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Above are images from Olimpia Zagnoli’s 2018 exhibition Cuore di Panna at HVW8 Gallery in Los Angeles. She is currently showing her work, along with her talented family at Antonio Colombo Gallery in Milan, Italy. That exhibition, ZaLiZaZa. Inventario di famiglia will be on view until 11/19/23.

The press release from the gallery-

Galleria Antonio Colombo is pleased to present the exhibition ZaLiZaZa. Inventario di famiglia, curated by Francesca Pellicciari, featuring a group of artists belonging to the same family: the photographer Miro Zagnoli (Za), the artist Emi Ligabue (Li) and their two daughters: the illustrator Olimpia Zagnoli (Za), already connected with the gallery, and the costume designer Emilia Zagnoli (Za).

The members of ZaLiZaZa are a very modern family, but also one of days gone by: were they not engaged in making their own various artifacts, we could imagine them operating in a family workshop in the Renaissance or Baroque spirit, experimenting with new painting techniques, revolutionizing styles or using them as examples to make their own; creating majestic theatrical wings, garbed in their style which is simultaneously classic and eccentric.

After all, this image is not so far from what ZaLiZaZa are doing today, in the 21st century, each in his or her own field – contiguous and often overlapping ambits – constantly coming to grips with their own research and experimentation, relying on a shared language, a true family lexicon.

The exhibition pathway is an inventory of works of all kinds – drawings and photographs, wooden books, collages, object/sculptures, fabrics, screens and magic boxes – in an intense dialogue of correspondences, where the four voices alternate and take turns, without a chronological order; a dialogue accompanied by a selection of items (sketches, notes, postcards, family photos) that document a methodology, while at the same time emphasizing the constant presence of art in the private life of ZaLiZaZa.

Thus it is no coincidence that many subjects are similar in the work of ZaLiZaZa.

While for decades design has pervaded the still analog settings and photographs of Miro (Za), it is also a recurring theme in the works of Emi (Li), from the Cicognino of Albini to the life and work of Charlotte Perriand, or anonymous design found for sale online: “I have no taboos, no type of respect or norm.” Similar use of anonymous and unconventional materials is found in the “Souvenir” clothing series by Emilia (Za), made from touristy dishtowels with the map of Italy, just as certain archetypes return in the thousands of stripes traced by Olimpia (Za), always in pursuit of the perfect synthesis between the idea and its representation.

Beyond this, beyond design, mountains, figures, bodies, portraits, chiaroscuro effects, balconies, there is the continuing echo – in the various generations of ZaLiZaZa of what Matisse said one day to Picasso, as Emi (Li) reminds us: “In the end, Picasso, we don’t have to try to be so smart. You and I are alike: what we try to rediscover in art is the atmosphere of our First Communion.” To always observe the world with the eyes of children, with the gaze of ZaLiZaZa.

If Olimpia Zagnoli’s work looks familiar, she also designed The New Yorker’s August 28th issue, seen below.

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LENA YENER —

cis female & she/her

32

august 8, 1991

artist / owner of the broken spine

south addition

biography

lightening round —

born and raised in washington dc. parents emigrated from turkey. father was a diplomat and mother still works as a translator/interpreter 

had a very strict and conservative upbringing. suffered abuse at the hands of a family member and was kept in silence about it

went to nyc for university and her first art project. the first exlorations into her art and ideas began with photography at music festivals, art directing for advertisements and magazines, and music videos

met her first partner and began a relationship with them during this time, even asked them to move back to washington dc with her when her time in nyc came to an end

the relationship always felt as though it were missing something and as though lena kept coming up short. when a new project came up and lena was to relocate for her work (to anchorage) she asked her partner to come with her and proposed. the no on both counts was devastating but she poured her pain into her work. plus it went along with the theme of her life

the move to anchorage was only meant to be temporary but lena ended up in a rebound relationship that fulfilled a void and she ended up staying even after her project was complete. making a home in anchorage and traveling when necessary

upon settling into anchorage, lena opened a book bar called the broken spine and has too much fun running it

as with anything else in her life relating to love, the rebound relationship eventually came to an end. leaving lena to stop making her work about heartbreak and push for something greater

a few of her projects/series have brought her international attention and acclaim. the first being, ‘i could not protect her’, a multimedia work, both her signature cinematic still photography along with a silent film detail her journey though abuse and the unchecked actions by the abuser. the next being her series titled “3ieb!” in arabic / “shame on me!” in english. a series that equally caused an uproar and gave voice to hundreds of thousands of middle eastern women all over the world

recently lena has been dipping her toe into video work once again, beginning to shift away from her decade long photography medium by publishing a book of a compilation of all her work. a little different from the music videos she’d produced in the past and her recent foray into short film, lena is interested in moving forward in long-form video work

the positive shift in her love life, experiencing real love for the first time without the usual toxicity she’d fallen into in the past and finally experiencing healthy love has also made a big difference

