PAST EXHIBITIONS

Brandon’s artistic creations serve as a conduit for the philosophy of oneness, weaving together spiritual beliefs and modalities from diverse cultures across the globe. Brandon the Wizard aka Gandalf the Black invites you to step into his enchanting realm, where art is magic, and the canvas is the conduit to a higher understanding of our shared existence.

WHEN: Saturday, December 9, 2023 5:00pm–8:00pm

WHERE: ACCA of Beverly Hills | 468 North Camden Drive | 2nd floor | Beverly Hills, CA. 90210

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From Paper to Canvas: An Immersive Art and Science Journey of Self-Expression.

This solo exhibition explores the dialogue between the many different formats of self-discovery, expression, interaction with reality and science in all its technical wonders. It showcases Hopkins earlier paper artworks and the never before seen collection of paintings created with a proprietary process that offers two unique experiences.

As one of our invited guests, come and enjoy art, champagne and chocolate with VIPs from Beverly Hills and the surrounding art and cultural hubs. This is a VIP red carpet exhibition, dress code; HOLLYWOOD CHIC, photos by Getty Images, organized by ACCA. This exhibition has been reviewed by renowned art critic Peter Frank who wrote an essay about Scotch Hopkins practice.

WHEN: Saturday, October 14, 2023 5:00pm–8:00pm

WHERE: ACCA of Beverly Hills | 468 North Camden Drive | 2nd floor | Beverly Hills, CA. 90210

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Ballerinas Coast-to-Coast: LA x NY by LANCE CHANG

Saturday, April 15, 2023

5:30 PM 8:30 PM

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This solo exhibition examines the artistic dialogue between the artist and his muses from Southern California to New York. The exhibition showcases Lance Chang’s artwork created coast-to-coast, from dancers on pointe above Lake Hollywood to ballerinas pirouetting in Central Park, with a special appearance by Los Angeles-based ballerina Stephanie Hall. As one of our invited guests, come and enjoy art, champagne and chocolate with VIPs from Beverly Hills and the surrounding art and cultural hubs from WeHo/NoHo. The exhibition is organized by ACCA and has been reviewed by renowned art critic Peter Frank who wrote an essay about Chang’s practice.

PERCEPTIONS BY SABRINA ABBOTT

Saturday February 11, 2023 - Saturday March 11, 2023

In her latest exhibition, PERCEPTIONS, Sabrina uses the Old Masters’ Technique to impart importance and prestige to each item portrayed. Sabrina states that, “Discarded remnants of our consumerist culture reflect the seemingly small decisions, or groups of people, that build, like the layers of glaze, to an impactful statement. The cropped portrayal, which implies the limitless or unknown bounds of the subject, coupled with the suggestive titles and subliminal imagery, leads the viewer to ponder the hidden stories and impact of these ignored fragments and introspect about their own relationships with the environment, consumerist culture, one another, and themselves. Vibrant colors reinforce the strength and power of the overlooked.”

PREMIERED IN BEVERLY HILLS. Pre-Art Week in LA Exhibition!

The weekend Art Exhibit PERCEPTIONS premier night drew famed museum curators, collectors, writers, artists, film producers, fashion designers, and tiktok influencers all showed up to lend support to ACCA Gallery, exhibiting artist Sabrina Abbott.

PERCEPTIONS VIP Premier Night was set for Pre-Art Week in LA Exhibition February 11th, from 5:00pm-8:00pm at ACCA Gallery located 468 N. Camden Drive, 2nd floor, Beverly Hills, CA., 90210. The opening reception offered artist talk, champagne and chocolates to kickstart the Valentines Day!

ACCA is proud to present an auction to benefit The HAPAwards, which is founded on the principles to connecting black excelence glabally and giving back to communities in Africa and United States as well as other countries where help is needed to enhance lives. Congratulations on your 6th edition! ~ ACCA Gallery

ACCA Fine Arts Company represents paintings created by Michael Jackson and other artists extensive collections of Photos, Videos, and Personal Memorabilia of Michael Jackson, including the objects that were preserved as court evidence.

HAMID

Michael Jackson, from 8 years of unprecedented access to the King of Pop, his family and his world.

Live, Phone & Absentee bidding is available.

Hamid Moslehi’s photographed Michael Jackson over an 8 year period, traveling all around the globe. From Neverland to New York, Paris to the Middle East, Hamid was given unprecedented access to the King of Pop, his family and his world. Hamid Moslehi is represented by ACCA Gallery, Beverly Hills.

CELEBRATION / AWARDS / ART AUCTION

AMBASSADOR, PASADENA

131 ST. JOHN AVE. PASADENA, CA 91105

SATURDAY OCTOBER 29, 2022

RED CARPET 3 - 5PM / SHOW STARTS 6PM

ACCA is to partner at the

AVALON WITH LUMINARIO BALLET

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2022

5:30PM - 9:30PM

We are partnering with Luminario Ballet to present Lance Chang’s photographs from the permanent collection of the National Museum of Dance. This one night only exhibition will take place at the AVALON, a historic club in Hollywood, California, located near the intersection of Hollywood and Vine, at 1735 N. Vine Street.

ACCA Gallery will be featuring Lance’s painting-like photographs in the lobby. The combination of dream-like locations, dancers’ flowing lines and unchoreographed variations takes you away from the glare of stage light, inviting you to share a more intimate experience.

SUMMONED

Artworks by HOPE ZARROACCA YouTube Channel

CURATOR/Maya Ito

Saturday, July 23, 2022 | Tuesday, September 13, 2022

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I am summoned by a force other than me to be in the presence of the NOW. There is an energy that guided me , I don’t hear it , it’s just in my hands . It shows me without my say , it truly is a summons to create something that I don't plan, that I don't think about, I am summoned to be in the now and let the painting come through me. I've been summoned to do this work and to live and be this work. It calls me too nestle into silliness, know there is no fear, to let go and allow the work to unfold with no resistance and know there is no such thing as a mistake. ~ Hope Zarro / July 2022

Soul dancer-Hope Zarro. Even if you have only seen one of artist Hope Zarro's works, you will be attracted by her free-flowing, majestic images. In her two-dimensional spaces, this artist seems possessed of some mysterious, supernatural power; without any hesitation, she has a plan in mind and completes it in one go. The pictures are relaxed and relaxing, leaving a dance of freedom, with infinite charm. The brushstrokes are clean and intentional, not sloppy or random. The colors are elegant and noble; the style is cool and fresh. Zarro's work takes viewers from two-dimensions to multi-dimensional space-time, soaring endlessly.

Looking at Hope Zarro's work, it is naturally reminiscent of the works of abstract expressionist masters such as Clyfford Still and Jasper Johns. The strength seems to explode, but it is still elegant and self-contained, unadorned, and delicate in the rough. Gender seems to disappear here, the artist seems to have traveled through the past and the present, and the artistic expression and imagination of these predecessors are flowing in the blood of her soul.

In today's diverse expression of art, any technique, material or language seems to be unable confidently to claim originality. At the same time, we seem to have lost our ability to expect and interpret works of art. However, Hope Zarro's abstract expressionist work brings us a new reason, a powerful response to the "death of painting." ~ Liu Qiming / July 2022 / New York Research of Contemporary Arts

Hope Zarro is a very talented natural artist. The moment the brush touches her canvas, the audience is brought into a symphony with rhythm of beauty. It’s like a powerful force shocks and rescues your soul. The paintings evoke strong urges, making viewers want to stop, look, and to collect Zarro’s paintings.

~ Maya Ito / July 2022 / ACCA GALLERY

Hope is on her way to become one of the most important Contemporary American Artists. Her paintings are improvised to embrace the moment, she has a lot to say and she’s saying in a big way with her large canvasses.

~ Carlos Benitez / July 2022 / ACCA GALLERY

REFLECTION BY LEE KUAN LIAN

李冠嫾

Curated by: Julienne Johnson & Maya Ito

SUNDAY, JUNE 19, 2022 | SATURDAY, JULY 16, 2022

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This exhibition is an exploration of the philosophical symbols of a 6th Century Chinese philosopher, LAO TZU, through my experience with traditional Chinese culture. A culture richly embedded in the creation of contemporary ink painting. A most important concept of Lao Tzu is one that he identified as, “The Unity of Opposites”.

“REFLECTION” is a visual investigation of the inner and outer sides of people, revealing the“Unity of Opposites”. My ink paintings depict not only each person’s outward appearance, but their inward thoughts – a REFLECTION of their “real” self. With the evolution of our online social world, I have watched people develop more and more obvious multiple personalities. This phenomenon provided the fuel and inspiration for “REFLECTION”. ~ Lee Kuan Lian /June 2022

PETER FRANK / INTERNATIONAL ART CRITIC, CURATOR AND POET

East and West met a long time ago. How does the coexistence of Eastern and Western visual traditions continue to evolve? In the art of Lee Kuan Lien, the graphic languages of Asian and Caucasian are not simply brought together, but interwoven, to the point where a hybrid of traditions – as well as of traditional and contemporary expression – emerges from a single hand. Lee has mastered techniques associated with West and East and found common ground between them. She can create seamless blends of these disparate practices and, often in the very same works, contrast them dramatically. The faces and figures she renders seemingly jump off modern billboards and onto ancient scrolls; the inner turmoil of her human subjects radiates outward and troubles the placid ponds that reflect them. Lee directs the poetry of Asian pictorialism in the theater of Euro-American visual space. Her images suspend between time and place, scene and enactment. The “reflection” Lee seeks is not simply the presence of a figure in water, but a thought in a gesture. It is also the mirroring and merging of artistic traditions from opposite sides of the globe in and into one another. There is a further dimension to Lee’s reflection, an entirely non-objective one brought to life with Xuan paper and pure light – a very modern use for a very old material. But here, it is the drama of the human condition Lee displays, a drama that well predates East and West. ~ Peter Frank / Los Angeles / International Art Critic, Curator and Poet

JULIENNE JOHNSON / CURATOR STATEMENT

LEE KUAN LIAN brush paints her way into the very soul of her subjects. We recognize their expressions of thought because we have seen them staring back at us from our own mirrors. Her monotone palette pays homage to centuries past, satisfying her heartfelt loyalty to ancient tradition. We know where she’s going – but then we don’t. she switches gear, throws in an edgy twist – and we find that East meets West.

~ Julienne Johnson / June 2022 / ACCA GALLERY

MAYA ITO / CURATOR STATEMENT

Artist LEE KUAN LIAN -李冠嫾 deals with the new way of creating art. She carries the soul of the philosopher Lao Tzu. She combines traditional Chinese ink painting and meticulous painting to create unique artworks, giving us unlimited imagination and thinking in a limited space, and giving the audience a surprise.

~ Maya Ito / June 2022 / ACCA GALLERY

ACCA Gallery Premieres

FLOW ART | GIGI GARNER

Raising funds for animal rescue in honor of Hollywood Icon & Humanitarian James Garner

CONTEMPORARY ART | LUXURY ART SALE

Buy art for a life saving cause. 100% of sales donated to JAMES GARNER ANIMAL RESCUE FUND

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Carlos Benitez and Maya Ito are pleased to announce the representation of American artist Gigi Garner.

ACCA gallery proudly presents an exhibition of original works by GIGI GARNER in Beverly Hills during Art Week LA of 2021. Although a new artist, Garner gives extraordinary form to emotion with her vivid imagery that manifests into an impressive show of artistic maturity. Her stunning use of color and recognizable-like patterns explore deeply personal realms and her unusual and mysterious painting techniques make her work unique.

To honor her father’s legacy, the purchase of these artworks support the James Garner Animal Rescue Fund 100%, which helps support animal rescues all over the world. Each purchase may be used as a tax deduction.

Due to COVID-19 concerns, private viewings are available by appointment only.

LIFE - VITALITY SERIES I | The Art of PENGFEI HE

The first exhibition in 2021 to be mounted physical and online at the ACCA Gallery.

A VIRTUAL ZOOM ART RECEPTION + CONCERT

Friday, February 12th, 2021 from 6:00 - 7:00 PM

LIFE-VITALITY SERIES 1 will feature 8 artworks drawn from a vast suite. Pengfei paints prolifically. He has produced a prodigious collection of works on canvas and on paper, using oils, acrylics, and washes of ink. The artist adds texture to his paintings infusing them with magical elements from China; stone powder, glue, wood, wire and more.

—Known for his Aboriginal-like pointillistic paintings and his massive eighteen-foot canvasses, both filled with raucous riots of color. ~ Phil Tarley, The Critical Eye

Additionally, the exhibition will present a concert of historic Chinese traditional Guzheng melodies, known to bring balance between Yin and Yan, mind and body, knowledge and behavior as well as a group of Chinese artists represented by ACCA gallery to celebrate Chinese New Year 2021 - Year of the Ox. Watch video

T H E G A O D Y N A S T Y

PRESENTED BY A C C A GALLERY, BEVERLY HILLS

November 23rd – January 25th , 2020

Opening Reception: Saturday, November 23, 2019 Time: 7:00-10:00pm

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Gao Quanqiang stays true to Chinese methods in an age captivated by Western artistic styles.Gao Quanqiang might not be a familiar name to Beverly Hills audiences, but in his home, the artist has taught at the China Academy of Fine Arts since 1991 and has been engaged in teaching professional painting. The artist has held more than 10 art exhibitions and his paintings have also been published in a number of Chinese journals. So far, seven personal picture books have been published. In 2003, he was incorporated into the list of famous Chinese contemporary calligraphy and painting with his paintings being recognized and collected by many celebrities and a number of galleries and museums in China. Quanqiang is an outstanding artist who has gone from naturalism to romanticism.

From the beginning, at the age of seven Gao seemed destined for a life in the arts. As a child, painting make him feel happy. By the age of seven, he began to learn painting and calligraphy through his father’s ability to create the platform to developed.

Born in 1955 in Hangzhou, Gao Quanqiang studied at Hangzhou Arts and Crafts School and China Academy of Fine Arts. Since then, the artist has been engaged in artistic creation and art design work; he has worked with major institutions to provide brand art design services and has won a number of awards. In 2004, Quanqiang was named “China’s Top Ten CI Design Experts” by the Ministry of Culture of the People’s Republic of China.

The show will present 25 works to Western audiences for the first time. providing a comprehensive devotion to the figure and to scenes from Chinese traditional culture.

The artist currently resides in the United States.

T R I B U T E TO EIGHT INFLUENCERS

BY BRAYDEN BUGAZZI

PRESENTED BY ACCA GALLERY, BEVERLY HILLS

October 11th – November 1st, 2019 by appointment only

OPENING RECEPTION FRIDAY, OCTOBER 11th | 7 PM – 10PM

The installation of Brayden’s works pay tribute to Audrey Hepburn, Basquiat, Chanel, Frida Kahlo, Karl Lagerfeld, Liechtenstein, Napoleon and Robin Williams.

No bright light without sunglasses:

Brayden will unveil new limited edition Eyewear at the Opening Reception

—When the viewer sees Brayden’s work, they are first taken in by the bright colors and the fun story lines that he creates with the greater image. And it is only when you look closer at the fragmentations and reassembly of fine details of thousands of images Brayden uses to create his paintings that you will be able to finally understand the essence of the story within the larger context of the painting.

“ACCA Gallery’s Director Carlos Benitez sees Brayden Bugazzi works like an encyclopedia of modern and contemporary great masters known for colour, drastmanship, and print making . His works are carefully plan like a Classical Realistic Painter and like Vincent van Gogh’s Quinces, lemons, pears and grapes, he painted the frame yellow and ochre, with brush strokes that bear some resemblance to Japanese characters. Brayden knows the importance between the painting and it’s sorroundings so he chooses the wood, moulding style and paints his frames to bear resemblance of the art itself.”

Permanent Collection ON VIEW

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This is art. Explicit contemporary art is no stranger to public treatment and many iconic artists once shunned such as Damien Hirst and Jeff Koons (i.e., “Made in Heaven” series) are now revered as “Bold.” says ACCA Gallery’s Director, Carlos Benitez.

Beverly Hills: Known around the world as one of the best renowned prestigious location with art galleries like the Gagosian and landmarks like Rodeo Drive!

No stranger to the exclusive, Beverly Hills will serve as the debut location of Treasure the Erotic, a unique and lavish exhibition by Australian jewelry artist Colin Burn. Described as a laud to pleasure, valuing the intimate and honoring the erotic, the exhibition has more than forty limited edition artworks on display. The exhibition highlights include a luxury sculpture work titled “The Pearl Royale” – a platinum and diamond set vibrator valued at a cool $1.8 million dollars – and a unique chessboard set made of crystal sculptures valued at an opulent $4 million dollars and will be featured alongside the erotic photography of renowned Australian photographer Aaron McPolin.

The exhibition will also serve as the launch of the recently relocated ACCA Gallery. Originally conceived in Hollywood, ACCA Gallery comes to Beverly Hills bringing its vision of contemporary fine art and mission of providing creative experiences and educational initiatives of classes and workshop practices covering the many facets of the art world for personal and financial advancement to residents and visitors of Beverly Hills.

ACCA Gallery anchors on the second floor of the Global Business Centers building at 468 N. Camden Drive to create a market and exhibition space in Beverly Hills. While not necessarily a new placement for an exhibition space (think New York City’s Chelsea gallery neighborhood to Miami South Beach’s Art Week hotel fairs to Los Angeles’ eclectic exhibition spaces from movie studio lots and airplane hangars), ACCA Gallery will utilize the Global Business Center’s open common area spaces for its revolving contemporary program for all to enjoy, one floor at a time. And by understanding ACCA Gallery’s positioning in the central region of Beverly Hills, known around the world as one of the best renowned prestigious art galleries like the Gagosian, landmarks like Rodeo Drive plans for expanding its exhibition space footprint with regular public pop-up experiences to make contemporary art more accessible to the residents and visitors of Beverly Hills

Treasure the Erotic by Colin Burn and Aaron McPolin is a lavish month long exhibition running August 3rd – 31st, 2019, with a V.I.P. premier night on Saturday, August 3rd, from 7pm – 10pm.

— CARLOS BENITEZ, ACCA GALLERY DIRECTOR and SERGIO XIMENEZ, ACCA GALLERY MANAGER

GROUP EXHIBIT

Artist video conversations: Zuzanna Kozlowska | Joe Corrao | Allois

Bold voices of queer identity strengthen and continue the unprecedented legacy of the LGBTQ community.

Hosted by BUCK ANGEL

Performance by American Idol contestant JORGIE

June 7 - June 21, 2019

VIP PREVIEW JUNE 7 | 7pm-12am

Hollywood | 1546 N Highland Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90028

“A community, once hidden, breaks through and rises unapologetically," comments Carlos Benitez, Gallerist of AC Gallery.

