Dionysus Records

9/12: Magical Musical Lunch for the Downtown Women’s Center

Dionysus Records — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 23:59:23 +0000

The Magical Musical Lunch
benefiting The Downtown Women’s Center
September 12 from 1:00 to 4:00 pm

El Chavo Restaraunt
4441 W Sunset Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90027
(323) 664-0871
www.elchavorestaurant.com

Please come to the Magical Musical Lunch benefiting The Downtown Women’s Center next Sunday, September 12 from 1:00 to 4:00 pm. Dick and Jane Family Orchestra are performing, along with Madame Pamita, The Queen of The Sideshow Carnival, who will also be telling fortunes! Also scheduled are special surprise guests that are so big that we can’t mention them here.

The Downtown Women’s Center provides housing and a daytime refuge for homeless women on Skid Row. From permanent housing to just a warm meal and a daily shower, this place is incredible.
100% of all proceeds for this event — absolutely no overhead–is going to the Downtown Women’s Center — no money wasted on overhead.

Special thanks to Sino Tequila, which is donating the margaritas, and El Chavo for donating the all of the food and beer and hosting the event. (El Chavo owner Melanie Tusquellas’ mother has been doing volunteer work and donations for the Center since the 1970s when it first opened.)

Tons of fabulous raffle prizes, buffet lunch, margaritas, beer and great music are all included in the $40.00 ticket. We realize that ‘s a lot of money in the current economic environment, but it’s for a very worthy cause and ticket are totally tax-deductible. And if you can’t make it, please forward this on to someone you think might be able to help.

To get tickets, go to the following website. After your purchase, you will receive a Tax ID receipt:
www.firstgiving.com/DWC-ElChavo

9/10: Mick Farren’s “Speed-Speed-Speedfreak” book release party at La Luz de Jesus

Dionysus Records — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 23:27:26 +0000

“Speed – Speed – Speedfreak: A Fast History of Amphetamine” by Mick Farren
Book release, reading, signing and story contest

Friday September 10, 6 pm – 9 pm
La Luz de Jesus Gallery
(Wacko / Soap Plant)
4633 Hollywood Blvd.,
Los Angeles CA 90027
323-666-7667
www.laluzdejesus.com
www.soapplant.com

Elvis Presley, the Hell’s Angels, Hunter S. Thompson, Truman Capote, the Beatles, Judy Garland, Hank Williams, the Manson Family, Jack Kerouac, Johnny Cash, JFK, and Adolf Hitler. All of the above were, at one time or another, to put it bluntly, speedfreaks. Speed – Speed – Speedfreak: A Fast History of Amphetamine” traces the criminal and cultural use of amphetamine and its growing use through each new and destructive cycle. The book will be printed in rounded pill capsule form, like the vaunted “black beauty” of pharmaceutical history

Photo by Wendy Phillips

Author Mick Farren is a pillar of the counterculture and one of the last Bohemians standing. He is the author of close to forty books both fiction and otherwise and has released some 20 albums. His lyrics have been performed by Hawkwind, Motorhead, Metallica, Brother Wayne Kramer and others. The exhaustive research on “Speed – Speed – Speedfreak: A Fast History of Amphetamine” was helped by his own youthful taste for what was laughingly called the devil’s dandruff. For the reading part of the fun, he will be accompanied by master guitarist Andy Colquhoun.

Attendees are encouraged to come up to the microphone and share their favorite stories and tales involving amphetamines: real, imagined, personal, anecdotal, second-hand, historical, nightmarish and/or cautionary. While no one involved in this event advocates the use of narcotics, we recognize their pervasiveness–at a time when an estimated 40% of Montana’s youth is on speed, for instance, it is blatantly apparent that a great number of adults have either taken speed or know someone who has. Prizes will be awarded for the most popular stories told!

