By Jennifer Colley
Co-Producer, Hear NoHo Music Festival
Edited By Raymond L'Heureux
Saturday was a great treat. SOMETHING FROM NOTHING opened at Cella Gallery. This is a retrospective containing 100 punk gig posters by artist Paul D'Elia. www.cellagallery.com
I was running late and my anxiety was building because I knew this was going to be a special show. Getting there late I missed a free limited edition print by the one and only Paul D'Elia. Damn!! Not to worry though, there are still 100 punk gig posters on display until September the 4th. I'd like to encourage you all to check out this BLANKET of eye candy at Cella. You won't regret it.
I was running late and my anxiety was building because I knew this was going to be a special show. Getting there late I missed a free limited edition print by the one and only Paul D'Elia. Damn!! Not to worry though, there are still 100 punk gig posters on display until September the 4th. I'd like to encourage you all to check out this BLANKET of eye candy at Cella. You won't regret it.
In no time an awesome print caught my eye, "Into The Wild" #1 of 40. This is a special print, the same design was printed on a number of limited-edition t-shirts now on sale at Cella Gallery, all proceeds go to benefit the Surfrider Foundation, www.surfrider.org, @surfrider
Here is a little bit about Surfrider: This organization recognizes that the biodiversity and ecological integrity of the planet's coasts are necessary and irreplaceable. Surfrider is committed to preserving natural living and non-living diversity and ecological integrity of the coastal environment.
"Protecting ocean waves and beaches. It is one thing to value something and another entirely to act to protect that value. We're here for the simple reason that we value the coasts and we're working to protect them."
~ Jim Moriarty, Chief Executive Officer
Read his blog: http://oceanswavesbeaches.surfrider.org/
I believe with the recent oil disasters and environmental degradation threatening our coastlines and bodies of water, this organization is of vital importance. We desperately need to ask the right questions and demand truthful answers. How are the chemical dispersants going to affect the costal ecology, wildlife and HUMANS? What kind of real help are we going to receive? …if any.
Now back to the man, and his art. Paul D'Elia has been a prolific artist in the DIY Punk Movement. I found myself drooling over his work. With much diversity and wonderful abstract color schemes, you'll have a hard time grasping his intensity through my words. His work strikes me with bright, colorful, dark, ironic and playful imagery. Once you see this stuff you will urgently need more and more. He's managed to pack an enormous PUNCH with an awesomely bold style. It speaks truth to power, my language.
I broke down an hour later and bought a couple of pieces. Purchasing the second and third in my personal ever-growing art collection, one "Double Negative" is a Monoprint purchased for only $120.00 and man, is it an eye-catching piece. What a bargain. It came with a secret double surprise, discovered by my boyfriend Ray. ;)
I hope you get a chance to check out Paul D'Elia's artwork. No disappointment shall fall upon you or yours. www.screenin4achange.com
"Protecting ocean waves and beaches. It is one thing to value something and another entirely to act to protect that value. We're here for the simple reason that we value the coasts and we're working to protect them."
~ Jim Moriarty, Chief Executive Officer
Read his blog: http://oceanswavesbeaches.surfrider.org/
I believe with the recent oil disasters and environmental degradation threatening our coastlines and bodies of water, this organization is of vital importance. We desperately need to ask the right questions and demand truthful answers. How are the chemical dispersants going to affect the costal ecology, wildlife and HUMANS? What kind of real help are we going to receive? …if any.
Now back to the man, and his art. Paul D'Elia has been a prolific artist in the DIY Punk Movement. I found myself drooling over his work. With much diversity and wonderful abstract color schemes, you'll have a hard time grasping his intensity through my words. His work strikes me with bright, colorful, dark, ironic and playful imagery. Once you see this stuff you will urgently need more and more. He's managed to pack an enormous PUNCH with an awesomely bold style. It speaks truth to power, my language.
I broke down an hour later and bought a couple of pieces. Purchasing the second and third in my personal ever-growing art collection, one "Double Negative" is a Monoprint purchased for only $120.00 and man, is it an eye-catching piece. What a bargain. It came with a secret double surprise, discovered by my boyfriend Ray. ;)
I hope you get a chance to check out Paul D'Elia's artwork. No disappointment shall fall upon you or yours. www.screenin4achange.com
It was an extremely enjoyable experience meeting Paul, his wife Anna and their cute little Chihuahua, Exene, that tongue wagging little bitch who gets to ride in mommy's handbag like an arabian princess being chauffeured around by a gaggle of scimitar wielding servants. :P
While experimenting, Paul started screen printing in 2004. Roughly a year later he embarked on a journey constructing gig posters. Then in 2008, he dove into full on art printing. His work expresses his love of found objects, and collage. That's what seems to be the inspiration for "Into The Wild". It's not a gig poster but a mature piece of art. His process is as plain as the title of the show, "Something From Nothing". No pretentious philosophy or grandiose explanations. Each screen takes about 24 hours to produce and he says it's a ton of fun.
I remember helping my mom make an actual silkscreen back when she was an activist, going to school at UC Davis. What fun, spreading the inks with a squeegee! Hell Yeah, I could do that for a living. Paul also designs album covers and record layouts. He works full-time designing t-shirts for Quiksilver. http://blog.quiksilver.com/category/music_art/ If you know the surf and skate scene you might already be familiar with his stuff.
Quiksilver is a company that surfs, skates and boards. They are an international company, working and playing in every environment. Consequently, the Quiksilver Foundation is a non-profit organization committed to benefiting and enhancing the quality of life for communities of boardriders across the world by supporting environmental, educational, health and youth-related projects. For more information visit www.quiksilverfoundation.org
Among their varied relationships are organizations like Surfrider. Together they share convictions that our world’s oceans and coral reefs are precious and must be treasured and protected.
I had to do it. I asked if Paul would be interested in possibly designing something for Hear NoHo and he said yes. :D You just never know unless you ask… Now we need to find a mess of t-shirts and a printer... FUCK YEAH!!!!!
I remember helping my mom make an actual silkscreen back when she was an activist, going to school at UC Davis. What fun, spreading the inks with a squeegee! Hell Yeah, I could do that for a living. Paul also designs album covers and record layouts. He works full-time designing t-shirts for Quiksilver. http://blog.quiksilver.com/category/music_art/ If you know the surf and skate scene you might already be familiar with his stuff.
Quiksilver is a company that surfs, skates and boards. They are an international company, working and playing in every environment. Consequently, the Quiksilver Foundation is a non-profit organization committed to benefiting and enhancing the quality of life for communities of boardriders across the world by supporting environmental, educational, health and youth-related projects. For more information visit www.quiksilverfoundation.org
Among their varied relationships are organizations like Surfrider. Together they share convictions that our world’s oceans and coral reefs are precious and must be treasured and protected.
I had to do it. I asked if Paul would be interested in possibly designing something for Hear NoHo and he said yes. :D You just never know unless you ask… Now we need to find a mess of t-shirts and a printer... FUCK YEAH!!!!!
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