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If you happen to be in Chinatown there's a fun show to see

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LA Fine Arts Examiner

 

If you're strolling down Chung King Road in the next few weeks, pop into Charlie James Gallery and check out Steve Lambert's show, Everything You Want, Right Now! that's up til June 6th. It's not hard to find, just keep an eye out for the gallery that looks like an homage to classic mid-20th century signage, flashing lightbulbs and all.

But first appearances are often deceptive, and Lambert plays off this very truth in his verbage to satirize how advertising is all too often fancy gloss and no substance. Part activist (Anti-Advertising Agency, Yes Men, Add Art) and part artist, Lambert reveals the gimps in the gimmicks. The show offers laughs at how perfectly he captures the tacit promises of happiness in everyday signs, but also delivers the bleaker reality that the everyday signs that surround us can't be taken at face value.

Charlie James Gallery
975 Chung King Road
213.687.0844
Wed-Sat 12-6pm

For more information go to http://www.cjamesgallery.com/Home/

Image courtesy of Charlie James Gallery

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Laura Gatewood is a contributing writer for www.artsetoile.com and a freelance copywriter in Los Angeles. You will more commonly see her from behind as she is usually facing a painting or defacing random public toilets by signing them. (Picture courtesy of Maya Myers Photography)

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