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Installation view

 
 
 
 

Jonesy's PACK

Curated by Jonesy
October 21 - November 17
Opening Reception: Sunday October 21, 5-8pm
Host Lex Vaughn and music by Nathan Hauenstein

 

amy von harrington
Beth Cita & Lex Vaughn
Bettina Hubby
Clay Kerrigan
Crystal Claire
Elliot Reed
Enrique Castrejon
Jaime C. Knight
Jim Krewson
Jonesy
Joshua Rains
Kelly Marie Martin
Kiernan Cobarrubia
Lindsey Taylor
Matthew LAX
Matt Savitsky
Micah Espudo
Michael Earl
Nicolaus Chaffin
Nikki Darling
Samara Halperin
Silky Shoemaker

 

Additional contributions from James McCarthy and Hedi El Kholti

 

Klowden Mann is proud to present Jonesy’s PACK, an exhibition by Los Angeles-based artist Jonesy along with a group of artists he has invited to create and physically stage hand-embellished vests or ‘cuts’ in a manner that recalls the initiation ritual of biker clubs, and that ritual’s extension into other subcultures. The exhibition will center around a live collaborative performance taking place on Sunday, October 21st, from 5pm to 8pm in the evening.  In the following two weeks, the evidence of the performance will be on view at the gallery accompanied by other video works by Jonesy and Jaime C. Knight, through Saturday November 2nd.

 

The live performance will be modeled after a hybrid of a drag king show, a fashion show, and a beer bust, hosted by Lex Vaughn with music by Nathan Hauenstein. Jonesy and the 22 artists he has invited to participate will walk their ‘cuts' down a catwalk from back to front of the gallery, then hang their vests on rows of armature along the longest gallery wall.  The MC will pay homage to each artist with a short speech as they walk, and a DJ setup will accompany the artist’s creations.  Inviting the artists to view their cuts not only as an expression of their individual identity but also as an exploration of the idea of icons and iconography, many of the individual artists chose to represent figures significant to them and to their community.  Crystal Claire chose Annie Sparkle, Enrique Castrejon chose Los Lonely Queers,  Kelly Marie Martin chose David Wojnarowicz,  Nikki Darling’s vest was made in homage to LA Latinx punk musician Alice Bag, who will be in attendance at the show, and the performance of that cut will end with Darling putting the vest on Bag. 

 

Throughout the event and exhibition, gallery walls will be covered with alternating pink-painted stripes and wallpaper created by Hedi El Kholti, heightening the context of the show as an extension of the language of community and identity performance that centers Jonesy’s work.  During the walk itself, a live-feed of the performance will be projected on the back wall of the gallery as a way to record and double the in-person experience.  The recording will continue to be projected for the full two weeks of the exhibition as a celebratory haunting of the remnants of the live show.

 

In the gallery project space, a two-channel video will play The die Kränken LA/ATX Pocket Expo project, a piece Jonesy and Jaime C. Knight created in part for their exhibition at ONE Archives last year, but exhibited in LA for the first time here at Klowden Mann. It features a loop with a short Hal Fischer documentary with a pairing of portraits on Austin, TX queer community. A significant California conceptual photographer in the queer community, Hal Fischer’s 1977 book Gay Semiotics: A Photographic Study of Visual Coding Among Homosexual Men was inspired by ‘The Hanky Code’, created to streamline interaction and signal an individual’s sexual interest or particular fetish.  The die Kränken LA/ATX Pocket Expo project presents a cheeky look at contemporary sexual proclivities produced in the spirit of the original Hanky Code.

 

The video works offer the visitor an entry point into Jonesy’s general practice, evidencing the more public element of the way in which he collaborates with community, while also acting as a preview of future iterations PACK may take in video form. Jonesy’s work forefronts the expressive language of inclusion, power, belonging and representation among subcultures, including the queer community of which he is a part.  PACK continues his investigation into how we codify, project and perform our identities, and how we use iconography to make our identities readable to the world—especially for those with the commonality of experience to recognize the language we use in our performance.  In that vein, Jonesy also references the photos of Swiss youths by Karlheinz Weinberger, making a parallel between his “die Halbstark”, (translated as half-strong or “the unusual”) and the outcast nature of his own queer community. 

