ARTE: Robert Raimon Roy III

Rob Roy is an artist in many disciplines...here we see a drawing the musician tumbld he made of a friend.  Were huge supporters of this LA artist.

ARTE: Amber Ibarreche

AMBER IBARRECHE

 

ARTE: MASTER OF SHAPES

LA based digital artist Adam Amaral who creates under the name Mater of Shapes recently did a 3D projection mapping project for a launch party at our space.

ARTE: Takashi Murakami "EGO"

Takashi Murakami's exhibition EGO opened this month at the Al Riwaq Exhibition Hall in Qatar.

ARTE: With Love from P.I.A.

Update on Tuesday, February 14, 2012 at 4:25PM by MJP

Numa Perrier shines in her new web series, The Couple...the first ep came out today!

ARTE: Whitney Houston

One of the greatest ever

ARTE: The Art of Doing Something

Discovered this site and this artist by mere luck! The Art of Doing Something is the brainchild of multitalent Brian Michael Gossett.  We were gonna write about the awesomeness of his creation but he describes it best!

"The Art of Doing Something is a philosophy I have embraced to create art that I feel good about. I hope it inspires people to get a little more involved in making the world a better place to live in."

PS he has a wonderful giftshop we'd advise stopping by there when you visit.

ARTE: Ai Weiwei So Sorry + Never Sorry

This documentary So Sorry was directed by Chinese artist and activist Ai Weiwei.  He investigates the corruption after the Sichuan earthquake involving many deaths of school children.

On a similar note here is the trailer to Never Sorry a documentary about the artist that screened at Sundance this year.

ARTE: KCRW ROCKS

One of the saving graces of Los Angeles life is an independent radio station out of Santa Monica called KCRW! Working in the arts and creating a space for art and culture I realize how important it is to deliver something you think is important, noteworthy or just awesome without watering it down due to corporate censorship.  This radio station is funded in large by the people who listen every day (like me!)  They have been doing a pledge drive over the last two weeks and today is the last day to pledge and become a member during the drive and get some really fantastic giveaways.

Go here and become a member online kcrw.com of if you live in LA tune in at 89.9FM and listen to what you can win and how you can join.  If you don't make it today no sweats, I think you can join anytime through the website. 

Poster artwork created by Brian Michael Gossett at The Art of Doing Something

ARTE: PROJECT HELP FOSTER LITERACY

This flyer was on the windshield after lunch downtown...we dig it! If your in the LA area than try and donate some books you already read!

DATE: February 4, 2012

TIME: 2:00PM - 5:00PM

LOCATION: 141 N. Union Ave, Los Angeles CA 90026

ARTE: Y O U N G A D U L T S

Hearty Magazine commissions the latest and greatest on the LA scene to debut there new soundcloud with the Big Hearts Mix.  The producing duo Young Adults do a really good job on this one, you should listen NOW! Plus one half of the duo Tim is a friend of the gallery so show love.

ARTE: Jamel Shabazz + Michelle Joan Papillion = Vintage

A throwback photo by celebrated photographer Jamel Shabazz of gallery director Michelle Joan Papillion.  Taken a decade ago this photograph came about when Jamel was shooting an ad for Pro Keds and asked Michelle to be in it.

ARTE: Keenan Chapman + Downtown Train

LA based curatorial and art production company Artistic Endeavors presents the art work of Los Angeles painter Keenan Chapman.  You may remember we were sponsors of Artistic Endeavors annual 5 Art Show last year...

More about Keenan at papillionart.org/upcoming-exhibitions

Peep the video directed by Pablo Balderas of Waxy Collar by Downtown Train who will be performing at the opening.

ARTE: SANTIGOLD SAYS U GOT A BIG MOUTH

Finally glad to see the new record is coming soon....we've missed Santi!

