the echo park time bank is putting the fun back in fundraiser with a real square dance at fluxco on sunday september 27th from 5-9 pm. all are welcome although it is a fundraiser for the time bank so there is a suggested donation. the dance promises to be memorable.

intersecting viewpoints

intersecting viewpoints, a convergence of imagery
saturday august 29th, 2009 from 7-11 PM


This is a multi-media multi-artist event with imagery ranging from the cinematic to the sublime. Though each artist has their own starting point, the images in this exhibition converge to inform the view of life processed through our continual shift in perception. Each captured moment reveals a new immediacy.

participating artists:

patrick hoelck
geoff moore
steffanie walk
jennifer grant
steven perilloux
rome apple shadanloo
christine reinsch
boyd
ramon f
sheila rosa
irene woticky


pepe verite moving pictures presented by:
disciples of desire films

music by: rocco'n razor

SIZable was a huge success

The opening on July 18th was great for the show Christina put together. The worked looked perfect in the space and the viewers seemed to appreciated it. Here is a slide show of the installation. Hopefully you can make it out to the next exhibit if you missed this one.

SIZable Saturday July 18th, 8-11 PM

SIZable, a show of large works by downtown LA arts district artists, Saturday July 18th, 2009 from 8-11 PM
 

Christina Muraczewski and Gyan Shrosbree have chosen the artists for this show of large works. The participants all live and work here in LA and will choose the specific works that will be at fluxco on July 18th. It will be a great event that brings our disparate strands together for an evening. The party is free, there will be refreshments, hopefully some music and of course lively conversation. So come join us! For more information about Christina, go to www.christinamuraczewski.com For Gyan go to www.gyanshrosbree.com

artists:

Heather Cantrell
Jamison Carter
Spencer Chow
Jason David
Margaret Griffith
Sean Higgins
Michael Hsiung
Luci Hull
Ryan Logan
Christina Muraczewski
Elliott Oliver
Matthew Penkala
Liz Smith
Klutch Stanaway
Gyan Shrosbree
Christian Tedeschi
Tao Urban
Alexandra Wiesenfeld

Here are some installation shots from the plank tone robots show. If you want to come by and see it in person let me know. The work will be up a couple weeks. More info can be found at http://sites.google.com/site/fluxco/

Plank Tone Robots

a new exhibition titled "plank tone robots" will open at fluxco on Saturday May 30th from 8-11 PM.


Plank Tone Robots

Reading between room temperature super oxidant in green tea
leaf
Fire and ice jumping the broom interpreting possibilities
of cacotopia to unveil Eden, Apocalypse engendering utopia

2 degrees to warming - guided pilots of autonomous
underwater vehicles in collusion with poisonous
plankton

Jean Pétion

life in the vast lane

Times are rough when it comes to art sales. But the prospect of running a gallery at anytime is a bizarre endeavor. Why would someone want to do that? I understand if you happen to be sorta wealthy or can afford to even buy the art you sell (that would be a "no", and another "no" for me). But why else? There are all the political networking, contact making and social climbing aspects that some may find attractive but I could give a shit about that. So why run a gallery?

I have no idea really. Maybe there just isn't anything else I am qualified for. I read pretty well, make a good pizza, am pretty good on road trips and so on. But it seems that my facinating resume of various useless skills are not attractive to employers. At least not after they meet me. I actually get a pretty high percentage of interviews when I forward my resume and a really low percentage of offers. Maybe it is the fact that I won't be challenged by the fascinating details of the task at hand, or intellectually fulfilled or just generally have an attitude, none of which I can really argue with.

So, until further notice fluxco is happening. A couple more shows are shaping up, one for May 30th, the other for June 12th. More updates will follow as I uncover the facts. And for all you curators out there, forward me a proposal for a group show if you are interested in art for art's sake.

inadvertent party

The opening went well even if coachella, the brewery art walk and a dozen other events were happening simultaneously in and around the cultural beacon that is our hobbled together, limping and wounded city of los angeles. Thanks for all those who came by, drank, talked, played with their children, reminded others why they don't have children, took photos of the work, and even bought art! Yeah, bought stuff. That is always nice. If you missed the show and want to buy a piece, let me know.

getting ready for Saturday night opening of Inadvertent Rapture

I have been getting fluxco ready for the opening on Saturday, trying to avoid all the last minute mundane problems that usually crop up. Bought the beverages, cups, napkins and assorted items that 300 people go through in 2-3 hours of socializing. I also bought the red dots, calculator and receipt books I will need for all the collectors that will be clamoring for the artwork. Hey, you never know and I tend to be optimistic about this side of things. Art may not be as essential as food, but to some folks it can be. Hope to see you there on Saturday.