AC Gallery presents LGBTQ HERITAGE Past, Present, Future, a group exhibition dedicated to presenting the work of mixed media artists exploring queer identities. Sponsored by PRIDE Wellness, the first and only LGBTQ cannabis company, is curated by artist/activist Leon Mostovoy in partnership with artnet and Artsy.

Artists working in an all-encompassing media spectrum from painting to drawing, photography to sculpture, installation to video and film, showcase the diversity that is a staple of the LGBTQ community. And just in time for Pride Month in Los Angeles and around the world, the exhibiting artists enliven a community once again with documentary photographs of former struggles communicating freely with brave portraits of today's queer individuals attempting to draw new connections for succeeding generations to follow - a heritage of works from a community set to help humanity remember the past, respect the present, and reassert the future.

Presents Egyptian Deities & Pop Culture Icons, a solo exhibition by artist Rachel Ganz and fundraising event benefiting City of Hope, a premier cancer research foundation

Hollywood | 1546 N Highland Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90028

EGYPTIAN DEITIES AND POP CULTURE ICONS BY RACHEL GANZ

Legends of the past re-emerge to define the lasting power that is contained within their feminine beauty.

June 1st - June 15th, 2019

VIP PREVIEW JUNE 1 | 7PM-11PM

Hollywood | 1546 N Highland Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90028

"Ganz's global icons reveal the everlasting inspiration and impact of femininity," comments Carlos Benitez, Gallerist, AC Gallery

Rachel Ganz has been painting, drawing, and creating artwork since the age of four. Ganz was inspired by her love of Pop Culture and Ancient Egypt including her most recent exposure to the magnificent King Tut exhibit at the California Science Center this past year. Expressionistic paintings characteristic of Rachel Ganz’s oeuvre, including the artist's bold use of bright colors, striking design, thick paint, and high glosses bring the characters to life with their soulful eyes and charming faces will illuminate the White Cube exhibition space inside AC Gallery. Ganz will debut her latest paintings including 'Betty Boop' - a starlet of Pop Culture and more than 1930's Jazz Age flapper with her big-lashed flirty eyes and petite body responsible for showcasing a very savvy, sophisticated, and confident woman in animated form as well as the monumental 60x36 inch mixed media 'Nefertiti Holding Hand of Goddess Isis' - a painting that glorifies the Ancient Egyptian deities Queen Nefertiti and Goddess Isis, recognizing the religious revolution they helped construct in Ancient Egypt.

Global icons that have characterized feminine beauty and power - Nefertiti, Betty Boop, and others - will come together and draw the viewers' gaze into their eyes, allowing the feel, magic, and mystery of the past Ancient Egyptian to more current Pop Culture eras to emerge.

WHO KNOWS WHAT?

BY RICHARD POPITTI

MARCH 02 ━ MARCH 30, 2019

ARTIST MEET ’N GREET

SATURDAY | MARCH 02 ━

7PM ━

Hollywood | 1546 N Highland Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90028

RECEPTION HIGHLIGHTS

British, born 1953 in London educated in the UK. Living and painting between the South of France and Luxembourg. Self-taught and with many expositions to his credit over the last 20 years in Europe, Luxembourg Munich, Amsterdam, St-Tropez, Grimaud, Paris and in the USA, Newport Beach, Dallas...new expos this year planned for Belgium, Croatia, Paris, St-Tropez, Grimaud, Luxembourg, London, Dallas and Switzerland

Richard Popitti alias Rxx comes from a long line of creativity. His father was an accomplished painter. He founded one of the world’s largest design firms and owned one of the prominent advertising agencies in post-war Britain. His aunt was also a painter and his grandparents and ancestors were architects and artists. Art is in his blood and in his soul.

Richard began his career, like his father, in the world of advertising.having attended the elite schools in the UK. However he left advertising for the world of finance in the mid 70s. Now after years of looking at only red and black, he is exploding with a whole spectrum of happy colours mixed with words and numbers. He has come a full circle. His process is simple; he sees a word, he hears a word and from there his imagination begins. He expresses how he sees and hears that word by letting his ideas follow and flow. It is the same with objects; he looks at an object, imagines a colour and just paints with happiness.

Behind each painting is a depth of multiple meanings that can either be words painted thickly on top of images or just words on top of other hidden words that hide sentences or phrases. His secret is that he enjoys having fun by painting with bright colours. Then by applying the paint thickly on to a canvas with multiple layers his happy dreamland slowly turns into a reality. Painting is his adventure and when he begins a canvas he never knows what will happen and when or how the finished dream will end.

He has an impressive confidential list of buyers and admirers

ART FAIR

February 13th - February 17th, 2019

RED CARPET PREMIER NIGHT FEBRUARY 13 | 8PM-11PM

General Public Hours
February 14 - February 17 | 11am - 4pm

Hollywood | 1546 N Highland Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90028

AC Gallery presents the second annual Art in LA AfFair 2019 in partnership with Artsy taking place concurrently with Frieze Los Angeles during LA Art Week.

The past Art in LA AfFair red carpet premier night drew Award winners from film and television, number-one Billboard recording artists, famed producers and directors all showed up to lend support to the rising visual artists of the time, grant red carpet interviews, and enjoy the live music and sculpture garden. LA AfFair 2019 will showcase over 30 artists working in contemporary fine art at AC Gallery’s 4,000 square foot gallery space in all media types including Abstract, Art Objects, ConceptuaL, Craft, Minimalist, Photography, Pop art, Representational, Sculpture and Works on paper with limited edition prints and artist merchandise. An extensive range of art at varying price points will make ownership of emerging artists’ work more accessible to all visitors and collectors. With over 50 art exhibitions and consecutive art fair appearances, AC Gallery is celebrated as a showcase for career and emerging artists in Los Angeles and Miami. AC Gallery consistently curates high-quality contemporary art exhibitions and receptions nationwide with mission to provide exhibition opportunities, professional development and residency programs for artists. LA AfFair 2019 VIP Premier Night is set for Wednesday February 13th, from 8pm-11 at AC Gallery located 1546 N. Highland Ave. Los Angeles, CA, 90028. The opening reception will offer live entertainment appetizers and complimentary refreshments all night long.

RECEPTION HIGHLIGHTS 2019

LA | MIAMI ART SHOW

January 26th - February 9th, 2019

VIP PREVIEW JANUARY 26 | 8PM-11PM

Hollywood | 1546 N Highland Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90028

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AC Gallery presents the third annual LA|MIAMI ART SHOW in partnership with Artsy taking place concurrently with the LA Art Show. Rising contemporary artists living on the cultural coasts will converge in Hollywood to give an eclectic glance into the art of today, setting the precedent for a new year of contemporary art exhibitions and programming at AC Gallery. The show is open primarily to independent, emerging artists seeking to present projects and works in an intimate, established gallery setting while gaining invaluable experience to further their respective careers. LA|MIAMI ART SHOW will showcase over 30 artists working in contemporary fine art at AC Gallery’s 4,000 square foot gallery space in all media types including Abstract, Art Objects, Conceptual, Craft, Minimalist, Photography, Pop Art, Representational, Sculpture and Works on Paper with limited edition prints and artist merchandise. An extensive range of art at varying price points will make ownership of emerging artists’ work more accessible to all visitors and collectors. AC Gallery was founded in 2012 and located adjacent to the famed Hollywood & Highland Center and Hollywood Walk of Fame, with participation at the Wynwood Arts District during Miami Art Week. With over 50 art exhibitions and consecutive art fair appearances, AC Gallery is celebrated as a showcase for mid-career and emerging artists in Los Angeles and Miami. AC Gallery consistently curates high-quality contemporary art exhibitions and receptions nationwide with mission to provide exhibition opportunities, professional development and residency programs for artists.

LA|MIAMI ART SHOW VIP Premier Night is set for Saturday January 26th, from 8pm-11 at AC Gallery located 1546 N. Highland Ave. Los Angeles, CA, 90028. The opening reception will offer live entertainment appetizers and complimentary refreshments all night long. To find out more information about LA|MIAMI ART SHOW and AC Gallery, visit website www.lamiamiart.com

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B R I G H T BY L I N Z I L Y N N

January 26th - February 9th, 2019

VIP PREVIEW JANUARY 26 | 8PM-11PM

Hollywood | 1546 N Highland Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90028

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Press release: BRIGHT by Linzi Lynn

AC Gallery presents an inaugural solo exhibition by artist Linzi Lynn. Flows of color playfully intertwine and meld, taking stage onto the surface of the canvas for lively theatrics to unfold.

“Lynn’s art reflects the traditions of the Golden Age paintings with makeover fantasies” comments Carlos Benitez, Gallerist of AC Gallery.

A native of London, Linzi Lynn came to the United States in 1992 after living in the South of France for many years. Lynn knew from an early age she was going to be an artist; however, she thought it was going to be as a performing artist. Her parents had sent her to theatrical school when she demonstrated as a young child, a talent for finding drama in the everyday. In 1973, Lynn began channeling her artistic creativity into the visual arts, especially painting. Her theatrical background helped her to be sensitive to the emotions of her subjects, which she was then able to transfer effortlessly onto canvas as both visual art and theater are forms of creative expression, inspiration, and entertainment. Expressionistic paintings characteristic of Linzi Lynn’s oeuvre, finished in exquisite polished brass frames will illuminate the White Cube exhibition space inside AC Gallery. Lynn will also debut her first foray into new media, vibrant sculptural works and a collaborative fashion showcase that give presence to her expressive subjects.

