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Mr. Wash Fundraising Initiative Featured on NBC News
HVW8 L.A. is currently showing Fulton Leroy “Mr. Wash’s” Washington’s fundraising exhibition “Bridging the Way” which is helping to fund the building of his new studio and community center in Compton, CA. NBC News reports:
“Fulton Leroy Washington, who goes by Mr. Wash, knows a thing or two about getting a second chance in life even in the midst of hopelessness and isolation.
Before President Barack Obama commuted his sentence in 2016, Mr. Wash was behind bars for more than two decades. While serving a life sentence after being wrongfully convicted of nonviolent drug offenses in the 1970s, he taught himself how to draw and paint.
“I brought eight brushes and a couple of paint tubes and started practicing. And here we are now,” the Compton native recalled.”
“After commissioning his artwork, he was able to purchase his studio in Compton. And he’s now raising money to build a community center on the same lot with the goal of giving second chances to the formerly incarcerated and artists of color. The ex-inmate said the Art by Wash Center will also provide free housing of up to 6 months to those newly released from prison.
“This is my new blank canvass,” Mr. Wash described. “It’s going to have spaces for inmates coming home from prison and teaching art as a way of communication to prevent them from going [back] to prison.”
Mr. Wash also planned to host a fundraising exhibition with other artists of color whom he took under his wings.
The exhibition, which is curated by Mr. Wash himself, runs from Feb. 15 through Mar. 26 at HVW8 Gallery at 661 N. Spaulding Ave. in Los Angeles.”
Read the full article here or learn more about the exhibition.
Brian Lotti for Kenny Beats’ “Louie’s Music Shop” at HVW8 L.A.
Brian Lotti presents an eleven artwork installation on the occasion of Kenny Beats’ album release and “Louie’s Music Shop” at HVW8 L.A. The collections of drawings monoprints and paintings were created largely on-site for the original album artwork for Louie. All pieces are framed.
Please email info@hvw8.com for questions.
View the collection.
‘Ready To Articulate’ Video – Mark Gonzales at HVW8 Los Angeles
SPECIAL THANKS:
Mark and Tia Gonzales
THE SKATEROOM
adidas LA
Ryan Clements
Hanni El Khatib
ARTV is a production of HVW8 Gallery
Produced by Tyler Gibney & Addison Liu
Shot by Andrew Piccone
Edited Todd Hickey & Andrew Piccone
Additional footage by Brandon Nguyen
Livestream footage by Pierre Briet
Event stills by Glen Jamn
Music:
“Stressy”
Performed by Hanni El Khatib
Courtesy of Innovative Leisure
© 2022 HVW8 Gallery
KILO KISH ROBINSON – BLESSED ASSURANCE: a dream that I had
KILO KISH ROBINSON
BLESSED ASSURANCE: a dream that I had
Opening reception + performance
Friday Nov 15th, 7 – 10pm.
Exhibition runs Nov. 15th until Dec. 15th, 2019
RSVP at kilokishrsvp@hvw8.com
BLESSED ASSURANCE: a dream that i had is an exhibition examining the interactivity between the spiritual and creative. Kilo Kish explores the sacrificial nature of the artists’ path. Opening on November 15th, this show marks her second solo show at HVW8 Art + Design Gallery Los Angeles.
The show features a 3-channel film euphoric featuring artist interviews and the revelations that come from creative practice.
“When I started interviewing the artists, I was so inspired by their willingness to suffer for a calling they found pure. Their audacity made them saintly to me. I wanted to explore belief in one’s art and the way it relates to religious faith and spiritual calling. Creative practice almost becomes a religion. And I think, through it, you become closer to God.”
The show will feature an interactive “audio-visual room of the mind” where visitors become a part of the creative process.
The title of the show BLESSED ASSURANCE comes from a hymn. “This entire show came to me in a dream. I find it intriguing to create a physical space from a mindset and an openness that I feel so connected to as a driving force. I’m happy to explore the act of making as its very own reward. Its very own promise and certainty.”
There’s a sparkling sculptural altar that represents all creative vision, belief, and worth created through the work. “It is the embodiment of unattainable perfection. Creatives are constantly running towards a promised land that is somehow always out of reach.”
Kilo Kish / Kish Robinson is an American musician, visual artist, and designer living in Los Angeles.
Mike Blabac – Family Portraits
For Immediate release: 11.5.19
“There are a very small number of people that have been photographing skating consistently for as long as I have. I’m lucky that my skateboard and camera have allowed me to travel the world with my friends skating just like I did as a kid growing up in the Midwest. Skating is like a family – I’ve known all those guys in the film for most of my life.” – Mike Blabac
HVW8 Art and Design Gallery in Los Angeles will host a book release party November 8 for legendary skateboard photographer Mike Blabac’s “Family Portraits,” published as a limited edition with just 500 copies available.
