10 years of fecal face

Isaac Randozzi's 10 Year Shots
Tuesday, 21 December 2010 /// Written by Trippe

Our buddy Isaac Randozzi emailed over some film shots from our 10 year show awhile back. They got lost in the shuffle and reappeared today. Well, here they are. A bit late... ~view all

Speaking of Isaac, he wrote a feature on Fecal Face for Color Magazine. We've yet to read it, but we assume it's a good one.

Tommy Guerrero playing the closing show

Fish and Irving w/ lil' Maxie

Jay Howell

Jim Houser - "In Decline"
Thursday, 14 October 2010 /// Written by Van Edwards

Our 10 year anniversary show has just ended, and we have a few works still available like this patchwork painting by Jim Houser below featuring four 3 dimensional overlays. *click image for larger view

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Jim Houser, In Decline, acrylic on wood panel, 24“x24”

Photos From Fecal Face's 10 Yr. Closing
Thursday, 14 October 2010 /// Written by Trippe

The last song played by Tommy Guerrero during the closing of Fecal Face Dot Com's closing of the 10 Year Anniversary Show at The Luggage Store on Oct 8th, 2010 in San Francisco. - Filmed by Sebastian Graves

Oliver Vernon - 10 Yrs. of Fecal Face
Wednesday, 06 October 2010 /// Written by Trippe

Well, Fecal Face's 10 Year Show is coming to an end with a closing this Friday, Oct 8th featuring live music from Tommy Guerrero & friends at 8:30pm (RSVP here). The evening coincides with 6th Street's art walk 2 Blocks of Art. Our closing at The Luggage Store runs from 7-10pm.

We wrap up short interviews with artists participating in the show with the mega talented Oliver Vernon who now lives in Northern California.

What were you up to in the year 2000?

My dj friends and I had just built and opened Halcyon in Brooklyn, a dj-lounge/cafe/gallery/mod furnishings shop. I was djing around New York and painting murals in clubs, bars and restaurants. I started doing live paintings at Giant Step parties, which were paid gigs (unheard-of at the time.) Through Halcyon I met a dealer who put me in my first New York group show at the gallery in the Gershwin Hotel as well as the Armory Show.

How has your work changed in the last 10 years?

Painting is a reflection of life, an expression of any given moment in time, it is autobiographical. As times pass and change, so do i and so does the painting. In certain ways I look at what i'm doing now and think that it's basically the same as I was doing 15 years ago, only seasoned and textured with the accumulated experiences of life. The basic principles have remained in tact through the years, but I have pushed evolution in the way I approach and handle the materials, and how the different painting ideas are engaging the surface and each other. I am now much more sensitive to nuance and subtlety, and have a greater consideration for how the different layers are interacting.

What did you think 2010 would be like back then?

I wasn't considering it much actually.

Fecal Face 10 Yr. Show Closing Fri - w/ Tommy Guerrero Live
Monday, 04 October 2010 /// Written by Trippe

**Tommy Guerrero** will be playing live music complete as a 4 piece band with keys and drums @8:30pm. - Going to be a fun evening. Love seeing Tommy Guerrero live... Oh, and it's FREE.

Fecal Face's 10 Year Anniversary Show - Closing
@The Luggage Store Gallery
1007 Market St @6th
7-10pm - Tommy Guerrero performing @8:30pm

A short on Tommy for KQED's Spark

Fecal Face's 10 Year Show comes to a close this Friday @The Luggage Store with a closing reception running from 7-10pm as part of the 2 Blocks of Art 6th Street art walk that same night...

Travis Millard - 10 Yrs. of Fecal Face
Friday, 01 October 2010 /// Written by Trippe

We have a few interviews with artists who are in Fecal Face's 10 Year Show (closing show Fri, Oct 8th) that we ran out time to add up on the site. Well, here's one with our good friend, LA based artist and amazing drawer, Travis Millard.

What were you up to in the year 2000?

I was an enthusiastic apple-cheeked young man smoking hay and wandering around Lawrence, Kansas.

How has your work changed in the last 10 years?

I used to mess around with more paint and larger pieces... It was all pretty scattered. I think it's grown over time, and still remains fairly scattered, but maybe it's tightened up and/or evolved a bit more.

What did you think 2010 would be like back then?

It's a lot like I thought it'd be but with less hovering then I predicted.

When you first heard of Fecal Face what did you think about it?

I thought, "this is the site for me"... then saw it and thought, "Oh, art. This is the site for me".

