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new Prints
Medicated – 18″ x 24″ (45.7cm x 61 cm) – $45usd
Cat Collage – 18″ x 24″ (45.7cm x 61 cm) – $45usd
Two new prints available now in the Shop. There are also a few Photos from Jerry Hsu available, call 323 655 4898 for details.
Jt Donaldson
JT in Belgium reppin the Boogie/Modern Funk.
parra in Los Angeles
tonight
obama in echo park
Parra – Is that a Gun My Friend?
“Is that a Gun My Friend?” New Works by Parra. The opening party is Saturday, April 4 and the exhibit runs through May 9. HVW8 Art + Design Gallery is located at 661 N. Spaulding Ave., Los Angeles CA, 90036; open Tuesday to Sunday, 1 – 6 pm or by appointment. Parra will be creating new original works exclusive to the HVW8 Art + Design Gallery.
32-year-old Dutch illustrator and designer Parra has decorated the Amsterdam underground with his playful, bizarre graphics that span a broad base of themes, from introspective to audacious and bawdy. The mostly self-taught artist channels vintage forms, yet with a decidedly modern, post-pop approach and a distinctive, hand-drawn feel. His vibrant images and typography can be seen on prints in various exhibitions around the globe, on a flyer for a club near you, on the sleeve of a record, or on limited-edition tees and sweaters.
Parra’s characteristic style has also extended into his music career with electro-rock group LeLe. Their most popular track “Breakfast” features Parra’s typography and imagery set in motion to the song’s pulsating beats and comical (and slightly naughty) lyrics. Feel free to check it out here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-zfbDHipG8
RSVP to parra_rsvp(at)hvw8.com
To view Parra’s previous exhibition LALALA at the HVW8 Art + Design Gallery please go HERE.
More information on Parra can also be found on his website HERE.
enjoi pop up shop
Skate deck wall
International Superhero prints by Winston Tseng
enjoi clothing
photo by Jerry Hsu
International Superhero decks by Winston Tseng
Cat Collage by Winston Tseng
Medicated and Corporate Pig by Winston Tseng
enjoi decks
Outside window
Gallery interior
photos by Jerry Hsu
The enjoi exhibition/pop up shop is on display until April 1st. Most of the decks are very rare and out of print or were never in production, and available at the HVW8 Gallery for $60 to $70.
Photos by Jerry Hsu and original pieces/prints from Todd Bratrud and Winston Tseng are also available.
More photos from the exhibition/pop up shop HERE.
Purchase work online HERE.
Max's Trunk of Funk
We’re now taking a few of the vinyl selections from the Gallery’s “Trunk of Funk” and making them available Online. Here are few of the wax rarities hand selected by DJ Max:
SSO feat. Douglas Lewis and the Sugar Sisters – Shine You Light LP
Mort Garson Plantasia LP – Moog!
Ray Bryant – Up Above the Rock LP
The Natural Four – S/T LP on Curtom (Leroy Hutson Production!)
More albums available HERE.
Black Spade at SXSW, Dstrbo in T.O.
Dan Buller aka dstrbo takes part in the exhibition in/version at the Show & Tell Gallery in Toronto.
While Black Spade aka Stoney Rock takes part in Grand Ole Party of Bootleggers and Taste Makers in Austin.
Happy St. Paddy’s from House Shoes
New enjoi Prints
“Clones”
By Winston Tseng
18″ x 24″ Giclée print
1 of 25
signed and numbered by artist
Buy HERE
“International Superhero #3 (Black Batman)”
By Winston Tseng
18″ x 24″ Giclée print
1 of 25
signed and numbered by artist
Buy HERE
“Dog Meats”
By Winston Tseng
18″ x 24″ Giclée print
1 of 25
signed and numbered by artist
Buy HERE
“Louie’s Girlfriend”
By Todd Bratrud
serigraph printed by burlesque design
12″ x 25″
Edition of 200
signed and numbered by the artist
Buy HERE
Just a few of the enjoi prints now available online. More to come. Artwork and Prints on display at the HVW8 Art + Design Gallery, Tues through Sunday, 12 – 6 pm.
brazil
Artist Flip, from Brazil, Min and DJ Asparagus from Raw Fusion, Sweden.
Arthur Verocai was also in town performing for the first time in Los Angeles. More on Steady Bloggin.
arthur verocai
The great Arthur Verocai gave a amazing show, his first in Los Angeles, last night as part of the Timeless series.
HOPE AND GLORY
An interesting read from New Yorker Art critic Peter Schjeldahl on Shepard’s I.C.A Boston show.
Read HERE.
enjoi x HVW8 t's
HVW8 x enjoi shirts are now available! BUY HERE
Check back over the next few days for more prints and pieces from the show to be available online.
a-side worldwide
Big up to Mayer Hawthorne aka DJ Haircut who got played twice this week on Gilles Peterson’s Radio one show! We were lucky to have him with his crew A- Side at a HVW8 Live at the BBQ session last year, check it out HERE or listen via iTunes.
LeLe at SXSW
prince language
Prince Language will be at PayDay tonight. Language recorded a Music Is My Art podcast at the Gallery last year, click HERE to have a listen, or check out via iTunes.
a message from Dam-Funk
What happened to Ice – T?
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enjoi at HVW8 opening photos
photos Max
A few photos from the enjoi opening this past weekend at the HVW8 Art + Design Gallery. Thanks to everyone who came out. Artwork from the show will be available online in the next few days, please check back.
More photos on SSLA and a write up of the show HERE.
The exhibition will be on view until April 1st.
enjoi x HVW8 opening this weekend
Come visit the enjoi team riders at the HVW8 Gallery Sunday March 8th, 1 to 3pm.
Artwork and limited edition products including classic and never released decks.
Here is a preview :
More on the opening and artists HERE
DSTRBO/OTHER Vernissage
HVW8 artist Dstrbo, Dan Buller, and fellow Montreal artist Other, Derek Mehaffey, open their collaborative exhibition tomorrow at Galerie Monastiraki.
More info HERE.
Computer Jay at Idyllwild
A couple videos featuring Computer Jay live this past weekend at HVW8 at the Idyllwild Arts Academy celebrating Black History.
People's Party photos
Here are some photos from the People’s Party event for Eric Garcetti of L.A.’s district 13. Thanks to all the DJ’s who came through, and to Eric Garcetti for his impassioned speech about L.A. and the importance of being involved in the community, and for being there despite having to deal with some serious events that happened earlier in the day just a few blocks away from the Party and from his house.
If you can, make sure to go vote in today’s Los Angeles Election.
Weekend Events
HVW8 w/ Computer Jay @ Idyllwild Arts Academy
SOULSESSIONS w/ E REECE + TY G
Lot’s to do in the LA area this weekend.
the People’s Party for Eric Garcetti
The People’s Party – A Special Event Supporting the Re-Election of Eric Garcetti, at the Echoplex, this Sunday from 6:00pm – 10:00pm.
More information HERE
Suite For Ma Dukes (Finale & Encore)
By all accounts this was a life changing concert, was on my way BUT ….. anyhow definitely will be at the David Axelrod and Arthur Verocai shows …..
More info on the timeless series HERE
KAWS and effect
Arguably the biggest name in art/streetwear today KAWS had two massive openings this past Fri/Sat in LA. First a curated show at Royal T, “I Can’t Feel My Face” and then a solo show at Honor Fraser. Here are few sh**ty photos of the first (before the iPhone), and then sans the second, better left to blogs.
LALA!
