The real life rags to riches story is coming together for Red. His 1st youtube video, recorded by Ty G behind the HVW8 Gallery, hit a massive chord with people, with already 65 000 views on YouTube, and over 350 000 views on worldstarhiphop in 4 days! Not bad for a guy hanging in the parking lot trying to get a break. Well things are looking up for Red.
Here is a new track and message from the G-Funk hobo, filmed at the HVW8 Gallery. More to come!
This tee marks the beginning of HVW8’s collaboration work with legendary writer/director Charlie Ahearn.
Ahearn may be best known for his film Wildstyle, a documentary known worldwide as one of the first film releases to showcase 80’s hip hop culture in it’s rawest form. Wildstyle and Ahearn really need no introduction for those schooled in New York history and original hip hop. HVW8 is working with Charlie to hand pick exclusive images from his photo archives for future releases. Stay tuned for more.
Image: DJ AJ, photo by Charlie Ahearn 1980
Listen Up by Tyler Gibney
Must Kill Tomato by Parra
Funk Blot by Gene Pendon
Maybe Lou Reed Was Right by Kevin Lyons
Obama print by HVW8 Art Installation
Revolution/Evolution print by Tyler Gibney with Gene Pendon
Nu Directions print by Tyler Gibney with Gene Pendon
Jennifer Jackson/Listen Up print by Tyler Gibney
Prints for sale in the Gallery and Online.
Framing is available; email max@hvw8.com for quotes and timing.
A few HVW8 X Kevin Lyons prints are still available.
Limited edition print is direct from Kevin Lyons’ May 9th, 2008 exhibition at the HVW8 Gallery and only available from us.
Silkscreen on high quality archival paper
Edition of 30
22 1/2″ x 30 1/4″
Now in the HVW8 art + design gallery as well as online.
Gallery hours Wed – Sun., 1 – 5pm.
Martín Ramírez, 1895–1963, was an Mexican Immigrant who spent the majority of his time in the Stockton State Hospital in California. He was “schizophrenic artist” unable to communicate except through art.
Profile of Tom Wesselmann in Steady Bloggin.
Allen Ginsberg painting, by Dan Buller with Tyler Gibney is available in the HVW8 Online Store.
The piece is Silkscreen with Acrylic on Canvas, 19″ by 26″ (stretched), created in the HVW8 Gallery in 2008. The piece was recently featured in Juxtapoz. The piece is on display at the HVW8 Gallery.
Here is a recent article with Dan Buller and Gene Pendon in Format Magazine.
Original HVW8 member Brian A, aka Sleepy B, is working towards an exhibition based on his recent travels to Benin, Africa. Here are a few words and photos from the artist:
“Much too burned out to pack myself, running on 2 hrs sleep and failing reserves of nervous adrenaline, I made a furious break for the airport in full evening rush-hour traffic; A perfect way to say goodbye to the bustling metropolis of Montreal before my voyage into ‘the birthplace of voodoo’. ‘The doorway to the South’ for the Europeans, certainly the ‘Porte de non-retour’ for the slaves bound from the colonies to the occident, I was heading to the Republic of Benin, on the west coast of Africa.”
Photos and text from a young Canadian’s journey to the Motherland: Discovery, displacement, a whirlwind love affair and an unexpected twist forcing him to confront the wide world outside his home and his place within it. A realization that voodoo is not intangible, it lives in the everyday interactions between people, and in the basic motivation that drives them to do sometimes unimagineable and incomprehensible things.
Look out for an exhibition of Brian’s artwork at the HVW8 Gallery in 2009.
CAAM as a couple good shows —
Black Chrome — about black biker culture in California since WWII.
A Moment In Time: Bingham’s Black Panthers — photos by Howard Bingham for Life magazine of the Black Panthers.
Thanks to Kimmers for the photos!
Then got to lay down some tunes at the Do-Over with Rich Medina ……
Master Killa got on the Mic …..
Fat Lip laid an acappella on top his own verse when Rich laid down Pharcyde’s “She Said”
Good times …… Big Up Henri Tdot, Rich Medina, Aloe Blacc, Jamie, J-Logic, Mona Lisa …
A continuation of the Zombie series in Toronto a couple months ago.
