Bodvár – House of Rosés Unveiled Bodvár Rosé Wine Pop Up Bar in West Hollywood

By Karen Ostlund

 Bodvár – House of Rosés Unveiled Bodvár Rosé Wine Pop Up Bar in West Hollywood

Bodvar Rose Nr. 1 and Nr.7 (photo Karen O.)

 "Plans are in the works for additional Bodvár Rosé Wine Pop Up Bars locations in US: Palm Springs, Miami and New York" said founder Swedish Bodvár Hafström. "As Hollywood’s favorite rosé, Bodvár Rosé will be the rosé wine served backstage to nominees and presenters at the upcoming Academy Awards, March 4th 2018."

Swedish founder Bodvár Hafström
and Cuvée Restaurant’s Sylvia Diaz (photo Karen O.)

 Bodvár – House of Rosés held an exclusive event on Thursday, February 22 at Cuvee Restaurant in West Hollywood, to celebrate the unveiling of The Bodvár Rosé Wine Pop Up Bar – the first of its kind in the United States.  

Founder Bodvar Hafstrom  and Cuvée Restaurant’s Sylvia Diaz invited guests for an intimate evening to experience the Bodvár Rosé Lifestyle.  

Among invited guests were: Wanda Acuna (actress, former Miss Puerto Rico International), Alice Amter (The Big Bang Theory), Aaron Brown (DWTS Sweden), Maria Darkina (On The Milky Road/Kusturica; Get Married or Die), Eugenia Kuzmina (model/actress, Dirty Grandpa, Bad Moms), Lars Roos (Swediah pianist), Amy Shi (Actress/Miss China LA), Agnes-Nicole Winter (Real Housewives of Sweden and  Ilya Yordanof (Actor).

Bodvar with Alice Amter, Andreas Oberg and Marco Rakascan (photo Kerstin Alm)

Bodvar and Agnes-Nicole Winter

 “I am delighted to share my vision and introduce Bodvár Rosé wine in the United States,” said Bodvár Hafström.  “Our goal was to create a new lifestyle experience that not only celebrates rosé, but also the vibrance, luxury and joie de vivre that our brand represents.” 

Bodvar's  rosés origin from France.

The guests tasted Bodvar BODVÁR N° 1 ROSÉ from Languedoc Roussillon, France
It's a pearly rosé.
Alcohol : 12 % Dry, fresh and fruity with an elegant pink color. The palate is richly flavorful and refreshing with  smooth notes of red berries.

”The taste is fresh, with a sense of pure fruit and herbs”Food pairing: N°1 is ideal throughout the meal, from aperitif to dessert."

Karen Ostlund w Bodvar Rose wine

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BODVÁR N° 7 ROSÉ

Côtes de Provence, France
Alcohol : 12,5 % Bright Rosé
Grenache, Cinsault and Syrah Dry, fresh and elegant with a intensive scent of raspberries, orange and citrus. Food pairing:Good with minced meat, chicken, fish and risotto dishes.

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The Broad Museum Jasper Johns: ‘Something Resembling Truth' on view til May 13, 2018

Photos by Karen Ostlund

 The exhibit features Jasper John's work in more than 50 year and 120 rarely loaned artworks from 60 public and private collections.The artist is today 88 years old and lives and works in Sharon, Connecticut.

Stroll down for events, Feb.28-April 4 2018.

 

LOS ANGELES, CA—Jasper Johns is an artist of unparalleled importance in the last century and known for his iconic early images of flags, targets, maps and numbers. In the first full survey of his work in more than 50 years in Southern California, The Broad Museum is presenting six decades of rarely loaned artworks from Johns’ remarkable and inventive career—many never before seen in Los Angeles. Jasper Johns: ‘Something Resembling Truth’, a collaboration with the Royal Academy, London, will be on view from Feb. 10 until May 13, 2018. The exhibition is sponsored by Louis Vuitton. 

