Fall News	September 2011
Culver City :: Yoskay Yamamoto Yoskay Yamamoto :: 'Picking Up Where We Left Off' September 10th - October 1st, 2011 Artist Reception: Saturday, September 10th, 7-10pm LeBasse Projects is proud to announce, 'Picking Up Where We Left Off,' a solo exhibition from Japanese artist Yoskay Yamamoto. This will be the artist's fourth solo exhibition with the gallery, and will showcase an intentionally looser body of work. The show continues from where Yamamoto left off in 2010 by exhibiting both painting and sculptural work. While the show doesn't focus on a specific theme, it continues the intimate statements of self-expression that began in his last series of exhibitions. The freedom in the new work allows Yamamoto to create a deeper variety in both emotion and expression than his previous few shows. About Yoskay Yamamoto: Born and raised in Toba, Japan, Yoskay Yamamoto moved to the United States at the age of 15. A self-trained illustrator, Yamamoto's artistic tastes expanded as he fell in love with the pop culture of California. Yamamoto discovered a way to fuse the two different cultural backgrounds together into his work. Yamamoto nostalgically blends pop iconic characters from his adopted western home with traditional and mythical Japanese elements, balancing his Asian heritage with urban pop art. He has sold out his work recently at shows in New York, San Francisco, Boston and Los Angeles. For more info or preview, please contact the gallery at: contact@lebasseprojects.com or 310.558.0200
Chinatown :: Morgan Slade Morgan Slade :: 'They Live By Night' Opening Reception: Saturday, September 19th, 2011 Los Angeles, CA - LeBasse Projects :: Chinatown is excited to bring Morgan Slade's solo exhibition to Los Angeles. After an amazing exhibition with LBP last year, Slade returns with new work, new techniques and new models for his first solo with the gallery. After recently becoming a father, artist Morgan Slade has begun to look at the world around him in a different light - and specifically re-evaluating the cultural influences that inspire and interest him. 'They Live By Night' is a celebration of the bad guys (and gals) that influenced Slade as a youth and a close look at the cultural vocabulary that children learn from a young age through media in our society. For more info please contact the gallery at: kim@lebasseprojects.com or 213.621.9988
2011 Upcoming Fall News LeBasse Projects will be attending several fairs including Pulse LA and Moniker London this October where we will be featuring a two continent tour for Nate Frizzell and Joshua Petker. Each of the artists will be creating new work specifically for each city. We will also have select inventory at the fairs from other artists including Katrin Fridriks, Herakut and Laura Keeble. The gallery is also excited to announce artist Mike Stilkey's collaboration with Chinese retail giant Joyce in Beijing. Stilkey will be creating over a dozen new works to be featured in the Joyce flagship store. Stilkey can also be seen closer to home as a featured installation artist at Pulse LA this October. For more news follow LBP online: Gallery Blog
LeBasse Projects is focused on the development of a carefully selected roster of international emerging artists. Since opening its doors in the Culver City Art District in 2009, LeBasse Projects has presented a program that fosters the growth of its artists by allowing them the freedom to create across a range of mediums. In March 2011, LeBasse Projects expanded its gallery footprint with a second location in Los Angeles' historic Chinatown Gallery District. Along with a series of international exhibitions, LeBasse Projects is putting forth an ambitious program of some of the most cutting edge work in new contemporary art today. Represented artists will include: Thomas Doyle, Nate Frizzell, Melissa Haslam, Andrew Hem, Herakut, Seonna Hong, Joshua Petker, Morgan Slade, Mike Stilkey, Alexandros Vasmoulakis, Edwin Ushiro and Yoskay Yamamoto.
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