They Became What They Beheld

My friends Paul and Daniel helped curate a rad art show that just opened at the Bandit Gallery in Echo Park. They Came What They Beheld features work from a variety of L.A. artists operating in a variety of mediums, from sculpture to video art, photography, petroforms, and everything in between. However divergent the mediums and methods, the feel of these pieces is mysteriously aligned, hinting at ideas of space, domesticity, and connection within Los Angeles.

They Became What They Beheld is organized by Daniel Ingroff, Paul Pescador and Katherine Metz and includes the work of Jamie Chan, Mariah Csepanyi, Daniel Ingroff, Renee Martin, Peggy Pabustan, Paul Pescador, Carlos Reyes, Lyla Rose and Katie Ryan.

The work of these artists, while operating in radically different aesthetics, all seek to capture fantastic moments in subjects that occupy our everyday lives and experiences. The show’s title is a quote from a William Blake poem, as interpreted by Marshall McLuhan. McLuhan writes about how media and technology become integrated into our lives, and how people tend to imitate the things they create. As a group of artists working in Los Angeles in 2009, spaces such as the studio, the street, and the home are creations to be imitated.

The show is up through March 14th at the Bandit Gallery, located at 1549 Sunset Blvd. (right next to Echo Park Ave). Check out some pictures I took at the gallery after the jump!