Monday, December 23, 2013
Tis The Season!
A heartfelt thanks to everyone who supports Art Duet artists & events. It really means a lot! Have a wonderful holiday and look for lots of great things from us in 2014!!!
Tuesday, December 3, 2013
Holidaze!
Yep, it's already that time, I can't believe it but that's another story! Let's get our holiday shopping on!!! Art is the best gift to give!
PROJECT
GALLERY HOSTS
HOLIDAY PARTY & ART MARKET
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| David Marc Grant |
WHAT: PROJECT
Gallery hosts its first annual holiday art market featuring original art,
books, prints, cards and other items from its roster of artists and friends
including Janette Beckman, Timothy
White, Brandon Boyd, Ian Ross, David Marc Grant, Jeremiah Kille, Ming Ong, Yevgeniya Mikhailik, White Faux Taxidermy, Poster Child Prints, Hennessey
& Ingalls and many others.
WHEN: December 14, 7 pm; Holiday party
and opening night
Market open through January 12, gallery closed December 23-28
Wednesday, November 27, 2013
WILD THING wrap up!
Last Saturday at PROJECT we welcomed White Faux Taxidermy in a group
show benefiting S.T.A.R.T Animal Rescue. The night was a huge success, and it was great seeing some of our favorite artist friends working on an entirely different and unique medium. Lina from the LA WEEKLY posted a slideshow and LA Confidential Magazine wrote about it HERE! The show is there through December 8 and fits the holiday vibe quite nicely!
show benefiting S.T.A.R.T Animal Rescue. The night was a huge success, and it was great seeing some of our favorite artist friends working on an entirely different and unique medium. Lina from the LA WEEKLY posted a slideshow and LA Confidential Magazine wrote about it HERE! The show is there through December 8 and fits the holiday vibe quite nicely!
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| opening night |
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| lion by CANTSTOPGOODBOY |
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| bear by brandon boyd |
Wednesday, November 13, 2013
SO much going on!
Time has flown by and the Serj Tankian DISARMING TIME exhibit will open to the public this Friday! Go to www.eyeforsound.com to download Serj's app and play a song created for each art piece. This interactive exhibit is the first of its kind and we are REALLY looking forward to it! Read about it here in Los Angeles Magazine!
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Brandon x Ernie Wolfe Gallery
Brandon has curated a bad ass (and completely unique!) show at the Ernie Wolfe Gallery, opening reception next Wednesday and all are welcome!! Come say hi to us! And to Brandon before he leaves for South America with Incubus!
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DETAILS!
WHERE:
Ernie Wolfe Gallery
1653 Sawtelle Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90025
(310) 478-2960
WHEN: Wednesday, November 20, 7pm – 10pm
open to the public reception
Exhibit runs through
December 8, 2013
CONTACT: Gallery:
Ernie Wolfe, (310) 478-2960
Press: Jen
DiSisto, jen@artduet.net, (323) 718-1391
Ernie Wolfe Gallery presents ‘The Horror The Horror’ and
celebrates the publication of Extreme
Canvas 2: The Golden Age of Hand Painted Movie Posters from Ghana. The exhibit, excerpted from Wolfe’s
latest book, features 23 paintings by 8 artists, carefully selected by
musician, artist and horror flick aficionado, Brandon Boyd. The featured posters are all published, hand painted, unique
and original works of art, by known artists from the Golden Age of this exclusively
Ghanaian tradition that existed fleetingly from the late 1980s until the late
1990s, and were created for use within the context of their local tradition.
Says Wolfe
about the collection, “Starting
in about 1985 and continuing until just before the millennium, there existed a
Golden Age of hand-painted imagination-driven movie posters in Ghana. This was
a time when market forces from abroad were minimal and these unique and exotic
paintings were created solely for the local Ghanaian movie viewing audience.
The best and brightest artists of a generation competed fiercely and directly
in the public eye for this exciting new work, being careful to sign and date
the great majority of these paintings. Their hand-made artistry stood its
ground against the inevitable tide of printing technology that globalization
inexorably thrust upon them, and for a short while, carved out a small oasis in
time where man actually won out over machines.”
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Coming up!
'Wild Thing' is a RAD group art show and charity event happening at PROJECT with hip home decor company, White Faux Taxidermy. Come to the November 23 event and support the incredible local animal rescute organization, START Rescue.org.
DETAILS...
