Guy Hepner: March 2012

Monday, March 26, 2012

Chris Bracey's Stages of Love

Guy Hepner will showcase the work of neon and light artist Chris Bracey at his Los Angeles and Miami galleries. Producing neon artworks for over three decades, Chris has met an amazing demand from the worlds of art, fashion and cinema from his workshop in East London.

Guy Hepner will show Chris Bracey’s Stages of Love at his galleries in LA and Miami. Chris’ newest series celebrates hedonism. Pinpointing longings and craving for something that brings satisfaction and enjoyment, the pieces chart the brain in love, illustrating how is each phase is bathed in a chemical colour glow.

Expressed through eight reflector cap light sculptures encased in perspex, Stages of Love serves as the sequel to his Seven Deadly Sins show, a recent body of work which interpreted the faults of mankind. The radiant bulb artworks express feelings of happiness and desire, sensations and emotions that can be magical and dangerous. Desire in all it’s phases - Chris Bracey suggests, much like the technology and gases that combine to create neon - can be a volatile substance.

Chris explains that as the brain is neurologically wired to seek out romance, he wanted to create pieces that represent advertisements of sexual interest. ‘Neon was created over a hundred years ago and it has transformed from scientific invention to advertising age to being used as an artistic tool.’ Where Seven Deadly Sins explored the flaws in mankind, Stages of Love highlights its pleasures. Chris’ artistic reasoning, neon is sexy, an incitement to hedonism; it is part of the visual vernacular of the modern urban world. Intrinsic in glamour, neon is associated with exotic pleasures, the city at night and the frisson of potential erotic encounters.

Please contact the gallery for further information and availability. Appointments are available 7 days a week for private viewing and discussing your collecting needs.

Guy Hepner West Hollywood

300 N Robertson Blvd.

West Hollywood CA, 90048

Tel: +1 310.979.0011

Guy Hepner Bal Harbour

Bal Harbour Shops, 3rd Floor

9700 Collins Ave.

Bal Harbour, FL 33154

Tel: + 1 305.864.1037

info@guyhepner.com

www.guyhepner.com

www.twitter.com/guyhepner

Second Amendment by James Georgopoulos

Guy Hepner Contemporary
presents James Georgopoulos
Second Amendment
Thursday, March 29, 2012
7:00pm - 10:00pm
Guy Hepner Contemporary
300 N. Robertson Ave. West Hollywood, CA 90046
Press inquiries please contact:
Nikki Sapp, Nikki@GuyHepner.com (310) 979-0011

Guy Hepner Contemporary is proud to present mixed media artist James Georgopoulos. In his latest exhibition titled SECOND AMENDMENT, Georgopoulos presents large scale, mixed media works of notorious guns and cameras from iconic film and television shows.

Georgopoulos continues his interest in popular culture's fascination with the firearm and its attraction to the movie industry. Second Amendment questions the typical philosophical and political arguments on whether people should be allowed the right to possess weapons for both defensive and recreational purposes. By displaying these objects in a beloved manner; centered, surrounded by vivid color and encased in resin, Georgopoulos is sharing in society’s obsession with weapons and cinema both literally and figuratively. In Second Amendment Georgopoulos shows off his painstaking attention to detail and proficient technique of photography, printing, painting and resin work. Georgopoulos continues to do everything by hand without the assistance of an automated machine. His seven by four foot, high-gloss, large scale transformations of famous guns and cameras allows the viewer the chance and the right to bear arms safely and responsibly.

The selected group of works in this show are guns used by: Steve McQueen in The Getaway; Denzel Washington in The Book of Eli; Vin Diesel in xXx; Al Pacino in Scarface; Samuel L. Jackson from Pulp Fiction; and Big Pussy’s Glock from The Sopranos. Film cameras shown, in the same treatment from Steven Spielberg’s Jaws, Mel Gibson’s Apcolypto, Clint Eastwood’s Gran Torino and David Lean’s Lawrence of Arabia.

