We Made Them Do It - New show at Gallery 1988 West

Opening tonight 7-10pm is the "We Made Them Do It" show at Gallery 1988 West. Prints and original works based on the tv shows and movies that you thought would never see in an art show. The weird, the underdogs, the so-bad-it-wasn't-even-cult-worthy. Here is a post that co-owner Jensen posted about the show.

My piece is based on the movie "Nothing But Trouble". I first watched the movie because I'm a huge Chevy Chase fan, but this movie takes so many weird turns I was very weirded out. If you've watched the movie I think you'll get what I mean, and if you haven't watched the movie, well, I'm not sure you would want to. In fact it's a hard movie to get ahold of other than the internet. However there are lots of great actors involved and even an appearance by the music group Digital Underground!

House Policy

10 x 6 inches (image size)

Gouache, ink, on paper

©Nicole Gustafsson 2013
Available at Gallery 1988

Also there is a "Insta Art Walk" going from Gallery East and West and Neveux Artisan Creamery. Basically if you follow the directions here, you can win a free print by Mark Englert.

Is This Thing On 2 - Opens Friday at Gallery1988

Round 2 in the comedy show tribute series Is This Thing On 2: The Weird Year opens this Friday at Gallery 1988. Over 100 artists depict their favorite comedians. Right away two people came to mind that I wanted to do a piece for - Bill Murray and Chevy Chase. Little did I know that their was going to be an entire show dedicated to Bill Murray earlier in the year! I was very much excited to take part in that show and also thrilled that I could do Chevy Chase for this comedian show.

And what is it about Chevy Chase that I love? Well let's see, spending every Christmas watching National Lampoons Christmas Vacation comes to mind, and then there's Chase's role in Caddyshack (one of my top 5 movie loves), and the loads of characters he has brought to life.

Chasing Chevy Chase

7.5 x 12.5 inches

Gouache & Ink on paper

© Nicole Gustafsson 2012

*Update* This painting is now available for purchase online: here

Inspired by Chases film appearances in: Caddyshack, National Lampoon Vacation, National Lampoon European Vacation,  National Lampoon Christmas Vacation, Funny Farm, Fletch, Fletch 2, Memoirs of the Invisible Man, Spies Like Us, Three Amigos

Chasing Chevy Chase (detail) © Nicole Gustafsson 2012

Chasing Chevy Chase (framing view) © Nicole Gustafsson 2012

Show opens this Friday, March 9th from 7 - 10pm at Gallery 1988 (Melrose) LA, California.


Also worth knowing is that "WEIRD AL" YANKOVIC is going to be there hosting the show at the opening reception. So awesome.