roller coaster of a ride these past few months. After the success of a SOLD
OUT show in New York at the Jonathan LeVine Gallery we headed back home and
got right back to work. Shepard has been busy making some new prints and
preparing for our next monumental exhibition. Shepard has a solo exhibition
scheduled for early November in London presented by Stolen Space Gallery
(www.stolenspace.com). The location of the exhibition will be held in a
20,000 square foot space located in the Old Truman Brewery in London’s East
End. And if that wasn’t enough, following the London exhibition, we are
going to have our Los Angeles Solo Exhibition in December at the Merry
Karnowsky Gallery. Dates and info are included below. We hope to see you
there.
LONDON
Exhibition dates – Friday 2nd November – Sunday 25th November
StolenSpace
Old Truman Brewery
91 Brick Lane
London
E1 6QL
info@stolenspace.com
NOW SHOWING:
‘Trophy’ A solo show by Kirsty Whiten.
Featuring drawings, sculptures and a short film.
LOS ANGELES
December 1, 2007 – January 14, 2008
Merry Karnowsky Gallery
170 South La Brea Ave
LA, CA 90036
TV
Shepard has been taking some time out of his schedule to be a TV star.
Check out these two TV episodes that feature Shepard talking about art,
politics, and music.
OVATION TV – August 12th, 8pm ET/PT
During our stay in NYC, the Jonathan Levine Gallery was great enough to hook
us up with tons of press and interviews. One of the bonuses of the exposure
was a feature on Ovation TV. They got some great footage of the artwork and
the DUMBO exhibition. Mark the date to see how it all went down.
“Art or Not” will air this Friday online at 12 PM PST at www.ovationtv.com
in case you want to add it to your blog (it will air on Ovation TV, DIRECTV
Channel 274 August 12th). Here’s some further info about the show (below).
The Ovation TV original special, “Art or Not?” (Sunday, August 12, 8 PM
ET/PT ) is a one-hour exploration of a question that’s entertained,
frustrated and inflamed passionate – and even casual — art lovers forever:
“Is ‘it’ art, or is ‘it’ not art?” The special will showcase artists from
the edges of the art spectrum to gain insight into what makes people
passionate — and highly opinionated — about a broad range of visual art.
HENRY ROLLINS SHOW – August 24th at 11 ET/ 8 PT
Yesterday was pretty awesome. I was invited to be a guest on the Rollins
Show on IFC. Henry Rollins is one of my heroes not only for his role as
vocalist in Black Flag, but also because he is an artist and activist who
writes and publishes books through his own imprint and lectures about his
life experience and well informed political views. He even has a radio show
on L.A.’s Indie 103.1. Henry has always embraced the concept of “be the
media” and now he has his own cable too that is awesome if you have not seen
it check out IFC’s website (www.ifc.com, www.henryrollins.ifc.com) or buy
the first season on DVD. I truly can’t think of a role model that I identify
with more than Henry… so being on his show was a real Wayne’s World “I’M NOT
WORTHY” moment (to only add to that feeling, Steven Tyler was being
interviewed right after I was). When I have a firm date when the episode
will air I’ll post it. – SHEPARD
Update: The episode airs August 24th at 11 Eastern, 8 Pacific. Set your
Tivo’s!
Prints
If you have not been able to keep up with all the print releases here is a
reminder on how you can get a hold of one. All prints are released on
Tuesdays around 12:00pm PST (Los Angeles time). We are still trying to
battle all the Ebay instant resellers (the list is getting longer and
longer) and we are doing our best to make every print available to all –
fans, new collectors, and old collectors alike. We understand some of the
frustrations you face and we would like to THANK all of you for all of your
support and patience. Keep an eye on the website for print previews and new
releases.
Also, a special thanks goes out to everyone who purchased a Darfur/HOPE
print! With your support we were able to raise $10,000 for the Global
Grassroots Organization to help aid the Darfur situation. For more
information visit www.globalgrassroots.org and www.hopeartists.org.
MORE updates coming soon…