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Post by thinkspace on Jan 23, 2009 10:10:19 GMT -8
"The Long Way Home" from KAWS @ Honor Fraser
New paintings, sculptural works and an installation + more details soon on a special curated show from KAWS at Royal/T that will be culled from the vast collection of owner and über collector Susan Hancock.
February 21st - April 4th
Opening Reception: Sat, Feb. 21st 6-8PM
Can't wait!!!
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Post by sleepboy on Jan 23, 2009 10:18:01 GMT -8
Another I will miss Guess I will see Nara, KAWS, and Ryden some other time... NOT!
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Post by sybilm on Jan 23, 2009 17:45:43 GMT -8
amazing....i will be there!!
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Post by StephenW on Feb 9, 2009 1:31:14 GMT -8
Check out the color variants of the Kaws head that came with the invitation to the show! One per invitation, of course.
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Post by rhinomilk on Feb 10, 2009 11:24:28 GMT -8
is an invitation needed to go to the opening reception? would be cool to see his work in the flesh
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Post by StephenW on Feb 11, 2009 0:00:28 GMT -8
Opening night is open to the public from what I understand.
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Post by sleepboy on Feb 11, 2009 8:31:20 GMT -8
I heard there will be some smurf paintings. Too bad I can't make opening...
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Post by thinkspace on Feb 18, 2009 12:02:08 GMT -8
From what I hear from the Honor Fraser folks, there will be no preview, only the public opening from 6 to 8 this Sat. VIP invite only kick off party this Fri at Royal/T with a special show curated by KAWS - posted a pic of Royal/T's front window display on our blog here: sourharvestblog.blogspot.com/2009/02/kaws-has-landed.htmlHope to see some of you all out at the show, going to be a HOT Saturday night - along with this, the third solo from Natalia Fabia is down the way and New Image is hosting Megan Whitmarsh and Matt Furie... and then there's the Beautiful Decay party/exhibit on Melrose too... damn!
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Post by sleepboy on Feb 18, 2009 15:16:20 GMT -8
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Post by xpc on Feb 18, 2009 15:29:21 GMT -8
I'd love the Kimpsons painting - how much do you recon you're looking at?
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Post by thinkspace on Feb 18, 2009 15:44:40 GMT -8
Cost wise? Heard it's pretty much 10K and up, and nothing really small painting wise. The Kimpsons piece above of the family is the owner of BAPE's isn't it?
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Post by sleepboy on Feb 18, 2009 16:13:07 GMT -8
Cost wise? Heard it's pretty much 10K and up, and nothing really small painting wise. The Kimpsons piece above of the family is the owner of BAPE's isn't it? Yah, that was why it was a little confusing to me why people were posting those pics up saying it was a preview to the show.
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Post by rhinomilk on Feb 19, 2009 10:45:06 GMT -8
Cost wise? Heard it's pretty much 10K and up, and nothing really small painting wise. The Kimpsons piece above of the family is the owner of BAPE's isn't it? Yah, that was why it was a little confusing to me why people were posting those pics up saying it was a preview to the show. looks different than his (or does he own all of these) also google image searched and found this not like i can afford any of these anyways... think they're pretty cool
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Post by xpc on Feb 19, 2009 13:14:12 GMT -8
Yah, that was why it was a little confusing to me why people were posting those pics up saying it was a preview to the show. looks different than his (or does he own all of these) l Brilliant.........I want one.
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Post by StephenW on Feb 21, 2009 1:51:18 GMT -8
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Post by sleepboy on Feb 21, 2009 10:38:32 GMT -8
KAWS seemed a little grumpy last night. Picked up a couple rugs. Was gonna pass but made the mistake of running my hands thru it and liked the way it felt.
I expected more from the t-shirts. I don't think I would have even knew they were from KAWS if I saw them on the street. But that large piece from him on display from I think his Miami show was pretty nice...
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Post by marcusslo on Feb 21, 2009 14:10:55 GMT -8
nice shots of the party Steve. esp. the one of Kaws. good thing you got there early!
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Post by sleepboy on Feb 22, 2009 1:25:19 GMT -8
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Post by sleepboy on Feb 22, 2009 21:14:09 GMT -8
Some one left a comment on AM about the line outside. As I suspected, a lot of fans left unhappy. Thanks for the pics! Makes me feel like I was there right inside the show!
Unfortunately, I never made it past the front entrance, b/c they handled the line outside very poorly.
Just as I got to the bottom of the stairs leading into the gallery, chaos ensued as a mob of fans gathered around the entrance.
I’d been in line since 5:30, standing right under the Venice street sign and it was about 8:30 when they turned everyone away, to put it politely. The street sign was at the corner of the block and people were still lining up behind me. The line moved very slowly, but there was still the hope of progress, even as another short line of ten or twenty had formed on the other side where VIPs and wannabe VIPs started entering. That’s where the chaos began.
Some people even walked right up to the entrance trying to get in and for some, it worked. I can only assume they were all friends of the artist/gallery, but when people just started cutting in line at the front, there was no one to manage the scene outside.
