The Flog.

Tiny Showcase invited London based artist Cornelia O’Donovan to collaborate on their next limited edition of 100 prints. The sale starts tonight at 7:30 EST pm and I am curious to see which piece will be featured.

Canadian artist Beau Labute published his first zine with Nieves. Night Mewves looks quite dark yet playful. Love it.
Specs: 24 Pages, 14 x 20 cm, b/w Photocopy, Edition of 150. $8.

(Left image from Cornelia O’Donovan’s website. Middle and right image from Nieves, cover and inside spread from Beau Labute’s new zine)

Following up on the announcement from the New York Times (via C-Monster) that LACMA isn’t getting Eli Broad’s collection, may I suggest this fur life jacket (via Lux Lotus) to be distributed to the museum committee. Nothing says “I am not embarrassed, I am only fabulously sinking” better than this Meret Oppenheim-inspired piece of surrealism.

(Left image from the NYT, photo by Monica Almeida. Right image Fur Life Jacket for Lady Astor from Ouno Design, Etsy.)

THE THING is a quarterly periodical in the form of an object.

For the first issue, the publication invited LA based artist Miranda July to create an everyday and shippable object that somehow incorporates text - which will be common to all issues.

The idea is rather exciting and for $120 (+ $40 shipping within the US) you are committed to 4 issues and the collaborations of Anne Walsh, Kota Ezawa and Trisha Donnelly.
Although this project already started last August with a delicious sweatshop free wrapping party at Southern Exposure in San Francisco, you still have until October 26th to subscribe and receive the first issue.

Check also this project, The Present Group in the same vein, yet not as aesthetically appealing.

(All photographs taken by Corinne Schulze, from THE THING’s wrapping party)

Kelly Lynn Jones recollaborated with Tiny Showcase for a new limited edition print to be released later on this evening. Check the site and act fast, those declicious pieces usually run out quickly.

(All images, from Kelly Lynn’s website)

Ooga Booga is officially three years old! This Sunday, July 29th, come celebrate the Chinatown space with flows of good sounds and good sights.

(Left image is the party flyer. Right image is Liz Craft, A Real Mother For Ya. Signed and numbered poster edition of 1000, by LA artist Liz Craft for her London exhibition in 2002. On sale for $10 at Ooga Booga.)

Tonight is the Holy Hammer Bash!, a free and good excuse to wander in their delightful library, hang out in the patio with happy drinks, and see (or re-see) Vija Celmins: A Drawings Retrospective, which will close the same night.

Also taking place tonight is the closing party for Susan Cianciolo’s window installation at Ooga Booga in Chinatown. In addition, there will be a performance by Abe Vigoda and tunes dropped by Kate Hall. 8pm.

(Left image is Susan Cianciolo’s flyer invitation. Right is Vija Celmins, Untitled #10, charcoal on paper, from the Hammer website)

For their 39th issue, Arkitipcollaborated with triple-hype store colette to celebrate the parisian store’s 10th birthday.
From the magazine’s press release:
__To mark their first decade, colette commissioned over 90 artists to create original works that expressed their view of the new year. The proceeds from the sale of which will benefit the WWF.
This special issue edition of Arkitip will be an extension of this very rare exhibition by displaying a substantial variety of these works, allowing them to be seen worldwide via our magazine distribution. Arkitip was charged with the difficult task to choose a sample of these artists for display in the issue. This exhibition will constitute the entire Arkitip contributor section making the assemblage very comprehensive.

(All images from Arkitip, from left to right, mag cover, Base and Axel du Bus, Simone Shubuck, and Alexandra Compain-Tissier)

David Ostrowski has been working on a new project entitled 1981er which operates as an online magazine.
The first issue is up featuring a bunch of ladies building up David’s canvases, side by side with David’s own work on canvas.

(All images David Ostrowski, left is Alexa, along values, possessions, profit and success, 2006, oil, acrylic and lacquer on canvas, 78.74 x 59.06 inch. Right is Dana, along dead for five minutes just to find out what’s better, 2006, oil, acrylic and lacquer on canvas, 78.74 x 59.06 inch)

New brilliant Ruby online. This time the issue is filled with gems.
Contributors include David Capra, Justin Kelly, Emmanuelle Villard, Kobi Israel, Raphaël Neal and William Lamson, among others.

(All images from Ruby Magazine, left is William Lamson, middle us Kobi Israel, and right is David Capra.)

