SNL149 ART SHOW LOST+FOUND CAFE 2013

HARRY BELLICK

 

 

HARRY BELLICK YOUR FAVOURITE DJ HERE AT MUSIC BOX RADIO, WITH THE LATEST AND THE NEWEST FROM THE WESTCOAST OF TURTLE ISLAND.  LAST NIGHT WAS THE LONG AWAITED OPENING OF SNL149’S FIRST ART SHOW OF 2013.  THIS EVENT WAS HELD AT THE LOST+FOUND CAFÉ AT 33 WEST HASTINGS STREET IN VANCOUVER B.C. CANADA.  THE LOST+FOUND CAFÉ PROVIDED THE MOST INCREDIBLE VENUE FOR THIS EVENT.  THE OWNERS OF THE CAFÉ NOT ONLY PROVIDE A QUALITY SPACE FOR ANY TYPE OF EVENT, BUT THEIR FOOD, THEIR PERSONALITIES, THEIR PROFESSIONALISM AND QUALITY OF SERVICE IS TOP NOTCH.  IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR A VENUE THIS IS THE PLACE TO GO.  NOW, AS FOR THE SNL149 SHOW, THE DOORS OPENED AT 7:30 PM TO A WAITING CROWD OF EAGER ART LOVERS.  INSIDE THE DOORS HUNG THE FIRST OF WHAT I AM SURE WILL BECOME A MUST ATTEND EVENT, AN SNL149 ART SHOW OF IMMENSE QUALITY WORKS.  THE WALLS ARE LONG AND TALL, HUNG WITH WORKS FROM TRIPLE P, ROD WINNING, JENNA MACK, VINNIE, SOUL SISTER SARAH SHIELDS SNL149, KEN FOSTER.  VISUALLY THE EXPERIENCE IS AWESOME, COLOURS MIXED INTO COMPLETED THOUGHTS AND VORTEX IMAGERY, WITH STORIES OF AWARENESS, SHARING AND  CHANGE. ALL 39 MEMBERS OF SHELLS AND LEATHER WERE IN ATTENDANCE, SOME HAVING FLOWN IN JUST THAT DAY FOR THE SHOW.  AS ONE MINGLED AMONGST THE PATRONS, MODE MODERNE, SINEAD OCONNOR, THE ZIP GUNS AND OTHER GROUPS APPEARED IN VARIOUS LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT THE ROOM AS SNL149’S 3D IMAX PRODUCED VIDEO KEPT ONE CAPTURED IN A TOTAL SHOW.  TWO OF THE PIECES BY JENNA MACK, BOTH REPRESENTATION OF CHRIST AS A BABY MOD, CREATED QUITE A SCENE, WHEN PEOPLE WITH OBVIOUS AFFLICTIONS, WERE WASHED IN LIGHT AND HEALED.  BRAVO JENNA.  MONSTANTA ALFRADII  AN ART BUYER FOR SHIPPING MAGNATE BILLY  WATON, HEADED DIRECTLY TO ROD WINNINGS THREE PIECES, ALL OF WHICH WERE THE FIRST THREE BREAK THROUGH PIECES BY MR WINNING.  MONSTANTA EXPLAINED THEIR IMPORTANCE TO THOSE GATHERED AS THE FIRST REPRESENTATIONS OF CHANGE IN MR WINNINGS CAREER,  RODS WORK FOR YEARS HAS BEEN INTERNATIONAL SOUGHT AFTER FOR ITS DETAILED CULTURALLY APPOINTMENT AND POLICTICAL STATEMENTS SEEN IN ALL HIS PAST WORKS OF ART.   BUT THESE AS MONSTANTA EXPLAINED WERE A TRANSITION INTO WHAT WILL BECOME YET ANOTHER PERIOD OF MUSEUM QUALITY WORKS BY ROD WINNING.  ALL THREE WERE SOLD TO MR ALFRADII, BUT AS WITH ALL SNL149 SHOWS, ALL PIECES WILL REMAIN HANGING TILL THE END OF JUNE. SNL149 PIECES REFLECTED THE VISERY DIRECTION TAKEN IN PRODUCING WHAT CAN ONLY BE DESCRIBED AS POST-MODERNISM AWARE OF THE CULTURAL PLURALISM IN WHICH OUR 3 DIMENSIONAL EXISTENCE STRENGHTENS IN ORDER TO REVIVE THE ANTISEPTIC STYLE OF SNL149.  SNL149 PIECES WERE WELL RECEIVED AND WILL HANG TILL THE END OF JUNE.  SOUL SISTER SARAH SHIELDS PROVIDED ALL THOSE IN ATTENDANCE WITH HER NEWEST CREATIIONS OF STUNNING COLOUR AND BEAUTY, AS SHE EXPOSED THE PEACOCKS AND OWLS THAT SHE CREATES.  