Last Gasp Books » art show http://www.lastgasp.com/blog Fri, 03 Feb 2012 19:24:24 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 I Am Not of this Planet: The Art of Gary Edson Arlington http://www.lastgasp.com/blog/2011/08/10/i-am-not-of-this-planet-the-art-of-gary-edson-arlington/ http://www.lastgasp.com/blog/2011/08/10/i-am-not-of-this-planet-the-art-of-gary-edson-arlington/#comments Wed, 10 Aug 2011 20:02:02 +0000 Colin http://www.lastgasp.com/blog/2011/08/10/i-am-not-of-this-planet-the-art-of-gary-edson-arlington/
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“San Francisco was the capitol of comix culture in the ’60s and early ’70’s and Gary Arlington’s hole-in-the-wall shop was, for me, the capitol of San Francisco”
— Art Spiegelman

 

“Gary made a cultural contribution in San Francisco  in the late ’60s through the ’70s, ’80s & ’90s that was more significant than he himself realizes, I’m sure.”
— Robert Crumb

 

“It seems that Gary Arlington was the best artist of us all.”
— Paul Mavrides

 

In the mid-sixties, Gary Arlington opened the SF Comic Book Company, the first comic book store in the USA.
It became a meeting place for underground cartoonists.  Gary now spends his days making art.

I AM NOT OF THIS PLANET: THE ART OF GARY EDSON ARLINGTON

OPENING PARTY & book release: Thursday, August 11, 6-9pm

Mina Dresden Gallery
312 Valencia Street
San Francisco, CA 94103
(415) 863-8312

 

by Gary Arlington
$14.95
Softcover
127 Full color images
90 pages
9 x 6 inches
ISBN-13: 9780867197570
Publisher: Last Gasp

 

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]]> http://www.lastgasp.com/blog/2011/08/10/i-am-not-of-this-planet-the-art-of-gary-edson-arlington/feed/ 0 Attaboy’s new show in LA http://www.lastgasp.com/blog/2009/06/22/attaboys-new-show-in-la/ http://www.lastgasp.com/blog/2009/06/22/attaboys-new-show-in-la/#comments Mon, 22 Jun 2009 22:34:35 +0000 Colin http://www.lastgasp.com/blog/?p=144 Anyone in the LA area should take some time to see Attaboy’s new show. Attaboy (along with Annie Owens) edits Hi-Fructose Magazine, and has a great eye for art that is fun, interesting, and special. He’s also an artist himself, and keeps getting better and better.

From the press release:

Atta presents an onslaught of meticulously handcut shadow casting spray varnish stenciled plastic pieces, elaborate “exploded view” drawings, and a Gooberry Patch in the back room, where visitors can pick an unripened, talking pull-string Gooberry Plush and take one home to abuse. After 5 years of waiting, they’ve finally arrived, and they’re still not ripe. Music in the Gooberry Patch will be by toy piano mash-up genius Twink (http://www.twink.net/index.html)

Attaboy @ POVevolving Gallery ~ June 13th to July 8th, 2009

The gallery is located in LA’s Chinatown at:
939 Chung King Road
Los Angeles, CA
90012
www.povevolving.com
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