Three Flags 1958 by Jasper Johns

 Tickets are $25 for adults, free for children 17 and under, and will include same-day general admission for The Broad’s third floor galleries. In celebration of this rare opportunity to consider Johns’ entire career in depth, The Broad will host free First Thursdays with free standby admission to the special exhibition from 4-7 p.m. on the first Thursday of every month during the exhibition’s run (Mar. 1, Apr. 5 and May 3, 2018). Through The Broad’s Art+Story and Art+Rhyme programs, in partnership with 826LA, the museum will be hosting dozens of school groups, in grades six through twelve, for free. 

Target 1992

The Broad is also working with universities to provide discounted access for student groups. The Broad’s third floor galleries will continue to be  free general admission tickets, and will show a robust selection of postwar and contemporary works from the Broad collection. 

Jasper Johns: ‘Something Resembling Truth’ will feature more than 120 of the artist’s most significant paintings, sculptures, prints and drawings. With loans from dozens of museums and private collections from around the world, including significant works from the Broad collection, the exhibition will trace the evolution of the artist’s wide-ranging practice through a series of thematic chapters. The exhibition encompasses the full range of Johns’ materials, motifs and techniques—including his unique use of en-caustic (heated beeswax) and found-material collage in paintings—and the innovations he has achieved in sculpture and the graphic arts by expanding the possibilities of traditional media. Johns’ use of accessible images will be thoroughly examined, seen continually transformed through the artist’s engagement with a wide range of human experiences. In a departure from a retrospective approach, Johns’ artistic achievements will be illuminated through the juxtaposition of early and late works throughout the exhibition.

Numbers 2007 Jasper Johns

 The Broad will be launching a diverse slate of public programming to be presented in conjunction with the special exhibition. Encompassing music, performance, dance, poetry and live discussion, the programs will explore the artists and art forms that inspired Johns and some of his most important works, providing a richer understanding of the iconic American artist who has inspired generations of artists practicing in Los Angeles and around the world.

Ventriloquist 1983 Jasper Johns

One of the most influential and important artists to emerge in the last century, Johns has been seminal to the Broad collection. 
His work emerged with and has influenced numerous other Broad collection artists represented in depth, including Robert Rauschenberg, Andy Warhol, Bruce Nauman, Ed Ruscha, John Baldessari and Sherrie Levine. 

Field Painting 1963 Jasper Johns

 About the Exhibition
Organized by the Royal Academy of Arts, London in collaboration with The Broad, Jasper Johns: ‘Something Resembling Truth’ is curated by Edith Devaney, contemporary curator at the Royal Academy, and independent curator Dr. Roberta Bernstein, author of Jasper Johns’ Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings and Sculpture, who has written and lectured extensively on contemporary artists including Johns, Ellsworth Kelly and Robert Rauschenberg. Founding Director Joanne Heyler and Associate Curator Ed Schad are the host curators at The Broad. The exhibition title is taken from a 2006 interview in which Johns said, “Yet, one hopes for something resembling truth, some sense of life, even of grace, to flicker, at least, in the work.” 

Myself next to Target 1961 Jasper Johns

 At The Broad, Jasper Johns: ‘Something Resembling Truth’ will begin with an entire gallery devoted to Johns’ complex treatment of the American flag, arguably his best-known image, deployed famously at the outset of his career in the 1950s as testing ground for a new direction for 20th century art, and for decades afterward.
Works exclusive to The Broad’s presentation of the exhibition include Figure 7, 1955 (Los Angeles County Museum of Art); Three Flags, 1958 (The Whitney Museum of Art, New York); White Target, 1958 (private collection); In memory of my feelings, Frank O’Hara, 1961 (Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago); Device, 1962 (Baltimore Museum of Art); Gray Alphabets, 1956 (The Menil Collection); Figure 5, 1960 (Centre Pompidou); and Flags, 1965 (Collection of the artist). Other highlights include Flag, 1958 (private collection); 0 Through 9, 1961 (private collection); Target, 1961 (The Art Institute of Chicago); Periscope (Hart Crane), 1963 (The Menil Collection, on loan from the artist); Between the Clock and the Bed, 1981 (National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C); Ventriloquist, 1983 (Museum of Fine Arts, Houston); Summer, 1985 (Museum of Modern Art, New York); and Bridge, 1997 (private collection). 

