Where: Loakal
Event Date: February 7, 2014
Event Time: 6:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Location: 560 2nd Street, Oakland, California
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While we often judge art by the complexity of the artist’s skills with brushes, pencils or sculpting tools, there are plenty of famous works of art throughout the course of the last century that were hardly touched by the artist. Whether executed by assistants or presented as ready-mades, such artworks question at what point something becomes “art” and what role the artist occupies. Inventor? Designer? Architect? Loakal seeks to explore these questions with a fun, interactive exhibition: our second-annual “By the Numbers.”
A follow-up to last year’s widely-attended edition, “By the Numbers II” is a paint-by-numbers style show that immerses the audience in the creative process. This year’s rendition is co-curated by Bay Area graffiti artist Nite Owl, whose solo show “Aesthetic Transience” was a huge success at Loakal in July 2013. “By the Numbers II” will feature the work of Nite Owl, Onedr, Lisa Pisa, Reggie Warlock, Egads, Maska, Chris Micro and Chris Granillo — artists at the center of the East Bay’s underground art scene. Each artist will present a large-scale drawing on panel. It will be up to the audience to fill in the colors of each piece. Art supplies will be provided at the gallery and all ages are welcome. The results of the experiment will be on view at Loakal through the end of the month.
About Nite Owl:
Based in Oakland, Nite Owl is one of the most prolific street artists in Oakland. His iconic owl character can be seen in posters, murals and stickers across the Bay Area. Inspired by cartoons and the Super Flat movement alike, Nite Owl’s vibrant work pays homage to graffiti, filtering elements of street culture through his color-saturated lens.
“I’m not an artist; I’m a psychic link to a parallel world that exists inside my brain. I’ve visited other dimensions and returned to channel these visions through my art. My physical travels across the globe have also played a large part in influencing the themes in my pieces,” said Nite Owl. “The secrets of nature, hidden deeply in the backcountry, influence me just as much as the harsh urban settings of Oakland, in which I reside. As a young child I was stricken with Chronic Doodling Disorder. Over the years I’ve channeled this sickness into a library of characters.”
Nite Owl’s involvement in the Oakland street art scene extends beyond his artwork. He is a co-curator at Chopsticks Urban Art Space and runs his own graffiti blog, Midnite Mobbin.