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On Thursday, August 26th, 2010

London’s esteemed beacon of all things lowbrow, Lazarides Gallery will conclude their four month run of shows this week at their temporary Beverly Hills pop up annex with a show by sculptor, painter Jay Jay Burridge.

Offering a twist on predictable images of dinosaurs roaming in classic settings Burridge instead portrays them dancing, skating and sipping tea, with a weighty series of technically dexterous paintings and humorous sculptures and installations.

Forget the artschool alumni, last week’s opening of this event was all about glam, with a gaggle of celebrities and LA artscene luminaries on hand to celebrate at the event, and its Soho House after party. TV types included a seemingly single and roaming Gavin Rossdale, and expletive (and wife) equipped cordon bleu Gordon Ramsay who hinted something about a forthcoming restaurant he and David Beckham will open in LA.

Gallerists hinted sales were healthy, with Ramsay apparently buying a sizeable painting worth over $5000. Other works will sustain in the memory purely as testament to the artists’ ingenuity, including full scale dinosaur sculptures masked with plastic tape baring his signature and others poised over musical instruments.

Jay Jay Burridge graduated from Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design with a degree in art. In addition, Burridge directed the music video for the song “Inspired By” by The Brightlights and was art director on Hot Chip’s “Boy from School” video, for which he won a Cads Music Vision Award. He also designed several large denim butterflies, which went on display on the streets of London, as part of an advertising campaign for Levi Strauss & Co.’s “Live Unbuttoned” 501 jeans.

Lazarides Gallery, 320 N. Beverly Drive, Beverly Hills; noon-8 p.m.; free