NOW I REMEMBER: september 11th

Off the back of the Japanese based exhibition entitled ‘NOW I REMEMBER’, New Image Art, Los Angeles brings this awesome exhibition to the US with never before seen images. “Now I Remember” brings together eight different personalities as they each share their own photos captured with their cell phones. With the widespread use of the cell phone for capturing life’s most spontaneous moments, this exhibition provides a glimpse into the daily lives of this colorful cast of characters including Todd Jordan, Kevin “Spanky” Long, Jen “JR” Reynolds, Jerry Hsu, Curtis Buchanan, Tino Razo, Aron Bondaroff, and Neckface.

Finally Pics From The Prism Opening

Twist

CR PC and Casey

Love Birds!

Arnoud and Leticia of Body Mind Salon - Silverlake

The wonderful painter Rowson Crow,

Looking amazing as always!

Painter Gary Baseman looking very hippylike!

The one and only Amber

Film maker of the scene-- Gavin

Dustin of Anthem Magazine

Gustavo and Amber at the After Party

Aiko!

Here's the plan!

Ok Los Angeleno's there are so many many things to do tomorrow night. Luckily we've narrowed it down for you. 

IT TAKES TWO TO MAKE AN ACCIDENT

SEAN CASSIDY & PAUL WACKERS

7 - 10PM

 @

New Image Art

7908 Santa Monica Blvd. @ Fairfax

Los Angeles, CA 90046

323-654-2192 / info@newimageartgallery.com

http://www.newimageartgallery.com

 

 then...

@

Known Gallery 441 North Fairfax Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90036

310-860-6263 / info@knowgallery.com
http://www.knowngallery.com

the fun continues...

  @

Scion Installation L.A.
3521 Helms Ave (at National), Culver City, CA. 90232
Gallery Phone: 310.815.8840 

www.scion.com/space

Desaturated

"DESATURATED"

new works by
RETNA
presented by New Image Art

OPENING RECEPTION
SATURDAY MARCH 20
7 TO 10PM

Retna was born in Los Angeles, California in 1979. Since first creating a name for himself in the early 1990s, Retna has become an "eternal broadcaster" of sorts, shining a light to the kinetic urban soul of Los Angeles. The name RETNA itself evokes the timeless power, movement and visual vibrancy behind the artist's acclaimed work. His work merges photography with graffiti style and paint, time with color, couture with street culture, the spiritual with the sensual, and fluidity with grit. Whether his paintings hang in a gallery or wall on the streets of Los Angeles, they serve as a retina through which we view the urban journal of contemporary art.

At an early age, Retna was introduced to L.A.'s mural culture. While still in high school, he led one of the largest and most innovative graffiti art collectives the city has witnessed. He is perhaps best known for appropriating fashion advertisements and amplifying them with his unique layering, intricate line work, text-based style and incandescent color palette reflecting an eclectic artistic tradition. RETNA became just as notorious for his ornate painting technique as his timeless style: he used paintbrushes mixed with the traditional spray can. Many of his pieces synthesize the line between fine art and graffiti, between power and opposition, between tradition and advancement.

Today, Retna traverses between the galleries and streets with ease. Retna is a member of the Art Work Rebels and Mad Society Kings Art Groups. In December 2007, he contributed to a large-scale mural project with El Mac and Reyes called "La Reina del Sur" at Miami's Primary Flight during Art Basel. His most recent projects include an exhibition titled "Vagos Y Reinas" at Robert Berman Gallery and a mural called "Seeing Signs" at the Margulies Warehouse for Primary Flight.

Special thanks to RVCA // ANP