- The Beverly Arts
Updated: Apr 1, 2023
Members and officers of the Bailliage de Los Angeles, Bailliage de Beverly Hills, and Provincial - Far West, La Chaîne des Rotisseurs, joined together for an induction ceremony and dinner at Boxwood Restaurant, London West Hollywood at Beverly Hills, in West Hollywood, California
West Hollywood, California, USA. 19th March, 2023. The Bailliage de Los Angeles (Los Angeles Chapter) and the Bailliage de Beverly Hills (Beverly Hills Chapter), Confrérie de la Chaîne des Rôtisseurs, held an induction ceremony and dinner at the Boxwood Restaurant, London West Hollywood at Beverly Hills, in West Hollywood, California. The Confrérie de la Chaîne des Rôtisseurs is an international group of food and wine enthusiasts who are focused on fine dining, camaraderie, and a passion for the culinary arts. With over 20,000 members in 75 countries, the organization brings together professionals from the hospitality industry (restaurants, hotels, sommeliers, culinary institutions, wine and spirits distributors, etc.) and all lovers of gastronomy who wish to participate in unique dining experiences and the appreciation of fine cuisine.
Los Angeles Beverly Arts (LABA) Board members Princess Karen Cantrell and founder Joey Zhou are also members of the Beverly Hills Chapter and participated in the induction ceremony. LABA Blue-chip artist Jiannan Huang was inducted as Chevalier, and attended by video conference from China since he was unable to attend in person.
Princess Karen Cantrell, Dame and Vice Conseiller Gastronomique, Beverly Hills Chapter, Sir Philip Kress, Bailli Provincial - Far West, and Joey Zhou, Chevalier, Beverly Hills Chapter
The evening began with a cocktail hour of appetizers and mingling before the multi-course dinner prepared by Executive Chef Anthony Keene. The formal induction ceremony began with Sir Philip Kress, Bailli Provincial for the Far West, sharing the history of the Chaîne des Rôtisseurs. The new members and officers were:
Sean Justin Dent (Bailliage de Los Angeles) - Vice Conseiller Culinaire
Richard Allen Hanna (Bailliage de Los Angeles) - Professionnel du Vin
Gail Hershowitz (Bailliage de Beverly Hills) - Dame de la Chaîne
Nicholas Michael Ramirez (Bailliage de Beverly Hills) - Chevalier
Jiannan Huang (Bailliage de Beverly Hills) - Chevalier
Masanori Baba (Bailliage de Beverly Hills) - Professionnel du Vin
Lori Barth (Bailliage de Beverly Hills) - Commandeur 20 Years
Sir Philip Kress, Bailli Provencial - Far West and Sean Justin Dent, Vice Conseiller Culinaire, Los Angeles Chapter
Sir Philip Kress, Bailli Provencial - Far West, Richard Allen Hanna, Profesionnel du Vin, Los Angeles Chapter, and Marc Hamilton, Bailli, Los Angeles Chapter
Sir Philip Kress, Bailli Provencial - Far West and Nicholas Michael Ramirez, Chevalier, Beverly Hills Chapter
Sir Philip Kress, Bailli Provincial - Far West, Joey Zhou, Chevalier, Beverly Hills Chapter with Jiannan Huang who was inducted as Chevalier, Beverly Hills Chapter, Sir Laurent Khaiat, Bailli, Beverly Hills Chapter
Jiannan Huang is one of the world's finest artists, specializing in Western oil painting and Chinese ink. He is ranked third on the 2020 Hurun China Art List and 19th on the Hurun Global List with sales of $29 million. Jiannan holds several positions - Director of the Chinese Traditional Culture Promotion Association, member of the French National Artists Committee, art consultant for the World Low Carbon Cities Alliance, and France Jiny City Gold Medal Honorary Citizen. He was awarded the title of "Earl" by the Indonesian Royal Family. In 2021, he was given an honorary membership into the Royal Society of St. George (RSSG), California Branch, and received the RSSG "Master of Arts" Award and the LABA Most Influential and Most Valuable Artist Award in 2022.
LABA Blue-chip artist Jiannan Huang
Sir Philip Kress, Bailli Provencial - Far West, Masanori Baba, Profesionnel du Vin, Beverly Hills Chapter, Sir Laurent Khaiat, Bailli, Beverly Hills Chapter
Sir Philip Kress, Bailli Provencial - Far West, Lori Barth, Commandeur 20 Years, Beverly Hills Chapter, Sir Laurent Khaiat, Bailli, