Scion's National Art Tour-INSTALLATION 4: It's A Beautiful World

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Scion's National Art Tour - INSTALLATION 4: It's A Beautiful World Opens in Minneapolis - Final stop in Los Angeles with Live Auction

Los Angeles - March 2008 - Scion's Installation 4, "It's A Beautiful World," will open in Minneapolis, one of nine cities on the national tour, on April 4. The innovative Scion Installation Art Tour launched its fourth installment last July and features a diverse array of artists from around the world. The theme, "It's a Beautiful World," was interpreted by each artist, in one of four mediums- painting, photography, sculpture, and collage.

Some of this year's Installation artists include: Andrew Pommier, Andy Mueller, Angela Boatwright, Blaine Fontana, Blek LeRat, Books llll, Caia Koopman, Chris Yormick, Cody Hudson, Dalek, David Choe, Eye One, Francesco LoCastro, Freddi C, J. Shea, James Jean, Jeff Soto, Joshua Krause, Kelsey Brookes, Kenton Parker, Kofie, Mel Kadel, Michael Sieben, Mike Giant, Rammellzee, RETNA, R. Grimes, Ron English, Sam Flores, Sage Vaughn, Skwerm, Tim McCormick, and Travis Millard.

Scion Installation 4 will be hosted by Minneapolis' Rogue Buddha Gallery (www.roguebuddha.com) April 4-19, 2008. The opening reception will take place on April 4 from 7 - 11 P.M. at 357 13th Ave NE, Minneapolis, MN, 55413 with musical entertainment from DJ Kool Akiem and DJ Jonathan Ackerman.

The final tour stop and auction will be held in Los Angeles, at the Scion Installation L.A. space in the Culver City Arts District May 10 - June 2, 2008. All of the Installation 4 artists will attend the opening night of the show on May 10. The exhibit will be on display for the annual Culver City Art Walk on May 31. The live auction will take place on June 1, at the Scion Installation L.A. Space, as well as online and on phone lines. All of the artwork will be auctioned off to the public, and 100 percent of the proceeds will go toward art related charities. In previous years, the auctions have raised more than $110,000 for charity.

Scion Installation 4 has visited the following cities around the country: Philadelphia; Austin, Texas; Chicago; Miami; New York; Seattle; and Boston. Each tour stop kicked off with an opening event for local art aficionados, press, and other urban tastemakers.

The tour stopped in Miami for the prestigious Art Basel event. Six of this year's artists designed custom balloons, each eight-feet in diameter, which were flown over the grounds of the Raleigh Hotel. Also on display were the custom designed Scion art cars from Dalek, Sage Vaughn, and Ron English.

Launched in 2003, Scion Installation is a revolutionary art tour affirming Scion's ongoing commitment to supporting independent artistic expression and featuring work from an unprecedented collective of contemporary artists. Some previous participants have included: Andre from Paris, Gary Baseman, Mr Cartoon, Crash, Daim, Daze, Blaine Fontana, Sam Flores, Friendswithyou, Futura, Mike Giant, Justin Hampton, Krush, Mear One, Ricky Powell, Persue, Revok, Retna, Rostarr, Saber, Kenny Scharf, Seak, StayHigh 149, and Wearesupervision. The program is designed to give exposure to both established and emerging artists.

The tour has evolved since its launch, and each year the medium with which the artists showcase their work changes. The first year featured Scion xB panels and xA sculptures, while the second year presented art on three foot by eight foot wood panels. Each artist's unique style was introduced on three-foot long polyurethane Scion tC sculptures for the third tour.

For more information on the tour, the artists, the artwork and details from past tours please visit: http://www.scion.com/installation

Remaining Tour Dates

April 4-19, 2008
Minneapolis, MN
Rogue Buddha Gallery
www.roguebuddha.com

May 10 - June 2, 2008
Los Angeles, CA
Scion Installation L.A.
www.scion.com/space

June 1
Final live auction
Online / Live at Scion Installation L.A. Space / Phone In
Check www.scion.com/installation for more details.

