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The new issue of Flaneur art zine is now available. Artists and writers from around the world have contributed to the latest issue, which has grown and is now Europe’s newest arts newspaper!
Please check it out and consider contributing to the next issue.
Thanks
By The Flaneur magazine on 2010 03 07
Call for Entries
The Annual Cork Street Open Art Exhibition for Charity is an International Open Exhibition of contemporary fine art held to showcase both emerging and established artists while raising funds and increasing the profile of a selected charity.
Prizes in excess of £10,000 GBP plus an exhibition in the heart of London’s West End.
The 2010 selected charity is Children with Leukaemia, the UK’s leading charity dedicated to fighting Britain’s biggest childhood cancer.
Any artist living anywhere in the world may enter. All work must be original, conceived and executed solely by the artist, and completed within the past 18 months, without instructional assistance.
David Palliser’s most recent paintings focus in on making rich, bright monuments from spare and simple gestures. Beginning from loose gouache sketches on paper made during a residency in Paris, each painting becomes a celebration in a manner that the artist compares to ‘a grand ceremony for a flea in a cage.’
Anna Pappas Gallery
2-4 Carlton St
Prahran Vic 3181
03 8598 9915 (JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) http://www.annapappasgallery.com
Tues-Fri 10-6 Sat 12-6
By Anna Pappas Gallery on 2010 02 24
Dark, enigmatic, cryptic, ambiguous; words often used to describe the works of John Currin, those manifestations of an artist on the peripheries of artistic vision. Currin describes his work as an intuitive process, by which the subject and medium of each piece slowly morph and accumulate into the surreal.
By their very nature Currins works are sullied by the elements, their subjects emerging through the textures of time. They reference things we may consider unworthy, like rust or graffiti, like decrepit walls and shattered glass. Here the elements of our neglect, the residues of subversive acts or violence, become the underpainting upon which the works are built. Those undercurrents coexist with classic form and sweeping vistas; the decrepit and the ‘beautiful,’ their boundaries shadowy and vague.
In this way Currin perverts the thickness of history, relocating it and its mesh of references. Here he creates a carnivalesque world where the rational and the irrational, the celebrated and the obscure, the beautiful and the grotesque, are brought together in a vigorous state of play.
“I Slept With Joey Ramone” book reading and signing
Featuring Mickey Leigh, Alan Arkush, P.J. Soles, Howie Pyro and other surprise guests
Saturday, February 20, 2010, 6 - 9 pm
La Luz de Jesus Gallery
4633 Hollywood Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90027
323-666-7667 Fax: 323-663-0243 http://www.laluzdejesus.com
I SLEPT WITH
JOEY RAMONE
A Family Memoir
by Mickey Leigh with Legs McNeil
“While the Ramones remained an underground band, they are regarded today as a huge influence on the entire punk rock movement. Joey’s brother, Mickey Leigh . . . recreates that electric era, striking all the right chords in this dynamic biography. With skillful writing, he finds Joey’s musical roots in their dysfunctional family life . . . Leigh’s and Legs’s mashup of memories with solid research makes for revelatory reading in this compelling portrait of a musical misfit who evolved into a countercultural icon.” —Publishers Weekly
“Joey Ramone is feted with tough love in these cradle-to-grave memories
from his kid brother Mickey Leigh.” —Kirkus Reviews
“Funny, sad, shocking, surprising, and best of all, brutally honest.” —John Holmstrom, cofounder of Punk magazine
“Blitzkrieg Bop,” “Rockaway Beach,” “I Wanna Be Sedated,” “Sheena is a Punk Rocker,” “Rock ‘n’ Roll High School.” With humor spiked lyrics, a shockingly unique delivery, and backed by the fast, frenetic music of his band, Joey Ramone gave voice to the disaffected youth of the seventies and eighties while defining punk rock in America. I SLEPT WITH JOEY RAMONE: A Family Memoir (Touchstone, an imprint of Simon & Schuster; December 1, 2009; Hardcover/$26; 978-0-7432-5216-4) is the story of the turbulent life of one of America’s greatest rock icons, revealed for the first time by Joey Ramone’s brother, Mickey Leigh, with “Resident Punk” Legs McNeil.
