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"WATER IS LIFE"

by Clinton Bopp

Decades ago acres of coastal wetlands were paved over as part of the 51-acre AES power plant in Redondo Beach. More recently the city has become increasingly concerned about the environmental impact of returning warmed water to the ocean after use in cooling the plant. In March, 2020 the sale of the plant to a developer was finalized and while it remains to be seen how soon the plant will be decommissioned there is at least some hope that parts of this parcel may be returned closer to the original state. 

When @GabbaGallery put their mural project expertise to work in partnership with @mtle.studios New Zealand born Clinton Bopp was one of the first artists on board and painted this creation on the western-most portion of the quarter mile long Herondo St wall of AES. Applying his unique amalgamation of urban and rural influences Bopp's work explores the interconnectedness of people and the natural world and "Water Is Life" provides a stark contrast between the power plant beyond and what once occupied these lands.  @clintonbopp/

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Work by Clinton Bopp in Florence, Los Angeles.

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January 18, 2019

WYNWOOD “ALLEY”

by Clinton Bopp and Jason Ostro

Born and raised in New Zealand Clinton Bopp has lived in Los Angeles for the last two decades, creating work inspired by the interconnectedness of people and reflecting the complex influences of nature and the urban. Taught to paint by his artist mother, Judy, Detroit-born Jason Ostro opened @GabbaGallery in Los Angeles in 2012, and three years later was named one of the “8 best art curators in Los Angeles”—the same year he also began curating an alley beautification project. A successful artist in his own right Ostro’s positive outlook is reflected in the ever-present hearts and arrows embedded in his “cracked glass” compositions. In 2015 Bopp and Ostro carried the spirit of the Los Angeles alley as they crossed the country for Miami’s Art Basel and together contributed this work on NW 27th St in Wynwood. With the recent development of Wynwood, its Arts District is a poorer place for the loss of small unassuming works like this.  @jasonostro  @clintonbopp  @artbasel​  @miamiartweek

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November 12, 2017

“JUNGLE WALL”

by Clinton Bopp and Crisp

Born in New Zealand to an American father and mother from New Zealand, Clinton Bopp has been living in Los Angeles for almost 20 years—combining his early Maori influences and roots in nature with the energy of his time living in the urban jungle. Crisp grew up in rural Australia—embracing virtually every form of artistic expression—before spending more than a decade living, working, and creating around the world, and eventually settling in the vibrant street art culture of Bogota. Colombia. In 2016 the Trans-Pacific duo came together in Venice, California, in the alley between Abbot Kinney Blvd and Electric Ave, to paint this collaborative jungle scene—contrasting the bold, colorful, stylized graphic work of Crisp with the painterly rendering of Bopp but also integrating their styles to a degree not often seen.  @clintonbopp  @crispstreetart  

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July 19, 2017

ANIMAL ALLEY

by Clinton Bopp and Random Act

Now known for organizing neighborhood beautification projects across Los Angeles, or as Making LA Together put it, “transforming alleys into art corridors” Gabba Gallery owner Jason Ostro launched Animal Alley in 2015 between Glendale Blvd and Douglas Street. New Zealand transplant Clinton Bopp, and Andrea LaHue, aka Random Act, each with a history of working on Gabba projects, decided to team up and work together on this jungle-themed wall. Bees, dragonflies, and hummingbirds are common elements in much of Bopp’s work, and Random Act made a name for herself with her botanicals painted in 51 U.S. cities as part of her Flowers for the People project. Working together they brought many of their trademark elements, but Random Act told the LA Times this piece was inspired by the spiritual quality of the South American jaguar and its significance for mind, body, and spirit.  @clintonbopp  @andrealahue  @gabbagallery  

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March 30, 2017

“GREAT STAIRS MURAL”

by Jason Ostro, Clinton Bopp, and Phobik

Between running LA’s Gabba Gallery and curating several alley mural projects all over Los Angeles Jason Ostro still enjoys finding time to wield a can of spray paint—and the fractured planes of the ‘Great Stairs’ at the end of Neola St. in Eagle Rock, CA, provide an ideal showcase for his abstract compositions. With each of the three flights painted individually (Phobik’s at the top is unfortunately not visible from this angle), Ostro also collaborated on sections of reinforcing wall, playing well with Bopp’s bee and Phobik’s reinterpretation of Frida Kahlo’s “Pobre Venadito.” When I asked Ostro about the heart and arrow routinely appearing in his work he said his work is always an “expression in flow.” He says art emanates from, or in pursuit of, love: “The arrows always make the pursuit and flow to get to the love. Sometimes the arrows lead directly to love and sometimes they lead you astray.”  @jasonostro  @clintonbopp  @phobikgod   @gabbagallery 

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Work by Clinton Bopp spotted in East Hollywood.