There will be a reception from 7–10pm on Saturday January 26th at AC Gallery located at 1546 Highland Ave., LA 90028 Admission is complementary with RSVP to: art@acgallery.us

SOLO EXHIBITION

December 15th, 2018 - January 12th, 2019

VIP PREVIEW DECEMBER 15 | 7PM-10PM

Hollywood | 1546 N Highland Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90028

RECEPTION HIGHLIGHTS | VIDEOS

Press release: SWITCH by Mark Dektor |

AC Gallery presents Switch, an inaugural solo exhibition by american photographer Mark Dektor. Intimate portraits grant the viewer a shift in perception, offering an uninhibited look into the private BDSM life.

“Dektor’s photographs capture the vision of Robert Mapplethorpe’s ground work” Carlos Benitez, Gallerist

Director and cinematographer Mark Dektor began his career in the advertising industry, but changed directions to fine art photography when fueled with a desire to fulfill an unrequited dimension in his creativity. A subculture of mystique opens up to Dektor’s lens, breaking down misconceptions and allowing others to witness the intrigue of BDSM purely. Power dynamics become visible with a vulnerability not often experienced. True personalities are exposed yet maintain the same level of credence. In essence, Dektor’s work becomes a showcase of pent up emotions to finally emancipate freely, becoming a visual delight for all to behold.

Mark Dektor will debut thirty-six black-and-white photographs and a 288 pages catalogue raisonné exploring multiple subject matter from his bulging archive, which features no fewer than 5,000 digital originals, at AC Gallery and within the recently completed White Cube exhibition space inside the gallery, a space dedicated to solo and collaborative long-term projects. A panel discussion on BDSM background and culture between participants in the scene is to follow on January 11th, 2019.

There will be a reception from 7–10pm on Saturday December 15th at AC Gallery located at 1546 Highland Ave., LA 90028 Admission is complementary with RSVP to: art@acgallery.us This exhibition contains sexually explicit imagery and may not be suitable for minors.

This exhibition was organized by AC Gallery and curated by Carlos Benitez, gallerist. All exhibitions at AC Gallery are underwritten by AC Gallery Fund. Support is provided by listed sponsors. This exhibition has been made possible by the endeavor of Mark Dektor.

VANCE LORENZINI

THE TAB HUNTER PAINTINGS

SOLO EXHIBITION

October 6th - December 1st, 2018

VIP PREVIEW OCTOBER 6 | 6PM-11PM

Hollywood | 1546 N Highland Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90028

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RECEPTION HIGHLIGHTS | VIDEOS

AC Gallery presents The Tab Hunter Paintings, a solo exhibition by artist Vance Lorenzini. A red carpet life celebration and tribute of fine art paintings honoring movie star Tab Hunter, the works in the exhibition offer a glimpse into the ground-breaking career and extraordinary life of a Hollywood idol turned American icon.

The famed video director and artist Vance Lorenzini has focused on nearly 20 images of Hunter to create a series of life-size paintings to be unveiled for the first time. Tab Hunter’s memorial service was held in July 2018 during a private ceremony near his home in Montecito and the exhibition, to be hosted by Hunter’s life partner of three decades Allan Glaser, will mark the first public event to memorialize him.

Vance Lorenzini is an American west coast artist that works with popular cultural subjects. His body of work explores the relationship between artistic expressions, cinematic images, celebrities, culture, advertisement, branding and related musical themes. Lorenzini has produced and designed hundreds of music videos and television commercials as well as several feature films and TV projects. He has created music videos for artists such as Madonna, Kanye West, Mariah Carey, Jennifer Lopez, Elton John, Prince, Snoop Dogg, Eminem, and Dr Dre. Lorenzini has been recognized with numerous awards for artistic excellence and his collective work has been honored by the Museum of Modern Art in New York City.

PATRICK CURTET

THE 25th FRAME

SOLO EXHIBITION

September 8th - September 29th, 2018

RED CARPET VIP PREVIEW SEPTEMBER 8 | 7PM-10PM

Hollywood | 1546 N Highland Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90028

RECEPTION HIGHLIGHTS | VIDEOS

AC Gallery presents THE 25TH FRAME, the inaugural solo exhibition by artist Patrick Curtet. Action-packed, emotive photographs lend themselves to open-ended narratives for the viewer to dissect.

Cinematographic and fine art photographer Patrick Curtet is taking us on a road trip back in time to the Golden Age of 70’s Hollywood. Considered the New Wave of America cinema and reflecting the influence of Classic Hollywood, films such as Bonnie & Clyde, Wild at Heart, and Bullit are re-imagined and brought back to life in Curtet’s clever contemporary tableaus.

Patrick Curtet is a French fine art photographer based in Los Angeles. He revisits his favorite iconic American cult films in his new exhibition THE 25TH FRAME. Having fallen in love with photography since his early childhood and inspired by Hollywood cinema and the iconic California lifestyle, Curtet wishes to share his artistic vision of the west coast glory years; a suspended dimension w here all heroes come alive.

Patrick Curtet is one identity, one eye, one personality, one vision, one spirit and one soul.

By capturing the moments and emotions of the influential films of the era, his photographic re-enactments guide us by his inspiration straight into the scene. More than just a photographer, Curtet believes that everything is a story and every person or place has something to tell... we just have to see that extra frame. THE 25TH FRAME emphasizes his artistic vision with surprising compositions, dramatic back-lighting and captivating imagery. Patrick Curtet’s artistic practice is a stunning experience in photographic verisimilitude, creating a new link to the Hollywood of then to now.

THE 25TH FRAME is “THE MOMENT BEFORE THE DUST SETTLES” (TEASER)

FAIR RECAP | RECEPTION HIGHLIGHTS | INTERVIEWS | DAY SET UP | PRESS RELEASE

WHERE: Hollywood | 1546 N Highland Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90028
WHEN: Friday, August 17, 2018 | 8pm - Midnight

General Public Hours
Saturday, August 18th | 11am - 5pm & Sunday, August 19th | 11am - 5pm

AC Gallery presents Art in LA Affair, the inaugural boutique art fair in partnership with Artsy. The newest addition to the ever-growing art scene in Los Angeles, the affair is open primarily to independent, emerging artists seeking to present projects and works in an intimate, established gallery setting while gaining invaluable experience to further their respective careers. Art in LA Affair will showcase contemporary fine art at AC Gallery’s 3,000 square foot gallery space in all media types including painting, sculpture, and photography with limited edition prints and artist merchandise. An extensive range of art at varying price points will make ownership of emerging artists’ work more accessible to all visitors and collectors.

Art in LA Affair Special Project space features limited edition screenprints of the original album cover for 1984's The OFFS First Record created by Jean Michel-Basquiat. It is the only showing of these works in the United States before they are exhibited in conjunction with the Jean-Michel Basquiat/Egon Schiele exhibition at Fondation Louis Vuitton in Paris from October 3, 2018 - January 14, 2019. The OFFS First Record 1984 is one of only two record jackets created by Basquiat, one of the most rare vinyl jackets created by an artist and featured in the just released catalogue Art & Vinyl. The OFFS were part of the legendary ska/punk rock alternative music revolution that still resonates today.

Expect dynamic days with collectors, curators, celebrities, art critics & artists!

Tickets - VIP Premier Night: $50/person | Single Day Ticket: $10/person | Weekend Pass Ticket: $15/person

To find out more information about Art in LA Affair and AC Gallery, visit website www.artinla.us

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ACE OF LA

BEAUTY IS PAIN

SOLO EXHIBITION

July 7th - July 29th, 2018

VIP PREVIEW

WHERE: Hollywood | 1546 N Highland Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90028
WHEN: Saturday, July 7, 2018 | 8pm - Midnight

Fresh, bright colors explode onto contemporary, clean compositions of bodies with objects of desire transforming into exquisite palettes for the mind to get lost in and wander. And in a city of dreamers, ACE of LA is selling the dream.

Born 1987 in Mexico City, ACE of LA had a nomadic upbringing, moving back and forth between Mexico and the United States many times during his early childhood. Although a transitory period of countless moves, it was through this experience that allowed him to mold his mind into transporting him to self realized places of peace, bliss, and contemplation.

In the physicality though, ACE of LA kept being drawn to the history and cultural intricacies of Mexico and how they compared to the United States, giving rise to nuances in which he could formulate a framework of relations. These connections would in turn be the catalyst behind his boundless ideas, drawing inspiration from eclectic artists such as David LaChapelle, Shepard Fairey, and even Diego Rivera, yet not as inherently political.

And even if political undertones do arise in ACE of LA’s art from time to time, success in the works lies on the subtlety of the message. The aesthetic feel and emotion ravaging from within the images onto the surface is of utmost importance as it is through these experiential moments that will truly motivate and make a lasting impact.

WATERWORKS!

GROUP EXHIBITION

June 2nd - June 23rd, 2018

VIP PREVIEW

WHERE: Hollywood | 1546 N Highland Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90028
WHEN: Saturday, June 2, 2018 | 8pm - Midnight

WaterWorks! marks the beginning of Summer in California with refreshing, water-inspired works taking precedence. A wave of contemporary perspectives arising from our invigorated senses only made possible with a change of seasons will showcase a lively group exhibition of photography, paintings, sculpture, mixed media. The revitalization of Summer is upon us!

