Feb. 7th, 2015. “All Our Love 2” at the gcs clothing store and art gallery. DEITY blessed this wall with her latest creation. We are pleased to bring her out to the DTSA area and we always love to show her work on our gallery walls. She’ll have some new art pieces up all month in our gallery. 
Continue reading introducing… DEITY’s newest gift to Santa Ana.
By nature, street art is meant to be temporary. Never lasting too long, if spotted, it should be appreciated, photographed, and remembered. Because the length of it’s existence is always unknown. With that said, we bid a fond farewell to this piece by the artist 3rdi. Painted for his NOV 1st 2014 solo art show at the new GCS Santa Ana entitled “Return to tell the Tale”, this piece has been enjoyed by countless passers-by, urban campers, midnight alley thugs and 4th street shoppers alike.
Don’t be too upset, the wonderful DEITY is painting a new masterpiece that will be finished for the FEB 7th art walk …. We know that wall will continue to be straight fire!
GCS Santa Ana is very excited about our MARCH 7th, 2015 art show. CODAK Smith will be our featured artist of the month. Its hard to describe the amount of talent this guy has. His work has inspired and intrigued us for some time, and we are thrilled that he can come share his skills with us here in our gallery. You can check out his work here. CODAK will have a solo show here in our gallery, he’ll be signing prints and blackbooks, and we’ll have a new GCS x CODAK tee released to coincide with the event. Stay tuned for more info….
NOV 23, 2013…. GCS was host to the ‘Classic Icons – a visual representation’ art show that was put together by KENOS ONE and SHUCKS ONE. These guys are great artists and have been good friends of the GCS for some time now and we were excited to host the event when the plan was hatched a few months back. The idea was to celebrate the iconic personalities that served to influence KENOS and SHUCKS’ art over the years. Mainly consisting of portraiture, the show was made up of legends from the worlds of music, sports and comedy.
Opening night was a success, attendees had the gallery jammed packed for the entire 4 hours. The artists had a good little write up in the OC WEEKLY in the week leading up to the show. The art show will remain in the gallery for the remainder of the month and will take a portion of the gallery for the next art walk. So stop in and see what SHUCKS and KENOS has new for you!
Continue reading Classic Icons – A Visual Representation art show NOV 23, 2013
We always say that our gallery space, as nice as it is, is nothing without the great artists and art to fill it. Boy did Mary & The Venus Pixies fill the space. Art Guevara, Jack Martinez, and Steev Moreno make up the art group MVP. They took over our gallery space in september. Glad to have them over. The band El Robo entertained the crowd for a good minute. Black Flys crew was out in full force that night as well.
Continue reading “Mary and The Venus Pixies” art show SEPT 21, 2013
Here is a quick blast from the past. Its our “City View” logo designed by ZANE. This was a mock up for a GCS Santa Ana flyer… sometime in ’09….
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In celebration of the November Art Walk and Day of the Dead, GCS presented “Bringing Out The Dead II”. An art show that brought out different aspects of life and death and the beauty that comes from both. This was the second year that this theme was explored and it was just as impactful as the previous show. The roster included some artists that are familiar to the GCS audience as well as a few new names. It was non-stop crowds all evening long as the night coincided with the “Noche De Altares” street festival two blocks over.
Continue reading “Bringing Out The Dead II” art show NOV ’13
NOV 9th, 2013 – Pomona, CA
The legendary visual artist Justin Bua, a.k.a. BUA paid the GCS Clothing Store a visit for a signing to coincide with the release of his new painting “The Boom Box”. A true amercian artist, Justin Bua has become one of the most recognizable artist in the world. He has been a part of countless artistic, academic and commercial endevours touching nearly every facet of the hip hop, music and art world. As described on his wiki page:
his work “is also heavily influenced by Ernie Barnes, the… creator of the “Sugar Shack” painting featured in the opening credits of the television sitcom Good Times (1974–1979) and Marvin Gaye’s album I Want You (1976). The style is recognized for elongated limbs that represent rhythmic movement.” It continues to describe BUA as “Currently, he teaches figure drawing at the University of Southern California, while continuing to be a leading innovator in both the fine and commercial art worlds. Bua’s energetic and vocal worldwide fan base ranges from former presidents, actors, musicians, professional athletes, and dancers, to street kids and art connoisseurs”.
Coming fully loaded with Prints, Reproductions and Posters of his work, this event was a great chance for some of his most hard core fans to purchase directly from the artist these charished items. Fans, art lovers, musicians, fellow artists and performers alike were on hand for the special appreance. They came in snatching up BUA pieces and snapping pictures as momentos of the night and in appreciation to what Bua’s art means to them.
