Wednesday, July 19, 2006

David Patton Los Angeles - Opening this Saturday, July 22nd, 7-10pm

David Patton Los Angeles
5006 1/2 York Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA. 90042

Telephone (323) 478-1966 / Facimile (323) 478-1166
Hours: Thursday - Saturday, 12-6 and by appointment
website
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SUMMERTIME: Carl Bronson, Sean Dower, Jeff Jamieson, Shirley Tse

July 22nd - August 26th, 2006
Opening: Saturday, July 22nd, 7-10pm

Friends,

Join us this Saturday, July 22nd as David Patton Los Angeles hosts the opening of SUMMERTIME, a group show featuring the work of four artists; Carl Bronson of Los Angeles, Sean Dower of London (England, not Kentucky), Jeff Jamieson of San Luis Obispo and Shirley Tse of LA.

The last five weeks have seen us submerged in the grim and heat retaining darkness that was THE BLACK SHOW. But the sun rises on all things and so the walls of DPLA will be refreshed anew and the black work retreated, at least to the back room of the gallery, for the opening of SUMMERTIME. But fear not, for THE BLACK SHOW has a cousin, DARK MATTER, currently on view in, of all places, The White Cube! ( http://www.whitecube.com/flash.html: Beware! Flash interface, truly the grimmest element so far!)

Though the Cube's production values are perhaps more grand than those of THE BLACK SHOW, we here at David Patton Los Angeles feel a dark kinship in their thinking and hail their presentation of DARK MATTER. Should you happen to be heading to or in London, check out the show, they have an Ad Reinhardt!

The refreshment that is SUMMERTIME will be celebrated this Saturday the 22nd, starting at 7pm. We plan to enjoy the cooling salve of the evening until around 10ish, after which we'll breeze on over to The Wild Hare, two doors east of the gallery.

We'll see you then!

Ephemera:

Though supply is dwindling, we still have a number of publications available for sale at the gallery; three different issues of Spring Journal, a Los Angeles based art/lit mag (featuring work from a crowd of artists and writers such as Albert Oehlen, Jim Shaw, James Hayward, Andre Butzer, Lisa Anne Auerbach, John Miller, Larry Johnson, Martin Prinzhorn), one remaining copy of "The Chittendens", a 64 page catalog, which was published by Secession in Vienna in conjunction with the exhibition of the same name by Catherine Sullivan (contains 41 color and 18 b/w images, a cd of music by composer Sean Griffin, and is authored by Pierre-Yves Fonfon, Sean Griffin, Zoltàn Krapschutt, Wolf-Dieter Schlünz and Catherine Sullivan), and also copies of The Ephebic Hobbledehoy, a comic book produced and created by Scott Marvel Cassidy.

In addition, we have posters for THE BLACK SHOW, a hand-printed silkscreen by Jay Ryan of Chicago. Jay and his partners at the bird machine - http://www.thebirdmachine.com: - have produced work for bands and other events both great and small. The poster is an unsigned and unnumbered edition of 60. When they are gone, they're gone.

These items are available by credit card as well as cash. Phone orders will incur a shipping charge.

Prices:
Spring Journal - '98, '00 or '03 - $10 each
The Chittendens - $20 each
The Ephebic Hobbledehoy - $2.50 each
Black Show Poster - $10 each


David Patton Los Angeles is located on York Blvd., a chip-shot east of Avenue 50 on the south side of the street.
Google Map: http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=5006+york+Blvd,+Los+Angeles,+CA+90042&om=1:
Depending on how your evening turns out, know that The Wild Hare is two doors down from the gallery. They run a full bar and the kitchen, which serves good pub food, typically stays open late. Handy.