WHAT: PROJECT Gallery is proud to host: White Faux Taxidermy
Presents ‘Wild Thing’, a group art
show and charity auction to benefit animal shelter and rescue team, STARTrescue.org. Home design company White
Faux Taxidermy was created with the idea that their uniquely customizable and
stylish faux pieces would pay homage to outdoor life without hurting animals in
the process. For ‘Wild Thing’, White Faux Taxidermy resin animals have been
given to twenty carefully selected
artists, both local and international in their rawest form, creating a highly
unique blank canvas. Each artist has made their chosen piece their own with
only one simple rule: honor the animal. The results are handcrafted, original,
one-of-a-kind pieces never seen before from these artists.
WHERE: PROJECT Gallery
1553 N. Cahuenga Blvd. Hollywood, CA 90028
WHEN: Opening reception with silent auction: Saturday,
November 23. 7p – 10p
Exhibit through December 8
CONTACT:
Gallery: Sarah Gough, sarah@projectgallery.net;
323-462-1100
Press: Jen DiSisto, Art Duet, jen@artduet.net; 323-825-5221
WFT, Event Coordinator Debbie
Dexter ddmagster@yahoo.com 323-309-4977
Participating
artists are: Anthony Ausgang, Bob Rickett,
Steve Olson, Ian Ross, Adam Wallacavage, Christopher Conn Askew, Nicolas
Bowers, Marsha Perloff, Clam Lynch, Dominique Nagel, Brandon Boyd, Jeremy
Kille, Lauren Virdone, Frank Infante, Kevin Lozano, Allison
Torneros, CANTSTOPGOODBOY, Holly Purcell, Elizabeth Conley and the Kenmore
Elementary School/Kenmore, Washington.
ABOUT WHITE FAUX TAXIDERMY: WFT is a
young, urban home design company with playful animal pieces that pay homage to
outdoor life, rather than being a hunter’s trophy. White Faux Taxidermy products have adorned the walls of
thousands of clients, businesses, hotels, magazines and design television
shows. Sought after by well known
interior designers from six of the seven continents, WFT has created a highly
talked about and creative culture for the animal lover in every one of us. For more information please visit http://www.whitefauxtaxidermy.com/art-for-start-selection-page
ABOUT START ANIMAL RESCUE TEAM: Every day thousand of pets are killed in Southern
California shelters. S.T.A.R.T. was formed in order to address the issues of
overpopulation by providing two very important components: 1)
Transports
animals are rescued from high kill shelters in central and southern
California and transported to northwestern rescue organizations, where they are
re-homed. 2) Spay/Neuter
funding veterinary clinics in local communities to
facilitate free spay/neuter services. http://startrescue.org/Thursday, October 24, 2013
Serj Tankian at PROJECT Gallery!
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
PROJECT
Gallery Hosts
EYE FOR SOUND PRESENTS: DISARMING TIME
Musical Paintings by Serj Tankian
WHAT: PROJECT
Gallery welcomes multifaceted musician, artist, poet and activist Serj Tankian
in the premiere of his debut interactive art exhibit, DISARMING TIME. A uniquely audible and visual experience, DISARMING TIME features a collection of
Tankian’s 22 original art pieces: paintings, mixed media and sculptural works paired
with a track of music composed specifically for each visual work. Via a set of
headphones accompanied by his newly created IOS/Android application ‘Eye for Sound’ (powered by VStory), smartphones
are able to scan and recognize art and immediately cue the associated audio
track and other content. Guests
will embark on a multimedia journey that will allow them to see the music and hear the art. Tankian has scheduled two gallery appearances to sign
limited editions of newly released prints from the DISARMING TIME exhibition.
1553 N. Cahuenga Blvd. Hollywood, CA 90028
WHEN: Thursday, November 14. Press Hour
6-7pm. Private reception 7p-10p
Open to public exhibit dates: November 15 – 21, daily hours 12p-6p
Artist in attendance:
November 15 & 16 1pm – 4pm
CONTACT:
PROJECT Gallery welcomes
multifaceted musician, artist, poet and activist Serj Tankian in the premiere
of his debut interactive art exhibit, DISARMING
TIME. A uniquely audible and visual experience, DISARMING TIME features a collection of Tankian’s 22 original art pieces:
paintings, mixed media and sculptural works paired with a track of music composed
specifically for each visual work. Via a set of headphones accompanied by his
newly created IOS/Android application ‘Eye
for Sound’ (powered by VStory), smartphones are able to scan and recognize
art and immediately cue the associated audio track and other content. Of the
project which began in early 2013, Tankian says, “The urge
came to me in the discovery that music has become so temporal and devalued in
the world today, so I wanted to create an exclusive experience…something unique
for someone to hold so they become the only person to experience this. I'm aiming to have people SEE the music and HEAR the
art. Using a modern app, we're able to take Kandinsky's Synesthesia to a whole
new level."
