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If You've Just Gotta Go Crazy, Go Crazy 4 Cult

Going coo-coo for Cocoa Puffs is old hat, Crazy 4 Cult the new hotness.

By Matt Lopez  |  July 2, 2010


 Dave MacDowall's painting of when Fight Club met The Breakfast Club
 Dave MacDowall's painting of when Fight Club met The Breakfast Club
Hey, man, what are you doing next Friday, July 9? Fifth wedding anniversary, really? Moonlight cruise? OK, shutup now, because I'm going to tell you what you're really doing next Friday: you're going to hop a plane to the West Coast, Los Angeles to be specific, and you're going to attend the opening of Crazy 4 Cult: 4, the art show for film lovers. 
 
The now-annual event put on at Los Angeles' Gallery 1988 is a veritable Pharaoh's tomb of riches for art featuring or inspired by cult cinema. There will be well over a hundred artists' works on display, auctions, food, booze and the whole thing is hosted by Kevin Smith and producer Scott Mosier. You know, on second thought, it might be best to avoid this event for the sake of our fragile hearts. 
 
If you're brave enough, though, here's the address followed by a small gallery of what preview works /Film's Peter Sciretta has collected from the net so far: 
 
Gallery 1988 Los Angeles
7020 Melrose Avenue 
Los Angeles, CA. 90038 

Filed under: The Iron Giant, The Warriors, Back to the Future, The Big Lebowski, Fight Club, Ed Wood, Pee-wee's Big Adventure, Pulp Fiction, Harold and Maude, Shaun of the Dead, Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory, Mallrats, The Princess Bride, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
23 Comments
Miningguyx360on July 2, 2010 at 11:01 a.m.
dude, wish i could be there
Aarnyon July 2, 2010 at 11:44 a.m.
Walter is awesome.
sissylionon July 2, 2010 at 11:48 a.m.
Those Iron Giant and Gene Wilder paintings are absolutely phenomenal.
gelatinabominationon July 2, 2010 at 12:07 p.m.

That Firefly picture is the most adorable thing I've seen in a few eons.
ashrielson July 2, 2010 at 12:09 p.m.
What is that a painting of?  The one with the person sitting on the stairway?
 
Also, I agree with the comment about the Gene Wilder painting.  That is hands down my favorite.
Matt staff on July 2, 2010 at 12:19 p.m.
@ashriels: Mallrats, I believe.
crusader8463on July 2, 2010 at 12:20 p.m.
Loved the Firefly, Jaws, Shaun of the Dead and the one with all those stupid 3D glasses. Would love to get a couple of them framed.
Systechon July 2, 2010 at 12:33 p.m.
Barry Manilow's wardrobe now belongs to Tyler Durden.
samsaturdayon July 2, 2010 at 12:50 p.m.
I live in Los Angeles, but this, I think I can skip.
Lena_Pon July 2, 2010 at 12:58 p.m.
@samsaturday: Oh yes?  Even thought Scott C.'s Great Showdowns will be on display?  Look at happy Freddy and not laugh, I dare you!
snake_runneron July 2, 2010 at 1:34 p.m.
Can I buy any of these? 
Everyones_A_Criticon July 2, 2010 at 2:28 p.m.
Damn, those are really cool, particularly the Cuckoo's Nest one.
samsaturdayon July 2, 2010 at 3:08 p.m.
@Lena_P: Sure, it's cute. But I don't need to go see work by artists using pop culture as a way to "please-someone-pay-attention-to-me." I like art, and I like movies, but I don't need art to remind me that I like movies.
TheFaithfullyDepartedon July 2, 2010 at 3:33 p.m.
i dont know why but that doesnt excite me at all
shoddyroboton July 2, 2010 at 4:53 p.m.
My friend Lauren has a piece in this show about "The Room". She has posted her piece on her site :  laurengregg.com
BackpackKaton July 3, 2010 at 1:35 a.m.
Thanks for posting this! The Breakfast Fight Club is my band's new name after we found out our current name is already trademarked.
Lydian_Selon July 3, 2010 at 7:06 a.m.
Every year the art work that comes out of Crazy 4 Cult dazzles me. Makes me wish I didn't live all the way in Australia.
 

Lena_Pon July 3, 2010 at 9:02 a.m.
@samsaturday:   It's a themed show.  The artists are going to create work to match the theme; it's not the end of personal expression.  I don't see why using films as a theme is any less valid than "Childhood's Remorse" or "Summer Memories" or any of the other hooks that galleries use to pull in customers and viewers.  Yeah, you can be cynical and write off the whole thing as a marketing ploy (which it is), but I always enjoy seeing how different people interpret the rules in their own ways.  The architect Hassan Fathy said that the greatest creativity is found when you work within limits, and you really see that when you go to these sorts of shows.  The differences in not just medium and technique but approach and interpretation really come through.
Zorn22on July 3, 2010 at 7:53 p.m.
I really like that Warriors one.
keeganon July 3, 2010 at 8:23 p.m.
gotta love the iron giant

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