The evening will also include the premiere of Jacob Rosenberg’s short film, “Mike Blabac – Family Portraits,” as well as a selection of some of Blabac’s most iconic photos on display.
Over the last quarter century, Blabac captured an archive of skateboarding history, including Danny Way’s backside 360 over the Great Wall of China and Josh Kalis’s Love Park tre flip over the can.
But this collection isn’t just about skating and people flying through the air. The real trick is how Blabac’s work represents a group of kids who slowly changed the landscape of our culture while creating a family with ties that can’t be broken and the lessons they taught each other along the way.
With an accompanying short film by director and fellow skater Rosenberg, we are brought into an intimate world where everyone was welcomed as long as you had heart.
The viewer is treated to a depth of work only accessible through deep connection and trust.
After the one-two punch of the stunning portraits and the moving film, you will be moved by the intimacy and connection these artists share with you — even if you’ve never pushed off on a board.
Join us Friday, November 8th/ 7-10PM at the HVW8 Art + Design Gallery in Los Angeles for Mike Blabac’s Family Portraits book release and film premiere directed by Jacob Rosenberg with live music by Ray Barbee.
Please RSVP to RSVP@hvw8.com
Brave New Views – Opening Night Los Angeles
Photos from the Opening Night of Brave New Views now on display at HVW8 Los Angeles.
Photos by Gia – more photos here.
Happy New Year from HVW8 – 2018 Year in Review
Happy New Year from HVW8!
As we head into an amazing line up for 2019, we look back at all the incredible exhibits, installations and performances from HVW8 Los Angeles, Berlin and beyond this past year.
We were lucky to have a number of exhibits from an international group of artists such as Gogy Esparza, Inès Longevial, Atiba Jefferson, Olimpia Zagnoli, Chi Modu, Steven Traylor, and Erin D. Garcia to name a few. We continued with our Creative Class Series for intimate interactions with our gallery artists on their creative process and started an Emerging Artist Program to give a platform for up and coming artists.
We continued with our diversity in programing with a variety of installations, performances, radio broadcasts and artist talks with the likes of Kali Uchis, Snoop Dogg, Standing on the Corner, RZA and Einhundert.
Look for an amazing line up for 2019!
Below are a few links from some highlights of 2018.
2018 Year In Review
Exhibits
Beirut Youth Gogy Esparza, Jey Perie
February 22 – March 18th
Four Conversations Inès Longevial, 44 Flavours, Huskmitnavn, Julian Smith
April 28th – June 16th
Heart-Shaped Box Atiba Jefferson
May 19th – July 15th
Cuore Di Panna Olimpia Zagnoli
May 25th – July 15th
Uncategorized – Berlin and Los Angeles Chi Modu
July 5th – August 4th, 2018
August 26th– September 23rd
Wild At Hand – A Group Show of Contemporary Drawing
September 14th– October 13th
10 Toes With His Chest Caved In Steven Traylor
Sept. 22nd – October 7th
Not To Lose My Head Jay ‘One’ Ramier
October 25th – November 24th
Grand Prix Erin D Garcia
Nov. 16 – Dec. 23rd
2018 HVW8 Highlights – Installations, Artist Talks and Performances :
Sarah Bahbah Installation at HVW8 Los Angeles
Andrew Westerman at HVW8 Berlin
Kali Uchis at HVW8 Los Angeles
Artist Dinners Berlin / Los Angeles
Creative Classes – Atiba Jefferson and Chi Modu
Snoop Dogg Live Talk and DJ Set from HVW8 Plana
Wu Tang x Off Safety featuring Eddie Otchre and Paul Chan, live performance by RZA
Standing on the Corner Live Performance and Film Screening
Einhundert ‘Heavyweight Sounds’ Live broadcast from HVW8 Berlin
Select Press –
Inès Longevail on Cover of Juxtapoz
Tyler Gibney Interview in Amadeus
Olimpia Zagnoli ‘Cuore Di Panna’ lecture for Nicer Tuesdays
Chi Modu at HVW8 in Paper Magazine
Wishing you and your family the best from HVW8 Galleries Los Angeles and Berlin, and looking forward to an exciting and prodigious 2019.
Also Special Thanks to our HVW8 Family, if not for you this would not be possible.
Los Angeles –
Addison Liu, John Wheeler, Gabriel Ortiz, Max Junk, Jake Venden Berge, Henry Anguiano, Nicole Kunz, Kelly Merlo, Yvonne Otchwemah, Julio Martinez, Pierre Briet, Mo Hill, Richie Dandan, Josh Chandler
Berlin –
Jenny Ames, Manuel Osterholt, Mika Manke, Lili Somogyi
Cheers to 2019!