Installation based on Filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola's feature horror film, Twixt (art directed by Jimmy DiMarcellis aka Porous Walker). Photos via Fecal Face.
RUNAWAYS BY SAGE VAUGHN @ FIFTY24SF GALLERY - 2011
in SAGE VAUGHN, SOLO SHOW
MY SO CALLED LIFE BY ANDREA SONNENBERG AKA TEEN WITCH
STRANGER BY RENE ALAMANZA @ FIFTY24SF GALLERY - 2011
LUSH INSTALLATION AT FIFTY24SF @ FIFTY24SF GALLERY - 2011
IN MY ROOM BY SWAMPY @ FIFTY24SF GALLERY - 2011
in SWAMPY, INSTALLATION, SOLO SHOW
SEE YOU IN CROATAN - NEW WORKS BY SAN AND ESCIF @ FIFTY24SF GALLERY - 2011
in SAN & ESCIF, ESCIF, SAN
THE HEAVIEST BY KMNDZ @ FIFTY24SF GALLERY - 2011
ONE MAN BY AUGUSTUS THOMPSON @ FIFTY24SF GALLERY - 2011
' MORE ' BY INSA @ FIFTY24SF GALLERY - 2011
in INSA
NATIVE EXPATRIOTS BY RICO DENIRO @ FIFTY24SF GALLERY -2011
WE WERE LIVING IN THE WOODS BY ERICAILCANE @ FIFTY24SF GALLERY - 2010
in ERICAILCANE, SOLO SHOW
OVER NORMAL BY STANLEY DONWOOD @ FIFTY24SF GALLERY - 2010
YOU CANT WIN BY PEZ & JOSHUA BLANK @ FIFTY24SF GALLERY - 2010
FIFTY24SF Gallery present’s “You Can’t Win” by PEZ and Joshua Blank, featuring collaborative works and zines by both artists. The title of the show, “You Can’t Win,” has roots in the year 2001 when PEZ and Joshua lived in San Francisco and collaborated on a zine by the same name. Both owned very little more than their bicycles and cameras and would set off on adventures with marginal characters in hopes of making and finding the inspiration for art; and the zine itself became a part of this adventure. Documenting tragic, erotic and peculiar situations, this culminated in the “You Can’t Win” zine. In 2004, Joshua moved to New York City to pursue fashion photography, and the zine lost momentum. After individually refining their talents and pursuing photography zines on their own, PEZ and Joshua’s reconvened in San Francisco last year, and this show marks the revival.
Although the work that PEZ and Joshua were accomplishing during 2001 went largely un-noticed, in retrospect the immediacy and relevancy of what they were doing is easily evident. Their work, unbeknownst to them, played an integral part in the larger graffiti movement of the past 25 years and has been recognized by the bigger players in the movement for its honesty and innovativeness; Shepard Fairey has even remarked that “Pez, a bike messenger, has crushed every city he’s live in…” Rediscovering these pioneering artists and bringing them to the public’s attention through these new works is what makes You Can’t Win one of the more exciting exhibitions at FIFTY24SF Gallery this year. The show runs from August 6th – August 25th with an opening reception occurring on Friday, August 6th at 7:30PM/
“We were and are both very depressed individuals and do not really view ourselves as really fitting into any group, but as persons who kind of sit on the cusp of several. More as loners than anything else.” -PEZ and Joshua Blank
HARICOT MAGIQUES BY POROUS WALKER @ FIFTY24SF GALLERY - 2010
I HAVE A SHOW OPENING ON JUNE 4 AT FIFTY24SF GALLERY IN SAN FRANCISCO.
I NAMED THE SHOW, HARICOTS MAGIQUES, MAGIC BEANS, IT IS ALL ABOUT THIS DREAM I RECENTLY HAD, WHERE I WAS IN FRANCE AND A FRENCH FARMER GAVE ME SOME MAGIC BEANS, I ATE THEM, AND HE FREAKED OUT AND TOLD ME, I WAS SUPPOSED TO HAVE PLANTED THEM. IT WAS A GREAT VIVID DREAM, BECAUSE I STARTING SEEING ALL KINDS OF THINGS, ESPECIALLY A BIRD WITH A STRING ATTACHED TO IT CARRYING A HUGE PULSATING COLOR BALL, AND ATTACHED TO THAT WERE STREAMERS, FLAGS, AND ALL OF THESE CLOUDS, IMAGINE ONE OF THOSE AIRPLANES THAT FLY WITH THE ADVERTISING BANNERS BEHIND THEM, ONLY THE ‘BANNER’ WAS MADE UP OF MANY COLORFUL CLOUDS,ETC. AND WAS AS LONG AS A SKYSCRAPER IS TALL. WITHIN THE BANNER WERE SEVERAL COLORFUL CLOUDS DEPICTING SCENES AND ALSO THERE WERE A BUNCH OF BIRDS FLYING SAYING THEIR NAMES OUT LOUD, SOMEONE WHISPERED TO ME THAT THE BIRDS WERE MY ‘FRIENDS’ ON THE FACEBOOK.
