Showing posts with label Brandon Boyd. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Brandon Boyd. Show all posts

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



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!

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!!!

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!

opening night

lion by CANTSTOPGOODBOY

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!


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/






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.

credit: Lauren Virdone
crowd by Lauren Virdone

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
SO CROWDED! a line had formed around the block before doors opened
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...

the line! credit: Lauren Virdone


inside the store!  credit: lauren virdone


Brandon and Jen end of night credit: Ron Pre
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

Saturday, August 24, 2013

Preview SO THE ECHO & Pre-order announcement!!



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







Tuesday, July 30, 2013

So The Echo!!

We got our advance copies of So The Echo and couldn't be happier! Releasing September 5, we are planning events around the release...Brandon's website will soon feature a tab with all sorts of info about it...


Brandon recently chatted with COMPLEX.comLA CANVAS Mag about all things art related.

Custom endpapers from the book


Stay tuned for more details!!!

Friday, June 7, 2013

Brandon's new website!


 So excited to announce the launch of Brandon's new website that is now live.
www.brandonboyd.me

In it you will see we've merged the art & music worlds as he reveals his new book, 'So The Echo' and his solo album 'Sons of the Sea'. He will release 'Compass', a 4 song EP later this month. It's a really exciting time!!!!!





Wednesday, November 7, 2012

UPDATES!

Updates! 

Once again, the blog is the last thing to be updated! Just a quick post about a  few updates, with many more to come!

Firstly, leave it to Janette Beckman to be working with maybe the coolest magazine we've ever seen, Jocks & Nerds based in the UK. 



Yes, that's Paul Weller on the cover of a really cool music-filled issue. Brandon sat for Janette in NY and made it into a sweet full page photo in great company...

                                                                        
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Brandon's talk at Chicago Ideas Week was fantastic! That was already nearly a month ago, yeesh. Anyway, he was on a panel about 'The Creative Process' with people from Disney and Pixar, as well as his good friend, the amazing photographer Brian Bowen Smith. The talk was high energy, humorous, and inspirational. It was a great end to a wonderful few days in Chicago. I highly recommend everyone attending Chicago Ideas Week next year!

                                                                         
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Our friends are working on a cool new project - CDSAVOIA -- they've been traveling around doing documentary style interviews...while the site will be ever-changing, and this was a soft launch, I urge you to watch a few of these for inspiration and insight into the artist process. We helped to bring Yevgeniya Mikhailik, Anthony Ausgang and Brian Batt into the project (Brian's will be in the second phase). But please do take a peek at these!  

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Lastly, our dear friend and iconic artist Alan Aldridge is slowly recuperating from a painful surgery. We saw him last night and he is definitely on the mend. Sending you lots of love, Alan!






Saturday, September 1, 2012

Labor Day

To be perfectly honest, I didn't know the EXACT significance of Labor Day. Do you?  Clearly i knew it celebrated work in some way, and it does - here is the "wiki" definition:

Labor Day is an American federal holiday observed on the first Monday in September (September 3 in 2012) that celebrates the economic and social contributions of workers.
Labor Day pays tribute to the contributions and achievements of American workers. It also symbolizes the end of summer for many Americans, and is celebrated with parties, parades and athletic events.[1]

Work is hugely important - it's such a huge part of your life, your identity, focus, etc. I feel very proud of what I do and what i am creating, and I definitely recognize that I am fortunate to say that.  But it was a long road of risk, confusion, sacrifice, and extremely hard work to finally find MY path. I think I've been on more job interviews than most, and actually held more jobs than most. It was ridiculous.  A 'highlight' for my interviews was with Mariah Carey - breaking a heel on my shoe while walking up the stairs as she waited for me to shake her hand. Yikes. I could go on about tough interviews at CAA, ICM, working for Jennifer Lopez and Benny Medina, my stint at E! True Hollywood Story - on and on. From publishing to radio, record label to PR company, I've literally covered ALL grounds.

As the quest went on, for years, I had no clear idea that it would eventually lead to something incredible; I very often thought it wouldn't. But I did have faith in myself. And as it turns out, there was no "interview" to establish the exact start in my career. Extreme passion for all things artistic, a little creativity, and extensive work experience is precisely why it's happened. Oh, and b*lls (rhymes with smalls). Yep it's true, you gotta have those too.

So without carrying on for too long about me (boring), I'd just like to encourage people to follow their passion - it sounds so trite but it IS true. Doing so will surely account for the aforementioned risk and confusion  - riding it out is hard, but ultimately worth it, whenever that happens. Sooner than later would be ideal, but understand that definitely isn't always how it goes -  it's a Long and winding road.

On that note, below is a picture of Brandon with a cat - but it's not just ANY cat - it's Janette Beckman's feline friend -- while in New York, Brandon went to her studio so she could shoot him for a mag she works with - the amazing UK publication Jocks&Nerds.  Janette, the most incredible photographer, doesn't love getting her own photo taken as is is often the case.Having Janette and Brandon collaborate was completely perfect.