High 5s: 10 Yr. Setup & Other Whatnots
Thursday, 30 September 2010 /// Written by Trippe

Some photos and words from setting up Fecal Face's 10 Year Show and other jams...

Art Business 10 Yr Show Review
Monday, 27 September 2010 /// Written by Trippe

Art Business does a nice writeup (scroll down) on Fecal Face's 10 Year Show... If you don't know already, check Art Business for a healthy dose of art opening photos.

Out front of The Luggage Store for Fecal Face's 10 Yr. Show

Fecal Face 10 Year Anniversary Opening Pics
Monday, 20 September 2010 /// Written by Trippe

Fecal Face 10 Year Anniversary Show
@The Luggage Store
GALLERY HOURS: WEDNESDAY-SATURDAY, 11AM-3PM
Sept 10 - Oct 8, 2010

Pricing and availability, email: 10year(at)fecalface.com

Artists: Corey Arnold (Portland), Tiffany Bozic (San Francisco), Kelsey Brookes (San Diego), David Choe (Los Angeles), Richard Colman ( Los Angeles), FAILE (New York), Shepard Fairey (Los Angeles), Jeremy Fish (San Francisco), Ian Francis (London), Matt Furie (San Francisco) , Mike Giant (San Francisco), Henry Gunderson (San Francisco), Maya Hayuk (New York), Jim Houser (Philadelphia), Jay Howell (San Francisco), Sylvia Ji (Los Angeles), Mel Kadel (Los Angeles), Anthony Lister (New York), Mars-1 (San Francisco), Travis Millard (Los Angeles), Ferris Plock (San Francisco), Albert Reyes (Los Angeles), Jeff Soto (Los Angeles), Damon Soule (New York), Kelly Tunstall (San Francisco), Aiyana Udesen (San Francisco), Oliver Vernon (San Francisco), and Megan Whitmarsh (Los Angeles)

Thanks to everyone who came out to view the work and celebrate. Thanks to the artists and to the Luggage Store. Special thanks again to the Luggage Store who opened the first floor to display works from their permenant collection for the opening night festivities.

Also thanks to Bear Flag for providing complimentary wine.

FAILE & Shepard Fairey

Henry Gunderson

Richard Colman

Barry McGee

Jeremy Fish Fecal Face Tee
Thursday, 16 September 2010 /// Written by Trippe

We're shipping Jeremy Fish 10 year shirts tomorrow. Put your order in today... And check it out, this is what the white FF Fish tee looks like. We have a few left. Grab yourself one.

10 Year Sale Inquires & Photos
Wednesday, 15 September 2010 /// Written by Trippe

Gotten a lot of emails about sale inquires for the 10 Year show. Please email 10year(at)fecalface.com for prices and availability. We'll be adding images of all the work online tomorrow. --> And if you have photos, upload them to Flickr and tag them "fecalface10" and we'll add them to our coverage. Friends, the art, after party, whatever. Share with Fecal Face.

Jeremy Fish Fecal Face 10 Year Anniversary tee
Wednesday, 15 September 2010 /// Written by Trippe

Happy to announce that we have the Jeremy Fish Fecal Face 10 Year Anniversary tee in and available here. Limited to 100 shirts and printed on American Apparel. They come in 3 colors ways (including white not shown). Get yours now for $20 here.

Will get photos of people wearing them soon, but want to get them up 'cause they're hot off the presses.

Chronicle Story on Fecal Face
Thursday, 09 September 2010 /// Written by Trippe

The San Francisco Chronicle published this nice article on Fecal Face focusing on Mars-1 and Jeremy Fish... Wait till you see Mars piece that's 12 feet by 7 feet. Wowza.

Fish also made the above 10 Years of Fecal Face tees which we'll have onsale at the after party tonight and then online for sale next week.

The after party @Mezzanine is a short walk from the Luggage Store. Doors at 9pm. $8 donation, but no one turned away for lack of funds.

Tiffany Bozic - 10yrs of Fecal Face
Wednesday, 08 September 2010 /// Written by Trippe

We continue interviewing artists (view more) who are in FECAL FACE DOT COM 10 YEAR ANNIVERSARY SHOW -- Opening Friday September 10th @The Luggage Store Gallery (6-8pm) with After party @Mezzanine (9-2am) featuring live musical performances by Kelley Stoltz, Sonny Smith, and Ty Segall - w/DJ Ted Shred.