Ahh Christmas! It was fun to put together this sort of happy consumerism list last year, so I did it again. You will mostly find books and prints but also some crafty bits and absurd collectibles. Original art is often difficult to find online but I gave it a go with various pieces I could find and liked, and that sometimes, saw in person. Yet, grab your shoes and go to your favorite galleries to purchase original art.

I tried to compile items created by Los Angeles based artists or publications where LA artists were mentioned (*LA*) but as you will see, I went beyond the frontiers of the city.

Finally, I didn’t put any of the pieces I have featured at the gallery - because all of them would have appeared! ah - but don’t hesitate to head over there. You might find a couple of gems.

So, once again, enjoy the lèche-vitrine and of course, my mailing address will be given upon request to the generous ones, or the ones in love. C’est selon.
(all images pasted from the website linked after each work)

_ORIGINALS.
Artist: Eric Beltz - Title: Relieves Melancholy - Price: US$1095 - Details: Graphite on paper (framed) (paper size 16.5″ x 21″). LINK. (Junc) *LA*

Artist: Allyson Mellberg - Title: Anchor - Price: US$200 - Details: 7 1/2 in x 11 in. LINK. (Cinders Gallery)

Artist: C’est Moi Ce Soir - Title: Untitled 68 - Price: CDN$95 - Details: Media on Paper, unframed, 6×8″. 2006. LINK. (Magic pony)

Artist: José Parlá - Title: Forward Movement, 2006 - Price: US$3500 - Details: Mixed media on wood panel, 2 x 3 feet. LINK. (BLK MRKT)

_BOOKS & ZINES.
Author/Artist: Paul McCarthy - Title: Head Shop. Shop Head - Works 1966–2006 - Publisher: Moderna Museet - Price: US$40 - Details: 528 pages, 17 cm x 23.5 cm, Sewn softcover, June 2006. (ISBN: 3-86521-300-6). LINK. (Steidl) *LA*

Author/Artist: Brian Kennon - Title: Untitled #1, 2006 (Mike Kelley, Silver Ball) - Works 1966–2006 - Publisher: 2nd Cannons - Price: US$28 - Details: Ed. of 500. 8×9 inches, 40 pages. LINK. (2nd Cannons) *LA*

Author/Artist: text: Kazue Daikoku & Alexis Jones, photographs and artwork: Ari Marcopoulos - Title: The little mark on my cheek - Publisher: Happano - Price: US$16.50 - Details: Accordion book, 7.17 x 5.04 inches, 64 pgs, offset, mixed English/Japanese. (ISBN: 4-901274-08-2 C0772). LINK. (Happano) *LA*

Author/Artist: Various - Title: Textfield V - Publisher: Textfield - Date: October 2006 - Price: N/A - Details: N/A. LINK. (Textfield) *LA*

Author/Artist: Mike Mills - Title: Humans - Publisher: Nieves - Date: 2005 - Price: US$20 - Details: 16 x 22.5 cm, 32 Pages, Color, Offset, First Edition. (ISBN 3-905714-03-5) LINK. (Nieves) *LA*

Author/Artist: Takashi Homma, Ed Templeton, Todd Cole, Mark Borthwick & Ryan McGinley - Title: Thumbsucker: Photography from the Film by Mike Mills - Publisher: Nieves - Date: 2005 - Price: US$29.95 - Details: Paperback, 9.75″ x 8″ x 0.60″, 288 pages. (ISBN 0977061000) LINK. (Giant Robot) *LA*

Author/Artist: Mike Brodie, Paul Schciek, Ari Marcopoulos & Jim Goldberg - Title: Kin Series - Publisher: These Birds Walk - Date: 2006-2007 - Price: US$150 - Details: Ed. of 350. Subscribers receive 1 book every three months for 1 year. Signed, Printed on heavy matte stock. LINK. (These Birds Walk) *LA*

Author/Artist: Various (Cover by Simen Johan) - Title: ROJO®lund delouse amalgam, 2006 - Publisher: Rojo - Price: €20 - Details: 210mm x 280mm, 160 pages.

