Press Release for “Re-Inventing the Wheel”
From September 5th through the 19th acclaimed underground artist Terry Kim will hosting his fifth solo show, “Re-Inventing the Wheel” at the ARTery Gallery. Both praised and criticized for his heavy use of pop/mainstream imagery in his hyper stylized portrait and figurative paintings, Terry’s artwork has always blurred the lines between the avante guarde and mainstream. With “Re-Inventing the Wheel,” Terry Kim looks to shatter it with a dynamic new collection of paintings that seamlessly blend fashionable imagery with bold color fields and minimalist composition.
The centerpiece for “Re-Inventing the Wheel” however, will not be the artwork, but a spoken word set that will be performed at the opening reception on Saturday, September 5th and filmed for an upcoming documentary. The performance, aptly titled “Re-Inventing the Wheel,” will be a unique blend of stand up comedy, personal stories and a Q/A session that will give a unique insight into the mind of a talented young artist with pretty ridiculous ambitions.
Terry Kim was born and raised in Orange County. He began exhibiting his work publicly in 2005 and has since appeared in numerous shows in the Orange County and LA area. Growing up he always had a knack for painting and drawing, and although he never cared much for doing either activity, he did enjoy being better than other people at it. He took up painting at the age of 20, initially as a roundabout way to get into filmmaking and because he had nothing better to do. He taught himself how to paint by copying pictures from fashion magazines because it was cheaper than hiring models (and he was reading them anyway.) His initial plan was to learn to be a crack realist and then transition to more abstract/non-representational work, seeing as he doesn’t really like realistic artwork and loves abstract/non representational art (Joan Miro in particular.) However when he started exhibiting paintings of his early fashion picture copies however, his style really caught on. Hating this at first, Terry started seeing that his work was appealing to very wide number of people: from the very artsy to folks who couldn‘t really care less about art. Terry became very intrigued with the potential of this style he created and began envisioning himself as an artist that could bridge the gap between the avante guarde and the mainstream public.
“Re-Inventing the Wheel” will be running from September 5th through the 19th at the ARTery Gallery at the Lab in Costa Mesa. The opening reception will be Saturday September 5th from 6pm to 10pm. The closing reception will be on Saturday September 19th from 6pm to 10pm and will include musical performances by Sam Oak, Ali Memarian, and Beckie Joon. The ARTery Gallery at the LAB Anti-Mall behind Urban Outfitters at 2930 Bristol St., Costa Mesa, CA 92626
Who: Terry Kim and Jerusalem Crickets
What: An exhibition of paintings and multimedia pieces. And Food. Good food.
When: Sept 5th-19th
Where: The ARTery Gallery @ The LAB
2930 Bristol St, Costa Mesa, Ca
Located Behind Urban Outfitters
OPENING RECECPTION: September 5th 6-10 PM
Featuring a spoken word performance by Terry Kim and “Dessert of Disaster:” A collection of artfully crafted Hors D’oeuvres
CLOSING RECEPTION: September 19th 6-10 PM
Featuring Musical Performances by:
Sam Oak
Ali Memarian
Beckie Joon
Featuring DJing by:
DJ Delta
DJ Moni
Here’s a new-ish painting. It’s gonna be in the show and is part of my new series called Color Wheel. It’s mostly finished.
“Re-Inventing the Wheel” 9/5-9/18 @ The ARTery
Opening Reception: September 5th 6:00-10:00 PM
Closing Reception: September 18th 6:00-10:00 PM
The ARTery Gallery @ The LAB
2930 Bristol St, Costa Mesa, Ca
Located Behind Urban Outfitters
Day 29 (Guess Who’s Lotioning Up For My Show?)
Day 30 (Re-Inventing the Wheel)
This is an older piece that I decided to fold into my “Color Wheel Series.” I think this is currently my best piece.
“Re-Inventing the Wheel” 9/5-9/18 @ The ARTery
Opening Reception: September 5th 6:00-10:00 PM
Closing Reception: September 18th 6:00-10:00 PM
The ARTery Gallery @ The LAB
2930 Bristol St, Costa Mesa, Ca
Located Behind Urban Outfitters
Day 29 (Guess Who’s Lotioning Up For My Show?)
Day 30 (Re-Inventing the Wheel)
Remember that group Republica? I do. If you don’t, they are dope and you probably do remember them you just don’t remember that you remember them. They did that song “Ready to Go.” Here’s a clip.
I recently stumbled accross a clip of them performing a year ago. I think they reunited.
What I want to know is where the hell was this performed? At a roller rink? There’s like only 20 people there. Republica deserves better than that!
“Re-Inventing the Wheel” 9/5-9/18 @ The ARTery
Opening Reception: September 5th 6:00-10:00 PM
Closing Reception: September 18th 6:00-10:00 PM
The ARTery Gallery @ The LAB
2930 Bristol St, Costa Mesa, Ca
Located Behind Urban Outfitters
Day 29 (Guess Who’s Lotioning Up For My Show?)
Day 30 (Re-Inventing the Wheel)
It may look like I’m the only one excited about my show, but other people are too. Including Stephon Marbury. Here’s a clip of him lotioning himself up in preparation.
You think that’s weird? Well it gets even weirder…….
“Re-Inventing the Wheel” 9/5-9/18 @ The ARTery
Opening Reception: September 5th 6:00-10:00 PM
Closing Reception: September 18th 6:00-10:00 PM
The ARTery Gallery @ The LAB
2930 Bristol St, Costa Mesa, Ca
Located Behind Urban Outfitters
Day 30 (Re-Inventing the Wheel)
It’s been a good long time since I’ve posted anything.
The reason?
Well, laziness.
The other reason?
I’ve been prepping myself myself for my next solo show this September. It’s called Re-Inventing the Wheel and it will kick off on September 5th with a fabulous opening reception featuring good food and a spoken word performance by yours truly and end September 18th with a spectacular closing party featuring 4 live musical acts. It’s gonna be a killer. It’s gonna be amazing. However, it will only be an amazing killer if I work my ass off on making it so.
Will that be enough? Will it be enough to kill myself to make a killer show?
NO!
I need you too! If you don’t show up to the show it definately won’t be a killer. It will be just a sad man all alone crying in a corner.
So I need you! But you are not going to just show up to any show gas prices being what they are these days. So it’s my job to hype you up for my show. I need you to be as excited about my show as I am, because I am excited. So I will be doing a post a day for the next 30 days, you know like a countdown, until the jump. It’s gonna be real rugged. I’m gonna get you hype! HYPE
HYPE!
“Re-Inventing the Wheel” 9/5-9/18 @ The ARTery
Opening Reception: September 5th 6:00-10:00 PM
Closing Reception: September 18th 6:00-10:00 PM
The ARTery Gallery @ The LAB
2930 Bristol St, Costa Mesa, Ca
Located Behind Urban Outfitters
