Robert Bellm paints vibrant images from nature, calling the eye-pleasing mix of natural shapes with manmade forms "organic technology."

Matt Furie creates richly detailed and hyper colored illustrations and paintings that reflect the creative cross breeding of The Neverending Story, unrestrained imagination of The Muppet Show, and humor of ALF.

Jay Howell creates a strange yet beautiful world where limbs lack joints, all colors are neon, and every shape is elongated and wavering.

Ben King is a young, upstart artist from the Bay Area whose illustrations reflect a unique perspective on mainstream celebrity and videogame culture, among other topics.

Aaron Martinez is a Los Angeles based artist, who creates somber yet thoughtful monochromatic images, and is currently designing for Element Skateboards.

Sidney Pink is a Japan-based illustrator who was nominated for the 2008 GEISAI Museum 2 Jury Awards.

Albert Reyes is a prolific artist from Los Angeles whose style reflects the grittiness of the streets fused with the refinement of classical portraiture.

A reception featuring many of the artists will be held from 6:30 to 10:00 on Saturday, November 14.

Saturday November 14th 2009
Art Harvest LA fundraiser and art show
Stephen Cohen Gallery
4-10pm

The Niapele Project and Voices for Umoja are hosting an evening of art, libations, shopping and music. Art Harvest LA will feature works from emerging young local and foreing artists, hand made crafts from East and West Africa as well as many prizes from local businesses. 100% of proceeds will benefit refugee children and women served byThe Niapele Project and Voices for Umoja in Liberia and Kenya.

Photography and art by: Christopher Leombruno, Pierre Letulzo, Kenyan youth and a curated exhibition of work by emerging Los Angeles artists: Calvin Lee, Ian James, Joanne Mitchell, April Totten, Katrina Umber, Kelly Kleinschrodt, Sidonie Loiseleux, Allie Carr, Ivan Ianolli, Laura Kim and Alexis Hudgins

At the door:
$20 donation includes open bar, appetizers and 5 raffle tickets
$10 donation includes open bar and appetizers


For more info:
www.theniapeleproject.org
or
www.voicesforumoja.org

Food by A Catering Company
Sweet treats by Whipped, Beat & Battered

Munson Industries Presents an ‘art show’ worthy of Rock and Roll!!!
Poster Art, rare pieces, originals and other surprises!

Including:
PNE – Jermaine Rogers, Justin Hampton, and EMEK
Tara McPherson
Cole Gerst/Option-G
Zoltron
and Dave Hunter

VIP Open: Friday November 13th, 2009
Public Open: Saturday November 14th, 2009 thru November 29th, 2009

POVevolving Gallery
www.povevolving.com
939 Chung King Rd, Los Angeles, CA 90012
(in the heart of Los Angeles famed downtown/Chinatown art walk)

Timing is everything.
Not since 2002 have a group of artists, this talented and recognized, with each specializing in the rock and roll poster genre, shown in Los Angeles. With the common thread of music as the glue, each artist represented will showcase their unique and assorted array of work, detail and collection of bands and cities. There will also be special print releases and a VIP opening event.

Coachella to Comic-con, these artists have fans in all places. Their prints, toy runs, and originals sell out. Their rare pieces fetch nice profits on ebay AND at auction houses. Even a signing at a sneaker retailer during a hurricane could cause a riot.

A charitable contribution will be made to Keep a Breast foundation from the show’s proceeds.
www.Keep-a-breast.org

Bios:

PNE (Jermaine Rodgers, EMEK, Justin Hampton)
Post Neo Explosionism is a movement founded by three giants of rock poster art: Justin Hampton, Emek and Jermaine Rogers. They have come together in an unprecedented union of talents that began with a group showing of their works in Seattle in the fall of 2002 at the famed Showbox Theater. Here, the seeds of PNE were sown. The now-historic two-night showing of their works included performances from numerous bands that played in their honor including solo sets from Doug Martch from Built To Spill and Dave Mercer from The Shins. The immense display of over ten thousand square feet of rock posters and music was greeted with a massive turnout and outstanding reviews.

Hampton, Emek and Rogers each have been working in the field since the early ’90s. Though relatively young, they have over 30 years of professional experience between them. Collectively, they own over 2500 images that have been used in work for a who’s who of rock and music ICONS. Each artist brings his own significant fan base to the table. Like the Impressionists of the late 19th century, PNE realized that there was strength in numbers: they could make a real mark together as a united front. They draw upon many artistic influences, especially those of the Explosionists. Melding high-impact imagery with solid content, the Explosionists were known for their works of controversy. Decades later, the Neo-Explosionists continued this tradition, taking it a step further by creating new mediums for their work to flourish.
www.pne3.com.com

Tara McPherson is an artist based out of New York City. Creating art about people and their odd ways, her characters seem to exude an idealized innocence with a glimpse of hard earned wisdom in their eyes. Recalling many issues from childhood and good old life experience, she creates images that are thought provoking and seductive. People and their relationships are a central theme throughout her work.

Tara exhibits her paintings and serigraphs in fine art galleries all over the world. Named the crown princess of poster art by ELLE Magazine, she has created numerous gig posters for rock bands such as Beck, Modest Mouse, and The Melvins. Her array of art also includes creating toys with companies like Kidrobot, Dark Horse, and Toy2R, painted comics and covers for DC Vertigo, advertising and editorial illustrations for companies such as Widen+Kennedy and Spin Magazine, and teaching a class at Parsons in NYC.

