Sunday, September 19, 2010

MICRO GALLERY SHOW

We have a little space at work that was turned into a Micro Gallery. Every 2 - 3 months a theme is presented and pieces no bigger than 6" x 6" are created and displayed. It's a fun event in the story department and it's gotten so popular there is going to be a show at Nucleus Gallery!

One of the themes was alcohol - here's Josie Trinidad's Manatee's and Chris Williams' St. Ides:


The show will be at Nucleus Gallery in Alhambra on December 11, 2010!

Here's more information:



The modest origins of the Micro Show began with a group of artists working at Disney Animation. Creating personal, bite-size works of art was a respite from their daily creative grind. Eventually they gathered all the pieces and exhibited them in a micro-sized nook at the end of a hallway, and the Micro Gallery was born!

Diverse micro exhibits, which popped up now and again to the delight of all, helped to not only fund their thirst for adventure but also raise money for local causes. Nucleus is excited to present the most macro of the Micro Shows featuring over 75 artists from Disney, Pixar, Dreamworks and more, and will all but wallpaper our upstairs Atrium gallery with micro-sized works of art!

Featuring both traditional 2D and 3D media, this exhibit is sure to be a fun-filled show, not to mention an inspiring look at the extraordinary talents behind your favorite films!

Thursday, September 2, 2010

RETNA and EL MAC - Of Our Youth Mural

Here's a video documenting them painting the Of our Youth Mural located in Culver City. I always dig their work, beautiful calligraphy from Retna and El Mac is like Sergio Toppi with spray paint.


More work here:
http://mac-arte.blogspot.com/
http://www.digitalretna.com/


The imagery and text used in this mural was inspired by their time spent at Skid Row, while painting their previous mural. The artists met a man by the name of Ralph Woodruff aka Chato and were inspired by this man’s past hardships, experiences and overall outlook on life. His ability to recognize his mistakes and atone for his sordid past was something that resonated with RETNA. The text which reads, “So today I’m trying to change a few things to rectify the situation of my past. So today I’m looking towards the future (of our youth highlighted)” is a quote taken from their conversation.