Anno Domini is proud to present the debut solo exhibition by internationally known street artist Know Hope (Tel Aviv, Israel). Young, thoughtful and determined to share his message, Know Hope has garnered much attention over the past year with his paste ups and in situ installations as well as successful group shows in the U.K., NY, L.A. and Norway.
Know Hope's work is based on the need of momentary connections we all search for in our everyday lives... "and when we can get our heavy hearts to love lightly; this house of cards will become a home."
Artist's Reception: First Friday, October 3, 2008
8pm til late, free and open to the public
Live music by The Ferocious Few
Exhibit on view through November 22, 2008
artwork above in situ
Gallery & Store Hours: Tuesday through Friday, noon - 7 p.m.
Saturday, noon - 5 p.m.
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On view in galleryTWO
Anno Dominipresents...
"In the Deep, Dark..."a solo exhibition by Katy Horan
From the deep, dark, magical forest of her imagination, Katy Horan’s artwork follows the tradition of folk art as a means to tell her own idiosyncratic tales through the indigenous dwellers that reside in this mythical place. The themes and archetypes of this body of work emerged from countless influences and imagery from Katy’s subconscious to form her own language of characters, symbols and illustrated rituals.
Artist's Reception: First Friday, September 5th, 2008
8pm til late, free and open to the public
Music by Dif
Exhibit on view through October 18th, 2008
Gallery & Store Hours: Tuesday through Friday, noon - 7 p.m.
Saturday, noon - 5 p.m.
Email us to be placed on the buyer's preview list: rEvolution[at]galleryAD.com
Future Exhibits schedule... SAVE THE DATES!
First Friday, NOV 7 - NOV 22, 2008 The Season in Hell by Maxwell Holyoke Hirsch (San Francisco, CA)
a solo exhibition of bold paintings and delicate drawings
First Friday, DEC 5 - JAN 10, 2009 FRESH PRODUCE 8th Annual Invitational Group Exhibit and Art Sale!
LOCATION & HOURS
Anno Domini // the second coming of Art & Design
366 So. First Street map
San Jose, CA 95113
408.271.5155
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Gallery & Store Hours: Tuesday through Friday, noon - 7 p.m.
Saturday, noon - 5 p.m.
M dot Strange released F.A.C.E. last Friday. It's a journey into the shadows of the human psyche. Venture if you will, but be warned, it's rated NFN: NOT FOR NORMALS.
Sketchypad has a great mini-profile on Katy covering her inspirations and thoughts about In the Deep Dark which opens First Friday September 5th here at Anno Domini. Click here to read the article.
Andrew Schoultz has his latest exhibition, "In Gods We Trust," opening tonight at Marx & Zavattero from 5:30-7:30 p.m. in San Francisco. The video clip above gives you a sneak peak into the installation in progress. The show runs through October 25th.
There's a great interview with Andrew in The Chronicle as well. Schoultz weighs in on globalization in new show
Andrew Schoultz's show consists of a large-scale installation that includes sculptures, paintings and drawings. (Lance Iversen / The Chronicle)
Following a monthlong tour that landed them in some of the swankiest joints up the West Coast, the MUMLERS play tonight at the Red Rock Café in downtown Mountain View. They'll be upstairs with Birds and Batteries kicking off at 8pm.
PLEASE NOTE:The Mumlers site shows 8 p.m. start and Red Rock Café schedule shows 7 p.m. so you may want to call to confirm when it all gets going.
James Powderly re-entered the U.S. on August 25th, 2008 following his arrest in Beijing landing him in a Chinese prison cell. Watch the video above for James' account of his detainment and interrogation.
We had the pleasure of meeting the good people at Brothers by Choice while they were working on their latest project "SAGAS," which aims to shed light on the premium side of Brasilian culture; the side of Brasil that inspires them, but often remains a mystery to the masses. The initial efforts focus on several disciplines of artistic endeavor: Gastronomy, Fashion, Design, Music and Art. They chose Bruno 9li as their featured visual artist to kick off the series and he's sitting amongst some amazing company (Carla Pernambuco, Ronaldo Fraga, Carlos Motta, Thalma de Freitas). The videography stands out as an artistic effort in itself, impeccably shot by the Brasilian art collective Ideia Forte.
G.R.L. co-founder James Powderly has been detained in Beijing for more than 48 hours as of 10am today by Chinese authorities as a result of his participation in pro-Tibetan protests during the Olympics. According to the NY Times, "Chinese authorities arrested five Americans on Tuesday after they spelled out "Free Tibet" with blue L.E.D. lights near the National Stadium. Three other people, including a New York artist [James Powderly] who fashions giant displays with lasers on buildings, were detained for a separate protest."
Our sources in Beijing and the U.S. share that Powderly was sporting the impressive new Laser Stencil technology he had recently invented. There has been no word from him since. Information will be posted on GRL's site and here as it is received.
BREAKING NEWS - August 21 - 11PM Beijing: Six foreigners given 10 days’ detention
BEIJING (AFP) — Beijing police said Thursday it had handed out 10-day detention terms to six foreigners believed by an overseas activist group to be pro-Tibet campaigners involved in Olympic protests this week.
You are invited to attend the first-ever San Jose Artists' Town Hall taking place on Saturday, September 13, 2008 from 10:00 a.m. until 3:00 p.m. at San Jose City Hall, located at 200 East Santa Clara Street in downtown San Jose. Artists of all disciplines are welcome, including individuals in the performing, literary, visual, media, design, and architectural fields.
The San Jose Artists' Town Hall is a convening of artists and creative entrepreneurs from around the Silicon Valley. It is being sponsored under the auspices of the Creative Entrepreneur Project (CEP), a joint initiative of the San Jose Office of Cultural Affairs and the Center for Cultural Innovation that is investigating opportunities to make San Jose more "artist-friendly" place.
A complimentary light lunch will be provided. There is no charge to attend, but space is limited so you must register in advance here.
The final STREET MRKT of the season is September 5th. With our music coordinator extraordinare, Nate LeBlanc, we have a great final lineup scheduled. We still have artist vendor spaces available for cheap so if you want to sell your art wares to the First Friday crowd, email us at rEvolution [at] galleryAD.com
The new issue of ANP Quarterly (volume 2 number 1) just arrived. Stop by Anno Domini and pick one up while they last, or if your out and about in SF drop by the RVCA store on Haight Street and grab one. It's another great issue!
Caffe Trieste North Beach, SF is a must stop everytime we're in the city....books at City Lights, dinner at Stinking Rose or Brandy Ho's, then a cappuccino for the ride home. Lucky us, we now have one of our own, right here in the SoFA District. The owner Roger, manager Jim (pictured above) and the rest of the staff are very accommodating and the coffee and panini's are great....every time! We'll be helping Roger host new exhibits every First Friday of the month with local artists in the mezzanine.
With all of this in the works, come out on Saturday, August 16th from 12-3pm to welcome them to the neighborhood. Ribbons will be cut, food and drinks will be served, and the legendary Papa Gianni and the Caffe Trieste band will be performing opera and traditional Italian music live in the cafe.
Caffe Trieste
315 S. First St, (next to OJ's.)
downtown San Jose
The goodfellas at Graffiti Research Lab just returned from Korea. They've put up some great new pics and video of their encounters abroad. Check it out.
Next stop Sao Paulo, Brazil on the ever-elusive hunt for the wild Pixador... history in the making!
Bruno checks out the first finished pieces at the framers
Bruno arrived today from Sao Paulo, Brazil to prepare for the opening of his 2nd solo exhibition at Anno Domini. "META" opens next week on First Friday, August 1, 2008. Be sure to come out if you're in town. STREET MRKT kicks off the evening at 7pm and the South FIRST FRIDAYS art walk starts at 8pm. See you downtown!
THE GREATER GOOD or HUSTRAVAGANZA or 2ND HUSSA-VERSARY
Good Hustle is celebrating two years by bringing it back to one of the first venues they performed at. The performance will be a treat for longtime Hus fans and newbies alike, including plenty of fresh new material and all the classics. Good Hustle will also be premiering The Medley of Failure, a very intense and brief look at the expansive hus-tory that never was.
Cupertino legends the Emerald Hill start off the evening, with DJ sets by Hidden Danger, Ohmaigawd and Big Bamboo closing the night off with pleasure.
Not to be missed, please join us!
FRIDAY JULY 25TH 9pm-2am
Britannia Arms Cupertino
1087 DeAnza Blvd.
Samuel & Matthew in their East San Jose studio, 2007
A great (and long overdue) article came out today about our compadres, Sam & Matthew Rodriguez, aka Shorty Fatz. They've been busy since their "Lowrider Arcade" exhibit of custom made lowrider bikes in May 2007.
