August 30, 2012

September 15 - Los Feliz Triangle Park

Jay Erker: Cut Both Ways
Saturday, September 15, 2012 from 4-7pm

Los Feliz Triangle Park
Hollywood Blvd. & Prospect Ave. at Vermont Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90027

ShoeboxLA is very pleased to begin its second season with Los Angeles artist Jay Erker.  For Cut Both Ways Erker presents, in book form, layered fashion advertisements whose subject matter has been clearly removed. Bodies of abstraction are created by the accumulation of layered pages and the subsequent interstitial spaces are shaped from the cut away figures. Eliminating the subject diverts attention from that which is meant to compel, focusing the viewer’s attention to the figure’s absence, the background of the originating image, and the newly constructed abstracted imagery. Erker received her MFA in film at California Institute of the Arts in 2001 and her BFA in photography in 1997 from the University of Florida. She co-founded Weekend, an artist-run space in Los Feliz, with husband John Mills.

This season ShoeboxLA is working in conjunction with The Los Feliz Business Improvement District (www.losfeliz.biz). Look for us exclusively around Los Feliz for this exciting second year.  

(Los Feliz Triangle Park is Metro Redline accessible at the Sunset & Vermont stop, walk one block north to the triangle – Bus: 180/181 to Prospect/Vermont.  Plenty of street and metered parking – the Triangle is just west of the car wash/Machos Tacos and just south of the bank parking lot)

August 23, 2012

ShoeboxLA in the Huffington Post

How nice to see ShoeboxLA included with other unique spaces from all over the country and the world in the article "Top Ten Art Galleries in Strange Places"...We like that!  Thank you, Huffington Post.

Check out the article here:

HUFFINGTON POST

See you on Sept. 15 for Jay Erker's Cut Both Ways.

August 19, 2012

Jay Erker: Cut Both Ways


ShoeboxLA Presents
Jay Erker: Cut Both Ways

Saturday, September 15, 2012 from 4-7pm

Los Feliz Triangle Park
Hollywood Blvd. & Prospect Ave. at Vermont Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90027

ShoeboxLA is very pleased to begin its second season with Los Angeles artist Jay Erker.  For Cut Both Ways Erker presents, in book form, layered fashion advertisements whose subject matter has been clearly removed. Bodies of abstraction are created by the accumulation of layered pages and the subsequent interstitial spaces are shaped from the cut away figures. Eliminating the subject diverts attention from that which is meant to compel, focusing the viewer’s attention to the figure’s absence, the background of the originating image, and the newly constructed abstracted imagery. Erker received her MFA in film at California Institute of the Arts in 2001 and her BFA in photography in 1997 from the University of Florida. She co-founded Weekend, an artist-run space in Los Feliz, with husband John Mills.

This season ShoeboxLA is working in conjunction with The Los Feliz Business Improvement District (www.losfeliz.biz). Look for us exclusively around Los Feliz for this exciting second year.  

(Los Feliz Triangle Park is Metro Redline accessible at the Sunset & Vermont stop, walk one block north to the triangle – Bus: 180/181 to Prospect/Vermont.  Plenty of street and metered parking – the Triangle is just west of the car wash/Machos Tacos and just south of the bank parking lot)


August 13, 2012

We Did It!

We reached our Kickstarter goal and with time to spare!  So many of you supported us and we are deeply honored and touched.  We can't wait to produce the catalogue AND we can't wait to bring you shows for our second season.

SAVE THE DATE:  Saturday, September 15, 4-7pm -  
Jay Erker - Cut Both Ways (location TBA)

Thank you again to everyone who donated to our Kickerstarter.  There's still time to pledge if you want to help us exceed our goal.  Additional funds go toward marketing and a website:

ShoeboxLA/Kickstarter

We love seeing you, Sophia & Paul