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The How Original Show by Parra opens Thurs, Sept 15th at 7pm

The How Original Show by Parra.

Dutch artist Parra returns to Los Angeles’ HVW8 Art + Design Gallery with The How Original Show. An exhibition consisting of all new work in the form of drawings and paintings, revealing the process of sketch to final piece. Each work is an original, a departure from his well known numbered silkscreen editions.

Parra (b.1976) is best known for his curved post-Pop imagery, highly saturated colors, vibrant hand-drawn letters and worlds inhabited by hybrid, surreal characters. Celebrated by galleries and championed by an underground following from the outset, Parra has quickly become a respected and eclectic artist worldwide. Working across drawing, painting, animation and sculpture, Parra creates an enigmatic and instantly recognizable style that defies easy categorization. Parra is cofounder of cult apparel label Rockwell Clothing and a member of electronic music group Le Le. Parra lives and works in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

Exhibition opens Thurs, Sept 15th at 7pm.

RSVP at parra_original_show@hvw8.com

Show Runs Sept. 15th – Nov. 6th

HVW8 Art + Design Gallery
661 N. Spaulding Ave. L.A. Ca 90036

Original Artwork will be available for purchase.


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Watercolor and Pen on Paper

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

Parra in Berlin

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Dutch artist Parra is set to emark on his very first exhibition and pop-up shop initiative in Germany later this month. An artist who’s style has come to be known for his eclectic mix of type fonts, iconic colors and sexualized imagery, the Amsterdam-based creative will look to have his work displayed first via an exhibition at Pool Gallery in Berlin followed by a pop-up shop at Wood Wood Berlin two days later. Aside from his own personal artwork, he has also become heavily involved in music act Le Le.

“I like the tee shirt but I will get the painting” – Works of Art by Parra
28 August – 10 October 2009
Opening 27 August 2009 19:00 – 24:00
Pool Gallery
Tucholskystrasse 38 10117 Berlin, Germany
Phone +49 30 243 42 462

“I like the painting but I will get the tee shirt” – Products of Art by Parra
30 August – 10 October 2009
Opening 29 August 2009 19:00 – 24:00
Wood Wood

Rochstrasse 4 10178 Berlin
Phone +49 30 280 47 877

View past HVW8 exhibitions with Parra.

support the arts

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“Gino” by Parra
2008
Stencil Print
17 x 12.5 inches
Edition of 35

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From Winston Tseng’s exhibition at “enjoi just another skateboard art show” at the HVW8 Art and Design Gallery. March 2009.
Exclusively available through HVW8.

36″ x 24″ Giclée print
1 of 10

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Political Minded Print By Tyler Gibney from the HVW8 PM exhibition at Gallery 33 1/3 in Echo Park, 2004.

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Size: 77” by 71”
Medium: Acrylic on Canvas
Painted Live in Montreal by Gene Pendon and DSTRBO for HVW8

More Artwork available HERE

Parra Prints


“Recession” by Parra
2009
Stencil Print
17 x 12.5 inches
Edition of 50


“Tin Tin” by Parra
2009
Silkscreen
29 x 21 inches, 2009

 


“Blue Tits”
2009
Silkscreen
29 x 21 inches
Edition of 30

 


“Where?” by Parra
2009
Silkscreen
29 x 21 inches

 

Parra prints now available online. 

Purchase HERE