This Year’s “souvenir print” is by

John Outterbridge

“Tickets” are $150.00 each

Print Edition is 150

How Does The Phantom Ball Work?

Instead of coming to the Phantom Ball, we invite you to pick something you want to do, but haven’t (because you can’t find the time) and do that instead. Seriously.

However, if you still buy a “ticket” to Side Street Projects’ 19th Annual Phantom Ball, we’ll still send you the “party favor” made for this infamous non-event: a signed, limited-edition print by a well-known contemporary artist created exclusively for the Phantom Ball (edition of 150).

What does the print look like? Well, that’s a secret until June 1, 2012.

So, buy your “ticket” now (sight unseen) for $150. On June 1st, 2012—when we unveil the print on our website—the “ticket” price doubles to $300. So buy your “ticket” today (sight unseen) and save! See how it works?

As always, we’ll understand if you can’t attend, because nobody ever has. Nobody ever does. Not in 19 years.

And on that note, this year’s “souvenir print” is by John Outterbridge.

About the Artist

“The quirky, politically minded sculptures of John Outterbridge, a 78-year-old artist living in Los Angeles, have become the sleeper hit of Pacific Standard Time.” — Wall Street Journal

If the Getty’s sprawling Pacific Standard Time initiative accomplished only one thing, it reminded Los Angeles that John Outterbridge is a national treasure. His landmark assemblages were prominently showcased in three standout PST exhibitions: Now Dig This! Art and Black Los Angeles 1960-1980 at UCLA’s Hammer Museum, Under the Big Black Sun: California Art 1974-1981 at MOCA, and Rag Factory at LA><ART — his first solo exhibit in Los Angeles since 1996.

John Outterbridge (b.1933) is a legendary figure in the Los Angeles art community, particularly within the Black assemblage art scene that developed during the 1960s and 1970s. Outterbridge began teaching at the Watts Towers Art Center in 1965 and served as its director from 1975-92, merging his artistic practice wit community activism. In his assemblages, Outterbridge combines influences from folk art, Dada, and African sculptures, using discarded materials to create evocative works that confront socio-political themes.*

The PST-fueled “rediscovery” of John Outterbridge began some years ago, most notably with Outterbridge inclusion in Centre Pompidou’s 2006 groundbreaking exhibition, Los Angeles, 1955-1985: The Birth of an Artistic Capital. In 2009, Outterbridge had his first-ever New York solo exhibition at Jack Tilton Gallery, followed by an Artist Legacy Foundation Award (2010) and a United States Artist Fellowship (2011).

John Outterbridge’s newest installation can be seen at the Studio Museum of Harlem’s upcoming exhibition Shift (through May 2012). Outterbridge lives and works in the Los Angeles area and is represented by the Jack Tilton Gallery in New York.

We’ve partnered with the City of Pasadena to be a part of this amazing event. We’ll be on-site with a feast for all the senses; serving up treats from Whole Foods Market , listening to the sweet sounds of local musicians, and viewing our on-site installation from Los Angeles based artist Lisa Mann.

Enjoy a free evening of art, music and entertainment as Pasadena’s most prominent arts and cultural institutions swing open their doors. Last fall, 14,000 people experienced the excitement of ArtNight!

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Just buy a “ticket” to Side Street Projects’ 18th Annual Phantom Ball
and we’ll send you a “party favor” made for this infamous non-event:
a signed, limited-edition print by a well-known contemporary artist
created exclusively for the Phantom Ball (Edition size=150).

What does the print look like? that’s a secret until June 1, 2011.

Buy your “ticket” right now (sight unseen) for $150 (limit 2 per customer).
Once we reveal the image on June 1st, the “ticket” price doubles to $300.
After January 1st, 2012, any remaining prints will be sold for $600 each (+tax).

And on that note, this year’s “souvenir print” is by…

or call (626) 798-7774 (M-F, 10am-5pm PDT)

Limit 2 “tickets” per customer
On 6/1/11 the “ticket” price DOUBLES to $300,
so get yours now (sight-unseen) and save!

