And now, a serious Hughes fix you will surely thank me for finding.
I’ve actually known about this for a couple of months, but am just getting around to posting about it. An amazing John Hughes exhibit took place in Venice, CA from Feb. 11 – March 4 at Gallery 88. Why or how I missed it, is just how this universe and I are. (When conductor John Williams came to Chicago to perform his infamous collection of musical scores with the Chicago Symphony, I didn’t know about it until a few days after the fact.) I’m like Samantha Baker in Sixteen Candles, craving a black Trans-Am and a little attention on my birthday only to be overlooked by some other ridiculous event that people will look back on and cringe over. Some foreign exchange student could show up and steal my hometown thunder. (But I will not monologue my thoughts to myself on my front lawn.) And while Niles East High will never see another shiny plastic pink clutch and matching heels during a timeless school dance, I am sure that somewhere, some other Hughes fan is reeling in the very preservation that this exhibit aimed to honor.
Aaron Jasinski “The Rebirth of Cameron Fry”
This art homage was appropriately titled: “The Road to Shermer.” It was a collection of 50 artists’ renditions of John Hughes films. The oil canvases and screenprints are in a word: very. There’s a boardgame. I repeat. A boardgame!!! based on Ferris Bueller’s Day Off. Think Candy Land for the boy who ditches school for a day in the big city. Perhaps the best use of minimalism is, surprisingly, the artwork Planes Trains and Automobiles. And then there’s a zany take on The Breakfast Club kids: Claire’s Tokyo breakfast, Ally Sheedy’s snow angel. Claire looking longingly into her mirror at Bender’s photo. Did someone crawl into my brain and decipher my thoughts? Yes, the avid Hughes fan totally daydreams over the scenes we never saw.
Ruel Pascual “Will You Recognize Me”
“You see us how you want to see us…”
To purchase any of the prints from the exhibit, check out Gallery 88′s website here.
I went to this event and it was amazing! I was wondering where the “Some Kind of Wonderful” and “She’s having a baby” inspired art was, however! It was really interesting to see so many different interpretations of Hughes characters though. I really wish I went to the reception so I could meet all the wonderful artists. The Molly Ringwald pink and black with flowers around her was my favorite piece of the exhibition!
Posted by CDA | June 20, 2011, 1:51 amAwesome!! Someone went to this! So rad.
Posted by thehoff | June 20, 2011, 4:11 am