Diaspora Dialouges “A través de la moda ; A conversation thru fashion” Curated By @anitaherrera_🌹
In collaboration with “Nostalgia Falsa” Curated by @misskarii @HVW8Gallery ✨
Sunday, May 19th 🎭
1p – 7pm
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Pop Up Shop featuring fashion brands from Mexico City & Los Angeles
CDMX 🇲🇽
@esechicomx
@__sentimiento
@tanamachi__
@superarme.sup
L.A. 🌴
@hoodbabyla
@rcnstrct
@planeta.losangeles
@chelseadrugstoreusa
Curator Talk + Walk Thru 🌸
4p-5p
Live Talent 🎤 3p
@Domingueando.la
Carne Asada 🌮
@ChefStephenTrujillo
DJs 🎶
@dogtoad
@fabrica.de.rosas
Drinks🍹
@tresgeneracionestequila
@drinkcuralita
Fotos 📸
@floresdeotay
Accepting Venmo & Zelle. No Cash📱
HVW8 on Melrose & Spaulding ❇️
Street Parking. Uber/Lyft recommended 🚗
Author: Tyler Gibney
NOSTALGIA FALSA April 19th – May 25th, 2024, HVW8 LA
Opening April 19th “Nostalgia Falsa”
Join us Friday, April 19th from 6-10 p.m. in our Los Angeles Gallery for the opening of“Nostalgia Falsa” a group show curated by Kari Padilla.
Art not only evokes memories but also delves into nostalgia as a strategy to critically analyze the past and its influence on the present. This exploration involves there interpretation and questioning of established historical narratives, challenging common perceptions of collective memory and offering new perspectives on distant events that contribute to our identity.
“False Nostalgia” arises when one yearns for a place or time they have never truly lived in. It also fictionalizes the memory of lived experiences. However, the mechanism of this type of nostalgia serves to critically recognize ourselves and create connections with that which is distant, as it is somehow connected to us and impacts the physical and emotional experience of the here and now.
This group exhibition of five Mexican artists – Napoleón Aguilera, Julio García Aguilar, Marianela Castro Mercado, Alonso Robles, and Trilce Zúñiga Loya – serves a critical purpose by inviting the public to recognize themselves and create connections with seemingly distant experiences. The sentiment resonates through a familiar visual language in artworks spanning painting, sculpture, and mixed media, exploring themes of supposed Mexican identity: family celebrations, machismo, cultural nuances, desert, and urban space. Ultimately, for better or for worse, these narratives are somehow reproduced in other places and times.
The exhibition explores the relationship between memory, identity, and cultural connections.
To RSVP for our opening reception please email rsvp@hvw8.com, to inquire please contact info@hvw8.com
Apertura el 19 de abril “Nostalgia Falsa”
Acompáñanos el viernes 19 de abril de 6 a 10 p.m. en nuestra galería de Los Ángeles para la inauguración de “Nostalgia Falsa”, una exposición colectiva curada por Kari Padilla.
El arte no solo evoca recuerdos, sino que también se sumerge en la nostalgia como una estrategia para analizar críticamente el pasado y su influencia en el presente. Esta exploración implica la reinterpretación y el cuestionamiento de las narrativas históricas establecidas, desafiando las percepciones comunes de la memoria colectiva y ofreciendo nuevas perspectivas sobre eventos lejanos que contribuyen a nuestra identidad.
La “Nostalgia Falsa” surge cuando uno anhela un lugar o tiempo en el que nunca ha vivido realmente. También, interpreta con ficción el recuerdo de lo vivido. Sin embargo, el mecanismo de este tipo de nostalgia sirve para reconocernos críticamente y crear vínculos con aquello que es distante, pues de alguna forma está conectado a nosotros y repercute en la experiencia física y emocional del aquí y ahora.
