Category: Exhibitions

“Glen from Glendale” – Opens April 10th

 

Glenjamn & HVW8 Gallery LA present:

“Glen from Glendale”
(His first art show ever)

OPENING RECEPTION
Wednesday, April 10, 6 -10pm

LIMITED PRINTS & BOOKS (Just An Idea) & SHIRTS (BXR) available

MUSIC BY:
THEE MIKE B & FRIENDS

FOOD:
Double Dragon BBQ
DRINK:
OPEN BEER

Email: rsvp@hvw8.com

Exhibition Runs to April 16th

HVW8 Gallery
661 N. Spaulding Ave. 90036

Dafterparty:
Cobras & Matadors
10pm+
7505 Melrose Ave.

Read LA Times Article :

Call it the Glenjamn effect. The photographer has been taking us inside L.A. parties for 20 years

MINA MANIA – HVW8 Berlin

MINA MANIA
TWISTS AND TURNS

Opening on March 8, International Women’s Day.

HVW8 Berlin is pleased to announce TWISTS AND TURNS an exhibition by German artist MINA MANIA.

Just like a dance, life consists of twists and turns.
Constantly in the move, changing, transforming.

HVW8 Berlin and MINA MANIA invite you to dance with Nana and explore the power of this iconic female figure.

For more information please contact
manuel@hvw8.com

NOTHING LASTS – Raj Debah

Setting out on a meaningful journey to shine a light on an untold story, using the tools of mixed media shaped by photos, artifacts, collage, found footage, and video art. I use my work to connect with themes of human isolation and evolution to explore the complex story of nomadic assimilation. I focus on the scarcely recorded histories of indentured and indigenous communities with historical bonds to the West Indies. Uncovering their journey as a mirror to my own existence and a way to confront my struggles tied to growing issues of censorship, bigotry and oppression across the globe.

– Raj Debah

Born in 1978 in Manhattan NYC and raised up in the Bronx NY hailing from first generation immigrant parents from the West Indies. Raj Debah now lives and works practicing his art in Los Angeles California.

Opening Nov. 18th, 7 – 10pm at HVW8 Los Angeles

Monja Gentschow – Kurzurlaub, Opens Nov. 17th, 6 – 9pm, Berlin


the highlights of my childhood days were
the family’s all-inclusive tours
my sister and i would browse through catalogues
and select the hotel (according to the pool)
endless seas of parasols, a poolside,
colorful drinks from the hotel bar,
turquoise water and 90ies chairs became
the symbols of my longings
head vacation?
ignoring the news because too sensitive
nowadays, if we need a short break
we escape into the vacations of others on instagram
italy, dolce vita – LA, palms and pools –
mykonos, parasols and cliffs
a time of relaxation for me and
the audience
the beautiful, carefree and simple
inspired by your holiday picture

Monja Gentschow is an artist and illustrator, born and raised in Berlin. She studied at Kunsthochschule Berlin-Weißensee and Universität der Künste. She crafts all artworks for the music label Keinemusik, illustrated a column for the newspaper Zeit and designed her own set of playing cards amongst many other projects.

As We Are – Group Exhibition

HVW8 Gallery presents a group show curated by Mtendere Mandowa (Teebs) – As We Are –  a title both permanent and impermanent.  It evokes nature and complements the soothing combination of the pieces exhibited.  The works use different mediums such as natural grown and dyed prints and cloth, abstract woodblock paintings, ceramic vessels and audio visual works, all of which resonate with the values of meditation in movement.  The artists and their work showcase meaningful reminders of self-care practices in motion, and a connection to one another as people in places.  All works were created or completed in 2020 during the ongoing pandemic.

Artist Bios 

Melissa “Misa” Chhan*

Misa is an artist and natural dyer who lives and works in Los Angeles.  She works across natural dyes, textiles, printmaking, and artists books. Her background in Book Arts / Papermaking / Natural Fibers lead her to explore natural dyes as a medium to stay engaged with and learn from the natural world.  The mindset of domination over nature creates a scenario where we feel detached from nature as opposed to understanding that we are fundamentally dependent on it.  Her goal is to bring pure joy through making work with nature and her surroundings.  She spends her time gardening, practicing how to coax color from plants, and researching natural dyes and minerals and how to integrate them in her daily life.

B.A., Book Arts at University of California, Santa Barbara. 2013

https://www.misa.studio/

Kishi Yuma (b. 1993 in Tochigi, Japan)

Since graduating from the University of Tokyo’s Graduate School of Engineering, Department of Electrical Optics in 2019, he has been active at the base in Tokyo.  He mainly produces works that consider “love” as energy that transcends time and space by looking at “ghosts” in parallel universes using Deep Learning.  His works have been used by NIKE and VOGUE, and he is active in many fields.

https://obake2ai.com/

Jeannie Kwon (b. 1986)

Los Angeles based artist now working/living in Brooklyn NY.  She is a 1st generation Korean-American with a background in the interior design industry. A self-trained potter, Jeannie produces functional works of art that explore the relationships between design, environment, materials, and space with influence from her Korean background and history in pottery. The works shown in As We Are are meditative pieces in a focused form made in Brooklyn in late 2020.

