TLM is famous

Looks like The Love Movement is now super famous. Here they got a shirt at some charity event for Darfur and look who is wearing their shit: Smokey and Lionel!!!



Good job guys.

mike
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Andy Howell

Andy Howell had the opening of his solo show last week at Lab 101 across the street. Very interesting show, but those expecting to see his old stuff be wary. Make sure to check out the hidden wall by the bathroom where Andy displays artwork on records.





Alright folks, Dave Flores will be installing tomorrow, so I will post pics of the installation as it happens!

mike
www.project.bz

Derek Albeck

Derek Albeck has his opening tonight at Black Market. Even though he must be almost 10 years younger then me, he puts me to shame with his beard growing capabilities.

Uh, yeah, anyway, the important thing is this kid rocked the spot, delivering some amazing pieces. Below are a few pieces, check back for pics from the show and hopefully Derek's beard...






mike
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and then some...

Saturday we had our opening for Love Conquers All, a collab effort from The Love Bandits and The Love Movement. Total blast. Jay from TLB grabbed a bus and poured himself and 20 of his friends inside to get to the show. #27 from TLM brought the kids from the East Coast in. Sure we had to battle the press juggernaut that is Corey Helford, but we had a strong showing of loyal and new fans.





The next day I headed out to Upstate NY. On the way back, I got stuck in JFK for 17 straight hours before my flight was cancelled. Not much to show so far in NY, so here is what I have been eating.






mike
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TLB/TLM and losing your hat

Here are some photos of the show set for tomorrow night.
These kids have really knocked it out. It should be one hell of a show.

















And what is this thing for? Come to the show to find out how it will be used.














And, lastly, a thought to ponder as I leave you for today. When an ex invites you out to dinner after not seeing you for 5 years, your first instinct about the whole situation is probably the best. No, in fact, its dead on.

mike
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And the show goes on...

Saturday, after we closed shop and The Reset disappeared, we headed on across the street to The Lab 101 to check out Blaine Fontana's solo show there... his last in LA until???


Blaine, as always, was nothing but the utmost gentleman, signing books well beyond his allotted time. Its good to see Blaine back in town, as he has been MIA for a while now.


Check out his next show in Denver in April at Limited Addiction Gallery.

















Up and Atom to bigger and better things. Sunday began the installation of Love Conquers All, our February Exhibit with The Love Bandits and The Love Movement. Here you can see a TLM member finishing up the window installation. Below, one of the mysterious Love Bandits paint blurry eyed.

We are really excited about this show. In fact, as crazy as it sounds, KTLA came out and shot a segment that airs Thursday morning. We got Nylon Mag, Daily Candy and a host of other great outlets supportin the show. Word to your Mother.

Of course, what is a little work with out a little pla... er, drinking. Alright, so, I'm hoping The Bearded Men of MySpace finally accept my membership... I've been working on this baby for a month and a half. But damn it if those bastards don't have extremely high standards. Granted, I have already received an offer to join The Bearded Men of Space Station 11, but there's talk that they are growing their beards in an atmosphere of negative 5, which is just preposterous.

Okay folks, stay tuned for pics of Mandrake's, our show, and God Only Knows...

mike
www.project.bz

more nonsense

Recap of last few weeks...

project: The Reset went very well! We had the usual heads roll out, and even Mr. Flores made an appearance. Mikio rocked the new DJ loft, and Vatch ran the bar with the swiftness of a gazelle.



Later that week, Vatch invited myself, KG, Our Res DJ Vinyl Richie and Wendy and Kim out to see his buddy's band at the Echo.



They rocked the spot. Check 'em out if you get the chance... which may prove difficult, given the fact I haven't told you their name.

And since we were in the neighborhood, how could we not go to my favorite bar for some drinks. Although it does sadden me to see that The Gold Room just got a write up in Paper (I want to keep that place all to myself), I don't think anything can everchange the magic that The Gold Room embodies. Here, a local patron asks Wendy for a dance.



If you havent heard, project: is now curating the 2007 art shows at Black Market Boutique on Sawtelle. It is very exciting, as we are showcasing a lot of our young artists in solo shows. The first show was the 26th and featured one of our favorite artists, Yoskay Yamamoto. Yosk worked his ass off for this solo and it shows - the place looks amazing.



I feel bad, I had to take off to Big Bear that night at 9, so I couldnt stay the whole time, but believe me, my time was well spent. God Bless the Bowling Barn.



Alright folks, stay tuned, we are gonna be back on track.

Next up, the Blaine Fontana solo at The Lab 101...




mike
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Fuck it.

I'm not supposed to throw in another entry this quickly, but fuck it. Here are a few pics from the last 5 months...

construction of the new gallery



finally, first show

Evan took me to a Nintendo Wii release party. We saw Justin Timberlake take home EIGHT Wiis... we got zero. Here is Mix Master Mike cuttin it up.

Thank to Karen and Joyce for my Halloween Costume.

I returned the favor to Evan, taking him to a Johnny Walker Tasting. He hated it.


A couple shots of artwork for our next show. TLM and Yoskay. These guys make me proud.

Shout out to Philly and Mojo the Machine

... and to NY Hot dogs...

... and to my peeps Wendy and Kim from the Tribe. Keep hope alive.


more to come...

Yikes

Has it really been since 2005 since I have updated this thing?

I used to have a blog on my website, but due to techincal difficulties, it has been offline for 5 months... 5 months!

so I guess in the meantime I can use this, too bad no one is paying attention.



This is the next show, tomorrow in fact. We just got done hanging this, and I am pretty gosh-darned excited. Shucks. Its our first "real" show in our new location. The artwork is very diverse, many of it not really going together, but I am still proud of it. And anyway, we are gonna have a blast tomorrow. So fuck it.

Um... so I guess I'll try to update this thing in the meantime, not sure how long it will last though... I have been told that our website will finally be fixed in a few weeks... yeah, I'll hold my breath for that.

mike
www.project.bz

Aye Carumba!

Congrats Jophen Stein on MOCA Store display, and kudos to me for... well for a little bit of everything. Now for the congratulatory pat on the back from myself...


mike
www.project.bz

1988

Alrighty... off to Gallery 1988 for another fantastic opening by Katie and Jensen. And yes, quite a show indeed. Saw several things I liked, some I wasnt so hot on, but for the most part, how can you go wrong when you have Craola, Jeremy Fish, Isaac Pierro, Luke Chueh, Joe Ledbetter, Thomas Han among many showing. I got pics of the show up on my blog on our website if you are interested...

Mayumi, hang in there... you too Karen...

mike
www.project.bz

Yeehaw!

Broke my face - several stitches... damn these daily knife fights. I even ripped my sweetass white leather jacket...
mike
www.project.bz