McPherson’s art has been included in books such as Lost Constellations; The Art of Tara McPherson Vol II (Dark Horse), Lonely Heart: The Art of Tara McPherson (Dark Horse), Fables: 1001 Nights of Snowfall (DC), The Art of Modern Rock (Chronicle), Illusive 2, Illustration Now! (Taschen), SWAG and SWAG 2 (Abrams), and more. Her art has also been featured in the Oscar Award winning film Juno.

Tara was born in San Francisco in 1976 and raised in Los Angeles. She received her BFA from Art Center in Pasadena, CA in August 2001 with honors in Illustration and a minor in Fine Art.
www.taramcpherson.com

Cole Gerst/Option-G is an artist, illustrator, designer and animator based in the Mount Washington area of LA. He is the founder and art director of option-g visual communication. Gerst began his career in the music business and continues to design cd covers and posters for such bands as The Shins, Modest Mouse, Beck, Elliot Smith and the Yeah Yeah Yeahs.

While still painting and designing, Gerst has branched out into directing and animation. His “Yung Yeti” cartoon airs on the Sundance Channel later this year and a pilot for another network is in the works. To top it off Gerst has two monthly comics in the LA Weekly, “The Good Life City” and “LaLa Land”.

In his spare time you can find Cole tearing up the hills of LA on his 1978 Puch Free Spirit or hanging with his 2 German Shepherds.
www.option-g.com

ZOLTRON is an enigma. A self proclaimed 70’s teen idol, Zoltron’s wave hairdo and unique California accent epitomized a certain level of cool, which inevitably paved the way to his success as a graphic designer, poster and street artist, pseudo- photographer and vinyl sticker aficionado. Zoltron is the founder and creative director of the self-titled design company as well as the notorious silkscreen sticker printing company, Sticker Robot. Zoltron’s artwork has been shown across the country, has been published in national and international magazines and was once called “Pretty Heavy” by a transient who was urinating on a dumpster as Zoltron walked by.


DAVE HUNTER is an Alumni of The California College of the Arts in Oakland and the Center for Electronic Arts San Francisco, Dave Hunter has been involved in the Bay Area rock art/music scene for 23 years. Hunter first surrounded himself in the company of Rock Posters and the legendary Fillmore/Avalon Ballroom artists who created them while organizing and installing Rock Poster shows at the Psychedelic Shop and Artist Rights benefits in San Francisco beginning in 1986. Dave went on to to work in the Bill Graham Archives and was in charge of framing and installing poster art at The Fillmore, The Warfield and Shoreline Ampitheater music venues.

From these Rock Art rich backgrounds Dave began to design and produce rock art for Bay Area Bands, Record Labels and Venues. Eventually getting back to his roots in printmaking, Hunter has created hand silkscreened posters for the likes of Metallica, Sly & The Family Stone, Gov’t Mule, The Decemberists, Throbbing Gristle and Les Claypool – some of which are featured in the new Goldenvoice San Francisco poster series. Dave Hunter currently lives and works from his art studio in Fairfax, Ca.
http://gammalyte.com/

In 2007, Arthouse invited Stokes to create a new film project with ZieherSmith acting as co-producer. these are the days is the result of Stokes' close work with communities connected to Austin's music scene and his extensive research into anti-establishment musical genres, particularly punk rock. Investigating the dichotomies expressed within earlier and later punk communities, his research ultimately led to the creation of the dual channel film installation, an archival installation exhibition exclusively at Arthouse, and the publication about both.

The first film features footage from a specially organized punk show, staged by Stokes, at the Broken Neck, an alternative venue in Austin and filmed by renowned cinematographers Lee Daniel and P.J. Raval. The second film, created in response at a recording session at Austin's Sweatbox Studios, depicts a makeshift band's musical reaction to the event footage. A reversal of roles between audience and performers, the work examines the concepts of inspiration and response. Punk as it was then and as it is now, different yet the same--these are the days.

Matt Stokes' artistic practice is marked by anthropological enquiry and an interest in happenings or informal movements that bind people together. Taking a variety of forms -- from organizing events and assembling archives to making films and creating sculptural installation -- Stokes' works are often collaborative in nature and sometimes take place outside the traditional gallery space. Music subcultures have been central to the development of his most recent projects, which have focused on their ability to shape lifestyle, beliefs and create community. Northern Soul, acid/house and black metal are among the genres of music he has explored, poetically revealing music's intrinsic ability to create fellowship through devotion or the quasi-religious experience of dance.

these are the days was first presented in 2009 at Arthouse and at 176 / Zabludowicz Collection, a major new contemporary art space located in London. The London show also featured The Gainsborough Packet (2009, co-commissioned by 176 and the Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art), which will screen in the back room of ZieherSmith. An editioned dubplate featuring music from both these are the days and The Gainsborough Packet is also available. The Abake-designed catalogue will be first released at the opening and includes documentation of both the film piece and of ephemera from the 1970s and 1980s related to the punk, post-punk, and DIY movements in Austin, material that was presented as an ambiguous archive at Arthouse.

Matt Stokes was born in 1973 in Penzance, England and currently lives in Gateshead, England. He is the 2006 recipient of the esteemed Beck's Futures Prize, awarded by the ICA, London and is currently on the shortlist for the 2009 Northern Art Prize. In 2009, he was also included in solo and group exhibitions at the Baltic Centre of Contemporary Art, Newcastle, and the Lentos Museum, Linz, Austria, among other venues. Special thanks to Arthouse, the Arts Council England, Michael A. Chesser, Johnna and Stephen Jones, and Julie and John Thornton.

ZieherSmith
516 West 20 St
New York, NY 10011
(p) 212-229-1088
www.ziehersmith.com
info@ziehersmith.com