Don't miss this exciting month at the gallery; we are showing the work of:
Last week, 16+ La Familia Artists packed up a series of works and bid them farewell.
From April 29th to May 2nd, 2010 Monaco's 35,000 square foot Diaghilev Exhibition Hall of the renowned Grimaldi Forum will be transformed into a giant art gallery for Arte Monaco, 2010 Special Edition. Hosting 100 exhibitors from around the globe, the four day festival will kick off with a VIP reception on April 29th will kick off the event, followed by three full days of vernissage-style exhibits open to the public.The Grimaldi Forum Monaco is built on Monaco's waterfront, adjacent to the Japanese Garden is located in the Larvotto (east of the Principality). Vast yet intimate, spectacular and modern, the Grimaldi Forum Monaco gives life to a new generation of cultural events - pushing out walls, overcoming constraints, imagining spaces to be modeled, that is the primary “raison d’être” of a unique place where each day everything can be reinvented anew.
From April 29 - May 2, several La Familia Gallery artists are looking forward to attending Arte Monaco, 2010, Special Edition. This opportunity comes after La Familia's attendance at Aqua Art Miami in December, where the organizers of Arte Monaco visited our booth and took an interest in the exhibiting artists.
Before "Une semaine de bonté " by Max Ernst.....
There were Victorian Ladies with pots of glue.....
In her Slate article, The Dark Art of Cut and Paste, Sarah Boxer explores the lurid history of the photo collage. We recommend the read:
A year or so after Charles Darwin published On the Origin of Species (1859), English ladies started cutting up photos of their friends and relations and pasting bits and pieces of them (particularly their heads) into alien landscapes and onto foreign bodies. Was it just a new pastime, like staging parties or playing the piano–yet another way for Victorian women to show off their class and their wits? Or was it more? Read more...
After returning from Aqua Art Miami, La Familia received a phone call requesting our presence at Arte Monaco which will be held in the Grimaldi Forum during the Grand Prix April 29th - May 2nd. This boutique international art fair will host only 100 privately invited galleries from around the world and La Familia is one of about 5 from the US.
In a time when many people are scaling back on luxuries, how do we keep the momentum and interest in collecting art going? How about by making it so irresistible that it’s a necessity?
Some of Seattle's finest put on one helluva hootenanny at Showbox at the Market to help victims of the earthquake that devastated Haiti in January.Check out this post on La Familia Gallery and gallery band Latitude x Longitude by Kristen Philipkoski on boingboing.com
"People often ask Seattle band Latitude x Longitude to describe their unique sound, because as vocalist Rebeqa Rivers can attest, it's not exactly categorizable. But after giving it much thought, Rivers says Steampunk seemed perfect. No doubt once giving them a listen that seems pretty accurate. Rivers' gorgeous voice is layered over mandolin and toy piano sounds, as well as Spencer Smith's guitar and sometimes drums. They even have a visual artist as an official member of the band: Michelle Anderst. From the bands press page: "Paired with LxL's inquisitive lyrics,
Anderst examines the patterns and elegance of the machinery, anatomy, flora, and fauna that surround everyday life."
"The band's interest
in the visual arts can be traced to Rivers' sister, Lanae Rivers-Woods, who has an art gallery in Seattle called La Familia. The sisters were manning the gallery's booth at Aqua Art Miami hosted by GenArt recently in Miami. With Anders' art on display, Latitude x Longitude music playing, and the rest of La Familia's art on exhibit, it was the
liveliest booth at the fair."
Photographer Harry Woods shares a bit about his experience at the Alaska Residence:
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