False Start 1959

The exhibition will reveal the continuities and changes in Johns’ work throughout his career. His use of accessible and familiar motifs established a new vocabulary in painting as early as the 1950s—his treatment of iconography and the appropriation of objects and symbols made the familiar seem unknown through the distinctive, complex textures of his works. Through his groundbreaking paintings and sculptures, Johns charted a radical new course in an art world that had previously been dominated by Abstract Expressionism. 

Watchman 1964

 In the 1960s, he added devices within his works, including studio objects, imprints and casts of the human figure, while works from the 1970s are dominated by abstract ‘crosshatching.’ During this time, Johns began to explore printmaking and is now one of the most celebrated print makers today. His work continued to evolve throughout the 1980s as he introduced a variety of images that engaged with themes involving memory, sexuality and the contemplation of mortality. From this time, Johns increasingly incorporated tracings and details of works by other artists, such as Matthias Grünewald, Pablo Picasso and Edvard Munch. The works of the 1990s built on the increasing complexity of subject and reference, and by the early 2000s, Johns had embarked on the pared down and more conceptual Catenary series which, along with other recent works, shows the rich productivity and vitality of this late phase of his career. 

Nines 2006 Jasper Johns

Jasper Johns: ‘Something Resembling Truth’ brings together artworks that rarely travel, including significant loans from the Museum of Contemporary Art and the Art Institute, Chicago; the Menil Collection, Houston; the Museum of Modern Art, New York; the Tate, London; the Centre Pompidou, Paris; the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; and the Philadelphia Museum of Art. In addition, the artist has generously loaned a number of his works to the exhibition. 

Jasper Johns: ‘Something Resembling Truth’ will be accompanied by an exhibition catalogue featuring writings by the curators Devaney and Bernstein, as well as essays from curator and critic Robert Storr, art historian Hiroko Ikegami and writer Morgan Meis. The contributing authors will discuss Johns’ extensive body of work from viewpoints of literature, contemporary culture and international significance. 

EVENTS:
 Cross-Hatched
Wednesday, Feb. 28 | Wednesday, Mar. 14 | Wednesday, Apr. 18 | 8 p.m.
Location: Lobby and Oculus Hall at The Broad
Tickets: $25 (includes one-time return to Jasper Johns: ‘Something Resembling Truth’ anytime during regular museum hours)
“Of course, painters were a large and important part of Merce’s audience. The music was one of the strong attractions for them. I thought of John as a sort of teacher/preacher/soldier. His curiosity seemed wide-ranging and athletic, and he was able to connect his work to other fields of thought—to nature, philosophy, science and whatnot. He was generous in his willingness to explain these connections and seemed happy to convince others of the usefulness of his ideas...I think many of us felt that ideas in one medium could trigger ideas in another medium—and that mediums could be mixed in new ways.” —Jasper Johns, quoted in “The Fabric of Friendship,” from John Cage, Merce Cunningham, Jasper Johns: Dancers on a Plane by Susan Sontag 

Inspired by Johns’ collaborative and fruitful friendships with composer John Cage and choreographer and dancer Merce Cunningham, The Broad will present three evenings of music, voice and dance films programmed with live accompaniment and Fluxus performances, demonstrating the close friendships between the three artists and the influence they played on each other’s creative practice. Co-curated and performed by pianist Adam Tendler, the series will also feature legendary vocalist Joan La Barbara, renowned for developing a unique vocabulary of experimental and extended vocal techniques which have influenced generations of other composers and singers. 

Wednesday, Feb. 28 | 8 p.m. | Incidents and Echoes: Jasper Johns and John Cage Performed by pianist Adam Tendler
In this program, each of the musical compositions by Cage shares the same title as a painting in Jasper Johns: ‘Something Resembling Truth’, or has a close connection to Johns. These compositions are emblematic of the friendship between Johns and Cage, and how integral each one’s artwork was to the other.
Program

• “Suite for Toy Piano” by John Cage
  
• “The Perilous Night” (prepared piano) by John Cage
  
• “Winter Music” by John Cage
  
• “Music for Piano 1, 2, 3” by John Cage (with Merce Cunningham dance video
  “Minutiae”)
  
