Crazy 4 Cult Exhibit: I wished I lived in the US sometimes!

Sometimes, Just sometimes I wished I lived in the US. Currently its because of the summer films and the fact that you get to see them early and the fact that they seem to have test screenings for upcoming films in every cinema on every corner. Now I have another reason to want to live there and its because of this exhibit going on at Gallery 1988 in L.A. Now this is my kind of Art Gallery!

This is exactly the kind of cool art I have been looking for to replace my Death Proof poster above the fireplace in my living room. Bonus time is just around the corner and you can bet I'll be ordering a print of this based on one of my favorite films ever:

Currently the exhibit is running until August 10th 2007 so if you are in L.A and a film geek get yourself down there and take in the utter coolness. None other than slacker auteur and Myspace friend to the lost movies Kevin Smith kicked off the exhibition in July. Here is a piece based on Smith's sadly underrated second movie:

You can view more of the artwork (including some insanely cool art based on Luc Besson's Leon) at www.nineteeneightyeight.com and also place an order for some of the work that is on sale.

ABOUT GALLERY 1988: Gallery Nineteen Eighty Eight opened its doors in April 2004 on the corner of Melrose and La Brea in Hollywood, California. Since their inception the walls have not only been graced by familiar names like Baseman, Biskup, Fairey and Dalek, but they also were the first traditional gallery setting for emerging artists Luke Chueh, Joe Ledbetter, Greg Simkins, Ahren Hertel, Audrey Kawasaki and Jason Sho Green. Openings at the gallery have seen upwards of 2000 people attending in one night, including celebrities such as Jessica Alba, Nicole Richie, Good Charlotte, DJ AM, Paul Wall, She Wants Revenge, Jeremy Sisto, Michael Rappaport, Linkin Park, Swizz Beats and Joss Whedon admiring the walls. An art show from 2006, ?I AM 8-BIT? received Worldwide press (spearheaded by Reuter?s) and a week of over 90,000 website hits a day, selling over 60 pieces of art in one night and getting itself a book deal at Chronicle Books and two exclusive levels for video game ?Guitar Hero,? made specifically for the exhibit. 1988  has been featured in US Weekly, Jutxapoz, JANE, COMPLEX, FHM, Urb, BPM,Playboy Magazine, The Washington Post, LA Weekly (a 2006 Best of?winner) and VAPORS, where they were named 2005 Gallery of the Year in
the annual Reader?s Poll. The gallery has also received press from the G4 TV network, KTLA, KTTV, The Los Angeles Times, Indie 103.1 Los Angeles, CNN.com, MSNBC.com and publications in the United Kingdom,Japan, Sweden, Germany and Italy. Gallery Nineteen Eighty Eight has also partnered up with companies such as Disney and Capcom, to sponsor shows like ?Remixing the Magic,? an exhibit where over 50 artists were able to reinterpret classic Disney characters and scenes in their own style.
Gallery Nineteen Eighty currently represents a handful of incredible painters and plan on focusing on these talents in San Francisco as well. Greg Simkins, Ahren Hertel, SEEN, Erik Alos, Matt Dangler and Roland Tamayo currently make up the list of G1988 artists, but look for more names to be added in the next few years. Other artists such as Joe Ledbetter, Freddi C, Anthony Ausgang, KRK Ryden, Stella Im Hultberg,Nome Edonna, Luke Chueh, Mark Bodnar, Nathan Stapley and Amy Sol will
also find themselves participating in shows regularly. These names, and dozens of others, are scattered throughout an incredible 2007-2008 schedule, which will also mark a new city for the extremely popular 4th annual Vivisect Playset art show (curated by Luke Chueh) in December,in the new San Francisco location of the gallery.