THE NEW GRAND TOUR: An Episodic Exhibition & Documentary Art Project

The New Grand Tour is an episodic art project featuring revolving guest artists with hyphenated cultural and geographical backgrounds. The artists and documentary crew travel together to different parts of the globe and express through art exhibitions the subject matter of the towns and cultures they visit.


The goal of The New Grand Tour in the early 21st Century is to bring together the diversified voices of artists and communities from around the world by bridging cultural divides through art and the moving image as the common grounds for communication, education, discovery, exchange, philanthropy and collaboration.


Our mission is to redefine, revive, change and reinvent the old concept of "The Grand Tour" to be more than just an 18th and 19th century privileged trip for the elite. We seek to interact with foreign cultures in an appreciative and organic way rather than as touring voyeurs.


The New Grand Tour Group was founded by Rey Parlá, José Parlá, Suitman, Julia F. Kwan and Mark Foster.





Beijing Security for Opening Night



Jose Parla's Shangri-La inspired watercolors



Davi Russo's photo wall



The New Grand Tour Crew & Tan Dynasty Brother and HK Mayor Fed T.



Brothers in Arms: HK Mayor Fed & Film Director Alexi Tan



DJ Rage Johnson of the InkHeads & Agent Intellect coordinating the show's after party across the street.



Beijing beauty...



Peking city lights



Jose Parla absorbing the scenery for new works



Rage Johnson + King of The New Grand Tour after party...



Jane, Grace and Li-Ting start to kidnap the DJ


Photography by Davi Russo
Design by Chris Rubino


To read more of The New Grand Tour Story visit [ reyparla ]

Click here to see the video trailer of The New Grand Tour Documentary Work-In-Progress.



Location and Event Date Info:




THE NEW GRAND TOUR
Suitman / José Parlá / Rostarr / Deanne Cheuk / Davi Russo

EXHIBITION OPENING
Wednesday, April 30, 2008
8:00 to 11:00PM

BRAVE
2 Jiuxianqiao Rd
Dashanzi Art District, Chaoyang District,
Beijing, China


R.S.V.P.
jason_lam@diesel.com
852.2167.1627


Special Thanks to Fed Tan and his amazing Diesel Teams in Hong Kong & Beijing for making this event possible. With their generosity, patience and open understanding the artists and producers have been able to create this unique exhibition and documentary project.

LOCKED & LOADED

Jose Parla: Memory Documents

G A L L E R I A + I L + T R I F O G L I O N E R O

JOSÉ PARLÁ: MEMORY DOCUMENTS

March 28th – May 10th 2008


The Galleria Il Trifoglio Nero is delighted to announce an exhibition of new works by José Parlá to mark the occasion of his first show in Italy.

“Parlá is fascinated with how the city constructs itself and functions as a palimpsest, upon which the experiences of those who pass through are materially inscribed on decaying walls.

He sees the city as a vertical grid, from the bridges, to the streets, down to the subterranean warrens of train tunnels, pipes and wires connecting to people living life inside apartments. The construction of the city and the passing of time find their equivalent in the way he attacks a painting, how he sees the need to layer his surfaces the way the city itself is layered.”

“As Parlá himself explains in conversation with his brother Rey “I call my works ‘Memory Documents’ because they become fragments of places I’ve been through. I am not only using paint to create my paintings, but I am also collecting bits of paper from walls, old newspapers, chunks of materials from the street or subway stations to reuse as collage onto my own surfaces and rework them until the colours of mould, rust and deterioration are right for the composition. The process may take weeks or months.” Manon Slome, Curator | The Chelsea Art Museum

“In 2005 I had the opportunity to participate in an exhibition by curator Manon Slome of the Chelsea Art Museum and Italian artist Mimmo Rotella. At the museum I installed two paintings – at wall size – both being the sum of 75ft. Together they are titled: Conversations with Rotella.

One painting was Tremont Ave and the second Canal Street. Tremont Ave, the painting – was inspired by walls in the Bronx Avenue of the same name. This piece is layered with posters collected from streets in the Bronx covered in names and signatures made in the style of people who have either passed away or are artist I once looked up to while growing up.

The idea is to pay homage to their names. Each painting bears the name of the location or experience from which it draws its source.” —José Parlá

José Parlá is a Miami native of Cuban descent. Parlá moved to Puerto Rico at a very early age before returning to Miami again when he was nine. He currently lives and works in Brooklyn, New York.

Parlá’s paintings have been included in numerous solo and group exhibitions: Cityscapes at Art Basel Miami Beach, Pirate Utopias with Futura at Elms Lesters Painting Rooms in London, The Chelsea Art Museum in New York where his work was exhibited with Mimmo Rotella, and most recently in Hong Kong for The New Grand Tour exhibition and video project with artists: Deanne Cheuk, Suitman and Rostarr.


A fully illustrated catalogue featuring texts by
Francesco Sborgi and Greg Tate will accompany the exhibition.

Gallery hours : Tuesday – Saturday 14.30-19.30
Galleria Il Trifoglio Nero
Palazzo Ducale
Piazza Matteotti 80-82
Genova, 16123, Italy
www.iltrifoglionero.com

SPIEGEL WORLD: FEATURING RAPHAELLE BOITEL & FRIENDS

Just saw this show the other night; truly magnificent work by all the performers. The entire presentation, atmosphere and scene sketches are superb and a joy to watch. Warning, it is a very interactive show, but definitely not to be missed by all family members and close friends. Don't miss it. The circus like cabaret fun house lasts about two hours and very worth the tickets.




Welcome to Spiegelworld… the world's most beautiful travelling venue.

With its opulent decor of mirrors and brocade, the intimate 350 seat Spiegeltent is the venue for two of the hottest shows in town, Absinthe and Gazillionaire’s Late Nite Lounge, plus an incredible line-up of live music acts from around the world as you've never seen them before.

With breathtaking views, sit back with a cocktail at sunset in our Green Fairy Garden, snuggle up in a booth at The Raleigh Oasis Restaurant, and after the show, dance under the stars with our eclectic DJ sessions, every Tuesday to Sunday night.

Spiegelworld's cabaret show, Absinthe, is just steps down the beach at Collins Park. Housed in spectacular turn-of-the-century circus tents, The New York Times heralded the show as, "Cirque de Soleil as channeled through Rocky Horror Picture Show... [Absinthe] is a blend of skill, erotic innuendo and zaniness. The memorable moments make make a jaded audience literally gasp."


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