• “The Seasons” by John Cage
  
• “In a Landscape” by John Cage 
  
  Wednesday, Mar. 14 | 8 p.m. | Usuyuki: Johns in Japan Performed by pianist Adam Tendler
  Japanese culture and philosophy is a significant influence on Johns’ work. Usuyuki is the Japanese word for “light snow.” It also suggests the idea that something disappears as it is made visible, just as a snowflake melts when it hits the ground. The fleeting nature of existence is a recurring theme in Johns’ paintings, and one that Johns explored during his time in Japan. The works in this program are ones that reflect Japan’s influence on Cage and Johns, and includes compositions and Fluxus performance pieces that were taking place in Japan when Johns visited the country. 
  
  Program
  

• “Seven Haiku” by John Cage
  
• “Music for Piano” by Toshi Ichiyanagi
  
• “Piano Distance” by Toru Takemitsu
  
• “Corona” by Toru Takemitsu
  
• Fluxus Performance Pieces
  

o “Lighting Piece” Yoko Ono
o “Distance for Piano” Takehisa Kosugi
o “Dragging Suite” Nam June Paik
o “Wall Piece for Orchestra to Yoko Ono” Yoko Ono o “Portrait Piece” Mieko Shiomi
o “0'00"” John Cage

• “Electronic Music for Piano” by John Cage
  
• “Cheap Imitation” by John Cage (with “Second Hand,” a video from the Merce
  Cunningham Dance Company)
  Wednesday, Apr. 18 | 8 p.m. | Impresarios, Inc. Program Performed by pianist Adam Tendler with vocalist Joan La Barbara
  In 1958, with Emile de Antonio and Robert Rauschenberg, Jasper Johns formed Impresarios, Inc., which sponsored two performances of new music and dance in New York. All of the works in this program reflect the close collaboration and inter-relationships of Johns with Cage and Cunningham, or were performed at the Impresarios, Inc. events, most notably at the now- legendary John Cage 25-Year Retrospective at Town Hall in New York City that took place on May 15, 1958.
  

Program

• “RainForest” by David Tudor
  
• “Sonatas and Interludes (Parts 1 & 2)” by John Cage
  
• “For Piano 1” by Christian Wolff
  
• “Three Pieces for Piano” by Morton Feldman
  
• “Telephones and Birds” by John Cage, accompanied by vocalist Joan La Barbara
  
• “Concert for piano + Aria + Fontana Mix” by John Cage, accompanied by vocalist Joan
  La Barbara
  
• “Dream” by John Cage 
  
  Unfolding Language Literary Series
  Thursday, Mar. 22 and Thursday, Apr. 12 | 7:30 p.m.
  Location: Oculus Hall at The Broad
  Tickets: $15 (reading only); $30 (includes admission to reading and one-time return to Jasper Johns: ‘Something Resembling Truth’ anytime during regular museum hours) Co-presented by ALOUD
  The Broad and The Library Foundation of Los Angeles’ ALOUD will explore the centrality of authors and poets to Johns’ creative practice by presenting two evenings of readings by contemporary authors, who will present verses from Johns’ literary muses, including Samuel Beckett, Ted Berrigan, Louis-Ferdinand Céline, Hart Crane, Frank O’Hara, and Herman Melville, as well as read from their own work, inspired by the writers who are vital to Johns’ artwork.
  Thursday, Mar. 22 | 7:30 p.m.
  

• Featuring Rigoberto González, Chris Kraus and Douglas Kearney. Gonzalez will read from and respond to poet Hart Crane; Kraus will read from and respond to writer Louis-Ferdinand Céline; and Kearney will read from and respond to writer Samuel Beckett.
Thursday, Apr. 12 | 7:30 p.m.
• Featuring Hanif Abdurraqib, Brendan Constantine and Amy Gerstler. Abdurraqib will read from and respond to poet Frank O’Hara; Constantine will read from and respond to writer Herman Melville; and Amy Gerstler will read from and respond to poet Ted Berrigan.
USC Poetry Reading – Jasper Johns: A Tour of the Imagination Wednesday, Apr. 4 | 8:30 p.m.
Location: The Broad galleries
Tickets: $10
In partnership with USC
Organized by award-winning poet Carol Muske-Dukes, professor of English at the University of Southern California, this special one-night public reading is The Broad's contribution to National Poetry Month. As part of a USC graduate course entitled “A Tour of the Imagination,” each of Muske-Dukes' current PhD students will read poetry that they have crafted. The reading will be the consummation of an ongoing collaborative process between image and word; these poets will have earlier chosen one work of art from Jasper Johns: ‘Something Resembling Truth’, then spent hours “in conversation” with their artwork selection to compose their poems. The evening's final reading will be an ensemble effort in the form of a “crown of sonnets” in response to one of Johns’ works on view.
Student Participants:

