photographs by Oliver Kupper
Ariana Papademetropoulos "The Emerald Tablet" After Party At Jeffrey Deitch's Residence
The Sexy Beast Gala Benefit For Planned Parenthood LA At The Marciano Art Foundation In Los Angeles
Sexy Beast for Planned Parenthood Los Angeles is the shared vision of a group of influencers in the arts, united by a mission to harness the goodwill and powerful connections of the creative community to effect positive change, touch lives, and create a meaningful social impact. They believe we should all have access to safe, caring, and affordable healthcare services. During these challenging times for Planned Parenthood, it's more important than ever that the organization has our support, so it can remain focused on the vital care it provides. Since its founding in 2014, the Sexy Beast art auction and gala has raised nearly one million dollars for Planned Parenthood Los Angeles across two milestone events. This year, they raised almost one million dollars in one night alone, bringing Sexy Beast back for an unmissable evening of art, food, music and culture. photographs by Oliver Kupper
Highlights From Sun Kissed Chokehold Curated By Laura Watters & Kaylie Schiff
Sun Kissed Chokehold was a pop up group show on view in Highland Park on October 17, 2018. Featured artists include: Aaron Elvis Jupin, Adam Beris, Alina Perkins, Ariana Papademetropoulos, Bennet Shliesinger, Brendan Donnelly, Chris Fallon, Chris Lux, David Black, Giovanni Duca, Greg ito, Gustaf von Arbin, Hannah Hooper, Ivan Comas, Jessica Williams, John Zane Zappas, Lukas Geronimus, Mattea Perrotta, Maxwell McMaster, Nick Darmstaedter, Nicklas Stewart, Sam Keller, Steve Aldahl, and Sophia Green. photographs by Oliver Maxwell Kupper
Kate Parfet's Mirror Domme Launch Party @ The Home of Kulapat Yantrasast In Venice
Autre launches Mirror Domme, Kate Parfet’s debut book of poetry. This first collection is strewed buckshot of intimate recollections told in delirious balancing of lyrical phrase and fragmented prose. Inspired by the sudden death of a lover, these poems – as if written in part with invisible ink – illumine for the speaker a new self, one that dares to be visible in the context of loss. photographs by Oliver Kupper
Ariana Papademetropoulos "The Man Who Saved A Dog From An Imaginary Fire" @ Wilding Cran Gallery In Los Angeles
Taking inspiration from imagined spaces, vintage magazines, and books, Papademetropoulos creates environments that juxtapose ideas of perception and delusion. By using both realism and trompe l'oeil she references the history of painting while further developing the sense of illusion within her work. Featuring new paintings and installation, this exhibition focuses on our relationship to decor and interior space- it invites us to question functionality and taste, reality and fantasy. In a painting of a church interior the walls blur to the outside where the viewer is transported to a ‘Disneyfied’ realm; a surrealist dysfunctional home interior takes us ‘down the rabbit hole’ to a topsy-turvy space where everything is out of our reach, questioning our assumptions of home as comfort and retreat. Finally, the artist brings together a collection of more than 200 gothic romance novels, all written by women. Each paperback has a different title and a different story, yet all of the book covers share the common theme of a woman running out of a house from a presumed horrific fate. With this, she invites the viewer to confront the contradictions of fantasy vs horror, and ultimately the duplicity and hypocrisy within our popular culture. Ariana Papademetropoulos "The Man Who Saved A Dog From An Imaginary Fire" will be on view until October 26, 2017, at Wilding Cran Gallery, 939 South Santa Fe Ave, Los Angeles. photographs by Oliver Maxwell Kupper