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Los Angeles art gallery Nineteen Eighty Eight has announced the grand opening of its second location in San Francisco, California. Located at 1173 Sutter Street, at Polk, in the heart of the city, owners Katie Cromwell and Jensen Karp see this new location as a prime spot to promote the art and talented painters they've been exposing to Los Angeles since 2004. "We’ve found ourselves right in the middle of a rather large art explosion in Los Angeles," Karp explains. "Our Los Angeles location has been lucky enough to show some of the most talented artists exhibiting today, both established and completely unknown, and we’re ready not only to bring these names to the Bay Area, but also to start right back over with a whole new batch of painters, many straight from the city of San Francisco."Gallery Nineteen Eighty Eight opened its doors in April 2004 on the corner of Melrose and La Brea in Hollywood, California. Since their inception the walls have not only been graced by familiar names like Baseman, Biskup, Fairey and Dalek, but they also were the first traditional gallery setting for emerging artists Luke Chueh, Joe Ledbetter, Greg Simkins, Ahren Hertel, Audrey Kawasaki and Jason Sho Green.Gallery 1988: SF will officially open on April 21, with a reception for "The Indie: An Art Show Celebrating Alternative Press Artists" from 7-11 PM. This special engagement will coincide with APE, the Alternative Press Expo, taking place at the nearby Concourse Exhibition Center that weekend. The event will feature artists both partaking in the weekend's festivities and others with like-minded sensibilities in their work. "The Indie" will run until May 11, making way for "The Onset," a group show opening May 15, featuring Joe Ledbetter, Bob Dob, Scott Campbell, Buff Monster, Travis Lampe, Yosuke Ueno, Brandi Milne, Rueben Rude and many more.