looking for independent curators

Fluxco is looking for independent curators to put together shows of 10-12 participating artists per exhibit in the 7500 sqft of gallery space located in the arts district of downtown Los Angeles. Come to the art opening of "Inadvertent Rapture" on Sat April 18th from 7-9 PM to see the space and get a feel for the possibilities. Contact Ford Allen for more information at fluxco@gmail.com

as seen in THE magazine

Inadvertent Rapture

Exhibition Dates: Saturday, April 18, 2009 - Saturday, May 9, 2009
Opening Reception: April 18, 2009, 7-9pm
Fluxco
2042 Bay Street, Los Angeles CA
(213) 239-4620 sites.google.com/site/fluxco/

Inadvertent Rapture

HK Zamani

Post-millennial dispensationmentarianism, or:
Inadvertent Rapture

Eric Bené
Dylan Palmer
Michael Perelman
Christopher Russell
Michael Shaw
Brad Spence
Ami Tallman
Andrew West
Nicola Vruwink
HK Zamani

Organized by Michael Shaw

April 18th to May 9th
Opening reception, April 18th, 7-9 p.m.

Black Monday. Black Friday. Y2K. A New Era. The Day After. The New Depression. The 2nd Coming. And the list goes on. Labels and clichés are nice; at least, in fitting with our fast-paced culture(s), they're quick and easy to digest. But there are other ways of viewing our world, both pre- and post-recession, that are deeper, slower and more unconscious. While art sometimes responds to its immediate climate, it often anticipates the fluctuations of the zeitgeist as if it sensed they were coming. At least we'd like to think so.

Inadvertent Rapture includes artists working in painting, photography and installation, whose work delves into secular-religious wanderings and physical and emotional decay. All of the work, in one way or another, attempts to take us out of our latest and current end-of-days challenge(s), but not without some dose of reality thrown in, and perhaps a bit of humor to boot.

art opening: inadvertent rapture, Saturday, April 18, 7-9 PM at fluxco

Come to Fluxco for the opening of "inadvertent rapture", an exhibition of LA based artists that share an uncommon intellect, ability and commitment to art, social poetics and the human comedy. If you miss the opening, contact Ford Allen at 213-239-4620 or fluxco@gmail.com for gallery hours or for an appointment to see the exhibit.

opening April 18th: inadvertent rapture

Michael Shaw, the venerable L A artist (http://registry.whitecolumns.org/view_artist.php?artist=54), is putting together an amazing exhibit of 10 Los Angeles based artists(Eric Bene, Brad Spence, Dylan Palmer, Ami Tallman, Michael Perlman, Nicola Vruwink, Christopher Russell, Andrew West, HK Zamani) at Fluxco set to open on Saturday the 18th of April, between 7-9 PM. More details will follow but suffice it to say that the opening will be a lot of fun, the art will be real, and parking, some refreshments and of course attendance, are all free. So, come early, stay late and get back into it.

rebirth of flux

Fluxco was originally established in Brooklyn, NY, on 5th Avenue in Park Slope by like-minded artists and designers in 1997. Conceptualized as a retail sculpture, the first Fluxco was a wonderful curio shop of functional found objects. It was a mix of hip vintage store and 18^th century archive. Fluxco was a visual museum of family photos, rare books, ephemera, antique fabrics, hand-crank phonographs, 1970’s plastic furniture, tramp art, paintings, hippy sculpture, and high design. The store was half installation and half treasure hunt.

The incarnation of Fluxco as an art space in Los Angeles first took shape in 2005 on the ground floor of 2042 Bay Street on the edge of the arts district in downtown LA. Local and national artists drew huge crowds to the 7500 sqft space for a couple dozen shows until 2007, when Ford Allen, the director of Fluxco in LA, decided to spend his time with his new baby boy, Hudson. It was a difficult choice but certainly had its rewards. Hopefully, children are only babies once and it is a nice thing to witness. So, now that Hudson is 2 years old and playing with friends his own age, Fluxco can begin again in its old space on Bay Street.

Some artists will be familiar to those that frequented the art openings and performamnces at Fluxco, others will be new. Independant curators will coordinate group shows of 10-12 artists for each exbibit. Special performances and events will take place as well, showcasing the works of writers, filmakers and performers. The anticipated re-opening will take place sometime in April, a perfect time of year for such a thing. As many venues close throughout LA, hopefully bringing Fluxco back will help re-create a place for people to come together when we need it most. If you have something that you would like to present, please contact Ford Allen at fluxco@gmail.com or go to the link below for more information

http://sites.google.com/site/fluxco/