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One of my all time faves amongst the graffiti greats who’ve gone gallery, Barry McGee (a.k.a. TWIST) is still producing at the top of his game as evidenced in his works on display at the Oakland Museum’s Gallery of California Art and at the Hammer Museum’s Outside the Box exhibition in Los Angeles.

Continually a force on the streets to this day, Barry’s style has evolved both organically and drastically over the years to incorporate mechanical beings, large scale installations and most notably his bold geometric patterns into his gallery work. Yet it all still somehow evokes the same sentiment his sometimes sad, anguished or perplexed characters personify.

The video below shows a master at work installing his California contribution in Oakland and is sweetly bookended with a tandem bike ride with Barry’s and the late great Margaret Kilgallen’s daughter Asha (who was last seen on film in our Beautiful Losers as a toddler).

Go see Barry’s art if you’re in the Bay (installation at the Oakland Museum)…

Or if you’re in LA (print portfolio at the Hammer Museum)…

More on Barry McGee:

• The Creative Life of Barry McGee
• SATURDAY (Feb. 20): 2k by Gingham Goes 2THEWALL at New Image Art
• Barry McGee in Miami
• Beautiful Losers Now on DVD!
• Art Talk With a Rose and a TWIST

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Our fine friends at Flux team up with another of our good friends as director Chris Milk joins Alexandre de Bonrepos and Chris Marrs Piliero to show off their latest and greatest works on film for Flux’s Screening Series at the Hammer Museum in Westwood. Also on tap is a retrospective of works by Swedish filmmaker Jonas Odell (award winning vids for Goldfrapp, Franz Ferdinand) as well as our pal Kyle Ng on the 1’s and 2’s.

Don’t forget to RSVP!

From the Fluxers:

“This Thursday join us in kicking off Summer with the Flux Screening Series at the Hammer Museum.

The program will also feature a mini-retrospective of work by celebrated Swedish filmmaker Jonas Odell, including his award-winning videos for Goldfrapp and Franz Ferdinand and the Los Angeles premiere of Tussilago, which won “Best Animated Short Film” at this year’s San Francisco Film Festival. Plus a few more surprises.

Come celebrate an evening of innovative films followed by a party in the courtyard.”

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Our fine friends at Flux fresh from SXSW, brings Los Angeles yet another exciting (free!) event as their stellar Screening Series at the Hammer continues with their first of 2010. Featuring special guests OK Go and their instant classic Rube Goldberg must see clip for “This Too Shall Pass” as well as shorts and videos from Edouard Salier, Saman Keshavarz and Andy Bruntel, Flux is back with a vengeance.

Seating is limited and available on a first come first served basis. RSVP is a must!

From the Fluxers:

“Join us at the Hammer this coming Tuesday as we kick off the third year of the Flux Screening Series.

Among our special guests for the evening are OK Go and their creative collaborators James Frost and Syyn Labs behind their epic Rube Goldberg Machine video “This Too Shall Pass.” The evening of shorts and videos will also include new works from filmmakers including Edouard Salier (in town from Paris), Saman Keshavarz (winner of Best Music Video at SXSW 2010) and Andy Bruntel.

Spring is here. Come celebrate an evening of innovative films followed by a party in the courtyard.”

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Or maybe “Get Fluxed at the Hammer”? Either way, this holiday season the gift giving folks at Flux give us yet another stellar lineup of music videos and short films for 2009’s final Flux Screening Series at the Hammer. Featuring the world premiere of Mia Doi Todd’s “Open Your Heart” (directed by Michel Gondry and edited by my editing mentor Fernando Villena), as well as breakthrough music videos by Charlotte Gainsbourg & Beck (dir. Keith Schofield madman behind Diesel’s “SFW XXX”!), Grizzly Bear (dir. Allison Schulnik), Ramona Falls (dir. Stefan Nadelman creator of Food Fight!), and Yeasayer (dir. Radical Friend) among others.

Filmmakers Michel Gondry, Keith Schofield, Allison Schulnik and Kirby McClure and Julia Grigorian of Radical Friend will be in attendance.

