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ROYAL/T PHOTOS
| Royal/T will be closed from August 12th to 14th | August 7, 2008 |
| Royal/T will be closed from Tuesday August 12th to Thursday August 14th for the installation of the new art exhibition.
Please join us for our Opening Reception on Thursday August 14th from 6-9pm.
We will resume regular business on Friday August 15th. |
| "All of This is Melting Away" Opening Reception, on Thu, August 14th @6pm-9pm | August 4, 2008 |
| "ALL OF THIS IS MELTING AWAY" Selected by Jay Sanders from the collection of Susan Hancock. The title, taken from a collage by the artist Jim Hodges, expresses a change in form, a disappearance of some sort, though the specifics remain elusive. This notion of transformation—whether flattening out, sinking, melting away, raining down, or even falling asleep resonates throughout the exhibition in works by artists such as Takashi Murakami, Yoshitomo Nara, Dave Muller and Franz West. These themes also align with animation in its many definitions including creating movement from static forms and images, ascribing human-like qualities to inanimate objects and seeing these objects come to life and can be seen in many of the works throughout the show. Themes of enchantment and fantasy are prevalent as objects open their eyes and unnatural occurrences present themselves.
All of this is melting away, selected by Jay Sanders from Susan Hancock’s collection, includes works by Chiho Aoshima, Olaf Breuning, Roberto Cuoghi, Wynne Greenwood, Jim Hodges, Hans-Peter Feldmann, Fischli & Weiss, Kirsten Hassenfeld, Hideaki Kawashima, Makiko Kudo, Melora Kuhn, Mahomi Kunikata, Yayoi Kusama, Tony Matelli, Adam McEwen, Bjarne Melgaard, Mariko Mori, Dave Muller, Ivan Navarro, Mitsuhiro Okamoto, Nick Rodrigues, Rei Sato,Jennifer Steinkamp, Aya Takano, Yuken Teruya, Gary Webb, Fred Wilson and a newly commissioned work by Beth Campbell, amongst others. Special DJ set by Masaya Nakahara (Hair Stylistics).
Special concert after the opening:
Masaya Nakahara, Mike Kelley, & Paul McCarthy
$8/10pm@The Echo 1822 Sunset Blvd, Echo Park
www.attheecho.com
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| "Lolita & Friends Tea Party" on Sun, August 3rd @2pm-5pm | July 29, 2008 |
| Melrose’s Japanese pop-culture store, JapanLA, and Culver City’s Royal/T presents High
Tea Sunday, a special meet up event and High Tea for L.A. Lolitas and friends at Royal/T.
Join us on Sunday, August 3, from 2-5 pm for:
• JapanLA will screen a never before released Gloomy Bear music video by Mori
Chack from 2-4pm in the Royal/T VIP video lounge.
• Photographer Neil Sharum taking pictures of Lolitas who step into the looking glass
of the Kawaii Kills shop window display to become living mannequins.
• A special Lolita High Tea including mini pastries, macaroons, kappa maki finger
sandwiches, a mini quiche, and a pot of tea at $25.00 per person (Reservation
Required). To reserve a table in the café for Lolita High Tea during the event,
please send your request to rsvp@royal-t.org by August 1.
Guests are welcome to visit the art space and shop and to participate in the event for free.
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| "Pecha Kucha Night" on Sat, July 12th @7pm | July 29, 2008 |
| : Royal/T in collaboration with the LA Forum for Architecture and Urban Design present Pecha Kutcha Night (LA). Pecha Kutcha Night (LA) is a free and informal forum where architects, artists, designers, photographers, and other interesting people can come together to share their work, their interests, and their ideas. At this Pecha Kutcha Night 20 presenters will project 20 slides for 20 seconds each. The presenters can use their time to show any images and talk about any topic they choose. Pecha Kutcha Night (named for the Japanese words for the sound of conversation) was begun by Klein Dytham Architects in Tokyo in 2003, where they continue to be held monthly, and has spread virally to over 120 cities around the world.
The presenters:
Christiaan Cruz - Manga and Anime aficionado,
Gabriel Ritter - Independent Curator/ M.A. Candidate in Art History, UCLA,
Kaz Oshiro - Artist,
Kulapat Yantrasast - Executive / Creative Director, wHYarchitecture,
Koji Iijima - Artist,
Landscape Fieldworkers - A collective of practicing geographers,
Rika Hiro - Research Assistant at LACMA and Getty Research Institute,
Susan Hancock - Art Collector/ The Owner of Royal/T,
Susan Edwards - Web Editor at The Getty,
Tak - Comme des Garçons, Guerrilla Store Owner,
Yuya Takahashi - Hair Stylist,
and the moderator is Ken Tanaka - International YouTube celebrity
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| "Instant Couture-Improvising Sewing", on Sun, July 6th @3pm | June 25, 2008 |
| Royal/T and eenie meenie records present a special appearance by the members of the L.A. based band, Jean Paul Yamamoto. The group was started by fashion designer/artist/musician Lun*na Menoh, who also designed the adorable maid outfits worn by Royal/T's servers, the uniforms at the opening party for Takashi Murakami at MOCA and has a dress in the permanent collection of the Victoria Albert museum in London. Jean Paul Yamamoto is known for combining high fashion, art performance and rock n' roll theatrics. For this special event Jean Paul Yamamoto will do a two-hour fashion, costume and improvised sewing performance at Royal/T.
Jean Paul Yamamoto will design and construct one of the kind T-shirts (100% cotton white fabric) right in front of you,
AND for only $50 you will be able to keep the T-shirt after the art performance! (cash only please)
If you would like to have a one-of-a-kind shirt made
please come early to have your name on the list.
Due to time constraints there will be a limit of only
12 T-shirts completed during the art performance.
There will be no reservations either through phone or e-mail for this specific event.
http://www.myspace.com/jeanpaulyamamoto
http://www.lunnamenoh.com/what.html
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