Art of Emily... coming in March

The Art of Emily: A Strange Collection, an exhibition of paintings, original cut-outs, limited edition prints and other mixed media by Emily the Strange artists opens March 5 at Gallery Extraña

March 5th- 29th, 2010

Artist's Reception- Friday, March 5th, 6:00 – 10:00 pm

Gallery Extraña
2912 Telegraph Avenue
Berkeley, CA 94705
http://galleryextrana.blogspot.com/


On the heels of the release of The Art of Emily the Strange published by Dark Horse Books this month, Gallery Extraña presents The Art of Emily: A Strange Collection; the exhibit opens on Friday, March 5 from 6-10 pm. Emily the Strange creator Rob Reger and fellow Emily artists Buzz Parker, Brian Brooks, Nicomi ‘Nix’ Turner and Justin Barry will be present. The opening reception will feature DJ sets by Emily novel co-author Jessica Gruner, She-Bible co-founder Stacy Rodgers and Amedee Ito—all SF local ladies who have played crucial roles in shaping Emily the Strange.

The exhibition will feature previously un-exhibited original artwork, limited edition prints and many rarely seen treasures from the archives of Emily the Strange and her kitties. Signed copies of The Art of Emily the Strange will be available for purchase. “We’re thrilled to present the first Emily show in the Bay Area in over two years at Gallery Extraña, our home base head-quarters and gallery,” says Rob Reger. The Art of Emily: A Strange Collection highlights the art and design that has put Emily the Strange on the map as an international icon for Strange.

The Art of Emily: A Strange Collection runs through March 29th. Limited Emily the Strange merchandise, including t-shirts, apparel, accessories and the new Oddisee Talking BoardTM will be available for sale during the run of the show. The gallery is open on Thursday, Friday & Saturday from 1 -6 pm for the duration of the show. For more info see http://galleryextrana.blogspot.com. Gallery Extraña is located at 2912 Telegraph Avenue (1 block north of Ashby Avenue) in Berkeley, California.


ABOUT EMILY THE STRANGE
Created by Rob Reger and his company Cosmic Debris in 1993, Emily the Strange has become an internationally known icon for individualism, female empowerment, and do-it-yourself style. Born from the San Francisco graphic arts community, Emily graces a full, rock-influenced fashion clothing and accessory line, including everything from T-shirts, dresses, and underwear to toys, guitars, and school supplies. She is the featured character in a series of comic books from Dark Horse Comics, four hardbound graphic novellas for Chronicle Books, and a series of young adult novels from Harper Collins. For more information about Emily the Strange, visit http://www.emilystrange.com or for press related inquiries contact Jennifer Sullivan jennifer.sullivan@gatorgroup.com.


ABOUT GALLERY EXTRAÑA

Gallery Extraña was founded by Emily the Strange creator Rob Reger and artist, curator, and filmmaker Aimee Friberg in the spring of 2008. Its mission is to showcase contemporary work by emerging, mid-career and established artists primarily from the Bay Area. In addition to exhibiting eccentric, “strange”, and off-center work, Gallery Extraña is an alternative screening and performance space. Located in the Cosmic Debris Design House, the open gallery hours are Thursday, Friday, and Saturday from 1-6 pm. For more information, visit http://galleryextrana.blogspot.com/ or contact the gallery: galleryextrana@gmail.com.

very cool to see how two guys are utilizing a failing economy, foreclosed homes and sub-freezing temperatures for social change -- impacting the community in a positive (and warm) way.

from their own words: "Ice House Detroit is an architectural installation and social change project currently taking place in Detroit. Photographer Gregory Holm and architect Matthew Radune will use one of 20,000 abandoned houses and freeze it in solid ice, referencing the contemporary urban conditions in the city and beyond."

Ice House Detroit blog-

Read the NPR article here:

details on Lawrence Jordan's new film --Cosmic Alchemy --coming soon.... (!)

it's a lovely day for spying through the looking glass of the web for new artist introductions--
here's my favorite click-through find of the afternoon--




Photos by Swedish photographer Lina Jaros -- thanks booooooom for turning us on to her!

i like that Maya Wild cuts, pastes and illustrates with a palette that evokes a trip down memory lane with the favorite colors from the scrapbook of my youth. yum.


Work by Maya Wild. Her blog is here.

Art of Emily...

Those of you you that have visited us in our physical space know that we are housed in the same building as the D.I.Y. trouble-maker and trendsetter, international icon --Emily the Strange. We're thrilled that the creators / designers of Emily's have a new 'Art of' book out by Dark Horse Publications. So, happy new year everyone and for those of you listening upstairs--Congrats, Emily team! ... rumor has it an art of Emily show is brewing.... mmm, more on that and other upcoming shows very soon!


Says Joy Fleishhacker of the School Library Journal, "Dark Horse also recently published The Art of Emily the Strange (December 2009), a handsome hardcover volume packed full of images rendered by Emily’s creators as well as other contributors. In his introduction, artist Winston Smith appropriately calls the book “a compendium of vivid visions and fantastic worlds.” Emily enthusiasts will certainly be intrigued by the variety of artistic styles, mediums, and interpretations, which range from stickers to large-size psychedelic paintings to the “Lichtenstrange”-patterned endpapers. YAs (and librarians) can visit Dark Horse’s Emily-dedicated Web site for more information and the latest chat. Oh, and keep an eye peeled for
an Emily feature film that is in the works from Dark Horse and Universal for 2010."
Full article here:

http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/article/CA6713543.html?nid=4302&source=link&rid=17606675&

LIVE celluloid improv projection w/ lovely gloom-folk vocals?

Lawrence Jordan fans kick up your heels! Lawrence will perform his short Ein Traum der liebenden (A Dream of Lovers) to Pale Hoarse's wispy moon gazing ballads at the SF Film Society's Kickoff Party for their Animation festival-- Wednesday, Nov 11.








"SFIAF kicks off with this very special celebration of live music and animation. First, American underground avant-garde legend Lawrence Jordan will present live animation for the first time in his 50-plus-year career. Manning a 16mm analytic projector, Jordan will improvise the frame rate and rhythm to his cutout short film Ein Traum der liebenden (A Dream of Lovers), based on the live, plaintive musical accompaniment of local duo Pale Hoarse. This historic performance will be followed by 2 Blessed 2 Be Stressed, a collaboration between Paper Rad founding member Jacob Ciocci and musician David Wightman. Ciocci and Wightman have collaborated on a number of projects, including the musical group Extreme Animals. For this performance, Ciocci will present a mix of original videos and animations and his new performance I Let My Nightmares Go, employing video projection and dance moves to grapple with mental demons, Web 2.0, 21st-century breakdown, real lies, fake truths, cartoon violence and awareness bracelets. Wightman will join in on the fun, then perform solo as Fortress of Amplitude, a guitar-wielding minstrel from another time and place. Accompanied by a beat-blasting drum machine, he will execute a musical composition focusing on fantasy, repetition and ecstasy." SFFS

Buy tickets here:
http://www.sffs.org/content.aspx?pageid=1388