LIPSTiCK TrACeZ

Excited to have been working for some time with fellow Libra creative inspirer/collaborator Will Lemon III on his show @ Eighth Veil gallery here in LA, as well as some other projects such as the Odilon A/W 2010 film with Alia Raza and a very cool project coming up in the future.

Come check out his closing night performance on the full moon of August 24th @ 8PM! Eighth Veil. 7174 Sunset Blvd. LA

FULL ARTICLE: http://tmagazine.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/08/04/los-angeles-dispatch-will-lemon-at-eighth-veil-gallery/

I can't thank journalist Steffie Nelson and the staff at the NY Times enough. Thrilled with the piece! Thank you! Snippet from the article below:

The comparison was clear at Lemon's multimedia exhibition, "Parcival vs. the Sun," which opened recently at the Eighth Veil gallery in Hollywood and attracted artists, architects, fashion designers and stylists, along with friends and collaborators like Devendra Banhart (a guest musician on "VII Acts"), Thomas Bangalter of Daft Punk and Paul Hahn, who runs the band's production company Daft Arts. They all gathered under a series of large canvas tapestries and looked through a limited-edition book printed by the gallery's publishing house. Lemon's intricate, colorful designs depicting the quest of the knight Parcival to find his true self included motifs that are echoed in his skin-printing work.

The custom linen cloak that Will wore in the performance was a collaboration with Cavern Collection
The exhibition is inspired in part by the senses. Thanks to IZZE soda (we REALLY love the new ginger flavor) and Lorenza Rose for their beautiful contribution to the sense of taste for the opening night beverages.

For more info check out their website:  www.churchboutique.com/

TODAY Thursday, June 17th, Hollywood will be hosting its first Art and Culture Walk featuring small businesses and art venues on Las Palmas and Cherokee Avenue.

Come check out some of the hidden gems, new fashion boutiques and art galleries.  Boardner's, a Hollywood historical bar, will be extending its happy hour until 9 PM.

Discount parking will be available at Classic Parking on Las Palmas Avenue between Hollywood Boulevard and Selma Avenue.  Want to avoid traffic? Take the Metro Red Line to Hollywood and Highland.

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Two of the most recognizable names in dance-Mikhail Baryshnikov and the Merce Cunningham Dance Company-headline a show on June 7 to benefit REDCAT and the Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, which works to preserve the legacy of the iconoclastic choreographer, who died at 90 last year.

The evening at REDCAT marks the Dance Company's final appearance in Los Angeles, following public performances (June 4-6) of the premiere revival of Roaratorio (1983), featured as part of Glorya Kaufman Presents Dance at the Music Center series.

Baryshnikov, the noted Russian ballet dancer who defected to Canada in 1974, has had a long and storied history in dance with Cunningham.

From The New York Times:

That interest goes back to the late 1970s, not long after Mr. Baryshnikov moved to the West. In the 1980s, as artistic director of American Ballet Theater, he added Mr. Cunningham's "Duets" to the company's repertory; in the 1990s, as director of the White Oak Dance Project, he added Mr. Cunningham's "Septet" to its repertory, sometimes dancing the central role himself.

At a 1997 Brooklyn Academy of Music benefit for the Merce Cunningham Dance Company, Mr. Baryshnikov danced a solo Mr. Cunningham had created for himself, in "Walkaround Time" (1968); at the prestigious 1999 New York State Theater season celebrating Mr. Cunningham's 80th birthday the two men shared the stage in a duet made by Mr. Cunningham and never seen again. Even seasoned Cunningham performers, who are usually critical of the approximations made by nonspecialists trying to tackle the rigors of Cunningham style, were deeply impressed by how well Mr. Baryshnikov exemplified its principles.

The REDCAT performance will feature Occasion Piece², a version of a work that Baryshnikov and Cunningham originally performed together in 1999. The music is from "Song Books" by-another longtime Cunningham collaborator and his life partner-composer John Cage.

An extremely limited number of tickets for this intimate benefit event are still available. For more information or to reserve a seat, please email info.REDCAT@calarts.edu.

