The Flog.

Fecal Face, in collaboration with 111 Minna Gallery will be hosting it’s annual group art show with over 35 artists.
This year’s celebration honors the 7.5 year anniversary. A few of LA artists are making it this year, Christofer Chin (aka Tofer), Mel Kadel, Saelee Oh and Travis Millard. The show opens August 2nd and runs until the end of the month. Check FF for more info and go to 111 Minna to support.

(Left image is the show flier with artwork by Mike Maxwell. Middle is Mel Kadel, from her website, right is Christofer Chin, from his website)

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)

Enjoy By: Group Show - McGee, Baseman, Clayton Brothers, Templeton and others @Project (September 10 - October 2, 2005)

Rich Colman.
Surreal, dark and baroque, the superb combination. (I hate these ugly and gigantic wite info-stickers so much. Did the guys at Project never heard of the word inconspicuous?)

Left, the pinky & sugary Buff Monster. Middle: Mari Araki. Right: Mel Kadel.

Mel Kadel.

Albert Reyes.

Left: Albert Reyes. Right: Kenton Parker.

Kio Griffith.