If you go to her site than you get a free download of this track by signing up on her mailing list! DO IT.

santigold.com

ARTE: Katharina Pretl

Katharina is the inspiration behind our upcoming collaborative show Beautiful Los Angeles.  P.I.A. teamed up with Be Beauty LA to create this art + lifestyle curatorial experience.  We are very excited to be showing Katharina Pretl's work!

ARTE: Brett Cook Mural Installation of MLK

Artist Brett Cook does a mural installation in Harlem honoring Martin Luther King Jr.

Martin Luther King Jr. – AHIMSA
127th Street and 8th Avenue, Harlem New York, January 2003

(from 2003)
Project Description: Martin Luther King Jr. – AHIMSA is a project to educate us all about Martin Luther King Jr.'s life and inspire us to be better. Images of Dr. King wrongfully arrested and manhandled, struck on the right temple with a rock, stabbed with a seven-inch letter opener in the chest, and lying on the Hotel balcony after being shot are juxtaposed to quotations he made against racism, materialism, militarism, and violence. The juxtaposition of these violent episodes with his words of peace evidence the extraordinary commitment Dr. King had to non-violence, providing an impetus for us who live in this time of violence. 
Ultimately this project is an effort to highlight philosophies that magnify peace in the world. In spite of a global movement towards war, this project highlights reasoning for living in peace. In spite of media control that restricts what information can be transmitted, this project is a non-permissional action to expand information available to the mainstream. And in spite of the trivialization of Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday and holiday in America, this project immortalizes an African American who was a hero for all of humanity.

“I am convinced that if we are to get on the right side of the world revolution, we as a nation must undergo a radical revolution of values. We must rapidly begin the shift from a thing-oriented society to a person-oriented society. When machines and computers, profit motives and property rights, are considered more important than people, the giant triplets of racism, extreme materialism, and militarism are incapable of being conquered.”
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
From “Beyond Vietnam,” Address 
Riverside Church, April 4, 1967, New York City

“Nonviolence means avoiding not only external physical violence but also internal violence of spirit.
You not only refuse to shoot a man, but you refuse to hate him.”

ARTE: PHOTOGRAPHER HAL

Discovered Photographer Hal on DDO here's the background on the Fresh Love series...

Photographer Hal based out of Tokyo.

"When you embrace your lover, sometimes you wish to melt right into them. To realize this wish, I've been photographing couples in small, or even cramped spaces like motels and bathtubs. As my work has become more and more intense, I've noticed that communication is indispensable. This time, I reached the point of photographing couples in vacuum-sealed packs, in a set that I 've constructed in my own kitchen. The lights are in the ceiling, so I just lip one switch and have everything ready. I have a few different colored paper backgrounds, which I can leave rolled up in the corner. until there's none left. This gives me 10 seconds to take the shot. In this extremely limited time I can't release the shutter more than twice."

Introduction
Bathtubs, couples, love and challenge are strong themes throughout this artist’s work with other key elements including individuality, style, communication and intimacy.
Photographer Hal brings complete strangers to his confined, crucible like spaces only to convey his continuing theme of ‘love of the couple’. The initial title Pinky & Killer used a small space or room to capture the willing couples, soon followed by the title Couple Jam which brought the focus even closer to the subjects who were placed in a bathtub together. “I am currently seeking new dimensions in portrait photography by challenging the majestic theme of mankind, defined through love.” Photographer Hal’s latest project is called Fresh Love, which captures the many varied and fresh couples in vacuum sealed package.

ARTE: Kudzanai Chiurai

One of our favorite artists out of the contemporary South African art scene, Kudzanai Chiurai presents The State of the Nation peep that recap video below...we see another favorite in there BLK JKS!

More about him and the exhibit at the Goodman Gallery

ARTE: MICHELLIZM

Michelle Robinson is a painter that lives in Los Angeles.

ARTE: OTTO NEALS

Met Otto Neals nearly a decade ago at a solo exhibit he had in Chelsea NY, NY. I was fortunate to see some of the art in this video in person and it is amazingly beautiful.