• Vanessa Villarreal
  Sara Fetherolf
  
• Stephanie Horvath
  
• Katharine Ogle
  
• Catherine Pond
  
• Essy Stone
  
• Katrin Tschirgi
  

  

About the Artist

Jasper Johns was born in Augusta, Georgia in 1930 and raised in South Carolina. He moved to New York in 1948 and returned in 1953 after two years of service in the U.S. Army. Johns’ works became widely known after his first solo exhibition at the Leo Castelli Gallery in 1958. Over the course of his career, he has collaborated with an array of other artists, including visual artists Andy Warhol and Robert Rauschenberg, playwright Samuel Beckett and choreographer Merce Cunningham, serving as artistic advisor to the Merce Cunningham Dance Company for over a decade. The artist currently lives and works in Sharon, Conn. 

Johns has held solo exhibitions throughout the world at institutions including the Museum of Modern Art and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; the Centre Pompidou, Paris; the Kunstmuseum Basel; and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. Johns won the Grand Prize for Painting at the Venice Biennale in 1988, and was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2011. 

About The Broad
The Broad is a contemporary art museum founded by philanthropists Eli and Edythe Broad on Grand Avenue in downtown Los Angeles. Designed by Diller Scofidio + Renfro in collaboration with Gensler, the museum offers free general admission. The Broad is home to the 2,000 works of art in the Broad collection, which is among the most prominent holdings of postwar and contemporary art worldwide, and presents an active program of rotating temporary exhibitions and innovative audience engagement. The 120,000-square-foot building features two floors of gallery space and is the headquarters of The Broad Art Foundation’s worldwide lending library, which has actively loaned collection works to museums around the world since 1984. Since opening in September 2015, The Broad has welcomed more than 1.7 million visitors.
For more information on The Broad and to sign up for updates, please visit thebroad.org

Beverly Hills Chamber Celebrated "Year Of The Dog" at Rolls-Royce O'Gara Coach

Photos by Karen Ostlund
 #BHLunarNewYear
#BHCC

Traditional Lion Dance

 From February 16 2018 to February 4 2019  is the year of the earth dog, which brings the element of earth to all the Chinese zodiac signs this year.
Beverly Hills Chamber and Asian Business Connection celebrated Year of the Dog, February 2nd with with O'Gara Coach, 8833 West Olympic blvd in Beverly Hills.
 The yearly event featured traditional Lunar New Year entertainment with a Beverly Hills touch, and the latest Rolls-Royce on display.

Dog designer Anthony Rubio Designs

 The evening featured many dogs wearing couture by dog designer Anthony Rubio, who flew in from New York. Traditional performances included Lunar New Year lion dances, Wu Shu Shaolin Kung Fu, musician Bei Bei on Guzheng, modern fire dances and an Asian Dance Troupe Performance.

The Dog (狗) is one of the 12-year cycle of animals which appear in the Chinese zodiac related to the Chinese calendar. The Year of the Dog is associated with the Earthly Branch symbol 戌.
The Chinese character 狗 refers to the actual animal while 戌 refers to the zodiac animal.
The purpose of the Asian Business Connection is to empower business to thrive in Beverly Hills as it relates to Asian based businesses with Beverly Hills business interests or locally based businesses with Asian business interests. Programming and services of this committee to include events, workshops, strategic partnerships and business referrals.

Dog models wearing Anthony Rubio Designs

Asian Dance Troupe Performance.

