This July 11th at the Copro Gallery will be “Monster”, a group show curated by Travis Louie and features the work of over 50 artists. I’m a big fan of the work of Mr Louie, and was raised on monster artwork, so this show is right up my alley. Some of the artists that will be at this show are Ron English, Femke Hiemstra, Jessica Joslin, Audrey Kawasaki, Tessar Lo, Martin Wittfooth, Chet Zar, Amanda Visell, Ana Bagayan, Annie Owens, Attaboy, Brandt Peters, Brian Despain, Brom, Chris Ryniak, Dan Quintana, Ekundayo, Dave Chung, Dave DeVries, Davey Wong, Deseo, Dice Tsutsumi, Francesco LoCastro, Fred Harper, Heidi Taillefer, Isabel Samaras, James Zar, Jason D’Aquino, Amy Botello, Kris Kuksi, Kris Lewis, Lola, Mari Inukai, Mark Texiera, Miles Teves, Molly Crabapple, Nouar, Xiaoqing Ding and many more. If you head on over to Erratic Phenomena you can see an interview done with Travis about the show and his stance on the art scene and where it is going. I like how Travis brought up that some of the art we see is short on conception and lacks creativity. My favorite bit is:

A gallery owner (I won’t say who) tried to tell me how great someone’s brushwork was, and he really had no clue about what constitutes “good brushwork.” Folks, there is a significant difference between having a strong style that exaggerates anatomy, and exaggeration because of a lack of anatomical knowledge. I’m not saying I’d like to see all things painted realistically or naturalistically, but I would prefer that the artists know how to draw something, at least. I’ve seen so many artists whose drawing was so bad I can’t believe they got shows.

Not only am I crazy about Art History, but I am also quite big on anatomy and classical ways of painting/drawing. I hope to see more of these disciplines as well. Anway, make sure you head on over to Erratic Phenomena to read the interview and check out the gallery for the full preview of works.

Monster @ Copro Gallery

Here is the rundown of the shows opening this weekend:

Friday:
Corey Helford Gallery is hosting the first solo show from Coop in the past three years. Reception is from 7-10pm

Gallery 1988 SF will open “Searching for Satori” a new solo show featuring new works by Matt Dangler

Saturday:
The Lab will open “Black Market Sugar” a group show featuring work by Glenn Arthur, Cate Rangel and many more.

Merry Karnowsky Gallery> will host “I’ll Hit You Up Tomorrow” featuring new works from Kill Pixie.

Thinkspace Gallery ‘Culver City INVASION’ during the 4th Annual Culver City Art Walk ‘Pop Up’ Gallery Location: 8542 Washington Blvd. (just a few doors west of Corey Helford). Work by all sorts of amazing artists as well as live painting.

Nowhere Limited will open “THE VISUAL ART OF MARK MOTHERSBAUGH: RUGS! RUGS! RUGS!”

Joshua Liner Gallery will host two new solo exhibitions, “Stories From the Other Side of the Bridge” by Mike Davis and “An Uncanny Lineup of Serendipitous Connections” by Heidi Taillefer. This is going to be one exciting show.

David B Smith Gallery will host “Sprout” featuring new works by Josh Keyes.