World of Wonder Storefront Gallery
July 2007 - June 2009
The World of Wonder Storefront Gallery was home to a pop art and the pop culture revolution. Located two blocks east of the world famous Hollywood & Highland, it was a place where high art and low brow collide. Opened in August 2007 on the former site of a Hollywood Boulevard sex shop, the gallery underwent extensive renovations at the hands of production company World of Wonder.
Growing quickly from underground sensation to a mainstream notoriety, the World of Wonder Storefront Gallery frequently attracted international press attention, and has been featured in the Los Angeles Times, New York Daily News, Times of India, UK Daily Mirror, Us Weekly, Art US, and on MTV, Fox News, and internet sites TMZ, E! Online, Perez Hilton, Reuters and Yahoo News. Frequent contributors to the group shows included New York society photographer Patrick McMullan, to up-and-coming art world superstars Jamie Boling, Corey Smith and Jason Kronenwald.
"A zany art scene and gallery that both celebrates and skewers the industry town's mystique." –LA Weekly
Drag Race
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In honor of RuPaul's new WOW-produced show for Logo, RuPaul's Drag Race, the World of Wonder Storefront Gallery presents the largest exhibition of art by and about drag queens ever assembled.
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$99 Only Art Sale Show
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Group art show opening Thursday December 4th to Jan 1st showcasing
over 999 affordable paintings – nothing over $99!
WOW’s economic bail-out package revealed –
Cheap art for charities sake!
Portion of the show’s proceeds donated to Midnight Mission:
Rehabilitating Skid Row’s Homeless
Curated by Thairin Smothers, Steven Corfe and James St James
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What a Hoot: An Artful Discourse on Owlism in Contemporary Society
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Owl-a-Day Artist" Clancy Cavnar (who literally paints - you guessed it - an owl every day) fills the World of Wonder Storefront Gallery with over 100 of her owl paintings. The gallery has been transformed into a leafy forest for the night, as Cavnar explores the different moods, shapes and personas that owls encompass. Opening TONIGHT (Thursday November 13) with a complimentary vodka bar, Grolsch beer, and Wise potato chips - the chip with the classic wise owl mascot. Click here to check out all 100 owls and send us an email if you are interested in a purchase.
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Dolly Pop
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Among the visual candy in this show is an original piece by New Yorker illustrator Robert de Michiell, Jason Kronenwald's portrait made from chewed gum, and a painting by Bubbles the Artist (aka Friends theme-song writer Allee Willis).
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Dial 'M' for Madonna
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"Dial M for Madonna" was a 40-artist-strong group show of all things Madge, from a conical bra made entirely of chocolate to a photograph of the Village Voice’s Michael Musto spoofing Madonna’s Sex book, “standing naked in a Jersey street with nothing but a wig and a cig to distract from my painfully tucked penis.”
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We believe Hypocrisy makes things less fun.
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