Special Benefit
with the Merce Cunningham Dance Company and guest artist Mikhail Baryshnikov
at REDCAT
June 7
6 pm cocktail reception and 7:30 pm performance

Tonight from 7-11pm at Eighth Veil
7174 Sunset Blvd.
music by Ezra Woods, Will Lemon and Dirty Dave

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French Grazia Magazine Paris Stunt

March 23 2010

Dorothy Iannone

D U A L from Alia Raza 

Direction Alia Raza / Featuring Alli Cripe & Annakim Violette / Production Stacey Clark & Jessica Trent / Editing Maximilla Lukacs / Original Score Street Tribes / Creative Direction Jessica Trent / Direction of Photography Shaheen Seth / Makeup William Lemon III / Wardrobe Harold Kuhn / Clothing and bags ODILON

Dual, a film by Alia Raza, comments on destructive competition with primal, animal-like intimidation as well as cooperative competition for mutual survival in a post-apocalyptic world. Filmed on the San Andreas Fault surrounded by the biological decay of the Salton Sea, artist Annakim Violette plays a character that is the creation of synthetic biology seeking to transinfect and overtake a human played by Alli Cripe. The two battle against and with one another in Odilon's taupe-hued nylon-coated jersey skin suits and stiff hooded shells of translucent nylon-coated spider web organza. The nuclear orange undercoat of a rabbit fur and washed leather jacket grounds the primal human aspect while Odilon's signature ball-bag becomes a weapon. Artist William Lemon III painted the faces of the film's characters to punctuate the cooperation of a new nomadic tribe.

ODILON
Young designer Stacey Clark emerges from Los Angeles drawing upon the influence of the Surrealists and Symbolists with a post-apocalyptic mood. Her collection encompasses both the primal and the futuristic with high necks and long, lean lines to the floor which are often juxtaposed with wide, loose-fitting tops.

Prior to graduating from FIDM in 2008, the Canadian native studied painting, sculpture, and art history at the University of Victoria. A modern nomadic equestrian lifestyle is an underlying source of inspiration in her collection stemming from her experiences training and competing Equestrian Show Jumping since age five and her travels around the world. Completely designed and crafted in the US, Odilon utilizes a combination of European organic and synthetic fabrics and trims. Odilon is designed by Stacey Clark and assistant designer Harold Kuhn.  odilonbystaceyclark.com

Alia Raza
Alia Raza is a filmmaker and artist based in New York and Los Angeles.  Raza's work blends cinema and time-based video, dealing with themes that include self-presentation and its related anxieties, and the influence of contemporary culture and consumerism on self-identity. Her work (which has featured performances by Sebastien Andrieu, Devendra Banhart, Christopher Bollen, Jorge Elbrecht, Karen Elson, Patrik Ervell, Sarah Sophie Flicker, Tavi Gevinson, Liz Goldwyn, Kim Gordon, Elizabeth Hart, Damian Kulash, Lykke Li, Jena Malone, Margherita Missoni, Julia Restoin Roitfeld, Chloe Sevigny, Becky Stark, Arden Wohl) has been shown in screenings and events at the Palais de Tokyo in Paris, Greene Naftali, Moeller Snow, Renwick Gallery, Scope Art Fair, Kreilling & Dodd, LA><ART, Mandrake, Not To Be Reproduced, Roberts & Tilton, Taylor de Cordoba, and Tiny Creatures, as well as Souvenirs From Earth TV, A Shaded View On Fashion Film, the Marfa Film Festival and the Zero Film Festival. Her projects have been featured in print and on the websites of Blackbook, Blast, Elle, Dossier, HBO, Interview, The Journal, The New York Times, Pitchfork, Russh, V, Variety, Vogue, Whitewall, Wonderland, amongst others. www.aliaraza.com

William Lemon III
William Lemon III works in a variety of artistic expressions including printmaking, tapestry, collage, sculpture, skin printing, 3-D installation, fashion design, and music. In the past year Lemon's signature skin printing technique has been featured in videos for Basement Jaxx, Beck, Ebony Bones, Imaad Wasif, and Yeasayer. He collaborated with United Bamboo as well as Citizens of Humanity on artist series apparel for Spring 2010. Lemon composed, "Moon & Moon: VII Acts of an Iron King" a multi-media seven act musical about leaving religion and looking for clarity. His fine artwork has been included in group exhibitions at New Image Art Gallery in Los Angeles and Priska C. Juschka Fine Art in New York. In 2009 Lemon had a solo show at Fuse Gallery in New York.  William Lemon III has an upcoming solo exhibition at the Eighth Veil gallery in Los Angeles in July, 2010.  williamlemon.com