On Saturday night I picked Sam up from LAX.  She had just spend two weeks in Hong Kong for work. Her reintroduction to Los Angeles was fitting as we went to Whole Foods for a bit to eat and then headed to Bergamot Station for a gallery opening.

The show was Conjoined II at the Copro and picked up so much steam over one sculpture that it was even referenced on sites that are about as far out from the new-brow movement as you could get.  Like PerezHilton.  Some of my hipper friends in Ohio were even posting the B&B sculpture photos on their facebook pages.

Because we didn’t leave LAX until about 8:30 we arrived at the Copro close to 10pm, which is much later than we normally would.  We were punished for it by having to wade through a huge crowd (although it’s debatable whether this was due to our timing or the show simply being promoted more than a normal show).

As we rounded the corner through the smokescreen a band was just finishing up.

Inside the place was packed to capacity.

The mask below reminds me of something, not sure what.

On one wall, apparently not officially part of the show, was this huge piece by Dan Quintana.

Opposing it was this sculpture:

and in between was this piece, clearly by Chet Zar:

The main room was packed to the limit which made viewing the art a little tough.

In the “back room” (the smaller room) was the reason we really came to the show; Peter Gric‘s pieces.  Peter’s work is very reminiscent of Beksinski and Giger, two of my favorite artists. The images below are lifted from the Copro’s site which contains all of his work from this show, these below are my favorites.

Back in the main room, in the very middle, Scott Musgrove had an interesting chrome sculpture.  I was able to photograph the back, but unfortunately the place was too packed for me to ever get a clean shot of the front – so I’ve copied the Copro’s image below to show the front.

and this is the back: