Alexa here. This past Saturday, Gallery 1988 opened its newest group show of pop-culture inspired art, and it's a happy one: NO SAD STUFF includes paintings, prints, and sculptures influenced by Tom Hanks films from 1984-1994. This means pieces celebrating the likes of The Money Pit, Big, The Burbs, Turner & Hooch and, of course, Splash and Forrest Gump (among others).
Seven pieces from the collection after the jump...
"Madison" by Benson Shum
"Life" by Eric Price
Jimmy Dugan baseball card by Cuyler Smith
A handmade knit piece by ishknits inspired by Big
"Brain Cloud" by J.R. Barker
Poster by Isuri Merenchi Hewage
Watercolor pieces by Eugene Kaik
The only thing sad about the NO SAD STUFF show is that there weren't enough pieces in honor of Nothing in Common or Sleepless in Seattle, two of my favorite half-asleep-Saturday-afternoon watches. Otherwise, there is plenty to grin at.
See (and purchase) all the pieces here.