Opening Night of East Side Story with Gil Veni Vici
photos by Jen Rodrigo and Eric Minh Swenson (of Huffington Post Arts)
more photos here
Category: Events
EAST SIDE STORY – Los Angeles
photo Estevan Oriol, 2016
For Immediate Release
Friday, September 16, 2016
HVW8 GALLERY, IN COLLABORATION WITH GIL VENI VICI, PRESENTS
EAST SIDE STORY
A CELEBRATION OF EAST LOS ANGELES
THROUGH THE PERSPECTIVE OF GIL VENI VICI
On view Friday, September 23 rd through Sunday, October 16 th
Opening Reception: Friday the 23 rd , 7pm–10pm
Featuring Photographs by:
Steven Arroyo, Alex Bortz, Jason Clifton, Faso, Patrick Hoelck, Niko the Ikon,
Adri Law, Steve Olson, Estevan Oriol, Dan Regan,
Rick Rodney, Patrick O’Brien Smith, Spanto, Paulo Wallo
HVW8 Art + Design Gallery
661 N Spaulding Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90036
LOS ANGELES — HVW8 Gallery, in collaboration with Gil Veni Vici, presents East Side Story, a multidisciplinary art exhibition about the north easternmost neighborhood in Los Angeles through the perspective of Gil Veni Vici. Born and raised in El Sereno, Gil shares a glimpse into his personal lifestyle by featuring 14 artists and tasking them with creating a piece of work that embodies the feel and culture of East Los Angeles. This group of artists, which includes emerging and established photographers, will payhomage to the Latin landmark and community-driven culture that this neighborhood represents. The featured photographs are taken in East L.A., with Gil acting as both the creative director and the the main focal point of the work, celebrating his Mexican- American heritage. These portraits speak to Gil’s unwavering respect for the nuances of his roots and daily reality. In a global art climate obsessed with naming what L.A. is and isn’t, Gil demonstrates what L.A. means to him simply by nature of being.
Entering the space, one will feel as if they are stepping into a familiar East L.A. party or celebration scene, including a layered cake with pillars and colorful lighting alongside the photographs exhibited. The entire presentation explores the idea of a collective neighborhood and its deep-rooted traditions. The exhibition will also feature a large-scale installation and performance piece in the form of a poker game sequence. The characters depicted include opposing gangsters, a recontextualized childhood image of a surreal experience. In this dream state, confirmed by the mermaid character playing the dealer, one can imagine a collapsed encounter of different subcultures in a moment full of whimsical surrealism. A theatrical meeting of minds gathered to dramatize moments from Gil’s own childhood, where memories have now become both unbelievable truths and familiar fantasies. The viewer is invited to step inside an intimate storyline that is stopped in time and representative of Gil’s upbringing.
The opening will feature local food by Escuela Taqueria and drinks provided by Sean B of Serve Mobile Bars. Bradley Soileau, AUSTO, and Allie Teliz will be spinning oldies and hip-hop, dirtbikes and four wheelers will be on display, along with a piñata and other Mexican-American traditions. A limited edition release of Gil’s clothing line entitled 50K will also be available for purchase, alongside a zine and other takeaway items.
Opening Reception: Friday the 23 rd , 7pm–10pm
RSVP@hvw8.com
HVW8 Art + Design Gallery
661 N Spaulding Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90036
About Gil Veni Vici
Gil Veni Vici began his image hustle simply by existing as a young person in Los Angeles, stumbling upon local artists and brands in L.A. and impressing them with his own personal sense of style and values. His image repertoire is filled with homages to his family and identity. East Side Story is a culmination of Gil’s roots and career thus far; a happening saturated with the vibrance of East L.A.’s visual culture.
About HVW8 Art + Design Gallery
HVW8 Art + Design Gallery, Los Angeles, was founded in 2006 by Tyler Gibney and Addison Liu with a focus on supporting fine art and avant-garde graphic design. By furthering artistic visions at the intersection of art, music and design, it soon became one of the premier underground galleries in Los Angeles. Over the past 7 years emerging and established artists such as Parra, Brian Lotti, Kevin Lyons, Hassan Rahim, Mark Gonzales, Cody Hudson, Lisa Leone, Janette Beckman, and Jean Andre have exhibited their works. In 2014 HVW8 Gallery expanded with a location in Berlin, Germany. More
info at hvw8.com.