About Scion:
Scion, from Toyota Motor Sales (TMS), U.S.A., Inc., was developed with a new generation of youthful buyers in mind. Scion's mission is to provide distinctive products, the opportunity to personalize, and an innovative, consumer-driven process at the retail level. The Scion brand features three ground-breaking models. The xD is an urban subcompact five-door, featuring a muscular stance and accentuated wheel flares. The xB, an urban utility vehicle, combines remarkable interior space with iconic styling. And the tC sports coupe surprises the buyer with the convenience of a hatchback and the luxury of a standard all-glass panorama moonroof, complementing the usual wide array of features on all Scions. For more information, visit www.scion.com

Harriet's Alter Ego Gallery Presents The Sankofa Series: Ghanaian Reflections on African/American Identities

Upcoming Exhibit: The Sankofa Series:Ghanaian Reflections on African/American Identities
Photography by Stanley Lumax and Larry Ossei-Mensah
On view from MARCH 30 - APRIL 26, 2008

OPENING RECEPTION
Sunday, MARCH 30 - 3pm to 6pm
COMPLIMENTARY BEVERAGES & APPETIZERS

About Harriet's Alter Ego:
The Gallery at Harriet’s Alter Ego opened in the spring of 2006. Located in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn, the gallery focuses on showcasing the work of emerging artists and has become an important resource and support vehicle for Brooklyn artists.

For more information on The Gallery at Harriet's Alter Ego, click here.


All images and text courtesy of Harriet Alter Ego Gallery.

ChinaSquare/Bridge Art Fair/March 26-30, 2008

Bridge Art Fair
March 27–30, 2008
The Waterfront,
222 12th Avenue, New York

PREVIEW: Thursday, March 27: 12–4pm
OPENING NIGHT RECEPTION: Thursday, March 27: 5–10pm
SHOW HOURS: Friday, March 28 & Saturday, March 29: 12–9pm
Sunday, March 30: 12–7pm

$70M Bacon Triptych Could Break Auction Record for Sotheby's in May...

LONDON. A three-panel painting by Francis Bacon could smash the auction record for the artist’s work when it is offered for sale at Sotheby’s in New York on 14 May.

Estimated at $70m (£35m), Triptych, 1976, is the most important work by Bacon left in private hands. The Art Newspaper understands that it is being sold by the Moueix family, owners of Château Pétrus, one of the world’s most fabled and expensive Bordeaux wines. Jean-Pierre Moueix, who died in 2003, was a noted patron of the arts and collector who owned works by Monet, Cézanne, Dufy, Picasso, Dubuffet as well as Bacon. His two sons carry on the family business and also own Dominus, a vineyard in California’s Napa Valley.

Triptych, 1976, has been in the Moueix family since it was bought from a show in Paris at the Galerie Claude Bernard in 1977, where it was illustrated on the cover of the catalogue. It has figured in all major exhibitions of Bacon’s work, and will be the highlight of Sotheby’s evening sale of contemporary art.

The complex theme of the large-format work includes that of the legend of Prometheus, who is bound to a rock by Zeus and has his liver devoured by an eagle, to which Bacon added elements from Aeschylus’ trilogy The Orestia. Orestes killed his mother, and was punished by being attacked by vultures, shown in the central panel of the work: two solemn faces are portrayed in the side panels, while naked bodies writhe below them.

Prices for Bacon’s work have increased sharply over the last year; consequently several major works have been consigned for sale over the last 12 months. The world record of $52.68m was set in May 2007 for Study from Innocent X, 1962, (Sotheby’s New York). In London this year, two major works have already been auctioned. Another Triptych, 1974-77, was sold at Christie’s in February with an unpublished estimate of £25m (which did not include premium). However it almost failed to find a buyer and sold for just £26.34m (£53.4m) which was presumably the reserve (the undisclosed price below which the painting cannot be sold). The auction can be watched on YouTube.

Later in the same month Sotheby’s auctioned a Study for a Nude Figure, 1969, which made £19.96m ($38.8m) with premium, again missing its low estimate of £18m-£25m.

LONDON. A three-panel painting by Francis Bacon could smash the auction record for the British artist’s work when it is offered for sale at Sotheby’s in New York on 14 May.

Estimated at $70m (£35m), the work, Triptych, 1976, is the most important work by Bacon left in private hands. The Art Newspaper understands that it is being sold by the Moueix family, owners of Château Pétrus, one of the world’s most fabled and expensive Bordeaux wines. Jean-Pierre Moueix, who died in 2003, was a noted patron of the arts and collector who owned works by Monet, Cézanne, Dufy, Picasso, Dubuffet as well as Bacon. His two sons carry on the family business and also own Dominus, a vineyard in California’s Napa Valley.

Triptych, 1976, has been in the Moueix family since it was bought from a show in Paris at the Galerie Claude Bernard in 1977, where it was illustrated on the cover of the catalogue. It has figured in all major exhibitions of Bacon’s work, and will be the highlight of Sotheby’s evening sale of contemporary art.

The complex theme of the large-format work includes that of the legend of Prometheus, who is bound to a rock by Zeus and has his liver devoured by an eagle, to which Bacon added elements from Aeschylus’ trilogy The Orestia. Orestes killed his mother, and was punished by being attacked by vultures, shown in the central panel of the work: two solemn faces are portrayed in the side panels, while naked bodies writhe below them.

