Art and e-boutique party Saturday at Young Blood

Yi-Hsin Tzeng, Issue 4 Cover, My Magazine Project, 2009. Photo courtesy Young Blood Gallery.

When artist Yi-Hsin Tzeng showed in Atlanta this summer, I didn’t realize the full extent of her award-winning MFA thesis, My Magazine Project. Her last exhibit seemed promising for graduate work; the sculptures possessed a lively flamboyance balanced with a subtle intellectualism just on on the good side of weird. But that was a separate body of work, and I’m now intrigued to learn that her show opening at Young Blood Gallery this Saturday will involve more than only magazine covers. Each installment of the series culminates in a “new” publication transformed, from front to back, into a playful menagerie of grotesque fashionistas. You can sample a full illustrated preview here.

The gallery will also host an after party celebrating the launch of its new e-store. Here’s a sample of the evening agenda for Saturday, November 7:

“Part One, 7:00 – 10:00
ART OPENING

Join us at the gallery for this month’s art opening starring Yi-Hsin Tzeng, SCAD’s graduate studio competition winner. Her show is titled “My Magazine Project” which focuses on reproducing popular magazines. The artist collects all kinds of magazines from her daily life and then selects one of them to transform. In this show, viewers can appreciate her original pages and final product at the same time.

Enjoy complimentary beers donated by Asahi and a teaser show by Ginger Collins and the Garter Girls (Burlesque) from 9:45pm-10pm!

Part Two, 9:00 – 2:30 a.m.
INDI-e Boutique Launch Party

Get your hand stamped at the opening then head next door to the Highland Ballroom Lounge and be entertained for FREE!

Doors open at 9pm

Sonen at 10pm-10:45pm
Ginger Collins & the Garter Girls Burlesque 10:45pm-11pm
Nick Ogawa 11pm-11:45pm
DJ Keith Evans – shake booty dance-off after the bands!”

Yi-Hsin Tzeng’s My Magazine Project will be on view November 7 through November 29.