LA LUZ DE JESUS GALLERY

LA LUZ DE JESUS GALLERY Soap Plant / Wacko 4633 Hollywood Blvd.  Los Angeles, CA 90027 www.laluzdejesus.com  4/25: Blighted Eye Book Signing with Glen Bray and Robert Williams 5/2: The 3rd Biennial Taxidermy Show   Blighted Eye:  Original Comic Art from the Glen Bray Collection Book Release & Signing Party with special guest Robert Williams  Friday, April 25, 2014  7 - 9 PM   The Blighted Eye showcases Glen Bray's extensive collection of original comic art by a pantheon of cartooning masters, including Charles Addams, Carl Barks, Charles Burns, Al Capp, Dan Clowes, Jack Cole, R. Crumb, Jack Davis, Kim Deitch, Will Elder, Al Feldstein, Virgil Finlay, Drew Friedman, Chester Gould, Justin Green, Rick Griffin, Bill Griffith, Matt Groening, George Grosz, V.T. Hamlin, Jaime Hernandez, George Herriman, Al Hirshfeld, Graham Ingels, Bernie Krigstein, Harvey Kurtzman, Gary Panter, Virgil Partch, Savage Pencil, Peter Pontiac, Charles Rodrigues, Spain Rodriguez, Charles Schulz, Gilbert Shelton, Joost Swarte, Stanislav Szukalski, Irving Tripp, Chris Ware, S. Clay Wilson, Basil Wolverton, Wallace Wood, Jim Woodring, Art Young, and - it should go without saying - many more.   The Blighted Eye is the most copious, the most diverse, and the most lavish compilation of original comic art ever published - all from the mind-boggling collection of Glenn Bray. Bray was an enthusiast of marginal or outsider American pop culture when he started to collect original comic art in 1965 - a time when very few people, including the artists themselves, truly valued the original art. Bray has, over the last nearly 50 years, amassed the most eclectic collection of original comic art in private hands. Public exhibitions of original comics art has proliferated over the last decade with such shows as Masters of American Comics at LA's Hammer Museum and R. Crumb's Underground at Seattle's Frye Museum. Glenn Bray will be at the event in person to sign his book, as will Robert Williams, who supplied a foreword.

The 3rd Biennial Taxidermy Show May 2 - June 1, 2014 Opening Reception: Friday, May 2nd, 8-11 PM Live Taxidermy Demonstration: Saturday, May 3rd, 12-3 PM La Luz De Jesus Gallery proudly presents our 3rd Biennial Taxidermy Show. This is not your granddady's taxidermy: road kill is a central part of the "recycled" philosophy of this unusual and enlightening exhibition, as are discarded livestock, destroyed nuisance animals, casualties of the pet trade and animals that have expired from natural causes. Other sculptures utilize taxidermy techniques in an unorthodox way to fashion fantastic beasts from everyday materials-even the recycled pelts of toy stuffed animals. Elements of technology and decoration combine to create ornaments that approach high art, not only in craft, but in concept.   Materials and even species are mixed, helping to broaden presumptive definitions.  Pieces in this exhibition span Steam Punk to Rococo -from playful to elegant.   ANIMALS ARE NOT KILLED IN THE WORK, but rather are used to create a conversation about death and taxidermy.   Partial artist list: Divya Anantharaman Emily Binard Sarina Brewer Kristin Bunyard Cindy Cronk Ai Honda Katie Innamorato Jeremy Johnson Jessica Joslin Lauren Kane Jeffrey R. Kibbe Dr. Paul Koudounaris Liz Mcgrath Brian Poor Ave Rose Emi Slade Simone Smith Vega Brooke Weston Mikal Winn Final line-up to be announced next week Click here to see preview images (with more going up in the next few days). Check out the previous Taxidermy shows: 2010: Two-Headed Squirrels & Circus Mice Rogue Taxidermy at La Luz de Jesus Gallery: LA Weekly 2012: Rogue Taxidermy At La Luz de Jesus Gallery      Makes Taxidermy Even Weirder: Huffington Post     Images from the last Rogue Taxidermy Show in 2012. Lee Joseph Publicity  for the Visual Arts           lj@leejosehpublicity.com - 818.415.5543 PO Box 1975, Burbank CA 91057   LEE JOSEPH PUBLICITY WILL SOON BECOME  REVERBERATIONS MEDIA.  STAY TUNED FOR A NEW, USER FRIENDLY WEBSITE!