HVW8 will be creating a mural in Denver at the Manifest Hope Gallery.
ABOUT THE MANIFEST HOPE GALLERY
Art plays a pivotal role in creating cultural momentum. The Manifest Hope Gallery celebrates that role and shines a spotlight on artists across the nation who use their voices to amplify and motivate the grass roots movement surrounding the Obama Campaign. The Manifest Hope Gallery highlights the central themes of the progressive grass-roots movement- Hope Change, Progress, Unity and Patriotism.
The Manifest Hope Gallery will be open to the public in Denver, CO at the Democratic National Convention, between Monday August 25th, 2008 through Thursday, August 28th, 2008 between the hours of 10:00 am – 5:00 pm.
The Manifest Hope Gallery, housed within Denver’s Andenken Gallery, and an additional transformed warehouse space, spans 10,000 sq. ft. and will draw together a works as varied as the voices of the artists who created them. Manifest hope will showcase some of the finest modern contemporary artists, acclaimed NY painters and sculptors, activated grass roots and street artists, and present the most widely recognized pieces seen throughout the 2008 presidential primary campaign, as well as newly commissioned works and previous works on loan from some of the United States top artists.
Manifest Hope, along with its online partner MoveOn.org, challenges the artistic world to engage their local communities in a significant and meaningful way, by inviting all artists to compete for a chance to present their works alongside these acclaimed and celebrated artists. Visit the online gallery for details.
Manifest Hope Gallery
2990 Larimer Street
Denver, CO 80205
Participating Artists:
Aaron Martin // Adrian Sanchez // Alexis McKenzie // Amy Martin // Amy Rice // Andy Howell // Alex Pardee // Cathie Bleck // Casey Ryder // Chanel Kennebrew // Chris Pastras // Chris Yates // Cydney Payton // Dan Monick // Date Farmers // David Choe // David Lanham // Deroy Peraza // Diederick Kraaijeveld // Eddie // Elizabeth Rosen // Emek // Evan Hecox // Frank Chimero // Frankie // Gary Baseman // HVW8 // Irene Hardwicke Olivieri // Jason Alberto //Garcia // Jason Giglio // Jeff Zimmerman // Jesselisa Moretti // Jude Buffum // Julie Adler // Justin Bua // Kate Luscher //Kay Tuttle // Keith Negley // Kofie // Leontine Greenberg // Lisa Anne Auerbach // Lisa Congdon // Lukas Ketner // MAC //Max Ginsburg // Maya Hayuk // Mear One // Mel Kadel // Melanie Reim // Morning Breath // Munk One // Nick Dewar // Pete Yahnke // Philip John Lumbang // Ray Noland aka CRO // Rebecca Berdel // Retna // Rick Griffith // Ron English // Ron Keas // Sam Flores // Sarah Hoskins // Scot Lefavor // Shannon Bonatakis and Josh Holland // Shepard Fairey // Todd Berger // Todd Lockwood // Tom Slaughter // Mike Moore (Tres Birds) // Van Taylor // Zara Gonzalez // Zina Saunders // Zoltron
More information at www.manifesthope.com
Our friend from Montreal, Other, is taking part in a show at the Carmichael Gallery with Flip and Hush. Here is a little Other showcase we had on the site back in 1998.
A Fafi HVW8 collaboration piece from 2003, just sold in Montreal from Yves Laroche Gallery.
More pieces from the Got Next Exhibition now posted on the HVW8 Gallery website. Also you can read about the show on the defamer.
Prints will be available next week on the HVW8 online shop.
Here’s a preview of Got Next opening tomorrow at the HVW8 Art + Design Gallery, 5 to 10 pm. Show runs through this weekend.
Coming next week when you order a print by HVW8, Parra, Brent Rollins, Kevin Lyon or any other artist, you will have the option of custom framing. Email Max@hvw8.com for further questions.
