Art show reception on June 21st, 2008 @
6:30pm-11:00 pm.

"BANG! Fully-Loaded!"
Giving it to you with loaded barrels...

Remy’s on Temple Art Gallery
2126 W. Temple Street
LA, CA 90026
213-484-2884/remysontemple. com
Gallery Hours: Friday – Saturday 12pm-6pm and by
appointment

Opening Reception:
June 21st, 2008
6:30 pm – 11:00pm
Music and Entertainment: Truthseekas of TruthSeekas
Radio of KPFK 90.7fm

Historic Filipinotown, Los Angeles, Calfornia – June
21, 2008-"Bang! Fully-Loaded" is a group art show
showcasing the talents of contemporary artists of
different genres and disciplines to dissect,
deconstruct, reconstruct, and reclaim the idea of the
"Barrelman." Some of the artists are each given a
Barrelman to be used at their "blank canvas."
The Barrelman is the most hated and loved folk art
wooden statuette in the Philippines, in which when the
barrel is lifted, a happy tribesman expresses himself
by a phallic protrusion. Though many find the
Barrelman offensive, sexist, and derogatory to the
tribal people of the islands, others find it lovable,
comical, and light-hearted and it is still popular
among the tourists and the locals through out the
years.

In addition to the modified Barrelmen exhibited, there
will be small bodies of work and installation
presented by the featured artists, which disciplines
range from painting, sculpting, photography, graffiti,
graphic design, furniture design, fashion design, "chocolatier"-ing and hot rod customization.

(yes, you read right.)

"Bang! Fully Loaded" is part of a series of art shows
at Remy's on Temple leading up to a traveling
Smithsonian show called "Singgalot: The Ties that
Bind, Filipinos in America", August-October 2008. in
which the Barrelmen will be carried over to the
Auxiliary Gallery for further exhibiting.

Curator: Alfie Ebojo
Gallery Director: Jonathan Yap