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Friday, January 29, 2010
FLASHPOINT ACADEMY FILMS Q&A SESSION WITH PHILIP SEYMOUR HOFFMAN AND JOHN ORTIZ AT SUNDANCE/MUSIC BOX SCREENING OF "JACK GOES BOATING"
Jack Goes Boating is a tale of love, betrayal, and friendship set against the backdrop of working-class New York City life. Jack and Connie are two single people who on their own might continue to recede into the anonymous background of the city, but in each other begin to find the courage and desire to pursue their budding relationship. In contrast, the couple who brought them together, Clyde and Lucy, are confronting the unresolved issues in their rocky marriage.
The multifaceted Philip Seymour Hoffman makes his directorial debut demonstrating an assured style and grace, both behind the camera and in front of it. He leads a skilled cast, who waltz through their group scenes in perfect counterpoint, each getting what he or she needs from the other. The writing is fiercely authentic as are the performances. Lyrical and lovely, Jack Goes Boating is an offbeat love story that almost forgets to happen.
Thursday, January 28, 2010
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Monday, January 25, 2010
NEW ART FROM THE TULLMAN COLLECTION FROM KRIS LEWIS
FROM THE "WHO KILLED THE MUSIC?" EXHIBITION AT THE GRAMMY MUSEUM:
KRIS LEWIS "UNTITLED" 2009
Who Killed the Music | Grammy Art Exhibition
Who Killed The Music (WKTM), an art exhibition co-curated by performing artist will.i.am, artist Kris Lewis and David B. Smith.
On the heels of last year’s successful Worlds on Fire Grammy-themed art show Who Killed the Music, an exhibition of new work by 15 artists from around the country will be presented in Los Angeles. The exhibition will open January 24 and will close January 31, Grammy Night, and will be held at the L.A. Live Target Terrace, right above the Grammy Museum.
“This show will feature some of the most popular, cutting-edge artists in various media representing the theme the title suggests,” says Lewis. “This is completely open to interpretation from the artists but could mean anything from the death of the art of the full-length album and the rise of file sharing to musicians breaking sonic boundaries and essentially killing the genres that came before them. In featuring influential and exciting visual artists, we hope to present a new and powerful perspective on the state of music today.”
The exhibit will benefit two important foundations that support young people in the arts: the Grammy Foundation and the I.AM Scholarship Foundation.
Participating artists from the David B. Smith Gallery program include Justin BUA, Gregory Euclide, Kris Lewis and Jason Thielke. Other artists will include Van Arno, Paul Chatem, Richard Colman, Camille Rose Garcia, Mercedes Heinwein, Audrey Kawasaki, Jeremy Lipking, Lola, Travis Louie and Nathan Spoor.
Most of these artists will be in attendance for the opening night of the exhibition.
A link to the exhibit will be available this coming Monday at http://whokilledthemusic.dipdive.com.
The opening will take place on Sunday evening, January 24th with special DJ and host will.i.am. There will be a limited number of tickets available for DBSG collectors.
Open Daily
Saturday, January 24th through January 31th at the LA Live Target Terrace
800 W. Olympic
Los Angeles, CA 90015
Please check the WKTM Website for further information: http://whokilledthemusic.dipdive.com
KRIS LEWIS "UNTITLED" 2009
Who Killed the Music | Grammy Art Exhibition
Who Killed The Music (WKTM), an art exhibition co-curated by performing artist will.i.am, artist Kris Lewis and David B. Smith.
On the heels of last year’s successful Worlds on Fire Grammy-themed art show Who Killed the Music, an exhibition of new work by 15 artists from around the country will be presented in Los Angeles. The exhibition will open January 24 and will close January 31, Grammy Night, and will be held at the L.A. Live Target Terrace, right above the Grammy Museum.
“This show will feature some of the most popular, cutting-edge artists in various media representing the theme the title suggests,” says Lewis. “This is completely open to interpretation from the artists but could mean anything from the death of the art of the full-length album and the rise of file sharing to musicians breaking sonic boundaries and essentially killing the genres that came before them. In featuring influential and exciting visual artists, we hope to present a new and powerful perspective on the state of music today.”
The exhibit will benefit two important foundations that support young people in the arts: the Grammy Foundation and the I.AM Scholarship Foundation.
Participating artists from the David B. Smith Gallery program include Justin BUA, Gregory Euclide, Kris Lewis and Jason Thielke. Other artists will include Van Arno, Paul Chatem, Richard Colman, Camille Rose Garcia, Mercedes Heinwein, Audrey Kawasaki, Jeremy Lipking, Lola, Travis Louie and Nathan Spoor.
