The 2nd Annual Roger Neal Oscar Viewing Dinner 2017 at The Hollywood Museum

By Karen Ostlund
Red carpet photos by William Kidston                      

February 27, 2017     
TV Stars Dominated The Red Carpet at 2nd Annual Roger Neal Oscar Viewing Dinner

Hollywood, CA - The RNSH Academy Awards viewing dinner and Oscar Suite were presented by Suzan Hughes S.H.E Foundation , and brought to you by Sprin Jewelry, Best Way Co.and The Autism Changes Foundation. The viewing party took place on Oscar Night February 26th 2017 at the World Famous Hollywood Museum (The historic Max Factor building) located at 1660 Highland Avenue in Hollywood, CA www.thehollywoodmuseum.com

(left) Actress Melanie Griffith with Mom Tippi Hedren

  Film Star MELANIE GRIFFITH presented the ICON award to her legendary mom Tippi Hedren in a touching presentation that had the star-studded crowd on their feet. Film star Paul Sorvino presented the ICON award to Kevin Sorbo with a 12 year old actress and cancer survivor Chalet Brannan, who recently starred with Sorbo in a feature film.

Actor Kevin Sorbo accepted the ICON Award

The RNSH Oscar event was a beautiful sit down,  while watching the Academy Awards on 9 screens. Chef John Safoyan, of LA LOBSTER PARTY www.lalobsterparty.com served fresh Lobster tail flown in from Maine, Filet Mignon, Tomato Bisque or Lobster Bisque soup and Salad. 
                                     

Mascapone Cheesecake by Chef Turok

Dessert was created by Chef Turok of Mascarpone Cheesecake with his Gourmet Cheesecake made just for the Oscar Viewing Dinner. https://mascarponecheesecakebychefturok.wordpress.com/

Black/Satin table decor with strass-holders for napkins

 Dinner served to the media covering this event, courtesy of COSMIC FOODIES and Chef Jasmine Wolf. www.thelobostruck.com

(left) Paul Sorvino and Donelle Dadigan

 Hollywood Museum founder, Ms. Donelle Dadigan said ”We were thrilled to have Roger and his Oscar Viewing Dinner back with us , we are right in the middle of all of the Oscar night activity and we know that the guests and stars coming to this dinner will have an incredible time.”

Chocolate award statues covered w. edible gold

Chocolatier Glamour Bombonier Brazilian Sweets made miniature chocolate award statues covered in edible gold that everyone enjoyed.www.glamourbombonier.com

Discover Hollywood Magazine and CELEBRITY PAGE TV served as a media sponsor for this special Oscar Viewing Dinner.

THE STARS THAT ATTENDED INCLUDED:

Tippi Hedren, Melanie Griffith, PAUL SORVINO, Renee Lawless (Tyler Perry’s The Have and Have Not’s) Oscar Winner Margaret O’Brien, Kevin Sorbo, Fred Willard, Karen and Kat Kramer, Katherine Kelly Lang(BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL), Michelle Johnson (BLAME IT ON RIO), Lee Purcell, Suzanne Sena, Sheree J Wilson ( WALKER TEXAS RANGER) and Patrika Darbo( DAYS OF OUR LIVES).
                                                       

Host Roger Neal with Renee Lawless

MORE STARS THAT ATTENDED: 