THAN, AFTER IT FLEW BY, THERE WAS A SCREENING OF A MOVIE, ONLY THEY HAD FIGURED OUT HOW TO PROJECT A MOVIE AGAINST THE NIGHT SKY, SO THAT EVERYONE COULD WATCH IT FROM THEIR BACKYARDS, ROOFS,ETC. IT WAS AMAZING. THE MOVIE WAS PINNOCHIO, AND THEY SAID THAT IT WAS A NEW FORM OF MOVIE WATCHING, IN LSD, BUT YOU DIDN’T NEED GLASSES LIKE 3D. TRIPINNOCHIO.
I HAVEN’T DONE ANY DRUGS IN A LONG LONG TIME, SO THIS RECENT DREAM WAS QUITE INTERESTING. AT THE END OF MY REMEMBERING OF THE DREAM, I WAS SHOWN A VIDEO OF SEVERAL MONARCH BUTTERFLIES AND TOLD THAT THIS IS THE SYMBOL FOR MY TIME OF DYING, AND WHEN I SEE THIS SCENE, MY LIFE WILL SOON BE AT ITS END. MORE BEAUTIFUL THAN SCARY, AND SOMEHOW, THE PARADE OF IMAGERY IN THE SKY IS CONNECTED.
EITHER WAY, I DREW ALL OF THE BIRDS TODAY AND EACH ONE IS A PORTRAIT OF MY ‘FRIENDS’. I HOPE YOU CAN MAKE IT TO THE ART SHOW TO SEE THE DRAWING IN PERSON AND TRY TO FIND YOURSELF, OR JUST SIMPLY DELETE OUR ‘FRIENDSHIP’ BECAUSE THIS JUST FEELS LIKE A GIMMICKY MARKETING TRICK.
THANKS.
ALL THE BEST,
POROUS WALKER
(I'LL FLY) INTO YOUR HEART BY Jason Jägel @ FIFTY24SF GALLERY - 2010
in Jason Jägel, SOLO SHOW
Jason Jägel has been featured in numerous solo and group shows for well over a decade, from Tokyo to Los Angeles. Recent solo exhibitions of Jason’s work have been featured at Galleri Christoffer Egelund in Copenhagen, Denmark, and AMT Gallery in Milan, Italy. His monograph, entitled, Seventy-Three Funshine (2008), was created with an accompanying ten-inch vinyl record with music by Madlib and published by Electric Works, San Francisco. He was recently featured in a 12-page interview in JuxtapozMagazine. Jägel currently resides in San Francisco with his wife and two daughters.
Regarding the title Jägel says: “(I’ll Fly) Into Your Heart reminds me of the style of certain ’60’s soul songs where the inserted parenthesis creates multiple, simultaneous titles from one. It also appears as a statement of first-person dialog, leading the questions: Who or what is flying? To whose heart? For good purposes or ill?” Evident in this statement and throughout Jason’s work is a preoccupation with slippery meanings and storytelling.
“(I’ll Fly) Into Your Heart”, features new works on display at FIFTY24SF Gallery April 1-May 26, 2010.
CHARACTER ASSASSINATION BY DAVID CHOE @ FIFTY24SF GALLERY - 2010
in SOLO SHOW, DAVID CHOE
DARK WAVE BY HERBERT BAGLIONE @ FIFTY24SF GALLERY - 2009
DARLING WE'RE LEAVING BY WILL BARRAS @ FIFTY24SF GALLERY - 2009
in WILL BARRAS, SOLO SHOW
“Darling, We’re Leaving!” - a solo exhibition by Will Barras.
Living and working London, Will Barras is an artist and illustrator best known for his work with the Scrawl Collective, a collaboration of artist’s centered around Bristol, UK. He was chosen alongside Steff Plaetz and Mr. Jago as one of the original three artists for the agency, noticed by the project for his representations of fluid movement using unique compositions and line work. He has been hailed as one of the artists that best represent the skate and snowboard lifestyle and has commissioned several board pieces as well as clothing graphics. His attention to the emotional aspects of this movement is recognized through his sense of exploration in painting.
Continuing to develop work for the skater and BMX community, Barras also spends his time divided between working with the Animation Production Company Bermuda Shorts and commissioning independent gallery shows.
MOVE #19 CURATED BY RICH JACOBS @ FIFTY24SF GALLERY - 2009
“Move (#19)”
“Move” is an ever evolving group exhibition that boasts a myriad of artists from across the U.S. Everyone one from Jordin Isip and Evan Hecox to Dave Ellis and Barry McGee have been involved in one or more versions of the “ Move” movement. Rich Jacobs, the founder and curator, has been keeping the “Move” alive for over ten years and continues to bring some of the best artists together for the eclectically composed event. Mixing various styles and mediums to the point of (what would seem like) chaos, Rich builds an orchestra of sensory stimuli.
