Cool Art from THE AVENGERS Art Show Coming to L.A.
For those of you Avengers fans who live in the Los Angeles area, you're in luck! Marvel and Disney have teamed up up with Gallery 1988 to bring us an official Avengers art show. The show will be packed full of original art celebrating the release of the epic movie. Some of the artists that will be giving us Avengers art greatness includes; Rhys Cooper who created the image above, Dave Perillo, DKNG, Scott Campbell, Luke Chueh, and Fernando Reza among others.
The show will take place on May 3-6, and will be open from 11 a.m.-6 p.m. with an opening reception from 7-10 p.m. May 3 at 7021 Melrose Ave., Los Angeles CA. Vsit Gallery1988.com for more information. Make sure to check back later, because more art from the show will be released sometime soon.
I'm going to make a valiant effort to attend this show, as I'm sure it's going to have some great artwoork to look at. Lets us know if this is something you might attend!
Here's the press release:
Marvel Studios announced today that Gallery1988 in Hollywood, Calif., will mount a show of art inspired by the Marvel Super Heroes featured in the highly anticipated, summer event movie “Marvel’s The Avengers.” The show, sponsored by Visa Signature, will run through the film's opening weekend, from May 3 through May 6, 2012.
Gallery1988, which opened in 2004, is known worldwide for its dedication to
showcasing pop culture art. The show will feature the work of popular artists, including Dave Perillo, Rhys Cooper, Scott Campbell, Luke Chueh, Ken Garduno, Kiersten Essenpreis and NC Winters, among others. For more information about the show visit:
http://nineteeneightyeight.com/pages/upcoming-shows
“Marvel’s The Avengers”—the Super Hero team up of a lifetime— is based on the ever-popular Marvel comic book series “The Avengers,” first published in 1963 and a comics institution ever since.
In “Marvel’s The Avengers” the world’s greatest Super Heroes assemble when Iron Man (Robert Downey, Jr.), Captain America (Chris Evans), Hulk (Mark Ruffalo), Thor (Chris Hemsworth), Black Widow (Scarlett Johansson) and Hawkeye (Jeremy Renner) join S.H.I.E.L.D.’s Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson) to protect the world from the dangerous and powerful villain, Loki (Tom Hiddleston).
An exciting event movie, packed with action and spectacular special effects, “Marvel’s The Avengers” is from Marvel Studios in association with Paramount Pictures, produced by Kevin Feige and directed by Joss Whedon from a story by Zak Penn and Joss Whedon with screenplay by Joss Whedon.