Olimpia Zagnoli

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

Kilo Kish in Cal Sunday

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!

Nicer Tuesdays: Olimpia Zagnoli

Olimpia Zagnoli takes us on an illustrated trip through 80s Italy at Nicer Tuesdays

“I don’t remember when I began drawing exactly but it was a long time ago”, explained illustrator Olimpia Zagnoli, opening the evening at Nicer Tuesdays September. Joining us from her home of Milan, the beloved illustrator spoke through the numerous forms her illustrative work can take, from illustrated plates and pillows to collaborations with fashion brands to children’s books.

However, Olimpia’s talk explained the importance of personal work, explaining how crafting her own practice is always on her mind, particularly when she gets to consider how her work can infiltrate a space when exhibited,

Her most recent exhibition, Cuore di Panna in Los Angeles, saw Olimpia illustrate visuals that were close to home. Taking inspiration from her childhood in 80s Italy, Olimpia illustrated the popping high colour of it all, from fizzy drink packaging to cafe signs. The result was a series that jumps off the page, screen and in the exhibition context, the wall too. It’s a guilty pleasure series, and one that suits the illustrator’s work perfectly, both sensual and overly sweet at the same time.

Beloved Italian illustrator Olimpia Zagnoli talks us through one of her most recent projects, Cuore di Panna: a personal and cultural interpretation of 80s Italy.

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Olimpia Zagnoli Interview

New Interview with Olimpia Zagnoli filmed at her exhibit Cuore di Panna at HVW8 Los Angeles.

Video by Max Junk @junkyfreshh

Music : Mediterraneo L’autostrada by Andrea Poggio @andrea_poggio

Olimpia Zagnoli – Cuore di Panna

Olimpia Zagnoli – Cuore di Panna

OPENING MAY 25TH, 6 – 10PM
Music By Virgil Normal, Shirley Kurata and and DJ Pubes.
RSVP AT RSVP@HVW8.COM

661 N. Spaulding Ave, LA 90036
EXHIBITION RUNS MAY 25th – JULY 1st

Presented by adidas Originals

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About the Exhibit

Through a series of evocative still lifes, light installations and videos, the artist recalls her childhood memories lived in the era between the end of the 80s and the beginning of the 90s in a sunny Italian season, dazed from images from TV advertisements of ice cream and sodas. Italy was still unaware of the approaching dark years of Berlusconism, in which American magnetism, shaking booties and the cult of money would sabotage the cultural landscape that had characterized the country during the 70s. The artist remembers afternoons spent sitting on plastic chairs outside ice cream parlors, with Heather Parisi playing on the radio and her mother smoking cigarettes while reading Hemingway, blue popsicles and glow-in-dark bracelets. In the years when Barbie Totally Hair was replacing Sophia Loren, summers seemed endless and dashing bicycle races with a Walkman on one’s ears were the best cures for loneliness.

About Olimpia Zagnoli

Olimpia Zagnoli was born in Reggio Emilia on the leap day in 1984. As a child she moved to Milan, where she currently lives and works. Olimpia studied illustration at the Istituto Europeo di Design (IED) in Milan and graduated in 2007. The following year, after a period of living in New York, she began publishing her illustrations in Italian and international newspapers. Olimpia draws on Futurism, as much as on The Beatles. Her unique style comprises essential images, curvy shapes and saturated colors, inspired equally by art history and pop culture.

Throughout the years she has collaborated with The New York Times, Taschen, Vanity Fair, New Yorker and Rolling Stone, to name a few. She illustrated three children’s books: “The World Belongs To You”, “Mister Horizontal & Miss Vertical” and created her version of the masterpiece “The Wonderful Wizard of OZ”. Her bright and ironic images have acted as a framework for advertisement campaigns for Google, Sephora, Air France, Clinique and Miller. She has worked with leading fashion brands, among them Fendi, Prada, Hermes and Marella (Max Mara group).

Along with commissioned works, Olimpia Zagnoli conducts her personal artistic research where she builds a dialogue between illustration and different artistic media. In particular, she experimented with the relationship between drawing and tridimensionality, as well as video: she crafted a series of design objects, kinetic sculptures and directed music videos. Her work has been showcased in numerous group shows around Italy and Europe, and in solo shows: “Parco Zagnoli” at the Ninasagt gallery in Düsseldorf (2014), “Cinetica Zagnoli Elettrica” at 121+ in Milan (2015), “La Grande Estate” at Mutty gallery in Castiglione delle Stiviere (2016) and “How To Eat Spaghetti Like a Lady” at Antonio Colombo Gallery in Milan (2017).

HVW8 Gallery x adidas Originals

HVW8 Gallery and adidas Originals continue their long partnership in fostering emerging artists and creators from around the world. By supporting local artists and providing an inclusive environment for dialogue between artists from various cultures and mediums, the partnership provides an international platform for new and diverse artistic visions. Past artists include Kilo Kish, Brian Lotti, Inès Longevial, Gogy Esparza, Jey Perie, Lisa Leone, Mark Gonzales and Jean Jullien.