L.A. RECORD Dancing About Architecture

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L.A. RECORD and the Art of Visualizing the Aural

June 12 – July 19
Opening Reception:
Thursday, June 12 , 
7 p.m. – Midnight 
The Pickle Factory Gallery
647 Lamar
Los Angeles, CA 90031
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Dancing About Architecture Facebook Event Page
FREE, All Ages

Since it began as a one-page broadsheet in 2005 (one side was a poster of the Rolling Blackouts bewigged to look like The New York Dolls album cover; the other side was the magazine), L.A. RECORD has always been an art-forward publication, one that championed great music not only with reviews and interviews, but also with paintings, drawings, and photography that honored the music of now in terms of the rock and hip hop art of old.

On Thursday, June 12, 2014, The Pickle Factory gallery celebrates that artistic vision with a group show inspired by L.A. RECORD, now Los Angeles’ biggest music publication. Many of the artists in this exhibit, and the art pieces themselves, first appeared in L.A. RECORD’s pages or on its website alongside features about your favorite musicians. Now, at long last, these canvases, sketches, and portraits from the past decade (including pieces that never made the magazine) are coming together in a gallery setting, alongside other art by the most talented artists and photographers in the L.A. RECORD pantheon, plus art inspired by the many musical/cultural scenes that L.A. RECORD has helped to nurture.

Artist List
Some of the names first featured in L.A. RECORD, underneath pictures of Gil-Scott Heron or portraits of the Flaming Lips, have grown into L.A.’s most-beloved artists. This group show features an exciting mix of well-known veterans alongside several fresh talents:

Drew Denny
Luke McGarry
Dave Van Patten
champoyhate
Daiana Feuer
Aaron Giesel
Walt! Gorecki
Elsa Henderson
Zara Kand
Gloria Plaza
Alex Brown
Ammo
Dale Dreiling
Mike Stephan
Olivia Jaffe
Matt Adams
Colin Ambulance

This exhibit is a treat for both music fans and patrons of the arts (though, we assume, most of the folks who come to see us have plenty of love for both!). If you love collecting records, going to concerts, or sweating in basement parties, you’ll find plenty of depictions of the people whose music has meant so much to you. But unlike standard rock photography exhibits, which often focus solely on portraiture, Dancing About Architecture will have art from all arenas (no pun intended), including many solid compositions that will sing to you with a harmony all their own.

There will be musical entertainment from musical artists such as the Koreatown Oddity and Bloody Death Skull, L.A. Record DJs, as well as a one-time screening of Dorian Wood’s infamous self-directed video, “La Cara Infinita,” originally presented in 2013 by L.A. RECORD and almost certainly even more disturbing when projected on a large wall in a dark warehouse. Make sure to get to the show by 8 p.m. to see a live interview with one of our readers’ all-time favorites, Guy Blakeslee of The Entrance Band. The festivities are all hosted by L.A. RECORD New Music Editor D. M. Collins.

No money for a big canvas? No problem! Many of our artists will be bringing affordable take-home prints of their best works. They may not be as big and shiny as some of the full-framed originals, but you can still reminisce about the time you visited the Pickle Factory for the VERY FIRST L.A. RECORD ART SHOW OF ALL TIME! There will also be stacks of the most recent issue of L.A. RECORD, plus finger food at an affordable price from the best vegan-friendly caterer the arts district has to offer.

About the gallery:
The Pickle Factory is more than just an art gallery: it’s also a literary salon, an improv theater, and a place where records are constantly spinning. It is maintained with love and presented with great care, for special events only. It literally used to be a pickle factory … but most people found it too JARRING. Check out their Facebook page regularly for what’s happening now and what’s still in the works.

The gallery is also ridiculously close to the Brewery Lofts, and is on the same street as the San Antonio Winery, Lamar, and the cross street is Main.
• The address is: 647 Lamar, Los Angeles, CA, 90031
• From downtown, simply go north on Main, do a little zigzag near Union Station, cross the railroad tracks, and turn left on Lamar.
• From the 5 freeway, get off at the Main exit, go south on Main, pass the Brewery Lofts on your left, and then take a left on Lamar.
• Does it feel like you’re in a weird industrial area, between a UPS lot and a cement factory? Good! You’re in the right place!
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Note to editors / not for publication:
For more information, images, and interview requests, please contact DM Collins: writerdmcollins@gmail.com | 323-244-8588

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