ASIANPUNKBOY
ASIANPUNKBOY: The Whole Family
Los Angeles
May 10 - June 14, 2003
OPENING RECEPTION:
Party for the Artist: Saturday, May 10, 6 - 9pmGuest DJ: Ryan McGinley, Drinks by Campari
Catalogue available with words by AA Bronson, Larry Clark, Matthias Herrmann, Bruce LaBruce, Ryan McGinley, Richard Prince
Peres Projects is pleased to announce the inauguration of our new Los Angeles gallery with the first solo exhibition by Canadian, NY based artist asianpunkboy ("APB").
APB is best known for his self-titled magazine which in his own words is "filled with an infusion of gentle surfaces, dissident eruptions, haikus, mapped pictures, dirty illustrations, moist cum, decadent artificial words, love and all manners of faggy filth". APB's work is entrenched in self-exploration through a process that is directed by his personal sensitivity; his are statements that speak of fragility embodied by an aesthetic equilibrium between frail beauty and virtual banal kitsch. Part thief, part provocateur, APB is an originator of new ideas that invite us to come along in a journey into a super exclusive all boys club. His installation at Peres Projects will consist of 21 stolen images on lavender paper, flour (lots of flour), live birds along with an untitled series of sculptures of a cannon, a white neon light text sculpture, a white silk flag, an engraved mirror, an owl with bombastic diamond eyes, shattered glasses, a rhinestone encrusted switchblade, many bullets and...well, more....