Asian beauty pageants

Yojisan Sushi

XIAN restaurant

2018 is a Year of the Dog. In Chinese astrology, each year is related to a Chinese zodiac animal according to the 12-year cycle. 2018 is an Earth Dog Year.

Years of the Dog include 1934, 1946, 1958, 1970, 1982, 1994, 2006, 2018, and 2030 - The Dog occupies the eleventh position in the Chinese zodiac, after the Rooster, and before the Pig.

If you're born in a Dog year, you're a Dog, and the following are deemed lucky for you:
Lucky numbers: 3, 4, 9
Lucky colors: red, green, and purple
Lucky flowers: rose, cymbidium orchids

Rolls Royce & fashion 2018

Karen Ostlund w Rolls Royce Dawn 2017

You can check below whether you are a Dog.
Dog Year    Start     End
2018     February 16, 2018 to February 4, 2019
2006     January 29, 2006     - February 17, 2007
1994     February 10, 1994     - January 30, 1995
1982     January 25, 1982     - February 12, 1983
1970     February 6, 1970     - January 26, 1971
1958     February 18, 1958     - February 7, 1959
1946     February 2, 1946   -  January 21, 1947
1934     February 14, 1934  -   February 3, 1935
Five Types of Dog; Which One Are You?
In Chinese element theory, each zodiac sign is associated with one of the five elements: Gold (Metal), Wood, Water, Fire, and Earth.
It is theorized that a person's characteristics are decided by their birth year's zodiac animal sign and element. So there are five types of Dogs, each with different characteristics:

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Type of Dog    Year of Birth    Characteristics
Wood Dog   1934, 1994     Sincere, reliable, considerate, understanding, and patient
Fire Dog     1946, 2006     Intelligent, hardworking, and sincere
Earth Dog   1958, 2018     Communicative, serious, and responsible in work
Gold Dog    1910, 1970     Conservative, desirable, cautious, and always ready to help others
Water Dog   1922, 1982     Brave and self-centered, even seemingly selfish; well-versed in dealing with financial issues

The Luckiest Things for Dogs:
Lucky numbers: 3, 4, 9, and numbers containing them (like 34 and 49)
Lucky days: the 7th and 28th of every Chinese lunar month
Lucky colors: red, green, and purple
Lucky flowers: rose, cymbidium orchids
Lucky directions: east, south, and northeast
Lucky months: the 6th, 10th, and 12th Chinese lunar months

Tsingtao and Tiger beer

 
The Dog's Personality:

Dogs are loyal and honest, amiable and kind, cautious and prudent. Due to having a strong sense of loyalty and sincerity, Dogs will do everything for the person who they think is most important.

As Dogs are not good at communication, it is difficult for them to convey their thoughts to others. Therefore, Dogs tend to leave others with the impression that they have a stubborn personality.

Born with a good nature, Dogs do not tend to be criminals or seek dishonest gains. They just need a quiet life and a good family and, therefore, forget the ugliness and evil on Earth.

Dogs are always ready to help others and do not care about their own interests, but if they find themselves betrayed by cunning people they will feel shocked and hurt.

When thrown into doubt, Dogs think the world is evil and complicated. Then they criticize sharply when giving comments on something, and infer all things are according to their pessimistic point of view.

Good Health for Dogs: Overall, Dogs enjoy good health for they tend to be happy all the time. Dogs are active at sports so they are resilient to illnesses, such as colds, coughs, and fever.

In heavy work periods and frequent social activities, they should ensure they get plenty of rest in addition to taking proper exercise, which will benefit both their physical and mental health. Since Dogs are not keen about seeking money and power, they feel less stressed and tense at work and in their home life.

Anthony Rubio's  Chinese Dog Designs

 Best-Suited Careers for Dogs:

Due to their loyal personality, Dogs tend to choose a career based on the principle of serving others. Dogs are seen as valuable employees as they put their heart and soul into their tasks.

They are easygoing and kind, and are always ready to alleviate the workload of others, which makes them very popular in their work circle.

Recommended careers for Dogs include a police officer, scientist, counselor, interior designer, professor, politician, priest, nurse, clerk, and judge.