Wednesday

Crazy 4 Cult: Art and Cult Films in Perfect Harmony.

Filed under Culture/Museums and Galleries, Culture/Visual Culture

Gallery1988 in LA is currently showing some of the hippest and cutting-edge interpretations of cult films in their latest exhibition: “Crazy 4 Cult: This time its personal”. Over 100 up and coming artists have produced works for the show that has been a massive success and continues until September 12th.

At the Opening Party on August 22nd Kevin Smith and Scott Mosier (who opened the first ‘Crazy 4 Cult’ exhibition last year) hosted the show. Guests were queuing around the corner and down the street for the first glimpse of this year’s works.

Jensen Karp is the co-owner of the Los Angeles and San Francisco Gallery 1988, and director of the LA gallery which has been open for four and a half years. His business partner is Katie Cromwell and she directs the SF gallery, which has been open for about eighteen months. Jensen took some time out from his hectic schedule to answer some questions about the show including how Kevin Smith and Scott Mosier came to be involved and how Samuel L Jackson reacted to a Pulp Fiction picture. Continue…