“Speed – Speed – Speedfreak: A Fast History of Amphetamine” by Mick Farren – Die cut paperback, 175 pages 8.4 x 4.3 x 0.4 inches, published by Feral House, www.feralhouse.com, English, ISBN 13: 978-1932595826

9/9: Brian McCarty “Art Toys” book release and signing party at La Luz de Jesus

Dionysus Records — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 23:08:49 +0000

Brian McCarty “Art Toys”
Book release and signing party

Featuring DJ Aubrey

Thursday, Sept. 9th, 6-9PM

La Luz de Jesus Gallery
(Wacko / Soap Plant)
4633 Hollywood Blvd.,
Los Angeles CA 90027
323-666-7667
www.laluzdejesus.com
www.soapplant.com

Make no mistake about it: the art world, the traditional art world is over. – Douglas Rushkoff

ART-TOYS is a massive collection of Brian McCarty’s meticulously composed photographs that uniquely chronicle the Art-Toy movement. For six years, McCarty worked alongside a host of international artists, photographing their toy characters in actual locations ranging from the Grand Canyon to Times Square. The resulting photos are sometimes dark, often funny, and always hinting at a deeper story. The moments that McCarty manufactures in front of the camera feel real, as if he’s simply documenting the day-to-day lives of toys.

Each of the over 100 photographs stand alone on a page, allowing viewers an unfettered look at the world from McCarty’s toy-based perspective. An extensive behind the scenes section is included at the back of the book, providing a narrative glimpse at McCarty’s methods and the artists with whom he collaborates. Snapshots taken on set reveal the brilliantly simple techniques behind some of his most magical and iconic images.

Because the toys that McCarty photographs are simultaneously art objects and consumer goods, many of his images were created to serve both creative and commercial goals. As such, they provide a unique perspective on the art and commerce of the Designer Toy / Urban Vinyl movement. A number of books have explored the content of the Art-Toy movement before, but this is the only collection that captures the energy and the attitude of a new era in Pop Art from the perspective of a fellow artist.

Artists with toy work included: Alex Pardee, Amanda Visell, Andrew Bell, Ashley Wood, Attaboy, Bob Dob, Brandt Peters, Craig Anthony Perkins, Frank Kozik, FriendsWithYou, Gama-Go, Gary Baseman, Greg “Craola” Simkins, James Jarvis, Jeremy Fish, Jermaine Rogers, Joe Ledbetter, Kathie Olivas, Lili Chin, Luke Chueh, Mario “MARS-1” Martinez, Mark Mothersbaugh, Mark Nagata, Mark Ryden, Meredith Dittmar, Michelle Valigura, mr clement, Noferin, Patrick Ma, Ralph Cosentino, Roy Miles, Sam Flores, Santa Inoue, Sara Antoinette Martin, Sebastien Roux, Sergey Safonov, Scott Musgrove, Scott Tolleson, Simone Legno, Tim Biskup, Wilfrid Wood, Yoskay Yamamoto, and others.

The special, limited edition of ART-TOYS features an alternate cover free of text, packaged in a vinyl slipcase. Each book is individually numbered and signed by Brian McCarty and eighteen world-known artists whose work is showcased inside. Included are Attaboy, Gary Baseman, Tim Biskup, Hugh Brown, Luke Chueh, Lili Chin, Bob Dob, Frank Kozik, Joe Ledbetter, Patrick Ma, Mark Nagata, Craig Perkins, Mark Ryden, Greg “Craola” Simkins, Scott Tolleson, Michelle Valigura, Amanda Visell, and Yoskay Yamamoto. Mario “MARS-1″ Martinez and Sam Flores are also included in a rare number of “chase” books.

We have been living for too long in the wake of Walter Benjamin’s prescient but ultimately depressing essay, “The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction.” He correctly demonstrated how photographs of art remove works from their original contexts – the media successfully diminishing a painting’s original “aura” of context and place. Now, and thanks to the Art-Toy movement, we may actually be entering an era when a work of art’s aura is not diminished but enhanced or even *created* by the media supporting it. – Douglas Rushkoff

Hard cover, 240 Pages, 10.5″ x 9″, Published by Baby Tattoo Books, Los Angeles

Brian McCarty

Brian McCarty (mccartyphotoworks.com, brianmccarty.com) is a Memphis-born photographer currently living and working in Los Angeles. McCarty studyed at the Parsons School of Design in New York City and the Benetton-supported creative research center Fabrica in Treviso, Italy. According to McCarty, “About the time I was supposed to grow up and stop playing with toys, they transitioned into subjects for my photography.” In the twenty years since, his toy photography has been exhibited internationally and seen via commissioned projects for clients such as Rockstar Games, Cartoon Network, MTV, and Kidrobot. In addition, McCarty spent nearly four years as in-house photographer at Mattel.

