Post by roqlarue on May 20, 2012 13:07:29 GMT -8
Hi everyone, you are all invited to "Kingdom Animalia" a group show I'm co-curating with artist Joey Remmers in LA on June 29th. This show is special to me because all profits (after the artist gets paid of course!) goes to support Big Life Foundation, an anti-poaching organization that is near and dear to my heart and doing really outstanding an effective work. Press release after the image. Clap your peepers on that artist roster. James Jean will be doing a limited edition print available at the opening party (and it will be a PARTY- thank you Landrover!) as well!
Land Rover Anaheim Hills
Presents
Kingdom Animalia
Group Art Exhibition to benefit Big Life Foundation
Curated by Joey Remmers and Kirsten Anderson
Friday, June 29th 7pm – 10pm
Animals play many roles in our world; Muses, symbols, companions, talking creatures and moral teachers. From the lowly jackal to the regal lion, from literature to art to social culture and how we interpret animal behavior in human terms and draw moral conclusions. Kingdom Animalia aims to explore how artists use and view animals to inspire, think and create.
The show will be exhibited at Land Rover Jaguar of Anaheim Hills in CA with an exclusive and festive opening reception taking place on June 29th, 2012. ALL proceeds from the show will be donated to the Big Life Foundation as well as a portion of the proceeds of any Land Rover vehicles sold from the Anaheim Hills location the evening of the event. All curation, installation, and sponsorship is happily donated, because really...who wants to live in a world without majestic creatures such as elephants, rhinos, and all of the other creatures that our part of our global heritage?
Show line-up includes recognized artists from around the world including;
Amy Crehore, Amy Sol, Ana Bagayan, Brad Woodfin, Brian Viveros, Camille Rose Garcia, Christian Van Minnen, Chrystal Chan, Craig LaRotonda, Dan May, Dan Quintana, Dave Cooper, Heidi Tailleferr, Henry Lewis, Glenn Barr, Greg Simkins, James Jean, Jessica Joslin, Joe Ledbetter, Joey Remmers, Kim Thompson, KMNDZ, Kris Kuksi, Krista Huot, Lindsey Carr, Lola, Madeline von Foerster, Marco Mazzoni, Mark Dean Veca, Mark Garro, Mark Ryden, Marion Peck, Martin Wittfooth, Melissa Forman, Mia Araujo, Michael Page, Nathan Ota, Nathan Spoor, Naoto Hattori, Nick Baxter, Nick Brandt, Nicola Verlato, Paolo Guido, Sam Wolfe Connelly, Seamus Conley, Scott Musgrove, Shag,
Shaunna Peterson, Suzanne Falk, Ti Kunkit, Tom Bagshaw, Travis Louie, Ver Mar and Yumiko Kayakawa.
About Big Life Foundation
Founded in September 2010 by photographer Nick Brandt in urgent response to the recent dramatic escalation in poaching across much of Africa, Big Life Foundation is a non-profit organization dedicated to the conservation of Africa’s wildlife and ecosystems.
With highly-regarded conservationist Richard Bonham at the helm, multiple fully-equipped teams of rangers have been placed in newly-built outposts in the critical areas throughout the 2 million acre region on both sides of the Kenya / Tanzania border. As of August 2011, Big Life has hired 120+ rangers, built or expanded 14 outposts, and purchased 13 vehicles, with latest technology night-vision equipment, tracker dogs, aerial monitoring and a critically important large network of informers.
Within just one year of inception, this new level of coordinated protection has already elicited a dramatic reduction in poaching in the ecosystem. Big Life’s teams are now apprehending poachers almost every time they kill, with a number of significant arrests of some of the worst, most prolific long-term poachers in the region have at long last been engineered by Big Life's teams. As a result of these successes, Big Life has been able to quickly send out a strong message that killing wildlife now carries a far greater risk of being arrested.
Big Life Foundation has been able to achieve all this in such a short amount of time because its' leaders live and work on the ground in the project areas, where they are able to stay connected and engaged with the local communities, garnering the critical support necessary to maximize effective, efficient operations. It means that Big Life is always ready to react and respond immediately to ever-changing situations, but always with a view to the long-term sustainability of the projects.
And in the US, operating with minimal organizational bureaucracy and red tape, currently 93% of donor money is channeled into the field immediately to be put to effective use with surprisingly instant results.
However, the killing continues unabated in the areas where Big Life still has no presence. Whilst Big Life has made substantial progress, we have a long way to go to achieve our goal of stable and sustainable operations long term. As the illegal demand for ivory and other wildlife parts continues to grow, there will be many who cannot resist the easy profits to be made out of killing these irreplaceable creatures.
With your support, Big Life’s teams will continue to do everything they can to stop them.
www.biglifeafrica.org
Joey Remmers was born and raised in small town in Southern California. His interest in art began at an early age, prompting him to find creative outlets for his innate talent. At 19 years old, he began tattooing, which became both his profession and artistic medium for the next ten years. Following his success as a nationally recognized tattoo artist, his focus turned to illustration and painting, exhibiting at galleries including solo exhibitions at Copro Nason, M Modern, and Corey Helford Gallery. Joey now works as both an illustrator and a private tattoo artist in Orange, CA where he lives with his wife and children. Alongside many of his contemporaries, Joey has become increasingly concerned about wildlife conservation and human/wildlife conflicts and is using his connections with companies such as Land Rover as well as artists to help raise awareness to these issues.
Kirsten Anderson is the founder and owner of Roq la Rue Gallery in Seattle, which opened in 1998. The gallery has hosted exhibitions by almost every underground art heavyweight as well as helping launch the careers of a new wave of emerging artists. In addition, she compiled and edited the seminal survey of Lowbrow/Pop Surrealism with the book, "Pop Surrealism," and has written about art for numerous publications and works as Editor at Large for the art publication ‘Hi Fructose’. She is active in wildlife conservation, and in 2009 was one of the biggest U.S. donors for the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust in Kenya.