Most of these artists will be in attendance for the opening night of the exhibition.
A link to the exhibit will be available this coming Monday at http://whokilledthemusic.dipdive.com.
The opening will take place on Sunday evening, January 24th with special DJ and host will.i.am. There will be a limited number of tickets available for DBSG collectors.
Open Daily
Saturday, January 24th through January 31th at the LA Live Target Terrace
800 W. Olympic
Los Angeles, CA 90015
Please check the WKTM Website for further information: http://whokilledthemusic.dipdive.com
Sunday, January 24, 2010
TULLMAN COLLECTION ARTIST TERRI THOMAS IN NEW SHOW "HEDONE" AT LYONS WIER GALLERY IN NEW YORK
Terri Thomas
Hedone
Lyons Wier Gallery is pleased to present “Hedone”, an exhibition of recent work by Austin, Texas artist Terri Thomas. An investigation of the taboo, Thomas’ manipulated self-portraits and Swarovski crystal encrusted object-trophies explore the motivations and contradictions of physical and material desire. Playful, precisely rendered, laden with sexual implications and symbolism, the work in Hedone combines frivolity, fantasy, escapism and pleasure with paradox, self-analysis, media-influence and artifice.
Thomas uses the theme of Hedone, the Greek word for “pleasure” or “delight,” to question how we might, as a media driven culture, individually pursue pleasure. Today, Hedone, the root word of “hedonism”, usually implies a short sightedness and disregard for future consequences. The Ancient Greeks’ notion of pleasure was divided. Some believed the highest pleasure was tranquility and could be reached through an ascetic, intellectual philosophy. Others believed that bodily gratifications were the supreme good and they lauded immediate gratification without regard to long-term gain. Through the narrative of Hedone, Thomas explores the origins of our desires through wildness, freedom, beauty and power. Her work is crafted with a glaring precision that often illuminates the irony of these ideas as much as it supports them in their role as things to be desired.
“Thomas’ paintings and sculptures are simultaneously appealing and appalling, and mesmerize viewers who feel a little embarrassed for looking so closely at images similar to those more conventionally viewed in private. But Thomas is not embarrassed and frankly reveals herself and in doing so, unveils things about the society in which we live and the secret life of the individual in the context of the cognitive dissonance produced by normative expectations.” – Joseph Bravo, art critic, San Antonio, TX.
Terri Thomas received her BFA from the Corocoran College of Art & Design in Washington D.C. Her work is currently included in the exhibition, Reflected Gaze at the Torrance Art Museum, L.A. Hedone is Terri Thomas’ first solo exhibition in New York
Hedone
Lyons Wier Gallery is pleased to present “Hedone”, an exhibition of recent work by Austin, Texas artist Terri Thomas. An investigation of the taboo, Thomas’ manipulated self-portraits and Swarovski crystal encrusted object-trophies explore the motivations and contradictions of physical and material desire. Playful, precisely rendered, laden with sexual implications and symbolism, the work in Hedone combines frivolity, fantasy, escapism and pleasure with paradox, self-analysis, media-influence and artifice.
Thomas uses the theme of Hedone, the Greek word for “pleasure” or “delight,” to question how we might, as a media driven culture, individually pursue pleasure. Today, Hedone, the root word of “hedonism”, usually implies a short sightedness and disregard for future consequences. The Ancient Greeks’ notion of pleasure was divided. Some believed the highest pleasure was tranquility and could be reached through an ascetic, intellectual philosophy. Others believed that bodily gratifications were the supreme good and they lauded immediate gratification without regard to long-term gain. Through the narrative of Hedone, Thomas explores the origins of our desires through wildness, freedom, beauty and power. Her work is crafted with a glaring precision that often illuminates the irony of these ideas as much as it supports them in their role as things to be desired.
“Thomas’ paintings and sculptures are simultaneously appealing and appalling, and mesmerize viewers who feel a little embarrassed for looking so closely at images similar to those more conventionally viewed in private. But Thomas is not embarrassed and frankly reveals herself and in doing so, unveils things about the society in which we live and the secret life of the individual in the context of the cognitive dissonance produced by normative expectations.” – Joseph Bravo, art critic, San Antonio, TX.
Terri Thomas received her BFA from the Corocoran College of Art & Design in Washington D.C. Her work is currently included in the exhibition, Reflected Gaze at the Torrance Art Museum, L.A. Hedone is Terri Thomas’ first solo exhibition in New York
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