6.10.08
CHAMPION KICKBOXER DATES
MANCHESTER - Sunday 18th May @ the Bay Horse
Up to Something / It's a Stitch Up!
Featuring Hotpance Romance, Random Number and more.
CK stage time ~ 9pm.
For more information, see http://www.myspace.com/uptosomethingmusic SHEFFIELD
- Saturday 24th May @ the Shakespeare Splayd Festival
Featuring James Yorkeston, Nat Johnson (MSTU), David Thomas Broughton, Benjamin
Weatherill and many more...
CK stage time ~ 8pm
For more on this annual folk-tinged festival at the Shakespeare (Sheffield's
finest new music pub) see http://www.splayd.co.uk or http://www.myspace.com/splaydfestival.
And
in June ... SHEFFIELD - Monday 23rd June @ the Harley
DiScover (Drowned in Sound night)
Elle S'appelle and Nat Johnson and Champion Kickboxer.
(More details nearer the time.)
4.24.08
As part of NEXT/GOFFO, The Green Lantern is setting up shop on the 7th
floor of the Merchandise Mart- from April 25th-28th.
featuring a preview of NY artist Amanda Browder, and her installation
piece "Arc de Triumph." If you happen onto the 7th floor, come
over
to the GOFFO neighborhood, stop at Old Country, the wood-panel bar
around the corner, get a drink. You can look out the window where we
are, at the little people down below, take a break from flourescents
and soak in some sun. Pretend it's California. GOFFO's got a swanky
set up between the lot of us, an avenue of good times and reading
material, sexy prints and project. In addition to Browder's
installation, The Green Lantern will also have its inventory of books
available, including "God Bless the Squirrel Cage," the last
copy of
"
Urbesque," "Sketches," "Lust & Cashmere," "Phonebook,"
"
Paper&Carriage No.1," 3 vinyl MALE records, an essay about ice-bound
englishman who made their own newspaper, zines (free), and a listening
area for The Parlor.
Amanda Browder will show at the Green Lantern between May 30th and
June 28th, in an exhibition called "CYCLONE."
The Green Lantern Gallery, located on Milwaukee Avenue will keep it's
regular hours, (FRI 12-5, SA/SU 1-6) for Shannon Stratton's show,
"
Restless."
For more information about who's involved check out:
http://www.nextartfair.com/goffo/
or
http://www.nextartfair.com/
Shawn Barber Book Signing
Forever and Ever
new works by shawn barber
DATE: 26 April 2008
TIME: 6pm to 8pm
LOCATION: @ The Shooting Gallery
839 Larkin Street
San Francisco, CA 94109
(415) 931-8035
A monograph of "Modern Realism" - This body of work showcases
the documentary series of paintings on artists that are tattooed
- includes - 256 full color pages of 105 portraits in over 200 images,
associated photographs, sketches, studies, process shots, as well
as commentary writings about the tattoo culture.
Featured Portraits: Chuck Eldridge, Paul Booth, Grime, Mutsuo, Kat von
D (Miami Ink), Kim Saigh (L.A. Ink), Mike Giant, Henry Lewis, Mike Davis,
Tennessee Dave, Sean Cheetham, Natalia Fabia, Tara McPherson, John
John Jesse and many many more.
4.16.08
SCOTT HARRISON, SAM SAGA, THOMAS WARGIN
May 2 – June 2, 2008
Artist Reception: Friday, May 2, 8 pm – 11 pm
LA LUZ DE JESUS GALLERY
4633 Hollywood Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90027
323-666-7667
SCOTT HARRISON "UNDIGESTED
KERNEL"
Scott Harrison is an internationally recognized tattoo artist, infamous
for his peculiar cartoon imagery, twisted and appalling tattoo design
sheets and lack of finesse. He has tattooed all over the US as well as
Europe and Japan. His clients have included such diverse celebrities
as Master P, Kiki Smith, Tony Fitzpatrick, and a good
chunk of the cast of Miami Ink. Harrison's paintings have been exhibited
in galleries and museums around North America and Europe. He has an MA
in illustration, and taught cartooning at New York's School of Visual
Arts. Harrison currently lives and works in Portland, Oregon. The exhibition
features 14 original 12" by 16" ink
on paper
originals from his upcoming book "Undigested Kernel" (La Luz
de Jesus Press ISBN: 978-0-86719-695-5) will be released in June 2008. "
Scott Harrison is the hyperactive love child of Aubrey Beardsley and
Basil Wolverton. Imagine if you can... Definitely not for the faint of
heart." ---Thomas
Woodruff
SAM SAGA "ARCHITECTUAL MONSTERS"
"
Architectural Monsters," Saghatelian's recent, evolving series of
drawings, sketches, and paintings in multi-media (acrylic, ink pen, watercolor
with Indian ink on wood panel, board and archival paper) is a study in
the phantasmagoric mutation of the human form into architectural monstrosities.
As it develops, the series will also
comprise sculptures and installations. Saghatelian draws inspiration
from the outrageous kitsch emblematic of the nouveau riche, particularly
in developing nations, which often manifests in newly built palatial
residences or commercial towers that scream power, individuality, and
a scale that aims to eclipse the rest of the
metropolis. In devising the central theme of the series, Saghatelian
also taps into Japanese monster myths and horror movies featuring mechanical
leviathans.
Whereas architecture serves as a concretized expression of a given culture's
zeitgeist – its artistic aspirations, collective concerns, fears,
and positioning vis a vis the future – the architectural monsters
which Saghatelian references are disconnected from their milieus, pointing
at a grotesqueness that both subverts and transcends
prevalent values and delimitations. These monstrosities – the human
machine bolstered by mortar and steel – ultimately come into being
as statements of pure ego, intent on rocking the boat but also wrenching
control of it. Saghatelian is interested in seeing the boundaries of
respectability and taste being pushed as far as the imagination can accommodate,
revealing a fascination with the sheer creativity involved in ostentation,
extravagance, and garishness. Thus his architectural monsters can be
not only ridiculous and pathetic, but at turns cute and even touching
in their folly. Saghatelian also explores the possibility of actually
building the monsters portrayed on his
canvases. Were these human-shaped structures to be constructed in the
real world, Saghatelian believes that they would symbolize the essential,
prowling monstrosity of the postmodern psyche: a state of sustained loneliness
and uncertainty redeemed by selfishness and rapacity, often culminating
in an unprecedented level of grotesque chic.
