Superchief Gallery LA is happy to announce an exhibition and fundraiser by acclaimed street artist, Swoon. For the opening of the 2-month exhibition, Swoon and her Heliotrope Foundation are hosting a benefit night to raise funds for the three core projects the artist supports:
Airlift’s Music Box (New Orleans, LA)
Konibit Shelter (Cormiers, Haiti)
Braddock Tiles (Braddock, PA)
The night will consist of Pearly’s Beauty Shop (a full service salon), exhibition, live auction and dance party, a pop-up salon/party of ecstatic aesthetic embellishments to support the Heliotrope Foundation’s projects.
Ticket page: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/pearlys-beauty-shop-tickets-24667609484
FEATURING WORK FROM:
Swoon
Swizz Beatz
RETNA
Shepard Fairey
Monica Canilao
Anthony Lister
Sean Tully
Yarrow Slaps
Zaria Foreman
Paul Miller (DJ Spooky)
Kiki Smith
Sanford Biggers
David Ellis
Dabs and Myla
Bonethrower
Luke Pelletier
Kristen Liu-wong
Brad Downey
Nathan Alexis Brown
Adam Wallacavage
Shark Toof
John Felix Arnold III
Skinner
Stickymonger
Tina Lugo
Miguel Ovalle
Xavier Schipani
Ammon Rost
Steiner
Date Farmers
Kohshin Finley
Delfin Finley
Monica Kim Garza
Kristen Liu Wong
& more
PRINT RELEASES FROM: (Curated by Evan Picco of Juxtapoz Magazine)
Basco/Vazko
Candy Chang
Richard Colman
David Ellis
Chris Johanson
Jean Jullien
Alicia McCarthy
Swoon
MUSICAL PERFORMANCES BY:
Shepard Fairey (DJ set)
DJ Roofeeo
Johnsville
(more to come)
UNISEX SALON BOOTHS BY:
Jessi Flores
Corinne Loperfido
Evelyn Fugate
Leisure Van Fock
Momo
Swoon
(more to come)
WHERE:
Superchief Gallery
739 Kohler St
Los Angeles, CA 90021
WHEN:
Saturday, May 21, 2016
HOST COMMITTEE:
Swizz Beatz, Jane Golden, Sallyann Kluz, Andrew Lockhart, Alex Fanning, Karmimadeebora McMillan, Sandra Powell, Zahra Sherzad, Anthony Spiegel, , Damien Roman, Ryan Nuckel, KT Tierney, Natalie Kates, Bill Dunleavy, Edward Zipco, Marsea Goldberg, Kristin Sancken.
WHAT IS IT?:
Pearly’s Beauty shop: A full service salon like no other. Pearly’s Beauty shop is a full service unisex salon and party all in one. artists will do you up and you will dance it out. all our artists are donating their time and skills for the night. Join us for an evening of celebration and artistic pampering from head to toe.
HOW IT WORKS:
You pick an option from our menu of salon services. Nails done by a painter? hair diorama by a sculptor? Makeup by a conceptual artist? Performance artist paraffin dip? No matter your desire, one of our artists will attend to your every need. you’ll find salon stations throughout the party, with revelry all around. Artists will be partnered with salon technicians to recreate their designs (hair, nails, makeup and others).
OTHER HAPPENINGS:
Braddock tiles Print release (the LA edition):
Usually curated by the artist Swoon herself, for this special Braddock tiles Print release, she has asked her good friend (and publisher of Juxtapoz Magazine) Evan Pricco to be the first guest curator for Braddock tiles. Evan will ask 7-10 Los Angeles based artists to donate a digital image. A limited run of 250 embossed and numbered 13” x 19” digital prints of each image are produced and sold at $50.00 USD to benefit the project.
THE EXHIBITION:
Curated by Marsea Goldberg of New Image Art Gallery, Bill Dunleavy and Ed Zipco of Superchief Gallery & Swoon, a group exhibition will open on the night of Pearly’s Beauty shop featuring Los Angeles based artists. Taking a cue from the Pearly’s Beauty shop Concept, artists will be asked to present work that relates to the theme of “vanity” – also the name of the exhibition.
The exhibition will run through June 25, 2016.
For more information, please visit www.eventbrite.com/e/pearlys-beauty-shop-tickets-24667609484