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Once in a while, things go nearly just right. Saturday night was one of those nights. We all have them. Surely, art shows are common, but sometimes, there's some great ones that happen, I'd like to think this was one of them.I'll start with Kenton Parker. That's him above, doing any odd job it takes to get the show moving. When everyone's out eating dinner or even sleeping, he's at the gallery...
Once in a while, things go nearly just right. Saturday night was one of those nights. We all have them. Surely, art shows are common, but sometimes, there’s some great ones that happen, I’d like to think this was one of them. I’ll start with Kenton Parker. That’s him above, doing any odd job it takes to get the show moving. When everyone’s out eating dinner or even sleeping, he’s at the gallery making sure the art is going up and looking good. He’s a positive force, along with the others associated with the gallery, including Evan, Ian, Edith, Jeri, Cory, and well, there’s even more. My line for the show, was ripped off from Almost Famous. I kept thinking in my head and saying, “It’s All Happening!” Olaf Ladousse is from Madrid, along with screen prints, linoleum, and and comics, he makes doo-rags, which is the thing around his neck, it’s a noise maker basically, and you can mess with the pitches to make more noise. He’s a good fella, and was the elder statesman of the group show. I first saw his work in Madrid when I was at ARCO in 06. Eishi Takaoka is the man. See all that wood? He made his own yurt and hung art on the outside and inside. I think he sort of stole the show with his hard work. See the piece on the left, the hanging phone? I think it was my favorite piece by Eishi. Dan-ah! As seen in a previous issue of GR, this is Dan-ah, she’s amazing, and is yet another Korean female artist. She came in from NYC. And, I made her pose like this. She’s super shy, but made a great showing. A lot of people liked her art a lot. feric is the man, some of his works had a price tag of 5 digits! Can you dig it?! Anyways, he’s a nice guy now living in Hawaii. I think he had fun at the show. He always had friends around, and that’s a great part of being able to travel, seeing your peeps. Brian Ralph came to town and he’s amazing. He painted that beast warrior dude, and hung his art all around. He looks triumphant, and of all the artists, I’ve known him the longest. It was great to see him, and it was great that he came out. I blogged about him the other day, so check that out. French! From England, he’s the hardcore skater who draws sort of kind of like Pushead. He’s an amazing bloke, and he’s surely having too much fun. He makes funny faces all the time, wears a lot of black, and is into the metal!
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The night was decent. People actually came out, the space looked good, the people looked good, I appreciated the ladies who took the time out to dress nicely. Much appreciated! It brought some class to the event. I wore my old t shirt.
Look at the crowd. Decent and great. I can't ask for much more, it was one of those nights that makes me proud to be part of GR. This show's for you and us.
DJ Will...
The night was decent. People actually came out, the space looked good, the people looked good, I appreciated the ladies who took the time out to dress nicely. Much appreciated! It brought some class to the event. I wore my old t shirt. Look at the crowd. Decent and great. I can’t ask for much more, it was one of those nights that makes me proud to be part of GR. This show’s for you and us. DJ Will on the wheels of metal. He rocks, and got on the mic and pushed GR nicely. He was just as important as anyone else who helped. His sounds made the night feel good. I remember he played Bad Brains at the beginning to set the tone for the night. Dragonforce made it in too. The group shot… we made a sweep of the event, from the back to the front, picking off each artist one by one as we went. If we didn’t, they wouldn’t have made it all together. Yeah, our shot is funny, but there were 4 or 5 cameras flicking away. Kohei Yamashita’s on the right with the numero uno. Martin’s next to him, and he too helped a bunch, from taking Brian Ralph skating, and French to Thai massage, to helping B Ralph get new frames since they were all broken. It’s all smiles. Ahem. David Choe hits pay dirt. Some people know how to pose just right. I think he just met her, or did he? I have no idea. But she didn’t hesitate to shift perpendicular (Y) to David’s X axis intersecting at his hip. Tilting her head at a similar axis to the moon’s rotation around Earth (David’s head), she has a look of professionalism. That’s Kathleen Lolley, she has a solo coming up at GRNY. She was in town for her group show at Lab101. Andy Kehoe was in town too for the same event. I like Andy, and it seems like I know him already, even though I’ve barely met him. Maybe it’s a past life thing. After, we went to the bunker in K town, with two big groups, and it was late. It was time to say our good byes… The show was ending, and we were shaking hands, giving high fives, hugs, and none of us wanted to go home. Kohei gets air. Big time.
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The opening was last night, and I'm tired. Take a look at the photos below, maybe I'll post some and narrate what was going on at the time. It went really well and the artists had a great time. I'll definitely write more on it later on.