Touching Show: July 22

Albert Reyes’ Elegant, Classic Shit

Over the course of putting together Never Dies the Dream, Albert Reyes produced a series of stunning fine art editions aptly titled Elegant, Classic Shit. Printed at venerated serigraph studio Modern Multiples, the set of four 18″ x 24″ poster-sized images were inspired by pop culture juggernauts Elvira, Superman, Woody Allen and Ronald McDonald.

Since unforseen circumstances forced us to shut down the show one day after the opening, you’re in luck– we’ve decided to make the remaining sets available exclusively through MastodonMesa.com for the month of June! Elegant, Classic Shit is an extremely limited edition collector’s item– only a handful of these prints will ever be produced. Act fast on this opportunity to scoop up a set of all 4 signed prints for $350!

Albert would like to keep these sets packaged together for the most part, but if you want only one of the four prints, send us an email and we’ll sell you the print of your choosing for $150.

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Video from Never Dies the Dream

Steven Andrew Garcia shot this video at the opening for Albert Reyes: Never Dies the Dream, capturing the crowds, the art, the maze– and the mayhem caused by Albert’s brother Ryan, who (ever so politely) terrorized people in a wolfman costume.

Write-Ups of “Never Dies the Dream”

LA Weekly‘s Liz Ohanesian wrote a rad piece with fantastic photos by Shannon Cottrell!

Michael C. Hsiung covered the opening for Fecal Face!

Beautiful/Decay‘s Fei Liu posted some preview pictures the day before the show!

Dave White at Queersighted said Albert deserves to “blow up big like Damien Hirst!”

LA Times’ Brand X printed a featured recommendation that helped spread the word:

Never Dies The Dream

Just two weeks until the opening of Albert Reyes: Never Dies The Dream. The opening is going to have amazing performances by Icy Lytes, Nathaniel Eras, and Octavius. Don’t miss it!

Albert Reyes’ Maze: Sneak Peak

Graphic artist Albert Reyes is tearing apart his maze. Half of it had already come down before this video was shot. He’s been building this epic beast– completely from found materials– in his El Sereno backyard over the course of four years, and now he’s uprooting each bracket from each pallet and taking on the massive task of rebuilding it within the mirrored walls of our gallery.

Check out the completed installation at Mastodon Mesa on May 20th at the Pacific Design Center!

More to come.

Fabulous Footage of Impropriety Show

This classy video of Impropriety Show was shot by one of our favorite young filmmakers, Steven Andrew Garcia. Thank you kindly, sir. And thanks to everyone who made Impropriety Show happen, from the performers to the patrons, to the people at Pabst. You’re all simply rad!

Photos from Impropriety Show

Marvelous! More images from the scintillating Impropriety Show, a night of seven wild performances merged into one ecstatic cacophony. A storm of distorted voices, skin-tight fetish costumes, gleeful debris, nightmarish cartoon masks and neurobiological glossolalia raged within the walls of Mastodon Mesa last Thursday, like some kind of pulsating jellyfish.

Passerbys were at turns confused, delighted, disgusted and dumbfounded by the divine dreamscapes created by Suki Etter-Rose, the New Jedi Order, Dorian Wood, Bitch Swamp, PetSexRex, Lola Loshkey and Luke McGowan.

Impropriety Show in L.A. Times’ BrandX!

There’s an awesome spread on Impropriety Show in this week’s edition of The Los Angeles Times‘, Brand X, shot by fantastic photographer Robyn Von Swank! Even more pictures from that crazy night on the LA Times site!.

Watch this space in the next few days for a full recap of the evening’s festivities, plus own photos and glorious HD video coverage shot by wunderkind Steven Andrew Garcia.

Sage Keeler’s Impropriety Show Trailer

Sage Keeler made this insanely rad trailer for Impropriety Show. Come check it out tonight. Pabst Blue Ribbon is sponsoring and there will be plenty of free beer! (Thanks, dudes!)