Because Americans aren’t obsessed enough with food already, Scion has an upcoming show (May 22nd through June 12th) curated by Zio Fulcher. It will be taking place in Culver City, with free valet parking (fancy!) and an open bar (fancier!)… with art from Clare Crespo, Jeph Gurecka, Scott Hove, Tamara Kostianovsky, Alan Macdonald, James Reynolds, Martha Rich, and Jeff Vespa. What’s more: The Candy Wrapper Museum and Vintage Cookbook Library! Amazing!

Tamara Kostianovsky uses clothing, ink, shellac, polyester batting, and meat hooks to mimic slabs of meat!

Martha Rich, looking simply at food we all know and love.

Jeff Vespa points out the art of blown-up photos of hamburgers sitting side, by side, by side.

Felt food by Clare Crespo.

Alan Macdonald, slathering food in retro clothing.

Intensely terrifying image from The Candy Wrapper Museum.

Scion Presents: ‘PALATE’ curated by Zio Fulcher from Scion ART on Vimeo.

See more info about the show at http://www.scion.com/space/.

NYC-based artist Robert Melee’s current exhibit at the David Kordansky Gallery in Los Angeles melts colorful shapes into a bare, white room. Figures draped with drapes of color and glossy wall hangings reminiscent of sheets of candy buttons pepper the space, inciting curiosity about Melee’s method and goals. The show is now on display through April 17th, 2010.

 
 
Street art pioneer Dan Witz now has a show on display at Carmichael Gallery that might just get you respecting street art if you’re a skeptic.
 
 
Inspired by Amsterdam’s Red Light District, the works feature human and animal faces and figures trapped behind dirty, shoddily painted glass panes and window frames, looking out as if trapped or curious about the world outside.
 
 
Dark Doings, which will feature recreations of pieces Witz has done on the streets of Brooklyn and elsewhere, shows just how cleverly overlooked doors and windows in alleyways can be used.
 
 
www.carmichaelgallery.com
www.danwitzstreetart.com

 
 
 
 
Now you can not only purchase a piece of vinyl collectible art from Frank Kozik, but you can purchase a framed photo print of Kozik’s work at Munky King.
 

The hilarious 44″ x 49″ photo taken by Frank Schaefer features a Chairman Mao figure wearing Mickey Mouse ears, set on a bed of white balls. A black and white piece, it is certainly an interesting one, but for $5,500, the print’s “value” is certainly debatable, even for rich Los Angeles residents who live in the Melrose District.
 

www.fkozik.com
www.munkyking.com

What happens when you mix the cutesy, yet often morbid, works of Luke Chueh with the literary texts of Dante Alighieri’s Dante’s Inferno? There seem to be no teaser samples of this upcoming show at Gallery 1988, but the premise certainly makes the show seem fascinating enough to check out when September 9th rolls around. And with some religious scholars thinking the mark of the beast is no longer 666, but 999, the date seems all too appropriate for such a show.

www.lukechueh.com
www.nineteeneightyeight.com

Artist and curator Jeremy Cross‘ fourth solo exhibit is now on display at the Hyaena Gallery in Los Angeles until the end of the month! With thirty plus works in the house, Cross examines the human condition and its relationship with faith, by placing religious symbols and iconography alongside human body parts. The above piece, It Swallows You, features mixed media and pyrography, the art of decorating wood with the controlled application of a heated object.

www.myspace.com/botchedcross
www.hyaenagallery.com

A documentary started by artist and art promoter Mark Murphy of Murphy Design, Scribble.08 follows the Los Angeles art scene by honing in on the works of artists like the Clayton Brothers, Camille Rose Garcia, Jeff Soto, Kevin Christy, Martha Rich, Tim Biskup, and Joe Sorren (pictured above). Newly edited and reworked, the film features interviews and takes a look into the creative process of these individuals. You can read more about the documentary on Murphy Design’s Blog.

www.murphydesign.com
www.claytonbrothers.com
www.camillerosegarcia.com
www.jeffsoto.com
www.kevinsayshi.com
www.martharich.com
www.timbiskup.com
www.joesorren.com
murphydesign1.blogspot.com

Bubblegum colors like baby pink and baby blue?
Check.

Images of torture, death, and sadism?
Check.

Leave it to Los Angeles artist Kill Pixie, or Mark Whalen (formerly of Sydney, Australia) to put hooded madmen in settings rife with geometric shapes and patterns. Pieces like Group Sessions (left) and Ill Do Anything (right) might seem nearly like vector art created for posters, but in actuality, are the result of a technique that blends acrylic, ink, and gouache on paper that’s then pasted onto wood panels and coated with resin. The resulting pieces seem to have a sense of smoothness and vividness that make them nearly print-like. His 2009 pieces are a step towards simplicity from his dizzying 2008 pieces, but they remain just as interesting.

www.killpixie.net