I think Prince killed it at the end of Purple Rain with his performances of “Purple Rain,” “I Would Die For You,” and “Baby I’m a Star,” but if I had to be honest The Time’s performance of the Bird trumped them all combined.

A few years ago Morris Day performed at The Grammies I think with Rihanna. He’s still got it man!

What does this have to do with my show? Not a damn thing.

“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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

Random notes on this piece:

I actually saw it in person (I think. Either I saw this one or one remarkably similar)

Joan Miro is my favorite artist ever

Joan Miro’s first name is pronounced “Yo-Han” (or possibly Yo-Awn.) For years I’ve been pronouncing it “Joan” like Joan Cusack. For years people have treated me like an idiot. Coincidence?

Job ad by Alphonse Mucha

The Last Guardian

I don’t really play videogames anymore (unless freecell and spider solitaire count), but like most nerds there was a time when I played videogames a lot. My era of choice (and really the only era of videogames I got into) was the Saturn/Playstation era. The games on the PS2 in general didn’t really interest me.

The two big exceptions to this however are ICO and Shadow of the Colossus. I could say a lot about the brilliance of these to games but since a lot has already been said about their brilliance already, I will just make one statement: from an artistic standpoint these games represent the absolute pinnacle of the vdeogame media. I look at these two as being the videogame equivolent of Manet’s “Olympia.” In the same way “Olympia” created a dividing line between the old and the modern idea of art in painting, these two games should looked at in the same light for videogames.

That being said, the creators of ICO and Shadow of the Colossus are finally making a new game: The Last Guardian. You better believe I couldn’t be more excited.

Why Kobe is Great

The debate about where Kobe lies in the discussion of who the greatest basketball player of all time is will probably not be resolved aytime soon, but here’s one salvo from the Kobe is the greatest camp: what athlete other than Kobe inspires such in depth psychological profiling? Check out this article by Bill Simmons. These are the kinds of writing that Kobe inspires. Kobe may or may not elevate the level of his teammates, but without question he elevates the level of the sports journalism community.

Why Kobe is Creepy

On the other hand, I can see where people are coming from with the whole Kobe is copying MJ to the point of being super creepy. As of this writing he has MJ’s coach, his triangle offensive, pretty much all his moves, a three-peat, his tounge thing (although not so much anymore), his dunk crown, his fist pump, and I just found out he has hired Jordy’s old trainer Tim Glover. The underbite thing is all him though.

Aoqili Seaweed Soap

I am very vain and very neurotically obsessed with my looks. I randomly discovered this soap some while back and naturally since I’m so vain and neurotic, the idea of a soap that can decrease fat content is extremely intriguing to me. It’s pretty cheap too. I haven’t tried it yet, but I want to and probably will soon. Results will come!

Roger Federer Can’t Lose

A few years ago it seemed like Roger Federer could not be beaten. Now it seems like he just can’t lose. At the French Robin Soderling miraculously takes out Nadal for him and now it has just been announced that Nadal has kindly taken himself out of Wimbeldon. GO TEAM FED!