661 N. Spaulding Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90036
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Cosmic Perspective Opening Night Photos
Thank you for those that came out for the Cosmic Perspective Installation and Performance featuring MNDSGN. We have a few shirts from the event now available online. More photos from opening night on our HVW8 Facebook page courtesy Chris Hund @Paxicorecords.
MNDSGN COSMIC PERSPECTIVE
Join us Friday September 2nd, 7 – 10pm for an installation and performance of Cosmic Perspective by MNDSGN.
Please RSVP at rsvp@hvw8.com
Installations By:
Alima
Mndsgn
Eric Coleman
Performances By:
Mndsgn
Zeroh
Ras G + The African Space Program
Coleman (DJ)
Jamma-Dee (DJ)
Benedek (DJ)
Sakanoi (DJ)
‘Duet’ opening
Jerry Hsu – Berlin – Links
Karl Hab 24H LOS ANGELES Opening
Bernie Sanders NYC Exhibition
Bernie Sanders at the opening night.
Artwork by Dan Buller and RoStarr
Deee Lite’s Lady Miss Kier
Aaron Draplin, Luis Calderin, Cody Hudson
Dan Buller
The Hole NYC
Romon Yang ‘RoStarr’, Prince Language
Bernie Muppet, Bernie and Jane Sanders, Dave Driscoll.
Stretch Armstrong, Pete Rock
Tyler Gibney, Luis Calderin
Patrick Martinez
Photos from the Art Of A Political Revolution NYC now online.
Jerry Hsu – After Party Berlin
Karl Hab presents 24H LOS ANGELES
Karl Hab, 24H LOS ANGELES
Opening and Book Signing: April 20 2016, 7-10 pm
Exhibition Runs: April 21 – May 8th, 2016
Location: HVW8 Gallery, Los Angeles
24 hours Los Angeles is not a book and exhibition about the city of L.A. It’s a unique vision of one city shown through the eyes of young photographer Karl Hab. After many trips to L.A., Karl wanted to share his love and admiration for this town and what it means to him. During those various experienc- es in the City of Angels, he tried to capture a certain essence of this city from a different point of view, especially using aerial shots.
There is a special feeling when you come to L.A. and it starts when you exit the airport. It’s something so special that it’s hard to explain with words, especially when it comes to the beauty and the buzz of this city – which is why Karl used his lens to express himself.
The photos are organized by chronological order – starting with the beginning of the day and its cold tones to its end with the warm ones – showing the city through many angles and many shades.
The book and exhibition is about a single vision, a unique feeling of a city which changes every day. This is why Karl’s photos re ect the sensitivity of the light, the colorimetry of the landscapes and a topic he holds dear: colors, planes, cars, and many more.
After reading and viewing 24 hours Los Angeles, you may see something different in a city you thought you knew so well before.
The introduction of the book is written by the New York based artist Daniel Arsham.
There are no page numbers, but hours corresponding to these times: morning, noon, afternoon and evening. You’ll also find GPS coordinates that represent the captions.
Contact
HVW8 Gallery Los Angeles
661 N. Spaulding Ave, 90036
info@hvw8.com
Information and sales:
Tyler Gibney / Victor Saldaña
tyg@hvw8.com / victor@hvw8.com
Supported by:
adidas originals
Links :
https://amuse-i-d.vice.com/24h-los-angeles-the-new-art-book-by-karl-hab/ http://en.colette.fr/content/karl-hab/
http://24hlosangeles.com/
http://hypebeast.com/2016/4/24h-los-angeles-art-book-by-karl-hab
The Art of a Political Revolution NYC
The Art of a Political Revolution – Photos
Cody Hudson Opening Night – Berlin
WHEN I FINALLY GET MYSELF TOGETHER – BERLIN
Photos from the Art of a Political Revolution opening Los Angeles
Thank you to everyone that came out to ‘the Art of a Political Revolution’ opening this past Saturday. People were treated to a great day of Art and Music as well as a live broadcast of Bernie Sanders.