THOMAS WARGIN
Inspired by the rich history of art and design and his background as
a designer for Harley Davidson Motorcycles, sculptor Thomas Wargin uses
bronze and aluminum to convey his view of the human experience – the
merger of man into the modern world. "I am driven by the history
of art and design and am inspired by some of the great masters;
Michelangelo's love for the human form, Leonardo Da Vinci's exploration
of machines and mechanisms, and Pablo Picasso's extraordinary influence
on the modern movement. All these and many others have laid stepping
stones of ideas that have influenced my own work and a continued urge
for excellence," states Wargin. Blending old and new technique,
Wargin begins his creation with sketches, which evolve into clay or carved
3-dimensional forms. Using various molding techniques, resin models are
created and are hand packed into flasks with casting sand, ready for
the casting process. Wargin then melts aluminum and bronze. After cooling,
parts are assembled for rough fit
and positioning. Meticulously he either welds or drills, tap and screw
every component together to check for form, fit, and overall composition.
Some pieces are then disassembled to be polished or sandblasted. He completes
the desired finish through high polish buffing or patination. Some of
Wargin's art adds a diverse mixture of materials both raw and manmade
such as: various woods, stone, glass, or even original drawings. With
the combination of these materials, Wargin's goal is to compliment not
compete in the composition and make it more inviting. This type of processes
and materials allow his work to be spontaneous and assures each piece
an original. Thomas Wargin
earned his BFA at the Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design.
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La Luz de Jesus is located at the Soap Plant/Wacko building, in Los
Feliz at 4633 Hollywood Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90027. Gallery hours are
Monday – Wednesday: 11am – 7pm, Thursday – Saturday:
11am – 9pm and
Sunday 12-6pm. For high resolution jpegs, interview requests and more
information contact: Lee Joseph Publicity, 359 E. Magnolia, Suite F.,
Burbank, CA 91502, leejemail@gmail.com, p (818) 848-2698 f (818)
848-2699.
04.15.08
"Cry
Me a River"
Photographic work by Chris Eichenseer
On Friday May 2nd, there will be an opening reception for my exhibition "Cry
Me a River" at the Threadless Gallery space in Chicago. The exhibit
is the first of it's kind for me in 8 years, during which I have wanted
to show work but things always seemed too busy at Someoddpilot to give
it the proper attention. I've been wanting to change that pattern, and
this show is the first step.
"
Cry Me a River" will feature large color prints of work shot on
film over the past two years of disembodied places, urban landscapes
and small corners. I am really excited about these pieces as these are
images crafted and pulled from years of working.
The Threadless Gallery is a great art space located on the second floor
above their newly-opened retail store. They've hosted work by fellow
Chicago designers Chuck Anderson (no pattern) and Nigel Evan Dennis (electric
heat), and I am happy to have the opportunity to be a part of that tradition.
I hope this email finds all of you well. I would love to see any you
at the reception. Look for me, I will be the guy wincing from the sort
of migraine I am apt to give myself as a reward for a little bit of hard
work.
04.14.08
Asobi Seksu Sign To Polyvinyl
Record Co.
Polyvinyl Records, home to releases by Braid, Radio Flyer, and Sunday's
Best, among others, has announced the signing of NYC's Asobi Seksu to its
roster. Asobi Seksu has plans to record its third album and first for
Polyvinyl this summer, and will be in Europe in July to perform at some
festivals. Check out the feature on Asobi Seksu in our upcoming issue
(CP29), due out in May. 26th Annual Mpls./ St. Paul International Film Festival.
Reception & Special Screening of Documentary Film: ‘SUPER GIRLS’
Chinese Director/Film Maker Jian Yi will be present for this event.
Suggested Event Donation: $10.-$15.: Please cash only.
The Hotel Ivy- Monday April 21st 2008 - 5:30 p.m. – 9:30 p.m. Reception:
5:30- 9:30 pm
R.S.V.P. Seating is Limited:
Info@gallery13.com - name & contact please
201 South Eleventh Street on the Corner of 2nd Ave.
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55403
Parking: 2nd Ave. Ramp (Orch. Hall $4.00 after 5:00p.m.)
Or Hotel Valet Parking Available!
• Reception with Director: Jian Yi Following the
Film.•
• Directors Event with Jian Yi’ Screening His film ‘Super
Girls’ Panel Led Discussion
• Complementary Drink & Cash Bar
• hors 'devours By Hotel Ivy Chef: Steven Brown
Info: Gallery13: 651-592-5503
The Ivy Hotel Desk: 612-746-4600
Panel:
• Jian Yi Director: Artsimple Studios; Beijing, China
• Jason McGrath : U of M Asst. Professor U of M Asian
Studies and Author: 'Postsocialist Modernity'
• Chinese Cinema, Literature, and Criticism in the Market
Age
• David Davies: Hamline U: .Ph.D. Professor
of Anthropology
• Mark Tang: Ind. Film Maker: www.passionfruits.com
• Meng Tang: Asst. Professor Dept. of Cinematography:
Beijing Film Academy.
Grad. Instructor U of M & Independent Film Maker
Gallery13 & The Hotel Ivy is hosting a 'between films' screening event
with Director Jian Yi's Documentary ‘Super Girls’, Please
Join us in welcoming Chinese Director Jian Yi to Minneapolis , the The Hotel
Ivy, and 26th Annual Mpls-St.Paul International Film Festival.
10.25.07
Receiver Gallery presents:
In The Time It Takes — Closing Reception
Friday, October 26th, 2007 from 5-8pm.
Join us for the final evening of 'In The Time It Takes', featuring Bay Area artists
Nancy Chan and Olivia Park. If you haven’t seen the show, this is your
last chance! If you have, you should come by anyway to celebrate with us.
There will be refreshments and a DJ set by Jason Proctor, formerly of The Lovemakers,
so bring your dancing shoes and be ready to have a good time!
Receiver - 1415 Valencia St. San Francisco, Ca 94110
JONATHAN
LEVINE GALLERYpresents:
CHRIS MARS
New Salem
Solo Exhibit October 20 - November 17, 2007
Opening Reception: Saturday, October 19, 7pm - 9pm NEW YORK, NY– American
artist Chris Mars debuts more than 25 new works in his exhibition New Salem,
opening at Jonathan Levine Gallery in New York City on October 20, 2007.
The paintings, all created this year, reflect themes of political persecution
and corruption, interpersonal unity and cruelty, condemnation, redemption
and hope by use of Mars’ stunning technical control of his medium,
and his wrenching empathy relative to world events.
Mars’ personal vision was borne of his intimate childhood experience
with mental illness. When Mars was a small boy, his oldest brother was
diagnosed with schizophrenia and institutionalized. He witnessed the cruel
response of society, denial from his own family, and the prison-like corridors
of the state hospital where his brother was held captive, probed, and drugged.
This traumatic experience struck him profoundly. An oeuvre that began in
championing the misunderstood, over-medicated and under-cared for wards
of the medical establishment found a natural evolution into the championing
of all those who are misunderstood or persecuted. At times, New Salem evokes
a call for understanding, warmth, and sympathy. Yet more searing testimony
is portrayed as well with a shift in tone from urging comfort for the Victim
to a proposed unmasking of the Perpetrator.
