(Shaq and Lebron getting ready for my show)
I finally finished my Press Release. It feels pretty good although the third paragraph is a little long.
Press Release for “Re-Inventing the Wheel”
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 of beautiful women 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 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.
Shaq and Lebron are laughing and discussing how great my show will be. They don’t want to invite Kobe though. 
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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 real 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 so he kept it up just enough to keep improving. He hated doing schoolwork which in part led to his decision to skip university or art school.. 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 a model 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 particularly.) When he started exhibiting paintings of his early fashion picture copies however, his style really caught on. He hated this at first, but when he started seeing that his work was appealing to very wide number of people from the very artsy to people who couldn‘t really care less about art, he became very intrigued with the potential of the style he created.
“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 25 (Only Sexy People Apply)
Day 26 (Composition in Blue and Orange)
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’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