McCarty’s postmodern integration of concept and character has earned his photography a prominent position in the growing Urban Vinyl / Art-Toy movement. McCarty is featured in several books chronicling the artistic movement such as Vinyl Will Kill, Dot Dot Dash, and Toys: New Designs from the Art-Toy Revolution. McCarty’s work has earned notable praise from such places as Bizarre Magazine (July, 2010), L’Uomo Vogue (February, 2007), ABC World News(October 31st, 2006), FHM Germany (April, 2010), and XLR8R Magazine (January, 2009). In addition to his still photography work, McCarty recently co-created, produced, and art-directed an animated series based upon his photography that went into development for Nickelodeon.

Continuing to expand his work, Brian is currently developing a documentary film and photo essay on children’s experiences of war as expressed by principles of play and art therapy.

Memories of The Kahiki article in The Colombus Dispatch

Dionysus Records — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 22:08:57 +0000

10 years after torches go out, Kahiki memories live

Restaurant with Polynesian theme has devoted fans

Wednesday, August 25, 2010 02:53 AM

By Elizabeth Gibson

THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH

FILE PHOTO

Built for $1 million and opened in 1961, the Kahiki was a landmark on E. Broad Street for four decades and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Timeline

1961 | Bill Sapp and Lee Henry open the Kahiki after their Tiki bar, the Grass Shack, burns down.

1988 | After a slew of owners, Michael Tsao buys out his partner and takes over the restaurant.

1995 | Tsao starts a frozen-food company next door to the restaurant.

1997 | The Kahiki is put on the National Register of Historic Places.

April 17, 2000 | Walgreens confirms that it wants to build a store where the Kahiki sits.

June 30, 2000 | Tsao says that he will sell the Kahiki to Walgreens but never reveals how much money it took.

Aug. 25, 2000 | The Kahiki closes its doors before a private farewell party the next day.

July 22, 2005 | Michael Tsao unexpectedly dies 10 weeks after the realization of his dream of moving the company into a bigger factory. The company is in debt and in mourning.

2006 | A group of former Kahiki employees opens a restaurant called Tropical Bistro, but it lasts for only two years.

May 2007 | A Pittsburgh company buys Kahiki for $11.7 million, although the factory stays in Gahanna.

2010 | The company makes almost $50 million in sales a year and sells 70 products in groceries across the country. President Alan Hoover said it still makes many of the dishes from the Kahiki menu.

Source: Dispatch archives

No restaurant with a fire-breathing stone head has ever captured the hearts of Columbus quite like the Kahiki.

The Polynesian eatery took Tiki kitsch to the max with an aviary, indoor thatch huts, umbrella-topped drinks, waterfalls and the deep thrum of drums.

Ten years ago today, the Kahiki closed its doors to make way for a Walgreens pharmacy. The Kahiki name lives on in a Gahanna-based frozen-food company, but company President Alan Hoover says he still gets calls about the restaurant.

“Two months ago, I was leaving the office in the evening and a couple was walking up the front walkway,” he said. “I asked if I could help them, and they said, ‘Yes, we’d like to have dinner tonight.’

“It’s amazing that these things are still happening.”

The Kahiki, at 3583 E. Broad St., was the brainchild of Bill Sapp and Lee Henry, also the creators of the Top Steak House near Bexley. Their temple of Tiki opened in 1961 after their Tiki bar, the Grass Shack, burned down.

They built the Kahiki for more than $1 million (about $7.3 million today). Sapp said they sold it to help them finance a new restaurant, the Wine Cellar, also long gone now.

“We were sorry within two weeks that we sold it,” he said. “We had this great big gong, like 4 to 5 feet across, that went bong, and right after we sold it they replaced it with this little thing that went ting.”

The restaurant went through multiple owners. The last was Michael Tsao, who started the frozen-food business and sold the property to Walgreens. Hoover said it was a smart business move. The restaurant was draining, and Tsao wanted more time to focus on expanding the factory.

Tsao’s son Jeff said that before his father unloaded the restaurant he had grand dreams for relocating the Kahiki to the riverfront Downtown. But it never panned out because the factory got busy and government support fell short. Then his father died unexpectedly.

“I don’t know if it could ever happen again,” Jeff Tsao said. “But we’re very, very pleased and thankful that we still have so many fans.”

But that doesn’t necessarily soften the blow.

“I think a lot of people are still bitter about it. We all miss it,” said Stu Koblentz, who was a member of the Ohio Preservation Alliance when the organization labeled the Kahiki one of the top 10 endangered historic buildings in Ohio.

