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MEZCLA
AN EXPLORATION OF EVOLVING CONDITIONS

Six emerging artists unite to creatively explore the ever-evolving ethnic-rich L.A. through drawings, paintings, photography and design. The result is an installation-filled mix of blended icons and symbols.

Each artist creates his own installation. These visual mixtures merge to create a larger installation, collectively hung, furthering the interactive play of icons and symbols through drawing, photography and design.

OPENING RECEPTION JANUARY 10, 2004
7:00 to 11:00 p.m.

John Paul Altamira: Coming from the "Robots Have Feelings Too" group show at the Culture Cache Gallery in San Francisco, John Paul explores, through painting, the truth and fantasy of monoculture as false reality.
Thomas Lee Bakofsky: A native of West Texas, Bakofsky draws inspiration from his ties to the border town of El Paso. Melding drawing, painting, collage, serigraphy and wood block printing, his ideas and execution exemplify the eclectic similarity of his hometown and Los Angeles.
Eric Crandell: Using music-influenced design as his medium, Crandell explores the relationship between art and music. He is currently the art director at Ubiquity Records.
Gary Garay: As a first generation U.S. born Mexican, Garay uses his art to articulate the concept of life versus survival in a culturally diverse society such as Los Angeles. He has exhibited in L.A., as well as San Francisco and Japan.
Kevin Ramos: Born in L.A. and raised by Ecuadorian parents, Ramos describes his current photographic body of work as "speech from the streets", illustrating diverse subjects and materials from and around the L.A. landscape.
Stephen Serrato: With the contemporary flood of information that daily bombards our mind, Serrato uses collage, typography, photography and drawing to pull out messages he feels need to be addressed.

Contributing Dj's: Omid (Beneath the Surface, Monolith); Nobody (Ubiquity Records); Frosty (Dublab); Carlos Niño (Dublab); ESP (Anything Fresh)

Through January 31, 2004