Can you imagine if this Hollywood landmark was changed?
Eric Flescheaur sees it differently with his Youtube rendition of the original Universal Paramount landmark sign.
Globe presents Year Zero collection at the Historic Roosevelt Hotel, Hollywood, CA read all the details and don’t forget to RSVP@Globe.tv
Globe, designers and distributors of shoes, clothing and cruiser skateboards, announces the Hollywood premiere and after-party of its latest surf movie, Year Zero, in conjunction with an exclusive product preview of its Year Zero collection at Hollywood, California’s Roosevelt Hotel on Monday, September 19, 2011. Produced in conjunction with the film, the Year Zero collection features unique, one-of-a-kind pieces inspired by the film’s dystopian, post-apocalyptic art direction.
“We wanted this collection to reflect the same post-apocalyptic themes producer Joe G created in the film,” says Matt Hill, CEO Globe International. “The entire Year Zero collection is based on the idea of anti-surf and consists of diverse garments and footwear constructed using premium, high-end materials treated and distressed to reflect a vintage, military-inspired feel.”
The Year Zero collection, which will be on display during the event in a curated hotel suite, includes a Vietnam War-era jacket, a vintage motorcycle coat, Japanese denim, a black boardshort and a unique, fashion-forward, leather boot unlike anything Globe has ever released. The film, Year Zero, featuring an original soundtrack by Black Mountain will be premiered during the event on an outdoor screen by the hotel pool. Additional event entertainment provided by Louis Carreon and DJ Honky Kong.
Where: Roosevelt Hotel 7000 Hollywood Blvd. Hollywood, CA
RSVP: RSVP@Globe.TV
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Globe is a diverse group of individuals and products brought together by their passion for skateboarding, surfing and snowboarding. United By Fate. www.globe.tv/000
José Parlá, No Return, Here Again, 2011, Mixed media on canvas, 72 x 72 inches
OHWOW has been putting together some of the best ART shows both here and in LA. Though we missed them here we still support what they are doing in Los Angeles. Jose Parla’s “Character Gestures” will be held at their LA location. JP always shows amazing work. His perspective on calligraphy is just CRAZY!
Details of the show via OHWOW
Character Gestures
September 9 – October 22, 2011
937 N. La Cienega / Los Angeles / CA / 90069
Opening Reception: Friday, September 9, 6 – 9 PM
Character Gestures is a solo reveal of José Parlá’s latest body of work. Comprised of paintings, mono-transfers and installations, this exhibition builds on the artist’s earlier work that dealt with the concept of psychogeography and depicted distressed architectural surfaces layered with calligraphic text. While he continues to broach the idea of how we experience urban landscapes and the visual language of mark making, the shift within Character Gestures stems from a deeper engagement with process and abstraction.
The notion of “character” is as much about text, integrity, and specific traits, as it is a literal nod to Parlá’s performance, wherein he assumes the role of hypothetical pedestrians who interact with marred city walls, as he creates the work. “Gesture,” encompasses the ideas of movement, communication, and demonstration, and is mutually respectful of the artist’s accidental and calculated actions when applying medium to surface.
With Parlá’s new paintings, as seen in No Return, Here Again, 2011, marks mix with textures, bright colors, and media, yet the process is as involved and significant as the visual outcome. In a collection of work on paper, which Parlá refers to as “mono-transfers,” he experiments with a form of frottage, documenting his new paintings via the impressions they leave on paper.
Character Gestures exemplifies Parlá’s deftness at technical execution; the complexity of layering, combined with erasure, still manages a translucent effect. His fluency in visual communication is mindful of the fact that any emotion or memory that attempts physicality can only serve, in reality, as an abbreviation of its original essence. He mitigates this condition through his poetic and individualized form of aesthetic dialogue, while navigating the art historic doctrine of Abstraction.
