LA///FIRST LOOK: ED TEMPLETON AND MATT LEINES AT ROBERTS & TILTON GALLERY

November 17th, 2008

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Ed & Matt created a visual wonderland for their slack-jawed onlookers…

It was a near mob scene this Saturday nite in LA art enclave of Culver City when ED TEMPLETON and MATT LEINES unveiled their joint show, “Map of the Inner War“/“The Great Gates of Zenith” at ROBERTS & TILTON GALLERY. For “Map of the Inner War,” Ed Templeton literally saturated the main gallery with over 250 new highly personal works in a variety of media, including painting, sculpture, photography, and works on paper all documenting his life, and the lives of the people around him. For the inspiringly-named “The Great Gates of Zenith” in the gallery’s project room, Matt Leines has once again visualized a futuristic world populated by his own pantheon of mythological creatures that would look quite at home in the story books of ancient Mesopotamia. A veritable who’s who of the LA underground turned up during the standing room only event, which was one of the absolute high points of this year’s LA art calendar. To read an in-depth interview with Ed, click HERE. Meanwhile, HAVE A LOOK:

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Three tallboys…

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The legend that is Craig Stecyk III and Beautiful Loser Aaron Rose…

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The Cobrasnake out-MIAs MIA once again…

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Miguel de la Barracuda gets some Cobrasnake on him…

MAP OF THE INNER WAR:
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New Image Art Gallery impresario Marsea Goldberg flaunts it…

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Writer Arty Nelson fishes for inspiration…

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Raymond Pettibon x Jason Schwartzman

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MDLB x Jupiter in a battle of the lenses…

THE GREAT GATES OF ZENITH:
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Car culture lives…

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