David Choe London Lazarides Gallery

David Choe London Lazarides Gallery. Amazing show, and all that. It's not like a ton of people came on a thursday, but in the end, the right ones did for sure. A lot of red dots by the end of the night, and at record type prices. Yeah Bansky was there, no you can't see a photo of him. I did a little "what up and congrats" to David on video that you'll probably see later. David said he was nervous, and really I have no idea why. It was a great night for David, and he's a happy man. If you want, see Lazarides

























Here's all of the photos I uploaded.

Tate Fowler Choe

The morning of the big day, we were talking and everyone was tired, but we made it to the Tate Modern. A great place for sure, and it's a fun building.

The magical crack

Fowl the owl.

Choe

Pete Fowler

Visited Pete today at his studio. This is the head of his new figure.

$100 and a T shirt.

We're big time, among Bust mag. I guess I want to see this DVD even though it gets dissed here and there. Read the review, sounds like a passion project, and I'd see it regardless. Zines are pretty world wide, and they still live, maybe outside of these what this doc is talking about. I do like how it says, a lot of mags are going that graphic novel format. That's true and I'm not sure what to think of that. Read it here.

French!

A nice cut, and his locks of power are gone. But he doesn't need em. French is a busy dude and he lives in Croyden where Kate Moss is from. I got to visit French today at his flat, and interviewed him on camera for a slightly bigger entity. Although he's into the darkest types of metal, his place is a shared with his lady. It reeks of mutual niceness.

The trucker hat tree. There's plenty for every day of the week.

Aw cute. His neighborhood looks working class.

Nice sofa, and nice pillows. Silas. Big time.

British museum

The British Museum is a great place, it's known as the place that pillaged the planet of rare artifacts during it's reign of power. What you think could be here, is here. Parthenon, sure it's all here. Greek gods, Buddhas, buildings, gates, and just about everything. It's all there. I'm not sure which museum has the most stuff like this. Do they have more than the Getty? The cool thing is like the Getty, it's all free, except for the special exhibitions and those are sold out.

This Buddha has a relaxed sitting style. Even though it was taken from one of my Asian "brother" countries probably a century ago, it's proudly on display.

David Choe in London

The postcard will be an ebay hit. It's a bit dirty, but Dave's hands were black from paint. His show is this thursday at the Lazarides gallery. Dave's the man, I've been hearing he's sold a lot of the show already. He's rich! Tell him to give you money. The collectors are rolling in. He's also having a show at the same time at the same gallery but in their Newcastle area. London is a powerful economy. It's hard to believe and understand how it all works at first glance.

Dave on the street. I walked for hours and then lo and behold, I ran into him by luck. This art on the street is worth some dollars if you can excavate it from the wall.

Dave's pretty happy his closest friends are all here for him.

That's Paul, Dave's brother. We ate at a Moroccan place. It was pretty good and it's probably the place we'll be at when we're near the gallery in Soho.

Chinese new year banquet

Saelee Oh is moving to another country soon to do some art. We'll see what kind of art Buenos Aires will help her create. The balloon decor makes this look like a prom.

But gambling happens when it's Asian. That's cool.

Lobster, duck, pork, fried rice, soup, and Peking Duck. See my pile of chips, 2nd from the left? Black Jack.

Geoff McFetridge and Ed Fella Redcat

I took a bunch of photos of the show. I started of course with Geoff, who's amazing, and gladly I can say that I'm a fan. Strong graphics, a cover story on issue 25, and he's bent the idea of what a graphic designer is all about. He's tweaked it further than I ever thought a graphic designer can. This show is part of that.



This is Ed Fella's work. He taught Geoff at Cal Arts.

See more photos below.



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sexy beijing

Old school podcast. I don't remember ever listening to it, much less remembering it. I remember the interviewer, Anne Sophie Lowenberg (I think that's how we spell it), and maybe it was at the issue 33 Giant Robot 10 years show... I think. Sexy Beijing is China's #1 internet show. Not sure if that's true. Anyways, check it out.

iphone dump 5 George Takei, Donutman, Little Wings

George Takei talks to me on friday. Weird how I have a photo of it, right? It was fun catching up with George "sulu" Takei and it's a shame I'm missing him in London by a day, he started making a bunch of plans to be my tour guide for a day, until we realized, we'll have to catch up back here in LA. George used to live in London, and did pro theater there as well. He's in England for a Star Trek convention, of course. In this pic he was shooting a get out and vote PSA with Kelly Hu.

Tammy from Donutman. She speaks fast, moves fast, and is hyper and funny at 4am. I wonder if she burns that bright 24-7. She's a baker, and each baker there does a few things differently. There's one who makes the apple fritters as big as a tire. I pointed out that her fritters were much smaller. She seems to love donuts and told me that Jim's been baking and sometimes, admits he forgot how to make a few things. She told me that Jim the Donutman eat 4 donuts a day. Jim told me he has just 1!

Dressed for the occasion. Donutman. At 4am, only a suit and tie will do.
Actually earlier Saelee Oh and I attended a dinner that had gambling. Those photos are on my dead battery camera. I'll put up a few shots later. Strawberry donuts are actually refreshing. I'm an addict and this is the third time I've had it, since it started this season.

Little Wings went on at 1:30a

The funniest parts is when he played while the funky trailers were running. He'd start laughing when they went over the top-which was often. The sad thing is that I remember this movie trailer as a kid. This was at the Silent Movie Theater, post movie screening.