Many of you remember our What Do Curators Want? series that aired last year, featuring insider conversations with people like Lisa Melandri from the Santa Monica Museum and Jeff Poe of Blum & Poe. Over 10,000 artists from all over the world devoured and raved about this series. The complete archive can be found on iTunes and in our podcast archive.

Our new series— Shop Talk — debuts today and features frank conversations with your favorite contemporary artists. Hosted by artist Bari Ziperstein, you can think of Shop Talk like that “Inside the Actor’s Studio” show on Bravo, except for visual artists. What are some misconceptions about being a contemporary LA artist? How do you juggle deadlines, personal life, and your day job? Has your life suffered because of art? These are tough questions, and Bari gets some very honest answers from some of LA’s most celebrated and respected artists.

We’re thrilled to launch this series with Olga Koumoundouros — a Los Angeles based sculptor whose work looks back to the very roots of the “American Dream,” as a way to decipher how, exactly, did we end up moving backwards and calling it advancement. This past June, Olga’s solo exhibition Demand Management opened at REDCAT in Los Angeles (visit the link & see pics of her REDCAT show before you listen). She is represented by Susanne Vielmetter in Los Angeles.

Tell us what you think! CLICK HERE to take a quick, on-line survey and you will be entered in a drawing to win signed, limited edition prints by some of today’s most important visual artists.

About The Host
Bari Ziperstein, who lives and works in Los Angeles, is a site-specific sculptor, photographer, collage, and ceramic artist who is interested in the politics of space through intervention and organization. Her artistic practice is engaged with the architectural history of Los Angeles and can be read as an investigation of how urban landscapes are defined by consumerism. Ziperstein holds her MFA from CalArts and double majored at Ohio University to receive a BFA in painting and a Women’s Studies Degree.  Since 2007, she has been an active member of the Board of Directors at Side Street Projects. Visit her website at www.bariziperstein.com/home.

Much thanks to the Tremaine Foundation and The Pasadena Art Alliance for their support of this series. Special thanks to Jonathan Stoffenmacher.

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This week, we’re thrilled to have to Alexandra Grant on board  — a Los Angeles based artist known for her dense and layered drawings that use layered text as painterly abstraction.  She is in the process of completing her first public sculpture for Watts House Project called Love House.  She is represented by Honor Fraser in Los Angeles.

Tell us what you think! CLICK HERE to take a survey about this series. You might win limited edition prints by today’s hottest artists.

About The Host
Bari Ziperstein, who lives and works in Los Angeles, is a site-specific sculptor, photographer, collage, and ceramic artist who is interested in the politics of space through intervention and organization. Her artistic practice is engaged with the architectural history of Los Angeles and can be read as an investigation of how urban landscapes are defined by consumerism. Ziperstein holds her MFA from CalArts and double majored at Ohio University to receive a BFA in painting and a Women’s Studies Degree. Since 2007, she has been an active member of the Board of Directors at Side Street Projects. Visit her website at www.bariziperstein.com/home.

Much thanks to the Tremaine Foundation and The Pasadena Art Alliance for their support of this series. Special thanks to Jonathan Stoffenmacher.

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This week, we’ve got Eve Fowler on tap. Eve is a Los Angeles based photographer. In 2008, Eve and Lucas Michael opened Artist Curated Projects, an artist run space in Fowler’s Los Angeles apartment.

Tell us what you think! CLICK HERE to take a survey about this series. You might win limited edition prints by today’s hottest artists.

About The Host: Bari Ziperstein, who lives and works in Los Angeles, is a site-specific sculptor, photographer, collage, and ceramic artist who is interested in the politics of space through intervention and organization. Her artistic practice is engaged with the architectural history of Los Angeles and can be read as an investigation of how urban landscapes are defined by consumerism. Ziperstein holds her MFA from CalArts and double majored at Ohio University to receive a BFA in painting and a Women’s Studies Degree. Since 2007, she has been an active member of the Board of Directors at Side Street Projects. Visit her website at www.bariziperstein.com/home.

Much thanks to the Tremaine Foundation and The Pasadena Art Alliance for their support of this series. Special thanks to Jonathan Stoffenmacher.

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Steve Hurd is a Los Angeles based painter whose most recent paintings brings his monumental frustrations and skepticism with the art world, mass media, the Iraq War, and the medium of painting into stunning view.  He is represented by Rosamund Felsen Gallery in Los Angeles.