Mickey tells his fascinating, though sometimes troubling, tale of growing up with a rock star with honesty, humor, and grace. Before Joey Ramone’s signature sunglasses, face obscured by a mop of hair, and towering height became the personification of punk’s early image, he was simply Jeffry Hyman, born on May 19, 1951 in Forest Hills, New York. Rock ‘n’ roll gave the lanky, awkward teen a sanity-saving outlet for his anti-social behaviors—which included the crippling Obsessive Compulsive Disorder that plagued him throughout his life.
In 1974 Jeff co-founded the Ramones with friends John Cummings and Douglas Colvin. “Joey,” “Johnny,” “Tommy” and “Dee Dee Ramone” were soon regulars at CBGB’s, honing the brief, rapid-fire concert style that would soon become the stuff of legend. The Ramones’ 1976 debut album, replete with hooky, three-chord songwriting, cheerfully dumb humor, and boundless energy, heralded the true birth of punk rock and created the blueprint that countless bands would follow to the top of the charts.
Despite their enormous musical and cultural influence, a career spanning two decades, and a handful of undisputedly classic albums, the uppermost levels of fame were always just out of reach for the Ramones. The infighting, romantic betrayals, and addictions that tormented the band also strained personal relationships along the way. As these pressures peaked, Mickey saw them take their toll on the kind, caring boy he once shared his bedroom with in Queens, who began to periodically display an uncharacteristically malicious persona. After forty years of extreme closeness, the two brothers engaged in a conflict that had them pushing and pulling at each other throughout much of the 1990’s, though, in the end it was Mickey who was again closest with his brother during Joey’s battle with lymphatic cancer that ultimately ended his life in 2001.
To ensure the story was balanced, complete, and told fairly, Mickey and Legs interviewed dozens of family, friends, colleagues, and industry professionals who were there as Joey’s life unfolded. Both a tribute to the rise of punk in America and an intimate look at a journey filled with music and challenges, I SLEPT WITH JOEY RAMONE is an enduring portrait of a man who struggled to find his voice and of the brother who loved him.
ABOUT THE AUTHORS
MICKEY LEIGH has been an influential player in the rock & roll world since the late seventies. After forming Birdland with Lester Bangs in 1977 he became the lead singer/guitarist/songwriter for the Rattlers and Stop and was a contributor to the music of the Ramones. He has written the monthly column My Guitar is Pregnant for the Lower East Side-based newspaper the New York Waste since 1996; created and published the Coney Island High Times, a monthly magazine for famed rock club Coney Island High; and written reviews for magazines including Audio Review and Time Out New York. This is his first book. He lives in New York City.
LEGS MCNEIL is the coauthor of Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk, a book widely hailed as the definitive work on the subject. The cofounder of the seminal magazine that gave punk its name, he is a former editor at Spin and editor in chief of Nerve. He divides his time between New York City and his home in Schwenksville, Pennsylvania.
I SLEPT WITH JOEY RAMONE: A Family Memoir
By Mickey Leigh with Legs McNeil
Touchstone, an imprint of Simon & Schuster
On-sale December 1, 2009
$26.00 / hardcover
ISBN 978-0-7432-5216-4
Publicity contact for “I Slept With Joey Ramone”
Jessica Roth
212-698-4665 (JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
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La Luz de Jesus is located at the Soap Plant/Wacko building, in Los Feliz at 4633 Hollywood Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90027. Gallery hours are Monday – Wednesday: 11am – 7pm, Thursday – Saturday: 11am – 9pm and Sunday 12-6pm. For high resolution jpegs, interview requests and more information contact: Lee Joseph Publicity, (JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address), p (818) 848-2698
Pavillon d’Art Contemporain is a gallery situated in the artistic neighborhood of Soho, NY.
Running from March 1st till March 31st “Splendour of Nudes”,is an exhibit of sculptures and paintings by an assortment of European Artists.
Open Tuesday to Saturday, 2 to 6pm
Located at 137 Grand Street
Between Crosby and Lafayette
Near Canal Street’s 6,N,Q,R,W lines.
Feel free to contact us at:
646-329-5131 646-329-5131
Our french based website is http://www.ref-llc.com/expo/splendourofnudes
By PAC (Pavillon d'Art Comtemporain) on 2010 03 16
2nd INTERNATIONAL BIENNIAL OF PAINTERS AND SCULPTORS
‘‘Mediterranean 2010’‘-Split,CROATIA
THE CULTURAL INSTITUTION GALERIJA KULA
Deadline for the delivery of e-mails, CDs and Application Forms ends on 1 June 2010.
