LIFE AT AND IN THE PINK WALL

CARL SHUBS

JULY 10 - OCTOBER 10, 2021

Dab Art Co. is pleased to announce LIFE AT AND IN THE PINK WALL, a solo exhibition of photographs by Carl Shubs.

Carl photographs a day in the life of Instagram influencers, tourists and Pink Wall enthusiasts at one of LA’s most coveted selfie spots. Located on Melrose Avenue and recently featured in the HBO documentary Fake Famous, the infamous Pink Wall actually belongs to the flagship store of fashion designer Paul Smith.

Carl takes on a patient and observational approach to his monochromatic destination. Capturing first the simplicity and beauty of the famous wall against the gray asphalt; then snapping the poses and sometimes elaborate social media set ups of the Pink Wall patrons. Carl’s final collection of works gives a humorous and brilliantly colored insight into the LIFE AT AND IN THE PINK WALL.

Throughout Carl Shubs’ 30 year career as a psychoanalytic psychologist practicing in Beverly Hills, CA, he has also been a self-taught contemporary fine art photographer.  His first exhibit was in 2011, as part of a group show at the Museum of Neon and Kinetic Art, in Los Angeles.  That recognition encouraged him to deepen his commitment to photography and to begin showing his work.

In 2014 he was accepted into membership in the Los Angeles Art Association (LAAA).  His work is held in private collections and he has exhibited nationally and internationally.  He has been in many juried exhibitions (including over 20 in 2016, 2017, and 2018, with many already in or scheduled for 2019).  His acclaimed jurors have included Elizabeth Avedon, Andi Campognone, Debra Klomp Ching, Brian Paul Clamp, Shana Nys Dambrot, Peter Frank, Herair & Lori Garboushian, David Garnick, Greg Gorman, Mark Steven Greenfield, W.M. Hunt, Jim Morphesis, Aline Smithson, Susan Spiritus, Nick Turpin, and Richard Vogel.

He has won awards and honors, had his work published in such prestigious publications as Lenscratch, F-Stop Magazine, and the Photographer’s Forumhardcover book Best of Photography 2015, and been in a digital display at the Louvre.  He is proud to have curated a combination solo exhibit and group show that included seventeen amazing artists who work in a variety of media.  He has also been invited to be curator for L.A. Photo Curator’s online exhibition “Street Shooting.”