MAN
brought my attention to a weird situation that occured last month at a gallery that I was affiliated with when I lived in LA. According to posts on NEWSgrist and art.blogging.la a show at Mike Russek's transport gallery was shut down last month, durring the opening party (actually it was a one night event), by the LAPD due to its content. That is fucking unbeliveable and disgusting, and I can't wait for the whole story to come to light. I am actually going to do some reporting and call up the LAPD and mike and see what the deal is...
Mike is a really good friend of mine, I have crashed on his sofa on more than one occasion, and he is not someone to take this lying down. He also knows lots of people in all strata of LA life, and I know there are lots of people who could have his back if he decides to push this all the way...
(ps- check out the link to Mike's work, it is really intresting and I have been meaning to get around to writing about it for a while now...)