We look forward to working again with BUA on future events and projects… look out for BUA to come to a GCS near you.
Continue reading artist signing with BUA at GCS Clothing Store Pomona
NOV 2nd, 2013 brought to GCS Clothing Store and Art Gallery the second installment of “Bringing Out The Dead” art show. Our version of the celebration of life and what comes at the end of it. Not your typical day of the dead art show, our hand selected artists put thier own unique twist on the themes and emotions involved with this time of the season.
The roster of artists that contributed work goes as follows: EGADS, Tyoni Aragon, Jonathan Martinez, Mike Giant, Aseph, 3rdi, Steve Tipton, Dino Bowen, Kasey Mahoney, Ducky, Ana Gonzalez, Germizm, BENONE, Alicia Rojas, Alisa King, Charley Reynoso, Bigboy, Heidi Hernandez, Kenos One, Edward Velasquez, FRED ONE, KRAY, DAMET, VGML, Jess Johnson, Nick Macaulay, Trixie’s Pinatas, and Ed Gutter…
The show opened to huge crowds being that the November Art Walk coincided with the Noche de Altares street festival taking place a few blocks away. Judging by the reactions of the crowd, “Bringing Out The Dead” art show accomplished what it set out to do, to be a memoriable part of the day’s experience. Be on the lookout for next year’s art show – we hope it’ll keep growing in impact.
March’s featured art show brought out Jacob Romeo’s “Heads Up” art show. Inspired by video game and movie characters, this show was Jabob’s MFA thesis art show. Tons of people came out that night to support and purchase these easy to love renditions of beloved characters. Closing reception will be held on March 29th where the artist boasts “Everything Must Go”. Let’s hope all these great pieces find a nice home.
MARCH ’13 -GCS is proud to have a great artist like KRAY lend his art to our latest store sticker series.
Kamakazi DJ, released in conjunction with the release of the Kamakazi DJ graphic Tee.. (which you can get only on this site.)
Come by and get one on us!!
The “Prismatic” art show was put together to celebrate the launch of the new fashion blog GOLD REICH, created by the very talented Teresa Del Val. The mission was to put together a very impactful all female line up of visual as well as musical artists.
The night opened to a strong crowd that came out to see and hear all new works. Our eyes were treated by the works of Irene Garcia, Des Boobs, Aurora Lady and Teresa Del Val. And the ears were blessed with the tunes of DJ Lala, Germ Free, Gavlin and Topdime (Black Roses) and Ill Camile.
We hope to have the return of PRISMATIC sometime in 2014… stay tuned…
December 2012 Art Walk will feature a solo exhibition by Neko Burke entiltled “Sexy Hangover”.
GCS Santa Ana
209 N. Broadway
Santa Ana, CA 92701
(714) 541-0300
One week after art walk, SKA came down with the “SKANDALOUS” art show. To say they came full force is an understatment. Thanks to everyone that came out that night. Curated by Ed Gutter. Live performance by JROZ.
The Ink Bombers crew came out and set up their art show here for June’s art walk. Using a variety of styles and mediums including airbrush, acrylic and spray paint, the Ink Bombers made a very deep impression on the Downtown Santa Ana crowd. FUZE drinks was also on hand to give out a bunch of treats and their refreshing beverages to the crowd.
Thanks again to AR, Charlie, RASK, Izzy and the rest of the guys at Ink Bombers that made the show great. This was thier first time here but undoubtedly, this will not be thier last.
This doesn’t happen every month but July brings two art shows to our gallery space. SKA crew’s “Skandalous” hits our space the week following July’s art walk. A night of new art work, live painting and a few tattoo expositions, this special event is hosted by NEER GUNN and ROTEN.
So come on down for the special event, they don’t happen everyday!
GCS Santa Ana presents “Ink Bombers”, a meet and greet art show on June 2, 2012 featuring new works by the Ink Bomber Crew. They will be here selling prints and giving away free stickers and drinks. Don’t miss out, event starts at 6:30pm and coincides with downtown Santa Ana’s first of the month art walk!!
GCS Santa Ana
209 N. Broadway
Santa Ana, CA 92701
(714) 541-0300
GCS Santa Ana is celebrating the 420 holiday the only way we know how… with art! This weekend brings us two art shows. On Friday April 20th, we will have a special 420 inspired art show in addition to an instore performance with Orko Eloheim (Global Floatations). This is a quick stike art show, open to our most irie cutomers and artists.
