Wednesday, July 30, 2014

Hennessey + Ingalls Welcomes Brandon Boyd!



HENNESSEY + INGALLS WELCOMES BRANDON BOYD


WHAT: Hennessey + Ingalls welcomes Incubus front man, visual artist and author Brandon Boyd in a music and art signing, creative conversation and interactive audience Q&A.

WHEN: Saturday, August 16, 6pm – 9pm

WHERE: Hennessey + Ingalls
                 Space Fifteen Twenty
                1520 N. Cahuenga Blvd.
                Los Angeles, CA 90028

CONTACT:  Jen DiSisto / Art Duet / (323) 825-5221 / jen@artduet.net
                       Victor Santos / Hennessey + Ingalls / Victor@hennesseyingalls.com

About Brandon Boyd:

Brandon Boyd’s life is one characterized by creativity and self-expression. As a very young boy he often carried sketchbooks and notepads, and though he was never formally trained, over the years he has developed that young habit into an inextricable part of his adult life. In 1991 he began singing and writing lyrics with high school friends in what would be come the multi-platinum and internationally recognized rock band, Incubus. Brandon is the author of three books combining his artwork and creative writing: White Fluffy Clouds (2003), From the Murks of the Sultry Abyss (2007), and So The Echo (September, 2013).  Timing a new book alongside new music, he also released Sons of The Sea in September, a collaboration between he and acclaimed producer Brendan O’Brien.  In the winter of 2014 the group played sold out shows in LA, NY and The Fillmore in San Francisco.  Shifting creative gears in his own unique and versatile way, Brandon showcased his visual art In Europe for the first time in March, participating in an exhibition in Zurich followed by book signings and Q&A’s in Paris and London. This fall he will again travel overseas with his visual art for a gallery exhibit in Rome and other cities.

About Hennessey + Ingalls:

Since its founding in 1963, Hennessey + Ingalls has grown to fill a unique niche in American retailing. They are the largest art and architecture bookstore in the western United States, and probably the largest retail operation in the country dealing just with books on the visual arts. A family owned business, founded by Reginald Hennessey as an outlet for rare and out-of-print architecture books, is now on to its third generation and is still family-owned and managed. Hennessey + Ingalls has become a landmark in the visual arts community. They are pleased to count many of the area's and the country's leading architectural firms as clients, along with museums, collectors, art galleries, students, interior designers, graphic design firms, and schools. They are the primary book supplier to three large academic art libraries in Southern California, as well as to smaller schools and corporate libraries around the country. They maintain especially strong and in-depth selections of books in art and art history, all phases of architecture, photography, interior design, graphic design, and landscaping. The broadness of the collections and the knowledge of the staff at Hennessey + Ingalls is an important reason why top art directors in film, television, and advertising shop with them. In short, Hennessey + Ingalls has proven itself over the years through the combination of unequaled stock and most attentive customers service to be a successful and valued member of the vibrant art, architecture, and design communities here in Southern California and beyond.
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Tuesday, May 27, 2014

Brandon releasing 'Four Points' print set!




Pre-orders for 'Four Points' which is releasing on June 2 will begin this Thursday, May 29 at 10 am PST on the shop on Brandon's site www.brandonboyd.me

Here is the description of the set:

Four Points
Set of 4 Giclee prints

Limited edition of 200
Signed and numbered by artist
Printed on 100% rag cold press watercolor paper
Size: 6 inches x 9 inches unframed

Enclosed in custom stamped folder
Accompanied by Certificate of Authenticity from printer
$225.00



Thursday, May 15, 2014

May 2014

Not sure when we fell completely off the blog bandwagon...somewhere after the amazing trip to Europe! So that adds up to over a month, bad bad bad on our part!  And instagram may be partially to blame!  As I type this our new website is about 70 percent complete which is beyond exciting!  Below just a few links and invites about what's gone on the recently..and some recent press for art duet and artists : 
Complex Magazine
Jay Z's Life + Times Blog
Arrested Motion 
All Hollow Magazine
Los Angeles Magazine

brandon commissioned to do special watercolor piece
brandon featured on cover of all hollow magazine photographed by tasya van ree
janette beckman exhibit at hvw8 gallery in LA

art duet co-curates exhibit in palm springs during coachella
moby's closing party following march of innocents parade

moby x shepard fairey art talk hosted by shana nys dambrot at project gallery

Wednesday, March 26, 2014

Brandon in Europe!!!!!!