Kahiki fans say the restaurant was a place for special occasions and fond memories.

There are dozens of active Kahiki tribute websites and discussion boards. There are photo albums on TikiCentral.org full of Kahiki swag – drink stirrers, napkins, toothpicks, salt shakers and matchbooks.

Tiki enthusiasts write books and poetry about the restaurant. Columbus resident Jeff Chenault unearthed a 1965 recording of the Beachcomber Trio at the Kahiki.

Dionysus Records produced vinyl copies for sale online, and they’re selling.

Other Ohioans remember a prom night, an anniversary getaway, playing table games in the basement or bouncing with excitement as a child, sipping virgin mixed drinks and roasting meatballs over an open flame. Zsa Zsa Gabor famously ordered milk.

“When I was a kid and we’d drive by the huge sloping roof with dragons and torches, it always seemed to me to be a grounded ship on E. Broad Street,” Newark resident Lesa Best said in an e-mail.

“There were macaws in the bar, and the booth walls were lined with aquariums, or ‘rain forests’ complete with thunderous sound effects. By the ’80s, it was past its prime, definitely, and cheesy? Yes it was. But my friends and family loved going because it was different, it was campy and the food was really quite good.

“I long for just one more Mystery Drink.”

Each time someone made a pilgrimage to the Kahiki, they would take word back to their hometowns.

“When I was a kid growing up in Pittsburgh, my dad regularly traveled to Columbus on business,” said Worthington resident Bill Nordquist. “We had a postcard picture of the exterior, and in the mid-1970s I had never seen anything like that.”

Even some people who never went to the Kahiki said they were dismayed to hear it would be torn down.

Jennifer Akers grew up nearby and begged her parents to take her there for her birthday. They told her the Kahiki wasn’t in the budget for a family of six, so she never set a foot inside.

But when she heard the Kahiki was auctioning off its wares, she had her chance. Now she owns a copy of its blueprints.

“I spent hours and lots of dollars buying treasure,” she said. “I have boxes of menus, match boxes, napkins, cups. I have the boss’ couch right out of his office.”

New Yorker Frank Decaro flew to Columbus when he heard the Kahiki was closing. Ten years later, he still can’t believe they tore it down.

“At the point when the last great Tiki bar closes, someone will open a new one and everyone will say these are great,” he said. “It’s a shame we always seem to realize too late how much things mean to us.”

egibson@dispatch.com

8/28: An evening at Stronghold by the Sea

Dionysus Records — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 00:33:31 +0000

An evening at Stronghold by the Sea in Marina Del Rey, CA.

9:30: The Dick and Jane Family Orchestra
10:30: Ruthann Friedman
11:30: Azalia Snail

Saturday, August 8, 2010
9:00 pm – 1:30 AM
Stronghold by the Sea
4211 Admiralty Way
Marina del Rey, CA 90292

Get Directions

THE DICK AND JANE FAMILY ORCHESTRA
Featuring buxom high priestess of splendor, one of LA’s first 100 punks, Miss Jane Cantillon and her husband Richard Ross’ memorable audience participation provoking LA-centric original compositions, The Dick and Jane Family Orchestra also perform favorites by Dylan and Leonard Cohen along with acoustified Jaynettes, Jimi Hendrix and Captain Beefheart songs. Dionysus Records’ Lee Joseph plays bass and Michael Peffer, formerly with Cleveland’s Biblical Proof of UFOs plays percussion.

RUTHANN FRIEDMAN
Ruthann Friedman is an enduring gem, a jewel in the headband of 60s culture. With a serious clutch of songs, she defines an exact space and time. Her smooth and undulating vocal line is combined with polished stone-washed lyrical poetry. Her legend starts with “Windy”– The Association took it on and pushed it to the top of the charts in 1967. A former housemate of David Crosby and the Jefferson Airplane, her jazz-touched, melodically complex songs go beyond mere hippie confessions.

AZALIA SNAIL
Azalia Snail has been making her uniquely sweet, viscous, noise-inflected, tempo-bending psychedelia for over two decades, recording a dozen or so albums between 1990 and 2010 on labels including Dark Beloved Cloud and Powertool Records. The music has its share of discordant moments and harsh textures, but somehow these are enveloped in a softening sheen. She has toured the USA, Europe, Japan, and New Zealand. She has jammed with Beck, The Black Heart Procession, The Grifters, Trumans Water, Low, and many other unique musical artists. Joining Azalia for this show will be sax player Emily St Amand Poliakoff.

