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For Immediate Release:

"Bang! Fully-Loaded" Group art show
June 21st-July 22, 2008

Remy's on Temple Art Gallery
2126 W. Temple Street
LA, CA 90026
213-484-2884/remysontemple. com
Gallery Hours: Friday – Saturday 12pm-6pm and by
appointment

Opening Reception:
June 21st, 2008
6:30 pm – 11:00pm
Music and Entertainment: Truthseekas of TruthSeekas
Radio of KPFK 90.7fm
Coverage by: LookInside Magazine

Curator: Alfie Ebojo
Gallery Director: Jonathan Yap


Historic Filipinotown, Los Angeles, Calfornia – June
21, 2008-"Bang! Fully-Loaded" is a group art show
showcasing the talents of contemporary artists of
different genres and disciplines to dissect,
deconstruct, reconstruct, and reclaim the idea of the
"Barrelman." Some of the artists are each given a
Barrelman to be used at their "blank canvas."

The Barrelman is the most hated and loved folk art
wooden statuette in the Philippines, in which when the
barrel is lifted, a happy tribesman expresses himself
by a phallic protrusion. Though many find the
Barrelman offensive, sexist, and derogatory to the
tribal people of the islands, others find it lovable,
comical, and light-hearted and it is still popular
among the tourists and the locals through out the
years.

In addition to the modified Barrelmen exhibited, there
will be small bodies of work and installation
presented by the featured artists, which disciplines
range from painting, sculpting, photography, graffiti,
graphic design, fashion design, "chocolatier"-ing and
hot rod customization (yes, you read right.)

"Bang! Fully Loaded" is part of a series of art shows
at Remy's on Temple leading up to a traveling
Smithsonian show called "Singgalot: The Ties that
Bind, Filipinos in America", August-October 2008. in
which the Barrelmen will be carried over to the
Auxiliary Gallery for further exhibiting.

Featuring artists:
Aidge 34
Alfie Ebojo aka alfie numeric
Chris Avitabile
Comah One
David Araquel
Jerrell Conner
Jonathan Yap
Larsen Garma
Lucien Shapiro
Mark Canto
MECA ISA
Michael Virata
Nic Cowan
Pancho Abalos
Phloe
Ryan Spence
SHERM
Stuter
Thomas Messenger
Ver Mar
and many more…

Special Installation by:
SimBulan featuring Bambie and Drendo

Also commissioned Original Hip Hop Chocol8s sculptures
by:
Marcus Gray
Thomas Messenger
alfie numeric

*** This is an all ages event but please be informed
that some pieces will contain mature content.


CONTACT:
For questions and inquiries about the show and/or the
artists, please contact Alfie Ebojo at
iam@alfienumeric.com or 661-364-8842.

For questions and inquiries about the gallery, please
contact Jonathan Yap at director@remysontemple.com or 323-275-7639

2008. i am resolved to finish the umpteen million series i started last year. this right here is called "the medicine woman."



the bleeding heart dove - an actual bird found in the PI. the BHD in Mindanao are endangered while the ones found in Luzon are "threatened." kinda funny how their state of existence correlates to the political turbulence in those region.

tree spirits - my metaphor for ancestors, particularly the matriach.

Oglala Sioux story of Spider Woman- "is a metaphor for she who creates from a central source. One day it is She who will pull all of her creation - back to her source. Her web represents the grids or matrix of our reality" . also the origin of the dreamcatcher (good dreams stick. the nightmares flow through.)

a watered down explanation of this piece - a portrait of a woman who is grabbing hold of her destiny while protecting the fragile ideology of love within her.

whew.