VIP Opening of Philip Colbert's Hunt Paintings at Saatchi Gallery Los Angeles Presented By Unit London

Andre Balazs and Philip Colbert

Andre Balazs

Andre Saraiva and Cece Stucker

Ariel Pink

David King, Anne Verhallen, Joseph Reuben, and Zaria Borisova

Ashley Smith

Ed Pressman, Sam Pressman, and Annie Pressman

Izzy Thomas and Bradley Thomas

Max Cooper and Eve

Summer Bowie and Oliver Kupper

Enrique Goggins and Val Okolu

Absolut Elyx

Saatchi Gallery announce British artist Philip Colbert's Hunt Paintings, presented by Unit London, and part of the Frieze Los Angeles VIP program. This is the London-based pop artist's first solo show in America, and Saatchi Gallery's first temporary gallery in LA. A multimedia collaboration titled "Year of the Lobster" between Colbert and renowned auctioneer Simon de Pury will premiere. Presented as a satirical pop song crossed with an art auction, the video stars Colbert's alter ego, Lobster. The saturation and layering is consistent with Colbert's large paintings and reflects the advanced excesses of art, capitalism & technology and serves as an honest reflection of today's society. The VIP opening was sponsored by Absolut Elyx single estate handcrafted Vodka. photographs by David Crotty /PMC

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When most people think Dubai, they think money, flash, grandeur and excess. In fact, there is a theory that the word Dubai literally means “money” – from an old Arabic proverb, "Daba Dubai,” which translates to, “They came with a lot of money.” However, over the last few years, Dubai has become a major force in the art world with galleries, such as our friends at Carbon 12, that are popping up in the industrial region of Dubai known as Al Quoz. Click here to read more.