Dinner and Portrait Drawing in the gallery

Rene Almanza Preview of Work in Progress

Rene Almanza's "Stranger" Opens Thursday, September 29th at FIFTY24SF

Saber #EndMuralMoratorium Sky writing

This is new... more skywriting and info about Saber's Los Angeles End Mural Moratorium protest here at Upper Playground.

David Choe speaking at RISD September 21st

From David: "i will be at the Rhode Island School of Design auditorium , giving a lecture on stupid shit and generously handing out horrible advice, as my teacher barron once told me, "the advice you give out to my students is very dangerous, and is not meant for most people. it could end up hurting them." on wed i'll see you there, and i'll hurt you, and you can hurt me ."

Lush at FIFTY24SF video

LUSH @FIFTY24SF GALLERY from Hunterz Pointz on Vimeo.

Sneak Peek Video of Lush show Friday Night

via Upper Playground

Lush Sells His Soul in S.F. Opening this Friday with The Lusty Lady

FIFTY24SF Gallery presents "Lush Sells His Soul in San Francisco" a solo exhibition and installation by Melbourne, Australia's LUSH opening August 5th at 7pm.

LUSH is a graffiti writer who likes porn, kittens, and making people angry. His work features male and female genitalia juxtaposed with comedic messages and comic book illustrative style. He sometimes makes people, especially other members of the graffiti community, upset with his pornography graffiti, tongue-in-cheek videos, and unfiltered twitter and interview statements. When he is at his most theatrical, LUSH makes artwork inspired by other graffiti writers, created in an absurdist style demanding a call and response. Some see the work as equally offensive, equally humorous. His recent photo shoots require naked female models/strippers/porn stars to interact with his graffiti. In a recent conversation, LUSH has called Larry David an idol. Is he serious? Who the fuck does this guy LUSH think he is?

Known as both a controversial talent and grand shit talker, LUSH comes to FIFTY24SF Gallery as a much-talked about artist who has invigorated the Flickr and Twitter community over the past 24 months with the spread of his graffiti. For his first solo show in San Francisco, LUSH explores the idea that gallery shows should be events more than a place to see art. Example: If you like women naked in front of your graffiti, bring the nudity to the gallery. LUSH and team have created a real-life installation peep show, featuring models from San Francisco's iconic nude revue, the Lusty Lady. The exhibition will also feature a new series of works on canvas. Mostly, LUSH plans on keeping up on some contemporary shit-talk.

LUSH asks that you remember to bring your $1 bills to the show and 50 hand made t-shirt from LUSH will be given out during the show.

Lush is in the Bay Area

Photos from David Choe and Harry Kim signing at FIFTY24SF Sunday

Photos by Scott Sison

Rene Almanza's Watercolors

Full Catalogue of work here.

Prints from San and Escif for FIFTY24SF Gallery's "See You in Croatan"

In conjunction with San & Esif’s “See You in Croatan” exhibition at FIFTY24SF Gallery, Upper Playground and FIFTY24SF Gallery is releasing four prints by the Spanish artists.

The prints by San, entitled “I Am a Host of Trophies and Scars” and “I Am Where I Come From“, feature his extremely detailed line-work in earth tones, with the former showcasing a self-portrait. Escif’s prints, “Macarena” and “Morphine“, exhibit his minimal characters in neutral tones.

The prints have been made exclusively for Upper Playground all four prints measure 18″ x 24″ and are silk-screened onto card stock weight papers. Each print is limited to an edition of 50 and is signed and numbered by the artist.

San Francisco Chronicle article on Swampy show

The Chronicle printed an article yesterday on the Swampy show at FIFTY24SF a few weeks ago. The best part is the nice photo gallery.

Helicopter ride over Sao Paulo with Herbert Baglione

Sao Paulo selva de concreto from mrevelli on Vimeo.

Opening Night Photos: San & Escif "See You in Croatan"

We opened our new gallery show last night at FIFTY24SF Gallery,, featuring collaborative works and concepts by Spanish artists, San and Escif. The two took their road show to the gallery, with various inspirations and artworks about the trip and the process of collaboration featured in the gallery. It is definitely a great show to spend some time with, with intricate details and story lines in each portion of the show. Really great stuff.

All photography by Patrick Kawahara

San and Escif painting in the backyard of Upper Playground