Cozy neighborhood spaces will reign

We Hear It All is the inaugural show for Flux’s new concept space located in Venice –a neighborhood of Los Angeles. Promoting the private salon experience, Flux will host intimate multi-media exhibitions throughout the year, including special events and guest lectures. Meg and Jonathan Wells curate the salon space, which is an exciting new addition to Flux’s global network of events, including Flux’s Screening Series at the Hammer Museum. “The idea behind opening up our space was inspired by the tucked away creative spaces found in Tokyo like a cool design store inside an office building, a piano bar in a 150 sq. ft. mezzanine or a private club on an entire floor of a residential building but all in a very confined space”, Meg Wells explains. “Venice is a small city concentrated with a high number of creative people and we want them to find a destination in Flux. Kyle’s work is fresh, contrary and unexpected and is the perfect launch to embody the changing context of the space. Flux will become an outlet for young and new collectors where limited-edition, affordable art can be acquired in a cozy social setting.”

Transforming the space into a pop-up natural history museum, Kyle Ng will unveil a series of life-size dioramas filled with taxidermy animal sculptures, antique artifacts and luxe jewels. The mixed media sculpture exhibition will include an experimental musical performance by artist Tim Biskup and outdoor video installations.

Open to the public, the reception for We Hear It All will take place on Thursday, June 26 from 8 to 11pm, and the show will be on view until July 18, 2008.

For the show, Ng will construct a series of walk-through artificial environments that juxtapose the natural with the unnatural: a bouquet of balloons lifts a squirrel and fox taxidermy sculpture from the forest, a walrus’ tusks are adorned with Swarovski crystals, and a honeycomb hideaway serves as a “tell it to the bees” therapy office.