This past Saturday Yoshitaka Amano opened up his LA solo with us at LeBasse Projects and was also joined by LBP artist Yoskay Yamamoto who created a site specific installation for the occasion. Amano’s other show this month is a retrospective at MOCA Taipei so this was a great opportunity for us at the gallery.

Yoskay’s installation was also a huge hit as both his and Amano’s fans walked through the “rain” in the Project Room. Also debuting was Yoskay’s first fine art multiple sculptures which sold out quickly. More in this series will be showcased in June at Yamamoto’s solo exhibition.

The show runs through March 13th so make sure to stop by. More pics after the jump:

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LeBasse Projects is getting ready for our biggest show ever. You hear that cliche a lot in the art world, but in this case its true. We are hosting Yoshitaka Amano’s LA exhibition for ‘Deva Loka’ – a body of work created to show in the US. Amano is one of the most influential artists working today and you can clearly see his influences in the work of Takashi Murakami and others. Amano’s show in LA runs concurrently with his solo exhibit at MOCA Taipei.

To add to the excitement we have an incredible installation that Yoskay Yamamoto is putting up in our Project Room as an homage to Amano. We also have created our first collaborative edition of sculptures with Yamamoto which will debut this Saturday. Hope to see everyone at the show.

Yoshitaka Amano :: Deva Loka
Yoskay Yamamoto :: Tell Me a Story
Opening Saturday February 20th. 7-10pm
LeBasse Projects

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Art Mosh is a successful series of rotating art exhibitions. It’s an exclusive, invitation only event, hosted in original and unusual spaces across selected European cities including Dublin, London, and most recently, Paris (08-09). Art Mosh showcases a one-off collection of photography, sculpture, live painting and sketches, ensuring a diverse and arresting range of work from some of today’s most talented artists. Art Mosh discovers and showcases talent, both established and emerging. Their important crossover relationship within the music sector also ensures a multimedia event, with DJ’s and live acts performing dangerously close to the art.
ArtMosh just released this video recap of the recent Paris show.

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Finally got around to pulling some images off my camera from last weekend’s show in NY. Should be getting some better ones from friends soon, but in the meantime enjoy. If you want to see the actual artwork please visit the gallery website here.

Prints from the show will also be available on Paper Tiger this week and next…

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We are officially open for our New York based “Go East” exhibition. While the Artist Reception is not until Saturday night, feel free to drop by daily from 1-6pm as we will be open for viewing. If you cannot make it Saturday night you should definitely drop in during the day as there is a fantastic selection of work from the artists. The work is now online as well, so if you are not in NY check out the work on our website.

Don’t forget we will be releasing new prints by Yoskay Yamamoto, Nate Frizzell, Joao Ruas, Mia and Eric Fortune on Saturday. Come by and get one of the limited edition prints before they are all gone.

Edwin Ushiro. The 1921 wall. 15.5 x 26.5 inches. Mixed Media.

LeBasse Projects is in NYC for a special three-day show, Go East, opening tomorrow Thursday, November 5th.  The show features new work from a talented group of rising painters  – Yoskay Yamamoto, Edwin Ushiro (above), Mia, Joao Ruas, Eric Fortune, Nate Frizzell, and Tessar Lo. For collectors in and around NYC, this will be  a great introduction  to  these artists, many  based on the  west coast . The key date to mark on the calendar is Saturday, November 7th for the artist reception.     For a nice intro and feel for what to expect, check out the video teaser done by Modus films (below).  Hit the jump for previews of a few selected pieces and be sure to visit the official preview page for more.

LeBasse Projects NY
42 Rivington St.
New York, NY 10002

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Eric Fortune.

LeBasse Projects will be taking the show on the road for “Go East”, their three day NYC popup show opening on the Lower East Side on  Thursday, November 5th with an artist reception on Saturday the 7th (7-11 PM).  The show features the talents of Yoskay Yamamoto, Eric Fortune (above), Mia, Edwin Ushiro, Nate Frizzel, Tessar Lo and Joao Ruas.   In addition to original paintings, several print editions will debut at the show.  Check out Beau Basse’s dailydujour blog for additional info.

LeBasse Projects NY
42 Rivington St.
New York, NY 10002

Next week we open our first pop-up exhibition with “Go East” in New York November 7th. The gallery will be taking over a space in the Lower East Side for a 3 day exhibition featuring Yoskay Yamamoto, Nate Frizzell, Edwin Ushiro, Tessar Lo, Mia, Joao Ruas and Eric Fortune.

We received a few amazing paintings from Eric Fortune just in time to pack them in the crate and take care of some print editions which will debut in NY. The gallery will be producing and releasing new prints from several artists including Yoskay Yamamoto, Nate Frizzell, Joao Ruas, Mia and Eric Fortune.

We hope to see you there. Details on our website or Facebook.

What vinyl sculpture does the CNN reporter on iReport need to get this year? Yoskay Yamamoto’s Bronze Koibito of course…VIEW here.

More news from Yoskay coming soon.

This weekend opened the “Kokeshi” show curated by designer Christina Conway at the Japanese American National Museum in Los Angeles, which has been showing some great emerging work as of late.

Kokeshi featured nearly 100 custom traditional Japanese Kokeshi dolls from some of the most talented artists in the emerging contemporary scene including Amy Sol, Travis Louie, Yoskay Yamamoto, Tara McPherson, Kozyndan and more.

What was even better was that the museum had an entire exhibit of traditional Kokeshi and a timeline of Kokeshi dolls through history to give you a real sense of the importance of the doll in Japanese culture. An excellent display and a worthwhile excuse to visit JANM.

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Several LeBasse Projects artists are taking part in the Kokeshi show this weekend at the Japanese American National Museum. Tessar Lo, Edwin Ushiro and Yoskay Yamamoto all have custom Kokeshi dolls in the show.

Join us at the museum tomorrow. More details here.

Japanese American National Museum
369 East First Street
Los Angeles California 90012

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The Arbor Collective and Venice Eco Fest invite you to a special night of art and music on Friday June 26th from 7-10 p.m. Catered food and drinks from The Green Truck, Fat Tire, Elvino Organic Wines, Honest Beverages and Patisseraw will be included. Please RSVP to Cynthia Rodgers, space is limited so reserve your spot now!

Artists displays will include works from Blaine Fontana, Mike Benninghoven, Yoskay Yamamoto, and Peter Goetz, all of whom, Arbor has collaborated with on snowboard, skateboard, and apparel graphics.

Arbor
102 Washington Blvd.
Venice, CA 90292

Friday June 26th from 7-10 p.m

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Saturday was the 4th Annual Culver City Artwalk and our 1st year participating in the new gallery. With a much larger space tha last year, we still managed to fill the gallery with walkers, baby-strollers and dogs. We also had a new show on view with work from gallery represented artists like Nate Frizzell, Edwin Ushiro, Tessar Lo and Yoskay Yamamoto, alog with work from some new artists to the gallery like Thomas Doyle, Morgan Slade, Alexandros Vasmoulakis and Joe Black.

Joe Black show stopper...

Some of the new faces created some real showstoppers. Joe Black’s 2000 button collage was creating a bottleneck all day into the back rooms, and we were forced to post interns to protect Thomas Doyle’s sculptures from the hands of eager children and their equally enthralled parents.

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