ARTE: Gary Simmons

Gary Simmons also opened last weekend at Regen Projects ... Its a definite must see!

ARTE: THE SAPEURS

I had tea with one of my favorite persons the other night, the beautiful creative fashion writer Chioma Nnadi and we were discussing Afri-pop, Solange Knowles new video and the article that inspired it.

Chioma wrote an article a few years ago about The Sapeurs when she was the Style Editor at the Fader Magazine.  Solange read that blog post and tracked down those men in the congo.

ARTE: Christian Bordey

Christian Bordey is an amazing portrait photographer living and working in Paris, he sent this photo today! He is in Nantes, France shooting for a client and tested the lights with our logo! We LOVE <3

ARTE: Barry McGee x Vanity Fair

Vanity Fair + Cadillac + MOCA LA got together to present ART IN THE STREETS: Brooklyn Style! SF native and street artist Barry McGee debuts an amazing, huge mural across the street from BAM.  They had the social media savvy photo booth in full effect at the party and everyone took advantage of it ;-)

MJPArtist Barry McGee & crewBarry's mural across the street from BAMSculptor Julie Schenkelberg & Larry Ossei-MensahAnt Demby & Singer Jenna AndrewsEVIAIR

ARTE: FASHION WEEK WRAP UP

Instagram seems to be the way to keep track of all the photos being snapped at our events!  Check out what some instagrammers were posting about the AFRICA FASHION WEEK LA and ZALEZ STUDIO fashion show for the SS 13 collection Bloom Galaxy.

Video for both coming soon!

AFRICA FASHION WEEK LA

ZALEZ STUDIO

  

The designers and the host Kelly Love in the middle

ARTE: POP'AFRICANA ENDS

Yesterday Oroma Elewa founder of magazine Pop'Africana sent out the email today that she was shutting down shop...she than took to twitter (and later FB after exceeding a photo quota) and sent out a photo of the mag page by page.

And here it is, click the thumbnails for a bigger view...

Update on Tuesday, October 2, 2012 at 9:36AM by PAPILLION ART

There seems to be some technical glitches with posting the rest of the magazine thumbnails...however this is most of the magazine.  To see the rest order your copy, literally only a few left!

I WANT MY POP'AFRICANA

ARTE: Dave Healey a Secret LA Treasure

This came to us as a submission on our Tumblr page, we were very happy to see it!  Photographer Dave Healey has been photographing since the 60's and has never shown any of these images all taken on film and developed by him.

East Los Angeles 1985

ARTE: ENDLESS LOVE 4 MEDHI

Shout out to Garth Trinidad for tweeting about this project Endless Love For Medhi we are huge HUGE fans of the late mastermind producer. Below is a photo of artist Futura 2000 wearing a special tee designed to honor DJ Medhi.  Visit the site, download a free record and submit your tribute.

ARTE: Twitter Files PT 6 - @HuffPostLA #LARIOTS

Pretty much the story goes as you see it below! Last night at the Grammy Museum Huffington Post LA tweeted the remarks of a panel discussing the LA RIOTS 20 years later.  This all went down on the same night that Trayvon Martins family was in LA at the West Angeles Church along with Al Sharpton, Jesse Jackson, Stevie Wonder and hundreds of others as a rally was held.

*You might remember last year we hosted Thurzday album/documentary debut. It was the T R S H (The Riot Starts Here) experience which was a concept project chronicling the events that led up to the LA RIOTS.  The album and documentary speak with people who were involved in and witnessed first hand all of the things that were bubbling around the time that led to the Rodney King beating and later the LA RIOTS. 

and my final tweet in reply was "@HuffPostLA @sashabronner @annaalmendrala glad you were tweeting tonight! Communication is key & has to stay open#LARIOTS #Trayvon"

ARTE: 2 YR RECAP

Photographer Eric Berry took some photos at our anniversary party! Special thanks to Shafiq Husayn and the Dove Society, Johnny Polygon and DJ Nattu for keeping the festivites bubbly!

 

ARTE: KNOW HOW SHOP LA

Knowhow Shop participated in our Earth Day Social with Broccoli City...they brought in the really awesome Garden Table! It was amazing having the table in the space and to learn about all the other things the guys do over at the shop. One of the photos below is a test shot of the Hammock class they are doing with SMMoA be sure to check that on Cinco de Mayo.

Knowhow Shop is a cooperative fabrication laboratory and design studio located in the Highland Park neighborhood of Los Angeles. We provide design services at all scales, as well as workspace and training for designers and enthusiasts working in furniture, art, and architectural fabrication. We provide one-on-one assistance and frequent classes on both traditional and digital fabrication open to all.

The Garden Table

ARTE: WERE 2!!!!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO US!

Its been 2 amazing years here in LA and we could not have done it with out you!!! We look forward to presenting more exhibitions, screenings, preformances, installations, lectures and artists talks through our on going dialogue between us and our audience.  We thank you and you should thank yourselves!

We also share this special day with Elizabeth Catlett, she would have been celebrating her 97th birthday today!

ARTE: THE BLACK VERNACULAR

NY photographer Dwayne Rodgers has created the site The Black Vernacular to honor the ancestors.

"The Black Vernacular is a living document of the deceased, conceived by Dwayne Rodgers and co-curated with friends and the social media community. If you would like to place a photograph of a family member on this communal altar please contact diggswayne1@gmail.com. Please read an interview about this project here." 

ARTE: Chenoa Maxwell #BBP

"I’m a voyeur.  I like to watch. Or rather, I love to observe. Take in and capture the human experience- moments. Beauty, pain, their complex nature, evokes in me a desire to capture life~ 

Making my subjects their own icon. Life fascinates me. Humans inspire. Seeing is my meditation"

Chenoa Maxwell - papillionart.org/chenoa-maxwell

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: 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: 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: 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: Ayana Vellissia Jackson

We have been fans of photographer Ayana V. Jackson for the last decade...last September Curator Ingrid LaFleur came to our opening of AVANT LA and updated us on what the photographer had been up to, most recently Projection Surface in Johannesburg, SA a project her and Jackson had up last fall.

Hei Ta, 2007

Looking Glass, 2007