Prices for Bacon’s work have increased sharply over the last year; consequently several major works have been consigned for sale over the last 12 months. The world record of $52.68m was set in May 2007 for Study from Innocent X, 1962, (Sotheby’s New York). In London this year, two major works have already been auctioned. Another Triptych, 1974-77, was sold at Christie’s in February with an unpublished estimate of £25m (which did not include premium). However it almost failed to find a buyer and sold for just £26.34m (£53.4m) which was presumably the reserve (the undisclosed price below which the painting cannot be sold). The auction can be watched on YouTube.

Later in the same month Sotheby’s auctioned a Study for a Nude Figure, 1969, which made £19.96m ($38.8m) with premium, again missing its low estimate of £18m-£25m.

Source: The Art Newspaper

Collective Voices Exhibition Presents Studio Talks @ Canvas Paper and Stone Gallery

Brooklyn Friends by Noreen "Noe" Mallory


Saturday March 29: 4-6PM
BJ Winston ~ photographer, collagist
Aleathia Brown ~ painter, mixed media
Noreen Mallory ~ photographer

Drawing on the creative roots that connect them to the motherland and the black church experience, the works of these African-American women artists will be on exhibit through March 29, 2008 at Canvas Paper & Stone Gallery, 2611 Frederick Douglass Blvd., Studio 2N (between W. 139th and 140th Sts.) in Harlem.

The exhibition is also an introduction for an upcoming book that will feature these artists.

Shak In Style Profiles Photographer Anne Kristoff

Shak In Style, a website devoted to the art of decorating, profiles photography Anne Kristoff on her amazing black and white photography which leans towards a retro feel. Kristoff, a veteran photographer and visual artist, travels to the most rural of towns in the Southeastern section of the country to capture the essence of everyday life as it exists; think 3-legged dogs, abandoned gas stations and much more. To read the profile in full, please click here to be directed to Shak In Style's webpage.

To purchase Anne's work, click here for Etsy's webpage.

Also, check out Anne's Flickr page by clicking here.

Sound of Art Presents "AMOR, SALUD & DINERO", 03/27/08

DATE: 2008-03-27

VENUE: 260 W. 39th Street 6th Flr. (btwn. 7th-8th Ave.)

HIP HOP Legend KRS ONE, once said.. "YOU'VE GOT TO HAVE STYLE & LEARN TO BE ORIGINAL, OR EVERYBODY'S GONNA WANNA DISS YOU..." and since its inception the SOA has taken these words to heart, and this event will be no exception..

A Columbian clothing brand, APARTMENT, launches their Fall/Winter 2008 collection and uses the SOUND OF ART as a platform to do so successfully.
The SOUND OF ART creates an exhibition based on the theme of APARTMENT's collection, the 3 PILLARS OF HUMAN DESIRE: LOVE, HEALTH and MONEY.All this will take place within the confines of NYC's Fashion District...

Here's what you need to know:
MARCH 27, 2008
7pm
260 W. 39th Street
6th Flr.
(btwn. 7th-8th Ave.)

STYLE AND ORIGINALITY...NOW WHO WANTS SOME?!

To RSVP, click here.

New Orleans 2007: After The Levees Broke, Part 1

Photos courtesy of Tyrus Rochell.

Keith Haring @ UNIQLO, SoHo, NYC, April 2008

As part of the UT Project, a fashion statement initiative started by Uniqlo, tees with reproductions of artwork from the legendary 80's downtown iconic figure Keith Haring are about to take the States by storm. These are due out in April, so be sure to check your local store for more updates of if you cannot wait they are available on Uniqlo's UK website.

All photos courtesy of freshnessmag.com.

Jean-Michel Basquait @ UNIQLO, SoHo, NYC, 03/18/08

Please make sure to visit your local UNIQLO store for exclusive t-shirts depicting the works of the most prolific and creative artist of our time: '80s art cult figure Jean-Michel Basquait. As part of the UT Project (a fashion statement initiative originated by UNIQLO) they retail for an amazing $15.50 so pick them up before they sell out. Enjoy!!!

Rihanna Celebrates 20th Birthday by Purchasing $35k in Todd Goldman art

Rihanna bought $35,000 worth of art from Todd Goldman as a birthday present to herself.

The Umbrella diva is sending half to her New York apartment and keeping the other half in her Los Angeles home.

She bought several paintings. They are:

"Fat kids are harder to kidnap"
"Goodbye kitty in a microwave"
"Gold digger like a hooker just smarter"
"My mom says not to run scissors"
"Barbie is a slut"
"A salt with a deadly weapon"
"Smurf blue balls"

All courtesy of PerezHilton.com