#artistsforBernieSanders
More photos HERE
Brock Fetch and A$AP Ferg
ALWAYS STRIVE AND PROSPER
A PHOTO EXHIBITION BY BROCK FETCH AND A$AP FERG
presented by adidas skateboarding
Dec 12th, 6 – 10pm
at HVW8 Los Angeles
The exhibit features insightful photos by esteemed photographer Brock Fetch and highlights the close friendship and camaraderie of the A$AP Mob. In particular, the exhibit will pay tribute to A$AP Yams – who was the founder of the iconic group – with a large-scale painting by A$AP Ferg dedicated to the late artist.
More photo’s from Opening Night
ALWAYS STRIVE AND PROSPER – MIAMI ART BASEL
“Boys” Zine Release
“Boys” by Betül Uyar
Zine release and tattoo sessions (with Cheaptattoo & Victortattoo)
Release event: Thursday, November 19th 2015, 3 – 11pm
Betül Uyar aka Tue La releases her first photo zine ‘BOYS’ on November 19th, 2015 at HVW8 Gallery Berlin. She was born and raised in Berlin Kreuzberg which you can identify in most of her photos. The cover of ‘BOYS’ is showing her first ever shot of the series, taken some time ago in the backyard where she grew up – at Kottbusser Tor.
For this publication TueLa has selected 26 analog taken images from a huge amount of photos she has collected over the years. The ‘BOYS’ zine is limited to 100 copies and will be available at the release event. A few photos will be on display in the gallery.
Los Angeles Gallery Appointments
The HVW8 Los Angeles Gallery is open by appointment only until December 2nd, then will resume regular hours.
If you would like to view and / or purchase artwork from previous exhibitions please email info@hvw8.com and arrange an appointment.
Thank-you
SUMMER SCHOOL at the ACE
SUMMER SCHOOL
FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC UPON RSVP – PALM SPRINGS
Get your three-ring binders ready: our fifth annual Summer School retreat is upon us. Free, open-to-the-public workshops during the day, with bands and DJs taking us well into the night. Best of all: no principals.
Art workshops Include:
Sun Print Workshop with Photographer Mike Selsky
Collage-Logo Kitchen Workshop with Designer Trevor Tarczynski
Printmaking & Block Printing Workshop with Kristofferson San Pablo
Feathers Workshop with Nathan Bell
Curated by Tyler Gibney (HVW8 Art + Design Gallery, LA)
Live Music by:
Jacuzzi Boys
Phantoms
DJ Sets by:
Chris Douridas (of KCRW)
Kodak to Graph
E.B. Sollis
Soraya
Masha
Plus secret special guests
Staying with us for the retreat? Use the code TEACHERSPET when booking for ten percent off room rates.
View last year’s Summer School feature on Nowness HERE
Brian Lotti ‘Echo Park’
BRIAN LOTTI
ECHO PARK
June 19th – July 19th, 2015
Opens Friday, June 19th, 7 pm at HVW8 Los Angeles.
**Exhibition now extended to August 2nd
Please email info@hvw8.com for inquiries
Brian Roettinger – Book Signing at HVW8 Berlin
In support of his current exhibition, 8 Announcements, Brian Roettinger will be signing books and catalogs at HVW8 Berlin, this Thursday, June 11th, from 6 – 8pm.
Books and Catalogs will be available for sale in a limited supply.
Please RSVP here
Gallery Weekend Berlin
Gallery Weekend at HVW8 Berlin
May 1 – 3rd
Please Join us at HVW8 Berlin as we celebrate Gallery Weekend, marking 7 months of the HVW8 Gallery in Berlin with art, music and food.
HVW8 Berlin opened in Oct of 2014 and since had exhibitions and events featuring international artists and photographers such as Jean André, Atiba Jefferson, Rein Vollegna, Julie Opperman, Ed Templeton, Rich Jacobs, Sergej Vutuc, Andrew Schoultz, Philippine Chaumont to name a few. HVW8 Berlin has also collaborated with local Berlin print houses and publications Draw-A-Line and Just Breathe (JB. Magazine) to showcase artists and work.