GEORGE HOBBS

STICKS and FIGURES

SOLO EXHIBITION

June 2nd - June 23rd, 2018

VIP PREVIEW

WHERE: Hollywood | 1546 N Highland Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90028
WHEN: Saturday, June 2, 2018 | 8pm - Midnight

AC Gallery presents George Hobbs x Sticks and Figures. Hobbs is a lover AND a fighter… His LOVE of art, photography, and film brought Hobbs to Los Angeles over thirty years ago. He moved to Venice Beach and pursued a career in filmmaking, where he honed his craft of telling stories with pictures. In 2016 Hobbs decided to FIGHT. Dismayed by the division surrounding him, he started his Stick Figure Wisdom series to express complex concepts with simple symbols, thus transcending language. Hobbs’ modern-primitive style combines the appeal of cartoons with wit and humor. He explores themes of love, religion, politics, relationships, and what it means to be human, all while loving the creative process and fighting against those who would try to destroy it. George Hobbs' photographs and sculptures show the same clever perspective of our tenuous connection to that which sustains us.

VIP ARRIVALS 4:30-5:30 | FASHION SHOW 5:30-6 | MUSICAL PERFORMANCE 6-6:15 | MEET AND GREET/PHOTO OP with Rena & Filmmakers 6:15-7 | VIP LOUNGE SECTION WILL REMAIN ONLY FOR VIP TICKETS.

OPEN TO GENERAL PUBLIC TICKET HOLDERS 7:00 | GENERAL PUBLIC MIXER and cash bar cocktails 7:00-8:00

AWARDS PRESENTATION 8:00-8:50

SCREENING BEGINS INSIDE GALLERY 9:00-12:00

9:00 - SCREENING ROOM 1 : Shorts and feature trailers divided into 90 minutes program (1 hr, 30 min of shorts and the 1 feature trailer)

9:15 - SCREENING ROOM 2 : Shorts and feature trailers divided into 90 minutes program (1 hr, 30 min of shorts and the 2 feature trailers)

VISIONS FOR HIMEROS

April 28th - May 19th, 2018

VIP PREVIEW

WHERE: Hollywood - 1546 N Highland Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90028
WHEN: Saturday, April 28, 2018, 8pm - Midnight

Visions for Himeros features erotic art of the 21st century. Works from the show will represent a wide range of new perspectives arising from the sensual gazes of the contemporary individual. An eclectic group exhibition of photography, painting, sculpture that will arouse the senses from now well into future.

MICHAEL GRECCO

NAKED AMBITION

April 28th - May 19th, 2018

VIP PREVIEW

WHERE: Hollywood - 1546 N Highland Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90028
WHEN: Saturday, April 28, 2018, 8pm - Midnight

AC Gallery presents Michael Grecco x Naked Ambition. Beautiful bodies, sensual situations, exquisite ephemera all exist in the works of contemporary photographer Michael Grecco.

Naked Ambition will feature exquisite works from Grecco's published book Naked Ambition: An R Rated Look at an X-Rated Industry. The collection of photographs will give a glimpse onto the behind the scenes of the American pornographic industry.

RETROSPECTIVE

March 24th - April 14th, 2018

VIP PREVIEW

WHERE: Hollywood - 1546 N Highland Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90028
WHEN: Saturday, March 24, 2018, 8pm - Midnight

Retrospective features works by the most sought after AC Gallery LA artists from the past 3 years of exhibitions in Hollywood! An eclectic exhibition showcasing the greatest highlights of his or her respective careers, Retrospective will connect these past artists to current dialogues and seek to put on full display the natural evolution of an artistic oeuvre.

The launch of AC Gallery's residency program 2018 will also coincide with Retrospective, combining the present with the future and giving rise to the newest artists of the Los Angeles art scene.

PLINIO MAINES JUNIOR

CONSTRUCTIVE COLORS

March 24th - April 14th, 2018

VIP PREVIEW

WHERE: Hollywood - 1546 N Highland Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90028
WHEN: Saturday, March 24, 2018, 8pm - Midnight

AC Gallery MIAMI presents Plinio Maines Junior x Constructive Colors. At the intersection of true logic and interpretational beauty, one will find contemporary artist Plinio Maines Junior.

Born in Lages, Santa Catarina, Brazil in 1963, Plinio Maines Junior always had an interest in the materiality of objects and a knack for creating with his hands, but was never fully aware of the role art could play in his life. It was not until a week before entering la Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina located on “La Isla de la Magia” Florianopolis in 1982 that Junior would have a revelation. Starting off with a block of wood and simple chisel set, Junior created his first sculptural work. It was at this point that Junior found an activity that seemed to fully spark his underlying interests. With the beginning of school year in a matter of days though, a field of study decision was destined to occur.

Weighing his options between his newfound passion and an in-demand career option, Junior hesitantly chose the latter and entered the mechanical production engineer program at UFSC. His career would turn out to be very lucrative and filled with successes yet his desire was never fully present, only making appearances as a hobby.

An engineering career did benefit Junior in one major way; as a lead manager for an engineering enterprise, he was given the perk of air travel. It was during these trips from Brazil to Belgium, Canada to China and the world over that Junior would contemplate whilst glancing down onto the surface of the world and witness the lines and forms that shaped our home planet. Blocks of fields would congregate, rows of buildings would sprout and the geometry of life would come alive. With canvas scraps and acrylic pens, Junior went to work on bringing these macro geometries to the human scale and fuel the creative passion that continued to exist within.

Color blocking and definite lines convene and construct the cityscapes, faces, flora and fauna in the works of Plinio Maines Junior as he believes the building blocks of life occur in such a way; abstraction is reconfigured figuratively through our mind. Yet he understands that all interpretations are valid and it is only through our individual interpretations of reality that things will blend to a cohesive state we will all collectively understand.

Los Angeles x Miami Contemporary Art:

AFTER HOURS

January 10th - February 24th, 2018

OPENING GALA

WHERE: Hollywood - 1546 N Highland Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90028
WHEN: Saturday, January 13, 2018, 8pm - 2am

DAVID KROVBLIT

DELICATE and DESTRUCTIVE

January 19th - February 19th, 2018

OPENING RECEPTION

WHERE: Wynwood - 98 NW 29th St, Miami, FL 33127
WHEN: Saturday, January 20, 2018, 7pm - 11pm

PRESS RELEASE

AC Gallery MIAMI presents David Krovblit x Delicate and Destructive. Krovblit's interpretation and response to the common is intriguing and thought provoking – his art engaging, personal and relevant. His work is an experience, both visual and cerebral. Each new piece exhibits well-crafted, colorful images steeped in highly conceptual, contemporary themes. Exploring social commentary, you can usually find a streak of humor running straight through his work. Pieces often incorporate compositing and retouching techniques that show his keen eye for detail and experience with the medium.

AC Gallery is proud to present the works of Vance Lorenzini throughout the week of LA Art Show. Vance is an award winning production designer and artist — that has professionally worked in the entertainment industry for the past four decades. His paintings represent images, themes and story telling aspects that are all related to his every day life and experiences. Living in Los Angeles, his fine art pieces reflect our contemporary cultural nuances.

VANCE LORENZINI

Booth 7032

WHERE: Downtown Los Angeles Convention Center,

1201 South Figueroa Street, South Hall

WHEN: Wednesday, January 10th - Sunday, January 14th, 2018

Wednesday, January 10, 2018, 7pm – 11pm
Thursday, January 11, 2018, 11am – 7pm
Friday, January 12, 2018, 11am – 7pm
Saturday, January 13, 2018, 11am – 7pm
Sunday, January 14, 2018, 11am – 5pm

GENERAL SHOW HOURS

WHERE: WYNWOOD - 98 NW 29TH ST., MIAMI, FLORIDA, 33127

WHEN: WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 6TH - SUNDAY, DECEMBER 10TH

TIME: 11AM - 5PM | 7PM - 3AM

LINKS: Opening Night Video

AC GALLERY RETURNS TO MIAMI bringing the Hollywood-famed, energy-fueled nightlife along with a renowned, contemporary art scene. Featuring International Exhibitors from across the globe under the umbrella of MIAMI X LOS ANGELES CONTEMPORARY ART, the showcase will attract thousands of visitors throughout Miami Art Week 2017.

With over 50 art exhibitions spanning 5 years, Artists Corner (AC Gallery) is celebrated as the premier showcase for established and emerging artists in Hollywood. AC Gallery Art exhibitions and receptions garner extensive critical acclaim and media coverage with over 1 million unique annual impressions across digital and web platforms.

In addition, AC Gallery will host eclectic installations and activations day and night throughout the Miami Basel Art Week including a Live action mural painting event, Wearable art fashion show and much-anticipated Music performance by Lanz Pierce. A celebratory Miami Industry night send-off is planned before heading out to Los Angeles and premiering an encore showcase to California audiences in 2018.

EXHIBITION SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

HARAJUKU HALLOWEEN ART GROUP SHOW

October 27th - November 10th, 2017

ARTISTS RECEPTION Friday October 27th | 8PM-2AM

RSVP: Gallery@artistscorner.us

LINKS: Opening Night Video

FEATURING VIALS

Ghosts and Ghouls and... Gumby? Do not miss an immersive art, fashion and music experience presented by AC Gallery this Halloween weekend. Characters conceived entirely in the exhibiting artists' minds come together in Hollywood for the annual Autumn group exhibition. Come one, come all to Harajuku Halloween with special guest VIALS. Costumes highly recommended!

