HVW8 x Ahearn

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 

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Originals and Prints


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.

Outsider art

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.






Africa B

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.

Black Crome, Black Panthers and Do-Over

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 …

DNC Denver – Manifest Hope Gallery

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

Live at the BBQ: Season 2, Vol. 4 with Disco Tom Noble

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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Got Next, next Friday

 

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

 

 

Noah Davis

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!

Salon Style

 

A salon style of work currently on display from past HVW8 Gallery shows including Parra, Brent Rollins and Kevin Lyons as well as new HVW8 A.I. pieces including the new the Obama and Allen Ginsberg featured in the Juxtapoz article.

New galley summer hours, open Wednesday through Sunday, 1 – 5pm, or by appointment, 323 655 4898.