{"id":1674,"date":"2010-06-07T06:30:02","date_gmt":"2010-06-07T14:30:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.andrewlorenzlong.com\/?p=1674"},"modified":"2010-06-07T08:36:42","modified_gmt":"2010-06-07T16:36:42","slug":"copro-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.andrewlorenzlong.com\/?p=1674","title":{"rendered":"Copro Show"},"content":{"rendered":"

On Saturday night I went to the opening of the June Hive show (that I’m in).\u00a0 The art this month was better than last I was happy to see.\u00a0 However, I’ll post all about that after visiting the show again on the art walk this week.\u00a0 After the Hive I picked up Sam and we went to the Copro to see the “Surreal Collective<\/a>” show.\u00a0 This was one of the best shows I’ve seen in a long time.\u00a0 The level of craftsmanship on many of the paintings was mind blowing.\u00a0 One particular painting (listed for $19,000) by David Bowers featured details so fine that using the real material (cloth, string, beads, etc.) would have probably looked less “real.”\u00a0 I have no idea how to make lines that fine with oil paint.\u00a0 Unfortunately jpegs don’t do any of these paintings justice – as all the fine details and opacity of color are lost – but I’ll post them anyway:<\/p>\n

The detail on the feathers and beads and fabric on this were still amazing even when pressing your eye close enough to lose focus.<\/p>\n

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There was something dreamy and fantastic about the mood in this piece:<\/p>\n

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There is going to be a fight at some point between Darius Zawadzki and Peter Gric over who is the true heir to Bekzinski’s throne.\u00a0 Darius threw quite an opening punch with this piece – CLEARLY reminiscent of Zladislaw:<\/p>\n

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But Peter also had this detailed piece at the show:<\/p>\n

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The father and son duo of Chet and James Zar were also in attendance.<\/p>\n

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There were a lot more pieces in the show, and the always amazing permanent (?) collection behind the front desk at the Copro.\u00a0 I urge you to go see this show if you are in the Los Angeles area.<\/p>\n

Speaking of which – I gather now is the best time to be a young (or old, I suppose) artist in Los Angeles.\u00a0 The Atlantic just ranked Los Angeles as the number one city in north america<\/a>.\u00a0 I believe it.\u00a0 This weekend there were too many art shows to actually attend.\u00a0 And all looked good.\u00a0 I didn’t even get to\u00a0see the shows in Culver City<\/a>, or the JAW Cooper opening at Luz De La Jesus<\/a>… hopefully next weekend….<\/p>\n

It looks like there is going to be a war between Santa Monica, Culver City and downtown for who has the best young artists (exhibiting).\u00a0 I’m going to bet that Culver City will win.\u00a0 Although downtown is becoming more hip, you have to be rich to live in one of those million dollar lofts.\u00a0 Santa Monica suffers a similar problem –\u00a0 Copro routinely has the best art from the freshest artists, although receiving recognition – these artists probably can’t afford a home in Santa Monica.\u00a0 Culver City on the other hand is just a few miles east, and has a booming younger demographic of educated young professionals – a crowd ripe for\u00a0 interest in the art of their peers.\u00a0 Santa Monica proper is still filled with somewhat stodgy aging success stories (the former president of such and such film studio or manager of that actor or band you’ve heard of – or the actor or musician them self).\u00a0 The rent is cheaper in West Los Angeles.<\/p>\n

Ah – but what about Silverlake\/Los Feliz\/Echo Park?<\/p>\n

Sorry, none of the good artists I’ve met so far fit the hipster description.\u00a0 As “hipster” quickly becomes a dirty word, the twenty and thirty somethings in LA are migrating away from the packed-in dirt and neighbors working at pizza hut (while their band struggles to get a deal) of Silverlake and moving further west, closer to the ocean, and probably closer to their jobs as well.\u00a0 LA insiders know that Wilshire boulevard west of the 405 (and north of the 10) is quickly becoming a new business center – there are rumored to be as many as 30 embassies in a mile stretch.\u00a0 Major companies like Google are setting up shop there.\u00a0 Hollywood types are doing their business down closer to the\u00a0ocean as well, current Spielberg in-waiting, J.J. Abrams has his office\u00a0a few blocks from\u00a0Cloverfield\u00a0Boulevard (why did you<\/em><\/strong> think that movie was named that?).<\/p>\n

So all this is going on.\u00a0 I’m an artist.\u00a0 Where am I?<\/p>\n

Canoga Park<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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