July 12, “The New York Underground Scene 1972-1977,” Photographs by Paul Zone

drkrm. Gallery
2121 San Fernando Road • Suite 3
Los Angeles, CA 90065
323.223.6867 drkrmgallery@gmail.com
“The New York Underground Scene 1972-1977”
Photographs by Paul Zone

July 12-August 31, 2008
Artist Reception: Saturday, July 12, 7-10 pm

CONTACT:  Lee Joseph Publicity 
p 818.848.2698 – f 818.848.2699
email: leejemail@gmail.com
Online press release with images:
http://leejosephpublicity.com/show/paulzone
PAUL ZONE has a background that took in all that was cool, all that was cutting edge about New York City in the 1970s. He is New York through and through. His two older brothers started to take him to concerts by the age of 11. He’d always make sure to have his square box Brownie camera with him. He saw Bowie premier Ziggy Stardust at Carnegie Hall, Iggy & The Stooges at the Electric Circus in 1971, the first ever performances by The New York Dolls at the Mercer Arts Center and was the youngest boy let into the back room of Max’s Kansas City during the tail end of the Warhol Factory era.

Zone was friends with members of Blondie and The Ramones before their bands were even formed. By 1973 his brothers already had their own band called The Fast, and Paul, being so young, wasn’t considered to be a member. Paul concentrated on taking photographs of his nights out at concerts, clubs and parties around town. He shot the first photo session of Blondie as a five piece band, did portraits of friends and worked as a photographer along side Lance Loud on his writing assignments for Circus Magazine, Rock Scene and Andy Warhol’s Interview.

1972 to 1977 was a transitional time in New York City style & music. Glam was over and the word Punk describing the local bands had not yet been used. In 1975 Debbie Harry and Lance Loud suggested to Paul’s brothers to have him as a member of The Fast. With Paul as the lead singer they were a headlining act right from the start at Max’s Kansas City and CBGB from 1976 on.  Spin Magazine names “Kids Just Wanna Dance” by The Fast as one of the “Top 20 Singles of 1977.”

drkrm. Gallery is an exhibition space dedicated to fine art and documentary photography, cutting edge and alternative photographic processes and the display and survey of popular cultural images. Gallery events are free and open to the public.

Regular gallery hours are Tuesday – Saturday, 11 am – 5 pm. Sunday 1-4pm

May 24, “Finger in Fame” Photographs by Travis Shinn

drkrm. Gallery
2121 San Fernando Road • Suite 3
Los Angeles, CA 90065
323.223.6867 drkrmgallery@gmail.com

“Finger in Fame”
Photographs by Travis Shinn
May 24–June 29, 2008
Artist Reception: Saturday, May 24, 7-11 pm
 
CONTACT:  Lee Joseph Publicity 
p 818.848.2698 – f 818.848.2699
email: leejemail@gmail.com
Online press release with images:
http://leejosephpublicity.com/show/travisshinn
Travis Shinn has shot covers, editorial and fashion for such magazines as Scratch, Alternative Press, Rides, Blender, Stuff, Guitar World and King.  He created the artwork for Tool’s Grammy winning album “10,000 DAYS.” He has had the pleasure of working with an array of legendary groups and musicians such as Dave Navarro, Tom Morello, Slash, Megadeath, The Misfits, Marilyn Manson, System of a Down, Ozzy Ozborne, Korn, Zakk Wylde, Snoop Dogg, Nas and 50 Cent just to mention a few.

Born in the brooding Southern California desert, Travis Shinn’s photographic career began when he photographed the Grand Canyon with his first camera at the tender age of six. In between stealing his parents’ cars and the occasional stint in juvie, where he had his finger in fame by thirteen, Travis learned photography from his stepmother, who was the editor of Photographic Magazine. He studied photography and painting at the Los Angeles High School for the Arts and the San Francisco Art Institute. When asked what he likes most about taking photos, he replies, “Meeting new people.” Travis’s work reflects this honesty and genuine interest in his subject.

drkrm. Gallery is an exhibition space dedicated to fine art and documentary photography, cutting edge and alternative photographic processes and the display and survey of popular cultural images. Gallery events are free and open to the public.

Regular gallery hours are Tuesday – Saturday, 11 am – 5 pm. Sunday 1-4pm

May 31, Gary Taxali one-night art exhibition with Aimee Mann

LA LUZ DE JESUS GALLERY
4633 Hollywood Blvd., Los Angeles CA 90027, 323-666-7667 Fax: 323-663-0243

AIMEE MANN TEAMS WITH VISUAL ARTIST GARY TAXALI
FOR THE ARTWORK ON HER NEW CD @#%&! SMILERS
Artist Showing and CD Release Party at La Luz De Jesus Gallery
In Los Angeles on May 31st

Saturday, May 31, 2008, 6 – 9 pm
http://laluzdejesus.com

Los Angeles, CA—Aimee Mann has collaborated with critically acclaimed visual artist Gary Taxali on her 7th solo release @#%&! Smilers, to be released on June 3, 2008 on her own SuperEgo Records. Taxali has contributed 17 original illustrations for the packaging of the CD, art directed by Aimee Mann and Gail Marowitz, and designed by Marowitz and Ed Sherman. Los Angeles art gallery La Luz De Jesus will host a CD release party and one night showing of the 17 new artworks on May 31st from 6-9pm. Both Taxali and Mann will be present to sign copies of the new CD.