Instagram @jeanniekwonstudio

Leland Jackson (b. 1988)

A Los Angeles based mixed media artist who produces music under the alias Ahnnu.  At a young age, cartooning and graffiti built a background of drawing and painting in Jackson’s life.  As a self-taught artist his work comes from the non-formal, influenced by the experimental practices of musique concrete, abstract expressionism, art brut and hip hop. His approach to image making blends an automatic style of mark making and gestural line work, sometimes alongside collage techniques. A central theme linking all of Jackson’s work is one of human nature , exploring the psychological and mythical worlds of the self.  His musical work is made using a computer, manipulating, blending and assembling samples, recorded audio and electronic sounds.  Ahnnu’s ‘World Music’ and ‘Perception’ was released on Leaving Records, with ‘Perception’ gaining notoriety in Rolling Stone’s top avant-garde albums of 2015.  His other work under Ahnnu, ‘Battered Sphinx’ and ‘Special Forces’ was released on the NNA Tapes label. 

Y2525 is a frame animated music video from Ahnnu’s album ‘Pattern Play’. The video is synchronized to the rhythmic and tonal character of the track. The sounds are represented by a stripped down visual language of lines, circles and squares plotted briefly, at times looping and at others accommodating single occurrences in the composition of the music, all of which collapse onto each other and dissipate.  The viewer is placed in a perpetual transience; a sensory ride of deconstructed motion, rhythm and design. 

Instagram @mellowdeg

Mtendere Mandowa (b.1987 in New York)

With Malawi and Barbados origins, Mandowa is a producer, a painter, and contributing member of the noted LA based Brainfeeder record label under the moniker Teebs. His paintings often reflect his music production: collaging, overlapping, and mixing imagery with painted gestures to create a meditative and abstract visual landscape.  The work emanates a sense of organic appeal with feelings of warmth and rhythm coalescing.  At times the works seem overgrown with organic shapes bending and folding atop one another while at other times the compositions remain sparse and refined.

The woodblock paintings are ritual studies in color and shape performed in the mornings.  Each piece shows abstract shapes overlapping and interacting in a rhythmic manner as they share a limited space in the frame of the wood blocks.  The blocks are scraps of wood bought from lumber yards and cut and sanded to shape.

Web tteebbss.com 

Keith Forever

Skateboarding legend and streetwear pioneer Keith Hufnagel passed away at age 46 this year following a battle with brain cancer. To pay tribute to the HUF Worldwide founder, who helped pave the way for sneaker and streetwear culture in the early 2000s, his brand has launched an exhibition in Los Angeles.

Entitled HUF FOREVER, the exhibition is available for public viewing at the HVW8 Gallery from Saturday, Oct. 31 until Nov. 8. Open 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. to the public daily with COVID-19 precautions in place, the showcases features photography from Ari Marcopolous, Giovanni Reda, Tobin Yelland, Atiba Jefferson, and more. There’s also a tribute video on display by RB Umali, and a mural from Remio.

HUF will also release a t-shirt paying tribute to the late skate icon. Designed by Cali Dewitt and James Rockin, the shirt will be available at the brand’s Los Angeles store and the online shop. All proceeds from the t-shirt, which retails for $40, will go towards the non-profit Phase One Foundation, which support cutting edge cancer research.

“Keith Hufnagel paved the way for all of us,” the brand added. “As a respect professional skateboarder, shop owner, brand founder, footwear and apparel designer, creative director, and industry leader. He showed us how to do it, and how to do it right. Keith’s legacy will continue to live on at HUF. Today, tomorrow, and forever.

Screen 2 Screen – Episode 1: Tyler Gibney HVW8 Gallery

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HVW8 Gallery presents ‘Screen 2 Screen’, a weekly artist interview series featuring stay at home interviews and virtual studio visits.  By focusing on artists’ perspectives, insights and practices in these uncharted times, we see how a global community of artists are dealing with and creating during current lockdown and quarantine measures.

Episode 1: Tyler Gibney HVW8 Gallery

Featuring curator and artist Tyler Gibney (HVW8 Gallery) from Los Angeles in conversation with Alberto Cuadros, discussing outlook, setting up a home studio, and the impact of the quarantine on the art world.

BRAVE NEW VIEWS – MIAMI

Brave New Views Miami

Fri Dec 6th – Sun Dec 8th, 2019

After a year-long run at HVW8 Gallery in Los Angeles, Brave New Views takes on Miami with a pop-up gallery in the epicenter of Downtown Miami. The three day exhibition features artwork and installations from some of today’s leading contemporary artists at the intersection of music and art.

To kick things off on Thursday, December 5th, NTS, HVW8 and Up in Smoke will host an invite-only, late-night event at Woodside Club from 11pm – 5am with heavy hitters from the Alamo Records roster.

In addition to the artwork and installations, the Brave New Views pop up will host surprise DJ performances with a few special guests from the extended NTS family.

The Brave New Views Miami Exhibition features artists:

Calmatic
DJ Ross One
Charlie Ahearn
Eric Elms
Steven Traylor
Kilo Kish
Lisa Leone
Peter Beste

Exhibition Dates & Address
Opening: Thurs Dec 5th, 6 – 9pm

Exhibition Hours:
Fri Dec 6th – Sun Dec 8th, 1 – 7pm
78 E Flagler st, Miami, FL 33130

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KILO KISH ROBINSON – BLESSED ASSURANCE: a dream that I had

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KILO KISH ROBINSON
BLESSED ASSURANCE: a dream that I had

Opening reception + performance

Friday Nov 15th, 7 – 10pm.
Exhibition runs Nov. 15th until Dec. 15th, 2019

RSVP at kilokishrsvp@hvw8.com

BLESSED ASSURANCE: a dream that i had is an exhibition examining the interactivity between the spiritual and creative. Kilo Kish explores the sacrificial nature of the artists’ path. Opening on November 15th, this show marks her second solo show at HVW8 Art + Design Gallery Los Angeles.