The artist himself holds strong social and political beliefs but feels
the presentation of “truth” in his work is limited, as it is
still a very personal one. Mars does not profess to offer objectivity – merely
the honest inspection of himself relative to his environment. He does not
teach, but rather reveals. Says Mars: “I’m just tattling, not
holding trial.” He considers individual interpretation a crucial
element in his work. “My goal is to generate consideration and create
dialog, in hopes that thinking about something, talking about it, and considering
it, can lead to peace – personally, socially, or politically. I seek
to generate an authentic emotional response, then to analyze it, then see
if the emotional response is an appropriate one. I want a viewer to feel.
I always want a viewer to think about how they feel, and why.” As
of the date of this release, it is not known whether the rather reclusive
Mars will be in attendance at the opening reception.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
The work of Chris Mars has been exhibited at Museums such as: The Minneapolis
Institute of Art, The Minnesota History Center, The Longview (Texas) Museum
of Fine Art, The Erie Art Museum, The Steensland Art Museum, The Frederick
Weisman Art Museum, The American Visionary Art Museum and Art Center of
South Florida. His work is also held in numerous prestigious public and
private collections. Once known best as a musician, Mars was a founding
a member of The Replacements, and after their demise recorded four highly-touted
solo albums. He dedicated himself to the visual arts rather exclusively
by the mid-1990s. Tolerance, Mars’ debut monograph featuring over
100 of his paintings, will be released in late spring of 2008. The artist
says, “It’s a ‘green’ book. Published using vegetable-based
inks, on recycled, bleach-free paper. It was not made by slaves, the printing
costs do not sponsor State tyranny, no child’s hands will have sewn
the binding. It’s green and it’s fair-trade. It took a while
to make that happen. I think I’m as proud of that as I am of the
work inside it.”
CHRIS MARS Mark Dean Veca
Imbroglio
Solo Installation in the Project RoomOctober 20 - November 17
Opening Reception: Saturday, October 20, 7pm - 9pm
Jonathan LeVine Gallery is pleased to announce Imbroglio, a new installation
by Mark Dean Veca. This will be the artist's first solo show at Jonathan
LeVine Gallery and his most ambitious New York exhibition to date. For
Imbroglio, Veca presents 17 new paintings on panel which will be incorporated
into an all-encompassing installation.
In his latest body of work, Mark Dean Veca continues to explore the unification
of opposing elements- high vs. low, elegant vs. vulgar, masculine vs.
feminine, micro vs. macro, figure vs. ground, all with humor and playfulness.
Using the French Rococo textile pattern known as Toile de Jouy as a compositional
infrastructure, Veca improvises a phantasmagoria of pop iconography,
cartoon abstraction, art history, biomorphic psychedelia, and sexual
innuendo. John Belushi, Jimi Hendrix, and Colonel Klink mingle with Koons’s
Rabbit, Tennessee Tuxedo and Viagra, while the Three Stooges schmooze
with AC/DC over by the mushroom cloud. This overload of visual stimuli
is finely rendered with brush and ink under the influence of Underground
Comix, Phillip Guston, Mad Magazine, Franz Kline, and Dr. Seuss.
The resulting round and oval-shaped panels are then seamlessly integrated
into a site-specific wall drawing where, as Carlo McCormick wrote of
Veca’s previous installations, “confines create ideas, obstacles
dictate illusions, and the proliferation of optic information ignites
a kind of brain-searing explosion.”ABOUT THE ARTIST
Mark Dean Veca was born in 1963 in Shreveport, Louisiana, and received
his BFA in Painting at Otis Art Institute in Los Angeles, CA. He currently
lives and works in Brooklyn, NY. His work has been shown throughout the
United States, Europe, and Japan at institutions such as PS1/MOMA, The
Drawing Center, The Brooklyn Museum, The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum,
and Yerba Buena Center for the Arts. Reviews of Veca's work have appeared
in numerous publications including The New York Times, Juxtapoz, Artforum,
Art in America, and Flash Art. He has received numerous awards including
fellowships from The New York Foundation for the Arts in 1998 and 2002,
as well as a grant from The Pollock-Krasner Foundation in 2006.
MARK DEAN VECA
JONATHAN LEVINE GALLERY
529 West 20th Street, 9th Floor,
New York, NY.
Gallery hours are Tuesday through Saturday, 11am to 6pm.
10.14.07
The Green Lantern presents:
New Work by Nicholas Kashian
Opens FRIDAY 10/19 with a reception from
7-10pm
"
Pascua," an exhibition of new paintings and collages by Chicago
artist Nicholas Kashian will be on display from Friday October 19th
until November 19th. In this series, Kashian explores discarded
familial memorabilia and cultural detritus that he has harvested from
city trash, thrift stores and garage sales. For his series New
American Gothic, found slides and photos, featuring two families, one
Hispanic and one African American are caught in the midst of their own
private rituals. These figures are then brought back into the studio,
projected on blank canvases and then recontextualized through a
variety of materials that reference painterly concerns and collage,
and examine the way images function as they are manipulated,
reconstructed and deconstructed. The figures depicted appear as
ghosts, with skewed colors—the basic forms create the structure
for
the piece, within which Kashian intuits and projects his own meaning.
While at once coming closer to the families through the study of these
photos, understanding better the various members of each family,
Kashian is nevertheless always standing at a critical distance,
filling the gaps of understanding with imagination and supposition and
interpretation. Similar techniques and concerns spill onto record
covers and other collage materials, continuing the basic investigation
of image manipulation and cultural critique. Nicholas Kashian is
pursuing his MFA at UIC. He was also included in "New American
Painters Midwestern 2007" edition.
Gallery Hours: Sa/Su 10-6pm or by appt.