 

"The youths in the photos mug tough looks for the camera, they decorate their clothes with chains, props, fringe, leather and the crude symbols of their own inspired gang culture, all the while adorned with the garish and seemingly absurd representations of the American music and screen icons they imitate…

 

In emblazoning our torsos with items of personal significance and political ideas, we save ourselves from a world menaced by ubiquitous branding that seeks to reduce us all to wearing products that have rendered self expression void and brainwashed the masses into thinking that camaraderie is achieved through the readily obtainable products we purchase."

 

- Jonesy, in his invitation to the artists in PACK

 

Jonesy is an artist and filmmaker working in Los Angeles. He studied photography and video at Tyler School of  Art in Philadelphia, PA. In the 90’s he was a member of  the queercore  band Fagbash in San Francisco which continues to inform his aesthetic. Since 2008, he has been creating films, music, installation and performance. In 2015, Jonesy founded die Kränken after doing research into the large collection of holdings of  Southern California Gay Motorcycle Clubs at the ONE Archives at the USC Libraries. With a team of collaborators, they have built a body of work  around the vast ephemera of these clubs for a 2017 exhibition at the ONE Archives at the USC Libraries. Jonesy’s work has been screened and shown at the Hammer Museum, Yale University, the REDCAT Theatre, Oberhausen Film Festival, POPA Buenos Aires, the Film Society of Lincoln Center, Anthology Film Archives, OUTsider Festival, Outfest Los Angeles, and the British Film Institute. 

 

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  • Jonesy’s PACK amy von harrington

    in the likeliness of a show about lesbians living the LA dream
    2018
    Panty hose, fabric, zipper, doo dads, and denim vest
    24 by 16 by 6 inches

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  • Jonesy’s PACK amy von harrington

    in the likeliness of a show about lesbians living the LA dream (front)
    2018
    Panty hose, fabric, zipper, doo dads, and denim vest
    24 by 16 by 6 inches

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  • Jonesy’s PACK Silky Shoemaker

    Marie’s Crisis Piano Bar Vest
    2018
    Denim, studs, embroidery, fake fur
    26 by 20 inches

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  • Jonesy’s PACK Silky Shoemaker

    Marie’s Crisis Piano Bar Vest (front)
    2018
    Denim, studs, embroidery, fake fur
    26 by 20 inches

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  • Jonesy’s PACK Kelly Marie Martin

    Zip! for Fire, Up Close to the Knife.
    X Marks the Spot (For David Wojnarowicz)
    2018
    Denim, Zippers, Buttons, Patches and Back Panel Patch from an original Watercolor by the artist
    24 by 18.5 by 1 inches

    13346
  • Jonesy’s PACK Kelly Marie Martin

    Zip! for Fire, Up Close to the Knife.
    X Marks the Spot (For David Wojnarowicz) (front)
    2018
    Denim, Zippers, Buttons, Patches and Back Panel Patch from an original Watercolor by the artist
    24 by 18.5 by 1 inches

    13345
  • Jonesy’s PACK Lindsey Taylor

    Revolted Youth
    2018
    Acrylic on denim
    24 by 20 inches

    13357
  • Jonesy’s PACK Lindsey Taylor

    Revolted Youth (front)
    2018
    Acrylic on denim
    24 by 20 inches

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  • Jonesy’s PACK Michael Earl

    Frank’s Vest (after Lament Configuration)
    2018
    Denim, chains, paint, wire, leather, wood, gold leaf
    24 by 18 inches

    13338
  • Jonesy’s PACK Michael Earl

    Frank’s Vest (after Lament Configuration) (front)
    2018
    Denim, chains, paint, wire, leather, wood, gold leaf
    24 by 18 inches

    13337
  • Jonesy’s PACK Jonesy

    Mishima
    2018
    Silkscreen print and chain link embroidery on black denim with attached chains
    24 by 18 inches

