Monthly Archives: October 2009

ETERNAL SLEEP ARTIST: SHAWN GRIGGS

For this Halloween and Dia de los Muertos weekend, checking out Shawn Griggs oil paintings at 1:AM is a great way to kick off your festivities right! When given the theme of skulls for our “Eternal Sleep” show, Shawn Griggs, aka Redeye, was in his element. Introduced to us by Skew’s mom, we knew when [...]

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CHICAGO REPPIN’ HARD

When I was cruising through the gallery today admiring the artwork hanging on our walls and saddened because they will only be up for one more week, I realized that we have a lot of representatives from Chi-town.  Also, they priced their amazing art pieces reasonably.  Our anniversary show “Eternal Sleep” showcases Hyde, Peabe, Lawrence [...]

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ALL IN THE FAMILY – LILY BLACK

Lily Black is one of a kind… and we are proud to say, and are very lucky, that he is part of the 1:AM family.  Lily always has a way of bringing fun and intellect into any situation or conversation.  Read our, weird, but entertaining interview with him here: Who is Lily Black? So, of [...]

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ETERNAL SLEEP ARTIST: LANGO

When strolling or driving down a street in San Francisco, you have probably felt someone staring at you.  A monster perhaps?  A rabid monkey?  Don’t be alarmed, they are real. Lango has made his mark in the city.  His craftmanship is impeccable.  He transforms walls to look into mythical worlds.  Being sandwiched between two of [...]

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ETERNAL SLEEP ARTIST: DIA

I was first introduced to Dia’s, aka Sean Somers, work 2 years ago.  There was an opening at Fifty24SF gallery and I was inspired by one of his works.   I was drawn to the 7 feet tall and 2 feet wide gold and black canvas that portrayed one of Dia’s classic sensual women lounging on [...]

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“ETERNAL SLEEP” – 1:AM’s NEW WALL

As many anticipate each month, for every new show, we have the exhibiting artists do up our wall on 6th Street.  This time we went all out.  In honor of the anniversary show we have put together, we have  created a collaboration between the different artists that are participating in the show.  Street, urban, fine, [...]

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MURALISTIC – FEAR HEADS COMPLETED!

As we mentioned last week, team 1:AM was in charge of creating Wonderland Show’s Fear Head on Golden Gate x Taylor.  No one knew it was going to turn out as good as it did.  The crew outdid themselves.  Roman Cesario, Robert Gonzalez, and Mitsu Overstreet were the masterminds behind the operation and did an [...]

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ETERNAL SLEEP OPENING RECEPTION

Friday, October 16th, 1:AM gallery celebrated our one year anniversary!  The artists brought their A-game and filled the gallery with their imaginative interpretation of life and death.  One of Shawn Griggs’ oil paintings depicted skull figures fishing, body boarding on a pier that seemed to be floating in the night sky while Lawrence Yang transformed [...]

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MEAR-ISM

Mear1 will be gracing our walls once again at our 1 year anniversary show tonight.  All the artists were given the theme of skulls and celebration of life.  And Mear did not disappoint.

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PETER GRONQUIST IS BAAAAAAACCKK!

We couldn’t have an anniversary show without Pete.  He is displaying one of his newest works for “Eternal Sleep”.  In April, he did his first solo show in San Francisco at 1:AM gallery where he was praised for his diverse showing of artistic skills.  Check out our interview with him “Getting Into the Inner Psyche [...]

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