STREEThing

Each artist was asked to paint on canvases of two square sizes, 48” x 48” and 24” x 24”, which were then assembled into cubes that will be suspended from the ceiling at various heights throughout the gallery. Smaller cubes will display the artwork on the outside, while the larger cubes will show artwork on the inside enabling the viewer to gaze up into the artwork from directly beneath the box.

The art shows are part of an xB pre-launch strategy anchored by the recently launched Want2BSquare.com site. The site was developed by Scion’s creative agency, ATTIK. The “square” universe is represented inside an engaging, entertaining, multidimensional web experience where visitors are encouraged to explore an expansive world, play games against other visitors, view a wealth of video content celebrating the xB’s boxy shape, and discover other quirky experiences.

Maya Hayuk
Maya Hayuk makes use of an unbounded and unpredictable matrix of sources, mediums, and styles. Her relationship to the images she invents is an intricate and complex free association and a perspicacious act of unfailingly putting all the parts together to make the whole. She employs intense yet pertinent colors, complex geometries, and fine lines in order to collect the constituents that make up her present and visceral world. Her obsession with symmetry and her collection of images of mandalas, playing cards, hexes, totem poles, Ukrainian Easter eggs, quilts and bandanas play out in works that espouse the traditional as well as the innovative. There is something very classic rock punk folk rainbow peace freak out about Maya Hayuk that is very hard to put a finger on, but really it’s all about love. As if kindled by her distinguishing heart-shaped insignia signature, Hayuk’s disposition and practice eschew unpleasantries and welcome the irony and satire of real life.

Sage Vaughn
Sage has participated in a few seminal shows in his career: the Chrysalis Benefit Shows at Christie’s and Bergamot station, where his work was featured alongside legendary artists Ed Ruscha, Tobias Keene, and Mark Mothersbaugh. Recent Issues of Warped, Nylon, Juxtapoz, and PUTA magazines featured Sage “as an artist to watch.” Interscope/Geffen Records and several others commissioned his original artwork for their hottest new acts. His artwork graces the highly- visible debut album from the rock group, Rooney. Sage continues to contribute to southern California charities, including Chrysalis, the heart Project, and Los Angeles Team Mentoring. Currently, Sage lives in Silver Lake with his cat Sergeant.

Kelsey Brookes
Kelsey Brookes was born in 1978.  A formally trained scientist, he now lives and works in San Diego as an illustrator and painter. His art is an unrefined and some say unskilled mix of sex, comedy and animals…born from a true passion for all three (not always at the same time). He blames this raw, anxious form of art on the U.S. University system, which refuses to teach its scientists how to draw. His art can be found broadly throughout the U.S. and Europe on a variety of media including apparel for RVCA’s Artist Network Program, prints for Pictures On Walls and within his hand made zines he always carries in his back pocket. Kelsey’s art is represented internationally by the Lazarides gallery (London).

UPSO (Dustin Amery Hostetler)
Dustin Amery Hostetler – A.K.A “UPSO” is a graphic artist living and working in Toledo, Ohio. Born in 1977, Dustin has been exploring computer-aided art since the late 90’s. Focusing on bold colors, human narrative and a strong graphic base, his work frequently appears in galleries around the world. In addition to his fine art, Hostetler is an illustrator working with magazines such as Wired and Newsweek. He also publishes the Art Annual “Faesthetic” which is sold around the world, and has taken on the role of curator, putting together group shows in Los Angeles, Chicago and New York. Dustin runs a design studio in Toledo with his wife and frequent collaborator Jemma called Studio Sans Nom.