Don Most (HAPPY DAYS), Judy Tenuta, Sheryl Lee Ralph, Dawn Wells (GILLIGANS ISLAND) , Christy Gibel 
(LITTLE WOMEN OF LA), Rebecca Holden (KNIGHT RIDER), Ruta Lee (SEVEN BRIDES FOR SEVEN BROTHERS), Hank Garrett, Nikki Leigh- (LIFETIME MOVIE) , Stanley Livingston( MY THREE SONS), Erin Murphy (BEWITCHED), Barbara Luna( STAR TREK), Jen Lilley( DAYS OF OUR LIVES), 
Phil Morris( SEINFELD), Kate Linder (YOUNG & THE RESTLESS), Matty Cardarople (NETFLIX SERIES A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS), Alison Arngrin (LITTLE HOUSE ON THE PRAIRE), OSCAR WINNER George Chakiris, Clarence Gilyard(WALKER TEXAS RANGER) ,Mayf Nutter (THE WALTONS), Lindsey Bloom (MIKE HAMMER), Jayne Kennedy, Lee Benton (NOCTURNAL ANIMALS), Marla Gibbs, Kymberly Hefner, Anne Marie Johnson, Gloria Loring ,Marci Miller (DAYS OF OUR LIVES) Khandi Alexander, Maria Conchita Alonso, Alice Amter, Victoria Summer (TRANSFORMERS), Ro Brooks (STAR OF TYLER PERRYS HAVE AND HAVE NOTS),Geri Jewel, Jeremy Miller (GROWING PAINS) , Rex Smith ,Jake Busey, Benjamin Onyango, Kira Reed Lorsch, FRED WILLARD , Isidora Goreshter (star of SHAMELESS), Suzan Hughes, Emmy Award Winning star Alice Aoki ( bold and the

beautiful), Tonya Banks(Little Woman LA), Film Star Kathleen Hughes. Khrystyne Haje (Head of the Class). Gloria Garayua (How To Get Away With Murder).

Patrika Darbo

Lee Purell

 

Erin Murphy

            

Maria Conchita Alonso

Oscar Suite sponsors:
Belleck Castle, Ballina Ireland www.belleckcastle.com $10k, 4 day 3 night stay. 

SPRIN JEWELRY

SHI PU LIN (SPRIN JEWLERY) CHINA- www.sprin.com.cn  
This jewelry designer creates one of a kind pieces known the world over and for the first time comes to America and Oscar night. Gemology is a secret language which SPRIN (Sincere Poems Recited in Nature) speaks fluently. "Our fashion jewelry uses the finest gems to compose love poems for you and your loved ones. Combining state of the art technology with naturalistic designs, each unique piece discovers the beauty and poetry that resides in nature". 

"We strive to create the perfect blend of luxury and purity, ensuring that our love tokens will last forever.".

THE BAHAMAS TOURISM & FILM COMMISION- escape to the Bahamas! Some of the talents received all-inclusive stars in the Bahamas most exclusive resorts. 

All guests received a necklace by KnightBeauties.com

 Knight Beauty Jewelry- Knight Beauties offers a wide selection of unique, contemporary, jewelry incorporating face chains. Some of the pieces are interchangeable and can be worn as a necklace. The look Knight Beauties creates is eye catching. They also take a portion of the proceeds and donate to different organizations that teach children about the arts. They are currently working with the international Child Art Foundation which is one of the top charities for children in the United states. "By purchasing Knight Beauties your creating a look which will make people stop and stare. Plus, you’re helping us provide an artistic and musical life to children who would otherwise go without. Our goal is to raise awareness and help communities so that we can re-install music and art programs back in our public school’s systems."  said Lotti Bluemner Knight Beauties Founder. 

BEST WAY CO -www.bestway.cn/en BESTWAY Group is a leading enterprise focusing on medical beauty chains, general health management, R&D medical products and medical database, bringing global medical resources and tech into line for premium clients, as well as a platform for latest medical resources to maximize their value. 

AUTISIM CHANGES FOUNDATION- this organization is helping those with autism live to their full potential!

Gm Collin Skincare Paris – for the 9th year GM Collin will have its much sought after line of skincare for the stars.

HOLLY & PHILIP WAGNER- marriage and relationship experts of the books FIND YOUR BRAVE &UNLOCK YOUR DREAMS. www.oasisla.org

Nikken Int- wellness products for your home. www.nikken.com  

Author Ethel Richard- with her Amazon new book "The Bobby Sherman Miracle"

Author ED Damphouse new book- Out of the Darkness

Fun Trump purses for the red carpet, Timmy Woods design

Handbag Designer Timmy Woods Beverly Hills , www.timmywoods.com showed her unusual red carpet bags for the 9thyear.

Mario Della Casa- Celebrity Artist www.jeanniebottles.com

                                                 

Lorimar Winery

Sunshine Mountain Wine and Vineyard – www.sunshinemountainwines.com

Lamborghini Champagne  www.lamborghiniwinery.com

V3 Water www.v3water.com
Lorimar Winery- www.lorimarwinery.com – The beautiful Tuscan Winery the official Winery for the suite and dinner since 2012. Lorimar Wines won gold medals for their wines. 

