News – Page 31

Parra prints

A Parra prints Re-up will soon be arriving in the gallery and in the online store. Check back for details.

Current availability HERE

Barkley L. Hendricks: Birth of the Cool

Barkley L. Hendricks: Birth of the Cool Opening Reception and Party
Friday, May 15

Members’ Preview: 6-7 pm
with remarks by artist Barkley L. Hendricks and Trevor Schoonmaker, curator of contemporary art at the Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University

Public Opening: 7-11 pm

Featuring music by Thee Mike B
and Brian Waters from the Flash Express

Special performance by The Movement Movement
Choreographed by Mecca Vazie Andrews

Wine and spirits provided by Pura Casta Tequila and Whole Foods Market Santa Monica

KOGI Korean BBQ Taco Truck on site all evening

Also on view
Project Room 1: Kalif Kelly: Electronicon
Project Room 2: Jeni Spota: Don’t Tread on Me
Youth Exhibition: Park Studio 2009 – A Mighty Message

Santa Monica Museum of Art
Bergamot Station, Building G1
2525 Michigan Ave.
Santa Monica, CA 90404
ph: 310.586.6488

For more information, please visit: http://www.smmoa.org/index.php/exhibitions/details/215

Alex Flach

Berlin based photographer Alex Flach stopped by the gallery yesterday.

You can see Alex’s work on the Pool Gallery’s website HERE.

Elizabeth Colomba

Elizabeth Colomba is a part of the group exhibition enitiled “Cooperative”, opening tonight at the Pounder-Kone Art Space, 3407 Glendale Blvd (Atwater Village), Los Angeles, Ca 90039

View more of Elizabeth’s painting and drawings HERE

HVW8 Gallery skate team

Continue reading “HVW8 Gallery skate team”

Mos Def x Alexrod + Coultrain Live

Cognito stopped by, back from his recent trip to South Africa, with some footage of Mos Def at the Cape Town Jazzfest. More on frolab HERE.

nas and Jr. Gong in the studio

Been working on some stuff for Nas and Damian “Jr. Gong” Marley.

HVW8 Prints

HVW8 prints from Tyler Gibney, Gene Pendon and Brent Rollins now available on TurntableLab.

Choque the photographer

Pablo (director of NEXT) is down in Brazil working on a fiction film on pixacao, and introduced me to the work of Choque.

View More of Choque’s work HERE, also you can follow Pablo on his twitter.

Cinco de Mayo !

Tonight will be spinning a few records with DJ Pubes for Cinco de Mayo at Cobras + Matadors.

Parra – Original Painting

“Vest”
Acrylic on Canvas (stretched)
46 x 64 inches (116.8 x 162.6 cm),
2009

$2500

Original Parra painting “Vest” now available in the HVW8 online shop.

Barkley L. Hendricks paintings

What’s Going On?
Oil, acrylic on canvas

Napoleon
Oil on Canvas

Black Flag
Oil on Canvas

Before Kehinde Wiley there was Barkley L. Hendricks.

RIP Ernie Barnes

Maybe best known for his Marvin Gaye artwork for I Want You, collaborations with Bill Withers and sketching out the character JJ Walker in Good Times, Ernie Barnes was a great American painter.

You don't have to stand up to be funky

Montreal being my second home, I wanted to give a nod to a cool project my old roommate Scott C has going on for the Montreal Biennale. He also sent this track from DSDQ, that accompanies the artwork. Nice work!

– Ty G

Claudio Marzano + Scott Clyke present
SOUNDSCAPES/PAYSAGE SONORES
as part of La Biennale de Montreal 2009
opening May 1st and running until May 31st

featuring paintings by Rick Leong
& original music by
David Ryshpan
Dubline
KenLo
The Blessings
Think Twice
Moonstarr
SirOJ

vernissage – FRIDAY MAY 1ST 6:30PM
Ecole Bourget, 1230 rue De La Montange
room 206
http://www.biennalemontreal.org/soundscapes

*limited edition CDs will be available

DSDQ (SirOJ remix)

Dam-Funk interview

Recent interview with Dam-Funk.

Osunlade

Osunlade makes a visit at the Art + Design Gallery.

Gavin Newsom

With Gavin Newsom, Mayor of San Francisco and candidate for California Governor.

Studio kinda cloudy

New projects in the works …..

Computer Jay on BBC

photos max SSLA/HVW8

Congrats to Computer Jay who got some love this week on Benji b’s bbc radio 1 show.

Listen HERE

and here’s the track …..

Computer Jay – Epiphany

A day in LA

last night’s party

Continue reading “last night’s party”

Gallery shots

photo ML Khondji

"Copyright Murakami"

Interesting article about the Murakami/Louis Vuitton from the MOCA exhibition last year.

Clint Arthur appends the action after discovering that his $12,000 Murakami prints came from repurposed materials. The company says art’s ‘ambiguity’ is part of the ‘bargain.’

HVW8 Podcast – DJ Asparagus

New HVW8 Podcast with Dj Asparagus from Stockholm, Raw Fusion Records. Recorded live at the Gallery a few weeks ago.

DJ Asparagus:

DJ Asparagus – DJ Asparagus Will Get You!
Kenny Bobien – Reachin’ (BOP Reprise Mix)
Dreamer G – I Got That Feeling (Original Extended Mix)
DJ Asparagus vs. Wipe The Needle – Ur Daddy Loves U
Clifford Nyren – Keep Running Away (Egon’s Edit)
Tropical Treats – Afrikan Riddim
Ini Kamoze – Here Comes The Hotstepper (Heartipella)
DJ Krush – Meiso (DJ Shadow Remix Instrumental – DJ Asparagus Battle Edit)
Restless Soul – Turn Me Out (DJ Asparagus Rub Down Dance Floor Edit)
McNeal & Niles – Summertime (DJ Asparagus Edit)
Might Generation – The MG Beat (DJ Asparagus Edit)
B Boyz
Manwomanboogie (DJ Asparagus Breakdown)
Hygher Baby feat. Aaron Phiri – Struggle (DJ Asparagus Old Skool House Bump)
Lady Alma – Running For Nothing (Simbad Remix)

Support Dj Asparagus and check him out over here:
rawfusionrec.com
myspace.com/djasparagus
fromsoultosole.blogspot.com

Download HERE

Or via iTunes