The show features a 3-channel film euphoric featuring artist interviews and the revelations that come from creative practice.

“When I started interviewing the artists, I was so inspired by their willingness to suffer for a calling they found pure. Their audacity made them saintly to me. I wanted to explore belief in one’s art and the way it relates to religious faith and spiritual calling. Creative practice almost becomes a religion. And I think, through it, you become closer to God.”

The show will feature an interactive “audio-visual room of the mind” where visitors become a part of the creative process.

The title of the show BLESSED ASSURANCE comes from a hymn. “This entire show came to me in a dream. I find it intriguing to create a physical space from a mindset and an openness that I feel so connected to as a driving force. I’m happy to explore the act of making as its very own reward. Its very own promise and certainty.”

There’s a sparkling sculptural altar that represents all creative vision, belief, and worth created through the work. “It is the embodiment of unattainable perfection. Creatives are constantly running towards a promised land that is somehow always out of reach.”

Kilo Kish / Kish Robinson is an American musician, visual artist, and designer living in Los Angeles.

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The Good, the Purple and the Weird, a group exhibition Berlin

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Exhibition Opening
Wednesday, 11 September 2019
6:00pm – 10:00pm
HVW8 Berlin – Linienstraße 161, 10115 Berlin

HVW8 Gallery Berlin is pleased to present The Good, the Purple and the Weird, a group exhibition exploring care, spirituality and experimentation in contemporary creation. The show finds connections between ideas in paint, drawings and ceramics, bringing together recent works by seven artists from Berlin and Brussels: Sascha Brylla, Paul Ferens, Maxime Fragnon, Annabell Häfner, Viktoria Maliar, Jacopo Pagin and François Patoue. Embracing their diverse aesthetics and methods of production, the exhibition reveals small truths about common references for describing memories, atmospheres and intimacies.

The Good, the Purple and the Weird is an offering of dreamlike visions, exhibiting a new visual language of signs and symbols. Among the selected works, Jacopo Pagin’s drawings are embedded with mythological references to vitality, and explore patterns in colour pastel which recall the textures and anatomy of trees. Earthly motifs also surface in the work of Maxime Fragnon, the naturalist of the ensemble, whose mixed media ceramics are infused with found elements of flowers and pebbles. In the scratched tempera painting by Sascha Brylla, created with the sgraffito technique as part of his Hunting Scene series, wild animal subjects are both revealed and disguised in their environment. Such relics of remembered and imagined scenery are also present in Annabell Häfner’s hazy hotel interiors, which meditate on the ambience and melancholia of impersonal space. The abstract landscapes of Paul Ferens nestle between real and impossible environments, and Victoria Maliar’s silhouettes emerge like spirits in a midnight jungle, with both artists summoning the psychology of dreams and possible realms of the subconscious. François Patoue’s oil paintings are studies of deep, passionate colour, created with chemical reactions that guide his media to transform and reveal itself on the canvas.

The Good, the Purple and the Weird is curated by Agathe André de Tremontels.

Text by Brit Seaton

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Comics and Nonsense – Trevor ‘Trouble’ Andrew and Andrew ‘Drew Toonz’ Miller

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Trouble & Drew’s “Comics & Nonsense”

Exhibit opens Aug 30th 6-10pm 

Please RSVP at rsvp@hvw8.com

Dj sets by @hateboy2 x @willshott

Exhibit runs Sat. Aug 31st – Sun. Sept 1st, 1- 6pm.

This exhibition celebrates the longstanding collaborative friendship and partnership of  Trevor “Trouble” Andrew and Andrew “Drew Toonz” Miller.

Trevor and renowned comic artist, Drew Toons, came together creatively over their shared love of blending high and low fashion culture and art into uncategorizable new works that both comment on the world around them and make you laugh or cringe. Their fun is infectious, but don’t miss their eye for detail, world-building and the pure joy that comes from making art.

Works include the pairs co-authored original, full-length comic book “No Work City,” which chronicles the almost real-life adventures of Emo Cat & Trouble Andrew as they battle corniness in all forms — especially the form of the Corn Lord –, a whimsical and intricately detailed dioramic representation of the world as they see it, and many of Trouble & Drew’s hand-altered/ toys and vintage comics.

Trevor Andrew (b. 1979; Nova Scotia, Canada)
Trevor “Trouble” Andrew, aka Gucci Ghost, is a multi-disciplinary Artist. He is internationally known for his raw street aesthetic and pop art sensibility. Trevor’s recent work explores our relationship with consumer culture, bending the perception of what is “real” and what is luxury.

In 2013, Trevor began tagging the streets of Brooklyn, New York with a personalized vision of the iconic Gucci logo. He transformed everything around him to Gucci by repurposing discarded objects and clothing, extracting the power of the brand identity. This work quickly garnered a substantial online following, and led to an official collection for the iconic Milan based fashion house. As a result of Trevor’s collaborative work, the collection has become a major global success story that has helped bolster the brand.

 

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“Life is Scary Sometimes”
Trevor ‘Trouble’ Andrew
24 x 24in
Edition of 111.
6 color Screenprint on Stonehenge 330 gsm white archival paper.

Print will be available opening night and online Saturday, Aug 31st at 10am Pacific Time (PT)

NTS X HVW8 – Brave New Waves

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HVW8 Gallery and NTS present a new series exploring the relationship between art and music. Each installment of the series will feature an art exhibition & opening event together with musical performances for broadcast and artist interview podcasts.

