CREWEST TO BE AT THIS YEAR'S BEYOND EDEN @ BARNSDALL PARK

Crewest will be one of the galleries exhibiting works at this year's Beyond Eden. We will be featuring works by Man One, Chaz Bojorquez, Miguel Paredes, and PaperMonster. As well as a mini-room with pieces by Huit, Victor Sepulveda, Werc, and Mefee.

BEYOND EDEN
A multi-gallery event celebrating the new contemporary art scene in Los Angeles

The second edition of Beyond Eden will be hosted by the Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery at Barnsdall Park this coming October. Beyond Eden is a multi-gallery event celebrating the new contemporary art scene in Los Angeles. The public is invited to attend this special event and admission is free.

After the overwhelming success of last year's Beyond Eden exhibition which drew over 5,000 people over the course of the weekend, the organizers are keeping the focus of the event on the new contemporary art movement. This genre of art has been building momentum and a patron base in Los Angeles for the past several decades and is finally starting to receive mainstream recognition from major institutions and publications the world over.

Beyond Eden will showcase the works of a half dozen galleries and will be held inside the beautiful confines of the historic Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery during the weekend of October 9th and 10th with an opening night celebration planned for Saturday, October 9th. Participating galleries include Carmichael Gallery, Copro Gallery, Crewest, La Luz De Jesus, LeBasse Projects, and Thinkspace.

In addition to the works on display from the participating galleries, Beyond Eden will also feature a silent auction to benefit the Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery (LAMAG) along with live painting demonstrations throughout the gallery inside and out presented by C.A.V.E. Gallery as well as a special showcase celebrating underground art event Cannibal Flower’s 10 Year Anniversary.

Founded in 1951, the Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery is a historic 10,000 square foot facility located on the sprawling grounds of Olive Hill in the Barnsdall Art Park. The park overlooks the city of Los Angeles and is also home to the famous Frank Lloyd Wright Hollyhock House and Arts Complex. Under the Department of Cultural Affairs, the LAMAG is the premier city-run gallery that focuses on contemporary art, particularly the work of living Southern California artists.

Location:
LA Municipal Art Gallery at Barnsdall Park
4800 Hollywood Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90027
www.beyondedenartfair.com

Schedule of events / viewing hours:
Saturday, October 9th 6PM-11PM
Opening Reception with live painting, a sponsored bar, a silent auction for LAMAG, & tunes from DJ Mr. NumberOnederful (Bitter:Sweet) & X-Point
Admission is Free / Open to the Public

Sunday, October 10th 1PM-6PM
Art viewing / Last chance to see the exhibition
Admission is Free / Open to the Public

Presented by:
Arrested Motion
Art Ltd.
Artillery
Blik
Daily Dujour
Hi-Fructose
Juxtapoz
Lee Joseph Publicity for the Visual Arts
Living Color Graphics
Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery Associates (LAMAGA)
Sour Harvest
Visual Art Source

FOR MORE INFORMATION:
Andrew Hosner (Curatorial Director / Event Organizer)
contact@sourharvest.com

TO RECEIVE PRESS UPDATES OR INQUIRE ABOUT MEDIA CREDENTIALS FOR THE EVENT, PLEASE CONTACT:
Lee Joseph Publicity for the Visual Arts
T 818. 848.2698 F 818.848.2699
E leejemail@gmail.com
W www.leejosephpublicity.com

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FOX SPORTS SEGMENT FOR WORLD CUP @ CREWEST

Thanks to Fox Sports Espanol!

See you guys at our live World Cup viewing parties!

World Cup First Round Viewing Parties:

6/11: 6:30am Mexico vs. So. Africa and
11:00am Uruguay vs. France

6/12: 11:00am England vs. USA

6/14: 11:00am Italy vs. Paraguay

6/15: 11:00am Brazil vs. North Korea

6/17: 11:00am France vs. Mexico

6/18: 11:00am England vs. Algeria

6/20: 11:00am Brazil vs. Ivory Coast

6/22: 6:30am Mexico vs. Uruguay and
11:00am Greece vs. Argentina

6/23: 6:30am USA vs. Algeria and
11:00am Ghana vs. Germany

6/25: 6:30am Portugal vs. Brazil and
11:00am Chile vs. Spain

*We will show select elimination round
matches, please check our website for
dates and times.

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Crewest Gallery
110 Winston St.
Los Angeles, CA
90013
213-627-8272
www.Crewest.com

WERC: PRINTED II

"Amexican Spirito"
What a great piece!

Check it out at our PRINTED II exhibit thru Dec.31st.



Cool little vid about the making of the print...



Available for purchase, contact us:
info@crewest.com

More art available by WERC:
www.Crewest.com



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PREVIOUS TOP OF THE DOME SLIDESHOWS!

A little reminder of the unique talent you can expect at this year's annual Top of the Dome show!

Here's a blast from the past!

TOP OF THE DOME V: 2008




TOP OF THE DOME IV: 2007

BIC BUDDY BY MARKA27

Marka's newest creations... peep game all you vinyl toy addicts!

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ARTISTS SERIES ONE:
COPE2-KANO-JESSE HERNANDEZ-MARKA27-SCRIBE-ANGRY WOEBOTS-RITZY PERIWINKLE-BRANDT PETERS-MAD-SKET-INDIE84-ANDREW BELL-DAVE FLORES

As soon as they are released you best believe we'll be carrying them!
More soon!


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Top of the Dome V

Five Years of providing dope skull works of art to our LA audience! This year's batch of pieces are truly the best to date. They are more creative, ornate, and original than years past. If you're in LA this month of November, stop by the gallery, its a must see show! Over 130 skulls by some of today's most recognized artists.

