![]() ![]() Morrison is best known as the guitarist for Billy Idol, but he has been a longtime art collector who began painting a few years ago and has since become a rising figure in the art scene. ![]() “They’re combining forces with a mixture of traditional painterly styles along with the spray paint stencil style,” she said. “They’ve been fans of each other for a long time,” said Heidi Johnson, producer of the show. ![]() The pair also collaborated on the poster image for the show plus 12 other works based on the idea of icons that will anchor the exhibition. Plastic Jesus will present a mix of 12 new and well-known works while Morrison has created 12 new mixed-media contemporary paintings specifically for the show. at the old Tower Records space on Sunset Boulevard. The free exhibition will be held Saturday from noon to 9 p.m. But for me my art and the sentiment and the comment and the statement with my art is intended for the streets really, not gallery shows or high end expensive galleries.”īut Jesus feels comfortable with this exhibit, since the venue is no fancy gallery, which in itself is part of the show. “I did a very small one when I started out, a little pop-up. “I’ve avoided gallery shows,” Jesus said. Instead, the British-born incognito street artist creates attention-grabbing works like the “No Trump Anytime” and “No Kardashian Parking Anytime” street signs that he placed around the city and the 6-inch wall he erected around Donald Trump’s star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.īut his work will move indoors for a one-day only show as he teams up with tatted-up rocker turned contemporary painter Billy Morrison for a pop-up exhibition called “Anesthesia: The Art of Oblivion.” Inspired by world events, urban culture and the streets, the stencil and installation work created by provocative Los Angeles-based artist Plastic Jesus has never been displayed as a major show in a gallery setting. ![]()
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