Buzzies- wear these bracelets and your stress and anxiety gone in 30 seconds.buzzies.com

www.thetouchpointsolution.com 

Mauridi Skincare- natural skincare and vegan cosmetics, www.mauridicosmetic.com

CHEF JOHN & LA LOBSTER PARTY www.lalobsterparty.com

THE LOBOS TRUCK- COSMIC FOODIES- Lobos Food Truck and Chef Jasmine provided the food to media and also had a table in the Oscar suite with food tastings. 

Chagit.com from the Chaga mushroom

CHAGIT-The Chaga mushroom may be the most powerful antioxidant ever found, but in its natural state, it’s impossible for a human to digest and gain any benefits from. It’s hard to find, hard to harvest and hard to process.

"Using our proprietary, quadruple extraction process, we make the Chagit Health Shots easy to get, easy to drink and easy for your body to use" www.chagit.com

 

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The official charities for the RNSH Oscar Viewing Dinner included:www.generosity.org
 The Thailians, www.thalians.org  and Sheryl Lee Ralphs Diva Foundation www.sherylleeralph.com

The Grammy Museum's Hawaiian Music MELE MEI Exhibit through April 2, 2017

Photos by Karen Ostlund


Now on display on the Museum’s fourth floor through April 2, 2017, We Are Friends: A Lifetime Party of ’70s Hawaiian Music will explore the period of renewed Hawaiian cultural awareness and the enormous impact of Hawaiian music and recording industry in the ’70s. 

Grammy Museum new exhibit: suitcase of Cecilia Kapono tour manager Johnny Isara, 1970

 

Mele Mei performers:Bobby Moderow Jr, Frank Hewett, Kalapana, Henry Kapono, Johnny Valentine, Blayne Asing and Alx Kawakami

LOS ANGELES – Last Feb. 8, 2017, for the second consecutive year, the GRAMMY Museum^® celebrated the rich cultural heritage of Hawaii’s music and kick off Mele Mei 2017 with a special evening titled We Are Friends: A Lifetime Party of ’70s Hawaiian Music. The event was held in conjunction with the opening of the Museum’s new fourth-floor exhibit of the same name and will feature performances by renowned Hawaiian artists and musicians.

Grammy winner KALANI PE'A performed

 

  “From the ukulele to the steel string guitar, folk music to modern rock and even hip-hop, the music of Hawaii continues to hold a singular place in popular culture,” said Scott Goldman, Vice President of the GRAMMY Foundation and MusiCares, who also played a large role in developing the exhibit through writing and research. “The artifacts that will be on display in the exhibit really place a much-deserved spotlight on the music of the “Hawaiian Renaissance” of the 1970s. I’m confident that even the most seasoned Hawaii music fans will learn something new.”

“It’s a true honor seeing the history and culture of Hawaiian music come to life in our space here at the GRAMMY Museum,” said Chris Morrison, GRAMMY Museum Traveling Exhibits Manager who also played a role in curating the exhibit. “Our partnership with Outrigger Resorts has given us the opportunity to introduce our Los Angeles audience to Hawaiian music history, while also helping support Hawaii’s Mele Mei event for two years in a row now. Shining this year’s spotlight on the legendary Henry Kapono will make every day feel like a Sunday at Duke’s, right here in downtown L.A.”

The second GRAMMY Museum exhibit to celebrate Hawaii’s musical history, We Are Friends serves as the official kickoff of the Mele Mei 2017 celebration in Hawaii.

Opening day concert in the GRAMMY Museum’s Clive Davis Theater was hosted by Billy V. and featuring performances by GRAMMY^®-nominated artist Henry Kapono, as well as Johnny Valentine, Alx Kawakami, Blayne Asing, Malani Bilyeu, Gaylord Holomalia and GRAMMY nominee Kalani Pe'a who 4 days later won the #GRAMMY for "Best Regional Roots Music Album" at Staples Center.