There is so much to say about this MOST amazing trip, it will be getting its own section on
Brandon's site soon!!! In the meantime, check out this time lapse video HERE of him live painting in our booth on his last day of Grafik 14!

Moby x Closing Reception & Parade on Friday!


This not to be missed exhibit has been a success in every way. Be sure and go to the closing reception and check out yet another great recent interview here in ARRESTED MOTION !

Monday, March 3, 2014

March 2014 - In like a lion!



MOBY'S INNOCENTS EXHIBIT

Moby's INNOCENTS photo exhibit has been going SO extremely well and has received widespread critical acclaim in outlets such as LA Weekly, LA Confidential, The Wild Magazine, KCET Artbound, Whitehot, VICE, and many many others. The exhibit is on display through the end of March at PROJECT. It's a must see!




BRANDON BOYD IN EUROPE

Europe is just around the corner!! Here is the invite to GRAFIK 14 and Brandon's book signing and Q&A taking place on Friday, March 14. This will mark the first time Brandon's art has been exhibited overseas!


Book signings have been posted to his website HERE. We will be in Paris & London and couldn't be happier to spread the So The Echo love!!!

Tuesday, January 21, 2014

2014 with bells on!

How have we not posted since the new year began?  Particularly with SO much going on??!

Where to begin... well firstly we were just enjoying this portrait of the legendary Dr Dre taken in 1990 by Janette Beckman in this month's Esquire Magazine.  Definitely follow Janette's blog HERE. She is always up to something amazing!


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Speaking of always up to something -- Brandon will head to the east coast next week to play several cities with Sons of The Sea. This is SO exciting because apart from TV appearances they haven't played venues as of yet since the album released a few months ago. We are looking forward to some of the west coast dates slated for February which we are able to attend - LA, San Fran at The Fillmore, etc.

And then in March BIG BIG news is that we are heading to Zurich, Switzerland where Brandon will be a part of Grafik 14 and will showcase art, have a book signing and a Q&A at the Design Museum there. Other European cities are current being scheduled so stay tuned!  This will mark the first time Brandon's art has traveled outside of the US - a long time coming, but worth the wait!


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And lastly, drumroll please... we are in major planning mode for the ridiculously talented MOBY and his second photography exhibit, Innocents opening at PROJECT  on February 21!  Stay tuned for imagery, interviews and exciting tidbits in the near future.



About Innocents in Moby's words:

nothing happens quickly.  

even the things that happen quickly don't happen quickly.  

a volcano or an earthquake might seem spontaneous and violent, but they're

the result of long and obscure processes.  

the apocalypse of 2012 happened in an instant, but it had begun, almost tectonically, ages ago.  

when an ocean liner turns, it appears, for all the world, identical to how it appeared before it's turning.  but its new trajectory is a departure from its old, and this

becomes increasingly evident over time.

the apocalypse of 2012 was with us, then it was upon us, and even now it's both a part of our collective fabric and a representation of something disconcertingly new.

everyone has responded in their own way.  

some with an atavistic attachment to what they saw as their pre-apocalyptic, quotidian lives; others with an emblematic representation of the paradoxically subtle and dynamic changes.

'the cult of the innocents', of course, fall into the latter category.

they first appeared in the seconds after the apocalypse, when the eschatological dust was still settling, bringing with them their silence and their shame, as represented in sacrifice and concealment.  

this was their best response to the changes that they observed and felt but only understood in the most basic and subjective ways.

'clearly we've brought this upon ourselves', seemed to be their mute proclamation, 'and we shall stand hidden, as testament to our shame at what we are and what we've been.'

it goes without saying that the sacrifices in the hills created and attracted a lot of global media attention.  in this show, however, we've chosen to underrepresent the more

sensationalistic aspects of the 'cult of the innocents', instead focusing on their mute and somber penitence.



-moby



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