--
The Green Lantern
1511 N Milwaukee Ave., 2nd Floor
Chicago IL 60622
773.266.4234
10.10.07
AREA Chicago Issue #5 "How We Learn: The Critical
Pedagogy and Popular
Education Issue"
Issue Release Party
Thursday October 11, 2007 -- 6pm-830pm
@ The Co-prosperity Sphere (CPS) 3219 S Morgan St in Bridgeport
Featuring articles and interviews by and about the following groups
and individuals: Aaron Sarver, Acudetox Healing Collective, Alex Blanchette,
Anne Rapp,
Beth Gutelius, Bronzeville Historical Society, Caroline Picard,
Chicago Freedom School, Chicago Teaching Artists Collective, Chicago
Women's Health Center, Chicagoland/Calumet Underground Railroad
Efforts, Dakota Brown, Daniel Tucker, Dave Pabellon, Dave Stovall,
Debbie Gould, Ellen Gates Starr, Eric Rodriguez, Eric Triantifillou,
Erica Meiners, Euan Hague, Faith Wilson, Ferd Eggan 1946-2007, Fire
This Time Fund, Free Geek Chicago, Green Lantern Gallery, Home
Schooling Collectives, InCUBATE, Iraq Veterans Against the War, Irina
Zadov, Jane Collective, Jayne Hileman, Jeanne Kracher, Jesse Senechal,
Jessica Pupovac, Jim Duignan, Joanie Friedman, Kelvyn Park High
School, Kristen Cox, Latino Union, Lisa Sousa, Little Village Lawndale
High School, Mary Patten, Maura Nugent, Mess Hall, Mia Henry, Mike
Wolf, Nance Klehm, Neighborhood Writing Alliance, Paula Ladin, Pauline
Lipman/Rico Gustein, Pedagogical Factory, Platypus, Pomegranate
Radical Health Collective, Popular Education Alliance, Rouge Forum,
Sarah Alford, Sarah Atlas, Sarah Miller, Stockyard Institute,
Substance News, Teachers for Social Justice, The Odyssey Project,
Therese Quinn, Walt Senterfitt and more.--
The Green Lantern
1511 N Milwaukee Ave., 2nd Floor
Chicago IL 60622
773.266.4234
09.28.07
trash and other camouflage
new work by Thad Kellstadt and Jesse McLean
October 5 - 27, 2007
Opening reception: Friday, October 5th , 7 - 11 pm
Lump
505 South Blount Street
Raleigh, NC 27601
919-821-9999
CARMICHAEL GALLERY
OF CONTEMPORARY ART PRESENTS
"
...And now, your moment of zen." The art of Ian Strawn
Opening Reception: Saturday, October 6th, 2007
From 7:00 PM - 11:00 PM
RSVP to rsvp@carmichaelgallery.com
Carmichael Gallery of Contemporary Art
1257 N. La Brea Avenue
West Hollywood, CA 90038 (SW corner of La Brea and Fountain)
The gallery is open Wednesday through Sunday 2:00PM to 7:00PM and by
appointment.
Yard Dog Presesnts:
Bill Miller- Linoleum Visions
October 6 – November 11, 2007
Opening Party: Saturday, October 6, 7 – 9 PM
Using salvaged vintage linoleum and vinyl flooring, Maryland artist Bill Miller
makes beautiful collages. This is his first solo show at Yard Dog.
Yard Dog
1510 S. Congress Ave.
512.912.1613
09.19.07
Jonathan LeVine Gallery presents:
Jeff Soto -Storm Clouds
Through October 6th
Jonathan LeVine Gallery is proud to announce Storm Clouds,
a solo exhibit of new works by Jeff Soto and the artist’s second major show at the
gallery. Storm Clouds, features over thirty new works on wood panel and
paper, as well as large-scale installations that will focus on the theme
of politics, fear, and fatherhood. Storm Clouds is Jeff Soto’s most
politically charged exhibition to date.
For Storm Clouds, Jeff Soto explores his predominant fears and anxieties
over his daughter’s future, the civil war in Iraq, and the United
States policies on environmental conservation. Soto’s concern for
the American population’s indifference and a general disconnection
to global affairs are motivating factors behind his overtly mature subject
matter. Storm Clouds is ripe with metaphors that allude to the fate of
the planet should neglect and indifference prevail. Soto’s expressive
narratives evoke inherent contradictions, crossing between notions of a
precarious and fragile natural world on the brink of extinction with one
that is an indestructible, organic mass.
Executed with a sophisticated mélange of graffiti and mixed media
techniques, Jeff Soto’s paintings permeate with influences of popular
culture, science fiction, and memories of nuclear war. Illustrating these
notions, Soto creates a futuristic world where ominous clouds dominate,
exotic plants struggle to survive, and colored prisms symbolize hope amidst
desolate landscapes. Soto’s creatures, floating gardens, and religious
symbols exist in entangled masses, revealing a civilization’s decline,
destruction, and efforts to regenerate. In this surreal universe, an inevitable
ice age has befallen, humans are extinct and fantastic robotic creatures
flourish. Swarms of oil-like cloud formations expand on themes of death
and decay, while subtle and bold use of text emphasizes the artist’s
most intense trepidations and desires.
“
I wish more Americans would take a stand, get educated and try to make
a difference,” states Soto. “I know making paintings is like
preaching to the choir, most fans of my art are aware of what’s going
on a global level. But I might be able to reach a few open minds here and
there. That's why there's always a hint of optimism in my paintings. I
think we can make things better somehow.”
Jonathan LeVine Gallery
529 West 20th Street, 9E
New York, NY 10011
CaproNason Gallery presents:
BLAB!SHOW & DEVILISH GREETINGS
CoproNason Gallery, 2525 Michigan Ave. T5, Santa Monica, Ca 90404
08.17.07
Overzee-August 30th to September 9th
Opening reception August 30th at DeVeemvloer Amsterdam
New Figureative works of Royce Deans and Tali Farchi.
Click here for details.
News and Reviews-
As Royce is away to Amsterdam till Septeber 6th. updates to
the site are on hold.
Please bearwith.
07.30.07
Mahan Gallery presents: Come On Down
Come On Down explores the riotous, stylistic nature of game shows through
the work of Adam Brouillette, Steve Seeley, Clinton Reno, James, and
Dan Gerdeman. From literal interpretations to subtle aesthetics, the
artwork in this show highlights the influence of game shows on contemporary
art aesthetics. Bright colors, bold exclamations, product promotion,
glittery surfaces, and crazed nature area all on display. The opening
reception will include audience participation in games to win prizes
and art.
Artists' opening reception, Thursday, August 2, 7–9pm
Gallery hop, Saturday, August 4, 6–10pm
Show: August 2–25, 2007
1042 north high street, columbus, oh 43215 | ph: 614.294.3278
hours: tuesday - saturday, 11 - 5 and by appointment
07.27.07
Christian Carey reports that New York-based cellist, vocalist, and composer
Jody Redhage will play three West Coast concerts to celebrate the release
of her debut CD of works for her voice, cello, and electronics, "All
Summer
in a Day" (New Amsterdam Records, 2007). Redhage composes, commissions
and premieres works for her voice and cello from some of today's most
heralded emerging composers. On the tour, she performs new music for
her
voice, cello, and electronics, blurring the boundaries between classical
art song, electronica, improvisation, rock, and the singer/songwriter
tradition.
SAN FRANCISCO
Sunday, 7.29.07 at 4:00 pm—Old First Church
1751 Sacramento Street, San Francisco, CA 94109 415.474.1608
www.oldfirstconcerts.org. $15.
SEATTLE
Wednesday, 8.01.07 at 8:00—Gallery 1412
SUGGESTED DONATION, 1412 18th Avenue (18th Ave. and Union St.)
