was definitely a holiday theme going on this time around!



Hello Kitty and pals celebrate 50 years!

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I never been a huge Hello Kitty fan, but Sanrio is having a week long party at the Santa Monica airport for their 50th anniversary. Martin Hsu was asked to make a painting for the gallery, so we had to check it out!

A bunch of other artists were also asked to do paintings, here are some of the ones that I liked the most:

There were a lot of fun stuff to do, I wanted to try the miniature golf, but there were no time for it, maybe next time…

Gallery Hopping

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Nate Frizzell had an exhibition at the LeBasse gallery in Culver City.


Super crowded at the gallery, it was difficult to get up close to the paintings or to even move around the gallery!
Since it was so crowded we moved on to the Whole 9 down the street. I thought the Peace Project were cool, I’ve always been weak for these “images within the image” type of deal since I read Nick Hornby’s short story Nipple Jesus in my late teens. I don’t really remember what that short story was about and should probably read it again one day.