West Street Gallery

SAM W/ APPLES —ZK

JIM DRAIN HANGING OUT WITH HARRY, I MEAN GEORGE FALLS, THE NEWEST ADDITION TO THE FALLS’S TOPANGA RANCH EXTRAVAGANZA… MOVE OVER LLAMAS!!! — PHOTO SAM FALLS 

VIDEO SCREENING PART 2
SCREENING WILL BEGIN PROMPTLY AT 7:30PM FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 24

West Street Gallery is pleased to present a second night of video programming. We have invited 4 artists to present one short video of their own, and one short video by another artist.

Featured artists: Matt Keegan, Peter Moran, Ryan Foerster, Silvianna Goldsmith, Sam Falls, Joe Zorrilla, Sam Anderson, Michael Stickrod.


STILL ON VIEW: ASHER PENN READING ROOM
A collection of New York based artist Asher Penn’s artist books produced between 2004 to present.

Just Say Maybe, Penn’s first self published book, was conceived as a catalog for his senior photography show at the Rhode Island School of Design in 2004. Since then, he has produced numerous volumes that have documented, framed, and expanded upon his explorations in photography, drawing, painting, collage, appropriation, and writing.

Penn uses the structural elements of graphic design inherent in bookmaking to create a personalized context for his artworks. These books demonstrate Penn’s iterative practice of filling books with variations of a single gesture. Often, from book to book, the artist will revisit subject matter and themes, complicating, undermining, or editorializing them.

Despite his multiplicity of approaches, Penn insists that the root of his books is always “photographic.” His book making practice seeks to explore the symbiotic relationship between photography and bookmaking, and discover a spirit of photography that exists beyond limitations of the medium. This is done while reflecting experiences, objects, and images present in daily life.

Along with 30 of Penn’s books, the reading room will also include related multiples and ephemera.


This room will remain open during our regular business hours, Thurs.–Sat, 12–6 PM.

LA FUN ALERT, SAM AND ZAK AT THE OPENING OF SAM’S LA SOLO DEBUT AT CHINA ART OBJECTS! —MM

LIFE IN TOPANGA —EF

SAM FALLS’ VAL VERDE INCLUDED IN TIME MAGAZINE’S LIST OF BEST PHOTOBOOKS OF 2011 —MM

GO SEE THE SHOW SAM AND I ORGANIZED AT M + B  IN WEST HOLLYWOOD, UP FOR TWO MORE WEEKS —MM

SAM FALLS AND OTHER WSG FRIENDS MICHELE ABELES, TALIA CHETRIT IN CHRIS WILEY’S PHOTO SURVEY IN FRIEZE.—AG