"Lowrider Arcade" exhibition at Anno Domini, 2007
When it comes to lowrider bike culture, these two are a bringin' it to a whole new level. Shorty Fatz opened a new studio just outside of downtown San Jose a few months back. Check 'em out and get your orders in!
East San Jose bike builders create rolling sculptures
by Joe Rodriguez, Mercury News
posted: 07/16/2008 Read the article
A crazy collection of 200 DIYers are selling their wares this weekend in San Francisco at the Fort Mason Center, and it's free! The Renegade Craft Fair hosts events in NYC, Chicago and San Francisco.
July 12 & 13th, 11am - 7pm. Fort Mason's Festival Pavillion.
Hera (Frankfurt, Germany) has an amazing exhibit up at Fifty24 in San Francisco through July. She and Akut are usually known for their collaborative works (aka HERAKUT). Hera's work is more graffiti/street art based whereas Akut is more smooth and realistic which makes for very intriguing qualities to their collabo pieces. Thereapy Dropout is Hera's first solo endeavor - an impressive debut.
"If you paint what you feel, you drag it out of yourself and put it in front of you, where you can see it and deal with it. Once that's done you can turn your back on it and leave it behind. Others will eventually paint over it, but that doesn't matter, because you had never planned on keeping it anyway. You're moving on. That's it," states Hera of the meaning behind her Therapy Dropout exhibit.
There are photos here.
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Fifty24, 252 Fillmore St. San Francisco
AfterWorks begins this Friday at the Art Ark after the last of the ashes have fallen from the sky (or 10pm... whichever comes first). Featuring: the music of David Knight and Benjamin Henderson; Live Animation by M dot Strange set to the music of Panthelion, David Knight and Steve Barry; Live Painting by Brittany Rediger and Joe Barajas; Hooping by Rachel Radness.
The Art Ark
1035 S. 6th Street, San Jose, CA
Doors: 10 p.m.
Admission: free
This is one of our favorite sound art events to attend every year. It's well worth the trek if you don't live in Oakland. Thought I'd let someone else provide the accolades this round. Here's a nice write up from Jason Victor Serinusm of the East Bay Express.
The most extraordinary concert of the season, the Garden of Memory columbarium walk-through in the historic, Julia Morgan-designed Chapel of the Chimes, returns this weekend. The annual summer solstice celebration, whose fame has spread to Europe and the Far East, will scatter no less than forty local and international cutting-edge musicians and ensembles throughout the extraordinary facility. With acoustics to die for, and multiple, equally intriguing performances vying for attention, the more than 2,000 attendees expected this year are sure to find their consciousness and imagination expand. Arrive early to find decent parking and hear the most popular performers.
This is worth a road trip south! 150 amazing artists including past exhibiting A.D. artists: Dalek, Emek, Shepard Fairey, AJ Fosik, Sylvia Ji, Saber and Andrew Schoultz! The list is long and impressive, and some choices a bit curious which creates even more anticipation as to how it's all going to come together. For the full artists' list, visit the Laguna Art Museum website here.
from the press release: In the Land of Retinal Delights: The Juxtapoz Factor is an exhibition that presents the work of approximately one hundred and fifty artists and posits that there has been a huge, but unacknowledged, art movement taking place in this country for the last forty years. Since 1994, this ground swelling of lowbrow, surrealistic, pop, figurative, and narrative work has coalesced and found a voice in the pages of Juxtapoz magazine published in San Francisco. This "rag" has become the most widely read art magazine in the U.S. It is an influencing force on the aspiring artists of generation Y and the millenials, who are now enrolling in art schools in numbers never before seen.
Sylvia Ji has a solo exhibit opening tonight at Whitewalls in SF. We're big fans of her work. If you can't make it out to the opening tonight, drop by the gallery before July 5th when it comes down.
Opening Reception: Saturday, June 14th, 2008 from 7-11 p.m.
On View through July 5th, 2008
White Walls
835 Larkin Street
San Francisco, CA 94109
We've been trying to encourage Because of Ghosts (Australia) to visit the U.S. for a few years now. Their next major release "This Culture of Background Noise" comes out in September. Maybe if enough of us yanks buy it, they'll head this way!