Kat Von D and Karoline Drachenberg kicking it at Crewest for the Top of the Dome's fifth anniversary show.

Man One, Edgar Hoill, and Gregg Stone in front of the incredible altar created by
Edgar to honor those who have died while trying to cross the US border. Very powerful.

Piece by Haste.


Incredible piece by Bill Keiffer.


Skull by Cache...


Roa from Belgium with the roach skully..




Mandoe MAK4P!!


Show runs from Nov.8th - 30th, 2008.


Check out more on our Flickr page...

Happy Bday to us!

CINCO: view the artwork from the show..
Originally uploaded by The Crewest Man.

This month we turn 5 Years old and we're celebrating!

In the past 5 years we've seen alot of things happen: galleries come and go, shops open and close, writers start and stop, homies celebrated and mourned, wars starting and unfortunately still going on....Yet some how we've not only been able to keep our doors open, but expand and grow to a new Downtown location which is thriving and flourishing.

We thank all of you for all your continued support and helping our dream of supporting artists and expanding L.A. graff and urban art throughout the globe.

Join us every weekend in May as we throw a little sum' sum' to be festive about.

Crewest in the L.A. Times!

"Off the streets, into the gallery"

By Alex Chun, Special to The Times

Street art in Los Angeles has become as ubiquitous as bleach-blond hair and personalized license plates, so it's no surprise it has infiltrated art galleries as well.

"A lot of galleries used to be scared to put in street artists — they thought people coming in would tag up the outside of their galleries and cause chaos," says Freddi "Freddi C" Cerasoli, proprietor of the Lab 101 Gallery in Culver City. "Then people like me began to put these artists in nice-looking galleries and proved that's not true, and in the last three years I've begun to see high-end galleries start to show these same artists."

These days, L.A.-area galleries such as Crewest, Thinkspace Gallery, Gallery 1988, Lab 101, BLK/MRKT Gallery and the Corey Helford Gallery are featuring notable street artists such as Shepard Fairey, Buff Monster, Greg Simkins, Asylm and Kofie.

"My generation grew up with culture jamming and MTV, and this is what we relate to," says Cerasoli, 37. "Rather than wanting a Warhol, they want to hang an icon from their own era."

Street art encompasses spray-painted graffiti, stencil graffiti, sticker art, posters and even performance art in public spaces. Though it's illegal in many cases, purveyors of the form are quick to distinguish it from tagging and other gang-related activities.

"In contrast to gang graffiti, artistic graffiti has nothing to do with territory, threats or violence," says Crewest owner Alex "Man One" Poli. "Artistic graffiti is all about expression."

A respected graffiti artist in his own right, Poli moved his 5-year-old gallery from Alhambra to a bigger location in downtown L.A. last March and says his new gallery has been well received by the artistic community and is part of Gallery Row and the Downtown Art Walk.

"The new location brings people into the gallery who normally wouldn't think twice about a gallery featuring graffiti art," he says. "The art's really powerful and bold, and it really captures people's attention once they see it, and when they learn it's done with a spray-paint can, it really blows their mind."

For the artists, showing in galleries affords them the opportunity to flex their creative muscles.

For example, at a show a year and half ago, Buff Monster, who is best known for his silk-screen posters often featuring a character sprouting breast-like ears, built a fountain in the middle of a pool composed of six breasts rendered in 3-D.

"When you're driving on the street at 60 miles per hour, you have to be able to read what I say in a split second, and it doesn't show all my visual vocabulary," says the 27-year-old Hollywood artist, who opens a solo show at Gallery 1988 on Feb. 1. "The galleries offer a nice opportunity to create something really ambitious that you couldn't do on the streets."

weekend@latimes.com

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Current and upcoming shows

"BMG Artists' Annual" (current group show includes street turned studio artist Jeff Soto), BLK/MRKT Gallery, 6009 Washington Blvd., Culver City. 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Tuesdays-Saturdays. Ends Feb. 17. (310) 837-1989, www.blkmrktgallery.com.

"Buff Monster: One in the Pink," Gallery 1988, 7020 Melrose Ave., L.A. Opening reception, 7 to 10 p.m. Feb. 1; regular hours, 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Tuesdays-Saturdays. Ends March 1. (323) 937-7088, www.nineteeneightyeight.com.

"007" (group show that includes street artist Asylm), Crewest Gallery, 110 Winston St., L.A. Opening reception, 5-9 p.m. Feb. 3; regular hours, noon-7 p.m. Tuesdays-Thursdays; noon-8 p.m. Fridays-Saturdays; noon-6 p.m. Sundays. Ends Feb. 24. (213) 627-8272, www.crewest.com.

"The Hunted" (solo show on Blaine Fontana, a street turned studio artist), the Lab 101 Gallery, 8530-B Washington Blvd., Culver City. Opening reception 7-10 p.m. Feb. 3; regular hours, 11 a.m.-6:30 p.m. Tuesdays-Saturdays, noon-4:30 p.m. Sundays. Ends Feb. 21. (310) 558-0911; www.thelab101.com.

"Charity by Numbers" (viewing of items for an online charity auction includes works by artists Shepard Fairey, Greg Simkins, Jeff Soto, Buff Monster, Sam Flores), Corey Helford Gallery, 8522 Washington Blvd., Culver City. Opening reception, 10 p.m.-midnight Feb. 10; regular hours, noon-6 p.m. Tuesdays-Saturdays. Ends Feb. 17. (310) 287-2340, www.coreyhelfordgallery.com.