Windows at Co-op 28 Handmade on Vermont Ave.

Check out my window installation at Co-op 28 on Vermont in Los Feliz.  Up through April, along with fellow artist Sophia Allison (who did the other window).  We had a blast, hope you get to see it. 1728 N. Vermont, Los Angeles - www.coop28.blogspot.com

Photo: Samuel M. Chu

Tim Nolan at ShoeboxLA: April 14

ShoeboxLA Presents

Timothy Nolan: Drift

Saturday, April 14, 2012 from 4-7pm

The Studio for Southern California History – Chinatown

818 N. Hill Street, Los Angeles, CA 90012

ShoeboxLA is pleased to present Timothy Nolan’s Drift. For nearly two decades Nolan has explored illusions of three-dimensional space through the use of pattern, line and shape in two dimensional wall work and floor installations. While Minimalism and Cubism have influenced Nolan’s work, he also draws inspiration from lesser-known movements such as Pattern and Decoration and Op Art, addressing shifting perception of two and three dimensions; plastic space vs. real dimensionality. For his ShoeboxLA project, he will further this investigation in a work that falls somewhere between object, installation and drawing.

Timothy Nolan received his M.F.A. from CUNY’s Queens College, Flushing, NY and has exhibited widely in Los Angeles and across the United States and Europe.  He was awarded CCI and Durfee Foundation ARC Grants in 2012 and 2010, the COLA Fellowship Grant from the City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs in 2008, and a grant from the Pollock-Krasner Foundation in 2001. A concurrent show entitled Restack, at CB1 Gallery in Los Angeles, will run from April 1- 29^th. 

ShoeboxLA gives Los Angeles artists an opportunity to do one-day, site-specific exhibitions outside the traditional gallery setting. Founders Sophia Allison and Paul W. Evans provide an intimate space that challenges artists' and viewers' expectations of size and scale. Locations change for each show but the space remains the same.

(The Studio for Southern California History seeks to critically chronicle Southern California history from a social and cultural perspective. www.socalstudio.org )

Swerve: A group show curated by Sophia Allison

ShoeboxLA is back in 2012 with a group show! 

 

Swerve:  A group show curated by Sophia Allison

Saturday, February 11, 2012 from 3-7pm

Kabab Way – Glendale

919 S. Glendale Ave. Glendale, CA 91205

Swerve:  Professional wrestling terminology that describes an unexpected action or event that takes the audience by surprise.

ShoeboxLA is pleased to present its first group show, Swerve, curated by gallery co-founder Sophia Allison.  Artists Amparo Jelsma, Melissa Manfull, Julio Panisello, Carl Smith, and Jaime Ursic primarily work in the two-dimensional realm (painting, drawing, printmaking); for this exhibition, however, each artist was asked to create a work of sculpture. Beyond size restrictions, no other instructions or requirements were provided. While it is not unusual for artists to work in both painting and sculpture simultaneously, it can be a challenge to move fluidly between these mediums. The resulting work may or may not be a translation of the artists’ primary practice but it will be exciting to view the results.  Join us for this special event.

ShoeboxLA gives Los Angeles artists an opportunity to do one-day, site-specific exhibitions outside the traditional gallery setting. Founders Sophia Allison and Paul W. Evans provide an intimate space that challenges artists' and viewers' expectations of size and scale. Locations change for each show but the space remains the same.

Email: shoeboxla@gmail.com for more info or press images. 

Website: www.shoeboxla.blogspot.com – private appointments are welcome.

(Kabab Way is an eclectic mix of flavors from Middle Eastern, Armenian & Mediterranean cuisines with American standards of service. When you want food that is tasty and healthy, fresh and fast, excellent and affordable, Kabab Way is the only way to go: www.kababway.com )

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...