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ReOrient Hold Back

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DREAMLAND

Garis & Hahn presents Sam Austen, 'A Door Has Opened', production still from colour 35mm photograph, 2013   DREAMLAND A group exhibition featuring: Sam Austen, Stefania Batoeva, Nigel Dunkley, Sophie Lee, Alex Rathbone, Guy Rusha, John Tiney and Lachlan Thom Curated by Grace Schofield and Preeya Seth   New York, NY [March 21, 2014] – Garis & Hahn is pleased to present DREAMLAND, a group exhibition featuring mixed-media installation, painting, sculpture and film by London artists, all of whom will be showing in the US for the first time. An essential commonality between all the artists featured in this exhibition are their varied strands of connection to Britain – some are of British heritage whereas others have chosen the UK as a base to continue developing their artistic practice. The works, curated by Grace Schofield and Preeya Seth, embrace organic and imaginative possibilities over the sleek refinement often privileged by aggressively commoditized contemporary art. There will be an opening reception at Garis & Hahn (263 Bowery, New York, NY 10002) from 6:00-8:00pm on Wednesday, May 7th. Titled after the now defunct theme park situated in the English seaside town of Margate, DREAMLAND promises a venture into playfulness and sincerity that could be seen to serve as a direct response to the current art market’s focus on hyper-polished works and the use of expensive materials. The collection, chosen for its carnivalesque content, invites and encourages viewers to explore eccentricity and the complexities of the imagination. Guests can expect a vibrant and spontaneous show that unveils the potency of conscious and subconscious dreaming. The artists, who predominantly live and work in London, are showcasing their new work for the very first time in the US, an abundance of synergistic possibilities evident between them. Sam Austen taps into surreal fantasy with his text-heavy film. Painstakingly collaged and filmed on 16mm, he presents shots evocative of the dreamy lights and labyrinthine landscape of theme parks while juxtaposing moments of melancholy, humor and ecstasy, like a ghost train from the 1980s. Sophie Lee shares similar aesthetic priorities in her own film work, cultivating and establishing previously unnoticed cultural narratives via a synthesis of disparate contextual elements and creative modes, such as essays, music videos and children’s television programming. Where Lee’s journey may have been fanciful and idiosyncratic, John Tiney’s work finds cartoon figures copied from ’80s men’s magazines, in states of vulnerability and embarrassment, painted on top of found ‘failed’ paintings that were discarded in the artist’s studio by previous tenants. Guy Rusha and Nigel Dunkley draw on and repurpose more familiar imagery: the ever-popular characters of Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner are cut from steel and cast as silhouettes on the wall in Dunkley’s installation; while Rusha presents a human-scale boulder sculpted from deep blue foam, which teeters on an absurdly small plinth in the middle of the room. Alex Rathbone creates narrative-driven storyboards, imagined worlds which find a compelling chorus of characters (a scientist, a hippie, a cloaked mystic) in a haunting and vaguely interwoven tale. Conversely, Lachlan Thomemphasizes abstract and existential settings in his paintings, reading the picture plane both as a reflection and exploration of one’s lucid experience of reality. Stefania Batoeva’s calm and beautiful plaster works, in turn, seek to translate the perpetually in flux mental moods of light, reminiscent of day dreaming and childhood fantasy. While vast and varied in scope, these spirited works are bound by the way they all fuse together intensity, integrity and imagination with uncanny delight. Their conversation with one another – and with the viewer – creates a space that is authentic, engaging and welcoming to all those who value philosophy just as much as play. This space is called DREAMLAND, and the viewer is invited to come and share in the possibilities. About Garis & Hahn Garis & Hahn is a gallery-cum-Kunsthalle that mounts exhibitions focused on conceptual narratives and relevant conversations in contemporary art. By displaying an array of carefully curated artists, the gallery endeavors to provide accessibility, education, awareness, and a market to the art while engaging both the arts community and a broader general audience. Location Garis & Hahn 263 Bowery New York, NY 10002 Contact P. 212.228.8457 F. 917.720.9851 info@garisandhahn.com Gallery Hours Tuesday – Saturday, 11-7 #fineartmagazine

