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White Walls Project Space is pleased to present San Francisco is for Lovers from artists DabsMyla. The opening reception will be held Saturday, August 17, 2013 from 7-11pm with the exhibit free and open to the public through September 7, 2013.
Australian-born artists and romantic couple, Dabs and Myla have worked as artistic partners for seven years, proving that you can combine love and work. Their colorful style is always playful by nature, with a cast of flippantly bright-eyed characters set within pleasantly chaotic cityscapes.
From the artists:
"With San Francisco is for Lovers, we are taking a slightly different approach than to other shows we have had in the past. For most of our exhibitions we like to concentrate on a body of work and then try to build the most extensive installation we can around those paintings. This show is very different as it isn't a show of new paintings...instead it will be 100% installation based. The whole room will be transformed into a new environment involving painting on the walls and the building of sculptural pieces and painted found objects. We’ve wanted to do a show like this for a long time. Working on the installation side of our shows is one of our favorite parts of what we do...but sometimes we find ourselves a little limited in how far we can take the installation because of the time spent on creating the paintings. Because this is going to be an installation and not a show we can really sink our teeth into pushing it as far as possible!
Being that we are a couple and we work together we love to play with imagery based around relationships and love, playing on subtle (and sometimes not so subtle) images about sex. The whole room will be an overwhelming experience of love from top to bottom.”
Melbourne natives Dabs and Myla are a dynamic duo who have lived, worked and soaked in the sun of Los Angeles since 2009. Dabs started painting graffiti in 1995, and began teaching Myla the ropes of writing about ten years later, after they met while studying illustration in art school and fell in love. Soon afterward, they decided they liked their collaborative pieces better than their individual work, and from that point on, they worked together exclusively, as Dabs Myla. Inspired by graffiti, food, travel and their wonderful chaotic life together as a couple, their paintings play Dabs’ mischievous and sometimes ribald characters off Myla’s photorealistic cityscapes. Since their move to California, they have never spent more than a few hours apart. They say, “I guess we are pretty lucky… two peas in a pod! Two crazy, workaholic, mad dorks in a pod! After years of living, painting walls and working together, we have only become closer, stronger and even more in sync. Every day we wake up, paint all day, and keep each other entertained with constant chatter and stupid jokes. Who could ask for more out of life?”
White Walls Gallery has worked for a decade to exist as the premiere destination for urban art in the Bay Area. Combined with the Shooting Gallery and two project spaces, this 5,000 sq ft space is one of the largest galleries on the West Coast. Justin Giarla founded the gallery with a commitment to furthering the urban art movement, drawing directly from street art and graffiti culture. Named for its plain white walls, the gallery takes a backseat to the real focus: the work of our artists.
Media Opportunities:
Interview with artist duo DabsMyla
Interview with owner/founder/curator Justin Giarla
High-resolution images available upon request
Event Information:
San Francisco is for Lovers
Opening Reception – August 17, 2013, 7-11 pm
On View Through September 7, 2013
@ White Walls Project Space (www.whitewallssf.com/project-space/)
886 Geary Street
San Francisco, CA
DabsMyla
White Walls Project Space
886 Geary Street
San Francisco, CA 94109
