The real excitement at Art Platform was happening on the basement level of the building where all the co-op and artist-run galleries are. It was neat to see a bunch of emerging talents from Los Angeles and sure, there was some rubbish down there, but there was also plenty of rubbish upstairs too. There was a definite sense of play in the air at Co/Lab and I was stunned to witness a bunch of artists exploring new methods of creation that I’ve never seen or heard of being attempted before. Below are some highlights from Co/Lab.
For this installation the artist built an entire wood paneled floor that covered the gallery’s exhibiting space. I wasn’t sure if I was allowed to walk on it at first and I think many others had the same reaction, quite fun!
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WPA
Cheek by Fil Rüting
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Weekend Gallery
I covered this show a little while ago: http://argotandochre.com/2011/05/michelle-carla-handel-strange-skin-recap/
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Summercamp Projects
A huge installation made out of old ladders
The woman who made this mirror and rope piece was wearing a sea boat captains hat
A subtle detail to this ladder was that it was assembled around a pipe. I think most people overlooked this, shame on them.
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The artist Amir Nikravan uses an insane printing process to make these works
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A melted guitar
A crystal phone that actually lit up when it was plugged it
Riot by Max Presneill [12"x 12"] – Thanks Max for letting us know this piece was by you, it’s awesome!
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jAUS
The paint on this car was so thick it almost made it feel like a sculpture.
No, not a real chainsaw it was made out of cut and folded paper – thanks to Ichiro for the correction!
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Materials & Applications
This group helps sponsor huge architectural endeavors. this pieces was about 20 feet tall and was only really a sketch for a much larger design.
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ART PLATFORM LOS ANGELES: http://www.artplatform-losangeles.com/
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CONTROL ROOM: http://CONTROL-ROOM.ORG/
jAUS: http://www.jausart.com/default2.asp
MATERIALS & APPLICATIONS: http://www.emanate.org/
RAID PROJECTS: https://raidprojects.wordpress.com/
SUMMERCAMP PROJECTS: http://summercampprojectproject.blogspot.com/
WEEKEND: http://weekendspace.org/
WORK SPACE: http://www.workspace2601.com/
WPA: http://WPALA.COM/
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The chainsaw, by Chris Tallon, is in fact made of cut and folded paper. Please correct this if possible. You can erase my comment afterwards too. Tx!
Just corrected it YAY!
The painting with the guy with the baseball bat is mine!!! It is called Riot, it is 12 x 12 inches, from 2011, and was on show at the Durden & Ray space. Their website is http://www.durdenandray.com
Max, it’s such an awesome piece! I just updated the blog so the info is directly below the image too.
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