Man, what to say about Tiffany Bozic? I guess to start how nice to have a really close friend whose also a very very talented artist. Kind of merging work and personal life, but art is that way I guess... We've been fortunate to have met Tiffany when she first moved to SF from Ohio. It was a group show in like 2001 when we first saw her work. And no disrepect to the other artists in the show, but Tiffany's work shined above, and it's been wonderful watching her work mature over the years and to have her participate in the 10 year show is more than fitting.

What were you up to in the year 2000?

Around 2000 I began painting full time and exhibiting my work in SF. I had just dropped out of Art School and moved here the year before from Columbus, OH. I met FF founder John Trippe at a show that I helped organize with a number of local artists and quickly began showing my paintings in some of the group shows that John put together as well as a couple at Upper Playground.

How has your work changed in the last 10 years?

It has changed as much as I have! I think in the beginning, like a lot of artists just starting out, I was influenced by some of the artists that were showing on the west coast. There are too many to name, some of them became friends and were very supportive and helpful to me. In 2002 I moved back to Cleveland for a spell to reset my buttons and establish a cohesive collection of work that I made for a show at 111 Minna, SF. I think I am still working towards the same general theme, but my interest in detail and craftsmanship has increased. Now I look directly to my relationship to Nature and the people that I love to inspire me.

What did you think 2010 would be like back then?

To be honest I didn’t think I would make it past 30. I was just trying to scrape together the means to make it from one day to the next with no thought for the future. Now I hope I live to see my beautiful wrinkled hands at 80, with a large portfolio of paintings that I made with them to show my grandkids. I feel like it will take a lifetime to make a great painting, and I am still just scratching at the surface.

Setting up the 10 Year Show
Tuesday, 07 September 2010 /// Written by Trippe

Down here at the Luggage Store working on the FECAL FACE DOT COM 10 YEAR ANNIVERSARY SHOW opening Friday September 10th @The Luggage Store Gallery (6-8pm) with After party @Mezzanine (9-2am) featuring live musical performances by Kelley Stoltz, Sonny Smith, and Ty Segall - w/DJ Ted Shred.

Megan Wolfe is helping hang the show and is holding the Jeremy Fish original piece that will be raffled off at the after party @Mezzanine. With the ticket comes a raffle ticket for a chance at winning the work along with some clothing/ gear and good stuffs from our friends @Upper Playground.

Artists coming and going today. Mike Giant dropping off his work.

G-Lewis Heslet of the The Creative Lives is working on short about the 10 Year show. If you see Gavin @the opening or after party and have something to say about Fecal Face or whatever, hit him up. His documentary will be a lot better with you in it than without.

Mr Jeremy Fish dropped off his incredible work. He went above and above.

Maya Hayuk - 10yrs of Fecal Face
Tuesday, 07 September 2010 /// Written by Trippe

We've been posting interviews with artists in the FECAL FACE DOT COM 10 YEAR ANNIVERSARY SHOW -- Opening Friday September 10th @The Luggage Store Gallery (6-8pm) with After party @Mezzanine (9-2am) featuring live musical performances by Kelley Stoltz, Sonny Smith, and Ty Segall - w/DJ Ted Shred.

NYC based Maya Hayuk has been a friend of Fecal Face for many years- so long in fact, that don't even remember when and how we met, we're just glad we did and that she was available to be included in the show. Maya shows her work across the globe and does many commissions featuring her mural work. For the 10 Yr. Show, Maya will have a site specific mural on the walls at The Luggage Store. She starts work on it today, actually. Excited as we've never seen her work on a mural in person.

What were you up to in the year 2000?

I lived with Kyle Ranson, John Dwyer, Molly Harvey & Gary Wertz (not all at once, but throughout that year) at Lake Sleepytown on Sanchez st. between 16th & market in a building infested with raccoons and the world's meanest slumlord and cheapest rent ever. I was painting, quietly, in the pantry of my kitchen not really sharing my work in public much/ at all. I was photographing lots and lots of bands & printing at In Color II. A bunch of my friends and I started a skate-surf-snowboarding website/ magazine called withitgirl, which I art-directed, so I was learning to stand on moving boards, and learning photoshop & html. I worked the door on Wednesdays at Minna, and I spent most of my time down in the warehouses on Illinois street.

How has your work changed in the last 10 years?

I hope it's gotten better. it's become harder and easier to make. I understand my direction more and it's gotten way larger in scale, but I still feel like I am at the very beginning of learning a lot, lot more.

What did you think 2010 would be like back then?