Record Man Disco Tom Noble rolled through the BBQ podcast sessions with Ty G and Max and graced us with some of his rare boogie and modern funk vinyl gems. Have a listen and let us know what you think. Subscribe through iTunes HERE
Live at the BBQ: Season 2, Vol. 4 with Disco Tom Noble
Ty G Sets it off:
I, Ced feat. Coultrain – Love …. Meaning (Bossa Nova remix)
Hawthorne Headhunters – Shining Star (HVW8)
M.G. – Funky Space Reincarnation (Instrumental)
Aloe Blacc – version
Disco Tom Noble! (www.myspace.com/discotomnoble)
Leon Davis – I think they call it love
Sky – No Need
Casual T – version
Danger Zone -TN instr.
June Evans – If You Want My Lovin’
Goldie Alexander – Spend My Life With You
Thunder Flasher – Reach Your High Tonight
Leprechaun – Reach out and Touch Someone
FF Yellowhand – Can You Feel It
Disco Tom’s Secret Track
Sunburst Band – The Easton Assassin
Majestics – Class A
Manujothi – Shake Your Body
Flight – Flyin High
Cash – Hot Thang
Holt Bros. Band – Dance With Me
Angelo Tinsley – Get Down With Me
Prophet – You Really Turn Me On
Disco Tom’s Secret Last track!
Max finishes things off with:
Eurofunk – Dynomite
The Limit – She’s So Devine
Voyage – I Love You Dancer Edit
Just Max – Uptown Downtown Edit
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Here is a message from Ray Noland about Next Friday’s Got Next at the HVW8 Art + Design Gallery, for more information about the exhibition check the Gallery’s website…..
Greetings,
Just pulled into Los Angeles after a serene ride threw Big Sur! (I could have stayed for awhile!) Will be exhibiting the GOT NEXT show at HVW8 Gallery opening Next Friday! If you are in the area, come by and see what I do with the place!
Thanks, to Tyler over at HVW8 for hosting the show for the next few days and DJs JEREMY SOLE & ALFRED HAWKINS for bringin’ threw some cuts!
Opening Reception:
Friday, August 8th, 2008
Show continues through Sunday, August 10th.
with DJs
JEREMY SOLE (KCRW, Musaics, Afro Funke’)
ALFRED HAWKINS (Firecraker)
Drinks courtesy of STARR African Rum
HVW8 Gallery
661 N. Spaulding Ave.
Los Angeles, CA 90036
www.hvw8.com
GoTellMama!
Brought to you by CRO
www.gotellmama.org
Check out this SF Weekly article… and don’t forget to get your design over to the INFECTIOUS Obama Car Art Contest.
“Ray Noland [CRO], a Chicago-based graphic designer, created a series of inspirational Obama images that began appearing on abandoned buildings and light posts the summer of 2006. Since then, his campaign has grown from a few posters around Chicago to an internationally recognized graphical depiction of inspiration, hope, and change…”
— Juxtapoz
IG Culture’s get down with Steve Spacek, Mark Pritchard, John Robinson and Brooklyn Terry for the release of Zen Badizm at Unit Tokyo. Artwork on visuals by HVW8’s Gene Pendon.
Gino Vanelli, Gettin’ High — redone by Proh Mic, along with a Parra version of the album artwork.
Proh Mic, Gettin’ Hi
Here’s a nugget by Ced with Coultrain.
I, CED feat Coultrain – Love…Meaning(BossaNovaRemix)
Single Mother
Sea Sick
Basic Training
40 acres and auni
Here is some recent work from our man, Noah Davis. He used to help out around the HVW8 Gallery and now is moving up in the art world. To view more of Noah’s work, have a look at Roberts and Tilton’s website. Excellente!
Two new remix’s of PPP’s “On A Cloud”.
On A Cloud (I,CED Remix)
the HUE – On A Cloud (remix)
Brent Rollins Originals are now in the HVW8 Shop
48″ by 36″, Silkscreen on Plexiglass and wood.
Or stop by the HVW8 Art + Design Gallery and view the pieces in person.
Wed. to Sun., 1 – 5pm, or by appointment, 661 N Spaulding Ave, Los Angeles, CA – (323) 655-4898
Gene and DSTRBO from HVA8 Art Istallation get down on Bootsy for the Funkfest in Toronto.
Today is the 400th birthday of Quebec City. HVW8 Was born in Montreal and have painted a few prominent Quebecers in our day ….
Romeo Dallaire
Rene Levesque
Pierre Trudeau
Charlie Biddle