“Mele Mei and the GRAMMY Museum are celebrating a golden era of Hawaiian music and the influential artists who helped inspire the renaissance of Hawaiian culture during that period,” said George D. Szigeti, president and CEO of the Hawaii Tourism Authority. “Anyone who enjoys Hawaiian music will appreciate seeing this exhibit in Los Angeles and learning about the proud legacy of artists who have touched the hearts of people for generations.”

The leading artists in this renaissance of Hawaiian music included Cecilio and Kapono, Kalapana, Country Comfort, Olomana, Sunday Manoa, Hui Ohana, Gabby, Sons of Hawaii, and Keola and Kapono Beamer.

Mele Mei (Music May) is a month-long celebration of Hawaii’s music, hula and culture. Music and hula events are at various hotels, venues, on the beach and statewide. Enjoy ukulele to steel guitar, traditional Hawaiian music to slack key, island reggae to rock — and everything in between. To learn more visit melemei.com.
“Hawaiian music and culture are the heartbeat of Outrigger Resorts. As the presenting sponsor of Mele Mei in L.A., Outrigger is proud to partner with the GRAMMY Museum, AEG, HARA and HTA among many others, to bring this event to life,” said Sean Dee, executive vice president and chief marketing officer for Outrigger Enterprises Group. “This event is one note in our ongoing track to help perpetuate Hawaiian music and a fun way to display our appreciation for the talents of all of the world-class musicians participating this year.”
“The Hawaii Academy of Recording Arts (HARA) is thrilled to return to such a special place in the music world — the GRAMMY Museum — to celebrate the launch of Mele Mei with Mele Mei in LA,” said Pali Ka’aihue, Hawaii Academy of Recording Arts president. “We look forward to sharing the beautiful tradition of Hawaiian music with music lovers from Los Angeles and around the world.”
We Are Friends: A Lifetime Party of ’70s Hawaiian Music and the coinciding Mele Mei In L.A. event are made possible by the support of the Hawaii Tourism Authority, Hawaii Academy of Recording Arts, Outrigger Hotels and Resorts, Delta Vacations, Northstar Travel Group, Waikiki Beach Walk^®, Yasuda International, Duke’s Malibu, Duke’s Huntington Beach, Blue Note Hawaii, Oahu Visitors Bureau, Innovative Networking Group, and AEG Facilities.
www.grammymuseum.org

Featuring dozens of performances throughout the Hawaiian Islands, Mele Mei provides both residents and visitors from around the world a chance to immerse themselves in the islands’ local music and culture. The annual event features an impressive schedule of artists and industry icons at various hotels and venues statewide with entertainment from ukulele and steel guitar to traditional Hawaiian music and hula. For more information on Mele Mei please visit www.melemei.com.
You can also follow Mele Mei on Facebook at www.facebook.com/MeleMeiHawaii, on Twitter at www.twitter.com/melemei, and on Instagram at www.instagram.com/melemei.

Whole Planet's Pre-Grammy Benefit 2017 at Nightclub OHM in Hollywood

Photos by Karen Ostlund

La Santa Cecilia

Last Thursday, Feb. 9, 2017, Whole Planet Foundation, Clamorhouse and other valued partners honored Olowo-n'djo Tchala and Prairie Rose Hyde, co-founders of Alaffia, for alleviating poverty in Togo and around the globe.
 The celebration took place at Whole Planet Foundation's biennial pre-GRAMMY benefit, which was  held at OHM Nightclub in Los Angeles.

The Reluctant Apostles featuring Katey Sagal and Chris Assaa

Jessica Childress

GRAMMY-nominated artists  La Santa Cecilia, and Rene Marie performed at the benefit along with Jessica Childress, The Reluctant Apostles featuring Katey Sagal, Chris Assaad and Givers and Takers. Celebrity hosts included drummer/producer Vince Wilburn Jr. (Miles Davis Estate).

Alaffia, an organization based in Olympia, WA, empowers West African communities to become sustainable through the fair trade of indigenous resources and the sale of handcrafted body care products. Olowo-n'djo and Rose encourage empowerment through Alaffia's community projects, women's cooperatives, education, and involvement in their local communities.