Land Rover Anaheim Hills has been Orange County’s premier Land Rover dealership for over 15 years.
Land Rover Anaheim Hills
Presents
Kingdom Animalia
Group Art Exhibition to benefit Big Life Foundation
Curated by Joey Remmers and Kirsten Anderson
Friday, June 29th 7pm – 10pm
Animals play many roles in our world; Muses, symbols, companions, talking creatures and moral teachers. From the lowly jackal to the regal lion, from literature to art to social culture and how we interpret animal behavior in human terms and draw moral conclusions. Kingdom Animalia aims to explore how artists use and view animals to inspire, think and create.
The show will be exhibited at Land Rover Jaguar of Anaheim Hills in CA with an exclusive and festive opening reception taking place on June 29th, 2012. ALL proceeds from the show will be donated to the Big Life Foundation as well as a portion of the proceeds of any Land Rover vehicles sold from the Anaheim Hills location the evening of the event. All curation, installation, and sponsorship is happily donated, because really...who wants to live in a world without majestic creatures such as elephants, rhinos, and all of the other creatures that our part of our global heritage?
Show line-up includes recognized artists from around the world including;
Amy Crehore, Amy Sol, Ana Bagayan, Brad Woodfin, Brian Viveros, Camille Rose Garcia, Christian Van Minnen, Chrystal Chan, Craig LaRotonda, Dan May, Dan Quintana, Dave Cooper, Heidi Tailleferr, Henry Lewis, Glenn Barr, Greg Simkins, James Jean, Jessica Joslin, Joe Ledbetter, Joey Remmers, Kim Thompson, KMNDZ, Kris Kuksi, Krista Huot, Lindsey Carr, Lola, Madeline von Foerster, Marco Mazzoni, Mark Dean Veca, Mark Garro, Mark Ryden, Marion Peck, Martin Wittfooth, Melissa Forman, Mia Araujo, Michael Page, Nathan Ota, Nathan Spoor, Naoto Hattori, Nick Baxter, Nick Brandt, Nicola Verlato, Paolo Guido, Sam Wolfe Connelly, Seamus Conley, Scott Musgrove, Shag,
Shaunna Peterson, Suzanne Falk, Ti Kunkit, Tom Bagshaw, Travis Louie, Ver Mar and Yumiko Kayakawa.
About Big Life Foundation
Founded in September 2010 by photographer Nick Brandt in urgent response to the recent dramatic escalation in poaching across much of Africa, Big Life Foundation is a non-profit organization dedicated to the conservation of Africa’s wildlife and ecosystems.
With highly-regarded conservationist Richard Bonham at the helm, multiple fully-equipped teams of rangers have been placed in newly-built outposts in the critical areas throughout the 2 million acre region on both sides of the Kenya / Tanzania border. As of August 2011, Big Life has hired 120+ rangers, built or expanded 14 outposts, and purchased 13 vehicles, with latest technology night-vision equipment, tracker dogs, aerial monitoring and a critically important large network of informers.
Within just one year of inception, this new level of coordinated protection has already elicited a dramatic reduction in poaching in the ecosystem. Big Life’s teams are now apprehending poachers almost every time they kill, with a number of significant arrests of some of the worst, most prolific long-term poachers in the region have at long last been engineered by Big Life's teams. As a result of these successes, Big Life has been able to quickly send out a strong message that killing wildlife now carries a far greater risk of being arrested.
Big Life Foundation has been able to achieve all this in such a short amount of time because its' leaders live and work on the ground in the project areas, where they are able to stay connected and engaged with the local communities, garnering the critical support necessary to maximize effective, efficient operations. It means that Big Life is always ready to react and respond immediately to ever-changing situations, but always with a view to the long-term sustainability of the projects.
And in the US, operating with minimal organizational bureaucracy and red tape, currently 93% of donor money is channeled into the field immediately to be put to effective use with surprisingly instant results.
However, the killing continues unabated in the areas where Big Life still has no presence. Whilst Big Life has made substantial progress, we have a long way to go to achieve our goal of stable and sustainable operations long term. As the illegal demand for ivory and other wildlife parts continues to grow, there will be many who cannot resist the easy profits to be made out of killing these irreplaceable creatures.
With your support, Big Life’s teams will continue to do everything they can to stop them.
www.biglifeafrica.org
Joey Remmers was born and raised in small town in Southern California. His interest in art began at an early age, prompting him to find creative outlets for his innate talent. At 19 years old, he began tattooing, which became both his profession and artistic medium for the next ten years. Following his success as a nationally recognized tattoo artist, his focus turned to illustration and painting, exhibiting at galleries including solo exhibitions at Copro Nason, M Modern, and Corey Helford Gallery. Joey now works as both an illustrator and a private tattoo artist in Orange, CA where he lives with his wife and children. Alongside many of his contemporaries, Joey has become increasingly concerned about wildlife conservation and human/wildlife conflicts and is using his connections with companies such as Land Rover as well as artists to help raise awareness to these issues.
Kirsten Anderson is the founder and owner of Roq la Rue Gallery in Seattle, which opened in 1998. The gallery has hosted exhibitions by almost every underground art heavyweight as well as helping launch the careers of a new wave of emerging artists. In addition, she compiled and edited the seminal survey of Lowbrow/Pop Surrealism with the book, "Pop Surrealism," and has written about art for numerous publications and works as Editor at Large for the art publication ‘Hi Fructose’. She is active in wildlife conservation, and in 2009 was one of the biggest U.S. donors for the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust in Kenya.
Land Rover Anaheim Hills has been Orange County’s premier Land Rover dealership for over 15 years.