Seattle, WA 98122, www.gallery1412.org
LOS ANGELES
Friday, 8.03.07 at 8:00—Dangerous Curve
1020 E. Fourth Place, Los Angeles, CA 90013, 213.617.8483
www.dangerouscurve.org, $7-10
07.10.07
Roq la Rue Gallery presents:
Nicoletta Ciccoli and Kukula
opening Friday, July 13th - 6-9pm
show runs through August 4th
Roq la Rue is pleased to present two artists who create paintings of young
women in fanciful, melancholic situations.
Nicoletta Ciccoli (San Marino, Italy) has made a name for herself illustrating
children's books, including winning the prestigious Italian Anderson Prize
for best illustrator of the year in 2001. She recently has been showing
paintings in US galleries and has already has already garnered great
demand for her allegorical, luminous, dream-like paintings. Painted in
acrylic on paper, each work is meticulously crafted to the point where
brush stokes disappear, and the girls in her work seem to enveloped within
their own hazy light.
This is her first major US gallery exhibition.
Kukula (San Francisco) takes a darker spin, placing her sexy/sickly doll-like
subjects in situations usually only one step away from disaster. In this
particular series, she explores the idea of the "last hour before
death", using death as a metaphor for both a beginning and an end.
She has painted most of her paintings in a 5" x 7" format to
better play of the concept of her characters final "snapshots",
and the work will be displayed in a memento mori/funeral type setting.
Lunar Boy
Gallery presents:
" The QTip Project"
featuring New works by North Coast photographer
Don Frank
Saturday, July 14th - 5-9 PM
Complimentary Refreshments
Live music by James Kennedy
Visit the opening event as we unveil this cast of the North Coast's usual
creative suspects!
m modern presents:
WARHOLOGY
Tribute to Andy Warhol
&
VIVA Hoffmann
Solo Exhibition
This Saturday, July 14th - 7-10 pm
"
WARHOLOGY" - Tribute to Andy Warhol" will be a group exhibition of
fine art and photography dedicated to the memory of the late Andy Warhol. This
will feature a number of artists at the gallery that you have come to recognize
at our shows.
The second exhibition will be a solo effort of works by Warhol film star VIVA!
VIVA will be featuring a number of paintings and should be the star attraction
of the evening while she plays host to both shows! VIVA is a multi-talented individual
as can be seen by the quality of her artwork. This will be a rare chance to meet
VIVA in person and ask her what it was like to work with and be a part of the
Warhol posse.
As always, admission for the reception is free and open to the public with complimentary
drinks served and music playing to celebrate the opening of this weekend extravaganza.
VIVA's paintings will continue to be displayed for a while after at the gallery.
m modern 2500 N. Palm Canyon Dr., # B5A
(located on Hwy 111 in the plaza with the Carl's Jr.)
Palm Springs, California 92262
760 416-3611
nailor@earthlink.net
Lunar Boy Gallery
1133 Commercial Street • Astoria, Oregon 97103 • 503.325.1566
06.22.07
Katy Horan Web Site Redesigned
Katy Horan featured in CP27 has redone her website with new work and
everything..
go check it http://www.katyart.com/
Sarah Cromarty and Salvatore Salamone – Reflections…an art
show
Annex: Uncharted Territory - Amy Chan and Jonathan Marshall
June 23 - July 21, 2007
Reception: Saturday, June 23 from 6-9pm
sixspace :: 5803 Washington Blvd., Culver City, CA 90232 (entrance in
back)
M
Modern Curates show at Hardrock-Vegas
June 29th and 30th
Racket Magazine & Hardrock Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas
Presents:
" Down Low Art Show"
HUGE Group Exhibition of
Original Paintings by 100+ artists!
Plus Book Signings by: SHAG (aka Josh Agle)
TIM BISKUP
JUSTIN BUA
LIZ McGRATH
& JON HUL
Fri, June 29th, 7pm-2am
Sat, June 30th, 2pm-2am
at HARDROCK Vegas!
Racket Magazine is bringing the culture- Las Vegas' Newest-and Most
Dangerous-Magazine Hosts 100-Plus Artists as Part of 944 Magazine's 2-Year
Anniversary Celebration.
M modern is the official curator of this art exhibition!.
BRAD & SUNDIE RUPPERT at Yard Dog
Saints & Sinners
New work from the King & Queen of vintage assemblage.
June 30 – August 5
YARD DOG
1510 S. Congress Ave.
Austin, TX 78704
512.912.1613
Artists’ reception
Saturday, June 30
7 – 9 PM
05.31.07
EAST LANSING, Mich. - Saturday, June 2 - East
Lansing's alternative art space, (SCENE)
Metrospace presents an evening of music featuring Bear Mountain Picnic,
The Darts, Stare Into the Sun, and The Hadituptoheres.
Doors open at 7pm and the show will begin at 8pm. This all ages show
is
smoke and alcohol free. There is a $5 admission for the event. Space
is
limited.
Headlining June 2nd will be The
Darts from St. Johns. The Darts
incorporate grunge and punk influences to deliver a range of energetic
and easy going sounds.
Stare Into the Sun has a darker and heavier sound, inhabiting an
“
indie-rock noir” headspace that is at once bracing and
melodically disconcerting.
Bear Mountain Picnic returns to East Lansing from their hometown of
Ypsilanti to bring listeners danceable garage rock.
Taylor band, The Hadituptoheres describe their sound as “raucous
noise death pop.” They pack a lot of energy and angst into their
music
and claim that they’ve had it up to here with rock and roll.
For more information about this, and other upcoming events please visit
www.scenemetrospace.com, or contact Peter Richards at (517) 319-6832.
The Green Lantern
June 2- July 1, 2007
Opening Reception: Saturday, June 2// 7-10pm
8pm performance by Mathias Kristersson – Every time I open my mouth
water comes out. It makes it difficult for me to speak.
Concert: Saturday, June 9// 7-10pm
Performances by Mathias Kristersson, Todd Mattei, Male, and others
Chicago, IL: The Green Lantern is pleased to present "Nothing is
possible to explain with language. It's without it it's impossible."
"
Nothing is possible to explain with language. It's without it it's
impossible." features new work by Mathias Kristersson and a project
room by Todd Mattei. "Nothing is possible to explain with language.
It's without it it's impossible." is the title and the thesis of this
exhibition.
Words are abstractions that can mean anything. They are
interchangeable devices that enable and hinder ideas, noises, and
images. Describe an optical illusion without words. Express silence
with words. This exhibition asks its audience to think about/listen
to/interact with language in a new way.
"
Nothing is possible to explain with language. It's without it it's
impossible." is a solo exhibition by Swedish artist Mathias
Kristersson. He uses sound, video and text to investigate the limits
of language. If language constructs reality, then this work creates a
new reality in order to deconstruct language. This exhibition is not
about semiotics.
