BOLT BARBERS™ A Barbering Exhibition For Social Beasts.
Get Shorn! See Paint!
Bolt Barbers™ Has teamed Up with Barbershop Artist Jodi Bonassi for a very special Art Walk Exhibit This Thursday, September 10th from 4-10pm:
Jodi Bonassi,
Downtown Los Angeles, USA – Mohawk Matt Berman, Founder & Chief Barber of BOLT BARBERS™ announces BOLT’s first artwalk exhibition at The Rowan Gallery. BOLT BARBERS has teamed up with artist Jodi Bonassi, to display her award winning barbershop oil paintings at the gallery, located adjacent to the future location of BOLT BARBERS at 460 South Spring Street in Los Angeles.
Mohawk Matt and his team from BOLT BARBERS will be offering guys free haircuts all night within the exhibition space. Guys will be shorn in one of BOLT’s five vintage Koken President Barber Chairs, dating from the 1950’s. The exhibit including the live barbering will convey not just the look but also the feel of an old school barbershop, something that has gone missing from Downtown Los Angeles until now.
The artwork of Jodi Bonassi conveys the important role barbershops played for men as a social garage. Jodi learned the linkage to her fascination with barbershops only after she had already begun painting them. Jodi had been sketching in a 5th generation barbershop when a relative informed Jodi that her now deceased grandfather, Jacob Feldman, had been a barber. The relative sent Jodi two old photos of Jake Feldman in his barbershop. That inspired Jodi to paint the first Grandpa Jake Barbershop painting, which was published in Harpers, exhibited in Los Angeles and in Boston, reviewed in the Boston Globe and then stolen at LAX.
After getting over the shock of the theft, Jodi decided to serialize her Grandpa Jake’s Barbershop Paintings. This is Jodi’s way of paying homage to her Grandpa and maintaining a connection with him. She recently completed her ninth painting in the Grandpa Jake series, which will be unveiled at the exhibition. Jodi’s goal is to complete 100 paintings in the series. Jodi’s Grandpa Jake series has continued to get reviewed and published in articles such as Flavorpill and other noteworthy publications.
The Barbering Exhibition promises to be a memorable evening, enabling visitors not just to see, but also to feel, smell, and experience an authentic real barbershop. Mark your calendars. Thursday, September 10th. Exhibit hours are from 4pm-10pm. The Rowan Gallery, 460 South Spring Street, Los Angeles, CA 90013
For More Information About Jodi Bonassi, visit jodibonassiart.com
