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David Choe’s “Nothing To Declare”

David Choe’s LA solo show Nothing To Declare (with Lazarides Gallery) opened this week and it looks like Choe has outdone himself yet again. Fans of his work have got to love these new paintings. For me, Choe is kind of like Barry McGee; some of the images are interesting and others aren’t, but damn that technical ability never fails to amaze me. There are few who can use a spray can better.

The LA Times has a nice article about Choe and Nothing To Declare. Pretty cool that Choe’s gone from leaving LA when he could only get shows at hair salons to now being profiled in The LA Times for his return.

The show is taking place in a massive warehouse, so of course there are some installation bits. I love the giant whale.

Photos by Brandon Shigeta

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David Choe LA solo show teaser

David Choe’s upcoming Nothing To Declare show takes place in LA but comes to you via London with Lazarides Gallery behind the affair. The show runs from April 23rd until May 23rd and is taking place at 320 North Beverly Drive. Choe is one artist whose I just can’t figure out. Is he a genius or a madman or both? One thing is for sure: man pours his heart and soul in his artwork. These teaser images from Lazarides show some of my favorite paintings that Choe has ever done. Can’t wait to see what else he has in store for this event.

Those images all capture David’s more refined side, but that’s not all that Choe is about. I recently came across this short documentary about David called Whales and Orgies. It’s described as the precursor to the documentary Dirty Hands: The Art and Crimes of David Choe (a film that I desperately want to see). Here’s Whales and Orgies:

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Things I Meant To Post About Yesterday…

Things have been very busy here at Carmichael Gallery lately as we prepare for our Saturday opening with Nina, so I didn’t get a chance to write about a few of the things that were on my “need to post” list yesterday. First up, Faile has released some new prints and original works on paper and they’re some of the nicest I’ve seen in a while. Faile just continue to grow on me and I love what they’re doing these days with their wood pieces. As regards the release, I just checked their site and it appears that the two originals and one of the three prints are sold out. Both my favorite original, No Escape: Return To Faile (the image above), and my favorite print, the same image but in purple hues and entitled No Escape, have gone. Here’s my second favorite, the other sold original, which has the frankly awful-sounding name of Wrong End 86 Katsina (the print version (similar but yellow as opposed to orange) is simply and much more appealingly called Wrong End Of The Rainbow), below.

Sorry for posting another item that is sold out, but it’s still worth mentioning Lazarides‘ release of JR’s Women Are Heroes book. Each of the twenty copies boasts a hand-pasted, thus unique, cover image of Self-Portrait In A Woman’s Eye (Kenya), one of my favorite of JR’s photographs.

Laz also has some cute Lucy McLauchlan Paint Pots available.

Finally, Opus just released some nice limited edition collab prints by Dan Baldwin and Hush.

– Elisa

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Faile and Bast videos

London has been abuzz with talk of Faile and Bast’s Deluxx Fluxx Arcade show at Lazarides‘ Greek Street. Luckily, for those who aren’t in London and can’t see the show in person, Babelgum has put together a video about it:

And of course, Faile also have a retrospective going on just down the street at Lazarides’ Rathbone Place location:

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The Deluxx Fluxx Arcade pics and giveaway

On Thursday night, Lazarides‘ Greek Street and Rathbone Place galleries were both packed for the private view of The Faile/Bast Deluxx Fluxx Arcade at Greek Street and a Faile retrospective at Rathbone Place. The arcade is something you really just have to experience in person, but basically, Faile and Bast have transformed the gallery into a 1980’s style video game arcade, but an arcade in a Faile/Bast world. All the games (officially, “interactive artworks”) are based on art by Bast and/or Faile. It’s crazy.

And if you’re a fan of Faile, their retrospective at Rathbone Place is a great place to see all of your favorite pieces from as far back as 1999:

Photos by S.butterfly

And now for the giveaway… Thanks to The Lazarides Galleries, I’ve got a Faile/Bast tshirt and some stickers to give to one lucky winner.

All you have to do to enter is either comment on this post, or go on twitter and link to this post and put the hashtag “#deluxxfluxx” in your tweet. Do one of these things before noon (GMT) on Monday the 15th, and you’ll be entered in the random draw.

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Teaser pics from the Faile/Bast Deluxx Fluxx Arcade

Ian Cox just sent me these exclusive pictures of the Faile/Bast Deluxx Fluxx Arcade which opens tomorrow at Lazarides Gallery Greek Street. It’s going to be crazy. It looks like Faile and Bast have completely transformed the gallery space, it’s going to be an immerse experience into the worlds of Faile and Bast. Hope to see you there, and if you can’t make it, I’ll probably be tweeting pics from the opening.

And Ian has some more pics on his flickr

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Faile and Bast in London next month

Artbleat has the scoop on London’s next hot street art exhibitions:

The Faile Bast Deluxx Fluxx Arcade 12th February – 27th March 2010

To kick-start the 2010 programme, Lazarides is proud to present a rare treat in the form of Faile, Brooklyn’s infamous collaborative duo. Bringing their unique vision to London and featuring long-time collaborator, Bast, the two floors of Lazarides Greek Street gallery will be taken over for a truly experiential exhibition.

And on top of that, the Lazarides Rathbone Place space will be hosting a Faile retrospective.