The inaugural exhibit opens July 19th at HVW8 Los Angeles, featuring:

🗯 Ross Schwartzman, a.k.a Ross One’s installation exploring music consumption and identity via personal sound systems, comprising a wall of over 30 vintage boom boxes.

🗯 Charlie Ahearn‘s Doin’ Time In Times Square, a home movie “capturing the old capital of sleaze in all its pathetic glory”, filmed in part during the production of Ahearn’s classic 1983 hip hop film Wild Style.

🗯 LA filmmaker Calmatic and Steven Traylor‘s video and art installations, questioning the means of how we consume music, media, and technology – including their music video for Vince Staple’s FUN!, shot from the perspective of an interactive Google maps session.

The opening event will feature musical performances from Budgie & Battlecat as well as a DJ set from Ross One, recorded and streamed on NTS Radio platforms worldwide.

Produced with support from adidas Originals. Refreshments courtesy of Saintwoods.

RSVP below:

https://www.nts.live/events/nts-hvw8-brave-new-views

‘Beirut Youth’ Exhibition at HVW8 Berlin

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HVW8 Gallery and adidas Originals present:

BEIRUT YOUTH –
GOGY ESPARZA & JEY PERIE
Opening: Friday, July 5, 6-10 pm
Show: July 6 – August 3, 2019

HVW8 Gallery Berlin presents Beirut Youth – an immersive, multimedia installation of Jey Perie and Gogy Esparza’s experiences while in Beirut, Lebanon.

The duo arrived in August 2016, with little more than a tentative plan to recount the lives of the city’s youth, from the affluent to the disenfranchised. Honest, raw, sensitive; the exhibition crystallizes the emotion they felt there, and in its people. The beauty and blood of its pulse, the pain and fruits of its history. Though war-torn and fractured, the juxtaposition of such diversity in cultures, religions and opinions breed its chaos, seductively, beautifully, the way only a Beruti enchantress could.

Esparza photographed these images exclusively on 35mm film in August 2016, and on a second trip in March 2017 (over a total of 20 days). He also shot digital video, and constructed four short films on he and Perie’s experiences.

Beirut Youth has created physical extensions of the project via its photography book including all exhibition images, and a tee shirt commemorating the history and culture of the City. 50% of proceeds from these sales will be donated directly to Shatila Refugee Camp’s CYC Youth Center in Southern Beirut. Initially set-up in 1949 for displaced Palestinians, the camp is also home for over 6,000 Syrian Refugees since the start of the 2011 Syrian Civil War. Donations will go towards providing CYC’s children with educational materials, stationary, uniforms and sneakers for the center’s youth football program. You can also donate directly through the GoFundMe link found on the site: www.beirutyouth.com

After premiering the exhibition in New York City on June 2017, Beirut Youth has also exhibited in Dubai, Tokyo and Los Angeles. The duo hand delivered donations to CYC in Shatila summer 2018, and closed out with the homecoming installation in Beirut.

GOGY ESPARZA

(b. 1987) is a New York City-based artist who concentrates in fine art, photography, and video.His project, El Vacîo (2012-13) featured a photography book published by Dashwood Books, and accompanying exhibitions with Comme Des Garçons in Berlin and the Wayward Gallery in London. Esparza has also exhibited at Test Gallery (Copenhagen), SO Gallery (Tokyo), NO ROMANCE Gallery (NYC), Know-Wave Gallery (NYC), AUTO BODY (NYC/MIAMI). Esparza has collaborated with brands such as Supreme, and his work has been featured in publications such as ARTFORUM, Purple Diary, Interview, Richardson Magazine, VICE Creators Project, i-D, Dazed, Ollie, and Hypebeast.

JEY PERIE

Born in the south of France in 1984, Jey has lived in Barcelona, Hong Kong and Tokyo for extended periods and now resides in New York. His network of friends and partners sprawl far and wide, with roots in all corners of culture.

Perie ́s passion for travel and the exchange of cultures is what drives his curiosity. As the Creative Director of Kinfolk, he uses his travel to influence and guide his work. He also consults for several Japanese labels including Bedwin & The Heartbreakers, and has helped expand the brand’s presence outside of Japan with global collaborations such as Converse, adidas originals and Stussy.

Perie currently directs The Kinfolk Store and their in-house label. Over the last decade Jey Perie has been credited for introducing several cult Japanese labels to the US market and also for his work around soccer and the sport’s relationship with Fashion. To that regard, he is currently working alongside soccer institution FC Barcelona, Nike, Adidas and Stone Island to promote soccer culture in the US.

 

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HVW8 at Berlin Gallery Weekend 2019

HVW8 Gallery and adidas Originals present:

SELECTIONS –

MARK GONZALES (FOWER PLOWER)
& ERIN D. GARCIA (GRAND PRIX)

Berlin Gallery Weekend 2019
Opening: Friday, April 26, 6-10 pm
Saturday and Sunday, April 27 and 28, 12 pm – 8 pm
Exhibition: April 27th – June 15th

For Gallery Weekend 2019, HVW8 Gallery Berlin presents a special exhibition of veteran artists Mark Gonzales and Erin D. Garcia. Selected works from the artists’ most recent series, namely Gonzales’s Fower Plower and Garcia’s Grand Prix, are shown for the first time together in Berlin. HVW8 Gallery also welcomes visitors to a salon-style retrospective of the HVW8 collection, including works by Jerry Hsu, Lisa Leone and Josep Maynou & Friends.

