LA: Shit Porn Dumpster

ShoeboxLA in the EastsiderLA

Sculpture by Kim Tucker

Art show rolls into Eagle Rock bowling alley

Friday, October 14, 2011

By Becky Koppenhaver

Pop-up art gallery Shoebox L.A. will present the sculpture of  Kim Tucker this Saturday, Oct. 15 for a three-hour long exhibit at All Star Lanes bowling alley in Eagle Rock. Not used to going to a bowling alley to view art?  Shoebox L.A. seeks to challenge the traditional expectations of what a gallery is. Founders Paul W. Evans and Sophia Allison say they are drawn to spaces that “are not spaces one would initially connect with art.” and have room for their portable gallery, a box with moveable walls that is barely big enough (24”x18”x8”) to hold a few pairs of bowling shoes.

“Both Shoebox and Kim love All Star Lanes,” said Evans, referring to the Eagle Rock bowling center that has hosted numerous bands. “We also try to focus on places that people may not know of or have maybe gotten off the radar.  And then we hope business owners will allow us three hours of viewing time.”

What will be tucked into the Shoebox gallery on Saturday? Here are the details about the Kim Tucker: Unquiet Slumber show:

Tucker’s Unquiet Slumber is a sculptural expedition into the wild and woolly world of the unconscious. Hidden desires, complications, filtered memories and primal impulses mix together in the bold world of the inner mind. Within the exhibition, a central female figure represents the human experience as all and nothing. She is the imperfect Eden where impulses prevail and thoughts run freely. The surrounding figures are manifestations of her unfettered mind, primal creatures, pitiful ghosts and human dummies. Unquiet Slumber is a challenge to the rules and boundaries of the conscious world; it is simply a place where the mind can freely experience impulse and wild abandon.

Shoebox L.A. last show was at the Little Tokyo Galleria. “It was great fun and the artist did work that was inspired by mall architecture,” Evans said.

A New Gallery in Los Angeles...

Hoping to see you all at ShoeboxLA, a new gallery project I started with fellow artist Sophia Allison.  We launch on Sept. 17 with Amy Maloof at the Little Tokyo Galleria, my favorite mall in Los Angeles.  We'll be on the second floor from 4-7pm.  There's free parking with validation, a karaoke place, video arcade, sushi, a Hello Kitty store and the best darn Japanese supermarket ever!

ShoeboxLA presents Amy Maloof's Grave Architecture
Saturday, Sept. 17 from 4-7pm
Little Tokyo Galleria
333 S. Alameda St. (at 3rd)
Los Angeles, CA 90013

We'll be doing lots of monthly, one day events that feature really great artists doing site-specific stuff especially for us.  Nice.  It's our labor of love and we really hope to see you there.  Visit us on Facebook, check out our custom made videos on the YouTube or simply visit our blog at http://www.shoeboxla.blogspot.com/ to keep yourself up to date as to our whereabouts. 

Good Things Still Come in the Mail...

This came in the mail from artist Laura Sharp Wilson.  German Siamese twins...

My New Friend

Me with my new Kim Tucker!

Tagging for the Lord: Hollywood & Mariposa

Best Mural Ever at Hollywood & Normandie!

Update (June 21):  The jerks painted over my favorite mural...It's gone...What's the point in living now?

A few years back the LA Weekly ran a contest and this mural was voted among the worst in LA...I'm not seeing it, but what do I know?  What I do know is this mural (and new wave architectural gem) is located up my street in beautiful Little Armenia/Thai Town/East Hollywood/Los Feliz adjacent/Shitsville.  I bought toilet paper there once.