Tyler Shields, a photographer and painter, will debut a new show this weekend at the Poodle Parlor in downtown Los Angeles. Titled “Life Is Not a Fairy Tale,” the exhibit will be open to the public on Sunday after a launch party Saturday night.

The main attraction is a painting he created using blood collected from more than a dozen celebrities. The list of artistic donors includes nightclub promoter Brent Bolthouse, film financier Ryan Kavanaugh, and actress Jenna Ushkowitz.

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The magazine sent us this release:

944 Media has appointed Brent Bolthouse and Jenifer Rosero, business partners in event production company Bolthouse Productions, as Publishers of 944 Magazine Los Angeles. Over the past twenty years, Rosero and Bolthouse have been instrumental in setting the tone of Los Angeles nightlife and have had their finger on the pulse of the ever-evolving industry landscape in not only events, but collaborating on many of the city’s landmark hotels and fine dining establishments. As publishers the pair will focus on further developing 944′s brand relationships in Los Angeles.

“We are not a typical media company, so we don’t need typical publishers,” says Marc Lotenberg, Founder and CEO of 944 Media. “Brent and Jen are brilliant marketers and influencers, and they have deep and longstanding relationships with celebrities, photographers, designers, vendors…everyone that we need to reach in order to continue to raise the profile of the Los Angeles edition.”

The full release after the jump…

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