Whole Planet's buffet, vegan and organic

Since 2006, Alaffia has funded 4,463 births, planted 57,575 trees, donated 7,482 bicycles to Togolese students, built ten schools, and provided school supplies to 32,842 students. "The only things that are certain is that my life will be forever sacrificed for the empowerment of all disadvantaged people, and that even if Alaffia was to disappear today from the face of the earth, the support and the opportunities that each and every one of you have given us over the years has profoundly impacted my communities for generations to come," said Olowo-n'djo Tchala, co-founder.

Alaffia is a top donor to Whole Planet Foundation's global microfinance programs in 69 countries including Togo and the United States, "Given the first average developing world loan size of $184, Alaffia's donation of $200,000 to the Foundation has created more than 5,775 opportunities for impoverished entrepreneurs and their family members to live a better life.

Olowo-n'djo Tchala and Prairie Rose Hyde, co-founders of Alaffia

 "We are proud to honor Alaffia for their trailblazing impact in Olowo-n'djo's native Togo and abroad, and to be joined by this year's generous event sponsors like truRoots to raise funds for global poverty alleviation," said Joy Stoddard, executive development and outreach director of Whole Planet Foundation.

Proceeds from the evening went directly to Whole Planet Foundation, a Whole Foods Market non-profit, to fund microcredit loans to provide the world's poorest entrepreneurs with the opportunity to create home-based businesses for the chance to lift themselves and their families out of poverty. To date, Whole Planet Foundation has disbursed $61 million in micro-lending programs, funding 1.75 million micro-credit loans for micro-entrepreneurs, 88%women, in 69 countries.

Sambazon Acai shakes

The event was supported by Presenting Sponsor truRoots and Community Leader Sambazon. Foundation Partners were BluePrint Organic, Cedar's Mediterranean Foods, City National Bank, Saffron Road, SeaSnax, Lifeway Kefir, Lily's Sweets, PopChips, prAna, and VOSS Water.
Event Supporters included Coyo, Harmless Harvest, Health-Ade Kombucha, Justin's, KeVita Sparkling Probiotic Drinks, NadaMoo, Playing for Change Foundation, Rishi Tea and Volvic.
                                           

Whole Planet's Drink Menu

 Event Contributors included Cabo Chips, Castor & Pollux, Doctor Kracker, Greyston Bakery, Heavenly Organics, KIND Bar, Madécasse Chocolate, MS Event Production, Navitas Naturals, Papyrus-Recycled Greetings, Planet LA Records, Purely Elizabeth, Putumayo, Rhythm Superfoods, Scarlette Bartending and The Seaweed Bath Co. wholeplanetfoundation.org

Nada moo! frozen yoghurt

Lifeway frozen Kefir float
 

LACMA's Exhibit "Future Present" by Artist Moholy-Nagy, Feb.12-June 18, 2017

The “Future Present” Moholy-Nagy retrospective opened today, February 12th in L.A. 

The exhibition will be at LACMA through June 18, 2017.
Photos by Karen Ostlund 

Co-organized by LACMA, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, and the Art Institute of Chicago.

 Moholy’s works, including Room of the Present, in LACMA’s Moholy-Nagy: Future Present from February 12 through June 18, 2017. The first comprehensive retrospective of the artist’s work to be seen in the United States in nearly 50 years, the exhibition includes approximately 300 works, some never before shown publicly.
Co-organized by LACMA, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, and the Art Institute of Chicago, the exhibition has already visited the other venues in the last year before moving to Los Angeles for its only West Coast appearance. Michael Govan, LACMA’s CEO and Wallis Annenberg Director, pointed out that the exhibit looked different in and was reinvented for each venue.

Early years: Radio and Railway Landscapes 1920

 “Moholy-Nagy: Future Present,” a comprehensive retrospective of the work and legacy of artist and educator László Moholy-Nagy (1895–1946), opened today Sunday, Feb. 12, at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA). The vast accumulation of works created by the pioneering painter, photographer, sculptor, designer, and filmmaker illustrates how he used new technologies, techniques, and ideas to transform art in the first half of the 20th Century.

Moholy-Nagy's work in advertisment in mens clothing 1932

At first glance, some of Moholy-Nagy’s work seems routine now, such as his advertising graphic work and Plexiglas sculptures. Then, a quick glimpse at the dates when the works were created facilitates an understanding that the work was truly cutting edge and avant-garde, and had great influence on artists since then.