The long line of people I was standing with had no authority to tell apart VIPs from people cutting in line, so whoever walked up and didn’t get in just stood there and clogged the front. Even a homeless person got up there, while the gallery people inside treated us all as non-desirables. There was a bouncer at the door, but it looked like he was only there to do whatever the gallery employees told him to do. He treated everyone who came to the door the same, unless an employee quickly ushered someone special into the show, past all of us waiting in line.
Before I even got to the bottom of the stairs, I heard someone inside calling out for a group of two to be let in and that only made things worse overall, b/c it just made more people either get closer to hear what she said or they tried to squeeze their party of two or more into the show. It was close to 8:00pm by now.
A shouting match quickly took place between one of the gallery employees inside and some of the people trying to cut in line, who just walked up to the front. I remember she yelled something like, “FORM A SINGLE FILE LINE! NO ONE’S GETTING INSIDE UNLESS YOU FORM A SINGLE LINE!” That didn’t work either, b/c no one wanted to lose their spot at that point. You know it’s getting ugly when the people who represent the gallery are yelling at the fans waiting in line.
They finally managed to close the front door and we all just waited for something to happen. The people inside even started taking pictures of us outside, including some of the same people who were standing in line with me, not ten, twenty minutes ago. Of course, the people who got in the argument walked away by now, leaving the rest of us no closer to getting in.
By now, the gallery people inside all walked away from the door and at one point, I saw Kaws himself walk by. I’d like to think he had no idea there was still a long line of fans standing outside all unaware of the closed door. Some other “VIPs” would come to the front, trying to catch the attention of someone they knew inside, and then that person would wave their arms motioning for them to come around the back to get in.
Finally, all the guests inside were no longer visible and four bouncer-type guys and a few girls came to the front and announced that the cops had been called to disperse us and that we all had to back away from the front, so they could pull the metal gate down. At first, they had a little trouble even getting it to come down, but it finally gave way and slowly came crashing down to end the night.
No “Thanks for coming.” No apologies or explanation. Nothing. Just “we called the cops. Now leave.” When I first stood under the street sign at 5:30, the guys in front of me walked the line to estimate there were about 70-something people in ahead of us. By the time I got to the entrance, the line looked like it still reached back to the street sign, so less than half the people standing in line got in.
I vented all of this to one of my friends on the east coast, who’s gone to more gallery openings, and he thinks they kept us all outside, so they could have this long line of fans outside to make them look good. It’s like a status symbol to see who’s got the longest line outside. He also thinks that way, b/c of the online photos from the night where the show inside didn’t look too crowded.
Personally, I’m guessing they just wanted everyone inside to feel comfortable casually viewing the show, which is subjective to any gallery. The big problem for me, which I don’t think is subjective, is how they treated everyone standing in line.
Unless you were near the front and saw how we were shut out, it’d be easy to think the show inside was packed with fans and they had to close their doors b/c the show was over. Everyone behind me probably thought that way too.
Whatever “Honor Fraser’s” reason, I hope they do a much better job next time managing their line. If they’d just communicated better or at the very least had someone standing outside the entrance, it would’ve gone a long way to preventing the scene outside the door. Cooler heads would’ve prevailed. I’m not a fan of the velvet rope policy, but even that on the front end of the line would’ve helped to keep everyone in place.
I drove up two hours from San Diego to see the show, so that’s two hours up there, three hours in line and two hours back, all to just catch a glimpse of Kaws and turned away as a nuisance.
Still a Kaws fan after all of this, but I won’t be making the trip out to see his show anytime soon.
-Eddy
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Post by commandax on Feb 22, 2009 21:34:19 GMT -8
Wow, that's so uncool. I'm so glad we drove past the mob and decided to pass on that show. If that's the way the galleries are going to play it, I'll be going to a lot fewer openings. Life's too short.
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Post by wtfunks on Feb 22, 2009 23:00:52 GMT -8
was nice seeing ya stephen, and it is a bummer for those who coudlnt make it in.. especially for those who traveled distances to go..
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Post by xpc on Feb 23, 2009 6:23:29 GMT -8
Wow, that's so uncool. I'm so glad we drove past the mob and decided to pass on that show. If that's the way the galleries are going to play it, I'll be going to a lot fewer openings. Life's too short. I'm not a big fan of openings, I prefer to check the shows out when it's nice and quiet.
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Post by xpc on Feb 23, 2009 9:33:04 GMT -8
Thank you so much for the pictures. Did you pick up anything? I would have LOVED one of the product paintings. Very very cool.
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Post by rizza79 on Feb 23, 2009 22:32:46 GMT -8
Did anyone happen to get a price list for the works? If so please PM me. I am interested to see what the works were priced at. Thanks.
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Post by xpc on Feb 24, 2009 9:04:58 GMT -8
Did anyone happen to get a price list for the works? If so please PM me. I am interested to see what the works were priced at. Thanks. The lifesize Chums were $85k, I think they were amongst the most expensive items. The Kurf Product Paintings were $10k.
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