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The BLACK CAT GALLERY 11523 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City CA 90066 310 313 4931 blackcatart.com myspace.com/theblackcatgallery For Immediate Release: July 10, 2008 Press Contact: gubkitty@yahoo.com “PROPELLER” A Gothic/oceanic Themed Group Fine Art Exhibit with Live Fashion Modeling, Live Music, DJ’s, & Film Make Warhol’s Ghost Proud: Eccentric-Gothic-Mermaid Hair & Dress Encouraged! Black Cat Gallery August 2, -August 30, 2008 Hours: Friday & Saturday 11-6pm & By Appointment Artists’ Cocktail Reception Sat. August 2, 2008 7pm-Midnight Live music (10:00 pm): MICHAEL BERG myspace.com/minus12 Dj’s: DARREN REVELL indie103.1 XIAN ladead.com THEATER + MUSIC (9:00 pm): JUN TIANGCO j2t3.com RAINBOW UNDERHILL myspace.com/rainbow_arcoiris LIVE FASHION MODELS (7 PM-12 MIDNIGHT): SHRINE CLOTHING shrinestore.com Live Painting: J MARTIN Jmartindesigns.com The Black Cat Gallery presents “PROPELLER”a Gothic/Oceanic themed Multi Media Arts Event. Blending Shadows, the Sea and Sun opening night and Artists’ Reception for “PROPELLER” will take place Saturday, August 2, 2008 from 7pm-12 midnight. The Group Fine Art Exhibit will feature violently original, Found Object Sculpture, Painting, and Photography- Contemporary Artworks by JAMES MATHERS, TIMOTHY WILLIAMS myspace.com/timothywilliamsart, DAVID J davidjonline.com, GEZA X myspace.com/gezaxart,, JENNIFER HART jenniferbphotography.com, NORTON WISDOM myspace.com/nowisdom, HERWIG MAURER herwigmaurer.com, CHRISTOPHER MOONLIGHT Christophermoonlight.blogspot.com, DAWN LAUREEN dawnlaureen.com, PETER RIGHT, KRISTEN M. ANDERSON kristenmanderson.com, LISA CARRIER lisacarrier.com, MICHAEL KRESKI, MICHAEL CASEY, JOSE WANTLAND, GURU THAPAR, ANDREW VASQUEZ. MICHAEL BERG will be performing his musically superb and highly original dark folk/nighttime café ballads at 10PM. David J of Bauhaus/Love and Rockets has recently produced Michael’s new album “Lights Down”, which gives shades of Nick Drake and Jacques Brel sung with Michael’s own unique storytelling style. Against the backdrop of his fingerpicked guitar or piano you will find this is real music by a real artist! If you are ailing from the C-grade “singer/songwriter” musical impostors who shove insipid music into our lives via big media, Michael Berg is your new medicine man! Give “Save Me” a listen for immediate relief, musical inspiration and hope from the evening shadows. DARREN REVELL, the visionary DJ from Detroit who combines Ethereal Dreampop, Shoe Gaze, Goth/Industrial, and Dark Romantic Rock for a masterfully created Big Sonic Heaven on Indie 103.1 will be spinning his musical menagerie of sounds for Propeller by mixing the timeless songs of yesterday-Cocteau Twins, My Bloody Valentine, Portishead, Bauhaus- with the songs of the here and now: Panda Riot, The Verve, Sigur Ros, Autolux, and Goldfrapp. XIAN, LA’s Dark Club Mastermind Queen & DJ created the first Gothic/Industrial/Ebm ROLLER SKATING! Nightclub, Wumpskate- a club that makes Fellini smile in his grave will be spinning her best with Darren. Xian’s two other clubs Malediction Society, and Ruin mix the best Steampunk, Gothic, Darkwave, Ethereal, and Synthpop sounds for a dark, eccentric, and colorful dancing crowd of creative spirits. Visit one of her clubs for a vibrant, mysterious, and otherworldly experience. Big Sonic Heaven M-Th nights 8pm-10pm 103.1.com, myspace.com/bigsonicheaven Wumpskate.com Maledictionsociety.com myspace.com/ruinhollywood ladead.com Rainbow Underhill, (CalArts 97), Actor, Vocalist and Performance Artist, will present a Butoh theatrical/dance performance at 9 PM to Dagat (Tagalog for “Ocean”), a song written by Sea Spider Guitarist and Film Maker Jun Tiangco. Rainbow’s spiritual and thought-provoking performance pieces/singing have been seen and heard at UCLA’s Schoenberg Hall, The Asia Pacific Museum, BGH Gallery, Black Cat Gallery, The California Plaza, Tropico de Nopal Gallery, Media Alliance Gallery San Francisco, and Barnsdall Gallery Theater. myspace.com/rainbow_arcoiris j2t3.com
JMARTIN artist/custom clothing designer for J-Lo, Gwen Stefani, Dave Navarro, LA Laker Smush Parker, P Diddy, Ayu Hamaski, etc. will be airbrushing female models throughout the evening. For the first time in NBA history, an NBA player, (Smush Parker), is wearing custom painted shoes on the court by J. JMartin can paint on anything under the sun and make it electric.Jmartindesigns.com Complimentary AGWA BUZZ cocktails, (a new LEGAL liqueur distilled from coca leaves), ALIZE’ fruit cognac cocktails, ELIXIR ginger cocktails, and organic BLISS tea will be served on the outdoor smoking patio by the Saints and Sinners bar blessing godz.
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