MARK GONZALES – Based in New York, skateboarder and artist Mark Gonzales first exhibited with HVW8 in 2013. In summer 2017, Gonzales debuted his first solo show Fower Plower at HVW8 Los Angeles, comprising a selection of paintings that investigate ideas of color theory, the humor and geometry of Paul Klee, the graphic/ non-graphic qualities of Donald Baechler, semiotics, theology—and, of course, classic floral themes.

The paintings are luminous and alive and crackle with movement—fittingly Gonzales is a dancer, in the tradition of Merce Cunningham or Trisha Brown, but on wheels. His teenage years in 1980s Los Angeles were spent traversing the streets which by proxy became his moving canvas. He earned a reputation as a pioneer of modern skateboarding—a master, albeit one not bound by flawlessness or precision, but the anarchy afforded only after achieving true mastery. It was as if he haphazardly broke the laws of nature, causing time and space to bend to him and leaving behind him a wake of influential agitation.

His art, like his poetry, is not separate from his skating. Gonzales’s canvases are filled with painterly technique honed over years of drawing and painting, but they also exhibit a shambolic quality; the works are equal parts precise and imprecise. This particular body is inspired by the disappointment he felt when his business partner “sold out” in the early 1990s, the faces are bursting with bitterness. They are painted-on fake smiles, cheerful in the face of misery and embarrassment. Years later, however, the harsh cynicism has soft- ened, and the power of the smiles seems to have cracked the regret. Indeed, Gonzales seems to be saying, flowers, grown in even the harshest of conditions, can have an immutable healing power.

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ERIN D. Top Recommended Australian Online Casinos – i-casinos.net. GARCIA – In 2013, Los Angeles based artist Erin D. Garcia showed his first of four exhibitions at HVW8 Los Angeles. This selection of paintings are from his most recent body of work Grand Prix which debuted at HVW8 Los Angeles Winter of 2018. This is the inaugural exhibition of Garcia’s work at HVW8 Berlin and the first time his paintings have been shown in Germany.

Upon first glance, Grand Prix tempts one to see it as a radical departure from Garcia’s previous works. The artist has thus far engaged in an exploration of deeply primary elements—the repetition and arrangement of shapes and colors —resisting any representational imagery. To date, Garcia’s work has been a joyful exercise in the most ethereal yet immediate aspects of human cognition. In Grand Prix we are confronted with some images that shock the imagination, and possibly give occasion to rescale our understanding of the artist’s earlier output.

These new iterations of objective drawings and text are alongside pieces that clearly continue the exploration of shape, color, and process that identifies Garcia’s work. In addition, assemblies of drawings structured together push all these ideas further. Contextually the new pieces read as an extension of previous studies—newly representational, yes—but in the unmistakable idiom developed by the artist over the past handful of years.

Garcia has moved past ‘process + limitation’ into full-blown methodology, a subtle but distinct operation that is a delight to witness. His stated aim of “creating compelling compositions using simple techniques and forms” has developed into an eye with which nearly anything can be seen.

The title of the collection itself, Grand Prix, plays on curious associations and arrives at a beautiful paradox. Intially conjuring motor sports racing — the apex of aggressive competition, opulence, and the guzzling of fossil fuels— the collection is actually populated with plants and flowers, rhythmic shapes, and colorful gradations. Grand Prix is certainly a meditation on the ‘grand prize’, but its images and ideas of victory are decidedly non-zero sum. The escape provided by these rose repetitions, geometric insinuations, and the freedom found in Garcia’s methodology all seem to suggest that a world is possible in which we all win.

Text by Jimmy Jolliff

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Gallery & media contact HVW8 Gallery Berlin, Linienstraße 161, 10115 Berlin
Jenny Ames
+49 (0)177–14 28 588 jenny@hvw8.com
Manuel Osterholt
+49 (0)172–76 72 718 manuel@hvw8.com

Supported by adidas Originals – Refreshments by Warsteiner

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Eric Elms ‘ViewSonic’ Opens March 8th, 6 – 10pm

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Opening Friday, March 8th, 6 – 10pm

RSVP at rsvp@hvw8.com

Eric Elms is an artist and designer living and working in out of his multidisciplinary studio in Los Angeles CA. He has shown in numerous group shows around the world as well as solo shows in New York, Tokyo and Paris.

Drawing upon his own art practice as well as his work in print and design, Elms appropriates elements from his previously established graphic language and breaks them down by syllable, re-inventing and re-purposing the familiar to the brink of ambiguity. The imagery is in flux between banality and trope. Forcing the viewer to further reflect upon the image itself rather than it’s direct representation. This new language is used intentionally to degrade the imagery. The work exists in the crosshairs between representation and abstraction.

View Sonic will present two iterations of this process; a series from his “Halftone” paintings as well as a small selection of his “Stair” paintings.

Made possible with support from adidas Originals

HVW8 BERLIN | JOSEP MAYNOU ‘LE LUCKY’

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HVW8 BERLIN | JOSEP MAYNOU ‘LE LUCKY’

Opening: Saturday, February 16 7:00-10:00pm
Special Programming: February 17, 18, 22, 23

Exhibition Hours: February 20–March 30, 2019, Wednesday to Friday 2-7pm, Saturday 12-6pm
Free Admission

HVW8 Gallery Berlin is pleased to present LE LUCKY, a fictional and functioning bar created by Josep Maynou, opening Saturday, February 16th. As a celebration of love, friendship and the avant-garde, LE LUCKY is the Catalonian artist’s tribute to his thirteen years in Berlin, as well as a bittersweet goodbye to the city. The exhibition signifies a full circle for Maynou, who during his first year in Berlin worked as a bartender in Berlin’s Mitte neighborhood, nearby to HVW8 Berlin. Through the element of collaboration, the artist establishes the gallery as a site of fortuitous social interaction: he has invited fifty of his creative friends to contribute to the installation with performances, artwork and music, programmed throughout the show’s one-month duration. As captured by its title, the exhibition is symbolic of good fortune in social and occupational relations, initiating a chance for new beginnings and exchanges.

