The Beautiful Losers documentary film makes its US theatrical debut at the IFC Theater in New York City this Fri, Aug 8. The following week the movie lands in San Francisco with a one night special screening on Sat, Aug 16 at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts (which hosted the touring art exhibit in 2004). Get your tix here.
The film celebrates the DIY (do-it-yourself) spirit of a loose-knit group of like-minded outsiders emerged from the underground youth subcultures of skateboarding, surf, punk, hip hop and graffiti in the ’90s. This group, and the subcultures they sprang from, have now become a movement that has been transforming pop culture. Featuring Shepard Fairey, Margaret Kilgallen, Barry McGee, Thomas Campbell, Mike Mills, Ed Templeton, Chris Johanson, Harmony Korine, Ed Templeton, Stephen Powers, Geoff McFetridge Joe Jackson and new original music by Money Mark.
I always love peeking at art collection installations, and stumbled upon an amazing one the other day. Leah over at More Ways to Waste Time has a virtual tour of the home of San Francisco art collectors Donald and Philip. Their collection includes pieces by Margaret Kilgallen, Barry McGee, David Huffman and Christina Empedocles. It’s like a photo essay mash-up ripped from the pages of Dwell and Artforum … be prepared to drool.
>Photos< The opening reception for “In the Land of Retinal Delights: The Juxtapoz Factor” was on Saturday, June 21st at the Laguna Art Museum. The exhibit features the work of over 150 artists whom the curators position as being part of an unrecognized art movement taking place in the U.S. for the past 40 years.
Barry Mcgee
Andrew Schoultz
The show was massively impressive, and similar in scale (if not larger) as The Beautiful Losers exhibit. It was pretty evident looking at the artwork placards that Nike head Mark Parker has amassed an impressive collection of this genre. Parker loaned around a dozen pieces to the show, including standout pieces by: Os Gemeos, Phil Frost, Mark Ryden, Marc Dean Veca, and Todd Schorr (whose 10′ x 12′ commissioned piece made it’s public debut at the opening).
Joe Sorren
Thomas Campbell
Bay Area artists represented in the exhibit included: Barry McGee, Margaret Kilgallen, Andrew Schoultz, Thomas Campbell, Tiffany Bozic and Silvia Ji. It was especially nice to see work from Margaret Kilgallen, as her name was not included in any of the print collateral for the show. Definitely worth the trip down to So. Cal to catch this exhibit.
June 22 - October 5, 2008. An exhibition catalogwith an initial run of 1,000 copies should be available in September, and is currently available for pre-purchase from the museum.
The Headlands Center for the Arts hosts their annual benefit auction on Thurs, June 12, 2008. Proceeds from the event provide support for their programs for artists and the public.
Among the live auction items is a print from Margaret Kilgallen (”Half Cocked”, 1998, Sugarlift Aquatint, 13 x 8 inches, Edition 10/10), which was produced by Paulson Press.
The works of Margaret rarely come up for sale, so this is a wonderful opportunity to bid on one of her works.
Auction items include works by Chris Ballantyne, Thomas Campbell, Barry McGee, Ben Peterson, Leslie Shows and many more.
One of my favorite artists of all time is Margaret Kilgallen, so I thought I’d mention a project that The Luggage Store started in her honor several months ago.
When gallery directors Darryl Smith and Laurie Lazer realized they were doing a 20th anniversary show, they knew they wanted to include Margaret, who was both an important artist they had worked with and a very good friend. Margaret passed away in June, 2001 at the age of 33.
Margaret had done a lot of work directly on the walls of the gallery, so Laurie and Darryl thought they should uncover a portion of the imagery she had painted (specifically a portion of a hand), as a poetic honoring of her.
Margaret Kilgallen 'Widely Unknown', The Luggage Store 1996
During the duration of the 20th anniversary show (Dec 14, 2007 - February 2, 2008), a portion of the excavated wall was visible.
The excavated wall
On a recent visit to the gallery, I asked Darryl what had become of the excavation. Turns out that they’ve taped over it, and know exactly where it’s located, in the event they re-start the excavation.
Be sure to check out the KQED video featuring Darryl and Laurie talking about the anniversary show.
Stills from the KQED video (Laurie Lazer & Margaret Kilgallen)
