Upperplayground News

Fifty24MX Gallery Presents a Collective Art Show as Part of MANIFESTOMX

 Fifty24MX Gallery will present a collective art show opening March 14th 2015, as part of MANIFESTOMX, the street art initiative curated by the gallery that addresses the social and political situation in Mexico. The show will feature works from artists Saner, Swoon, Ericailcane, Bastardilla, Ciler, Vena2, Curiot, and Retna. Retna will produce original artwork, and as well as an intervention in Mexico City. A percentage of the total sales will be donated to the children of the 43 missing students from Ayotzinapa. See select works available at Fift24MX Gallery below.

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Retna
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Swoon
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About MANIFESTOMX:
MANIFESTOMX is an art street initiative that intends to address some of theMexican social and political concerns. Gathering a selected group of artist to express their opinion through murals using art as a social tool to propose, reflect and inform.

FIFTY24MX GALLERY
Colima 184
Col. Roma Norte
México, DF
(55) 5256-1444
fifty24mx@loshappypeople.com

Celebrating Closing Night for A Light in the Darkness by Sam Flores at Fifty24SF

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Artist Sam Flores celebrated the closing reception for his solo-exhibition “A Light in the Darkness” on Saturday at Fifty24SF Gallery.  The special closing night party for Flores’ successful show was hosted during the Lower Haight Art Walk.

Below are select pieces from “A Light in the Darkness” by Sam Flores:

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Hajime Sorayama Opens at Fifty24SF Gallery

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The Hajime Sorayama print show opened at Fifty24SF Gallery in San Francisco on Saturday, April 4th. The exhibition runs from April 4th-26th, and features works from the renowned Japanese artist for the first time in San Francisco. A selected collection of his new and old prints are available at Fifty24SF in Lower Haight and online at upperplayground.com.

For more information about the artist and available prints please contact gallery@fifty24SF.com.

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Fifty24SF Gallery to Host Closing Night for ‘A Light in the Darkness’ by Sam Flores – March 7th 5:00-9:00PM

‘A Light in the Darkness’ by Sam Flores at Fifty24SF Gallery comes to a close this Saturday March 7th during the Lower Haight Art Walk.  The gallery will host a special closing night party with the artist in attendance from 5:00-9:00PM.  This will be the last chance for those in SF to view Flores’ latest work.

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Mangchi Releases 1st Edition Vinyl Records with David Choe, James Jean and Aaron Horkey

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For the ultimate David Choe and DVDASA fan, the highly anticipated release of this pair of 1st Edition Vinyl Records of supergroup MANGCHI featuring Money Mark, SteeBee WeeBee, Igloo Hong, Heather Leather and CECI DeeCee. The NEGA MOLA record is graced with custom artwork by Aaron Horkey and James Jean. The second record, EEGA MOYA has cover art by none other than, David Choe.

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MANGCHI EEGA MOYA
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MANGCHI EEGA MOYA (Back)
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About the Band:

“A fart from a child born without a butthole”, is what MANGCHI sounds like said 1 of the 2 people who were let into a room to hear this new sound. The second person, John Cusack , actor/comedian/artist from such films as “SAY ANYTHING” and “ROADSIDE PROPHETS” described the music as “If korn, depeche mode and the beastie boys were forced in a bus together to tour north korea, and all their lead singers quit in the middle of the tour, and the band picked up the korean versions of Debbie Gibson, Stacey-Q, and buddy Holly to replace the singers who just happened to be hitchhiking on The north korean countryside road, and then they all got in a tour bus accident and all got whiplash and broken bones, but Kim JONG UN made them play a show anyways with broken necks right on the side of road using the broken car parts as instruments over the non-existent ambulance sirens, that’s the closest I can get to describing the MANGCHI sound…. So basically listening to GOD’s voice as he’s hitting puberty… so basically Art.”