Thanks to
Corey Helford Gallery of Culver City, today's most respected and popular "Lowbrow" Artists (
see previous article on lowbrow art here) have culled together a fabulous show benefiting The Alliance For Children's Rights that takes vintage paint-by-number art and transforms it into unique pieces of low brow art.
Granted, this is not the first gallery to promote and exhibit the idea of paintng over vintage art. To be fair,
The Wurst Gallery did this years ago, only not restricted to paint by number art.
With fun original creations by such well known popular artists as Mark Ryden, Shepard Fairey, Joe Ledbetter, Jeff Soto, Camille Rose Garcia and Gary Basemen, just to name a few, these paintings are available for auction on ebay with 100% of the proceeds benefiting The Alliance For Children's rights (see their mission statement below).
Available for purchase on ebay, the auctions ending on Friday, Feb 16th and prices are already rising rapidly, so you'd better get your bids in now.Here are just a few wonderful examples of the original vintage PBN and the finished pieces. Click on images to enlarge:
Mark Ryden:
Gary Baseman:
Ana Bagoyen:
Shepard Fairey:
Jeff Soto:
The bids are moving up quickly on these works already, so if you'd like to see many more (and you should) be sure to visit
Corey Helford Gallery of Culver City or check out the
auctions on ebay.
above: Corey Helford GalleryNonprofit's Mission Statement
The Alliance for Children's Rights is protecting the rights and futures of abused and impoverished children throughout Los Angeles County, in hopes of creating a world in which all children are able to have a safe and permanent family, access to quality health care, a quality education, and all of the support and services they so rightfully deserve.