Esta exposición grupal de cinco artistas mexicanos – Napoleón Aguilera, Julio García Aguilar, Marianela Castro Mercado, Alonso Robles y Trilce Zúñiga Loya – sirve un propósito crítico al invitar al público a reconocerse a sí mismo y crear conexiones con experiencias aparentemente distantes. El sentimiento resuena a través de un lenguaje visual familiar en obras de arte que abarcan pintura, escultura y medios mixtos, explorando temas de la supuesta identidad mexicana: fiestas familiares, machismo, matices culturales, desierto y el espacio urbano. Al final, para bien o para mal, estas narrativas se reproducen de alguna forma en otros lugares y tiempos.
La exposición explora la relación entre la memoria, la identidad y las conexiones culturales.
Para confirmar su asistencia a nuestra recepción de apertura, envíe un correo a rsvp@hvw8.com; para consultas, comuníquese con info@hvw8.com.
Featured Artist
Napoleón Aguilera
Julio García Aguilar
Marianela Castro Mercado
Alonso Robles
Trilce Zúñiga Loya
City of Quartz 2 – Berlin Gallery Weekend
City of Quartz 2
At HVW8 Berlin
Linienstraße 161
10115
April 27 – May 30, 2024
On the occasion of Berlin Gallery Weekend
Featuring:
Alfonso Gonzalez Jr
Eddie Salinas
Emmanuel Louisnord Desir
Fulton Leroy Washington
Rikkí Wright
Willbert Olivar & Lalo Avila
City of Quartz 2 is a follow up to the eponymously eponymous exhibition from March of 2020, which opened just days before the world would close down…
Ironically the initial exhibition lifted its name from the 1990 book by author Mike Davis, which examines how contemporary Los Angeles had been shaped by different powerful forces in history much like the Covid 19 pandemic would come to shape and effect the entire world.. As the dust continues to settle in a post pandemic paradigm, we once again assemble a group of seven Los Angeles based artists at an attempt to understand where we might by be headed in the City of Quartz.
Los Angeles, regarded as the media capital, has long been responsible for authoring and disseminating trends in culture that reverberate the world over. Perched on the edge of the western world, we begin at the end and work our way toward the future, literally, in time and place our findings from the once sleepy desert village onto the European stage (the beginning of the western world) and examine them in a way one could only do in a city like Berlin Germany.
The two HVW8 galleries bookend the entirety of The West, with a bunch of stuff happening in between, City of Quartz 2 is an attempt to understand what the heck is going on in a world which feels to be spiraling at an ever accelerated pace.
City of Quartz 2 will open during Berlin Gallery Weekend with an opening reception on Friday April 27th and continue on view through the end of May.
Gallery Weekend marks the beginning of the spring and summer season in the region where the gallery will expect to receive hundreds of visitors over the course of the exhibition. City of Quartz 2 is the continuation of periodical surveys examining the shifting zeitgeist of Los Angeles through its most prominent artists of the moment. Within the exhibition several of the artists have been included in major museum exhibitions, and biennials such as Made in LA, and the Rubell Museum.
“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
Mark Gonzales ‘Going to Love You’ Opening Day
Opening Day photos of Mark Gonzales’ ‘Going to Love You’ by Glen Jamn
Exhibition open until April 7th, 2024.
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
Miracle-Tech Listening Event 002
Miracle-Tech
Listening Event 002
FEBRUARY 10th 2024
2PM – 7PM
Sounds from the following:
SEES00000 (Live Set)
BLACK NOI$E
ZACK SEKOFF
SUKISUKI
VICTORIA MOURA
DEBIT B2B JORDAN JOHNSON
Food by : WOODFIRE WINGS
Drinks: Miracle Seltzer & Crenshaw Juice
RSVP at rsvp@hvw8.com
Memory Bliss
This Thursday, Jan 11th, 7 – 10pm at HVW8 Gallery Los Angeles.
RSVP Here.
Erin Garcia and Raj Debah ARTV LIVE – HVW8 Los Angeles
Erin Garcia and Raj Debah ARTV LIVE – HVW8 Los Angeles
Scrolls Book Release
Scrolls
“Scrolls” started at an airport about 9 years ago. Sven Barth began noticing that older men no longer had newspapers, they had phones. Entranced by these new devices they waited on their flights, completely oblivious to the outside world. And so, on every flight he took, he made it his mission to immortalize one of these older gentlemen. 7 years and dozens of flights later, Sven felt a book was the right way to collect this archive… and “Scrolls” was born.