In this spirit we invite you to join HVW8 Gallery this weekend for an open house of art, music and food.
Please email – mailto:infoberlin@hvw8.com for inquiries.
Original artwork and prints from previous exhibitions will be on display and for sale, as well as new artwork by JB. fellows Stefan Marx, Tim Head and Remed.
Opening hours:
Friday, May 1 — 3 to 6 pm
Saturday, May 2 — 3 to 8 pm
Sunday, May 3 — 3 to 8 pm
On Saturday, May 2:
Music by Isis Salam and special guests
Fresh Pizza by Tiny Tim (from Weboogie Berlin)
With support from San Miguel and adidas.
HVW8 Berlin, Linienstraße 161, 10115 Berlin, Germany
HVW8 presents Atiba Jefferson’s ‘Lonely Wanderer’ at WOAW for Art Basel (Hong Kong)
Thanks to everyone that came out to our Pop Gallery featuring Atiba Jefferson at WOAW for this years Hong Kong Art Basel.
More photos here
Atiba Jefferson: Lonely Wanderer – HVW8 Opening Hong Kong
WOAW and HVW8 Present –
Lonely Wanderer
Atiba Jefferson
with HVW8 Gallery pop-up
Monday, March 16th
6:30 – 9:30pm
WOAW store – 11 Gough Street, Sheung Wan, HK
RSVP : info@woawstore.com
Atiba Jefferson: Lonely Wanderer
Skate photography can be limited by its environment: incandescent street lights, pedestrians, and handrails among other urban barriers. This particular craft compensated for these obstacles and maximized action and consequently took the form of fisheye perspective, oblique ground angles, and wide panoramas. Contemporary practice has become so perfected that street images have attained a studio finish of painstakingly perfected lighting and dramatically staged composition. Atiba Jefferson, beginning as a self-taught hobbyist photographer from small town Colorado, entered the field at this pivotal moment becoming a major influencer in this aestheticization of digital skateboard photography.
Andrew Reynolds suspended in mid-execution of his Frontside Flip in Vancouver surrounded by an innumerable wall of ragged spectators is frozen at the apex frame, decisively timed and impossibly composed. This image has since compounded Reynold’s mythologization, and in turn, lives in the collective experience of what it feels like to watch someone “land it.” It’s also a reminder that there’s still an instinctual value and awe with using photography as a way of preserving an ephemeral, and for a lot of viewers, culturally monumental moment. Atiba has since photographed an impressive range of individuals of athletes and musicians who have attained a status of iconicity: Kobe, Animal Collective, Michael Jordan, Katy Perry, Nicki Minaj, Tony Hawk, Tyler the Creator, Future Islands, RZA, Derrick Rose, Run the Jewels, Battles, 2 Chainz, Mark Gonzales, and so on.
What is more baffling is how someone arrives at the opportunity to photograph these people from such disparate industries; for Atiba, these occasions often occur out of chance rather than will. A backstage “hey” activates a network of social dominoes that eventually results in the moment when Explosions in the Sky’s Munaf Rayani holds a guitar ritualistically to the crowd, irradiated by beams of light and covered in a cosmos of photographic grain, in a way that speaks to the shimmering/shattering gliss of the band’s music. Commercial or recreational, each image demonstrates the skill needed to render the particular affect of that instance and the attention necessary to convey the something of an innate quality of a person’s identity.
Atiba derives his practice from his subject. Panda Bear’s Lonely Wanderer, with its cascading keys and mantric vocals repeats, “If you…Look back…Would you…Look back…What have you done…Have you done…Was it…Was it Worthwhile.” Similarly, Lonely Wanderer can be taken as a persistent, reflective, and fragmentary self-interrogation of achievement as communicated through the people that Atiba meanders around.
Atiba is a photographer living and working in Los Angeles. He has served on the editorial staff for Transworld and is one of the founders of The Skateboard Mag. He shoot campaigns for Supreme, adidas, Panasonic and the LA Lakers. He plays keyboards in a band called The Goats & The Occasional Others and co-runs a bar in LA. Lonely Wanderer is his third exhibition at HVW8. He has previously shown at HVW8 LA and HVW8 Berlin.