8/28: The Creepy Creeps in Anaheim!

Dionysus Records — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 22:25:48 +0000

Saturday, August 28: Dionysus Records recording artists, San Diego’s wildest surf-garage-tiki-monster combo The Creepy Creeps will be performing The Juke Joint‘s fifth anniversary party with local surf gods The Dynotones and garage-punk-rockabilly from The Hexxers. This event will be filmed for a surf documentary.

Tiki Oasis 10 Year Extravaganza in San Diego starts Thursday!

Dionysus Records — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 09:38:24 +0000

TIKI OASIS 10 YEAR EXTRAVAGANZA!
Thursday August 19 – Sunday August 22
taking place at The Bali Hai and the Crowne Plaza
San Diego, CA

Event website:
www.tikioasis.com

Several Tiki Oasis Events are FREE and OPEN TO THE PUBLIC!
Please note – all ticketed Tiki Oasis events are SOLD OUT but there are a number of great things happening off and on site that are FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC – for adults AND kids!

Thursday August 19:
Tiki Oasis Meet and Mingle:

Bali Hai Restaurant
2230 Shelter Island Drive
San Diego, CA 92106
619-222-1181
www.balihairestaurant.com

Doors: 6:30 PM
Show: 6:30 PM – 1:00AM
This event is FREE and open to the public
Bali Hai, Indoors
Luxuriamusic.com DJ’s all night long!

Bali Hai, Outdoors
King Kukulele
Sultry Savage Burlesque
Tikiyaki Orchestra (two sets)

Special guest
Marina the Fire Eating Mermaid

Friday, August 20
Keep A Breast Foundation Benefit Art Show
Crowne Plaza Hotel, Lahaina room, 11:00AM – 4:00PM,
2270 Hotel Circle North
San Diego, CA 92108
1-619-297-1101
www.ichotelsgroup.com/h/d/cp/1/en/hotel/sancp

Preview art show here

Saturday, August 21

Tiki Oasis 2nd Annual Car Show
Crowne Plaza Hotel Parking Lot, 9:00AM – 4:00PM,
Chum 10:00AM, 1:00PM, 3:00PM

Tiki Oasis artist Derek Yaniger Book Signing + Special Guests
Crowne Plaza Hotel Grand Hanalei Ballroom Foyer, 10:00AM,
Free – Details

Keep A Breast Art Show
Crowne Plaza Hotel, Lahaina Room, 11:00AM – 4:00PM,
Meet and Greet with artists/castees
1:00PM – 2:30PM

Sunday, August 22

Tiki Oasis Marketplace with over 70 vendors!
Crowne Plaza Hotel Courtyard,
10:00AM – 4:00PM

Keep A Breast Art Show
Crowne Plaza Lahaina Room, 11:00AM – 4:00PM,

Uke Jam
Crowne Plaza Atrium, 1:30PM

Kids Activities
Tot Tour with King Kukulele
Poolside, 9:30AM

Tiki Farm’s Tiki Tot 10 Year Anniversary Party
Paradise Room, 10:30AM

For more details on all above events, please click here

8/14: The Skip Heller Trio, Patria Jacobs, Chris Lockett in Echo Park

Dionysus Records — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 09:18:13 +0000

Saturday, August 14 at 8 pm
The Skip Heller Trio, Patria Jacobs, Chris Lockett
Playing for you at
Rafa’s Gallery & Lounge
1836 W Sunset Bl
Los Angeles, CA

$5 cover, there’s coffee and beer. Right around the corner from the Echoplex,

8/8: Velvet Lounge at La Cita, Downtown Los Angeles

Dionysus Records — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 06:08:50 +0000

Velvet Lounge
August 8 at 10:00 pm – 2:00 am

La Cita
336 S. Hill St. (across from Angel’s Flight)
Los Angeles, CA
www.lacitabar.com

This month’s Velvet Lounge is gonna be hotter than the weather featuring Nica Tine churning out some Boss Jamaican sounds, Frankie the Face making a public appearance from his Secret Affair, and local L.A. Icon Lee Joseph of Dionysus Records making his rounds around town and stopping by to lay some tracks down!

Come by after the Dick and Jane Family Orchestra set at the Lotus Light Arts Fundraiser!