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Bernhard Rappold
Ana Alenso
Pere Llobera
Elise Lammer
La Folie 8
Felipe Talo
Felix Leon Westner
Cécile di Giovanni
Victor Jaenada
Bernat Daviu
Isa Toledo
Caique Tizzi
Stephen Kent
Sol Calero
Dafna Maimon
Lorenzo Sandoval
Leah Dixon
Charles Benjamin
John Holten (BDP)
Eli Cortiñas
Cibelle Cavalli Bastos
Natália de Assis
Niels Trannois
Jakup Ferri
Ethan Hayes-Chute
Christopher Kline
Sophie Erlund
Kelly Tissot
Charles Benjamin
Ricardo Trigo
Hanne Lippard
Maximilian Kirmse
Nina Kurtela
Alejandro Lorente
Isabel Lewis
Joel Munné
Andrew Birk
Juan-Miguel Pozo
Coco Magnusson
Adriano Costa
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Joan Saló
Blanca Miró Skoudy
Oliver Roura
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Aurora Sander
Jessica Lauren Elizabeth Taylor
Jenny Ames
Mika Manke
Josep Maynou

Happy New Year from HVW8 – 2018 Year in Review

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Happy New Year from HVW8!

As we head into an amazing line up for 2019, we look back at all the incredible exhibits, installations and performances from HVW8 Los Angeles, Berlin and beyond this past year.

We were lucky to have a number of exhibits from an international group of artists such as Gogy Esparza, Inès Longevial, Atiba Jefferson, Olimpia Zagnoli, Chi Modu, Steven Traylor, and Erin D. Garcia to name a few. We continued with our Creative Class Series for intimate interactions with our gallery artists on their creative process and started an Emerging Artist Program to give a platform for up and coming artists.

We continued with our diversity in programing with a variety of installations, performances, radio broadcasts and artist talks with the likes of Kali Uchis, Snoop Dogg, Standing on the Corner, RZA and Einhundert.

Look for an amazing line up for 2019!

Below are a few links from some highlights of 2018.

2018 Year In Review

Exhibits

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Beirut Youth  Gogy Esparza, Jey Perie
February 22 – March 18th

Four Conversations  Inès Longevial, 44 Flavours, Huskmitnavn, Julian Smith
April 28th – June 16th

Heart-Shaped Box  Atiba Jefferson
May 19th – July 15th

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Cuore Di Panna  Olimpia Zagnoli
May 25th – July 15th

Uncategorized – Berlin and Los Angeles Chi Modu
July 5th – August 4th, 2018
August 26th– September 23rd

Wild At Hand – A Group Show of Contemporary Drawing
September 14th– October 13th

10 Toes With His Chest Caved In  Steven Traylor
Sept. 22nd – October 7th

Not To Lose My Head Jay ‘One’ Ramier
October 25th – November 24th

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Grand Prix Erin D Garcia
Nov. 16 – Dec. 23rd

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2018 HVW8 Highlights – Installations, Artist Talks and Performances :

Sarah Bahbah Installation at HVW8 Los Angeles

Andrew Westerman at HVW8 Berlin

Kali Uchis  at HVW8 Los Angeles

Artist Dinners  Berlin / Los Angeles 

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Creative Classes – Atiba Jefferson and Chi Modu

Snoop Dogg Live Talk and DJ Set from HVW8 Plana

Wu Tang x Off Safety featuring Eddie Otchre and Paul Chan, live performance by RZA

Standing on the Corner Live Performance and Film Screening  

Einhundert ‘Heavyweight Sounds’ Live broadcast from HVW8 Berlin 

 

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Select Press –

Inès Longevail on Cover of Juxtapoz

Tyler Gibney Interview in Amadeus

Kilo Kish in Cal Sunday

Olimpia Zagnoli ‘Cuore Di Panna’ lecture for Nicer Tuesdays

Chi Modu at HVW8 in Paper Magazine

 

Wishing you and your family the best from HVW8 Galleries Los Angeles and Berlin, and looking forward to an exciting and prodigious 2019.

Also Special Thanks to our HVW8 Family, if not for you this would not be possible.

Los Angeles –
Addison Liu, John Wheeler, Gabriel Ortiz, Max Junk, Jake Venden Berge, Henry Anguiano, Nicole Kunz, Kelly Merlo, Yvonne Otchwemah, Julio Martinez, Pierre Briet, Mo Hill, Richie Dandan, Josh Chandler
Berlin –
Jenny Ames, Manuel Osterholt, Mika Manke, Lili Somogyi

Cheers to 2019!

HVW8 Gallery presents: Jaybo Monk ‘Apophenia’

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HVW8 Gallery Berlin presents
JAYBO MONK
‘APOPHENIA’
OPENING:  DECEMBER 15, 6 – 10 PM
DEC 15 – 22, 2018

Apophenia (/æpou´fi:niə/) is the tendency to mistakenly perceive connections and meaning between unrelated things. The term (German: Apophänie) was coined by psychiatrist Klaus Conrad in his 1958 publication on the beginning stages of schizophrenia. He defined it as “unmotivated seeing of connections  a specific feeling of abnormal meaningfulness”.

