Miripolsky Donates T-Shirt Design for Team "Being Alive" in the 2013 AIDS Walk L.A.

Andre has donated this terrific T-shirt design to the non-profit organization, Being Alive, in support of their team in the 2013 Aids Walk L.A. The walk is on Sunday, October 13th. You can read more about Being Alive, here and see a :50 video about them here. Register for the walk or donate here.

We hope you'll visit Andre at The Brewery Art Walk on Saturday, the 12th, and then walk some more to commit to the cure on Sunday, the 13th!

Thank you for your support.

Fall Brewery Art Walk October 12th & 13th

It's time once again for The Brewery Art Walk, a truly enjoyable semi-annual event at the world's largest art colony and the location of Andre's studio. The Brewery is just off the 5 Freeway in downtown Los Angeles. Over 100 artists will open their doors to the public so visitors will get to see a huge variety of artistic styles and meet the artists in person.

Participating studios, including Andre's, will be open from 11 AM to 6 PM on Saturday and Sunday. Admission is free and so is parking. Stop by and say hi!

Check out this great short video about the Art Walk by Brewery resident Keith Berson to get a taste of the Art Walk experience.



Art Walk at The Brewery Artist Lofts from Keith Berson on Vimeo.

Downtown LA Art Walk Video

This Thursday night is Downtown LA Art Walk night. Last month, Andre was the featured artist in the Lounge. Take a look at this cool video from the event that includes Andre's comments. And stop by the Downtown LA Art Walk website to get all the latest information each month!



Joe Moller
Executive Director, Downtown LA Art Walk

Andre Miripolsky
Artist

Petra Wright
Gloria Delson Contemporary Arts

Produced / Edited by Melvin C. Benson
Director of Photography: Mike Park
Music by Dan-O of danosongs.com

Miripolsky Has Accepted the Pussy Cat Challenge

“The Pussy Cat Challenge”
Group Art Exhibition

 

 Sept. 13 through Oct. 13, 2013

 

 Opening reception: Friday, Sept. 13, 7-11pm
 Closing reception: Sunday, Oct. 13, 3-7pm

Art Share L.A.
 801 East 4th Place (at Hewitt St.), Los Angeles, CA 90013
 213 867-4278

www.artsharela.org

 

"The PussyCat Challenge" is a satirical group exhibition at Art Share L.A. Curators Ted Meyer and Anna Stump invited more than 50 artists from Southern California to create artworks based on the theme of the pussycat, in a range of media from painting to photography to sculpture.

The exhibition playfully explores the concept of Art Show as Sporting Event. The artists have been divided into two teams, men vs. women. The curators chose the theme of “pussycat” to see how individual artists would respond conceptually, and how teams overall would tend (sexual or animal).

A panel of judges will score each artwork based on their own criteria. Prizes will be awarded to the winning team and individual artworks, including “Best in Show,” “Thickest Fur,” and “Fattest Cat.” Judges will include a veterinarian, a cat rescuer, a gynecologist, a sexologist, and various “Artworld Dignitaries.” All judging sheets will be made public. Viewers of the exhibition will also be invited to fill out their own scorecards.

The quality of visual art is generally considered based on personal preference—we “know good art when we see it.” However, successful Art depends on much more than the object. Making it as an artist depends on a complicated and seemingly arbitrary set of rules and hierarchies, including who you are, who you know, your education, your background, your usefulness, etc. Certain opinions in the Artworld matter much more than others. “The PussyCat Challenge” attempts to poke fun at this system by allowing non-Artworld judges to award prizes, making judging transparent, and acknowledging the absurdity of ranking works of art as if pigs at the county fair.

To view artworks, see the Facebook Event for the exhibition.

Please be advised that this exhibition contains sexually explicit artworks and may not be suitable for children. For more information write Ted Meyer: ted@artyourworld.com

Miripolsky "Punkaphant" Joins the Elephant Parade

Andre and his Punkaphant.



Detail of the Punkaphant's leg.



The "official" Punkaphant photo.

Andre's fabulous "Punkaphant" (above) was created for the Elephant Parade, an organization devoted to saving the endangered Asian elephant:

Elephant Parade® is the world’s largest open-air exhibition of life-sized, decorated elephant statues created by local and international artists to generate worldwide attention, public awareness and support for the endangered Asian elephant. To date, Elephant Parade has raised more than $5 million for Asian elephant conservation and approximately 8 million people worldwide have experienced the expositions.

The Elephant Parade has had art events all over the world, including London, Singapore, Milan and Amsterdam. When Dana Point in Southern California was selected to be the site of the first parade in America, Andre was invited to decorate one of the thirty elephants. The Elephant Parade will be on exhibit from August 23th through November 17th.

Learn more about the parade in Dana Point and see more photos of the elephants here. See a slide show and read an article in the LA Times here. Find the official Elephant Parade Fan Page on Facebook here. And take a look at the happy reaction of a few of Andre's fans at the opening event this past weekend:

Opening weekend at Dana Point brought out all ages in support of the elephants.
 

Downtown LA Art Walk Features Andre Miripolsky

. . . Andre Miripolsky! Andre will be the featured artist in the Downtown LA Art Walk Lounge on Thursday, August 8th. What will he be showing? Sharks, of course! It is Shark Week, isn't it?

Dozens of galleries are open for this event and thousands of people attend. Join Andre from 6:00 pm to 10:00 pm in the Lounge and enjoy checking out all the art in the area. Click here for details.

"Over a Barrel" Group Show Reception: Saturday, 7/20

Join Andre at the reception for this group show that includes his work. Six Angel City Brewery oak barrel tops have been designed by six local artists. See them, plus more original work, on display through August 4th. The show benefits Free Arts for Abused Children.