> Neck Face/ The Date Farmers
> Friday, January 7, 2005
> 6 - 8pm
> Free

> Neck Face / The Date Farmers exhibition
> through February 5, 2005

> Gallery Hours
> Wed-Saturday, 12-5pm
>
>
> The luggage store is pleased to present an exhibition of Neck Face; and
> The Date Farmers./curated by Darryl Smith/Laurie lazer and co organized
> by New Image Art/Los Angeles
>
> After 20 year old's Neck Face's first solo exhibition at New Image Art
> Gallery in Los Angeles, "Witch Hunt" and the subsequent publication of
> his book by KAWS, Satan's Bride!!! the luggage store/san francisco
> will feature new metal sculpturs, masks, and paintings by Neck Face.
>
> Neck Face is most known for writing NECK FACE -scrawled over the walls
> of New York, Los Angeles and San Francisco (see recent article in The
> New Yorker)..
>
>
> The Date Farmers, Carlos Ramirez and Armando Lerma of Coachella Valley
> often collaborate in their art, collage drawings,and words on
> discarded signs. Reminiscent of Mexican Revolutionary posters
> ala/Pancho Villa, as if Cesar Chavez is knocking on our door, Ramirez
> and Lerma explore the essential reality of the roots of California past
> and present culture. Their art depicts Mexican American religious icons
> and their style resembles prison art - their lettering strong in a low
> rider tradition of bold sign painting.
>
> see www.luggagestoregallery.org
> view photos; click on neck face/ the date farmers.