Futuristic & remote-controlled & everyone on segways.

Kelly Tunstall - 10yrs of Fecal Face
Monday, 06 September 2010 /// Written by Trippe

We've been posting interviews with artists participating in our FECAL FACE DOT COM 10 YEAR ANNIVERSARY SHOW -- Opening Friday September 10th @The Luggage Store Gallery (6-8pm) with After party @Mezzanine (9-2am) featuring live musical performances by Kelley Stoltz, Sonny Smith, and Ty Segall - w/DJ Ted Shred.

We've been featuring this SF based Kelly Tunstall work for years. We've been friends with Kelly for years as well. She's currently showing at Giant Robot in NYC and is a new mom with fellow artist Ferris Plock. Wonder if little Brixton will rebel against his artistic parents and go on to become an accountant... Somehow we doubt it. Would be so great to grow up immersed in visual art.

What were you up to in the year 2000?

Drinking, painting and going to school. Reverse order.

How has your work changed in the last 10 years?

Uh- I think essentially it's the same feeling, but my techniques have gotten richer and bigger.

What did you think 2010 would be like back then?

Never thought about it.

SF Weekly's Nice Coverage
Monday, 06 September 2010 /// Written by Trippe

Thanks to the SF Weekly for the nice write up on our 10 Year Anniversay Show opening on Friday!

It’s strange that it took years for the visual art world to establish its online voice. Despite a plethora of image-sharing services such as Flickr, Tumblr, and ffffound, sites that meaningfully document the art scene have been few and far between. Over the past decade, San Francisco’s Fecal Face has risen to the top of the heap, providing the art community with its very own Pitchfork or Gawker Media through consistently strong news coverage, a dependable calendar, and tart criticism. -read on

Sylvia Ji - 10yrs of Fecal Face
Friday, 03 September 2010 /// Written by Trippe

We continue running short interviews with artists participating in FECAL FACE DOT COM 10 YEAR ANNIVERSARY SHOW -- Opening Friday September 10th @The Luggage Store Gallery (6-8pm) with After party @Mezzanine (9-2am) featuring live musical performances by Kelley Stoltz, Sonny Smith, and Ty Segall - w/DJ Ted Shred.

Hot off the heals of her NYC solo show a month back, Sylvia Ji lives and works in LA and is soon off to Melbourne, Australia to speak at Semi-Permanent Sept 17th. Before she heads across the globe she'll be at the opening of the Fecal Face 10 Year Show, and you get to see her incredible works in person. If you see her at the after party @Mezzanine, buy her a drink. She's an amazing person and gifted artist, and we're very pleased that she's participating in our show.

What were you up to in the year 2000?

I was just entering the Academy of Art in SF, totally green behind the ears and ready to start a new chapter.

How has your work changed in the last 10 years?

10 years ago, I didn't know much about color, composition, mediums, pretty much all of it except that I loved to draw. I'm still learning, but my work has definitely evolved to become tighter in both technique and concept.

What did you think 2010 would be like back then?

2010 seemed like so far away back then, and now here it is, a decade later. Technology of course was going to be faster and smaller, but who would have thought smart phones and social networking would be so prevalent.

Megan Whitmarsh - 10yrs of Fecal Face
Thursday, 02 September 2010 /// Written by Trippe

Los Angeles based artist Megan Whitmarsh grew up in the 70's and 80's, and, like many of her generation, uses the visual noise of her youth as inspiration, rather than the history of painting. She makes drawings, comics, hand-embroidered pieces and soft sculptures.

Her themes can best be visually described as scenes of fantasy characters existing amongst the detritus of the modern world. They can best be conceptually described as the artist's attempt to reconcile the ataxia of the modern world with an optimistic vision of the future dictated by an internal logic and supernatural iconography.

Whitmarsh sees her current artistic process as a slightly evolved continuation of her childhood practices of illustrating Buffy Ste Marie songs and making comic books about rabbits watching Mork and Mindy. -20x200.com

What were you up to in the year 2000?

My husband and I moved from Brooklyn to Los Angeles stopping on the way in New Orleans (where we met) to play a last show with our band "The Hong Kong" in New Orleans on January 31, 1999.

How has your work changed in the last 10 years?

In some ways it has not changed in 30 years!-- I made a ceramic taco in 1979 and in 2006 I made one out of fabric. But in general I would say I have expanded the realm of how I make things and am somehow at the same time both less meticulous and more discerning. I make less stuff but it is more ambitious.