EACH PIECE EMPLOYS THE STYLE OF CREATIVITY DEVELOPED BY SOUL SISTER SARAH AS SHE HAS TAKEN A TRADITIONAL TECHIQUE AND CARRIED IT FORWARD INTO A NEW CULTURAL CATEGORY.  BRAVO SARAH.  ALL SOUL SISTER SARAH SHIELDS WORKS WILL HANG TILL THE END OF JUNE, AFTER WHICH TIME THEY WILL HANG IN THE VANCOUVER ART GALLERY TILL SEPTEMBER UNTIL THEY BEGIN A CROSS CANADA TOUR.  DURING THE EVENING A BIDDING WAR ERUPTED OVER VINNIES STUNNING OIL PAINTING CALLED VILLAGE VALOUR.  TWO ATTENDEES TO THE SNL149 SHOW BEGAN ARGUING OVER JUST WHO WOULD OWN THIS PIECE, SO BEGAN THE IMPROMTU AUCTION, THAT SOON  WOULD DRIVE VINNIE’S VILLAGE VALOUR PIECE TO A RECORD HIGH PRICE.  WHEN ASKED HOW HE FELT ABOUT THE RECORD PRICE, VINNIE REMARKED IN HIS SOUTHERN DRAWL, THAT APPRECIATION IS NOT MARKED BY DOLLARS BUT BY THE MESMORIZED THOUGHTS OF VIEWERS TO HIS ART.   THE LOST+FOUND CAFÉS HIGH CEILING WAS ACCENTED WITH FAMOUS LOCAL ARTIST KENNY FOSTER WORKS OF INSIGHT AND TECHNIQUE.  THE DARK HAUNTING IMAGES OF LIFE ON THE STREET.  THE HONEST REPRESENTATION OF AN ERA SLIPPING AWAY AS HUMANITY CONTINUES IN ITS QUEST OF SPACE.  KENNY WAS NOT IN ATTENDANCE THIS EVENING AS HE WAS IN MILAN ITALY RESEARCHING MATERIAL FOR HIS LONG AWAITED NON-FICTION NOVEL WHERE HIS UNEMOTIONAL, DELIBERATE, SYSTEMATIC, PERSONAL, HUMOUROUS, IRONIC, DETACHED THOUGTHS CAPTURE LIFE ON THE EASTSIDE OF DOWNTOWN VANCOUVER.  ACCENTING AND CONTRIBUTING TO THE OVER ALL SHOW, MIXED IN WITH KENNY FOSTERS, ROD WINNING, VINNIE, JEANNA MACK, SNL149, SOUL SISTER SARAH SHIELDS WAS THE COMMANDING PRESENCES OF TRIPLE P AND HIS LARGE CREATIONS OF BRILLANT REPRESENTATIONAL  CONVERGENCE BETWEEN THE ARTS AND THE MEDIA.  TRIPLE P PIECES CONFIRM THE DIVISION BETWEEN CONVENTIONAL PROCESS AND GENERATIONAL HISTORY.  ALL OF TRIPLE P PIECES MAKE A PAST GLANCE DIFFICULT, EACH PIECE HOLDING PATRONS SPELL BOUND TO DECIPHER THEIR MAGIC.  ALL TRIPLE P ARTWORKS WILL HANG TILL THE END OF JUNE, AFTER WHICH THEY WILL ENTER THE EVER GROWING COLLECTION OF CARL CABONELL OF NASHVILLE TENNESSE.  THE WARM PERSONALITY OF TRIPLE P FILLED THE GALLERY AS HE AND HIS BAND MATE THE RED THREAD, SIGNED AUTOGRAPHS AND SPOKE WITH THE ADORING FANS.  THE EVENING CLIMAXED WITH STREET MUSICIAN SID ONIKLY OF STRAY PIGS PERFORMING HIS UNPLUGGED VERSION OF THEIR LATEST ALBUM RELEASE, MUD FLAPS OF LOVE.  THE DRAWING OF WINNING TICKETS FOR THE EVENINGS SNL149 GIVE AWAY WAS COMPLETED WITH MANY HAPPY WINNERS, SEARCHING FOR THEIR FAVOURITE PIECE HANGING ON THE WALL, TO TAKE HOME AND BEGIN A NEW FAMILY HISTORY.  THANKS AGAIN TO THE LOST+FOUND CAFÉ FOR PROVIDING THE VENUE AND QUALITY FOOD AND DRINKS.  THANKS TO ALL WHO ATTENDED AND REMEMBER THIS IS HARRY BELLICK YOUR FAVOURITE DJ HERE AT MUSIC BOX RADIO, SAYING STAY IN TOUCH AND TUNED ON AND REMEMBER JUST TAKE A WALK AROUND THE PARK.