He described the early stages of delusional thought as self-referential, over-interpretations of actual sensory perceptions, as opposed to hallucinations.

Jaybo Monk reflects on the perception of random data in our virtual world and social media. The most common examples of Apophenia are people seeing faces in clouds or in the moon. If Apophenia is about drawing connections and conclusions from sources with no direct connection other than their indissoluble perceptual simultaneity, then maybe virtuality is our new reality. Weed seeds grow into plants that may be rich in THC and other cannabinoids. The idea of reality is more real than reality itself. Ideas are taken without being questioned and we are living in a world of binary choices only. We are dead in a dead time where not seeing anything intelligible is the new normal. We are damned to dream towards reality and not away from it.

The paintings and objects presented in Apophenia are constructed within the idea of time spent to keep everything in a present moment which is a moment of no reflexion in itself. Through layers in his paintings and associations in his objects and sculptures Jaybo Monk wants us to re-appreciate time where the past and the future are the foundations of reality  – and not the virtual present controlled by our smart phones and other illnesses.

Drinks by Warsteiner

HVW8 GALLERY BERLIN – LINIENSTR 161, 10115 BERLIN

OPENING HOURS: WED-FR 2-7 PM, SAT 12-6 PM

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Einhundert / Hotel Radio Paris / Heavyweight Sound

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The Einhundert family and Hotel Radio Paris have teamed up again for their second Berlin Radio Hang Out live from HVW8 Berlin.

Join us for A live intimate broadcast and drinks with music from the Einhundert Soundsystem, J.Cloud, Lolsnake (Weeeirdos), Ausschuss (Hauter Records), Golden Medusa (Leisure System), CKtrl (NTS / LDN), Native Teenage, Cld.Bld and many more.

Tune into Radio Talk hosted by Claire Mouchemore (Writer & Editor, BORSHCH Magazine, Electronic Beats etc.) plus very special guests from Berlin’s music scene.

In addition we will exhibit selected artworks by friends from across the globe including

Antoni Adomako
Felix VSOP Taube
Flo Hettenbach
Jessica Ta
Johannes Böttge
Nico Adomako
Nikki Powell
Megu Nakano

HEAVYWEIGHT SOUND – BROADCASTING SCHEDULE:

DAY 1 / 12.12.2018

12:00 – 12:45 CLDBLD 
12:45 – 13:30 NATIVE TEENAGE
13:30 – 14:15 LOW.VISION (EINHUNDERT SOUNDSYSTEM)
14:15 – 15:00 J.Cloud (Soulkissesarts)
15:00 – 15:45 MALA JUNTA (Hyperaktivist B2B DJ TOOL)
15:45 – 16:30 MELIS
16:30 – 17:15 SHAUNYB666
17:15 – 18:00 happy new tears
18:00 – 18:45 Qumasiquamé (THROUGH MY SPEAKERS)
18:45 – 19:30 kanalak (PALMOIL / FRANKFURT)
19:30 – 20:30 TALK HOSTED BY CLAIRE MOUCHEMORE (BORSHCH) – GUESTS TBA.
20:30 – 21:00 Marshall Vincent LIVE

DAY 2 / 13.12.2018

12:00 – 12:45 MARLON BEATT
12:45 – 13:30 RIP Swirl (EINHUNDERT SOUNDSYSTEM)
13:30 – 14:15 Lolsnake (Weeeirdos)
14:15 – 15:00 DEADHYPE
15:00 – 15:45 JAXX
15:45 – 16:30 Bianca Oblivion (Club Aerobics – NTS Radio / L.A.)
16:30 – 17:15 CEEKAYIN2U (No Shade)
17:15 – 18:00 CKtrl (SONGS 4 GIRLS – NTS Radio / LONDON)
18:00 – 18:45 Ausschuss (Haunter Records)
18:45 – 19:30 Golden Medusa (Leisure System)
19:30 – 21:00 TBA

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After the party (and the exhibition) is the Afterparty…
Join Einhundert and Hotel Radio Paris for the official HEAVYWEIGHT SOUND Afterparty at 131 BAR. 
Limited Free Tickets available at HVW8 during the Einhundert x Hotel Radio Paris // Heavyweight Sound Pop Up Radio Station, first come first served. Come early!

LINE UP:
Bianca Oblivion (Club Aerobics – NTS Radio / Los Angeles)
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CKtrl (Songs 4 Girls – NTS Radio / London)
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Nico Adomako (Einhundert / Berlin)
soundcloud.com/nicoadomako
Kanucia (kanalak – PalmOil / Frankfurt)
https://soundcloud.com/kanucia
JJAQ (Einhundert – Radio 80000 / Rotterdam)
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Dj Hrp (Hotel Radio Paris / Paris)
+ Open USB B2B Till Infinity

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131 BAR
Chausseestraße 131A – Berlin Mitte
21:00 – Till Late
5€ at the Door

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Jay ‘One’ Ramier – Not To Lose My Head

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JAY “ONE” RAMIER – NOT TO LOSE MY HEAD
HVW8 BERLIN

25.10–24.11 2018

Exhibition Opening
Thursday, 25 October 2018
6:00pm – 10:00pm
HVW8 Berlin – Linienstraße 161, 10115 Berlin
Free admission – Warsteiner refreshments will be served

In this series of paintings and collages, Jay “One” Ramier retrieves and reinterprets the first hip hop song that was also a work of social criticism. “The Message” performed by Grandmaster Flash and The Furious Five, feat. Belle Mel and Duke Bootee, describes social disarray, violence, decadence, alienation and self-harm. Released in 1982, it was widely recognized as one of the most iconic songs of late 20th century, and still speaks to the social reality of today.