McNeilGroup At The Refinery Hotel 7-10PM tonight

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woodstock arts festival 2014

Woodstock Arts Festival 2014

 

 

 Call to Artists

What: Fine Art and Wine Festival 

 

Where: Historic Village Green, Woodstock, VT

When: Saturday & Sunday 

          September 6th - 7th, 2014

          Saturday: 10AM - 5PM

          Sunday: 10AM - 4PM

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kashya hildebrand gallery london

Detail, Layer Drawing - Cloud Fog, inkjet print on film, 100 x 100 x 2200 cm

Private Preview – Thursday, 24 April, 2014, 6-9pm
Nobuhiro Nakanishi
Reticulated Time
25 April – 14 June 2014
Exhibition Preview 
Press Release
Image Sheet

Lisa Ross at the Brunei Gallery, London 
Living Shrines: Uyghur Manifestations of Faith, Saints and Islam in Western China
Until 21 June 

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Gallery Henoch

U P C O M I N G     E X H I B I T I O N S

ERIC ZENER

Eric Zener, Reaching for More, Oil on Canvas, 66" x 88" April 24 - May 17, 2014  Opening Reception: Saturday, April 26th, 6-8 PM  #fineartmagazine

MCA SCREEN: LESLIE HEWITT IN COLLABORATION WITH BRADFORD YOUNG

MCA SCREEN: LESLIE HEWITT IN COLLABORATION WITH BRADFORD YOUNG May 17 - August 31, 2014   The Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA) Chicago presents a two-channel video installation,Untitled (Structures) by artist Leslie Hewitt in collaboration with award-winning cinematographerBradford Young. The work features a series of short, silent vignettes filmed at sites connected to the Civil Rights Movement and the struggle for racial equality in the United States. The exhibition is on view May 17 to August 31, 2014 and is organized by Naomi Beckwith, MCA Marilyn and Larry Fields Curator. Inspired by an archive of Civil Rights-era photographs-many of them iconic-at the Menil Collection in Houston, Hewitt and Young shot Untitled (Structures) originally on 35 mm film. They worked in the Arkansas Delta, Memphis, and Chicago, at sites that were significant to the Great Migration and Civil Rights era. In Chicago, the artists visited the former Johnson Publishing Company building, the once-headquarters of Ebony and Jet magazines, and the Rosenwald Apartments, an affordable housing complex in the Bronzeville neighborhood, amongst other locations. Hewitt and Young do not set out to document what each historically-significant site looks like in the present day, necessarily; rather they investigate how meaning might resonate in these often unmarked spaces over time, a more subjective search for historical traces. Untitled (Structures) includes scenes that are so still that they might resemble photographs rather than film footage, aside from subtle movements like lights flickering or people blinking. This style defies conventional cinematic representations of passing time and slows down the act of looking.   New York-based visual artist Leslie Hewitt received a Master of Fine Arts from Yale University. In addition to her films, her studio practice includes photography-as a way of exploring time- sculpture, and installation-based work. She has held residencies at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, and the Studio Museum in Harlem, and she was included in the 2008 Whitney Biennial. Bradford Young moved to Chicago from Louisville, Kentucky, during his youth and attended Howard University in Washington, D.C., for undergraduate and graduate film school, where he studied under Ethiopian filmmaker Haile Gerima. Young has won cinematography awards at the Sundance Film Festival for his work on Pariah (2011), Mother of George (2013), and Ain't Them Bodies Saints (2013). This is Hewitt and Young's second film collaboration. Untitled (Structures) is produced by Karin Chien and was co-commissioned by the Museum of Contemporary Art  (MCA) Chicago, the Menil Collection, and the Des Moines Art Center. #fineartmagazine

