UPCOMING - URBAN IMPRESSIONISM : A MIGUEL PAREDES RETROSPECTIVE

Celebrated Miami-based pop and multi-media artist, sculptor and urban impressionist, Miguel Paredes, will unveil his latest exhibition “Urban Impressionism: A Miguel Paredes Retrospective” at Crewest Gallery.

VIP/Collectors/Media reception:
Wednesday, September 8th from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m.
rsvp@crewest.com

Beats by DJ Phyz Ed.

21+ over please.
Sponsored by:
Asahi, Jarritos, Juxtapoz, 944 Magazine, Fiji Water, SBE.com, PK Graphics

(Official after-party immediately following at new SBE nightlife venue The Colony.)
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Public Opening event during the September Downtown Atwalk:
Thursday, September 9th from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m

Featuring beats by DJ Phyz Ed.

Sponsored by:
FIJI Water, Roaring Lion Energy Drink, Jarritos, and KIND Healthy Snacks .

The artist is scheduled to be present on both nights. The retrospective will run through Sunday, September 26, 2010.

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More info on the artist:
Paredes was born in New York and is of a Latin American descent.

He is an artist who combines the exhilarating sense of New York City’s graffiti art with the skill and perceptiveness of a true exceptional artist.

Growing up on 72nd Street in the Upper West Side of Manhattan, Paredes exuded early signs of artistic ability and accepted an invitation to New York City’s prestigious Fiorello La Guardia High School of Music and Art – immortalized in the musical and movie Fame – in the early 1980s.

His studies at Fiorello coincided with the explosion of street culture in the city. Paredes drew inspiration from notorious pop artists like Andy Warhol and Keith Haring and plunged into the world of graffiti and pop art taking the name “Mist” as his moniker.
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At Crewest Gallery, the artist will exhibit select pieces and sculptures from collections such as Boroughs, Digital Art, Urban Dreams and Los Niños.

Crewest Gallery is located at 110 Winston St. Los Angeles, CA 90013. Hours of operation are Tuesday through Thursday: Noon to 7 p.m.; Friday and Saturday: Noon to 8 p.m.; Sunday: Noon to 6 p.m. and Mondays are closed.
For more information, please call 213.627.8272 or visit www.crewest.com

For more information on Miguel Paredes, please visit www.miguelparedes.com

Please click here to view artwork by Miguel Paredes.




For more information on purchasing available artwork by Miguel Paredes, please contact us:
info@Crewest.com


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AVAILABLE ARTWORK: SCOTCH!

WE NOW HAVE ARTWORK AVAILABLE BY SCOTCH!

Scotch continues to push for new techniques/ideas that people of all ages & genres can enjoy.

About the Artwork:

ELDERS: Good and evil battle for an orb that represents consciousness, which controls life. Life is the result of the struggle between dynamic opposites. Form & Chaos, Light & Darkness, Substance & Oblivion, and all the different variations of Yin & Yang. When the pendulum swings in favor of one it eventually swings in favor of it's opposite thus the balance of the universe is maintained.

JUMP: –verb (used without object)
1. to spring clear of the ground or other support by a sudden muscular effort; leap: to jump into the air.

Growing up in the Star Wars culture, Scotch tends to use elements from Star Wars in his pieces; preferably the storm trooper. This is another silly mashup created to bring fun, push technicality and to make someone smile.


(ELDERS, 18x30 inches, Stencil, tape, spray paint, $1,800)


(JUMP!, 18x26 inches, Stencil & spray paint, $1,500)

IF INTERESTED IN PURCHASING A PIECE BY SCOTCH, PLEASE EMAIL US AT INFO@CREWEST.COM OR CALL US AT THE GALLERY AT 213-627-8272.

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AVAILABLE ARTWORK: BROKEN CROW

(TAKEN FROM BROKENCROW.COM)


NEW ARTWORK BY BROKEN CROW NOW AVAILABLE:

Broken Crow's art features various animals and anthropomorphic humanoids in crazy colors and extreme sizes. Through painting they seek to reintroduce wild animals back into urban habitats, writing their own mythologies as they go.

Most of Broken Crow’s works focuses on transplanting wild animals into the urban habitats in which humans live in (typically on a large scale), and these pieces are one of their first attempts at achieving their large scale ideas on a smaller scale.


("Unwanted", 24 inches wide, 30 inches tall, Mixed media on masonite, $900)



("Vacation", 24 inches wide, 30 inches tall, Mixed media on masonite, $900)

PLEASE EMAIL US AT INFO@CREWEST.COM IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN PURCHASING A PIECE BY BROKEN CROW. OR YOU CAN CONTACT US AT 213-627-8272.

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ABOUT THE ARTISTS OF FRIENDS WITH KNIVES

Here is a little glimpse at the artists of Friends with Knives (Opening August 7th, 2010):

• Banksy in his unofficial biography famously said of Blek Le Rat, “Everytime I think I've painted something original I find out that Blek Le Rat has done it as well, only 20 years earlier'. Blek Le Rat often described as the Godfather of Stencil Art was the first to use stencils for silhouettes on the streets of Paris, he has been investigating the urban space for over 28 years and still continues to inspire urban artists all over the world.