In addition to the limited run of books, printed and bound by Sorella Studios, in Los Angeles, a selection of 20 of the original drawings grace the back walls of HVW8. They are framed by Sven himself with help from fellow frame maker and skateboarder, Josh Pall.
WALK THE NIGHT – Miami Art Week
WALK THE NIGHT Unveils The Essence of Dance Life Through Pictures of Studio 54, Paradise Garage, and The Warehouse this Miami Art Week
Celebrating the artistry and diversity of contemporary photography,”WALK THE NIGHT – NIGHTLIFE AND CLUB CULTURE 1977′ – 1990’” is set to captivate audiences with a two-day immersive experience on Friday, December 8th and Saturday, December 9th of Miami Art Week, at Arlo Hotel Higher Ground.
This thoughtfully curated exhibit, promises to showcase the powerful narratives captured in iconic nightlife venues: Paradise Garage, The Warehouse, Studio 54, and The Music Box through the lens of three exceptional image makers. Historical photographs take the viewer into the entrancing realm of Chicago’s groundbreaking club spaces, The Warehouse and Music Box captured by Mr. Robert Williams. Feel the energy and history of Paradise Garage as Tina Paul’s photos transport you to the heart of the legendary nightclub. Delve further into the golden era of nightlife with Bill Bernstein’s striking images of Studio 54 and Paradise Garage where they provide a glimpse into the extravagant and hedonistic nights that defined an era.
Daily programming from parties to panels will be held, including an Artist Talk, which will facilitate a discussion on the careers and inspirations of five influential nightlife creatives, including Robert Williams, Tina Paul, Bill Bernstein, Victor Rosado, Arthur Baker, and Louie Vega. Moderated by Ron Trent and curator Adrian Loving, the conversation offers a compact journey through the cultural history celebrating club culture beginning in 1977 through the present.
Walk the Night is curated by Ron Trent, Adrian Loving, Tyler Gibney (HVW8 Gallery), and Rob Mc Kay.
WALK THE NIGHT SCHEDULE OF EVENTS:
Friday, Dec 8 – “WALK THE NIGHT – NIGHTLIFE AND CLUB CULTURE 1977′ – 1990’ Preview Exhibition and Artist Talk featuring Bill Bernstein, Tina Paul, Robert Williams, Victor Rosado, Arthur Baker and Louie Vega
Arlo Hotel Higher Ground, Miami, FL 33150 – 6pm-10pm
Saturday, Dec 9 – ‘”WALK THE NIGHT – NIGHTLIFE AND CLUB CULTURE 1977’ – 1990’ Public Exhibition Opening and Construction Party” Closing Event featuring Victor Rosado, Danny Krivit and Ron Trent-
Arlo Hotel Higher Ground, Miami, FL 33150
12pm-6pm / 9pm – close
‘Paris De Noche’ World Premiere & Group Climate Listening Party
‘For the longest time I wanted to produce a skate video with an original soundtrack. Although not an entirely new idea, I wanted to try my hand at creating one myself. I believed in @n.rollings vision and execution in the way that he had always made skate videos and asked him if we should make one with our friends in which he obliged. We filmed extensively in NY, Philly, LA & Paris throughout 2023. This year was spent creating the music in which I am happy to finally announce with immense gratitude that @seedsofyaris and friends have provided the audio landscape for this project. Come join us this Tuesday at @hvw8gallery .’ – Sagen Lockhart
STARRING: @carlisleaikens @jahbulb @willmarsh @graemeturn @lord_g_ward
@itssummerinparis @kiern.o @joeymarrone @1lilclevelandjoe @rico.abdou @erikhherrera
@afrocancody @bumpysmessage @ishcepeda @jeromebnl @chicoamiel @lucabaratt
Makin Paper 5 – HVW8 Berlin
The saga continues… Makin’ Paper goes Round 5! After the successful zinefests of the last years, Lodown Magazine and HVW8 Berlin Gallery is organising the sixth edition of the Makin’Paper Fair in cooperation with the designteam of adidas sportswear and the gentle people of EDWIN Jeans. As in previous years, zine makers of all couleur will have the opportunity to present their work at the zine fair. In addition to local exhibitors, regional, national and international zine makers will offer their work for sale.