Serj Tankian was on born August 21, 1967
in Beirut, Lebanon and is an Armenian-American singer-songwriter, composer,
multi-instrumentalist, record producer, poet, painter and political activist. He is best known as the lead vocalist, songwriter,
keyboardist and occasional live rhythm guitarist of the metal band System of a Down. During his musical career, Tankian
has released five albums with System of a Down, one with Arto Tunçboyacıyan (Serart), as well as four solo albums Elect the Dead,Imperfect Harmonies, Harakiri, and Orca, his first real classical
symphony. A live orchestral version of Elect the Dead incorporating
the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra named Elect the Dead Symphony was released in
2009. He's also released 2 books of poetry, Cool Gardens and Glaring Through
Oblivion. In 2002, Tankian
and Rage Against the Machine/Audioslave guitarist Tom Morello co-founded a non-profit
organization, Axis of Justice. Tankian also founded the record label Serjical Strike Records and in 2011 he was awarded
the Armenian Prime Minister's Medal for his contributions to the recognition of
the Armenian Genocide and the advancement of
music. For more information
on Serj please visit http://www.serjtankian.com
About Eye
For Sound:
The application ‘Eye For Sound’ was born from the desire to
create a unique and immersive musical experience that reconnects the value of
tangible products to music. It
provides a fusion of art and music easily accessed through a Smartphone or
tablet making each experience personal and unique to each user. By exploring the simultaneous
connection between art and music via optical recognition, each user experiences
a one of a kind stimulation of the senses. ‘Eye for Sound’ was created with
broad intention and aims to become a platform for other artists to utilize.
Please visit www.eyeforsound.com for
information and a sample demonstration.
About
PROJECT Gallery:
Beautifully designed PROJECT Gallery is a cultural
destination located in the center of Hollywood. PROJECT features actively
rotating exhibitions with emerging and established artists and boasts a unique
and creative event space with a modern edge. In a very short time PROJECT has
held exhibitions for contemporary artists such as Zio Zigler, Ian Ross,
Jeremiah Kille, Brian Batt and street artist/muralist CANTSTOPGOODBOY.
Diversified programming has included a group pop up with LA art venture
CARTWHEEL and the highly regarded photography exhibits: 50 Years of The Rolling Stones, Indian Larry by Timothy White and ROCK/FIGHT, all of which garnered
national attention. The gallery
has received widespread media attention from Entertainment Weekly, Rolling
Stone, LA Weekly, BL!SSS Magazine, Complex, Los Angeles Confidential,
Refinery 29, LA Canvas and many others. For more information on PROJECT please
visit www.projectla.net or
Gallery Rep http://www.artduet.net.
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Tuesday, October 15, 2013
This Saturday! Fred Segal Melrose x Muhammad Ali
We did an amazing exhibit with Artworks Gallery/Pasadena a few years ago of their collection of Muhammad Ali photos by National Portrait Gallery Photographer (Smithsonian) Michael Brennan. We've remained friends with Artworks and are happy to spread the word that a grouping of the Ali photos will be at Fred Segal / Melrose with an opening party this Saturday. Join us!!!
Tuesday, October 8, 2013
PROJECT Gallery Presents FIGURATIVELY SPEAKING
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WHEN: Opening:
Thursday, October 10, 7pm – 10pm
Exhibit
runs through: November 10
WHERE: PROJECT Gallery: 1553 North Cahuenga Blvd. Hollywood
90028
WHAT: PROJECT
Gallery is proud to present FIGURATIVELY SPEAKING; a group exhibition featuring
Brian Batt, Erin Hammond and Christina Angelina and their unique and vastly
varying styles of figurative work through: (respectively) reconstructed
portraiture collage work and pointillism, expressive emotionalism and eclectic romanticism,
and the examination of raw beauty in the unexpected.
BRIAN
BATT
Brian Batt is an east coast native currently based in New
York City. He took his first painting course while still in junior
high at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts and would go on to graduate from
Hartford Art School in Connecticut as an illustration major. Immediately upon
graduation, portrait requests started coming in. References were often photos
of family members that had passed away, occasionally, children that had died
tragically young. When the paintings were finished, the surviving family
members would be overwhelmed with emotion, reeling from likeness and spirit
that were captured. The power in these moments had a profound impact on Brian
and led him to pursue portraiture more seriously.