Expect a dynamic evening with collectors, curators, art critics and artists while enjoying:

• Blacklight experience with Mr. MK Ultra

• Signature Cocktails

• Live Music Performance by VIALS and DJ set by Parisa (Tokyo), Carmen Dee (Los Angeles), Barb Marley (Toronto).

ARCHITECT OF DECEPTION

Mr. MK Ultra

October 7th - October 21st, 2017

GALA RECEPTION Saturday October 7th | 5PM-2AM

LINKS: Opening Night Video

Electric colors showcasing brooding themes, the Architect of Deception is all too familiar with the real world that we all inhabit… and the one that has been completely conceived in his mind.

Hailing from the magically sinful Las Vegas, Mr. MK Ultra is on a mission to invite the masses into the deepest crevices of his vivid imagination. A one way ticket to pop culture icons living current perceptions and all who enter is in for one hell of a wild ride. A ride that is seemingly familiar filled with imagery we all have grown up with over the years yet placed in situations designed specifically for the today.

Imagery of our present state is the pop culture of tomorrow, so Mr. MK Ultra is well on his way to exhibiting our future realities. Perhaps the world the Architect of Deception has constructed is not as farfetched as it seems.

Expect a energetic evening with collectors, curators, art critics and artists while enjoying:

• Interactive installations and experiences

• Carnival Hors d'oeuvres

• Signature Cocktails

• Live Performance by Josiah Falco and sets by the hottest Hollywood area DJs

LIVE MURAL PAINTING BATTLE

GROUP EXHIBITION

September 30th - October 7th

LINKS: Intro Video | Opening Night Video

Don't miss an iconic evening of live competitive painting at AC Gallery. The twelve (12) selected Muralists will paint creative mural concepts on ready-to-hang, large wooden panels inside gallery walls, while the audience along with AC Gallery curatorial committee vote to pick the winner. One (1) winner from competition wins a round trip airline ticket to MIAMI ART WEEK AND A 3 DAY/ 2 NIGHT STAY AT AC ARTIST COMPOUND LOCATED IN THE HEART OF WYNWOOD (valued at $5,000 USD)

George Hobbs | James Peter Henry | Jazz | Kendall Iris Devine |

Mauricio M Salazar | Molly Brandenburg | Vera Long

We Shot Rock Stars and Lived by the Rock & Roll

GROUP SHOW

August 26th - Sept 9th, 2017

GALA RECEPTION Saturday August 26th | 7-11PM

LINKS: Opening Night Video

PHOTOGRAPHERS: GLEN LA FERMAN | GLEN WEXLER | HARRY ZIMMERMAN | JEAN-MARIE PERIER | JEROME BRUNET | JULIAN JOHNSON | LARA SOLANKI | LISA JOHNSON | MARK MANOS | MICHAEL EIVAZ | MITCHELL ROSE | R MICHAEL DECHELLIS | RICHARD UPPER

PAINTERS: BRAYDEN | DAN KUBAT | DENNIS SMITH | LIZ WILINSKI | REENA TOLENTINO

A Photographic History 1960-Present through the lenses of photographers, curated by Gallery Director Carlos Benitez to spotlight the creative and collaborative role that photographers played in the history of rock music.

Original interviews will be produced exclusively for the exhibit. In addition, guests can view a giant outdoor screen of 150 images or more taken by Photographers between 1960-present, set to a soundtrack.

Expect a chic evening with collectors, curators, art critics and artists while enjoying

• Hosted Hors d'oeuvres by Chef Gwen Kenneally

• Mixed Cocktails (Full open bar)

• Live Music Performances and sets by the hottest Hollywood area DJs

• Unique Exclusive VIP entry for AC Gallery After Hours Party at The Rock N' Roll historical Hall of Fame Rainbow Bar N' Grill

RICHARD DRAKE

BLUE Hawaii

August 5th - August 19th

Links: Opening Night Video | Exhibition video

GALA RECEPTION Saturday August 5th | 7-11PM

RSVP: Gallery@artistscorner.us | Admission is Free

Expect a chic evening while enjoying complimentary

Hosted Hors d'oeuvres | Mixed Cocktails

Exotic Dances | Exciting Music Performance by Josiah Falco and sets by the hottest Hollywood area DJs

Richard Drake started taking photos in the morning in front of his house on the beach in Kailua. He then started posting them on Facebook. Soon people from all over the world started to buy them. Richard grew up in Kailua, Oahu and has worked in the film industry here for over forty years; working with the likes of Herb Ritz and Bill Fraker. His passion for photography and his love of the islands comes through in each of his amazing photos. Owning one of his photos is like waking up with a little bit of Hawaiian's paradise in you life every day. Aloha!

abstract VISIONS

July 15th - July 29th, 2017

Links: Opening Night Video

GALA RECEPTION: Saturday July 15th | 7-11PM RSVP: Gallery@artistscorner.us | Admission is Free

Expect a chic evening while enjoying complimentary

Hosted Hors d'oeuvres | Mixed Cocktails | Music

abstract VISIONS expresses the group collective’s lively innermost thoughts. Form and creativity convene throughout the exhibition with beauty, color and shapes coming together to initiate abstracted visual experiences. The six different artists express these thoughts through a combination of acrylic, monoprinting, watercolor, sculpture, neon and a variety of other mixed media and surfaces. The group collective thoughtfully release and surrender to this incredible force called art, together bringing about a balanced harmony concealed within the bustling abstraction.

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SUMMER EXHIBITION | Endless SUMMER | July 1st - July 8th, 2017

GALA RECEPTION | Saturday July 1st | 7-11PM | RSVP: Gallery@artistscorner.us

Expect a chic evening with collectors, curators, art critics and artists while enjoying

Hosted Hors d'oeuvres by Chef Gwen Kenneally

Mixed Cocktails (Full open bar)

Live Painting by Frida Davidsson

Portrait "Treasures Of The Heart" by Milena Mortati

Experience “The Glow Room” with Messy Masterpiece & LED Glow Installation by Joey James Salehi

Live Music Performance by Josiah and sets by the hottest Hollywood area DJs

Unique VIP Guest Key for Exclusive AC Gallery After Hours Party at MA LOUNGE on Sunset in West Hollywood | 10:30PM - 2:00AM (http://estrellasunset.com/)

*Admission fee of $20/person applies

(includes wristband for access to all the above throughout night + unique VIP key and address to AC Gallery After Hours Party at MA LOUNGE)

Illmatic by MESSY MASTERPIECE | Mixed Media | 48x30 | $2600

Re-IMAGINED by MESSY MASTERPIECE

June 10th - June 24th, 2017

LINK TO PREVIEW RECEPTION

GALA PREVIEW RECEPTION | Saturday June 10th | 7-11PM | RSVP: Gallery@artistscorner.us

Artists Corner Gallery (AC Gallery) and Messy Masterpiece announced the West Coast debut of The Glow Room showcasing within a large-scale installation with fluro-paintings. Upon entering this surreal environment, guests can move through this space freely and expect all emotions to flow. The installation will be located on the front of Gallery on Highland Ave.

“Messy Masterpiece works comes from basic human need to create and from passion and interest. Even playful gestures are sort of complex hidden stories. Every aspect of her paintings interests me” said Gallery Director and Curator Carlos Benitez.

Los Angeles based artist MESSY MASTERPIECE paints for the pure LOVE of it. She lets the creative process flow through her onto the canvas. Since she is not a fan of manufactured enthusiasm, her pieces represent her genuine expression at the moment. With a focus of acrylic and aerosol on canvas, wild mixes of colors in matt, gloss and metallic finishes bring visual interest and demand attention. Heather's messy little masterpieces express her emotional connection, playful nature and limitless joy. Shop original art online.

Santa Fe | 46 x 66 | Acrylic on Canvas

LINDA STELLING

The Poetry of Color

May 20th - June 3rd, 2017

GALA RECEPTION

Saturday May 20th | 7-10PM

RSVP: Gallery@artistscorner.us

The reception will offer 3 Colorful Cocktails Perfect for Linda's Large Colorful Paintings that are meant to instill a psychic vibration while enjoying Hors d'oeuvres by Ladurée, and performances by top nightclub DJs.

Press Links:

Fabrik | Opening Night Video | Exhibition video

Linda Stelling is a Los Angeles artist who fills her paintings with the poetry of color. The images she conjures up are point and counterpoint to the verse that she writes. Stelling is a visceral artist who also contemplates her inner life on canvas.

Phosphorescent, phantasmagorical color pours out of her mind’s eye and saturates each of Stelling’s artworks. Her highly chromatic abstracts leave the viewer enthralled and invigorated by their clashes of originality and a kind of sweet synesthesia that her wild palette provokes.

Stelling can’t resist giving way to creative flights of fanciful abstraction. Rapturous and playful, the best of her paintings, like Santa Fe, are deeply and beautifully rendered. Her expressive smudges, along with the heavy orbs of pigment she uses, emphasize her striking, wildly colored brushwork. Luminous and numinous, her paintings reveal, on close inspection, a complex, somewhat mysterious layering technique that pulls your soul deeply inside the colors in her canvases. The painter’s use of brilliant pigments—sometimes sparingly, other times forcefully—creates powerful explosions of movement, hue, and intensity.

Stelling abstracts figurative images infused with her own bright, incendiary palette. Her curvy, undulating depictions of feathers, flowers, land and seascapes organically tumble together as she reconfigures their shapes. Stelling feels that, “my paintings are meant to instill a psychic vibration. The blending of colors and abstract forms are meant to parallel the dynamics of internal desire, redirecting the viewer from expression to actuality.”

