The Coaster Show, L.A. Beer Week Tie-In

The Coaster Show, Annual L.A. Beer Week Tie-In

Sept. 5th – 28ty, 2014
Opening Reception: Friday, Sept. 5th, 8-11 PM

La Luz de Jesus Gallery
4633 Hollywood Blvd,
Los Angeles, CA 90027
(323) 666-7667
www.laluzdejesus.com

View a photo album of the Coaster Show 2013 installation and opening here

We’ve all done it. We’ve sat at the bar, drinking a beer and doodled on a coaster.

But most of us aren’t the extremely skilled painters, illustrators, animators, tattooists, sculptors or collage artists that are featured in this exhibition that takes a love of craft brewing and elevates it to high art.

The folks behind L.A. Beer Week produced a custom canvas for some of La Luz de Jesus’ favorite artists to do what they do best, and transform a 4″ tondo coaster into museum worthy exhibition pieces.

Last year, La Luz de Jesus dotted their walls with over 700 tiny masterpieces, and this year they are looking to outdo themselves. The rules are simple: Each coaster must be a solitary work (though it’s fine if several pieces work together contextually), and they must be priced $250 or less. There is no bottom, so some coasters might even be free!

This isn’t just the same, old crop of folks you see in every group show across town. There are a lot of participants who they quite frankly can’t believe they got to participate. Maybe it’s because they kept the rules simple: they told them to do whatever they wanted. Whether you love beer or don’t, the art will blow your mind.

And just like last year, there will be some amazing beer there, too!