California Conversations: An Art Show Featuring Skip Snow With: Alex Andrew Sanchez, Andrew Wingler, Diana Bustamante, Liz Walsh, Linda Franke, Juliette Contreras, Maximus Oppenheimer, Molly Tierney, Nilay Lawson, Patrick Donovan, Peter Kalisch, Steven Thomas Higgins On view Sept 14th- Oct 12 2018 Opening Reception Fri Sept 14th 2018 Gallery hours fri + sat 2-6pm & by appt *Media and general inquiries: Ilona Berger info@lastprojects.org/ 323 356 4225. “California Conversations” organically emerged from a discussion between Skip and Ilona and Andrew of the artist run Last Projects Gallery. The first concept was a one person show for Skip with one wall left for the exhibition of painting, drawing, and photo based work from his Los Angeles based community, known as a friends wall. Feeling uncomfortable with the concept of a friends wall, Skip decided that his friends were better served if Skip took just one wall of the gallery, thereby subverting the concept and shifting the focus of the show into a dialogue on materiality and practice. "California Conversation's" asked participants 8 questions: How did you become an artist? What have you given up for your work? Where do you work? What do you get from your practice? Cultural hierarchy, how does it affect you? How does the internet change your work and process? If you could change anything what would it be? Why are you an artist? Their answers, sometimes in harmony and sometimes in a state of tension, link divergent practices of a virtual conversation. These answers weave together a commonness, while explaining a bit about each artist’s practice.