PARK LIFE: THE NEW UTOPIA
JUNE 27TH, 8 - 11PM
EXHIBITION DATES:
JUNE 27TH - JULY 25TH, 2009

07/01/2009

CLOSED FOR THE FOURTH

Thank you to everyone who came out to the opening of The New Utopia and making it such a success!  We will be open all week so that you can come check out the artwork without the crowds.  We will be closed on July 4th to enjoy some delicious backyard bbq and fireworks and reopen as usual on Tuesday (7/7).  

06/26/2009

PARK LIFE: THE NEW UTOPIA

Curated by Studio Number One

 

Opening Reception: Saturday, June 27th / 8-11PM

Exhibition Dates: June 27th - July 25th, 2009

 

 

For thousands of years, people have envisioned utopias.  And for as long as our world remains imperfect, we will continue to design our ideas for a perfect world.  But why do we create utopias?  What can we learn from past utopias?  How does our current existence inform our ideas of utopia?  How can defining a utopia help us evolve, empower and unify ourselves?  Can a better fantasy help us create a better reality?  

 

Today, we see evolutions in technology and human interaction on a daily basis, leading us down an inevitable path of change and progress.  The New Utopia is the imagined endgame of this progress, a place that may not be perfect, but is always moving in that direction.  

 

The New Utopia, opening June 27 at the Subliminal Projects gallery, offers multiple representations of utopias from a diverse group of creatives: artists, designers, writers, musicians, publishers, and other visionaries who are currently reshaping our culture.  Curated by Studio Number One, the exhibition is the second installment of their annual Park Life series, bringing diverse talent together for a moment in space and time.  

 

Participating artists include: Shepard Fairey, Amanda Fairey, Florencio Zavala, Cleon Peterson, Zach Gibson, Kristian Henson, Casey Ryder, Jesselisa Moretti, Simon Steinhardt, Philip Lumbang, Ernesto Yerena, Marissa Textor, Adrianne Reade, Date Farmers, Jeremy Kaplan, Fighting, POW WOW, Seth Ferris, Sage Vaughn, Maya Hayuk, Michael Muller, Jessica Williams, Hellovon, Eric Elms, Mansi Shah, Tanya Rubbak, Gail Swanlund, Edwin Bethea, Jeremy Landman, Devin Gallagher, Nicholas Bowers, Spencer Elden, Z James

 

06/22/2009

SIMPLEASURES 02 VIDEO

Studio Number One just sent over this cool video from their last Simpleasures event, Leaving Records for The New Utopia.  The event will also be rebroadcast in the gallery at The New Utopia opening on Saturday, June 27th.  Don't miss it!

 

CHECK OUT THE VIDEO HERE

06/12/2009

SIMPLEASURES 02

Leaving Records For The New Utopia

curated by Jesselisa Moretti and Matthewdavid of Leaving Records

 

Leaving Records has invited local musicians Dntel, Flying Lotus, Ras G, Professor Cantaloupe, Lucky Dragons and Matthewdavid to participate in a Utopian sound exhibition.  Amidst projections and surrounded by endless looping cassette islands, the entire happening will be recorded and re-broadcast at The New Utopia art show, opening June 27th.  

 

*Please bring blankets or pillows to sit on. 

 

JUNE 13TH, 2009

6PM-10PM

 

SUBLIMINAL PROJECTS

1331 W. Sunset Blvd

Los Angeles CA, 90026

 

www.leavingrecords.com