Makin’Paper presents zine culture in a holistic view. The spectrum ranges from arty fanzines to political zines to music fanzines. In addition Lodown Magazine will open its archive and will show zines from the past 3 decades and even going back further in time. The will also be various prints for sale.
On Friday we start with a soft opening from 2 PM and hopefully we’ll go late. 3.- 5.11. 2023
HVW8 Linienstrasse 161, 10115 Berlin
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
Mark Gonzales “Bergdorf’s Father’s Day Painting”
Mark Gonzales
Bergdorf’s Father’s Day Painting, 2023
Acrylic on Canvas
72h x 111w in
182.88h x 281.94w cm
Click to see a video of Gonzales interviewed by Steven Westerbroke created by the artist.
Jesse Boykins III
Mary J. Blige – 1992 NYC
Lisa Leone
Mary J. Blige – 1992 NYC
Pigment Print on Museo Silver Rag Paper
9h x 14w in
22.86h x 35.56w cm
Edition of 20
from Exhibition ‘How you Like Me Now?’
HVW8 Gallery Berlin
HVW8 Gallery Berlin is thrilled to announce the upcoming group exhibition HVW8 SELECTION featuring the works of Erin Garcia, Monja Gentshow, Julia Gröning, 44 Flavours, Eike König, & Marok and Isaac Zavale.
Exhibition soft opens Sept 13, 2–7 pm
Opening: Saturday, Sept 16, 4–8 pm
The opening of HVW8 SELECTION coincides with Berlin Art week and marks the beginning of the autumn season of programming at the gallery.
The exhibition features artists who have previously collaborated with HVW8 as well as introduces newer artists to showcase the importance of the community that carries our cultural heritage into the future. As HVW8 begins to celebrate nearly 25 years of art programming between Los Angeles and Berlin and beyond, the emphasis on reflection grows and the excitement of what the next years will look like increases with each new collaboration.
For further information please contact: manuel@hvw8.com
#hvw8 #hvw8gallery #hvw8berlin
#ErinGarcia #MonjaGentschow #JuliaGröning #44Flavours #EikeKönig #Marok #IsaacZavale
Mark Gonzales “Untitled 15”
Mark Gonzales “Untitled 15”
“Untitled 15 “
Acrylic on Canvas
Artwork Size – 12in x 16in
2022
From “Ready to Articulate” Exhibited at HVW8 Los Angeles
HVW8 Berlin – Eike König
Naeem and Sean Maung
Navy Blue – Sage Elsesser
An Evening With Mr. Wash
An Evening With Mr Wash, in support of our current exhibition ‘Bridging The Way’ and the Art By Wash Center in Compton Ca. Screening of 2 short films on Wr. Wash, with Q+A to follow, open to all!
Thursday, March 16th, 6-9pm
HVW8 Gallery, 661 N. Spaulding Ave, Los Angeles, 90036
Mr. Wash Fundraising Initiative Featured on NBC News
HVW8 L.A. is currently showing Fulton Leroy “Mr. Wash’s” Washington’s fundraising exhibition “Bridging the Way” which is helping to fund the building of his new studio and community center in Compton, CA. NBC News reports:
“Fulton Leroy Washington, who goes by Mr. Wash, knows a thing or two about getting a second chance in life even in the midst of hopelessness and isolation.
Before President Barack Obama commuted his sentence in 2016, Mr. Wash was behind bars for more than two decades. While serving a life sentence after being wrongfully convicted of nonviolent drug offenses in the 1970s, he taught himself how to draw and paint.
“I brought eight brushes and a couple of paint tubes and started practicing. And here we are now,” the Compton native recalled.”
“After commissioning his artwork, he was able to purchase his studio in Compton. And he’s now raising money to build a community center on the same lot with the goal of giving second chances to the formerly incarcerated and artists of color. The ex-inmate said the Art by Wash Center will also provide free housing of up to 6 months to those newly released from prison.