"
Nothing is possible to explain with language. It's without it it's
impossible." has a project space by Todd Mattei. He makes digital
paintings (Yes, digital paintings. He situates digital media visually
and ideologically into the history of painting. That is a long story.
Nothing is constantly changing. It's an illusion that cannot be fixed
by the eyes). This exhibition is not conceptual.
Mathias Kristersson (b 1979) lives and works in Malmö, Sweden. He was
educated at Malmö Art Academy and UIC. The artist previously
participated in several exhibitions in Scandinavia, Istanbul, Turkey
and Chicago. This is his first solo exhibition in the United States.
Todd Mattei is an artist based in Chicago, where he received his MFA
from the University of Illinois, Chicago. His work is in technological
media including video, photography, and music. Past exhibitions
include Rowland Contemporary, Gallery 400 and Bridge Art Fair in
Chicago; the Milwaukee Museum of Art, and Publico in Cincinnati. He
has performed music throughout the U.S., in Europe, and Japan.
The Green Lantern gallery is located at 1511 N. Milwaukee Ave. in Chicago.--
The Green Lantern
1511 N Milwaukee Ave., 2nd Floor
Chicago IL 60622
773.266.4234
Lost Art Salon
John Whitworth Robson: An American in Paris
Thursday, June 7th
5:30 to 8:30pm
.
John Whitworth Robson (1881-1946) lived as an American
artist in Paris from 1905 to 1909. His drawings and etchings beautifully
capture the people and places of Turn-of-the-Century Paris.
French 75 Cocktails and chansons francaises de la butte Montmartre.
Lost Art Salon - A resource for Modern art & objects (1900-1960s)
Open to the public:
Tuesday through Saturday Noon to 5pm, 'til 7pm on Thursday.
Location: 245 South Van Ness Avenue, Suite 303, SF, CA, 94103 (at 13th/Division
Street, first building South of the freeway overpass across from the
101/80 freeway entrance)
www.lostartsalon.com
415.861.1530
Tart Gallery
Tart of the Month of June
JENNYBIRD ALCANTARA
03.09.07
Sixspace is proud to present:
Island of Relative Stability,
the debut Los Angeles solo exhibition by Sean Higgins.
sixspace :: 5803 Washington Blvd., Culver City, CA 90232 *entrance in back
03.08.07
DKRM Gallery presents:
CATHARINE
STEBBINS-PLACES
March 10 – April 14, 2007
Reception for the Artist: Saturday, March 10 2007 7-10 pm
Stebbins was inspired by childhood trips through the desert and views
the world as a full-scale diorama framed by the rear window of a 1963
Chevy station wagon. She finds the geographically remote inspiring. The “right
place” drives the tedium from her mind into a world of imagination
and possibility. “Vast, harsh deserts; dirt roads leading to unseen
canyons; beautiful places that I know could also be dangerous, are like
homing devices for me. Places where I feel insignificant yet powerful,
connected, and wholly alive” says Stebbins.
The locations in these large scale color photographs create feelings
of connectedness and ascendancy, anticipation and maybe a little dread;
locations that transcend the confines of time, where the past coexists
with the present, and fact and fiction become one. The viewers Intuition
determines if the given locale is special or just another vacant lot,
a hallowed site of worship or tragedy.
“
Stebbins’ photographs are like a crime scene…without a body.”
Image and artist statement.
DKRM Gallery
2121 San Fernando Road • Suite 3
Los Angeles, CA 90065
323.223.6867
02.27.07
Hemphill Fine Arts
TUG OF WAR
March 3 – April 7, 2007
Opening reception: Saturday, March 3, 630pm – 830pm
Book signing: Sunday, March 4, 3-5pm FREE
Art exhibition, "TUG-OF-WAR" and La Luz de Jesus Press/BSFA
Book signing event on Sunday, March 4. SHAG, Glenn Barr, Elizabeth McGrath,
Bob Dob, will be in attendance to sign their own monographs.
Features art work by: Ana Bagayan, Glenn Barr, Gary Baseman, Tim
Biskup, Scott G. Brooks, Daniel Martin Diaz, Bob Dob, P-Jay Fidler,
Tony Fitzpatrick, Jason Houchen, Yumiko Kayukawa, Laura Levine, Chris
Mars, Elizabeth McGrath, Scott Musgrove, Nathan Ota, Daniel Peacock,
Corey Sandelius, Joe Sorren, SHAG aka Josh Agle, Yoko Tanaka and Gary
Taxali.
Artists who will attend the reception (as of this release): Ana
Bagayan, Glenn Barr, Gary Baseman, Scott G. Brooks, Bob Dob, Jason
Houchen, Laura Levine, Elizabeth McGrath, Corey Sandelius, SHAG aka
Josh Agle as well as Billy Shire and Annie Adjchavanich. Live, phone
or radio interviews with any of the artists can be arranged.
Group show curated by Annie Adjchavanich, gallery director of Billy
Shire Fine Arts, Culver City, CA. ###
Hemphill Fine Arts, 1515 Fourteenth Street, NW, Washington, DC 20005
(202) 234-5601 Kimberly Gladfelter
YARDDOG presents:
Ethan Azarian
Saucers & Cows
March 3 – April 31
OPENING RECEPTION
Saturday, March 3
7 – 9 PM
Ethan will play a short set of music Austin artist Ethan Azarian gets out of
his
house and into Yard Dog.
Originally from Vermont where his father, folk legend Tom Banjo, still resides,
Ethan has lived in Austin, TX, for fifteen years, founding and releasing four
albums with the critically acclaimed band Orange Mothers. Described as "prophetic," truly
original, and non-commercial, Ethan's style is an eclectic mix of folk, pop,
and rock. Ethan makes his living as an artist working out of his studio
the In-House Gallery and has been named best local artist by the Austin Chronicle. In
2005, Ethan combined his music and art, playing musical venues and showing his
paintings around the country on his Greyhound Bus Tour. For his show at
Yard Dog, Ethan has focused his energies on paintings of flying saucers and cows.
Yard Dog
1510 S. Congress Ave.
Austin, TX 78704
512.912.1613
02.26.07
(Scene) Metrospace
(Scene) Metrospace in East Lansing, Michigan is moving, check
their site for updates. www.scenemetrospace.com
Roq La Rue Gallery and BLVD launch New Art Blog
Roq la Rue and BLVD Gallery are launching a
new art blog! They will be
focused on the underground art scene in the Northwest but will also be
touching on any pertinent national or international art news that catches
our fancy. In addition to them blogging, they have arts writer Larry
Reid on board. It has just launched, so let the world know your thoughts! Blog
Link.
Lost Art Salon Gallery
Alexandra Docili (1910-1983): Her Visionary Worlds of Natural Curiosities.
Thursday, February 22nd from 5:30 to 8:30pm (through the
end of April).