To see more about biennial and competition visit:
http://www.galerija-kula.hr/en/biennial/8/Mediterranean-2010-Split.aspx
http://www.galerija-kula.hr/en/index.aspx
By galerija kula on 2010 03 14
http://www.flaneur.me.uk
The new issue of Flaneur art zine is now available. Artists and writers from around the world have contributed to the latest issue, which has grown and is now Europe’s newest arts newspaper!
Please check it out and consider contributing to the next issue.
Thanks
By The Flaneur magazine on 2010 03 07
Call for Entries
The Annual Cork Street Open Art Exhibition for Charity is an International Open Exhibition of contemporary fine art held to showcase both emerging and established artists while raising funds and increasing the profile of a selected charity.
Prizes in excess of £10,000 GBP plus an exhibition in the heart of London’s West End.
The 2010 selected charity is Children with Leukaemia, the UK’s leading charity dedicated to fighting Britain’s biggest childhood cancer.
Any artist living anywhere in the world may enter. All work must be original, conceived and executed solely by the artist, and completed within the past 18 months, without instructional assistance.
Go to http://www.corkstreetopenexhibition.com for full details and submission form.
By CorkStreetOpen on 2010 03 06
Feb. 25th & 26th
Ron Brejtfus: More Than An Art Show, Art Show.
From 7-10Pm
@: 421 Market Street
San Diego, CA 92101
Questions: Call Brianna 619.813.6972
Check out some of his photography:
http://www.Brejtfus.com
By Brejtfus on 2010 02 26
‘Nerve Bangle’
David Palliser
4 March - 10 April 2010
David Palliser’s most recent paintings focus in on making rich, bright monuments from spare and simple gestures. Beginning from loose gouache sketches on paper made during a residency in Paris, each painting becomes a celebration in a manner that the artist compares to ‘a grand ceremony for a flea in a cage.’
Anna Pappas Gallery
2-4 Carlton St
Prahran Vic 3181
03 8598 9915
(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
http://www.annapappasgallery.com
Tues-Fri 10-6 Sat 12-6
By Anna Pappas Gallery on 2010 02 24
Dark, enigmatic, cryptic, ambiguous; words often used to describe the works of John Currin, those manifestations of an artist on the peripheries of artistic vision. Currin describes his work as an intuitive process, by which the subject and medium of each piece slowly morph and accumulate into the surreal.
By their very nature Currins works are sullied by the elements, their subjects emerging through the textures of time. They reference things we may consider unworthy, like rust or graffiti, like decrepit walls and shattered glass. Here the elements of our neglect, the residues of subversive acts or violence, become the underpainting upon which the works are built. Those undercurrents coexist with classic form and sweeping vistas; the decrepit and the ‘beautiful,’ their boundaries shadowy and vague.
In this way Currin perverts the thickness of history, relocating it and its mesh of references. Here he creates a carnivalesque world where the rational and the irrational, the celebrated and the obscure, the beautiful and the grotesque, are brought together in a vigorous state of play.
http://www.obscuregallery.com
By John Currin on 2010 02 14
“I Slept With Joey Ramone” book reading and signing
Featuring Mickey Leigh, Alan Arkush, P.J. Soles, Howie Pyro and other surprise guests
Saturday, February 20, 2010, 6 - 9 pm
La Luz de Jesus Gallery
4633 Hollywood Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90027
323-666-7667 Fax: 323-663-0243
http://www.laluzdejesus.com
I SLEPT WITH
JOEY RAMONE
A Family Memoir
by Mickey Leigh with Legs McNeil
“While the Ramones remained an underground band, they are regarded today as a huge influence on the entire punk rock movement. Joey’s brother, Mickey Leigh . . . recreates that electric era, striking all the right chords in this dynamic biography. With skillful writing, he finds Joey’s musical roots in their dysfunctional family life . . . Leigh’s and Legs’s mashup of memories with solid research makes for revelatory reading in this compelling portrait of a musical misfit who evolved into a countercultural icon.” —Publishers Weekly
“Joey Ramone is feted with tough love in these cradle-to-grave memories
from his kid brother Mickey Leigh.” —Kirkus Reviews
“Funny, sad, shocking, surprising, and best of all, brutally honest.” —John Holmstrom, cofounder of Punk magazine
“Blitzkrieg Bop,” “Rockaway Beach,” “I Wanna Be Sedated,” “Sheena is a Punk Rocker,” “Rock ‘n’ Roll High School.” With humor spiked lyrics, a shockingly unique delivery, and backed by the fast, frenetic music of his band, Joey Ramone gave voice to the disaffected youth of the seventies and eighties while defining punk rock in America. I SLEPT WITH JOEY RAMONE: A Family Memoir (Touchstone, an imprint of Simon & Schuster; December 1, 2009; Hardcover/$26; 978-0-7432-5216-4) is the story of the turbulent life of one of America’s greatest rock icons, revealed for the first time by Joey Ramone’s brother, Mickey Leigh, with “Resident Punk” Legs McNeil.