Gary Taxali is an award-winning illustrator who has worked for such clients as Rolling Stone, Time, Esquire and The New York Times. His work has received recognition from Graphis, Communication Arts, American Illustration, Print, SPD, a Gold Medal from the Society of Illustrators, a Gold Medal from the National Addys and a nomination for a Cannes Lion. He is a Founding Member of IPA (The Illustrators’ Partnership of America) and sits on the Advisory Board of 3×3: The Magazine of Contemporary Illustration. Gary’s latest toy figures, “Oh No” and Oh Oh”, were mass produced by his new company, Chump Inc. His first children’s book, which he wrote and illustrated, “This Is Silly”, is being published by Scholastic and slated for a summer 2009 release. This summer, he will be having his first major show in Europe at “Iguapop Gallery” in Barcelona, Spain. Taxali lives and works in Toronto, Canada.

Aimee Mann has long championed visual artists, collaborating with them to create her work-of-art CD packages. In 2003 she teamed with literary comic book writer and artist Seth who illustrated her CD Lost In Space. In 2006 Aimee Mann and Gail Marowitz won a Grammy award for Best Recording Package for their work on Mann’s Forgotten Arm, illustrated by painter Owen Smith, a five time cover artist for the New Yorker.

After originally breaking onto the music scene during the 80’s leading the post-new wave pop group ’Til Tuesday, Aimee Mann has gone on to establish herself as one of the most prominent singer-songwriters of her generation. Her successful solo career has spanned across several critically acclaimed albums, including the massively popular soundtrack for the film Magnolia, which garnered her an Academy Award nomination for Best Song in 2000.  Time magazine has said of her, “Mann has the same skill that great tunesmiths like McCartney and Neil Young have: the knack for writing simple, beautiful, instantly engaging songs.”  Aimee will be touring throughout the summer and fall in support of Smilers.

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Wacko, Soap Plant and La Luz de Jesus are located in Los Feliz at 4633 Hollywood Blvd, 90027. Hours are are Monday – Wednesday: 11am – 7pm, Thursday – Saturday: 11am – 9pm and Sunday 12-6pm. http//www.soapplant.com,  http://www.laluzdejesus.com. Gallery publicist:  Lee Joseph Publicity, 359 E. Magnolia, Suite F., Burbank, CA 91502, leejemail@gmail.com, p (818) 848-2698  f (818) 848-2699.

June 6-June 29, 2008, Bonni Reid and Cameron Tiede, La Luz de Jesus Gallery

LA LUZ DE JESUS GALLERY
4633 Hollywood Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90027
323-666-7667 Fax: 323-663-0243

Bonni Reid and Cameron Tiede

June 6 – June 29, 2008
Artist Reception: Friday, June 6, 8 – 11 pm
www.laluzdejesus.com
Online press release with images:
http://leejosephpublicity.com/show/bonnireid_camerontiede

Bonni Reid – “Bone Orchard”
Exploring the underpinnings, bumps, and anomalies in all manner of historical arcana, Bonni Reid’s subject matter reflects a dark underlying mythos that belies the innocence, wonder, and imagination of a hazy past. Reid combines these elements in a clear, graphic, almost deadpan style, using her own hand-made ingredients mixed from gesso, egg tempera, shellac flakes and oil paint glazing for finish. Reid lives in the West End of Vancouver, British Columbia. When not brewing her own visual concoctions, she freelances as a colour designer for animation productions including six seasons of Cartoon Network’s “Ed, Edd ‘n Eddy”.
 
“Trees like bones, skulls like fruit, organs like flowers, branches like veins – where live things die and dead things grow. A place that while very real in what it describes, can only be an impossibility when taken literally by its fanciful phraseology. This seemed to be the very place where my images bore their own fruit, further connotating this strange nowhere-land where the similarities of design in nature, resemblance between all organic things, whether anatomical, botanical, or even zoological, come together. “Somehow in this bone orchard everything is both mortal and immortal, yet all the same thing. And within these similarities lie questions, puzzles, possibilities that form playful nightmares, tricks of the eye – a natural surreality. Yet at the same time it convinces me that there can be no deceitful juxtaposition of imagery in this place and that the surreal is everywhere and all around. Because, really – that’s life.”
                                                                                                                                                  Bonni Reid

Cameron Tiede – “Analog Punch”

Cameron Tiede’s signature style is infused with raw energetic characters and stimulating color using acrylic on birch, surrounded by hand-made frames.  Described as “illuminated innocence,” his work is as playful as it is honest, and is exhibited and collected around the world. His simple goal is to have people smile when viewing his work. Aside from his paintings, Cameron’s imagery has been featured on numerous products including skate and snow boards, apparel, prints, and more recently as limited edition collectable vinyl art toys. In furthering his quest for world domination, he is producing a new limited edition fine art multiple resin toy, and is also working toward his goal of an animated television series. Working as a freelance designer and illustrator, some of his commercial projects have included clients such as Disney, Mattel, Nickelodeon, DreamWorks and Warner Brothers. He also teaches illustration and design classes at Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, CA and FIDM in Los Angeles, CA.

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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, 359 E. Magnolia, Suite F., Burbank, CA 91502, leejemail@gmail.com, p (818) 848-2698  f (818) 848-2699.

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