Lost Art Salon
Open to the public: Tuesday through Saturday Noon to 5pm, 'til 7pm
on Thursday.
Location: 245 South Van Ness Avenue, Suite 303, SF, CA, 94103
(between 14th and 13th/Division Streets, first building South of the
freeway overpass across from the 101/80 freeway entrance)
415.861.1530
02.06.07
Lunar Boy Gallery
Paintings by Mike Lewis
Saturday, February 10 6-9 PM
After a stormy season of wind, rain and snow, the North Coaster residents
and visitors can enjoy a lively art event to break the wet winter routine. Grab
the coats and hats and head to downtown Astoria on the evening of Saturday,
February 10th and much will be found to delight the senses and inspire
the mind. It is Astoria Arts Night Out and the Lunar Boy Gallery
will be doing it up Lunar Boy Style!
Featuring the work of Seattle artist, Mike Lewis, beer truck driver by
day - impassioned artist by nature. Lewis has a degree in illustration
from Syracuse, New York, and brings to Astoria a show entitled: "Mechanized
Compassion and the New Millennia" featuring acrylic paintings. These
visually rewarding pieces are surreal yet down to earth, many with muted
tones and a feeling of benevolent darkness sporting characters that could
have walked out of the infrastructure of the movie, Brazil.
As is often the case at Lunar Boy, our artists hail from all over the
planet so it is always a bonus when the creator is on hand to discuss
the work and meet the local art enthusiasts. In honor of the artist's
favorite prepackaged dessert - Little Debbie snack cakes will be served
along with a healthy dose of festive beverages that will be driven down
from Seattle be the artist himself.
In addition to our featured show, Lunar Boy Gallery owner, Deborah Starr,
has also pulled together a spontaneous artistic exercise called "Love
Letters" that will debut on this opening night. Seven artists
were given several 6 x 6 inch boards, each designated with a different
letter of the alphabet. The exercise was to create a piece of art
using the letter that represents something that has to do with love. Two
of the participating artists, Joan Charles and Rebecca Reka O'Connell,
were winners of the Children's Book Writers and Illustrators contest
juried by Starr. At Lunar Boy gallery during the November 2006 Astoria
Arts Night Out, patrons were able to vote and O'Connell's piece received
the "People's Choice Award".
:Lunar Boy Gallery • 1133 Commercial Street • Astoria, Oregon 97103
02.02.07
Yard Dog Gallery presents:
Eric Bellis
Many Buffaloes
February 3 - 25
Opening party: Saturday, February 3, 7 - 9 PM
For many years, Eric Bellis, a native of the UK living in Los Angeles, has for
some years created images of farm animals inspired by 19th-century English painting.
While continuing his tradition of farm animal paintings, Bellis has recently
turned his attention to North America’s largest native land mammal, the
buffalo. For his first solo show, Eric has done 15 paintings, all of them
of buffalo. And, of course, they are all on our website, http://www.yarddog.com/.
Eric is a long-time member of the fab UK band the Mekons and a solo recording
artist on Bloodshot Records.
Yard Dog Gallery & YARDDOG.COM
The Green Lantern
This Saturday, February 3rd doors open at 8 pm at The Green Lantern
for a improvised collaboration between local music artists Celian
Whiren and Jacob Christopher. Saxophonist Celia Whiren and Artist
Jacob Christopher collaborate on a set of improvised electroacoustic
music as a sonic response to "Hot Mess" by Peter Hoffman and
Caleb
Lyons. Celia plays various wind instruments through guitar effects
processors and sings. Simultaneously Jacob will be mixing on the
laptop with tape loops and hand-crafted instruments. The duo has never
met before and were put together by friends of the gallery.
Please join us! This is the closing ceremony for HOT MESS, it's BYOB
and there is a $5 suggested donation.
The Green Lantern is located at 1511 N Milwaukee ave., second floor
Chicago IL 60622
Up the Empire (ex-Kilowatthours) announces album release date
NYC's Up the Empire is basically the band
Kilowatthours under a new name and sound. The name change came about
in the
summer of 2004 when they found themselves writing darker, heavier music.
Elements of Oneida, Neu! and Dinosaur Jr. abound, leaving us to exclaim,
"
Hey, you got your crunchy noise pop in my krautrock," and then to
retort,
"
And you got your krautrock all up in my crunchy noise!" At which
point we
begin to salivate and nod our heads rhythmically while the band churns
and
drones and sings in unison. Up the Empire. Way up. Their new record will
be out 5.08.07 and will be distributed via Red Eye. Local NYC folk will
be
able to grab a copy of the record as early as 2.10.07 when they play
the
Mercury Lounge. As for the rest of us, aside from a smattering of weekend
shows on the East Coast, we'll have to wait until May. In the meantime,
dig
www.myspace.com/uptheempire for sounds and whatnot.
Triclops! Releases
Album, Looks at Us Funny
Sick Room Records
is an under-heralded Chicago
label. Look to the left on our main page and you'll see we, however,
have
not lacked in the heralding department vis-à-vis our favorite
Chicago record
releaser. And they're at it again, releasing the debut EP from Triclops!,
next week,
2.06.07. The band has ex-members of Bottles and Skulls, Fleshies, Victims
Family and Lower Forty-Eight, and
it sounds like it, but even better. And fucked up. The singer's got
some
crazy effects on his voice and it all warbles up next to the clanging
and
banging of the instruments quite nicely. Recalls the Jesus Lizard singing
if David Yow was singing underwater and if the band's amps spat dirt
along
with the snarl. Word has it they've signed to GSL for their full-length,
so
kudos to Sick Room for getting a piece of the action.
Thee More Shallows signs to Anticon; hip-hop album to follow?
Yo yo yo. Thee
More Shallows has signed to Anticon,
which may raise a few
eyebrows among those who think of the label as a haven for indie hip-hop.
But with
tripped out artists like Restiform Bodies and 13 & God (members of
themselves and The
Notwist), not to mention the lush instrumental palettes and imaginations
of
Dosh, Why? and Odd Nosdam, the move makes perfect sense. Read about Thee
More Shallows in the current issue of Copper Press (CP28). Their new
album,
Book of Bad Breaks, will be released this spring, with a tour
to follow.
02.01.07
54º40' or Fight! to release new records; inks new distribution deal
After several years with Allegro Music/NAIL, 54º40' or Fight! (sister
company of this here magazine) has signed a distribution deal with Red
Eye.
On 4.03.07, the label will introduce to the listening public (and those
who
shun society, whether they be vampires or pretentious intellectuals,
in
private as well) debut albums from Ferocious Eagle and Paper Airplanes.
Both bands will be touring in April, with Ferocious Eagle spending the
first
ten days of its tour with Jade Tree Records artists Panda & Angel.