Saturday April 21st brings the show “Serenity Minds”. This is the second art show curated by Jonathan Martinez. Jonathan has been working here for the past year and has shown his art during several art shows held here in that time. This is a four person show featuring Irene Garcia, Zack Bowen, Jaw Ear and Jonathan Martinez. Jonathan’s first show has a huge success and this one promises to be even better.
So after the hoopla and razzle dazzle coming from the innumerable despensory promotions, come by, relax and enjoy the great art that will bless our gallery this fine April weekend.
Here is a photo re-cap of the first ever “Steel Giants” freight train inspired art show. Held at the mothership, the original GCS in Downtown Pomona. Look out for the next one coming soon in 2015.
I Wuz Here! x GCS Santa Ana presents “Against the Grain” art show March 3, 2012. This art show will feature new works by Haste, Hex CBS, Adee, DCypher, Esel, and Defie. Show starts at 7pm!
Everyone knows that we are catching up on loose ends. This blog post takes us back to the 1st art show of the year. “$50 and Under Art Show” went down January 7th, 2012 and it was our first completely open art show. Open art show you say, what is that? We’ll it was the first time that we accepted art work sight unseen as long as it fulfilled certain criteria. 1) The piece had to be an original 2) The piece had to be ready to hang and 3) it had to be priced $50 and under. Simple enough. And the response was excellent. We had over 140 original pieces from veteran GCS artists as well as those neighborhood cats that hadn’t had a chance to get up on these walls. Judging from the response we got, a second $50 and under art show should be in the works soon. Maybe we’ll top 200 pieces.
Special thanks to DCaster/taco comics/ Dave Castro for doing a live painting session in the front windows and then raffling off the piece at the end of the night. As always, Moe Man and Big Wiz were on the one’s and two’s. Thanks also to everyone that came out to the show. Here are some pictures if some of the lucky art buyers that got to take some beauty home with them.
February’s art walk brought us “Subterrenean Heads 2” art show. Curated with the help of 455er, this show brought out the likes of Mear One, Splat , YT, Jelly Bones, Biafra Art, Akil, Just195, Egads, ATGL Earl, Ebenholtz among others… This was the second part to the subterrenean heads series which focuses on street art and the creatures of the night. Talk about stickers, this show brought out the sticker lover in everyone. Highlights of the show included Mear One’s huge limited edition art prints, a spoken word performance by Mike the Poet, and some bay area newstands loaded with hard to find tags and stickers that made their way down here courtesy of Splat.
Special thanks to the artists and friends that brought out thier great art work for the show. And most of all, to the art fans and customers that made the night a great success. You know we doing this again!!!..
Street Life and GCS present the second night of “The Tools of the Trade”. An art show dedicated to the exhibition of spray cans.
Saturday Feb. 18, 2012 @ 6pm!
This show will feature the works of:
Astro, BOM, Brisk, Chale, Chor Boogie, Dan Doubleyou, DYSE ONE, DUCO, DAME, Derma, Evolve, Ekue, Fade Hurricane, GLORY, Mario Garcia, HASLER, Hundo, Jes42, Jesse Day, Kyle Ibanez, Mugs, The Milt, MENSO, Nate Banuelos, Nyser, Obie Mejia, PYRO One, PUBES, Pyke, PACER, RISKY, Roman Harvey, Severe, Slob, SUNE, SURE, Seis, SLAY One, Style, Ruben Saenz, ST. Kreations, SOBER, Tango, TAWL, Threaski, Victor Flores, Mr Wells, ZANE Money, and more artist’s to be announced.
There will be a VERY special Paint Raffle held during the show. Stay posted for Rules and details for the raffle.
All going down at the GCS in Pomona on Saturday Feb. 18, 2012 @ 6pm!
168 w 3rd st pomona ca 909 620 2772
This will be the second leg of the “Tools of the Trade” art show. The first show was held at Zane’ Streetlife Clothing Store in Econdido. Here’s a video…
GCS and 455er is once again proud to present “Subterranean Heads 2”. An art show that explores graffitti and street art and the subterranean entities that work everyday on filling that underground space. 1st Saturday art walk always brings out droves of art lovers and with a roster that includes some of the most subterranean of heads, no one should miss this show. The first Subterranean Heads show back in August 2011 was a great success and this one should hit as well. There will also be a spoken word performance by Mike the Poet. Here is an article that describes him if you don’t know him yet.
Here’s your chance to enter your original art work at the GCS Santa Ana Gallery. Show is January 7th! For more details call us at (714)541-0300
