Yoko d’Holbachie
Last Saturday marked a milestone for Copro Gallery in Los Angeles which has played host to the “BLAB!” show for ten years. We have covered the show throughout its run, originally created by the Blab World anthology creator and art director, Monte Beauchamp, known for his varied interests in art. Several of Blab World’s contributors have appeared in the pages of Hi-Fructose as well, most recently Robert Williams (HF Vol. 36) and Daniel Clowes in our next issue. With this year’s exhibit honoring the release of the next anthology comes a new crop of artists reflecting Blab’s ever-growing taste: Joanne Nam, Jared Joslin, Ebb and Flow, Dan May, Chet Zar, Shag, Lola, Yoko d’Holbachie, Ryan Heshka, Brendan Danielsson, Cathie Bleck, and countless others. In the tradition of Blab World, their works are eclectic in medium and style, and completely unfiltered; from Shaun Berke’s seductive portrait of a masked nude, Ryan Heshka’s painting of a scifi murder mystery, to surreal mutations of animals by Matt Dangler and Dan May. Take a look at these and more works from the exhibit below, which is now on view at Copro Gallery through October 3rd.
Travis Louie
Travis Lampe
Shag
Ryan Heshka
Matt Dangler
Lola
Joanne Nam
Jared Joslin
Jana Brike
Ebb and Flow
Dan May
Chet Zar
Cathie Bleck
Brendan Danielsson
On Saturday, 
The next print issue of Hi-Fructose New Contemporary Art Magazine arrives in stores October 1st! It features a cover story on Jean-Pierre Roy, the colorful murals and art of Jet Martinez, narrative painter Mia Araujo, Andy Paiko's ornate kinetic glass sculptures, Seamus Conley's mood orienting paintings, stenciled street art from Logan Hicks, the drawings of Ryan Salge, a retrospective story on the murals of Kent Twitchell, an in-depth article on photographer Blake Little's controversial honey-covered "Preservation" series. Plus reviews on the new George Barris monograph; Daniel Clowes and the new Eightball Collection, and much more! Pre-order from our store today 
Greg Escalante has been an important figure and catalyst of new contemporary art for the past twenty years. Through his work as Copro Gallery director, co-founder of Juxtapoz magazine, and avid art collector, he's helped catapult some of the scene's most well known artists to prominence. On Saturday night, he began a new venture with the grand opening of the Gregorio Escalante Gallery in the Chinatown area of Los Angeles. The gallery's first exhibition showcases some of the most notable and interesting pieces in Escalante's collection, aptly titled "The Collection."