The girl in the center of the photo sitting down had amazing tattoos.
Very nice people in attendance.
Hand made StarWars space ship with Ferrari stickers all over it. Ambitious; Spot welds all over it.
Urbanized Star Wars "Walker" - How about that R2D2 with the beer can body?
I love when people pose near a painting for a photo. It means the work is so meaningful to them that, at the very least, they want a souvenir of the moment as proof that it existed.
The man on the left is Bruce Lurie of the Bruce Lurie Gallery. The guy on the right needs a hair cut really bad. Maybe we start a "GoFundMe" campaign for a $15 haircut?
I met the artist last night. A very affable man who I met first at the L.A. Art Show and when I ran into him at the Art Palm Springs show, he invited for last nights John Stango opening. Consequently I even purchased a Stango silkscreened, mix-media, print of Audrey Hepburn in a Faux Chanel Paris ad. In the photo above the print is in Between bruce and I. When I hang it I will take a photo of it.
Here is a snippet John Stango's bio:
"With a world-wide following drawn to his distinctive American Muscle Car style, John carries the pop art movement into the 21st Century. His work is powerful. John builds upon the 1950’s tradition, infusing it with a new vibrant, colorful, testosterone-fueled approach. Musicians, art collectors, politicians, actors, and professional athletes alike prize his work, which can be found in stadiums, corporate offices, and galleries across the country. John is America’s artist. …"
The Bruce Lurie Gallery has sponsored some very robust artists. From their about page: :
"The Bruce Lurie Gallery was established in the early 1980’s in New York’s East Village. Bruce Lurie has an history of launching emerging artists into the main-stream art scene, and in his early career gave Jean-Michel Basquiat his first show as requested by Leo Castelli. The gallery has since relocated to Los Angeles' Culver City Arts District. The gallery has a particular focus on establishing emerging to mid-career artists specializing in cutting edge street art, abstract minimalism, and pop art, with an additional recent focus on photography. The Bruce Lurie Gallery features a wide range of monumental sculptors as well. ..."