He began painting in the pixelated/mosaic style that Chuck
Close trail blazed, interpreting the technique through his own style. Pointillism
or Pixel Pointillism involves applying distinct dots or squares of pure color
in patterns to form an image. Whether working in photorealism or
pointillism, Brian combines aspects of classic portraiture with pop cultural
iconography. He explores the idea of an image consisting of thousands of
smaller shapes, each shape being essential to the larger picture. His
paintings have landed on the walls of John Krasinski and Reese Witherspoon and
his work is regularly commissioned for important galas and charity events. For
more information on Brian please visit: http://battstudios.com
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| Keith by Brian Batt |
ERIN
HAMMOND
Erin
Nicole Hammond was born in Milwaukee, WI. She grew up mainly near the cornfields
and lakes near the border of Illinois. She studied Fine Art with an emphasis on
painting and sculpture at a university in her community; University of
Wisconsin Parkside. She has lived since then in the small town of Caledonia
right outside of downtown Racine, until recently making a move to Los Angeles.
Being a
girl of many traits, collaborating painting, acting, and modeling Erin has has been
known to express a sort of fashion statement through her work as well as an
eclectic sense of style in her pieces. She loves to get away and create and
cites the existence and process of life, often conveying both the surreal and
unflattering parts of life and portraying women as her subject. A lot of her
work is created first by writing as odd as that sounds which later turns to
sketching, and later into visual understanding. She has graced gallery walls
nationwide and her work held in private collections throughout the U.S. For
more information on Erin please visit: http://www.erinhammond.com/artist/
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| Hanna by Erin Hammond |
CHRISTINA ANGELINA
Fine artist, street artist,
photographer and producer: Angelina’s unique talent lies within every image she
constructs, in every single stroke of her brush, in every color she mixes, in
every mystical story behind her work. Her education varies from a BFA in
Art in from UCLA to NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts and the Art Center College
of Design. Most recently, Christina completed several paintings and
window dressings exclusively for Christian Louboutin at Neiman Marcus Beverly
Hills (the paintings have now become part of Neiman Marcus’ permanent
collection). In September of 2011 she created the cover art for Rodrigo Y
Gabriela’s latest album, “Area 52”. Angelina has also appeared as herself
in several documentaries, films and most recently the music video for Van
Hunt's latest single, "Eyes Like Pearls," which debuted in December
on Rolling Stone. Angelina is a process-oriented artist and her objective is to
find the temporal and raw moments that define a lifetime and then cram all the
details and nuances into one image. When she isn’t bound by professional
commitments or finishing a painting in her studio you can find her
wheat-pasting her drawings to the beautifully weathered and sun-stained city
walls. For more information on Christina
please visit http://www.christinaangelina.com
Tuesday, October 1, 2013
ROCK FIGHT CLOSING PARTY!!!
ROCK FIGHT
Closing Reception
Saturday, October 5 8 pm
1553 North Cahuenga Blvd.
Hollywood
Hollywood
Curated by Celebrity photographer Timothy White, ROCK FIGHT is a collaborative exhibit with PROJECT Gallery and The Morrison Hotel Gallery featuring
Theo Ehret's collection of
60's & 70's fight photos paired with rock's most iconic moments
captured by Bob Gruen, Henry Diltz, Mick Rock, Lynn Goldsmith,
Danny Clinch, Janette Beckman, Ethan Russell and many others.
As seen in Entertainment Weekly, LA Weekly, Rolling Stone, FOX TV, NYLON, Time Out LA and MANY other local, national and international media outlets.
RSVP to:
Monday, September 23, 2013
WHAT a month!!!!! Event wrap ups...
This has been perhaps the busiest, and best month Art Duet has ever had. Well, one of them at least! It was a whirlwind and so much happened it's important to document before moving on!
Early in the month, we closed the magic that was the exhibit Indian Larry by Timothy White - it was so powerful to be a part of celebrating Larry's legacy and we walked away with an entirely different perspective about what a show can be!! Read about it here in the LA Weekly, an article on page 44 of Bl!sss Mag (written by Jen) or the great wrap up that our friends at CARTWHEEL put together.
