'Too Sweet' is The Perez Bros' Ode to Creative Community
Now on view at Thinkspace Projects through September 27.
Summary
- Los Angeles-based twin artist duo The Perez Bros present toO sWeeT, a group exhibition honoring the artistic voices that have shape their community
- Now on view at Thinkspace Projects through September 27, the exhibition features 50 artists working across mediums
Twin artists Alejandro and Vicente Perez, better known together as The Perez Bros, are raising a glass to the friends and fellow artists who fuel their practice in a new exhibition on view at Thinkspace Projects in Los Angeles. Curated by the duo, the show gathers paintings, sculptures, photographs and mixed-media works from 50 names for a heartfelt tribute to their artistic community.
Titled toO sWeeT, the show takes titular cues from a hand gesture popularized in the 1990s by wrestling faction New World Order. What began as a backstage sign of camaraderie and brotherhood, later blossomed into a more expansive symbol for unity, serving as a fit metaphor for themes of connection, memory and humanity that underpin the show.
Highlights include “Dinner on the Yellow Stain,” a mixed-media piece by Deanna Barahona, as well as Matt McCormick‘s cinematic “Moonlit Confidence (Take Another Pass At It)” oil on linen and the apocalyptic overtones in Manuel Zamudio’s “Mañana.” Elsewhere, No Fear’s iconic angry eyes meets Alexandre Cabanel’s “The Fallen Angel” in a graphic-realist composition by James Supa Medrano, while Thalia Gochez lenses a tender portrait of Californian youth. True to their motor-head roots, the brothers have also assembled works that nod to car culture, with contributions from Estevan Oriol, Julian Pace, Sean Hamilton, Tanner Goldbeck and Vanessa Torrez.
toO sWeeT, curated by The Perez Bros, is now on view in Los Angeles through September 27. Read on for the full list of names featured in the exhibition.
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Featured artists:
Vani Aguilar
Deanna Barahona
Alison Bickle
Chaz Bojorquez
Valerie J Bower
Darel Carey
Arthur Carillo
Rene Casamalhuapa
Joshua Castañeda
Adrian Contreras
Polo Cutty
Josie Del Castillo
Karla Diaz
Tristan Eaton
Sharky Edwards
Sofia Enriquez
Gajin Fujita
Thaila Gochez
Daniela Garcia
Tanner Goldbeck
Sean Hamilton
Salomon Huerta
Stan Kaplan
Kiara Machado
Dos Mas
Edwin Martinez
Matt McCormick
James Supa Medrano
Eric Michael
Mariana T Olague
Estevan Oriol
Rick Ortega
Julian Pace
Francisco Palomares
Cecelia Perez
Carlos Ramirez
Gustavo Rimada
Jacob Rochester
Javier H.M. Ruiz
Willis Salomon
Kristofferson San Pablo
Sentrock
Mister Toledo
Vanessa Torrez
Ivy Vela
Joshua Vides
Brian M. Viveros
Jaime Zacarias
Manuel Zamudio
Gustavo Zermeño