• PaperMonster’s vivid and intricate pieces explore the beauty behind the eyes and facial expressions of women.

• Broken Crow's art features various animals and anthropomorphic humanoids in crazy colors and extreme sizes. Through painting they seek to reintroduce wild animals back into urban habitats, writing their own mythologies as they go.

• Chris Stain’s work and its themes find a kinship with the American social-realist movement of the early 20th century.

• Kolezar experiments with things like color, detail and scale to challenge preconceptions of what can be accomplished with stenciling.

• Nathan Phaneuf focuses on more minimal pieces that accentuate the women he photographs for his pieces produced using the underlying wood as the main skin tone and negative space for his stencils.

• Shai Dahan is recognized for his talent of hand painting skateboards as well as creating his animalguns designs on the streets of Los Angeles and New York using stencils, wheatpastes and other mediums as well.

• Peat Wollaeger (stenSOUL) is internationally known stencil artist famous for his signature EYEZ , raw colorful characters and stencil videos.

• Dave Lowell works with a combination of multi-layer stencils and freehand spraying.

• E.L.K is fast becoming well respected amongst his peers and in much demand nationally for his approach to photo-realistic stenciling.

• By using multi-layered stencils of up to 60 layers HAHA’s work is a reflection of Austrailian popular culture.

• Joe Iurato just launched a new series of portraits featuring a selection of musicians performing the famous song “Summertime” from Porgy and Bess.

• Henry Quiara is an artist/designer of lowbrow, urban contemporary and counter culture art.

• Greg Boudreau specializes in making the ordinary extraordinary.

• Mefee, a true definition of an anomaly. Mefee works as a scarification artists providing surgical implants underneath the skin in which his skill with a scalpol is easily transfered into his stencil work creating precision cut pieces.

• Leckomio’s works deal with street art and graffiti as a subject, as shown by B-boys or the hyper-realistic representation of urban landscapes tagged for sky to bitumen.

• Scotch! continues to push for new techniques/ideas that people of all ages & genres can enjoy.


Hope to see everyone at the opening!

Questions:
info@crewest.com
213-627-8272
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Bacon Mad'l Toy Release and Sket One Signing

The Bacon Mad'l signing tour to arrive at Crewest!

Join us for an exclusive release of Wizard Sleeve Toy's Bacon Mad'l and a special signing with Sket One on Friday, August 20th, 2010 from 6-9 p.m.

5.5" Bacon Mad*L is an exclusive Wizard Sleeve Toy release. WST made 300 pieces of the regular and have a super-secret special chase that will only be available at the signing.

Sket One displays a passion for uniting distinct components of pop culture into pieces of art that are startlingly cohesive and original.

**These toys will ONLY be available
at Crewest for this one night event! So don't sleep on it!

Toy Images:





Websites:
www.sket-one.com (Sket designed the Bacon character)
www.madtoydesign.com (MAD designed the Mad*L figure)
www.solid-industries.com (Solid produced the toy)
www.wizardsleevetoys.com (WST, distributor)

For more info, email us at info@crewest.com.

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Chaz Bojorquez Book Signing

We will have a special book signing event with Chaz Bojorquez on opening night of the Friends with Knives exhibit on August 7, 2010 from 6-9PM.

Chaz Bojorquez will be present to autograph copies of his new book: "The Art and Life Of Chaz Bojorquez".
($50 each)







Also available, rare and hard to find Vans Syndicate shoes (low and high top in limited sizes and quantities), prints and posters and more!

Plus a never before seen mini-documentary clip of this legend in action.

Website:
www.chazbojorquez.com

For more info, email us at info@crewest.com.

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SNEAK PREVIEW: FRIENDS WITH KNIVES

With the opening just days away we want to proudly present you with this sneak preview of just some of the artwork which will be on display for the Friends with Knives Exhibition:


Your Best Friend
PaperMonster
24" x 30" x 1.5"
Stencil Collage on Canvas
$800

PaperMonster’s vivid and intricate pieces explore the beauty behind the eyes and facial expressions of women.


Lunatic
Blek le Rat
Stencil sprayed on canvas
$10,000

Banksy in his unofficial biography famously said of Blek Le Rat, “Everytime I think I've painted something original I find out that Blek Le Rat has done it as well, only 20 years earlier'. Blek Le Rat often described as the Godfather of Stencil Art was the first to use stencils for silhouettes on the streets of Paris, he has been investigating the urban space for over 28 years and still continues to inspire urban artists all over the world.


Summertime: Tom Waits
Joe Iurato
30" x 30"
$1,200

Joe Iurato just launched a new series of portraits featuring a selection of musicians performing the famous song “Summertime” from Porgy and Bess.

For artwork inquiries, Collectors should contact us at info@crewest.com or call us at the gallery at 213-627-8272.

We hope to see everyone at the opening!

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