Over four days, during the 2016 LA Art Book Fair, La Rosa Social Club will open its doors and then close them forever. If you were there, then you were there. LA-based artist Aaron Rose offers us a chance to experience his version of an art bar with La Rosa, a conceptual installation that will run in conjunction with this year’s LA Art Book Fair. The collaborative project by The Conversation (Los Angeles/Berlin) and Alldayeveryday will take place in the Allday LA Project Space and will run from its opening preview on February 11th to February 14th. The concept will combine the traditional idea of a consumer space and inject it with an immersive, artistic experience. Artists that are designing ephemera for the bar are: Ed Templeton, Stefan Strumbel, Aaron Rose, Chris Johanson, Wes Lang, Barbara Stauffacher-Solomon, Gusmano Cesaretti, Chris Lux, Brian Roettinger, Terry Richardson, Alia Penner, Geoff McFetridge, Alexis Ross, Jesse Spears, Wyatt Troll, Lola Rose Thompson, Benjamin Barretto, Cheryl Dunn, Barry McGee, Raymond Pettibon, Olivier Zahm, Nate Walton. You can checkout La Rosa Social Club until February 14 at the Alldayeveryday project space, AlldayLA Project Space, 2028 E. 7th Street, Los Angeles, CA 90021
Wes Lang x Bamford Watch Department
Dover Street Market presents the exclusive launch of a collaboration between Bamford Watch Department and Brooklyn-based artist Wes Lang. Together they have created 5 limited edition re-worked watches, all individually etched with the signature artwork of Wes Lang. Known for his love of motorcycle culture and its accompanying iconography, they feature classic biker motifs including skulls and roses, bird studies and sickle wielding reapers. Each watch comes in its own bespoke wooden box complete with a unique piece of Wes Lang art work inside.
Here Comes The Sunshine
Detail of a Wes Lang painting. Lang's solo show – Here Comes The Sunshine – at Half Gallery opens on May 17.
Hell Raisers
Recent drawings on prison stationary by artist Wes Lang who will be presenting new works in an upcoming show in Zurich, entitled Hell Raisers, opening January 9 at Galerie Lang & Pult. The show, curated by Olivier Mosset, also includes artists Vincent Szarek, Steven Parrino, Drew Heitzler and Jeffrey Schad. He