    13350
  • Jonesy’s PACK Jonesy

    Mishima (front)
    2018
    Silkscreen print and chain link embroidery on black denim with attached chains
    24 by 18 inches

    13349
  • Jonesy’s PACK Matt Savitsky poems by Todd Moellenberg

    Don't Kiss Me (front)
    2018
    Graphite on painted leather, paint, studs, poems
    34 by 22 inches

    13344
  • Jonesy’s PACK Matt Savitsky poems by Todd Moellenberg

    Don't Kiss Me (front)
    2018
    Graphite on painted leather, paint, studs, poems
    34 by 22 inches

    13343
  • Jonesy’s PACK Bettina Hubby

    Henaïs Ninler
    2018
    Vest, fabric, mirrors, feathers
    25 by 20 inches

    13367
  • Jonesy’s PACK Bettina Hubby

    Henaïs Ninler (front)
    2018
    Vest, fabric, mirrors, feathers
    25 by 20 inches

    13366
  • Jonesy’s PACK Jaime C. Knight

    The Most Radical Faerie
    2018
    Mixed media textiles, screen print
    27 by 19 inches

    13354
  • Jonesy’s PACK Jaime C. Knight

    The Most Radical Faerie
    2018
    Mixed media textiles, screen print
    27 by 19 inches

    13355
  • Jonesy’s PACK Jaime C. Knight

    The Most Radical Faerie (front)
    2018
    Mixed media textiles, screen print
    27 by 19 inches

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  • Jonesy’s PACK Joshua Rains

    Tearoom Trade
    2018
    Found fabrics, jewelry, sweat, semen
    22 by 18.5 inches

    13348
  • Jonesy’s PACK Joshua Rains

    Tearoom Trade (front)
    2018
    Found fabrics, jewelry, sweat, semen
    22 by 18.5 inches

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  • Jonesy’s PACK Enrique Castrejon

    Unidos
    2018
    Fabric, cotton canvas, nylon string, glue, acrylic paint
    20 by 24 inches

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  • Jonesy’s PACK Enrique Castrejon

    Unidos (front)
    2018
    Fabric, cotton canvas, nylon string, glue, acrylic paint
    20 by 24 inches

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  • Jonesy’s PACK Enrique Castrejon

    3 Arrows in Heart
    2018
    Acrylic paint on leather vest
    20 by 24 inches

    13373
  • Jonesy’s PACK Enrique Castrejon

    3 Arrows in Heart (front)
    2018
    Acrylic paint on leather vest
    20 by 24 inches

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  • Jonesy’s PACK Beth Cita & Lex Vaughn

    Rodeo Clam
    2018
    Denim, leather, nickel and beef jerky
    26 by 21 inches

    13334
  • Jonesy’s PACK Beth Cita & Lex Vaughn

    Rodeo Clam (front)
    2018
    Denim, leather, nickel and beef jerky
    26 by 21 inches

    13333
  • Jonesy’s PACK Samara Halperin

    Silver Lake Life: the View from Here, for Tom Joslin and Mark Massi
    2018
    Vintage 1970's Wrangler denim, steel rivets, patches
    22 by 21 inches

    13336
  • Jonesy’s PACK Samara Halperin

    Silver Lake Life: the View from Here, for Tom Joslin and Mark Massi (front)
    2018
    Vintage 1970's Wrangler denim, steel rivets, patches
    22 by 21 inches

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  • Jonesy’s PACK Kiernan Cobarrubia

    Vest for Initiated Neophite, Holy Order of the Living Ejaculate
    2018
    Denim vest, screen printed canvas, hand stitched details
    26 by 17 inches

    13342
  • Jonesy’s PACK Kiernan Cobarrubia

    Vest for Initiated Neophite, Holy Order of the Living Ejaculate (front)
    2018
    Denim vest, screen printed canvas, hand stitched details
    26 by 17 inches

    13341
  • Jonesy’s PACK Clay Kerrigan

    Johnny's Gone to Hilo
    2018
    Levi's Trucker Vest with canvas patches
    23 by 20 inches