A few weeks after the first song, "Patch a Signal," by Gretel Prinn surfaced, we've noticed a significant increase in the number of results we get from a Google search in our latest quest to learn more about about this emerging talent. Gretel Prinn is the result of an ongoing sound experiment masterminded by songstress and programmer, Annabel Linquist. There's more to download available here.
Creative Time presents Playing the Building, a 9,000-square-foot, interactive, site-specific installation by renowned artist David Byrne. The artist transforms the interior of the landmark Battery Maritime Building in Lower Manhattan into a massive sound sculpture that all visitors are invited to sit and “play.” The project consists of a retrofitted antique organ, placed in the center of the building's cavernous second-floor gallery, that controls a series of devices attached to its structural features—metal beams, plumbing, electrical conduits, and heating and water pipes. These machines vibrate, strike, and blow across the building’s elements, triggering unique harmonics and producing finely tuned sounds.
There's a great interview by Anne Pasternak, curator of Playing the Building, with artist David Byrne about the ideas behind this installation, and his other work. Read it here...
Playing the Building
an installation by David Byrne
May 31–Aug 10, 2008 CREATIVETIME
"For the maverick rhythm scientist Paul D. Miller, sound is liquid; it spills over and slips under categories, firewalls, case law, and legal codes to find us and move us. In the same way, his important collection of sound thinkers and sound ideas calls us to remove the fake 'security' imposed on us by capital and state, and, more crucially, to reimagine freedom and reclaim our creativity." --Jeff Chang, author of Can't Stop Won't Stop: A History of the Hip-Hop Generation
Come meet Paul D. Miller, aka DJ Spooky that Subliminal Kid at Anno Domini, First Frdiay June 6th at 7pm as he discusses his new book Sound Unbound. Free and open to the public.
Paul D. Miller aka DJ Spooky that Subliminal Kid is a conceptual artist, writer, and musician living and working in New York City. His artwork has appeared in the Whitney Biennial, the Venice Biennale for Architecture, the Andy Warhol Museum, and many other venues. His written work has appeared in such publications as the Village Voice and Artforum. He is an editor of the magazine 21c and the author of Rhythm Science (MIT Press, 2004).
We first encountered this film "The Subconscious Art of Graffiti Removal" as an installation at CCAC (now CCA) in San Francisco. Created by Matt McCormick in 2001, its premise lies in the concept that "emerging from the human psyche and showing characteristics of abstract expressionism, minimalism and Russian constructivism, graffiti removal has secured its place in the history of modern art while being created by artists who are unconscious of their artistic achievements." It was nice to stumble across this 5 minute clip on YouTube. The original, shot on 16mm film, runs for 16 minutes. Check it out.
SOUND & VISIONS A San Jose Group Photography Show featuring: Aaron Choe, Kim Hoang, Junior Sanchez, Rachel Olmstead, Tomek, Jennifer Anderson, Andrew Peejack, Dave Imlay, Lucia Espinoza, and Whitney
Friday, May 30th from 8pm 'til Midnight On the Corner Music
530 East Campbell Ave (downtown Campbell)
DIG DUG returns...
A Record Swap and Listening Party featuring
DJs:
David Ma (Wax Poetics, wttmradio.com)
Mr. Ma is a well-respected and widely published hip-hop writer who specializes in interviews with classic and emerging artists in the field. As a selector his tastes run toward 60's soul, Bowie, and the occasional party jam. Chief Xcel: Core Collector
Justin Torres (Re-Joint Records, All Bay Productions)
Mr. Torres has held it down as a vendor for many of the past Dig Dug events, and we are very excited to hear some selections from his legendary collection. Though a specialist in soul and funk from the Bay Area, we're not quite sure what to expect when he takes the decks. The Break Up Letters
DJ Platurn (Oakland Faders, Music Machine)
Platurnipus is one of the finest DJs in the Bay area and beyond. He is a prolific and award-winning battle DJ, mixtape DJ and, more recently, club rocker. He has promised to bring out the funk records that he loves but can't play anywhere else. From Oakland to Iceland
Vendors:
Jeff Jagged from On the Corner Music in Campbell Geraldine from www.fmgvinyl.com King Most, in-demand DJ/Producer (Plug Label)
San Jose legend Joey Meyers
...and more