Dvorak - String Quartet No.12 in F major, Op.96 "America Barber, String Quartet

JOIN US TO CELEBRATE   SPRING SEASON AWAKENING To enjoy  the evening of chamber music, champagne and caviar At the New beautiful  Opera America theater 330 Seventh Avenue (between 28th and 29th street) on April 17th, 2014 at 7:30pm Dvorak - String Quartet No.12 in F major, Op.96 "America Barber, String Quartet   Purchase Tickets click here: http://soundofspring.brownpapertickets.com Don't wait! Number of seats is limited Contact:  (917) 859-5936  We'll be happy to introduce the IRIS QUARTET formed by four talented musicians (Yibin Li - violin, Muneyoshi Takahashi - violin, Entela Barci - viola and Sean Katsuyama - cello) trained at New York's most renowned Juilliard School and Eastman School of Music. The quartet which has presented concerts at some of New York's finest venues, such as Weil Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, Merkin Hall, Metropolitan Play House, The Cathedral of St. John the Divine, will perform Dvorak - String Quartet No.12 in F major, Op.96 "America Sponsored by: Wine Spring,   80 Varick St. New York, NY 10013  212-226-7383,   email: info@winespring.us #fineartmagazine

Tiki Oasis 14: "Beat-Tiki"

Tiki Oasis 14: "Beat-Tiki"   A Gathering of the  Urban Beachcomber - Bohemian Underground  in San Diego, August 14-17, 2014 Thursday August 14 -  Bali Hai Resturant Friday - Sunday, August 15-17 - The Crown Plaza, Hotel Circle www.tikioasis.com   HOTEL ROOMS AND TICKETS GO ON SALE TODAY,  THURSDAY, APRIL 9 at 7:00 PM PDT Dear Media Friends, Tiki Oasis is back, and this year the Polynesian Pop lifestyle weedender explores and embraces the mid-century centric Beat Generation! Leave squaresville behind and come dig four days of mixology, live and dj music sets, educational symposiums, book signings, marketplace shopping, art, burlesque, comedy, vintage cars, fashion, food, kids events, and more! Tiki Oasis is a family produced event taking place in Southern California with performers, educators, artists and attendees from all over the world. Click here for previous Tiki Oasis press and video. Tiki Oasis 14: "Beat-Tiki" weekender offers a unique pairing of the Beatnik and Tiki ethos. Like the Beat Generation of legend and lore, today's Tiki aficionados are drawn to primitivism and thirst to reconnect with the primal past, celebrating it in a modern context. Spend a carefree weekend in an urban oasis amidst fellow barefoot bohemians, reveling in the kind of art, music, literature and mixology that is sure to flip your lid! Tiki Oasis' "Beat-Tiki" weekender will quell your wanderlust, quench your thirst, and leave you with life-fulfilling memories. In the spirit of Beat literati, The Beat Musem (San Francisco) will host a City Lights-sponsored pop-up bookstore as well as an expanded booksigning event. There will be several scheduled and spontaneous poetry readings by well-known and unknown authors and poets. And we have increased the number of educational symposiums: Learn about the proto-hippie, flute-playing poet, composer, naturalist, and urban explorerEden Ahbez with researcher/author Brian Chidester; The heart of the Venice Beach Beatnik scene is examined by author Domenic Priore; Beat era artist, original Disney Imagineer, and creator of the Tiki Room Tikis, Rolly Crump, shares his thoughts; and many more.  Stay tuned for performer list, event specific emails, a digital music sampler of the live entertainment, images and interview opportunities. I will be handling all media credential requests and will meet and greet media on-site. My contact info is below. Feel free to get in touch with any questions you may have! Note: Lee Joseph Publicity will soon become Reveberations Media  with a fresh new look and user friendly website for both media and the public. I will let you know as soon as the transition takes place and the new website is up.  #fineartmagazine

Walter Wickiser Gallery would like to invite you to join us at Silicon Valley Contemporary 2014!

Walter Wickiser Gallery would like to invite you to join us at 

Silicon Valley Contemporary 2014!

Time

Thursday, April 10th | 5pm - 9:30pm (First Look, Opening Night Preview)

Friday, April 11th | 11am – 8pm
Saturday, April 12th | 11am – 8pm
Sunday, April 13th | 11am – 6pm

Place

San Jose McEnery Convention Center
(150 W San Carlos St, San Jose, CA 95113)

Walter Wickiser Gallery's Booth Number: 310

***If you would like to attend, please follow the link below to register for your DAY PASS.***

DAY PASS will you an access to any 1 day of the fair April 11, 12 or 13

(http://www.eventbrite.com/e/walter-wickiser-day-pass-tickets-10775976235)

  

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Walter Wickiser Gallery

 210 Eleventh Ave Suite 303. 

 New York, NY 10001

   212.941.1817

 www.walterwickisergallery.com

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