Below Street Level: Portraits by Treiops Treyfid curated by: Deryke Cardenaz NOW HAPPENING AT THE BOYD Solo show at The Boyd Below Street level Portraits by Treiops Treyfid Opening Reception Thursday, October 14, 7pm – Midnight 410 Boyd street DTLA On San Pedro between 3rd & 4th streets No Cover | FREE parking Click here to see the Flickr Gallery from the opening reception. Treiops Treyfid has set his sights on his friends in the local LA art scene as subjects for his upcoming portraiture project and solo show. An entire body of new work will be displayed. The simple, posed portraits give Treyfid the excuse to explore his library of materials combining them in new and different ways. The new artworks are put upon surfaces salvaged from the sides of roads and garbage bins. Old cheap furniture, thrown away doors, ripped out wall board, broken glass and mirror are among the humble surfaces used. The dramatic works are rife with stains, dirt, rips, drips, splashes, slashes, dust, scrapes, breaks, cuts, and tape. An often present element in the new works is the grid which Treyfid uses to reign in a sense of order in a chaotic milieu of detritus. Treyfid employs the use of the spray paint stencil to good effect in the new mixed media pieces, a technique long and often used in his past artworks. These new works are particularly well suited to the new gallery (still looking). A new below street level venue in a dark, dirty, gritty city environment.