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NEW Hours
Tuesday thru Sunday 2pm to 9pm, closed Mondays
Friday and Saturday open til midnight
Saturday and Sunday we open early at 11am
Admission includes free play on over 90 games from the 1930's to 2010
$15/Adult $7.50/Kids under 12 Good all day Come and go with hand stamp
Contact
Phone (510) 769-1349 or Email
New Address
1510 Webster St. Alameda, CA 94501
Directions
Plenty of cheap parking in the public lot behind Santa Clara and Webster. Parking is free after 6pm, Sundays.
What is Lucky Ju Ju?
Juju (joo'joo) noun:
- An object used as a fetish, charm or amulet
- The supernatural power ascribed to such an object
Lucky Ju Ju is a place where Magic, Karma, Zeitgeist and Skill are infused into a collection of Vintage Pinball Machines for all to enjoy. If you are interested in Pinball, this is the place.
Lucky Ju Ju is also a 501 c 3 non profit pinball museum/art gallery under the umbrella of the Pacific Pinball Museum.
5th Annual Pacific Pinball Exposition September 23,24,25 2011
Rent the Ju Ju for Parties
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New Year's Eve/ 9th Ju Ju Anniversary Expactular!!!
December 22, 2011
This is our 9th year of putting pinball out for the thronging masses.
We always have a gas with all the free finger food, bar, hats, noisemakers, masks, prizes and hi-score competitions. Free Champagne nearing Midnight as we lower the Silver Ball for another new year! This is our end of the year FUN(d)-RAISER so if you like what we do and want to help us keep it going, come over to the Museum on NYE and help us Chime, Knock, Flip and Ring in the New Year! Get tickets online at www.pacificpinball.org or $5 more at the door if there's room.Ju Ju Closed for Pacific Pinball Expo 5!
September 21, 2011
Lucky Ju Ju and PPM will be closed for the week, Sept 20th thru 27th.
Come to the Pacific Pinball Exposition in Marin and support us!
Details here: www.pacificpinball.org"Personal Science" Tim Englert's new masks at the Ju Ju
July 30, 2011
PERSONAL SCIENCE—found object reconstructions by Tim Englert
Opening Reception Friday August 12th, 2011. 6pm to 10pm.
Special $10 admission, free snacks, beer and wine bar
Runs til Sunday, Sep. 4th, 2011.
Regular Admission: Adult $15, Child $7.50
Pacific Pinball Museum
1510 Webster St., Alameda, CA 94501
Museum Hours: Tuesday-Sunday 2pm to 9pm
Friday and Saturday to 12 midnight. Closed Monday.
Artist’s Statement
Tim Englert combines replicas of found objects to create colorful masks, each of which possess a personality according to its various bits and pieces.
Natural objects, industrial debris and captured textures form three dimensional relief sculptures which are at once other-worldly but still vaguely human.
“Masks have been made and used by people since pre-history and seem to be a basic part of our nature. These current mask/sculptures are a progression of similar pieces done in the 1980’s and 90’s which used the found objects themselves . By making molds from the original objects and then casting copies, a single treasure of industrial detritus may be reborn many times in new and unexpected ways,” says Englert.
As humans, we depend on pattern recognition to make sense of our world. As modern, media saturated humans we are surrounded from birth by unlikely patterns and images which become part of our reality. Animals of every sort walk on two legs, wear clothes and talk. Even inanimate objects such as food items or cleaning supplies sprout arms, legs and faces while urging us to buy them.
In these sculptures, replicas of natural objects and decayed artifacts are arranged in patterns which our senses recognize as face-like, and as such transmit the emotional content we have learned to associate with the language of facial features.
The pieces are made of gypsum cement, cast in rubber molds which have been taken from various objects found along beaches, old dumps or alongside the road. The castings are painted with oil based enamel paints and then assembled, acquiring their attributed personalities according to the look and placement of the various components. They go through several stages and identities before finally being epoxied into the static personality they will exhibit for the rest of their inanimate lifetimes.