“This is my new blank canvass,” Mr. Wash described. “It’s going to have spaces for inmates coming home from prison and teaching art as a way of communication to prevent them from going [back] to prison.”
Mr. Wash also planned to host a fundraising exhibition with other artists of color whom he took under his wings.
The exhibition, which is curated by Mr. Wash himself, runs from Feb. 15 through Mar. 26 at HVW8 Gallery at 661 N. Spaulding Ave. in Los Angeles.”
Read the full article here or learn more about the exhibition.
Brian Lotti for Kenny Beats’ “Louie’s Music Shop” at HVW8 L.A.
Brian Lotti presents an eleven artwork installation on the occasion of Kenny Beats’ album release and “Louie’s Music Shop” at HVW8 L.A. The collections of drawings monoprints and paintings were created largely on-site for the original album artwork for Louie. All pieces are framed.
Please email info@hvw8.com for questions.
View the collection.
THE NEW YESTERDAY – HVW8 Berlin
THE NEW YESTERDAY
HVW8 Berlin, Linienstr. 161, 10115 Berlin
Opening: February 10th, 6-9 pm
Exhibition: February 11th – April 15th
Opening hours: Tue-Sat, 2-7 pm
HVW8 Gallery Berlin is pleased to present THE NEW YESTERDAY, a group exhibition featuring artists:
44 Flavours, Sebastian Haslauer, Daniel M Thurau, Sascha Missfeldt, Stefan Rinck, Jaybo Monk and SuperBlast.
“… for each beginning bears a special magic that nurtures living and bestows protection.” Hermann Hesse
With the group exhibition THE NEW YESTERDAY, HVW8 Gallery Berlin celebrates new beginnings in challenging times.
The ever changing landscapes, physical and psychological, shifting to new manifestations. Resting for a singular moment, to transform into another the next. How does it feel to make this first step into thein that lies ahead and how do we reaco it, in a leap of faith. The artist is by nature repeating this process, with every new work. It becomes a part of the process.
Selected works from the artists’ most recent series are shown together for the first time. And we´re off to new beginnings.
Mark Gonzales Book Signing NYC
Join Mark Gonzales for a signing of his Rizzoli book in New York. The book features photography from Sem Rubio as well as contributions by Hiroshi Fujiwara and Tom Sachs and Gus Van Sant. For more information or to purchase the book visit Rizzoli online.
“Named the “Most Influential Skateboarder of All Time” by Transworld Skateboarding, Mark Gonzales aka The Gonz is one of the most recognizable names in skateboarding, art, and street style. Born in California in 1968, Gonzales entered the skateboarding world at age 13, and by 16, was featured on the cover of Thrasher magazine. Widely revered since then as the inventor of street skating, Gonzales has remained one of the most prolific innovators in both skateboarding and contemporary art.” – Rizzoli
HVW8 also invites you to check out our collection of currently available works from Gonzales here.
Closing Event with Mario Van Peebles, Jan. 19th
MARLEY VAN PEEBLES “DAYS”
CLOSING EVENT
THURSDAY, JAN. 19TH 2023, 6-10PM
PLEASE JOIN US FOR A VIEWING OF “DAYS” WITH NEWLY ADDED WORKS.
IN ADDITION, THERE WILL BE A SPECIAL SCREENING OF “BAADASSSSS!” FEATURING A Q+A WITH MARIO VAN PEEBLES IN HONOR OF MELVIN VAN PEEBLES
HVW8 GALLERY
661 N. SPAULDING AVE. L.A. 90036
Miami Party 2022
Please join us Tues 11/29
Miami Party 2022
Music by:
Falcons
g33zy
Nina Online
Celebrating Artists:
Cali DeWitt
Monja Gentschow
Mark Gonzales
Kosuke Kawamura
Sandy Kim
Gregory Shimada
Marley Van Peebles
Hosted by –
Norma Now
Mogreenz
Raul S.
RSVP Complimentary Bar 9-11pm, event until 3am.
Racket
150 NW 24th St, Wynwood, Miami, FL
rsvp@hvw8.com
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.