Author/Artist: Nick Butcher - Title: Moonrise Appendix - Publisher: Bongoût - Price: $30 - Details: Ed. of 134, 7 x 8 Inches, Hand assembled artists book printed in 4 color silkscreen in Germany. LINK. (Foundation Gallery)

Author/Artist: Various - Title: Tattoo Icons • Victionary 3, 2006- Publisher: Victionary - Price: $60 - Details: 432 pages
170 x 220 mm. Full color throughout Hard cover with plastic slipcase Removable tattoos for trial included (Limited edition only) (ISBN 962-86504-7-5). LINK. (Victionary)

Author/Artist: Luke Ramsey & Justin B Williams - Title: A Great Big Stillness - Price: US$7 - Details: Full color offset, 20 pages plus cover. 5.25 x 7″. LINK. (The Drama Store)

Author/Artist: Raphaël Neal - Title: Vampyr - Price: €14 - Details: First Edition of 100. A5 (15 x 21 cm), 46 pages, Color. LINK. (John)

Author/Artist: Bill Viola - Title: Hatsu-Yume (First Dream) - Publisher: Editions àvoir - Price: £21.50 - Details: DVD, 56 mins color. LINK. (Art Data)

Author/Artist: Walerian Borowczyk - Title: The Beast, Goto island Of Love, and Love Rites - Publisher: Cult Epics - Price: US$59.95 - Details: DVD, 3 Disc Set (NTSC All Region). Amazing collection of the polish master’s sexually bizarre masterpieces. LINK. (Family)

Author/Artist: Annette Messager - Title: Mot pour Mot - Publisher: Les Presses du Réel - Price: €60 - Details: Complete illustrated monography of the artist, with writings and interviews, French edition, hardcover, 20,5 x 26 cm, 466 pages (350 colour illustrations). LINK. (Les Presses du Réel)

Author/Artist: Nobuyoshi Araki - Title: Self, Life, Death - Publisher: Phaidon - Price: US$75- Details: 290 x 214 mm 11 3/8 x 8 8/8 inches, 720 pages, 800 color & 400 b&w photographs. (ISBN 0 7148 4555 8 ) LINK. (Phaidon)

Author/Artist: Various - Title: Vitamin Ph New Perspectives in Photography - Publisher: Phaidon - Price: US$69.95 - Details: Introduction by TJ Demos, 290 x 250 mm 11 3/8 x 9 7/8 inches, 352 pages, 400 col & 100 b&w photos. (ISBN 0 7148 4656 2) LINK. (Phaidon)

Author/Artist: Angelo Plessas - Title: Anathena Fanzine - Price: US$9.78 - Details: 79 pages, perfect-bound, made for the Anathena exhibition at Deste Foundation, September 2006. LINK. (Café Press)

Author/Artist: Rudolf Frieling & Wulf Herzogenrath - Title: 40yearsvideoart.de - Digital Heritage: Video Art in Germany from 1963 to the Present - Publisher: Hatje Cantz Verlag - Price: €35 - Details: 400 pages, 650 color ills., 19,50 x 25,20 cm, hardcover, 2006 (ISBN 3-7757-1718-8). LINK. (Hatje Cantz)

Author/Artist: Douglas Kolk - Title: Douglas Kolk - Price: €29.80 - Details: 104 pages, 101 ills., 71 in color, 22,50 x 28,90 cm, hardcover, 2006. (ISBN 3-7757-1833-8). LINK. (Hatje Cantz)

_EDITIONS.
Artist: Deanna Templeton - Title: Emily 1995-2005 series - Price: US$100 - Details: approx. 8.5 x 10 inches. Framed. LINK. (Renowned Gallery) *LA*

Artist: Mel Kadel - Title: Dogs Barking - Price: US$20 - Details: ed. of 100, signed & numbered. screenprint on paper, 5×7 inches. LINK. (Little Paper Planes) *LA*

Artist: Aaron Noble - Title: Luna, 2005 - Price: US$1400 - Details: ed. of 30, 22.5 x 30 inches, hardground, aquatint, spit-bite aquatint, sugarlift, white ground, drypoint and roulette. LINK. (Brooklyn Artists Alliance) *LA*

Artist: Ruben Ochoa - Title: Extracted, 2006 - Price: N/A - Details: Ed. of 45. Two color lithograph with hand painting, 20.5 x 29.25 inches - each edition unique. LINK. (LA>*LA*

Artist: Pam Henderson - Title: Water Fall - Price: US$150 - Details: Etching with chin colle. Artist Proof. 5 x 4.5 (12.5 x 10.5). LINK. (Renowned Gallery) *LA*

