Contemplating Apocalypse at the Brewery
A few months ago, John O' Brien of the Brewery Project asked me to organise an exhibition for them. I saw it as an opportunity to do two things - feature some fine, fine artists from the Harbor Area and to address one of my favourite subjects, apocalypse (I'm a sucker for the dynamics of systems in collapse, undergoing rapid, unstable changes or recovering from them). Tomorrow night is the start of the gallery season here in Los Angeles, and there's at least two dozen too many "must see" exhibitions (including The Collaborators at Pedro's own Warschaw Gallery). If you dig art, you'll be in your car Saturday night, hopping from spectacle to spectacle.There's five artists who either work or live in the Harbor in Contemplating Apocalypse - Edith Abeyta (pictured above), myself, John Michael Gill, Adrian de la Pena and Meeson Pae Yang, so this is an all too rare penetration of the South Bay into the Downtown art scene. Alex Lilly, one of the other participants, and the son of much missed Pedro fabricator (and the real hands behind some of the 20th century's great art) John Lilly, is currently living in Portland, but he came back down for the show. Out of towners Porous Walker (Napa) and Sue Bamstead (London) add to the mix, as well as ex-Long Beacher Allyson Shaw, who recently moved to London.
So if you feel like coming out, or are already planning on getting your art on, feel free to stop by and souse yourself on our free malt liquor while digging our little project. I feel pretty confident that we've managed to put together one of the more ambitious projects that's been realised at the Brewery Project and that our various works and installations are worth seeing, and we'd love to see some folks from the neighborhood come by.
Details
Contemplating Apocalypse
Opening reception - Saturday, September 9, 7-10 pm
Where - The Brewery Project 671 South Avenue 21, #33 (inside and up the crazy narrow stairs)
What - nine artists take on the issue of apocalypse
9 Comments:
It sounds like you've really enjoyed organising these exhibits. I love art though I can't say that the apocalype is as much up my alley as it is with you. Is that you in the photo? I hope it's a great success. I love going to art exhibitions and trying to get into the minds of the artists.
At any rate, I hope it all goes well for you.
Keep up the good work.
That's artist Edith Abeyta in the photo. This was a fun project to organise because I got to work with a pretty tight group of people whom I consider peers and friends. Installing the work in the space was a real challenge and we pulled it off. We ended up with a great crowd last night, especially conisidering that last night there were at least 30-40 "must see" openings throughout the city.
Thanks for the encouragement.
u kids see bisno's op-ed in the paper yesterday?
Did you see that Bisno won't let LAUSD on his property for a simple soil test? The guy is trying to drag this fight out as long as possible. We'll probably see more of this stall tactic from him in the future on everything.
Bisno is a greedy slob, calling community members (homeowners and non-homeowners alike) who have legit concerns about the impact of 2300 condos on the infrastructure and makeup of the town as "elitists." If anyone is an elitist, it's him, and no amount of cheesy $500 checks spread around town will change this. If he is so concerned about "affordable housing," he can build single family homes on the site for less than the $1.5 million he spouts, and I presume still turn a profit -- just not the mazillions he is salivating over.
well i do not support ponte vista, but you should also look at this thing from his point of view. if you'd have just spent 125 million on 62 acres of land, you'd want to build more than 500 homes.
The question is "what is a reasonable compromise?"
the answer lies somewhere between 500-2,300. it will probably be around 1,200.
Is there an op-ed by Bisno somewhere? All I could find online was the Donna Littlejohn story.
What's with the $500 check thing?
yes, bisno wrote an op-ed in more san pedro. it's posted on the daily breeze web site under the more san pedro section.
it's titled "The truth about ponte vista". included in the statement are several "untruths about ponte vista," including the ridiculous assertion that its residents will bring 101.5 million of business within a five mile radius
Yeah - he likes to use that $101.5 million circle overlay chart as part of his dog and pony. It seems designed to make the more desperate of San Pedro's business owners drool and forget to see the whole picture, and it's not all that ineffective, either.
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