In “The Message,” hip hop’s tone, formerly celebratory, becomes one of desperate urgency:

“Don’t push me ‘cause I’m close to the edge
I’m trying not to lose my head
It’s like a jungle sometimes
It makes me wonder how I keep from goin’ under”

By crystallizing elements of the song and its video into still images, Jay Ramier invites us to pause and consider in detail the harsh realities and evocative expressions of urban life. In this moment, hip hop’s mission changes. Jay Ramier has always stated his love for music, which he considers inspirational and the mightiest of all art forms: “I like the way music, like the holy spirit, can take possession of one’s soul, either by the power of the lyrics or the enchantment of hypnotic melodies or sounds.”

The video cuts between frenetic New York City streets, South Bronx residents strolling or playing, elderly people lying in the streets, and abandoned lots of rubble. The group raps on stoops and street corners, and the police make conspicuous appearances.
In translating imagery from the music video into the medium of static visual arts, NOT TO LOSE MY HEAD reveals the lives that Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five sought to bring attention to and their lasting impact on us in today’s world.

Almost 40 years later “The Message” still rings true, speaking to economic pressures and systemic racism that persist today. On the one hand, Jay Ramier´s focus on the song highlights the ongoing nature of social inequality, but on the other hand, he explores the roles of popular music and art for expressing and questioning social experience, highlighting the importance of struggle and resistance.

About Jay “One” Ramier

Jay Ramier is a multidisciplinary artist working in the media of painting, video, installation and music. His work is an ongoing investigation into his own Caribbean cultural roots and the representation of African diaspora people in cultural spaces.

The narrative he constructs extends into and draws from the plenum of Pan-African experience from West African coast to the Americas. His work fuses the iconography of struggle and resistance as well as popular culture with the styles of musical and linguistic expression of African descendant worldwide. The focus is on the establishment of a new global system of representation to undermine that of western mainstream hegemony.

Jay has been key actor in the building of the European Graffiti and “Urban-Art” scene, a cosmopolitan Afro-centric movement, for the better part of thirty years.

Jay Ramier is a co-creator and contributor to many local magazine projects such as Paris Zulu letters – Hip Hop´s first international Zine, Backjumps Berlin – Street-Art´s first magazine. Currently, Jay is the Artistic-Director of and regular contributor to Afrikadaa, a magazine and conceptual project created in 2010. He has also published the book MOUVEMENT. Du terrain vague au Dance-floor 1984—89, ed. Les mots et le reste 2017. His work has been featured in the 2015 Venice Biennale exhibit “BRIDGES OF GRAFFITI”.

His work is an ongoing fight for a better and more accurate representation of Minorities in cultural spaces (galleries, museums, institutions) and the recognition and importance of Africa’s influences on modern and contemporary culture.

Gallery & media contact
HVW8 Gallery Berlin, Linienstraße 161, 10115 Berlin

Jenny Ames
+49 (0)177–14 28 588
jenny@hvw8.com

Manuel Osterholt
manuel@hvw8.com

About HVW8

HVW8 Gallery Berlin was established in 2014 by HVW8 Gallery co-founders Tyler Gibney and Addison Liu. HVW8 Gallery was founded in 2006 in Los Angeles with a focus on supporting fine art and avant-garde graphic design. HVW8 fosters artistic visions at the intersection of art, music and design, and collaborates with an international community of artists. Emerging and established artists such as Brian Lotti, Jean Jullien, Cody Hudson, Jerry Hsu, Jean André, Atiba Jefferson, Brian Roettinger and Haw-lin Services have exhibited their works in Berlin at HVW8. More info at hvw8.com.

Made possible with Support from adidas Originals

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Chi Modu ‘UNCATEGORIZED’ Los Angeles

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CHI MODU
UNCATEGORIZED – Los Angeles 

HVW8 PLANA LOS ANGELES
5416 WILSHIRE BLVD, 90036
OPENING HOURS: THURS – SUNDAY, 1 – 6PM

OPENING: AUGUST 24th, 6 – 10 pm
EXHIBIT: AUGUST 26th– SEPTEMBER 23rd

RSVP at rsvp@hvw8.com

About the Exhibit :

HVW8 Gallery Los Angeles and adidas Originals proudly present UNCATEGORIZED, an exhibition of photography by Chi Modu. Alongside images of hip-hop royalty including Tupac, Biggie, Nas and ODB, UNCATEGORIZED also features previously unseen gems from Chi’s photographic archive. The show celebrates hip-hop’s creative energy and raw, unrivaled ambition in its prime, showcasing Chi’s documentation of the legends behind the sound. Custom Java Development Services. UNCATEGORIZED is an ode to a movement, honoring the impact that the early hip-hop icons inimitably maintain today.

UNCATEGORIZED stems from a wider exhibition series, the title of which marks Chi’s open-minded approach to his work. “I wanted to create something that is the opposite of putting labels on everything and make a statement against stereotyping,” he explains. “My work does not fit into any one stereotype and neither do I.”

 

Tupac Shakur
Atlanta, GA 1994
Digital Silver Gelatin Print
20×24 inches

All images © Chi Modu. All rights reserved