Seen: Movers and Shakers

Johnny 'KMNDZ' Rodriguez

Featuring an extremely talented and diverse group of artists, Movers and Shakers opened to packed house on Valentine’s @ POVevolving in LA’s chinatown. If you are even remotely interested in low brow/pop surrealist art, this show has something to offer. In fact, it’s likely that several of your favorite artists have work in the show.   Curator Gino Joukar has drawn widely to provide a broad look at this ‘new’ art genre.  In fact, the diversity speaks to what is at once thrilling and daunting in terms of describing or labeling this art world.

Spanning both the main floor and a previously unused bottom floor, the massive collection of work is anchored by a large mural on panels by Ekundayo and KMNDZ.  The artists are frequent mural collaborators – the familiarity with one another shows itself in the eye-catching results dripping with detail and atmosphere.

In addition to the original art, POV has released a special print box-set featuring  8×10 prints from thirteen artists including : Ana Bagayan, Andy Kehoe, Bob Dob, Brian Despain,  Cathie Bleck, Damon Soule, Glenn Barr,  Johnny ‘KMNDZ’ Rodriguez, Mia, Lola, Naotto Hatori, Nicoletta Ceccoli, and Yosuke Ueno.

If you missed the opening, Movers and Shakers is definitely worth a prolonged visit.

POVevolving Gallery
939 Chung King Road
Los Angeles, CA 90012