The relationship between the subject and the background speaks to an ongoing dynamic not only within the subject itself, but in the artist’s perception of it. As the figurative subject disappears in a maelstrom of color, it is the abstraction, and its emotional appeal to the viewer, that lingers. Stelling has been working on a vast suite, an ode, if you will, that aspires to a new genre of figurative abstracts, filled with raucous riots of color.

The result is a congenial exhibition, a mix of twenty-odd paintings brimming with a cacophony of moody, delicious, colorful madness and a myriad of painterly delights.

- Phil Tarley, Curator

SPRING EXHIBIT

ElectriCAL Colors

Links: Opening Night Party Video | Exhibition Video

May 13th - May 18th, 2017

GALA RECEPTION

Saturday May 13th | 7-11PM

RSVP: Gallery@artistscorner.us

A renaissance of colors within an explosion of a vibrant summer energy. We at AC Gallery take pride on being from California and feel the necessity to push the positivity of the COLOR component to each and every art enthusiast. Curated selection of National and International Contemporary Artists. Expect a chic evening with collectors, artists, and art critics while enjoying hosted Hors d'oeuvres, cocktails by Buzzbox, live installations and music performance.

BILL WISHNER

POST NO BILLS

Press Links: The Huffington Post | Exhibition Video | Opening Night Party Video

April 29th - May 13th, 2017

GALA RECEPTION

Saturday April 29th | 7-10PM

RSVP: Gallery@artistscorner.us

AC Gallery presents a solo exhibition titled “Post No Bills” featuring the work of Bill Wishner on Saturday, April 29th. Wishner has been an accomplished photographer for the past twenty years, garnering acclaim for his jazz photography. He was the co-editor (with Bill Minor) of the 40th Anniversary book for the Monterey Jazz Festival (Monterey Jazz Festival: 40 Legendary Years, Angel City Press, 1997). In 2012, he started the ongoing series – The Art of the City Wall depicting the art and visual aesthetics of city walls from various countries across the globe.

Wishner is also the founder of f8 Pasadena Salon, dedicated to the art and aesthetics of photography as well as the Co-Director of PasadenaPhotographyArts (a Project of the Pasadena Arts Council EMERGE program). A local Pasadena resident, Bill currently serves on the board of Five Acres and helps teach medical ethics as a Clinical Professor of Medicine at Keck USC School of Medicine. Bill enjoys prose poetry and has published two volumes of prose poems called “Things That Happen When You Travel.”

AC Gallery Director and Curator Carlos Benitez said he was excited to show Wishner’s work. An opening will be held on on Saturday April 29, from 7-10pm at AC Gallery, 1546 N. Highland Ave. Los Angeles CA., 90028. The reception will offer wines and food from international countries such as France, UK, Germany, Chili, Argentina.

The AC Gallery is located on Highland Avenue between the famed Sunset and Hollywood Boulevards. With a location right in the “Heart of Hollywood” and within walking distance to popular attractions such as the Hollywood Walk of Fame, Hollywood & Highland Center and the Dolby Theatre (formerly known as the Kodak Theatre), the AC Gallery will put your brand front and center of an estimated physical audience of over 100,000 daily individuals including art collectors, curators, artists, commuters and tourists (with thousands more virtual visitors through our digital platforms, e-mails, and social media outlets).

AC Gallery opened in Los Angeles in 2012 to make art accessible to a broader audience of collectors, artists and enthusiasts. The gallery has since exhibited extraordinary artists, both emerging and established, who have gone out and been successful in the art world. AC Gallery continues to create rich opportunities for artists and galleries by collaborating alongside curators and art buyers.

Don’t miss the opening reception of “Post No Bills,” a solo exhibition celebrating the photography of Bill Wishner ” at AC Gallery on Saturday April 29, from 7-10pm. RSVP: Gallery@artistscorner.us

The AC Gallery is located at 1546 N. Highland Ave. Los Angeles CA., 90028; Hours are: Mondays – Fridays, 9-6:30pm; Saturday: Noon-5:00pm; Sunday: Closed. For more information about the AC Gallery, visit http://www.artistscorner.us

Additional information about Bill Wisner can be found on his website at http://www.paracosmphotography.com http://f8pasadenasalon.weebly.com

April 21-23, 2017

OPENING NIGHT PARTY VIDEO

EXPO Contemporary x AC Gallery presents national and international Artists to those who love and collect art and the artists who make it – a celebration of art, design, multi-media and performance art in downtown LA’s Arts Community. The 2nd Annual EXPO Contemporary, presented by Fabrik Magazine will take place in downtown Los Angeles April 21-23 and will be part of Spring Art Week LA, which includes the Photo Independent Art Fair, the Los Angeles Festival of Photography, and Photobook Independent, all taking place at The Reef, in downtown Los Angeles.

AIDA NOVOSEL SAVIC

MAJESTIC

April 1st - 22nd, 2017

Click here for more of Aida's work. Also Aida is currently accepting commission work from Haute Couture dresses with wide selection of materials and decorative elements to men's coats with painting embellishments as well as mixed media (charcoal, ink, etc. ) paintings.

GALA RECEPTION GUEST OF HONOR SPOKES-MODEL & ACTRESS

ANNA KULINOVA

SEE HER WEARING AIDA NOVOSEL SAVIC COLLECTION DURING THE ART EXHIBIT .

Saturday April 1st | 7-10PM

RSVP: Gallery@artistscorner.us

Press Links: The Huffington Post | LA Art Party | Gala Video | Exhibition Video

Aida creates on a daily basis. She is also a fashion designer and has created costumes in various productions of popular shows such as Don Quixote, Poor little hamsters, and Roots…just to name a few.

Aida said she felt she had to share her art and creative works with people. When she came to California, she fell in love with it, and knew she had to stay. “I did not dream that I would come to live in such an inspiring country as America.” She grew up in Europe surrounded by the history of ancient civilizations. She studied art and started to draw every chance she had. Aida continued, “Every trip, going for a walk, reading a book, everything gives me inspiration.”

Spokesperson, model and actress Anna Kulinova will be wearing Aida’s fashions at the opening event. The pair met at AC Gallery and have become good friends planning to partner to launch a new Haute Couture collection for men and women.

Don’t miss the opening reception and art party for “MAJESTIC,” on Saturday, April 1st, 2017 from 7:00pm -10:00pm at AC Gallery (1546 Highland Ave., LA 90028). On view through April 22nd, 2017. RSVP to Gallery@artistscorner.us

STEFAN PINTO

SMOKE + MIRRORS

March 4th - 25th, 2017

Press Links: The Advocate | Tom of Finland | WeHo Ville | Exhibition Video I

Stefan Pinto uses intimate portraits of differently bodied LGBT and LGBT-friendly people to produce a brilliant new vision of community. His photography is filled with smoke and mirrors, flashing-hot strobe lights, and fashion focused poses that twist into sublime humanist statements of the sweetest intimacy. Bodies of all shapes and sizes are his canvas. In Smoke and Mirrors, Pinto produces a compelling photographic survey, chronicling a post modern age of multiracial, multicultural and gender-fluid people who inhabit Pinto’s portraiture. His luminous images are filled with tender interactions. His solo portraits intimately connect us with their subjects. This is the artist-photographer’s first solo exhibition and it is a thrilling and auspicious debut. The people who live in Stefan Pinto’s photographs are in deep conversation and they all have something to say. Like Diane Arbus, Pinto evokes the human condition with a deep love and respect for his subjects. Each person in Pinto’s world is making a statement about affection, desire, and vulnerability. Within his mirrored photo booth and mini sets, Pinto makes his subjects visually compelling. With strobe lights and mirrored reflections he gives us a double look at his subjects that is highly revelatory. He ferrets out their individuality and directs them to reveal who they truly are. Sometimes he anoints them with smoke, other times you might catch Pinto’s own reflection in their portraits.

The artist-photographer’s background as a fashion model and fitness instructor, who conquered his own obesity, combine to lend him both insight and to impart glamour to those he shoots. He directs them into simple, naturalist poses and helps them communicate their humanity. Artists see with indelible eyes and they are capable of great vision. That’s what Stefan Pinto achieves. His mirrors reflect what Pinto wants us to see. These amazing portraits explore the complexities of human need and the yearnings of us all to be connected. Pinto’s initial foray into this body of work can be seen in a small portfolio published by Out Magazine

~Phil Tarley

VIP RECEPTION AFTER HOURS EXHIBIT | JANUARY 14 - 31, 2017

Artists:

Brayden
Michael Mason
Miros
Brittney Palmer
Shen Li
Ying Jiu Jiang

Lina Valentina
Jerome Brunet
Fed Tiken
MIke Spitz
Karen Bysted
Alex Elkin

Milena Mortati
Federico Naef
Stefan Pinto

LA ART SHOW 2017 JAN. 11-15, 2017

MODERN | CONTEMPORARY

The LA Art Show embraces its role as the regions preeminent art fair and emerges as the annual civic celebration of the visual arts. The record breaking enthusiasm surrounding our 2016 edition surpassed all expectations and encourages our team to deepen our roster of galleries and pursue new exciting art programming. The evolving role of the art fair as a fulcrum for art commerce, connecting galleries, artists, curators, and collectors drives our marketing and planning. The art fair world is expanding and we are proud to be one of the world’s largest and longest running events with 150,000 square feet of exhibition space and close to 70,000 attendees this past year. As Los Angeles takes its place as a vanguard of the global art scene, our ability to adapt and evolve to meet the art market’s current trends is vital.