Brandon and feline friend by Janette Beckman
How does this tie into anything I previously mentioned? Simply the fact that while my business is ever-morphing with highs and lows, I work with amazing people I SO adore and truly admire, and that is definitely an incredible thing that fills me with pride and inspiration. Do i feel lucky and grateful? YES, I do. Who wouldn't? But it's loyalty, perseverance, and seriously hard work that can get you to a "lucky" place.

So - Is every day perfect? Nope. Let's remember it's the 'long and winding road'.  However, there's no daily drama that can alter my bigger picture...now that i have one.

Keep working. And make it rewarding.

Happy Labor Day!








Friday, August 10, 2012

Blue Canvas

We have been friends with the people at Blue Canvas for a while now. They are an awesome group of people who give great exposure to artists at all levels. You may have heard of them through Bravo's show Work of Art in season #2. Can't say enough good things about them!

Nathan Ota (an absolutely incredible artist with an LA exhibit upcoming this fall) interview Brandon for their August issue. It will be at Barnes and Noble nationwide and sold online HERE.

This was a very fun interview to put together and we love the results. Here's the exclusive video from the interview day. Enjoy!

And here's a peek at our favorite page from the spread. It's a collage from Brandon's sketchbook and it's beautiful!

 

Friday, March 9, 2012

Press is good!

Just a quick post...check out THIS interview Brandon did with LA Canvas - a popular art/event magazine all around LA! Take a close look, there is a sneak peak of brand new work from his sketchbook!

And then read THIS interview the amazing Janette Beckman did with The Telegraph newspaper in the UK...

Lastly, follow Art Duet on Pinterest. We are getting really into it!

Friday, October 21, 2011

How has it been a month since the last post?

Wow, this time of year seems to get so insanely busy - this month has truly FLOWN by!
If we had to sum up what the fall has been like thus far, it would be 'going with the winds of change'.  Things keep shifting, opportunities have been popping up unexpectedly, new connections are being made ...it's been overwhelming in the best of ways.  What it comes down to is remaining open to any and all changes and seeing them as a positive...and being ready for the challenge(s)!

Muhammad Ali: 1977

We are very excited to be working with our new friends at Artworks Gallery in Pasadena on an exhibit of rare Muhammad Ali photos (signed by the man himself) by British photographer Michael Brennan. 

Ali by Michael Brennan

The image above is the main image for the exhibit -- interestingly enough this is a very often  licensed photo (i.e. Shepard Fairey and many other artists have used it)  but had yet to be printed.

The exhibition entitled Muhammad Ali: 1977  will open Thursday, Nov. 10 at Design Within Reach and it will be one of VERY few Ali exhibits to ever take place in LA. Take a sneak peek HERE...the photos carry such a strength and inspiration - and are,  of course,  so iconic.  ('Iconic' is likely the most overused word by Art Duet, yet we can't break away from it - what can we say? we are drawn to iconic imagery, OBVIOUSLY!)

Anyway, we are quite happy to announce that a portion of proceeds will go to the Muhammad Ali Parkinsons Center in Phoenix - it seemed only fitting to include them.

The exhibit is not to be missed and we will post the invite soon! 

Brandon, Artspace.com & The Hollywood Reporter

Brandon at home by Julian Castaldi


Brandon, who's been quite busy touring for If Not Now, When? found time to fit in some guest curating on a great art site - Artspace.com - his commentary is always simultaneously well thought out, yet spontaneous -  and a great read.   And then, The Hollywood Reporter ran a story on it! Click HERE. The photo we used on the site (above) was taken by our fab photographer friend Julian Castaldi so we were glad to be able to share it!

 Janette Beckman Punk Exhibit in LA!                                                          

dee dee ramone by janette beckman


Another new development is that we have a display of over THIRTY-FIVE Janette Beckman photos on display for a few months! At the showroom for the amazing Stand And Deliver high end leather line.  Upon meeting the seriously rocking designer, Corey Parks, and learning about alllll of her punk rock inspirations, it was a NO brainer to introduce her to the work of JB. We are excited to have the photos there, can't think of a better place.... and bring the images to a new audience - some photos have never been shown in LA before which is a thrill. It's by appointment - contact info@artduet.net  - come take a look!
And thank you to our friend/expert and all around great guy, Jarrad Hirschman, for the help with the install!

Thursday, September 22, 2011

Art Mere / Art Pere

Below is the invite for one of the charities we are involved with - Art Mere Art Pere. Benefitting Livestrong, it was started by Brooke and Courtney Kivowitz & Jim Toth... 'Art Mere Art Pere' translates literally to 'our mother, our father" and is a tribute to Marsha Kivowitz and Jim Toth, Sr.  who lost their lives to cancer. 


We are on the Advisory Board and the event is coming right up in October! There's a great view of the art and an online auction  which can often be a way to simultaneously get a great deal on art and help a very worthy cause.


Thanks to Brandon and Jocelyn for their donations!