"Free to Fail" new Drawings by Dan Stromberg at Pure Beauty

Proud to announce Dan Stromberg will be having all new work up at the Salon at Pure Beauty. 1560 haight street, haight at clayton, upstairs!

curated by me,

Leanne C. Miller da Fancie Mammal

Dan Stromberg's (AKA Chili Bean Paste Bucket) Statement about what this work represents to him.

" This work is not about reinventing the wheel.

I just wanted to draw from a gut level. A good dosage of failure will help acknowledge the merits of a success. Jump off a cliff. Seduced by an evil nectar into a bloody pulp. If you have ever felt the cathardic relief of just sayiny "Fuck it", then you are free. You are free to fail."

-Dan "Chili Bean" Stromberg

Akira Beard show at shooting gallery

Hello!!!
Akira Beard who recently put his work up at Pure Beauty is doing it again, but this time its at the super awesome and super cool Shooting Gallery, 839 Larkin st SF!! His work is super fantastic! Saturday Oct. 10th 2009, 7-11pm. Come out and support some art, get some drinks, brave the cold.etc etc... check him out at http://www.timbuk2.com/tb2/cms/artistOriginals/artistBios/akiraBeard.htm, OR http://www.happenstand.com/sanfrancisco/events/2514-c3-kmndz-akira, OR http://artnouveaumagazine.com/blog5/2009/08/31/akira-beard-c3-and-johnny-rodriguez-show-at-the-shooting-gallery/ OR http://www.flickr.com/people/akiraaa/ OR http://www.facebook.com/people/Akira-Beard/167779303, OR http://neverstopseeing.com/interviews-with-artists/akira-beard...........Seriously folks, He's awesome, and a BIG DEAL!!! His work is whitty, beautiful, full of maddening detail, political, social...and sometimes he likes to push buttons. I have a piece of his called "AMerican Trash", It has Hulk Hogan ripping off his clothes and looking crazy..If your not convinced, just GOOGLE HIM!!!
Thanks kids!!!
Oh Yeah, The next Art walk on haight st will be on the first friday of november featuring San Pancho Art Collective!!! check out our blog too!!! sanpanchoart.wordpress.com/
Thanks again!!