Highlights from Hypeart’s ‘THRESHOLD’ Exhibition

Threshold is an exploration of boundaries—these we face, these we break and people who confine us. Curated by Hypeart, this upcoming exhibition at Bonhams LA is a second of transition, a pause between the identified and the unknown, forcing us to confront our surroundings and our place inside it With works from Shepard Fairey, George Apartment, Beverly Pepper, Sam Gilliam and others, Threshold invitations viewers to have interaction with artwork that challenges conventions, blurs traces and forges new paths. The exhibition, on view from February 18-21, will study shifting boundaries in artwork and society.

In a charitable partnership, Hypeart and Bonhams has collaborated with Challenge Angel Meals to current works by Elizabeth Neel and Margo Wolowiec as a part of Threshold. The proceeds from the sale of those particular works, that are part of an upcoming public sale by Challenge Angel Meals, will immediately profit the charity’s mission to serve these affected by the LA wildfires.

Accompanying the exhibition is a panel dialogue and the much-anticipated launch of Fairey-isms, a e book by No Extra Rulers in collaboration with Princeton College Press, by founder Larry Warsh, that includes intimate interviews and insights from famend avenue artist Shepard Fairey. A particular occasion reception and panel dialogue on February 20 will convey collectively Fairey; Richard Scarry, artwork curator and supplier; Larry Warsh, artwork collector and founding father of No Extra Rulers; Keith Estiler, Managing Editor at Hypeart/HYPEBEAST; Ralph Taylor, International Head of twentieth/twenty first Century Artwork at Bonhams; and Isabel Norsten, Specialist in Put up-Struggle & Modern Artwork at Bonhams.

“Propaganda artwork is absolutely highly effective and folks worry it as a result of they suppose that it has a sinister and manipulative agenda, however making artwork that has a viewpoint that’s about correcting social ills and abuses of energy, that’s good propaganda” – Shepard Fairey, ‘Fairey-Isms’ by No Extra Rulers, 2025.

Check out highlights from our exhibition under, RSVP for our particular occasion right here, and go to Bonhams’ web site for extra info.

Shepard Fairey “| 3 Face Horizontal (Pink/Yellow)” 2024

For many years, Shepard Fairey has formed the language of avenue artwork. His iconic picture of Andre the Large, initially born from a rebellious sticker marketing campaign, turned a determine as soon as dismissed as “tacky” right into a cultural image. 3 Face Horizontal (Pink/Yellow), featured in THRESHOLD, continues Fairey’s legacy of subverting expectations and elevating the unusual into the extraordinary, reminding us of the ability of reinvention.

George Apartment “Desolation Angel” 1981

George Apartment’s work is a deep dive into the psyche, unmasking the chaotic dance between inner turmoil and exterior affect. “Desolation Angel” embodies this battle with an angel wielding an arrow—caught in a tragic collision with destiny. Is it a casualty of battle? Apartment’s work leaves us to ponder what stays when the world falls aside.

Magdalena Abakanowicz “Determine on Beam” circa 1994

Magdalena Abakanowicz’s transformative fibre works broke the mildew of sculpture within the ’60s and ’70s, utilizing mushy, woven supplies to inform highly effective tales of loss and survival. “Determine on Beam,” a haunting piece that includes a headless determine mounted on a wheel axle, speaks to Abakanowicz’s private historical past—witnessing the horrors of battle and the stripping away of human id.

Sam Gilliam “Unhealthy River Collection C #11” 1988

A pioneer of Postwar American portray, Sam Gilliam’s radical method reshaped the chances of Summary Expressionism. Identified for his “Drape” assortment of work, which have been suspended with out stretchers, Gilliam sought to interrupt down boundaries in each artwork and society. “Unhealthy River Collection C #11” is a testomony to his continued exploration of type, rhythm and materials—a visible dialogue impressed by the liberty and improvisation of jazz.

Elizabeth Neel “US 11” 2019

Elizabeth Neel’s work challenges conventional modes of abstraction, embracing each chaos and construction. “US 11” represents the fracturing of the American ideally suited—its flag dislodging and falling in an arresting reflection of political unrest. For Threshold, this piece speaks on to the unstable currents shaping our current second.

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