Masks have been made and used by people since pre-history and seem to be a basic part of our nature. These current mask/sculptures are a progression of similar pieces done in the 1980’s and 90’s which used the found objects themselves. By making molds from the original objects and then casting copies, a single treasure of industrial detritus may be reborn many times in new and unexpected ways.
Bio:
Tim Englert has a Master’s Degree in Art (Ceramics) from Humboldt State University and exhibited widely during the 1970’s and 80’s. Currently he is a licensed contractor and partner in Blue Lotus Project, a residential design/build company in Alameda CA.
He has contributed on several sculptures at the Burning Man Festival and recently rebuilt a vintage aluminum travel trailer into a modern office which may be seen at http://www.bluelotusproject.net.
Curator’s Corner:
Tim has been chugging away and has produced a whole new show of his popular Mask series. Now he's honed the faux treatment even further, making it seem beyond fake. Almost, hyper-fake. And the faces seem like they were real people. With real personalities, problems and afflictions. I love the idea of making fake junk. Combine the 2 and this is high art! Making fake people out of fake garbage.
Wow. Another winner Tim!
-MS
John Sheridan Strikes Again!
July 05, 2011
"In America, In the Kingdom of the Blind (For the Love of Money)"
New Digital Prints - on Canvas
by John Sheridan at Lucky Ju Ju
Opening Reception
Friday July 8th, 2011 from 6:30 pm to 10:30pm at
Free Flipper Finger Food, No Host Bar,
$10 special admission play all you want
Pacific Pinball Museum’s
Lucky Ju Ju Pinball Art Gallery
1510 Webster St. Alameda, CA
Runs from July 8th to August 8th, 2011.
See Website for more information:
www.pacificpinball.org
John Sheridan prints from images he has found in his (endless) search for meaningful content in American culture. There is much to learn from the past 50 plus years of portable imagery – made up of new and antique decals, stickers - and he has printed it on canvas. Sheridan uses an array of colorful and always surprising images and words which are both art and also come from and target American working class. The images contain compelling and controversial elements which cannot be separated from the great energy that has always marked the poor and blue collar working culture of the country. Similar to where jazz, rock, Hip-Hop, carnival, cartoons, dream machines, comix and games like pinball come from, these works on canvas explode with superheroes, pinups, cars, numbers, logos and images from the deep (or not so deep) popular unconscious as well as from the most persuasive propaganda machine ever - advertising.
Notes from the Curator
This is John’s fifth time at the Ju Ju. Being the man who started the gallery, expect the unexpected. John’s work is cutting edge and forays into subjects that question our over commercialized, sex infused, car and sports crazy icon-based society. Did I say too much? Another Must –See show at the Lucky Ju Ju!
Lil Ju Ju at the Maker Faire this Weekend
May 21, 2011
Yep, we are at the Maker Faire and having a great time sharing our fun way of life with others. Check out some of the latest pics.
HUNGRY: The Book Art of Leah Virsik
April 16, 2011
Leah Virsik creates book art and mixed media paintings with an abundant collection of found and new materials. A self-proclaimed collector, she enjoys sharing her process and arts-related resources with others. She exhibits and teaches collage and book arts in the Bay Area.
www.leahvirsik.com.
Book arts, like pinball, are fading into history as publishing moves from paper to electronic media.
Opening Reception: Friday May 13, 2011 from
6 p.m. to 12 midnight
$10 play pinball all night
No host bar and free flipper finger food
Show runs from May 13 - June 5, 2011
HUNGRY
I'm hungry to learn and it's through my process of creating that I'm ultimately satisfied. I'm curious about different materials and take on the challenge to incorporate what I'm most drawn to into my work. I'm intrigued to discover the resulting patterns and repetition. As I create, I explore my inner landscape. I'm attempting to uncover a stifled sound. It's my challenge to express this internal voice through my art and ultimately, boldly, out loud.