“Moholy’s goal throughout his life was to integrate art, technology, and education for the betterment of humanity; he believed art should serve a public purpose,” said Carol S. Eliel, the exhibition curator from LACMA. “These goals defined the artist’s utopian vision, a vision that remained as constant as his fascination with light, throughout the many material changes in his oeuvre.

Photo-montages by Moholy-Nagy

One of the most versatile of the 20th century artists, Moholy-Nagy grew up in Hungary. He left his law studies at the University of Budapest to serve in World War I. He began drawing during the war. After his discharge, Moholy-Nagy took up art and became involved with many of the era’s art movements, including Cubism, Futurism, Dada, experimental photography, early Minimalism, and more. The artist lived briefly in Vienna, before settling in Berlin in 1920. With the 1934 rise of Nazism, Moholy-Nagy moved with his family to Amsterdam, then London. Then, in 1937, the artist accepted an invitation to found a design school in Chicago, Ill., and he lived in Chicago until his death in 1946.

The exhibit changes from room to room reflect how Moholy-Nagy’s interest in one art form.  Visitors move along with the artist’s career, from his earliest days in Hungary to the Bauhaus in Germany (1923–28), other work in Europe, and final years in Chicago (1937–46).

A lot of Moholy-Nagy advertising pieces, graphics designs, and photomontages are collages employing a kaleidoscope of carefully chosen imagery. There are a considerable number of photomontages in the exhibit; many offer satirical narratives piecing together the images assembled.
Three of five works he did called “Construction in Enamel,” but are more commonly known as his “telephone paintings,” are included here, and presented side by side.
“Room of the Present” is based on plans and correspondence dating back to 1930.
 The immersive chamber features sculpture, posters, film, and industrial design elements.

Moholy-Nagy’s kinetic “Light Prop for an Electric Stage (1930)

“Vertical Black, Red, Blue,” a 1945 sculpture in LACMA’s collection. The plexiglas is incised with an intricate pattern and painted the named colors in places.

Nickel sculpture with spiral, 1921

Graphic designs are shown from various phases of his career. The show includes advertising lithographs for the London Underground in 1936 and 1937 that reflect his interest in typography, motion, and geometric objects. Geometric forms, circles and diagonals in particular—are commonly used in various pieces.
 

László Moholy-Nagy (1895–1946) was an artist and educator who strove to make images and ideas accessible to the broadest possible public, would no doubt take great advantage of all these platforms were he alive today. One of the most versatile figures of the twentieth-century avant-garde, he was a brilliant and restless experimenter who ardently believed in the potential of art as a vehicle for social transformation and in the value of new technologies in harnessing that potential.

László Moholy-Nagy, Photograph (Self-Portrait with Hand), 1925/29, printed 1940/49, Galerie Berinson, Berlin, © 2017 Hattula Moholy-Nagy/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn

Born in rural Hungary in 1895, Moholy lived and worked, over the course of his career, in Budapest, Vienna, and Berlin; at the Bauhaus in Weimar and Dessau; and in Amsterdam, London, and Chicago. A desire to expand his artistic horizons led to his early geographic relocations, while his later moves were the result of the rise of Hitler and National Socialism in the 1930s. Moholy’s work was collected and exhibited internationally during his lifetime, and his writings, often pedagogical, were widely published and translated.

Moholy  pursued law studies at the University of Budapest but left after two years, in 1915, to serve as an artillery officer in the Austro-Hungarian army during World War I. He began drawing while on the war front, depicting its bruised landscapes and devastated figures. He got wounded in 1917 and convalesced in Budapest, writing for the city’s avant-garde publications. Moholy remained there after his discharge in 1918 to focus on painting, and was soon drawn to the cutting-edge art movements of the period, including Cubism and Futurism. Moholy moved to Vienna in 1919 before settling in Berlin in 1920, where he served as a correspondent for the progressive Hungarian magazine MA.

