On Saturday night Sam and I made two trips to “Thai Town.”  We first went to the Thai market in the valley (Sherman Way and Reseda intersection) to buy fresh fried fish, BBQ meat on a stick, sausage on a stick, mangosteen juice and guava juice.  Later in the day we went to Thai Town east of Hollywood for dinner before heading down the street a few miles to the Beyond Eden art show at Barnsdall Park.

In the photo above of the entrance you can see two paintings in progress.  I didn’t get the name of any of the artists, but the painting on the right was a collaboration.

Inside there was lots of good art (as always with this show) and a much larger amount of “pop-sculpture” (my term).

As always the crowds were big and featured many art-world-celebrities.  We saw Audrey Kawasaki walking out as we walked in.

Around 8pm there was some sort of announcement about the success of a long-time artist on the scene.  I wasn’t sure who he was, but I did recognize someone else in the crowd.  The fellow in black in the middle of the photo with long white hair and black glasses is Ron English.

Some of the more memorable pieces from the large show are below:

Cyclops – Michael Brown

The Bride – Allen williams

If Only – Allen williams (also my favorite QOTSA song)

Shattered – Allen Williams

Kull of Atlantis – Justin Sweet

Fantasty Feast – Eric Velhagen (I couldn’t find a an image to copy here – so I linked directly to his site)

Aries – Alexandra Manukyan

There was also a good Amy Sol piece, but I can’t seem to find it online.

Looking north I tried to get some photos of the hollywood hills, but a big truck was in the way, I didn’t bring a tripod and there was nowhere to put the camera down.  So the below shot is all you get.

Over on the west side things were a little better.  Still nowhere to set the camera down though – so most shots were really blurry, and I didn’t even bother trying a longer exposure.

one of the few “less blurry” shots.