The evening’s festivities conclude with a special musical performance by Mia Doi Todd, Michel Gondry and friends.

From the Fluxers:

“As part of the quarterly Flux Screening Series showcasing innovative film and music, the Hammer will debut the World Premiere of Mia Doi Todd’s new video “Open Your Heart”, directed by Michel Gondry. The evening of shorts and videos will include videos for Grizzly Bear, Charlotte Gainsbourg & Beck, Ramona Falls among others. Filmmakers Michel Gondry, Keith Schofield, Allison Schulnik and Stefan Nadelman will be in attendance. The evening will conclude with a reception featuring a very special live performance by Mia Doi Todd herself!

ALL HAMMER PUBLIC PROGRAMS ARE FREE.

Tickets are required, and are available at the Billy Wilder Theater Box Office one hour prior to start time. Limit one ticket per person on a first come, first served basis. Hammer members receive priority seating, subject to availability.

Parking is available under the Museum. There is a $3 flat rate after 6:30 p.m.”

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The father and mother Fluxers known as Jonathan and Meg Wells continue to spread the messages of creative filmmakers as their Flux Screening Series delivers yet another stellar line up tonight at the Hammer. Featuring the Los Angeles premiere of Logorama, a spectacular animated action movie created entirely with corporate logos from renowned French design studio H5, the evenings’ program also includes new work from Spike Jonze, Jonathan Glazer, Chris Cairns, Shynola and much more.

From Juxtapoz:

“They say the average American is exposed to thousands of corporate logos every day. If that’s the case, then the new film Logorama directed by H5 has tons of content, as the animated action movie has been created entirely with corporate logos.

David Fincher does a cameo voice as the Pringles man/logo. The LA premiere will debut tomorrow night, Tuesday, September 15, 2009 from 7-11pm as part of the FLUX Screening Series at the Hammer Museum.

The surreal Spike Jonze short film We Were Once A Fairytale that he made with Kanye West will also be shown as well as Neurosonics Audiomedical Labs Inc. directed by Chris Cairns; Grizzly Bear “While You Wait For The Others” directed by Sean Pecknold; Dead Weather “Treat Me Like Your Mother” directed by Jonathan Glazer; Coldplay “Strawberry Swing” directed by Shynola; and Dix (ten) directed by BIF.”

Visit Flux.net for more information.

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In addition to their current curated video wall at the Cooper Design Space, Cinema Tuesdays at Nike’s Montalban Theater in Hollywood, as well as their screening series at the Hammer Museum, our fine Flux friends keep functioning phenomenally as they fearlessly fulfill yet another fantastically fun function. This one finds a place at their Venice based studio space tonight. Come down and get a full frontal face Fluxing! (I know, I know, too much.)

The fine Flux print:

Flux is proud to present Geometry of Ruins, an exhibition and salon by NY-based Brazilian artists Andrezza Valentin and Guilherme Marcondes. The mixed media exhibition includes photography, video and installation-based works.

June 18, 2009
8:00 pm - 11:00 pm

Please RSVP to attend the opening.

Exhibit: June 19 - July 11
Hours: Wednesday-Saturday, 2-5 pm and by appointment

Flux
326 Sunset Ave.,
Venice, CA 90291
+1-310-295-2523

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Whoa…another sleepless day/night/day as we put the finishing touches on our film, Become A Microscope-90 Statments on Sister Corita. Making it’s Los Angeles premiere at the Hammer Museum as part of Flux’s first show of the year, the day has finally come to let friend, family, and strangers take a look at just what has been keeping us all so busy and inspired (also special encore musical performance by Becky Stark and the Ladies Choir!)

So tonight, I hope you all…

and…

as our film will leave your eyes, ears, and brains…

with…

lenny

Become A Microscope - 90 Statements on Sister Corita

A film by Aaron Rose

Produced by Jon Barlow, Edited by Lenny Mesina, Original Score by Money Mark and Becky Stark.

Flux Screening Series
February 25, 2008
8:00 pm screening, 10:00 pm after-party

Hammer Museum
Billy Wilder Theater
10899 Wilshire Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90024
310.443.7000

And don’t forget to RSVP!

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