Moholy -Nago 1927

 The letters and glyphs of Dada informed Moholy’s visual art around 1920 while the hard-edged geometries and utopian goals of Russian Constructiveness influenced his initial forays into abstraction shortly thereafter, particularly works that explore the interaction among colored planes, diagonals, circles, and other geometric forms. By the early 1920s Moholy had gained a reputation as an innovative artist and perceptive theorist through exhibitions at Berlin’s radical Galerie Der Sturm as well as his writings. “Production-Reproduction” (published in 1922), for example, illuminates the notion of iteration and reiteration in various media as a means to “produce new, as yet unfamiliar relationships.”

Photogram 1926 Moholy

 Moholy described his geometric abstractions as a “glass architecture” of simple, minimal forms, embodying light and transparency and intended to manifest a utopian society. In his attempt to envision the new, Moholy increasingly worked with industrial materials including metals and plastics. Going one step further, Moholy’s 1923 “telephone paintings” were not made by his own hand but rather fabricated by an industrial manufacturer; Moholy thereby set a precedent for later generations of artists from John Baldessari to Jeff Koons.www.lacma.org

Moholy: Space Modular 1942

Moholy: Plexiglas and steel, Twisted Planes

Recap of Photographer Chris Cuffaro's GREATEST HITS & Future Projects

Photos & story by Karen Ostlund

(left) Gibson rep. pointing at Chris Cuffaro

 GREATEST HITS, the premiere art retrospective, photography exhibition & auction with live music celebrating the work of Los Angeles photographer Chris Cuffaro, opened in West Hollywood last Thursday, February 2^nd  at Gibson Brands in West Hollywood (8801 Sunset Blvd, former Tower Records space).



 

The GREATEST HITS show featured over sixty different photographs fifteen, large 60x60 photographs as well as over-sixty 24x24 images in limited and numbered quantities including: Alice in Chains, Bad Brains, Ben Harper, Brian Wilson, Chris Cornell, Eddie Vedder, Elvis Costello, Fiona Apple, George Harrison, George Michael, Gwen Stefani, Henry Rollins, Ice Cube, Ice-T, Iggy Pop, INXS, Jackson Browne, Jane's Addiction, John Lydon, Nick Cave, Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Eddie Vedder, Phil Collins, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Slash, Social Distortion, Soundgarden, Steve Jones, Terence Trent D'Arby, The Afghan Whigs, The Game, Tommy Lee, White Zombie and Willie Nelson. 

Opening act by Particle

The night's musical performances featured upcoming LA artists: Givers & Takers, Josh Todd, Lauren Ruth Ward, Particle, The Palms, DJ's Fred Sablan and Jeordie White. 

100% of the proceeds from artwork sales for GREATEST HITS went to the Sweet Relief Musicians Fund, a charity providing financial assistance to all types of career musicians who are struggling to make ends meet while facing illness, disability or age-related problems. www.sweetrelief.org

 

Cuffaro's George Michael portraits

The first exhibition of Cuffaro's
photography was held in Los Angeles in 1992, composed of 31 photographs.In 2011, his portraits of late lead-vocal Michael Hutchence and INXS were exhibited in London:"Michael Hutchence & INXS: Rare & Unseen by Chris Cuffaro”. It was held at the Gallery Soho.

"I have intention to do a similar exhibit for George Michael here in Los Angeles, said Chris  "Only four photos of George Micheal are featured in my GREATEST HITS auction-exhibit". 
Singer George Michael died Christmas Day 2016 of heart failure.
Cuffaro continued: "I am also working on a documentary with help of the managers behind my photographed artists. It will feature footage of myself and talents, the last 30 years as a photographer"  

 Chris Cuffano is best known for his portraits of musicians, and he was closely associated with the Seattle rock scene of the early 1990s, and frequently photographed artists including Nirvana and Pearl Jam. He directed the first black-and-white video Jeremy for the Pearl Jam song “Jeremy" in 1991. Cuffaro and lead-vocal Eddie Vedder from Pearl Jam became friends, but the label ultimately shelved the black-and-white video, and instead commissioning a more commercial video when "Jeremy" was released as a single.

At Gibson Brands in West Hollywood. Chris Cuffaro's GREATEST HITS, Feb.2nd 2017

Re-Mixed Bakery, Vegan & Gluten-free cookies

Chris Cuffaro's Greatest Hits Drink menu

Gibson Custom Guitars on the wall