James Georgopoulos has worked with luminaries Oliver Stone, Zack Snyder, Richard Branson, and Eddie Sotto at Disney Imagineering. He spearheaded design for Al Gore’s network facilities at Current TV, and the former Vice President has championed his work. His artwork has been exhibited nationally and internationally. This is Georgopoulos’ first exhibition with Guy Hepner Contemporary and his fourth exhibition in Los Angeles. Guy Hepner Contemporary is one of the world's premier galleries for contemporary art and photography collectors. Founded over a decade ago in London, Guy Hepner is now housed in gallery spaces in West Hollywood and Bal Harbour designed by top architects, adjacent to many luxury boutiques including Fendi Casa, Chanel, Armani and Dolce & Gabbana. Guy Hepner specializes in pop art, neo pop art and high fashion photography. Representing many of the world’s most celebrated photographers and advising many top corporate, museum, celebrity and private collections, Guy Hepner has been involved in the acquisition of many of the most iconic images of the last decade.

James Georgopoulos’ Second Amendment will open Thursday, March 29 from 7 - 10 pm and run through May 5,
2012. For more information please contact Nikki Sapp at Guy Hepner Contemporary Nikki@GuyHepner.com

Please contact the gallery for further information and availability. Appointments are available 7 days a week for private viewing and discussing your collecting needs.

Monday, March 12, 2012

Be@rBlick at Guy Hepner March 22

Guy Hepner is pleased to announce the upcoming exhibition, featuring Be@rBrick and The Ultravelvet Collection. Guy Hepner celebrates the exhibit with a gallery opening on Thursday, March 22nd. For the first time ever on display and revered as the largest single collection of Be@rBricks in the world, Be@rBrick at Guy Hepner brings together the most desirable and collectible designer toys from the series. This rare collection features collaborations with luxury brands, music influences, major motion pictures, and even Be@rBricks designed by the favored artist KAWS and fashion icon Karl Lagerfeld.

In conjunction with Be@rBrick, Guy Hepner presents Brand Dominated Universe by The Ultravelvet Collection. The duo Eric Hajjar and Meredith Rose debut The Ultravelvet Collection's newest series, hilighting society's fascination with name brands such as Chanel, Louis Vuitton and Prada. Available for a limited time, each unique work features an actual photograph of the respective brand and neon splatter paint done by hand.

Please contact the gallery for further information and availability. Appointments are available 7 days a week for private viewing and discussing your collecting needs.

Guy Hepner West Hollywood

300 N Robertson Blvd.

West Hollywood CA, 90048

Tel: +1 310.979.0011

Guy Hepner Bal Harbour

Bal Harbour Shops, 3rd Floor

9700 Collins Ave.

Bal Harbour, FL 33154

Tel: + 1 305.864.1037

info@guyhepner.com

www.guyhepner.com

www.twitter.com/guyhepner

Guy Hepner presents Be@rBlick

Guy Hepner presents Be@rBrick, the latest in collectible Japanese designer toys. Produced by MediCom Toy Incorporated, each piece is a cartoon style figurine of a bear and is available as the largest single collection of Be@rBricks in the world.

The collection features imagery from world wide brands and icons such as Chanel, The Sex Pistols and Daft Punk, Stussy, Bat Man, Comme des Garcons, Disney characters such as Jack Sparrow from Pirates of the Carribean and Micky Mouse, and favored urban artist KAWS. The collection of 40 is now on view at Guy Hepner West Hollywood for a limited time and is geared towards the most serious of urban art collectors.

Tuesday, March 6, 2012

Brand Dominated Universe

Guy Hepner presents Brand Dominated Universe, the newest installment from The Ultravelvet Collection. Touching upon society's obsession with name brands, Eric Hajjar and Meredith Rose beautifully deface the signature mark of name brands such as Chanel, Fendi, Prada, and Louis Vuitton. Their true style of vivid colors and pop art imagery is executed with splatter paint that was done by hand.

Each unique piece is shot with 35 mm film and are actual photographs of the respective brands from storefronts around the world. This series brings together fascinating brands that rule the world and the cultural hunger to be a part of the elite.

Please contact the gallery for further information and availability. Appointments are available 7 days a week for private viewing and discussing your collecting needs.

Guy Hepner

Monday, March 26, 2012

Chris Bracey's Stages of Love

Second Amendment by James Georgopoulos

Monday, March 12, 2012

Be@rBlick at Guy Hepner March 22

Guy Hepner presents Be@rBlick

Tuesday, March 6, 2012

Brand Dominated Universe

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