My quest to connect my voice with my work has led me to reexamine my personal history. The threads in my bookbinding and in my collage are entwined in familial roots.
Growing up, I remember a quilt frame my dad made, taking up our entire living room. His grandmother taught him to quilt using scraps of clothing. Years later, I began a quilt when a friend was teaching a class on patchwork. To my surprise, cutting up fabric and piecing it back together reminded me of my work with paper collage.
As a child I would sew with my mom and what I most remember is the guilt I'd feel as I jammed up her machine. Now, when the threads and material bunch up they become useful fodder for my work. In some ways the threads act as a binding element, as in my books, and in other ways they are a reflection of my internal processes.
-Leah Virsik
The Gallery:
The Pacific Pinball Museum Art Gallery is primarily rooted in graphic and pinball art, but we do make the occasional foray into all sorts of unusual art forms and creations. The Pacific Pinball Museum is a 501(c)3 non profit.
This show was curated by Melissa Harmon
Pinballs Influence on Contemporary Art
April 07, 2011
Examples from the work of Charles Bell, Bruce Conner, Joseph Cornell, Robert Indiana, Ed Kienholz, , Roy Lichtenstein, Robert Rauschenberg, Ed Ruscha, George Segal, Wayne Thiebaud, and William Wiley.
By Dan Fontes
Pinball In Contemporary Art is made up of examples of pinball’s influence in the work of these contemporary artists with commentary by Dan Fontes
Curator, Melissa Harmon
Opening Friday, April 8 from 6-10pm Runs til May 2nd.
At the Pacific Pinball Museum
1510 Webster St.
Alameda, CA 94501
For More Information go to: http://pacificpinball.org/events/current-events
Each of these artists shared an interest in creating fine art, and in time each reached legendary status in the art world achieving both fame and fortune…even if only for a few moments.
The theory I’m developing a framework for is that each artist, at one point or another, was touched by pinball, which lead them to create works of fine art with pinball as an essential element in the work. And thus pinball wove itself deeper into the American experience far more so than just the play “Tommy” and the song “Pinball Wizard”.
-Dan Fontes
Paul Pot Art Show at the Ju Ju Art Gallery Jan 7th 2011
December 28, 2010
Works by local musician and artist Paul Pot include original drawings of posters for his band the Happy Clams, the annual Starry Plough Murder Ballads Bash,festivals at the Stork Club, and flyers drawn for his weekly Missouri Lounge Open Mic.
Opening reception: Friday, Jan. 7th, 2011 from 6pm to 10pm
The Pacific Pinball Museum
1510 Webster St
Alameda, CA
www.pacificpinball.org
www.ujuju.com
www.thehappyclams.comNew Year's Eve/8th Anniversary Pin Ball Bash Dec 31st 2011
December 28, 2010
Chime in the New year and help Celebrate our 8th Anniversary. We have Scopitone Movies, Pinball and EM Arcade games, Catered food, Champagne at midnight, $3 beer and wine and it all goes to a great cause!
Our pinball museum!
$25 at the door, Dec. 31st, 2010 6pm to 2am 1510 WebsterTBONEZ Art at the Lucky Ju Ju Gallery Decmber 3rd
November 16, 2010
BARE BONEZ
THE ART OF TERRY BELL
Opening Reception: Friday December 3rd, 2010, from 6 p.m. to 12 midnight
Special $10 admission/all ages on Oct. 8th
No host bar and free flipper finger food
Show runs from December 3rd 2010 thru January 3rd, 2011
Terry “TBonez“ Bell grew up in Oakland on Ed Big Daddy and Rick Griffin as art heroes. Over the years of pin striping, illustrating, sculpting and poster art he has developed a smooth and beautiful style. Come and meet Terry in person at the opening reception on Friday December 3rd, 2010.