The Pocket Full of Monsters crew opened their first-ever all-crew show last night @ Munky King Melrose to a large crowd throughout the evening . Given the size of the crew (20+ easily), perhaps the large number of pieces and variety isn’t quite shocking – but it’s impressive regardless. From original paintings to photographs to sweet hand-done there’s something for almost everyone. If you didn’t cruise by the show, the surprise of the night was that PFOM member Luke Chueh rocked a painting. Not surprisingly, it sold almost instantly.
Luke is also the ‘mystery artist’ for the very cool PFOM boxed print set (4 x 6’s) which also featured prints from 2H, Angry Woebots, Mainframe, Mycryptonauts, Peekaboomonster, Phallic Mammary & Tragnark. The print sets come in sweet hand-sprayed include a bandana and are limited to 20 sets (8 prints in all) @ $300 each.
The back gallery area of Munky King is loaded with art from the PFOM crew members including a nice hanging installation of Mycryptonatus’ hand-made plush. This is really the first we’ve seen of Aaron’s work – very impressive. Dig the squarish-block guy. If you haven’t seen it before, drop by MK or check out his web site.
Finally, a PFOM show wouldn’t be complete without live-painting. The crew members spent most of the night alternating on a series of canvas panels in the gallery space. 2H was also coerced (yeah… right) into painting on a lovely lady. It’s tough being an artist 😉
PFOM started as a simple way to encourage artists to put themselves out there and work together and has now gelled together with sweet results. We have a hunch you’ll be seeing plenty more from the crew shortly. In the meantime, click through for all the opening pics you could ever want.
Munky King
7308 Melrose Ave.
Los Angeles, CA 90046
323.938.0091