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About The Host: Bari Ziperstein, who lives and works in Los Angeles, is a site-specific sculptor, photographer, collage, and ceramic artist who is interested in the politics of space through intervention and organization. Her artistic practice is engaged with the architectural history of Los Angeles and can be read as an investigation of how urban landscapes are defined by consumerism. Ziperstein holds her MFA from CalArts and double majored at Ohio University to receive a BFA in painting and a Women’s Studies Degree. Since 2007, she has been an active member of the Board of Directors at Side Street Projects. Visit her website at www.bariziperstein.com/home.

Much thanks to the Tremaine Foundation and The Pasadena Art Alliance for their support of this series. Special thanks to Jonathan Stoffenmacher.

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Mark Allen is the owner and director of the non-profit Machine Project, which exists to “encourage heroic experiments of the gracefully over-ambitious.” They provide educational resources to people working with technology, collaborate with artists to produce site-specific works, and promote conversations between scientists, poets, technicians, performers, and the community of Los Angeles as a whole.

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About The Host: Bari Ziperstein, who lives and works in Los Angeles, is a site-specific sculptor, photographer, collage, and ceramic artist who is interested in the politics of space through intervention and organization. Her artistic practice is engaged with the architectural history of Los Angeles and can be read as an investigation of how urban landscapes are defined by consumerism. Ziperstein holds her MFA from CalArts and double majored at Ohio University to receive a BFA in painting and a Women’s Studies Degree. Since 2007, she has been an active member of the Board of Directors at Side Street Projects. Visit her website at www.bariziperstein.com/home.

Much thanks to the Tremaine Foundation and The Pasadena Art Alliance for their support of this series. Special thanks to Jonathan Stoffenmacher.

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Shana Lutker is a Los Angeles based artist whose work focuses on the psychological affects of history and politics. Using a combination of photography, sculpture, installation, drawing, and performance, she presents spare and economical objects, images, and situations. She has had solo exhibitions at Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects and was included in the 2008 & 2006 California Biennial.  She finds time to be the Managing Editor of X-TRA magazine based in Los Angeles. She is represented by Susanne Vielmetter in Los Angeles.

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About The Host: Bari Ziperstein, who lives and works in Los Angeles, is a site-specific sculptor, photographer, collage, and ceramic artist who is interested in the politics of space through intervention and organization. Her artistic practice is engaged with the architectural history of Los Angeles and can be read as an investigation of how urban landscapes are defined by consumerism. Ziperstein holds her MFA from CalArts and double majored at Ohio University to receive a BFA in painting and a Women’s Studies Degree. Since 2007, she has been an active member of the Board of Directors at Side Street Projects. Visit her website at www.bariziperstein.com/home.

Much thanks to the Tremaine Foundation and The Pasadena Art Alliance for their support of this series. Special thanks to Jonathan Stoffenmacher.

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Mary Kelly is a Los Angeles based artist and seminal figure of the feminist art movement. She is known for her project-based work, addressing questions of sexuality, identity, psychoanalysis, feminist politics, and historical memory in the form of large-scale narrative installations.  Since 1996, Kelly has been Professor of Art and Critical Theory Art in the School of Art and Architecture at UCLA, where she has established an Interdisciplinary Studio area for graduate students engaged in site-specific, collective and project-based practices. She is represented by Rosamund Felsen Gallery in Los Angeles and Postmasters in NY.

About The Host: Bari Ziperstein, who lives and works in Los Angeles, is a site-specific sculptor, photographer, collage, and ceramic artist who is interested in the politics of space through intervention and organization. Her artistic practice is engaged with the architectural history of Los Angeles and can be read as an investigation of how urban landscapes are defined by consumerism. Ziperstein holds her MFA from CalArts and double majored at Ohio University to receive a BFA in painting and a Women’s Studies Degree. Since 2007, she has been an active member of the Board of Directors at Side Street Projects. Visit her website at www.bariziperstein.com/home.

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Much thanks to the Tremaine Foundation and The Pasadena Art Alliance for their support of this series. Special thanks to Jonathan Stoffenmacher.

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