My Mom was in town visiting this past weekend, so I brought her with me out to the gallery another year in LA to see Charles Parker Boggs' opening, "THE TROPHY LOUNGE: 9 Channels of Charles Parker Boggs. Skye met us there, Kchan and Asami showed up later on. Had a bit of trouble finding the door at first. Got inside, stepped to the bar for a cup of wine, got into the main room, and my Mom had already engaged the artist and the curator in conversation. Lots of drawings and sculpture, and none of it was labeled, so we made a game of guessing which piece was which based on the lists of titles in the gallery handout. We found that trying to connect the pieces with the titles ("Hurt Dog," for example, was a sculpture of a bleeding hot dog with a band-aid wrapped around it), made us pay closer attention.
Talked to Charles Parker Boggs a little bit. Warm, easy-going guy, based in Kentucky.
Artists he pays attention to:
Marcel Duchamp, Mike Kelley, Tom Friedman
Pretty good for a first stop. Everyone there was friendly, and my Mom had a good time, which was the important thing.
Free Booze: Two-Buck Chuck (Shiraz), Pacifico
