My new and first catalog is now available! It is a collection of work for my new show”The Mysterious Action Of Memory” at Strychnin Gallery in Berlin. If you want to get a copy, just go HERE.

Or go to the Strychnin Gallery site.

super.

Here are a few links to reviews of the Art 21 Fair last week…If you do not speak German, put it through the translator and see the very funny interpretation of the text…weeeee

http://www.sounds-like-me.com/mobile_channel/2008/10/04/kunst-in-koln-artfair-21/

Nachwuchskunst bei der Art.fair 21 (koeln.de)

report-k.de - Kölns Internetzeitung - Art Fair 21 zählt 30.000 Besucher

Berlinista - Strychnin Gallery - Art Fair 21 Cologne

Bonn - Die ART.FAIR 21 ist Programm

On October the 3rd, 4th, and 5th, the Art 21 Festival opens in Cologne. I am in Berlin right now preparing the installation of 1000 black birds. I found a few links to some German sites and I wanna post them up here. Anyone speak German?

Birdies

Solo in Berlin

This fall has many exciting things going on. I myself will be going to Germany to do a couple of exhibitons I would like to tell you about. The first is the Art 21 art fair in Cologne Germany. This year I have been invited to do an installation at the entrance to the fair. There is only 1 artist per year who is asked so I am honored and excited to do this. I will be putting up 1011 black birds(the most yet!) as well as have my brand new piece titled “The Big Ship:Homage to Brian Eno”.

This is all through the grace of Strychnin Gallery and their fantastic team, Yasha, Cookie, Graham, And Iris. And McCaig Welles Rosenthal gallery will be a part of the fair this year as well! I am super excited about this because not only will the lovely Melissa MacCaig Welles be there and the ever so charming Michael Rosenthal, but Mr. Colin Burns will be there! Compound this with all the fellow Strychnin artist attending and you have a sure to be fun time(oooh my future hangover).

A week after this, I will be presenting my new batch of work in a solo show titled “Mysterious Action Of Memory” at Strychnin Berlin. The Opening is October 10th at 7-10pm. here is a couple of sneak peeks…

We are converging once again to help open the new McCaig Welles Rosenthal Gallery in the Mission area of San Fran. The show is titled Russian Reduction in honor of a Russian man we met at our first Brooklyn residency in 2005 who was very skeptical of the longevity of our collaborative group. we now refer to the Russian Reduction as the cut one member takes for not pulling their weight. This cut has never been put into effect really, its just a joke…or is it bwwaahhhahahahah! no seriously,

We go into residency August 31st, live and work at the gallery, have a silkscreen party(TBA) sometime in the middle of our stay and have our opening reception on Saturday,September the 13th. Fun fun fun. The doors will be open to visitors and curious onlookers to witness the mayhem and bliss that is the GMSH. This will be our first run in San Fran and we are looking forward to it very, very much…Here is the skinny on the gallery.

McCaig Welles Rosenthal Gallery San Fransisco

365 Valencia Street, San Franciso, 415-552-1010
gallery@mcwellesrosenthal.com

Dougles Landau is someone who has known me since `i was about 10 yrs old. He is an old friend of my Pops and has been doin some collages for the past few years and never showed them before….and now he is! He is hanging his work over at HIFI where `i have been working for the past 5 yrs or so. I curate the art there and he is next. PS, if anyone is interested in hanging some art in the hood and do not mind putting their work in a bar for a couple of months, please do let me know..

Anyhoo, if you are in the area and can make it to his reception Tuesday the 15, please do..otherwise do pop in and take a gander of his works.ill post a few pics to see if its your cup o tea

The reception is 7till 10 or so..at 169 Ave A between 10th and 11th streets in Alphabet City NYC..and here is a bio of Doug..hope you can come! and thanks for looking.

Douglas Landau was born in Manhattan on March 14, 1957, and is based in New York City. His extensive travels, including sojourns in San Francisco, Firenze, Italia, Rio de Janeiro and Buenos Aires have fortified his art.

Landau’s work utilizes tiny stimuli to form one whole. The deconstructed images from magazine cut outs form intricate kaleidoscopic-like landscapes inviting viewers to investigate.

His compositions engage content, color and movement in a uniquely conceptual manner.

In the mid 1980’s, during the heyday of the East Village art scene, Landau opened and operated the now legendary ‘King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut’. There he produced shows by internationally recognized artists including Blue Man Group, Steve Buscemi, DANCENOISE, Paul Zaloon (Beakmans World), John Zorn, Ethyl Eichelberger and others.

Douglas Landau is a multidisciplinary artist working with photography, video, sound, and performance. His solo work has been presented at ‘La Mama’ and he has toured with the group ‘Dream Theater’ throughout Italy and Germany.

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It’s time for another Silkscreen Party

At the Cha Cha Lounge in Los Angeles
2375 Glendale Blvd
Monday June 30th at 9pm
Bring your own clothes, pillow cases whatever
And we screen them–$5 per

Artists:
Eduardo Benedetto
Colin Burns
Travis Lindquist
Jake Manny

And there are drinks to be had

Well this year so far has been all about change and transition. There has been a lot of traveling in the first 5 months so far, Travis has moved out to Los Angeles to give the west coast a shot in the arm, Colin moved to the east side of town, and there are a lot of new friends. Great stuff to say the least. i am very excited for the next half of the year as well…here is a quick run down of whats to come….

right now you can see a new interview with Travis in White Hot magazine done by Joe Heaps…nice beard on the fellow.

If you pick up this months issue of Paper magazine you will find some of my work featured..weeeee.

Colin has been featured as well as the GMSH as Joan Wasser’s(of Joan As Policewoman) favorites to collect in this Sunday London Times Magazine section.

First off there is the Affordable art Fair, silly name huh? But The Goldmine Shithouse work as well as a few of my solo works will be up there. That starts on June 12th here in NYC.

Then there is a Goldmine Shithouse silkscreen party in the San Fran area this month, June 21st to be exact in celebration of the McCaig Welles Gallery move to the west coast. They partnered up with a local spot there and are called McCaig Welles and Rosenthal…So please do try to make it out there and tell a friend! The GMSH will be doing the official opening show there this September so keep your lids peeled for that.

Then in October I will be heading out to Koln Germany again to do a site specific installation of 1,111 black birds at the Art 21 Fair. I am verrry excited for that one too.

Right after that I am off to Berlin for my second solo show at Strychnin Gallery. I still have an incredible amount of work to do for that so if anyone out there needs an intern position, now is the time to let me know!

OK, that is all for now..details of the upcoming events will be out as they approach…lots of love and hugs.xoxoxoxo

VIVA 1972! David

Boy oh boy. My first solo show in London opens this month at Strychnin London. I have been busting my ass on all new works and preparing a 600 bird installation. So if you are in the London area this month please come by. It opens on the 18th but I will be there from the 10th to install. I also could use a hand if anyone has the time to hang a few birds or help finish frames. Feel free to contact me at davidhochbaum@gmail.com. geeze.

Heyoo..this April I am involved in an exhibit in Düsseldorf and wanna let you know..it opens the 11th and involves a bunch of the Strychnin Gallery peeps. If anyone has the chance to see it, lemme know how it look! I will be in London setting up my solo gig otherwise I would be there myself..