Produced by Kim Martindale since its inception, The LA Art Show entered its third decade with an expanded curatorial team, harnessing their knowledge and experience to drive the International focus and content development of the fair. We partnered with galleries and non-profits to feature bold new art performances and continued to expand out Littletopia and Street Art sections both at the fair and at off-site events to facilitate dealer and collector networking and create a sense of immediacy. While dedicated to maintaining our commitment to technique and integrity, we are further refining our curatorial vision and presenting innovative galleries, lectures, and artist performances that showcase premier Modern and Contemporary work.

Artists:
Mark Sharp
Michael Mason
Miros
Susan Sommer
Shen Li
Ying Jiu Jiang

PHOTO LA 2017 JAN. 12-15, 2017

photo l.a. has a long and rich history of bringing the photographic and arts community together. For one night and three days the community celebrates photography in its many forms. Each year we expand our uniquely diverse showcase of photographic art, ranging from 19th Century works to contemporary and innovative photography-based art. Galleries, dealers, museums, schools, and non-profit organizations participate to define what photography has been, what it is today, and what it might evolve into. To foster a dialogue we curate and present our acclaimed programming, which includes, lectures, roundtable discussions, special installations, and docent tours with distinguished members of the photograph/arts community.

Artists:
Bill Wishner
Federico Naef

I REMEMBER FACES BY BRITTNEY PALMER | November 5th - December 10th, 2016

Britney Palmer’s acrylic depictions are characterized by her intent to portray the subjects as they exist in the world according to her unique perspective. Typified by a rejection of traditional portraiture, Palmer’s art is contemporary and relevant, yet reminiscent and iconic; bold in color yet gentle in structure. Her abstract portrayals of renowned pop and rock icons of the 60’s and 70’s have been exhibited worldwide gaining critical acclaim from Esquire, Playboy, FHM, Vice, Complex, Maxim and Fox Sports, to name a few. Finding her inspiration in the expression of legends, Palmer has begun to build a legacy of her own, showcasing her work alongside the iconic Andy Warhol.

Celebrity clients includes: Michael Dell | CEO Dell, Computers, Dana White | President of UFC, Demetrious “Mighty Mouse” Johnson | UFC Fighter, Arianny Celeste | Model

LINKS: | GUIDE | GALA RECEPTION | VIDEO |

AC GALLERY AT XCONTEMPORARY | MIAMI BEACH | 2016

BRITTNEY PALMER

BRAYDEN

Brayden is a Los Angeles-based street artist with work that is in essence smaller stories within a larger context of a greater story line. As a university student, Brayden was highly inspired by magazines, forming an almost obsession-like relationship with them. An obsession that eventually led him to becoming an editorial photographer working with large-scale magazines across the country. Over time the obsession did not disappear and he found himself creating photographs and works out of his recycled magazine collection, creating collages and mixing a various array of visual elements throughout the collages. As a photographer, Brayden started to build a fascination with the idea of the disposability of printed media and with it, a deeply upsetting internal emotion of how the digital revolution has cheapened the cost of photography work. These internal emotions led Brayden to build with his hands and have a more physical connection to his work, breathing new life into these so-called discarded magazines. Pieces of bright colors, turned into new story lines; a greater image with precise details giving way to a deeper message of longing and subtle sadness masked by the beauty inherent within the work.

BORIS BEZROUKOV

Boris Bezroukov is a truth seeker on a quest for spiritual survival. He does not create based on need, but desire. His feverous demeanor and veracity is contagious. Bezroukov is forthright and honest in his artistic approach creating a consistent dialogue between the artist, the piece and the audience. He is clear in his message, yet consistently allows individual interpretation and perception. One of his series, Timeless, features photographs advantageously layered on top of one another conceal seductive women positioned paradoxically next to Jesus Christ. Congruent, tonic images, refuting in nature, stimulate our imagination and catalyze personal inquisition. Sultry women in provocative, assuming positions coat religious images of Jesus nailed to the cross. Despite the absence of religious figures in a selection of his pieces, leaving the seducers to fend for themselves, Bezroukov has succeeded to maintain a sacred, churchly feel avoiding sacrilegious overtones.

MILENA MORTATI

Milena Mortati is an Italian artist, painter, sculptor and photographer. She has had the opportunity to exhibit worldwide and is excited to be showcasing her newest mixed media series at XContemporary during Art Basel 2016 VIVA VOCE was inspired by unaltered beauty, by embracing flaws, owning them and viewing them as unique perfections. The Calavera sculpture symbolizes the infinite potential we possess. The naked body represents the casing, which holds that immense power. The ultimate form of freedom is self confidence, to turn misfortune into fortune, poison into medicine and to view every setback as a springboard to an immeasurable benefit. Some may want to hide, I say live out loud by embracing it all. VIVA VOCE!

MICHAEL MASON

Michael Mason is born-again in America. A self–taught artist who paints, draws, uses printing making and collage to express stories from his previous life experience. His non-representational style is deliberate as he tries to dissect mythological stories, fairy tales, movies…etc, and combines these ideas in a modern day context. Thus forming a sometimes provocative picture which pokes fun at these long standing institutions and beliefs. Born in Mesopotamia, a land steeped with a rich historical background, all of which would later be suppressed by a visually limited regime. Americana imagery from comic books and movies provided relief and began to shape Mason’s young mind. Sketching, watercolor and pastels helped him escape into his art world. Mason spent six years in the army and describes this as ‘the worst time of his life’ and yet this too would provide influence in his work. Ultimately it has made him seek Freedom. The goal of which is to have freedom of thought. Moving to the US has helped Mason realize his need to create art again. Taking art classes has renewed his respect for the “old masters” and their influence is seen as he begins many artworks with the beacon of the human form and builds visual stories filled with deliberate symbols around them. He has shown his work at three exhibitions at the GCC Gallery and has won two People’s Choice Awards. Mason is constantly working at his craft and is slowly rising like the tower of Babylon to manifest himself and his art into the beautiful Garden of Eden.

BILL WISHNER

Bill Wishner started his career in photography more than 20 years ago as a photographer focusing on jazz music; his jazz photography has been included in multiple international exhibits and he was the co-editor (along with Bill Minor) of the 40th Anniversary book for the Monterey Jazz Festival. In 2007, Wishner founded f8 Pasadena Salon, exploring the aesthetics and art of photography. In 2012, Wishner founded and is currently Co-Project Director of “Pasadena Photography Arts” dedicated to promoting photography and helping emerging photographers in the East Los Angeles area. More recently Wishner has turned his creative lens on the urban environment in cities around the world. The project, started in 2012, is titled “Art of the City Wall” and focuses on the visual art and aesthetics of urban walls.

GODS & MONSTERS BY PEGASUS. October 1st - October 31st, 2016

Gods & Monsters is the first solo exhibition for London-based street artist Pegasus. Works in the show will feature royal family members, religious figures and pop culture icons ranging from Princess Diana to Kim Kardashian. The exhibition debuted at London’s Faith Inc Factory in July before traveling to Hollywood’s AC Gallery in October, marking the artist’s first solo exhibition in the United States. Pegasus is the name and signature of an anonymous North London street artist. Originally from Chicago, his stenciled pieces play with popular culture’s most recognizable icons, such as Marilyn Monroe, JFK and I Love Lucy, and are sometimes ironic or controversial. Pegasus has stated his influences including “the genius Andy Warhol.” The artist also admires other artists such as Robert Rauschenberg, Keith Haring, Mr. Brainwash, Daren West the Neon Artist, Horace Panter, Eelus and of course Mr. Banksy. Pegasus is featured in two books, Happy Graffiti and Planet Banksy, published in 2013.

Celebrity clients includes: Johnny Depp, Kim Kardashian, Alexandra Burke (UK X factor winner 2008) Lindsay Lohan, Adele, Janis and Mitch Winehouse (Amy Winehouse’s mother and father) Alan Carr (UK television host) Ben Cohen (UK Rugby player) Kristina Rihanoff (U.K. Strictly come dancing celebrity dancer)

Recent Exhibitions: October 2015 Moniker Art fair in London-2nd solo exhibition Gods and Monsters travelling show opened in London on the 16th of July. October 2015 Hollywood Museum and others.

LINKS: | GUIDE | GALA RECEPTION | VIDEO |

VISIONS III BY BAGHIR. August 20th - September 06, 2016

Nicolas Baghir Maslowski was born in France. Baghir, the photographer’s artist name, was the first name of his grandfather, who died in his native Russia during the Bolshevik revolution in 1917. His father, in exile, emigrated to France as a child and eventually became a writer, giving a small camera to his own son Nicholas Baghir when he was 8 years old. As an introverted child captivated by images, Baghir took his camera everywhere, photographing everything that came into sight to create a personal photographic universe.
His secondary passion was music. In the early 2000s he spent time in Jamaica, meeting several musicians who were more or less forgotten and created the label imprint Makasound/Inna de Yard with a friend. They produced and reedited a number of buried masterpieces, eventually popularizing the Jamaican artist Winston McAnuff in France. Many of visuals for the label’s albums were photographed and composed by Baghir. The label took off and eventually became a division of a major company, but in 2013 Baghir took a chance and made the decision to leave his successful career in the music business, return to photography, and fully pursue his artistic vision.

LINKS: | PRESS | GALA RECEPTION |

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