JOHN LUPE // EVERYTHING IS OTHER, EVERYTHING IS US IS THE FIRST INVITATION OF THIS MILLENIUM TO EXPERIENCE IN PERSON THE IMMERSIVE ASSEMBLAGES CREATED IN MONKLIKE ISOLATION DURING A LIFELONG EXPLORATION OF ONE’S CONNECTIONS BETWEEN EVERY LITTLE THING EVER TO EVERY OTHER EVERYTHING. JOHN LUPE (B 1951 DENVER COLORADO) IS A POET, PAINTER, AND SCULPTOR LIVING AND WORKING OUT OF HIS HOME STUDIO IN DENVER. AFTER BEING AWARDED AN MFA IN SCULPTURE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO AT BOULDER IN 1979, JOHN DOVE DEEP INTO THE DOWNTOWN NEW YORK CITY ART SCENE FOR THE DECADE OF THE 1980’S. PREFERRING FATHERHOOD TO THE FRUSTRATIONS OF NYC’S MANDATED CAPITALISTIC CONSTRICTION, HE RETURNED TO DENVER AND DEDICATED THE NEXT 35 YEARS TO THE MEDITATIVE CREATION OF A VAST MULTITUDE OF MASTERPIECES IN HIS BASEMENT IN SERVICE TO HIS PERSONAL LIFE LONG SEARCHING FOR CONNECTEDNESS BETWEEN HIMSELF AND THE UNIVERSE THROUGH THE POETIC COMBINATIONS OF HIS PAINTERLY CRAFT AND THE MASSIVE AMOUNTS OF FOUND OBJECTS GIFTED TO HIM BY THE SURROUNDINGS OF HIS WANDERING. ALL OF THIS WAS FURTHER INFORMED BY HIS PARALLEL PUBLIC CAREER AS A CARETAKER OF ARTISTS, CURATORS, AND AS AN INSTALLER FOR THE COLLECTION ITSELF AT THE DENVER ART MUSEUM. JOHN LUPE // EVERYTHING IS OTHER, EVERYTHING IS US WILL BE ON VIEW AT GALLERY SADE LOS ANGELES EVERY SUNDAY FROM 1-6PM & BY PRIVATE VIEWING APPOINTMENTS AT ALL OTHER TIMES UNTIL SUNDAY JULY 7TH. FOR INQUIRIES OR PRIVATE VIEWING APPOINTMENTS CONTACT SADE-LA@SADE-LA.COM @SADELOSANGELES @JOHN_LUPE_HI