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HVW8 15 yrs Strong.



HVW8 15 yrs Strong! This month marks the beginning of 15 years of HVW8. First starting in a small studio in Montréal in 1998 on St. Alexandre, just off St. Catherine St, to moving to Los Angeles in 2003 … and countless exhibitions worldwide. Thanks to all the artists, musicians and supporters through out the years … and many more to go. Tomorrow is Alessandro Moroder.

Above Polaroids of original live performace pieces created by T. Gibney, D. Buller and G. Pendon aka HVW8 Art Installation, in different cities, 1999 – 2001.

Throwback Thursdays – Political Minded 4, Los Angeles – 2005

Back in Jan. 2005, George Bush had been re-elected and things were not looking good. The war in Iraq was in full effect and we wanted to bring awareness to this and other social causes. So we decided to have a large  art show / event in downtown Los Angeles, in continuation of our Political Minded series. This was the fourth ‘Guerilla Gallery’ after New York, Montreal and San Francisco.

The series was a collection of portraits in homage of people, activists, political figures and cultural icons whose work, lives and sometimes deaths revealed vital details about the reality of our world and the shape of our own social political perspectives.

More photos from the Los Angeles exhibition can be viewed here.

 

 

 

 

Larry Levan

Larry Levan painted with Tony Humphries at Garage 416 in Toronto in 2000 by HVW8 Art Installation.

Was listening to the NPR program about the ‘Jimi Hendrix of Dance Music – Larry Levan’  and it brought me back to 2000, when we did a piece of Larry with Tony Humphries at Garage 416 in Toronto.

Not sure where this piece currently lives, but thanks to Simon B from Montreal for tracking down this image.

Below a few of my favorite Larry Levan tracks.

– Tyler Gibney

 





 

 

 

 

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

Original HVW8 Art Installation Paintings

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Thievery, 1999 (70″ x 58″, 178 x 147cm)

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Lovely, 1999 (64″ x 65″, 163 x 165cm)

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Soul Makossa aka “Nightmares”, acrylic on canvas 2000

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Serge (Montreal), acrylic on canvas, 2001

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Donny (Los Angeles), acrylic on canvas, 2003

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Herbie (Atlanta), acrylic on canvas, 1999 (69″ x 65″, 175 x 165cm)

Starting in 1999, the HVW8 Art Installation; made up of artists Gene “Starship” Pendon, Dan “dstrbo” Buller and Tyler Gibney, travelled around the world creating “Heavyweight” inspired pieces at Live events.

There is a book in the works cataloging these original icon driven pieces along with a history of the Hvw8 Art Installation.

In the meantime you can find out more on the HVW8 Art Installation, work and they’re process of being an “Art Band” HERE.

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.