Paper
Airplanes was featured on Spin.com
(http://www.spin.com/features/heythisisawesome/2007/01/070103_thepaperairpla
nes/) back on 1.03.07. These records will be available for purchase soon
from www.fiftyfourfortyorfight.com and this site, and by April 3rd, in
stores everywhere. In the meantime, visit www.myspace.com/ferociouseagle
and www.myspace.com/paperairplanes for sounds, news, tour dates and to
read
comments from enthusiastic fans and snarky inside jokes from the bands'
friends.
Daughters Sino-Russian Protest Tour
Well, it's probably not in protest, knowing the political leanings of
indie
rockers, to the Sino-Russian treaty, signed in 2001 by ex-KGB and current
thug Russian President Vladimir Putin and Google's main man in China,
Jiang
Zemin, himself no stranger to oppressive leadership. After all, "friendship
and cooperation" that would result in a "just and rational
new international
order" along totalitarian Communist lines sounds like an undergrad
majoring
in international relations' wet dream. "Down with US hegemony! Up
with
forced famine and labor camps and the slaughter of 250,000 dogs!"
Why all the hubbub? Well, Daughters is touring with Chinese Stars and
Russian Circles - and Cattle Decapitation. And we all know what Cattle
Decapitation stands for: Headless cows. Well, at least Daughters is
starting their tour in Japan. Now there's a rational country devoid of
a
history of imperialist ambitions. Oh wait. Scratch that.
Click here for tour dates.
The
Eternals Tour Dates
The Eternals will
be striking out on the road
in support of its latest full-length, the boombastic and dubtastic
experimental rock opus Heavy
International.
Supporting on most dates will be the one-man drag-theatre spectacle that is
Edie Sedgwick. Get down!
Click here for tour dates.
Lump Gallery/Projects is very pleased to present:
Independent
People an exhibition of new work by Leah Bailis.
Lump will host an opening
reception
Friday, February 2nd from 7 - 11 during the First Friday Gallery Walk
located in downtown Raleigh. The exhibition will run from February
2 - 24 and is on view Saturdays from noon - 5pm.
Leah Bailis uses constructed objects to tell the story of the American
pioneering desire for an independent life – the “better” life
embodied by the iconic American home – and the sprawling suburban
sameness and waste left in the wake of unfulfilled desire.
Lump gallery/projects
505 South Blount Street, Raleigh, NC 27601, 919-821-9999
DVA Gallery has Beavis and Butthead art.
Be the first person to buy original Beavis and Butt-head artwork! Released
for the first time from MTV!
Mike Judge will be at the gallery Feb. 8th
DvA Gallery
2568 N. Lincoln Ave.
Chicago, IL 60614
TART
Gallery presents
February featured artist, Bonni Reid
Copro/Nason Gallery presents
Sas Christian
At A Glance
"At A Glance" art show of new oil paintings this
Saturday February 3 with an artist reception from 8:00-11:30 pm.
This will be her first show in Los Angeles for many years so don't miss
it.
CoproNason Gallery, 2525 Michigan Ave. T5, Santa Monica, Ca 90404
01.27.07
JONATHAN LeVINE GALLERY PRESENTS...
RUAS DE SÃO PAULO: A BENEFIT ART AUCTION
Hosted by BrazilFoundation and Jonathan LeVine Gallery
JANUARY 31, 2007: 7pm -10pm
The New Space: 531 West 21st Street
JONATHAN LEVINE GALLERY AND BRAZIL FOUNDATION RAISE FUNDS FOR BRAZILIAN STREET
ARTISTS’ CROSS-CULTURAL EXPERIENCE
Jonathan LeVine Gallery and BrazilFoundation will host Ruas de São Paulo:
A Benefit Art Auction on January 31, 2007 from 7pm to 10pmat The Newspace, located
at 530 West 21st Street in Chelsea.
The benefit is organized to raise funds for eight Brazilian street artists from
São Paulo and Choque Cultural Gallery representatives to participate in
a multi-tiered cultural immersion in New York City. Artists will raise awareness
of Brazilian art and culture through community outreach and educational events.
Projects include a public mural project, live painting demonstration and art
exhibition, and Brazilian-themed celebrations. Proceeds from the event will go
to BrazilFoundation and to support travel and lodging for the group of visiting
Brazilian artists.
The open-invite fundraiser will feature an open bar with beer and mixed drinks
from Sambazon and Beleza Pura, music, a silent auction and an “equal opportunity” art
raffle including prints, books and original pieces from Jonathan LeVine Gallery
artists. Jonathan LeVine Gallery artists are donating works exclusively for this
auction event to support this international arts community. The silent auction
will feature work by:
The Silent Auction can be previewed online Monday, January 29th at
www. jonathanlevinegallery.com/fundraiser. Online bidders can place their
maximum bids until January 31st at 4:00pm, at which time the online
auction will close. Auction participants at the event will have until
10pm to place their final bids.
Admission is $30* (minimum donation) and includes a personalized "BrazilFoundation
friend card." Besides contributing towards a better Brazil, cardholders
will benefit from special rewards offered by the friends of BrazilFoundation
campaign partners, including restaurants and business in New York City
and others across the country. All door proceeds to benefit the BrazilFoundation.
Capacity for this event is limited and pre-registration online via
credit card is strongly encouraged to guarantee admittance. Admission
at the door is cash only and will be on a space-available basis.
Pre-register via the Friend of Brazil link on:http://brazilfoundation.org.
Inspired by a trip to Brazil in April of 2006, Jonathan LeVine began
orchestrating the project. “This cultural exchange will provide
opportunities for Brazilian mural painters to interact with other artists
in the community,” commented Jonathan LeVine, “And for
the public to learn more about Brazilian street art and culture.”
01.23.07
m modern gallery presents:
" BLONDE BOMBSHELL 2007"
Group Art Show PLUS
"
BEAUTIFUL FIEND"
a solo exhibition of originals by
JOEY REMMERS
Opening Reception
Sat., Jan. 27th, 2007 from 7-10pm
Two Great Shows in One Great Evening!
m modern, 2500 N.
Palm Canyon Dr, Palm Springs, CA
01.05.07
Mahan Gallery presents
Springtide
Dani Leventhal, Jeremy Nichols, Seth Scantlen, Jonna Twigg
The Mahan Gallery proudly presents the latest works from veteran artist
Seth Scantlen. Seth is joined by first time exhibitors Dani Leventhal,
Jeremy Nichols, and Jonna Twigg in an exhibition titled, Springtide.
This new suite of paintings, drawings, and collages is inspired by political,
erotic, and suggestive images as a vehicle to inflect the overall disposition
of an ambitious youth.
Opening reception, Saturday, January 6, 6–10pm
January 6–27, 2007
Mahan Gallery
1042 North High Street, Columbus, OH 43215 | ph: 614.294.3278
hours: Tuesday - Saturday, 11 - 5 and by appointment
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