Faile Comes to Venice

Their elaborate sculpture unfortunately won’t be making an appearance here, but PNB will feature Faile’s prints and hand-painted originals. It’s a retrospective with a lot of new work — McNeil describes the show as “125 works on paper representing 10 years of printmaking.”

Faile have always adapted their work to speak to the city they’re showing in. Their PNB show features colorful, multilayered collages influenced by comic books and retro editions of the Yellow Pages, which are representative of Faile’s signature, beautifully decayed street style, but with a SoCal treatment. The Patricks’ love of everything Mexican (especially food), and their fascination with the idea of “dirty Hollywood,” helped shape their concept for one of the limited-edition “L.A. Sex Ad” prints they’ve been making on-site for the show at PNB.

PHOTO BY SHANNON COTTRELL

Master printmaker Ramon De Larosa

PHOTO BY SHANNON COTTRELL

The facade of the new Post No Bills space in Venice

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• Steve Lazarides
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• London (England)
• Visual Arts
• Street Art

Longtime Faile devotees can look forward to seeing some of Faile’s most revered graphic characters — Bunny Boy, Scuba Horse and Jesus & Tiger. Miller says there are new images, such as a mermaid and her diving muse SubRosa, which they love, but their iconic images “are like family. They speak of a time and a place for some people [who] walked past a piece on the street every day for a year of their life.”

What can L.A. art fans expect in the future from Post No Bills? A bunch of influential Europeans, including Vhils, Conor Harrington and Zevs, move through for the next group show in July, followed by a fall showcase of American notables, sure to include local favorites and Laz mainstays David Choe and Sage Vaughn. And considering we’ve heard rumors of $20 prints, expect long lines and limited parking. Grab a cuppa from Intelligentsia up the street while you’re waiting and chill, dude. Print’s not dead!

FAILE: A DECADE OF PRINTS AND ORIGINALS | Post No Bills, 1103 Abbot Kinney Blvd., Venice | Runs through July 24