"Seed Spreaders " @ New Image on 1005 N Fairfax OPENING RECEPTION: SATURDAY, February 21, 2004 7-10 PM February 21 , 2004 - March 13, 2004

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Featured Artists: Rich Jacobs  Big Foot Random von NotHaus Armando Lerma Carlos Ramirez Neckface Isaac Lin Sam Flores Jordon Davis Eric Huebsch

The Seed Spreaders,ten male artists from Los Angeles,San Francisco, New York,and Coachella Valley will be spreading their drawings,paintings, and mural installations throughout the gallery.

Fueled by early skate rock like The Faction, Rich Jacobs began publishing his zine Skate Edge in 1986 and has since gone on to do art direction, graphic design, painting, drawing and illustration for numerous magazines, T-shirts, board graphics, record and CD covers and clothing, as well as curating a series of critically acclaimed art shows called Move. Rich has also exhibited his works at such internationally recognized venues as Beans, Rocket and Parco in Japan, Abart in London, and Black Market.

Big Foot is a graffiti artist from San Francisco. His huge murals cover exterior walls of large buildings in San Francisco and are massive while depicting green folkloric creatures. Big foot has shown his paintings internationally and has a cult following in Japan. He designs tee shirts and shoes for the skate industry and is originally from New Jersey.

Neckface is painting graffiti throughout New York City along with Random von NotHaus holding down the postering and mural painting in Los Angles. Random will be painting a mural installation and mixing it up with painted spray cans and paint buckets.

Sam Flores resides in the Tenderloin area of San Franciso where much of his inspiration is taken from. His highly illustrative and stylized paintings of people often contain lush environments filled with fauna and flora. Flores’ sensual paintings have an urban street edge and while remaining amazingly skilled and beautiful .

The Date Farmers, Carlos Ramirez and Armando Lerma of Coachella Valley often collaborate in their art, collage drawings,and words on discarded signs. Their art is reminiscent of Mexican Revolutionary posters ala/Pancho Villa,as if Cesar Chavez is knocking on our door. Ramirez and Lerma explore the essential reality of the roots of California past and present culture. Their art depicts Mexican American religious icons and their style resembles prison art. Ramirez’s and Lerma’s lettering is strong in a low rider tradition of bold sign painting.

Isaac Lin Resides in San Francisco currently and is also part of the Space 1026 artist collective. His paintings along with Jordon Davis’s deal with personal cartoon like imagery.

Eric Huebsch of Los Angeles will be exhibiting strikiing and sensual drawings about lust and humor.

music provided by Bobby Birdman

Opening reception: Saturday, February 21, 2004 7-10 PM