Also come see Ezra Li’s mural in the Project Room along with some very undead works of art, on display till September 6th as well.

Time passes fast! Make it out here soon!

Photo by Martha Cooper, Logan Hicks in his window space

The artists participating include:
Ad Hoc Art staff/interns, Cannonball Press, Chris Stain, Cycle, Dennis McNett, Ellis G,
Gaia, Greg Lamarche, John Ahearn, Josh MacPhee, Lady Pink, Logan Hicks,
Michael De Feo, Morning Breath, and Tom Beale.
Also, some very special guests will be documenting our efforts,
including Martha Cooper, Charlie Ahearn, Luna Park, and Art Jones.

We plan on rotating the Willoughby Windows exhibit in November, which is when this current one showing will come down. So keep an eye out for updates and be sure to check it out before the opportunity passes!

Ezra Li in action at Ad Hoc's Opening

Thanks to all of you who came out last night for our last opening at the 49 Bogart St. location. It has been our greatest honor through the years to bring you the freshest art out there and to bring our artists to further recognition. Last night was a blast! Thanks to the artists Chris Stain, Armsrock, and Ezra Li Eismont, without your enthusiasm, creativity, and love none of this would have been possible. And thanks to everyone for making the party so special and fun!
A special thanks to Asahi Beer for sponsoring us as well!
If you weren’t here, make sure to come by this month to check out the amazing work before it’s gone on September 6th, we’re open Thursday through Sunday 1pm-8pm.

Come see it finished for yourself!

Okay guys and gals, this install is breath taking, you have no excuses-bring all your friends, reschedule meetings, change date locations, bring your pets, your children and their babysitters. Do whatever it is you have to do in order to get here TONIGHT between 7 and 10 pm!
Hope to see you here!
IN THE FRONT GALLERY: Chris Stain & Armsrock
IN THE PROJECT ROOM: Ezra Li Eismont

This will be an awesome opening; everyone should definitely come out for a good time with good people and amazing art. You will not be let down! Last time we had a show with Stain he built an entire shantytown, be prepared to be impressed!
For more information on the artists or the event, read below. Also some of their new imagery is freshly available to be viewed under their name is the “Available Work” category.
Hope to see you here FRIDAY!
IN THE FRONT GALLERY: Chris Stain & Armsrock present “I KNOW THERE IS LOVE”
Chris Stain first became infected by graffiti’s bold colors, striking form, and independent nature as a child in the summer of 1984. As time went by he investigated other avenues of art such as print making, graphic design, and screen printing. Stain’s work is a direct reflection of the people, neighborhoods, and struggles that are swept along with the every day lives of the common American. It is his hope that through the work he will be able to convey the importance of the role of the less recognized individual of society.
Armsrock is an artist and activist whose work focuses on the human condition in the urban environment. By creating hundreds of unique drawings of his fellow citizens, and placing these original pieces on the walls of the city, Armsrock makes an attempt to generate a critical understanding of the stories and fates that house us.

IN THE PROJECT ROOM: Ezra Li Eismont
The idea of Neters, or principles which precede their physical manifestations, is what led Eismont to the study sacred art and cosmic diagrams. How can we illustrate our connection to the divine? The allegorical diagrams of Robert Fludd, the sacred Mandalas and Thangkas of Tibet, these provide clues and inspiration, a roadmap for our journey through life. Everything begins as a seed, and goes through a process of unfolding through time, growth, and final destruction. Our consciousness helps to guide us through this process of growth; our intent shapes the world around us. Thus we have the ability to mold reality with our thoughts and intentions. Put simply, this is magic, and this is what we are. Participating in the universality of these cosmic diagrams is how Ezra Li Eismont beautifully proliferates his relationship to reality. Ezra Li was the spawn of an artistic environment – his mother a painter and poet, his step-father a painter, his father a potter and designer, his step-mother a designer and watercolorist, his grandfather a clown, writer, illustrator, painter and circus performer. He is a Brooklyn native who moved to the Bay area to attend California College of Arts and Crafts, where in 1996 he earned his B.F.A. in painting, and studied under Raymond Saunders, Jack Mendenhall, & Mary Snowden.
It’s nearly impossible to describe Eismont’s early career in just a few short paragraphs. His widespread and prolific output not only demonstrates his interdisciplinary qualities, but also shows his undeniable influence over many hundreds of young Bay Area artists, who are just now realizing their own success in the gallery world. Eismont has been a leading artist for his generation by exhibiting with countless Bay Area galleries and museums such as 111 Minna, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, Upper Playground, and Gallery A.D. in San Jose. Examples of his work have appeared on flyers and album covers for local parties and groups such as the Bay Area Art Collective and Cat Five. He has also published work in ANARCHY, WIRED, and PRINT Magazines ,as well as the bay areas graffiti book GRAFFITO (by Michael Walsh, 1996). Eismont’s work resides in hundreds of private collections internationally.
He is currently involved with the San Francisco based Gestalt Collective, a group of collaborative muralists. Together they produced a site specific mural for the Y.B.C.A.’s “Bay area now” show in 2005. A sample of Eismont’s work can be viewed at http://www.ezrali.com/

Installation Progress

IN THE FRONT GALLERY: Chris Stain & Armsrock
Chris Stain first became infected by graffiti’s bold colors, striking form, and independent nature as a child in the summer of 1984. As time went by he investigated other avenues of art such as print making, graphic design, and screen printing. Stain’s work is a direct reflection of the people, neighborhoods, and struggles that are swept along with the every day lives of the common American. It is his hope that through the work he will be able to convey the importance of the role of the less recognized individual of society.

Installation Progress 2

IN THE PROJECT ROOM: Ezra Li Eismont
Ezra Li has shown his work extensively throughout the Bay Area in such galleries and museums as I I I Minna Street, the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, the Upper Playground, Balazo Mission Badlands Gallery, Richmond art center, Inferno Gallery,Gallery A.D. in San Jose, I.C.U. Art in Los Angeles and numerous warehouse gallery spaces. Examples of his work have appeared on flyers and album covers for local parties and groups such as Balanceman, the Bay Area Art Collective and Cat Five. He is staff artist for Thermal Recordings, Nutmeats Recordings, and Oaklyn records – three Oakland based record companies. He has also published work in ANARCHY magazine (winter/spring 2005/2006) WIRED magazine (october 2003), The Stranger (july 2004), GQ Spain, PRINT Magazine (June/July 2001),and GRAFFITO (by Michael Walsh, 1996). Eismont’s work resides in hundreds of private collections across the globe.

Photo by Martha Cooper, Logan Hicks in his window space

Some of the artists included in this event will be:
Ad Hoc Art staff/interns, Cannonball Press, Chris Stain, Cycle, Dennis McNett, Ellis G,
Gaia, Greg Lamarche, John Ahearn, Josh MacPhee, Lady Pink, Logan Hicks,
Michael De Feo, Morning Breath, and Tom Beale.
Also, some very special guests will be documenting our efforts,
including Martha Cooper, Charlie Ahearn, Luna Park, and Art Jones.
The party will be featuring entertainment by
DJ $mall Change, DJ Painted, and Lady Circus.
Food will be provided from local vendors.

COME OUT, enjoy the food, music, art, and artists!
Hope to see you there!

*Also Ad Hoc Art Gallery will be closed on July 10th for this opening, so if you were planning to go to the gallery, come on out to the opening instead!*