    13359
  • Jonesy’s PACK Clay Kerrigan

    Johnny's Gone to Hilo (front)
    2018
    Levi's Trucker Vest with canvas patches
    23 by 20 inches

    13358
  • Jonesy’s PACK Elliot Reed

    For Delaney
    2018
    Fabric, thread, PVC, metal, paint
    29 by 19 inches

    13369
  • Jonesy’s PACK Elliot Reed

    For Delaney (front)
    2018
    Fabric, thread, PVC, metal, paint
    29 by 19 inches

    13368
  • Jonesy’s PACK Matthew LAX

    Querelle in Chain-male
    2004-2018
    over-dyed, hand-sewn denim vest/bikini-one-piece, canvas, cotton, adhesive, rope, chains, DNA
    32 by 18 inches

    13352
  • Jonesy’s PACK Matthew LAX

    Querelle in Chain-male (front)
    2004-2018
    over-dyed, hand-sewn denim vest/bikini-one-piece, canvas, cotton, adhesive, rope, chains, DNA
    32 by 18 inches

    13351
  • Jonesy’s PACK Nikki Darling

    Go Ask Alice
    2018
    Plastic flowers, vintage Lee denim vest with sheep interior, puffy paint, safety pins, cheapie sequin things, leopard and blue cotton and rayon fabric plastic imitation punk studs, hot glue
    18 by 14 by 4 inches

    13361
  • Jonesy’s PACK Nikki Darling

    Go Ask Alice (front)
    2018
    Plastic flowers, vintage Lee denim vest with sheep interior, puffy paint, safety pins, cheapie sequin things, leopard and blue cotton and rayon fabric plastic imitation punk studs, hot glue
    18 by 14 by 4 inches

    13360
  • Jonesy’s PACK Micah Espudo

    Untitled (Mestiza vest in Maya Blue)
    2018
    Demin, nylon rope, sand from the US/MX border, exposed polaroid images, found objects
    25 by 20.5 inches

    13365
  • Jonesy’s PACK Micah Espudo

    Untitled (Mestiza vest in Maya Blue) (front)
    2018
    Demin, nylon rope, sand from the US/MX border, exposed polaroid images, found objects
    25 by 20.5 inches

    13364
  • Jonesy’s PACK Jim Krewson

    I’ll Never Get Out Of These Blues Alive, Tribute To Karen Dalton
    2018
    Airbrushed acrylic on denim with artificial hair
    28 by 23 inches

    13375
  • Jonesy’s PACK Jim Krewson

    I’ll Never Get Out Of These Blues Alive, Tribute To Karen Dalton (front)
    2018
    Airbrushed acrylic on denim with artificial hair
    28 by 23 inches

    13374
  • Jonesy’s PACK Nicolaus Chaffin

    The Rags
    2018
    Enamel, lacquer, cloth
    24 by 17 in

    13363
  • Jonesy’s PACK Nicolaus Chaffin

    The Rags (front)
    2018
    Enamel, lacquer, cloth
    24 by 17 in

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  • Jonesy’s PACK Crystal Claire

    Annie Sprinkle
    2018
    Denim, thread, brass buttons, fur
    25 by 19 in

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  • Jonesy’s PACK Crystal Claire

    Annie Sprinkle (front)
    2018
    Denim, thread, brass buttons, fur
    25 by 19 in

    13376
  • Jonesy’s PACK Hedi El Kholti

    untitled wallpaper
    2006-2018
    Inkjet on paper
    dimensions variable

    13390
  • Jonesy’s PACK Hedi El Kholti

    untitled wallpaper (detail)
    2006-2018
    Inkjet on paper
    dimensions variable

    13391
  • Jonesy’s PACK Installation view
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  • Jonesy’s PACK Jonesy & Jaime C. Knight

    LA/ATX Pocket Expo featuring Hal Fischer
    2017
    Edition of 3
    2 channel digital video
    6:26 min. and 14:50 min. loop

    13378
 
 

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