+ art series —

sex and takeout

summer without a pool

for arabella

this is not for you

i love you, me neither

i could not protect her

bonjour bitch

3ieb!

fool me twice

dear love

( + 10 more )

+ film —

not ok

think about you

what’s love got to do with it

i _ _ _ _ you

+ exhibitions —

2018

women’s choice awards - conversations, panelist, los angeles, nov 2018

artnews x miami art basel week panelist - “how art is used as a platform to influence current issues” - miami, dec 2018

vogue italia - photo vogue festival - base milano - nov 15- 18

the museum of pizza new york

the canon creator class toronto - solo show and talk - sept 27

solo exhibition - splash - milan - larusmiani, level 2 - june 27 - july 20

solo exhibition - splash - london lawrence alkin gallery - june 8- 22

solo exhibition - fuck me, fuck you - new york - castle fitzjohns gallery - march 10- april 8

international women’s day dinner hosted by sarah bahbah and the edition hotel - march 9

nyfw valentine's day party - indulgence of the alter ego - public arts

solo exhibition - fuck me, fuck you- hvw8 gallery, west hollywood. jan 13- jan 21.

la art show - jan 11-14

2017

first solo exhibition - the w miami dec 7-10

the lobby of nautilus, a sixty hotel, miami until december 31, 2017.

scope miami beach, 5-10 december 2017

sofa chicago

start saatchi gallery, london

la art show 2017, los angeles

scope art fair, new york

art market, san francisco

art! vancouver

scope basel, switzerland

art market, hamptons

2016

zonamaco, mexico

scope art fair, switzerland

enough space, melbourne

affordable art fair, new york

art south hampton, new york

art new york, new york

pop up at the refinery hotel, new york

art wynwood miami, florida

cushnie et ochs pop up store, retail lab, new york

scope art fair, miami beach

2015

affordable art fair, new york

art 15, london

texas contemporary, houston, texas

art wynwood miami, florida

contemporary istanbul, turkey

scope art fair, miami beach

art toronto, canada

+ press —

featured in publications such as: vogue, paper, nylon, new york times, new york post, forbes, gq, glamour, elle, cosmopolitan, buzzfeed, plus more...

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Check out Aaron Elvis Jupin, Nowhere Nothin (2024), From HVW8 Art Design Gallery

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‘orang black yellow pink (triptyc 1/3)’ 2017 by Mark Gonzales. Look for works from the HVW8 Collection to be featured for Berlin Art Weekend this April 26th. #markgonzales #gonz #hvw8 (at HVW8 Berlin) https://www.instagram.com/hvw8gallery/p/Bvo9PIyFk4B/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=h9txanh6jwre

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Work by Maxx Henry Frazer outside HVW8 Gallery.

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*COLD* + Chillin’!

Warm up to that honey...on the house of {Jack Daniel’s) course, in BK on Thurs, Nov. 14. RSVP.

2 culinary capitals -- LA x NYC, united for a chef-clash! A selection of natural wines will be poured, including Burnt Hills, Floral Terranes, Iapetus, Old Westminster, Oneo, Swick Wines, VDC Wines n’ Wild Arc. Music from DJ Center, plus guests (that’ll be you!) all in one place, steps from Union Sq Park.

Refinery29 presents: 29Rooms, hitting soon (Dec. 6-15) in none other than, Brooklyn (Williamsburg, of course). Photo-op y’all!

Yes, let’s meet up on a Tues (11/19 @Wolf & Badger) eve in Soho/NYC for: FASHION LUST, moderated by Fiona Bloom, n’ featuring conversations between artist Liza Colby x stylist Haile Lidow x drinks, of course.

Never too COLD for a rooftop experience -- esp @The Standard Hotel (East Village) in NYC w/Caroline Vreeland on Thurs Nov. 14, 8-10p. So RSVP!

Besides Black Gotham’s depth of “TALKS” series traveling from city-to-city, don’t forget their resident “Nerdy Thursday’s” -- happening every Thurs, in FiDi (next-up - Nov. 14 | 6-10pm)! Not your stereotypical, see calendar below...

BK Museum presents: the U.S. debut of yasiin bey: Negus, a listening installation of yasiin bey's latest studio recording, which will not be released in any digital or analog mediums. It’ll mark the 20th anni of bey's Black on Both Sides. Tix here, son.