Next Month Velvet Lounge will have the 45 Flying Dutchman: Kula Baker, Powder from the old school days of L.A. Mod, Rocksteady Lounge’s Nina and Viktor plus… many others! Tell your friends and spread the word, cause The Velvet Lounge is still here and is 100% drama free!

8/6: Christopher Ulrich “Illuminator: The Royal Wedding” at La Luz de Jesus Gallery

Dionysus Records — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 05:54:21 +0000

Christopher Ulrich
“Illuminator: The Royal Wedding”

August 6 – 29, 2010
Reception for the artist: Friday, August 6, 2010, 8pm – 11pm
Print Release & Signing will precede, from 7-8 pm

La Luz de Jesus Gallery
4633 Hollywood Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90232
323-666-7667
info@laluzdejesus.com
www.laluzdejesus.com

Choice
Oil on canvas
36″ x 48″ in 44″ x 71.5″ frame
This is Christopher Ulrich’s second show with Billy Shire. The first was “The Fourth Enochian Key,” which debuted on June 13, 2009. This next chapter is a continuance of the “Demoneater” series recently catalogued and exhibited at the Grand Central Art Center Museum at CSUF. “Illuminator: The Royal Wedding” is the second chapter of three in Ulrich’s ongoing journey. It was on this very day 38 years ago that Ulrich was born. Each piece in the series is designed to be its own portable temple marked and charged by the number 8. There are 16 paintings with 16 illustrated studies, 1 additional drawing, hidden, conceptual notes and 16 print editions that complete the show.

“Illuminator: The Royal Wedding” is a merger, a multi-faceted view of the crystal. Light and dark begin to dance within the circle. As the black continues it’s metamorphic process, the heat and flame of experience (and a time-crunching deadline) increase and the whitening begins. The white aspect of the alchemical process is the manifestation of a deep healing process. What happens is it gives birth to axioms. These insights form the images, which create personalized alchemical recipes. Various figures from history -both real and imagined- have folded with cross-cultural counterparts significant to the artist. This manifested array marks the interior witnesses that revolve around the axis of the third part, that which has yet to be. All the works can be viewed simultaneously, as if they are all happening at the same time in different places and dimensions. Poetic conception is the moment in which a certain resonance rings out throughout the universe; dark beacons echoing across the depths of space and time. As the piper plays his hypnotic melodies so, too, the aspirant chooses his card. As the Promethean hare reveals nuclear magic to primates so, too, St. Margaret rises from the belly of the dragon. These moments capture a singular message. And that is an awakening with the white and black truly integrated. The red man and the white woman merge and not only give birth to the divine child but absorb its golden aura, which is the backdrop of the whole show. The entire universe spirals above, below, and within. The Royal Wedding heals all wounds, and establishes treaties amongst all houses; a rekindling of friendship; truce between enemies; the harvesting of fruits of labor; the newborn gifts between lovers; a new manifestation between father and son, god and warrior, mother, sister and friend. :Illuminator: The Royal Wedding” has revealed that there are no mistakes, no regrets and no lies. All parts of the greater whole bear witness that life is a magical process with “magic” defined as the transforming agent. The ability to make the unreal reality, to make impossibility possible, to bring a sense of inspiration, joy and insight is your birthright. We live in abundance, not scarcity. Everyone is invited to experience his or her own inner awakening by witnessing the call that the artist has truthfully labored to answer.

Grace
Graphite on strathmore
12″ x 17.5″ (plus 3″ matte & frame)
Also available as a proof edition lithograph (1/16)

There is a great wedding occurring. The bride and groom could be myth and reality or science and religion. Seeming opposites come together. You have to choose: there are four paths with four different directions all going to the same place. All who attend this show will see various paths revealed. The Universe will be drawn back to its singularity. There is no expansion without contraction. Each guest is invited to contribute and share their own gifts within the court. May the masks come off and the archetypes dance. Who knows what they will bring forth. Amen, Glory, Peace, and Triumph!

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Contact the Gallery Director for availability and purchase info: (323) 666-7667

La Luz de Jesus Gallery is located in the Soap Plant/Wacko building, in Los Feliz at 4633 Hollywood Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90027. Gallery hours are Monday – Wednesday: 11am – 7pm, Thursday – Saturday: 11am – 9pm and Sunday 12-6pm. For high resolution jpegs, interview requests and more information contact: Lee Joseph Publicity, leejemail@gmail.com, p (818) 848-269, f (818) 848-2699.