Please join us for the opening reception of
SHADES OF GREY
new works by DETHKILLS.
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 7-11pm
RSVP at shadesofgrey@dethkills.com
POVevolving Gallery
939 Chung King Road
Los Angeles, CA 90012
(310) 594-3036
povevolving.com
Exhibition Dates:
November 13 – December 8, 2010
Gallery Hours:
Tues – Sat 11-6pm
POV Gallery is proud to present Shades of Grey, the first solo exhibition from Dethkills Collective. Evolving from their beginnings in T-shirt printing and graffiti art, Dethkills has made a name for themselves in Los Angeles with their trademark typography layered on larger-than-life paintings. Transcending the boundaries between high art and graffiti, Dethkills creates works addressing everything from social issues to the everyday, all with an intensely creative eye and a handful of Sharpies.
In their inaugural unveiling, Dethkills will display 21 pieces that have been meticulously crafted over the past year. Each piece demonstrates their intricate and unconventional uses of “wet-in-wet” washes and dry brush technique, in conjunction with latex and acrylic paints.
This collection will display a group of works entitled “The 27 Club,” featuring iconic images of musicians and artists, such as Jimi Hendrix and Kurt Cobain, who were taken well before their time. Painted in the stark contrast of black and white, these legends are given new life.
The exhibition also includes a series of smaller works that illuminate the intricacies of everyday items, like a phone booth that you pass on your daily route or a box of your grandfather’s medals in the attic; relics of a not so distant, yet highly divergent, past.
The first 100 people at the exhibit will receive a handmade one-of-a-kind Dethkills photozine, with silk-screened cover and silk-screened insert, that showcases the process and progression of each piece in the show from beginning to end.
DJ set by The Blackouts featuring Ako and Atiba Jefferson.
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We aren’t cool enough to get a mention on the flyer but we will be showing a couple pieces at the POV One Year Anniversary show and are super stoked to be a part of it. It coincides with the Chinatown Art Night so it should be a good time. Try and make it out if you can. POVevolving Gallery. 939 Chung King Road. 90012. 6-10pm.
