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Michael, Kevin and Geoff Exhibition Reviews

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photo from Kitsune Noir

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The current show Michael, Kevin and Geoff, received a lot of blog attention. Below is a sampling of photos and reviews. The show continues through December 20th, at the HVW8 Art+Design Gallery. Purchase artwork HERE.

Blog Roll –

Just Breathe

Stages 09

Atmosphere

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Kitsune noir

Hustler of Culture

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Michael Leon – Original Artwork and Prints

Pink Dot (2009)

Artist Michael Leon

23 1/2×33″

Acrylic and screenprint

Original Artwork

More info Here.

 

$800.00

 

 

 

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Germs (2009)

Artist Michael Leon

23 1/2×33″

Acrylic and screenprint

Original Artwork

More info Here.

 

$800.00

 

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Gold Dot (2009)

Artist Michael Leon

23 1/2×33″

Acrylic and screenprint

Original Artwork

More info Here.

 

$800.00

Michael Leon prints now online.

Michael, Kevin and Geoff – Opening Night Photos

Photos from Saturday’s opening night party for the Michael, Kevin and Geoff exhibition. The artwork will up on view at the HVW8 Gallery through Dec. 20th. The Gallery is open Tuesday through Sunday.

Artwork from the show will be posted on line Wednesday for purchase.

Thanks to everyone who attended as well as PBR and Bear Flag wines for the drinks.

photos Max SSLA, Yoshi and Ty G.

Window designs from Chamo studios.

Zosen

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Zosen from Barcelona, gets down behind the HVW8 Gallery.

Michael, Kevin and Geoff Opening this Saturday, 7 to 10pm

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Opening this Saturday, Nov. 7th at 7pm. RSVP at  MichaelKevinGeoff@hvw8.com.

Music will be provided by Danny Holloway.

Wine will be courtesy of Bear Flag Wines and beer courtesy of PBR.

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Danny Holloway has over 30,000 45s. He’s been collecting them since the age of 5. In the 70s, Holloway worked in the inner sanctum of Island Records in London and recorded Bob Marley, produced the Heptones album Night Food, helped signed Burning Spear and worked with Toots & The Maytals, Lee Scratch Perry and other founding fathers of roots reggae and dub. Danny has traveled the world to secure unusual records to add to his collection. You can hear his mixes at Dublab.com/Holloway.

The Site of NOW Closing Party this Sunday

Photos from The Site of NOW exhibition now on display at Royal/T Gallery.

This Sunday, October 11th, 3-6 pm, we will be hosting a closing party with Artist Q+A. There will be champagne, hors d’oeuvres and a live performance by Coultrain.

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Royal-T Cafe
8910 Washington Blvd
Culver City, CA 90232-2326
(310) 559-6300

Also here are some shots of the opening night on the Beams blog from Yoshi.

Barnstormers vs. HVW8, Music by Rich Medina, Montreal 2001


At tomorrows ‘The Site of NOW’ show there will be a small section on display from the “Barnstomers vs. Heavyweight”  Live painting session that was done in Montreal in 2001. It featured Montreal artists from Heavyweight; Gene Pendon, Tyler Gibney, Dan Buller with the NYC based collective Barnstomers; featuring David Ellis, Rostarr, Mike Ming, Jose ‘Ease’ Parla.

The piece was done at a large party in Montreal with music by Rich Media, with the artists going over each other back and forth. The final was a bit of a drunken mess but still cool to check out.

On display through Oct. 3 to 15th at Royal/T in Culver City, Los Angeles, CA.

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R to L: Gene Pendon, Tyler Gibney, Dan Buller, RoStarr, David Ellis, Jose Parla, Mike Ming, and ?

The SITE of NOW exhibition at Royal/T

The SITE of NOW

Opening Oct. 3rd, 7 to 11 pm

“The SITE of Now” exhibition will be a “Best of” collection from the past two years of artists from the HVW8 Art + Design Gallery. Select pieces from the past ten years of HVW8 Art Installation and exclusive private collections will also be on view. The exhibit will feature artwork from such noteworthy artists as Parra, Brent Rollins, Kevin Lyons, HVW8 Art Installation (Gene Pendon, Tyler Gibney and Dan Buller) and Winston Tseng.

Curated by Tyler Gibney.

The SITE of NOW

artwork from :
Brent Rollins (Brooklyn)
HVW8 Art Installation (Montreal/Los Angeles)
Kevin Lyons (Philadelphia)
Willo Perron (Montreal/LA)
HVW8 vs Brnstrmers (2001)
Raif Adelberg (Vancouver)
Tyler Gibney (Los Angeles)
Parra (Amsterdam)
Winston Tseng (NYC)
skypager (Los Angeles)
+ more

Also shown will be Select works from collectors Sharifa and Eduardo Burillo; including a limited-edition print by Basquiat, pieces by Blek Le Rat, Nick Walker, eelus and Andy Warhol’s Brillo boxes by Charles Lutz.

HVW8 Pop up shop with
T-shirts
Prints

Music performance on opening night by:
Coultrain
DJ Thee Mike B

Please rsvp to: rsvp@royal-t.org, keyword: site

show runs until Oct 15th.
opens Oct. 3rd , 7 to 11pm

at Royal/T
8910 Washington Blvd
Culver City, CA 90232
T 310 559 6300

show runs until Oct 18th.

 

For more than ten years, HVW8 Production House has blurred the lines between art, music and design. Established in 1998 in Montreal, Canada, HVW8 Production House’s initial artistic endeavor was the HVW8 Art Installation with artists Tyler Gibney, Gene Pendon and Dan Buller. After the group’s first “live painting” performance series at the Montreal Jazzfest, HVW8 started touring the world creating live pieces along side musicians such as the Herbalizer, Roots Manuva and Africa Bambaata, while holding exhibitions at such esteemed galleries as Parco in Tokyo, Museo De Arte De Puerto Rico in San Juan and MOCCA (Museum of Canadian Contemporary Art). HVW8 then created the acclaimed installation series “Political Minded” in 2004, which showcased in pop-up galleries in NYC, Montreal, L.A. and San Francisco.

In 2005, The HVW8 Art + Design gallery was established in Los Angeles as a studio + gallery space for HVW8 and friends. The current mandate is to support avant-garde graphic design, such as Dutch designer/illustrator Parra, Swedish design house SSON, skateboard company enjoi and American designer’s Brent Rollins, Kevin Lyons and Ray Noland. Most recently, HVW8 Records was founded in 2008. Look out for upcoming releases by Red “the Man Without the Machine,” Master Blazter feat. Computer Jay, J-1 and Dam-Funk and Hawthorne Headhunters with Black Spade/Stoney Rock.

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Basquiat

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Raif Adelberg

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Parra

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HVW8 Art Installation

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Tonight –

1st 250 guests receive a limited tee + 7″ @ 999 Closing Party. Starts at 9:09pm. 9 DJs. 715 Hampton Ave Venice 90291

artwork by HVW8 (Brian Armstrong and Tyler Gibney)