On Wednesday, September 18 Brandon had his first book signing for So The Echo at Bookmarc in West Hollywood. Loyal fans formed a line at 10 am, if not earlier, and by the start of the event at 5 pm it wrapped around 3 street corners, and stayed that way until 830!!!! It was a tremendously AMAZING night and a great start to appearances and signings around So The Echo. Great coverage in Nylon Guys, The Hollywood Reporter, and many others...
Lots of great press for both Sons of The Sea and So The Echo can currently be found on Brandon's website. We are now looking very forward to the NY signings for So The Echo - the first on Sunday, September 29 at Looney Tunes in Long Island and one the following day, September 30, at Barnes and Noble in Tribeca.
More signings and appearances will definitely be scheduled so please stay tuned!!!!
Early in the month, we closed the magic that was the exhibit Indian Larry by Timothy White - it was so powerful to be a part of celebrating Larry's legacy and we walked away with an entirely different perspective about what a show can be!! Read about it here in the LA Weekly, an article on page 44 of Bl!sss Mag (written by Jen) or the great wrap up that our friends at CARTWHEEL put together.
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| credit: Lauren Virdone |
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| crowd by Lauren Virdone |
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| Jamie, Sarah, Timothy White, Jen & Debbie by Lauren Virdone |
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Soon after the close of Indian Larry, PROJECT opened the doors to ROCK FIGHT. A collaboration with The Morrison Hotel Gallery, curated by Timothy White. This completely unique exhibit that paired vintage 60's and 70's wrestling and fight photos taken by Theo Ehret with the most iconic rock and roll imagery imaginable, thus exploring the correlation of violence and showmanship in both "arenas". Renowned photographers Henry Diltz, Bob Gruen, Janette Beckman, Lynn Goldsmith and many others all had work in the show. National and local exposure included Entertainment Weekly, LA Weekly, FOX , Rolling Stone and many many others, and the attention was more than well deserved. The opening was hosted by Henry Rollins who stayed the entire night talking with everyone that came through the doors and was the ultimate gracious host! Not only is this one of the best exhibits we've ever worked on, it's also up there with those we've been to. This show is on display through October 6 with a possible closing party currently being scheduled... | |
| sample pairing, credit: ryan aarstad |
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| SO CROWDED! a line had formed around the block before doors opened |
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| Henry introduces the show |
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On Wednesday, September 18 Brandon had his first book signing for So The Echo at Bookmarc in West Hollywood. Loyal fans formed a line at 10 am, if not earlier, and by the start of the event at 5 pm it wrapped around 3 street corners, and stayed that way until 830!!!! It was a tremendously AMAZING night and a great start to appearances and signings around So The Echo. Great coverage in Nylon Guys, The Hollywood Reporter, and many others...
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| the line! credit: Lauren Virdone |
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| inside the store! credit: lauren virdone |
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| Brandon and Jen end of night credit: Ron Pre |
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| Brandon and Baelyn with family! credit: Ron Pre |
Lots of great press for both Sons of The Sea and So The Echo can currently be found on Brandon's website. We are now looking very forward to the NY signings for So The Echo - the first on Sunday, September 29 at Looney Tunes in Long Island and one the following day, September 30, at Barnes and Noble in Tribeca.
More signings and appearances will definitely be scheduled so please stay tuned!!!!
Wednesday, September 18, 2013
So The Echo Signing Tonight!
Read about it in Huffington Post, Time Out LA, The Hollwood Reporter & CARTWHEEL - lots more to come!
Monday, August 26, 2013
Question Everything: A Celebration of Indian Larry with special musical guests!!!
PROJECT Gallery premiered the LA exhibit for celebrity photographer Timothy White and his retrospective of legendary motorcycle builder, Indian Larry on August 15 to an outstanding turnout. The exhibit excerpted from White’s book on his long time friend and riding partner features compelling and intimate images of Indian Larry and his radical bikes. Larry would often say, “I have no answers, only questions” and in honor of the ninth anniversary of Larry's death, the gallery will host a special evening celebrating his life with surprise musical guests BITCH. Led by Jonny Kaplan, BITCH is a rotating collective of super talent from the likes of Blind Melon, Pearl Jam, Foo Fighters and other bands
Saturday, August 24, 2013
Preview SO THE ECHO & Pre-order announcement!!
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Pre-order date has been set for next Thursday, August 29 for SO THE ECHO.
We have added a preview tab to peruse page excerpts and glance at some behind the scenes images. ENJOY!
Currently scheduled signings are as follows:
September 18 - Bookmarc, West Hollywood CA
September 29 - Looney Tunes, Long Island NY
September 30 - Barnes & Noble, Tribeca
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