MAMA Gallery Two Year Anniversary Party @ The Chateau Marmont In Los Angeles
photographs by Oliver Maxwell Kupper
Jordan Sullivan's solo exhibition, The Divine Nothing, will be on view from December 10 to January 21, 2017 at MAMA Gallery in Los Angeles. photographs by Adarsha Benjamin
Go see Cole Sternberg's exhibition, the Nature of Breathing Salt, at MAMA Gallery until March 7, 2016. photograph by Oliver Maxwell Kupper
"I don´t think with ideas, but with my testicles. I don´t search, I ejaculate." This is just one of the many gems offered by legendary filmmaker and spiritual mystic Alejandro Jodorowsky in Adarsha Benjamin's interview with the famous auteur. On the occasion of the release of his new epic book, entitled Where The Bird Sings Best, we have dug this story and interview out of the archives. Originally published in Autre Issue 2, Adarsha Benjamin tells her story of running, jet lagged through the rainy streets of Paris to find Jodorowsky's apartment. Click here to read the full story and interview.
Opening tomorrow night in Los Angeles, MAMA gallery will present To Hide To Show, a group exhibition derived from a contemporary French social anthropological study entitled Montrer / Occulter, which loosely translates to the exhibition’s title. The artists chosen to represent the ideas and concepts behind this study, and its conclusions, experiment with the notion of concealing and revealing on a societal, intellectual and creative basis. These artists include Clara Balzary, Zoe Crosher, Nana Ghana, Ariana Papademetropolous, Mattea Perrotta, Fay Ray, Lisa Solberg, and Johanna Tagada. Click here to read our interviews with all the artists.
After & Again, a new contemporary art platform celebrating the craftsmanship of textiles, presented their inaugural artist collaboration with Betsabeé Romero, one of Mexico’s leading contemporary artists for three days only at the Hollywood Forever Masonic Lodge. Known around the world for creating inventive installations influenced by literature and diverse cultures, Romero’s "Skull of a Thousand Faces" edition and installation - curated by Sylvia Chivaratanond (read our interview here) –for After & Again is inspired by pre-Columbian iconography, colonial imagery, and popular culture. photographs by Oliver Maxwell Kupper
MAMA Gallery presents an exhibition of new work by American artist James Georgopoulos. The exhibition explores familiar themes and tropes of sexuality, consumerism, and money worship – thoughtfully disguised in popular culture as the American dream. Following in the same lineage of artists such as John Chamberlain or even Marcel Duchamp, by using objects – old car parts, disused slot machines and other jettisoned materials – Georgopoulos investigates the self-cannibalizing culture of consumerism. There Is No End will be on view February 28 through April 4, 2015. The opening reception for the artist will be held on Saturday, February 28, 2015 from 6:00PM - 9:00PM
Sneak peek of James Georgopoulos of installing "Rodeo Drive" for his upcoming show, entitled There Is No End, at MAMA Gallery opening Saturday February 28 2015. photograph by Adarsha Benjamin
photograph by Oliver Maxwell Kupper
photograph by Oliver Maxwell Kupper
Behind the scenes polaroids of John Baldessari and Devendra Banhart; making magic for Autre Issue 3. Sign up for the newsletter to find a copy. photographs by Adarsha Benjamin
NYC artists MINT&SERF and PaperWorkNYC have come to Los Angeles’ MAMA Gallery to present LOVE/WAR, a week-long group show examining the inevitability of uncertainty and conflict. LOVE/WAR is a multimedia exhibition comprised of photographs, paintings, installation and video, curated by Mint&Serf and PaperWorkNYC, a synergy that revels in the spirit of artistic collaboration. LOVE/WAR will be on view until February 7th, 2015 at MAMA Gallery, 1242 Palmetto Street, Los Angeles, CA.
Party for MAMA gallery's presentation of Ryan Heffington's performance Wading Games at the Ritz Carlton in Miami Beach. photographs by Oliver Maxwell Kupper
See images from Jena Malone's opening of The Holy Other at MAMA Gallery in Los Angeles – on view until November 28.
photograph by Adarsha Benjamin