Kevin Lyons / HVW8 Miami Mural Installation and Event
photos David Cabrera
HVW8 Pop Up at Art Basel Miami
No New Neon
HVW8 Gallery Pop Up featuring an Art Installation with Jean André
w/ Guest appearance of Kevin Lyons
supported by adidas
Saturday Dec 6th, 7 pm – 12am
7401a NW Miami CT., Little River, FL 33150
A Night With Rein Vollenga – Purple Magazine
A Night with REIN VOLLENGA
HVW8 BERLIN presents
A Night with REIN VOLLENGA
At HVW8 BERLIN, Rein Vollenga will present a series of limited edition collaboration T-shirts, playing with incorporating images of his work into wearable commercial objects. Alongside the release of this collaboration, Rein will present a selection of his wearables which will be on display at HVW8 Berlin until December 10th. Each shirt will retail for 35 EUR, available only at HVW8 Berlin.
Friday, November 21st 2014
7pm-10pm
Linienstraße 161
Berlin Mitte 10115
About Rein
Born 1979 in Geldrop, The Netherlands, Vollenga is a Dutch sculptor living and working in Berlin within the parallel universes of fashion and art. His work has been shown at Le Louvre, Paris, Haus der Kunst, Munich, Kunsthall Oslo, Museums Quartier, Vienna as well as various smaller galleries amongs other places. His wearable sculptures have appeared on catwalks in London and Paris, in the collections of designers KTZ and Mugler as well as the Arnhem Fashion Bi-annual and as special commissions for music and dance performers Lady Gaga, Hercules & Love Affair, K-pop group 2NE1, choreographer Damien Jalet, and many more. The pieces have also been featured in magazines Vogue Italia, Dazed, i-D, Interview, Purple, Frieze magazine (d/e edition).
‘Mon Amour’ Book Launch at HVW8 Berlin
MON AMOUR is the 3rd and final book of the Ladies Collection, after JE T’ADORE and ENCORE.
The aim of the book is to collect the many faces of femininity and lady-ness as a tribute to womankind. With the acumen of a graphic designer and the passion of a 70’s erotic filmmaker, Jean André handles his women with curiosity, reverence and intuition.
André’s oeuvre combines mixed international pop culture with personal childhood references and swirls them into his work, using the female form as a sort of icing on the cake. The artist traces the roles of women from cultural icons to sexualzed bodies to intimate bodies, using his love of women as a lens to make his already private drawings more sensitive. “I make drawings of women for women, I don’t do this to turn boys on.” The meat of his work is contained within the active space of performance between muse and drawer.
All three books in the Ladies Collection are available for purchase at Colette Paris, www.Club75.fr and HVW8 Gallery. Published by Ed Banger, 50 pages black print
Jean André (b. 1986) describes his drawings and paintings as “gentleman art” focused and inspired by the beauty of women. His work as a graphic designer in Montmartre for Ed Banger is just one outlet, while his other work channels themes of the female form in charming paintings. At once minimalist and realistic, he tries to explore all the opportunities the ink offers him. His major influences include Tom Wesselmann, Matisse, Richard Kern and Serge Gainsbourg, among others.
HVW8 Art + Design Gallery was founded in 2006 by curator Tyler Gibney with Addison Liu in Los Angeles, California, with mandate supporting fine-art and avant-garde graphic design. Over the past seven years, emerging and established artists such as Parra, Geoff McFetridge, Kevin Lyons, Hassan Rahim, Mark Gonzales, Cody Hudson, Lisa Leone, Craig Costello (aka Krink), and Jean André have exhibited their works. Further informaton can be found on HVW8.com
MON AMOUR will be the inaugural event of HVW8 BERLIN. After event at LARRY Club – chauseestraße 131, Berlin Mitte
Supported by Zoe and Our/Berlin
HVW8 BERLIN Linienstraße 161, corner Klein Hamburgerstraße
Open Tuesday through Saturday from 12- 6pm or by appointment: (0)30 9836 3691
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