Artist: Andrew Schoultz - Title: Horse Under Fire - Price: $95/$190 framed - Details: Ed. of 100. Silk screen print on acid free uncoated paper. Signed and numbered by the artist. 16″ x 20 inches. LINK. (Arkitip)

Artist: Keith Shore - Title: The Hills at Sandy Row - Price: US$20 - Details: ed. of 100, 6″ x 4.75″ (plus border for framing). LINK. (Tiny Showcase)

Artist: Paul Mpagi Sepuya - Title: the difference between a memory, a portrait, a resolution - Price: US$29 - Details: Ed. of 100. Signed & Numbered. A box set of three handmade booklets. Inkjet print and xerox on card stock and paper in kraft box, dimensions 5-1/4 x 3-3/4 x 7/8 inches. LINK. (Paul Mpagi Sepuya)

Artist: Mathieu Beausejour - Title: Black Bills: Anarchy - Price: CDN$60 - Details: Ed. of 25. Adolar bill covered with black ink. LINK. (Art Metropole) *LA*

Artist: Eboy - Title: Autojerk_08 - Price: €89 - Details: High-end print on EPSON Glossy Photographic acid-free paper using their latest technology in digital printmaking, 79cm x 110cm. LINK. (Maxalot)

Artist: John Knuth - Title: Sugarland, 2005 - Price: $35 - Details: Ed. of 20, hardened sugar, 6″ diameter. LINK. (Ghosts Are Everywhere) *LA*

_OBJECTS.
Artist: Bill Burns - Title: Art Dealer Gloves - Price: CDN$30 - Details: Pair of off-white cotton work/garden gloves. One of each pair is embroidered with the name of an art dealer. We have Andrew Kreps, Gavin Brown, David Zwirner, Maureen Paley, Victoria Miro, Reid Shier, Wayne Baerwaldt, Kitty Scott, Gisela Capitain, Monte Clark, Larry Gagosian, Emmanuel Perrotin, and more. LINK. (Art Metropole)

Artist: Kenn Munk - Title: Sniptape - Price: £4.95 - Details: 66 meters of cut-out-ability. It’s a joke in the form of adhesive tape - LINK. (Stereohype)

Artist: Andrew Rae - Title: Badge Set - Price: £4 - Details: 4x 25 mm pins. LINK. (Concrete Hermit)

Artist: Heidi Kenney - Title: Moldy Bread - Price: $20 - Details: 5 inches tall, handdyed wool felt. LINK. (My Paper Crane)

As you might have felt, the flog has been trying to stay in its delightful summer mode. Now that the opening of the new art season is seriously approaching, as you can tell from the full calendar, its time to get back to it. Yes, Friday & Saturday will be be busy days.
So, expect a dense report the week after.

In the meantime, check Tiny Showcase for a tiny cute limited edition print from Kelly Lynn Jones of Little Paper Planes: 1950’s Playday, 4.3″ x 5.75″, which is for sale for $20.

At The Drama Store, Brian Chippendale has also a print - quite the giant kind - for sale: American Shit for Brains, 23 x 36″, edition of 500, $15.

Finally, at Nieves, Stella issue 5, a fanzine by Nadja Aebi, Nicole Bachmann and Maja Tackett is available. 14 x 19 cm, 94 Pages, Color, B&W Photocopy with Cover Silkscreen. It also contains a DVD with Films by Giorgio Ronna, Nicole Bachmann, Chloe Feinberg, Patricia Bucher, Elodie Pong.

(Left image, Kelly Lynn Jones from Tiny Showcase. Middle image, Brian Chippendale from the Drama Store. Right image, spread of Stella from Nieves)

Oh, and I also found this new book published by John, Vampyr by Raphaël Neal. 46 color pages, first ed. of 100.

The Flog just went through its first anniversary this weekend!
One year that I feed these pages with photographs and comments on what Los Angeles has to offer. As a foreigner, building this site certainly helped me feel more attached to this city, its atmosphere and fluctuations.
Thanks to all of you who wrote me with crazy words and thanks for reading. I hope that the few seconds you each spend on here inspire you. Let’s see how it goes now.

I celebrated this extravagant anniversary by working on my own projects, and I am pleased to announce that my book of drawings, The Anonymous Anatomy is finally sewn together and ready to be shipped.
You can have a look here for more info about it.