Mickey tells his fascinating, though sometimes troubling, tale of growing up with a rock star with honesty, humor, and grace. Before Joey Ramone’s signature sunglasses, face obscured by a mop of hair, and towering height became the personification of punk’s early image, he was simply Jeffry Hyman, born on May 19, 1951 in Forest Hills, New York. Rock ‘n’ roll gave the lanky, awkward teen a sanity-saving outlet for his anti-social behaviors—which included the crippling Obsessive Compulsive Disorder that plagued him throughout his life.
In 1974 Jeff co-founded the Ramones with friends John Cummings and Douglas Colvin. “Joey,” “Johnny,” “Tommy” and “Dee Dee Ramone” were soon regulars at CBGB’s, honing the brief, rapid-fire concert style that would soon become the stuff of legend. The Ramones’ 1976 debut album, replete with hooky, three-chord songwriting, cheerfully dumb humor, and boundless energy, heralded the true birth of punk rock and created the blueprint that countless bands would follow to the top of the charts.
Despite their enormous musical and cultural influence, a career spanning two decades, and a handful of undisputedly classic albums, the uppermost levels of fame were always just out of reach for the Ramones. The infighting, romantic betrayals, and addictions that tormented the band also strained personal relationships along the way. As these pressures peaked, Mickey saw them take their toll on the kind, caring boy he once shared his bedroom with in Queens, who began to periodically display an uncharacteristically malicious persona. After forty years of extreme closeness, the two brothers engaged in a conflict that had them pushing and pulling at each other throughout much of the 1990’s, though, in the end it was Mickey who was again closest with his brother during Joey’s battle with lymphatic cancer that ultimately ended his life in 2001.
To ensure the story was balanced, complete, and told fairly, Mickey and Legs interviewed dozens of family, friends, colleagues, and industry professionals who were there as Joey’s life unfolded. Both a tribute to the rise of punk in America and an intimate look at a journey filled with music and challenges, I SLEPT WITH JOEY RAMONE is an enduring portrait of a man who struggled to find his voice and of the brother who loved him.
ABOUT THE AUTHORS
MICKEY LEIGH has been an influential player in the rock & roll world since the late seventies. After forming Birdland with Lester Bangs in 1977 he became the lead singer/guitarist/songwriter for the Rattlers and Stop and was a contributor to the music of the Ramones. He has written the monthly column My Guitar is Pregnant for the Lower East Side-based newspaper the New York Waste since 1996; created and published the Coney Island High Times, a monthly magazine for famed rock club Coney Island High; and written reviews for magazines including Audio Review and Time Out New York. This is his first book. He lives in New York City.
LEGS MCNEIL is the coauthor of Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk, a book widely hailed as the definitive work on the subject. The cofounder of the seminal magazine that gave punk its name, he is a former editor at Spin and editor in chief of Nerve. He divides his time between New York City and his home in Schwenksville, Pennsylvania.
Los Angeles Times review: http://www.latimes.com/features/books/la-et-book28-2010jan28,0,3973540.story
I SLEPT WITH JOEY RAMONE: A Family Memoir
By Mickey Leigh with Legs McNeil
Touchstone, an imprint of Simon & Schuster
On-sale December 1, 2009
$26.00 / hardcover
ISBN 978-0-7432-5216-4
Publicity contact for “I Slept With Joey Ramone”
Jessica Roth
212-698-4665
(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
###
La Luz de Jesus is located at the Soap Plant/Wacko building, in Los Feliz at 4633 Hollywood Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90027. Gallery hours are Monday – Wednesday: 11am – 7pm, Thursday – Saturday: 11am – 9pm and Sunday 12-6pm. For high resolution jpegs, interview requests and more information contact: Lee Joseph Publicity, (JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address), p (818) 848-2698
By Lee Joseph Publicity on 2010 02 10
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