Friday night’s reception for the pop paintings of Sham Ibrahim was glamorous and successful with 18 works of art flying off the walls to the excitable sounds of DJ One Shot aka Drew Forni and the persuasive presence of wine and cheese. And by flying off the walls we mean many patrons shelled out dough on the spot and took the works home with them that night, leaving sad little red “sold” dots without much purpose. The event, which had celebrities “coincidentally” standing next to their portraits and featured the well-turned-out author James St James answering phonecalls on the live Ring My Bell feed (posting soon), was the maiden voyage of WOW’s monthlong Art in August series at the storefront gallery on Hollywood Boulevard. Stop by this week; there’s lots more Sham to see.
Photos by Thairin Smothers, from top: Constance aka Robert Sherman with portrait by Sham; ANTM makeup artist Raja with art purchase; Diana Coney, Raja, and the night’s host James St James; famous Angelyne gets drive-thru service from Sham; Alexis Arquette with portrait; Trevor invites everyone for a ride; Mathu Anderson and Andrew Schneider; Sham with Daniel DiCriscio and portrait multiple; Bobby Trendy holds his own likeness; Reese from Amish in the City; Vylette and Andrew Hempel; WOW vet Ashley York with brothers Lucas and Forrest Cheadle; Peter Karjalainen and WOW’s Tom Campbell; Sham lets James (in back, stretching) take a break from answering calls to Ring My Bell’s live feed; Gregory from God Dollars and DJ Pee Play; Alexis Arquette has her head in the star(s).