It’s so cool to actually see all these works of hip-hop art+forms officially be recognized in the form of a TV series such as AMC’s “Hip-Hop: The Songs That Shook America”, art exhibits + even books, like “Goin’ Off - The Story of the Juice Crew & Cold Chillin’ Records” by Ben Merlis, which has its launch on Nov. 14, 7-9p @Powerhouse Arena w/Masta Ace in attendance, in BK? Should’ve been in Queens! Regardless, please RSVP.

Follow this kid, Bakar -- with his debut, Will You Be My Yellow? before the world catches up to hell n’ back, gettin’ lost in his magic. He lays out some simple tour dates, in 3 key markets.

Upcoming Tour Dates: 11/8 - Los Angeles @The Roxy

11/13 - Brooklyn, NY @Rough Trade

12/5 - London, UK @Brixton Electric

KILO KISH Robinson’s “BLESSED ASSURANCE: a dream that I had” opening reception + performance, Fri Nov 15, from 7 – 10p @HVW8 Gallery, in LA. This exhibition runs Nov. thru Dec. 15, ‘19. RSVP: kilokishrsvp@hvw8.com

From Dec. 1 (2019) - April 13 (2020), the exhibit “Crossing Lines” of Jean-Michel Basquiat & Keith Haring, in Melbourne (Australia) @NGV International, presents early works from the streets + subway stations of NYC, their collaborations w/each other, n’ w/the likes of Andy Warhol, Grace Jones, n’ Madonna. The show reveals, for the first time, the many intersections between their lives, practices, n’ ideas.

On Sat, Nov. 23 Brooklyn's premiere Afro-Caribbean dance party is back: “Sweatshop” @The Sultan Room in Bushwick! 11:30p-4a, get those TICKETS!

Leica Venues and Dates: 11/21 - Leica Store Bellevue → RSVP 11/24 - Leica Store Los Angeles → RSVP 11/26 - Leica Store Las Vegas → RSVP 12/2 - Leica Store San Francisco → RSVP 12/7 - Leica Store Boston → RSVP 12/12 - Leica Store Washington DC → RSVP 12/17 - Leica Store Miami → RSVP 12/19 - Leica Store New York SoHo → RSVP

Remember -- every Thursday, this is Public Arts @Public (Hotel), in the ‘city��� (yuk!), not to be confused w/Public Records in Brooklyn (YaY)!

After your “Turkeyday” binge (raise out of depression!), n’ head out on Friday, Nov. 29 for a special performance by Alice Smith at Webster Hall in celebration of her recently released EP, Mystery (stream).

Nuff said, RSVP for both ‘scenes’! Donations of any amount, welcomed...

Boy am I excited for this show! With such a combo -- headliner Berhana + opener Pomo, there’s no tellin’ who might impress me mo’!

The highly acclaimed actress, CCH Pounder, who’s also an artist, reveals some of her works titled, “Queen: From the Collection of CCH Pounder” in Detroit next year (Jan. 20, 2020) @The Charles Wright Museum of African American History. Allyuh go eh!

BBC Music Introducing, will be holding their 4th annual BBC Music Introducing & PRS Foundation British jazz showcase at NYC Winter Jazzfest curated by BBC Radio 6 Music’s Gilles Peterson. Set to be a big one with KOKOROKO, Moses Boyd, Poppy Ajudha + Sarathy Korwar on the bill, Jan 9 @ (Le) Poisson Rouge is where you’ll wanna be from, 6p ‘til... 

More info and tickets HERE!

You’ll wanna RSVP for this Strictly The Best 60 kick-off party, happening Tues, Nov. 19 @BRIC in (downtown) Brooklyn. It’s a dancehall affair, featuring LIVE performances -- Christopher Martin, Romain Virgo, Richie Spice, Noah Powa, Dovey Magnum, D Major, Red Fox n’ more, in the house!

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Throwback to this work outside of HVW8 gallery in Los Angeles from their Anxiety Group Show in November of 2016.

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@freddiegibbs & @madlib #BANDANA album release event at HVW8 Gallery Los Angeles

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Proud to announce ‘Uncategorized’ by @chimodu is opening in Los Angeles on August 24th at HVW8 Plana, 5416 Wilshire Blvd. Made possible with support from @adidasoriginals —————————- HVW8 Gallery Los Angeles and adidas Originals proudly present UNCATEGORIZED, an exhibition of photography by Chi Modu. Alongside images of hip-hop royalty including Tupac, Biggie, Nas and ODB, UNCATEGORIZED also features previously unseen gems from Chi’s photographic archive. The show celebrates hip-hop’s creative energy and raw, unrivaled ambition in its prime, showcasing Chi’s documentation of the legends behind the sound. UNCATEGORIZED is an ode to a movement, honoring the impact that the early hip-hop icons inimitably maintain today. #hvw8 #adidasoriginalsLA (at Los Angeles, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/BmBj76vg08v/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=17u7f4n2dt2yn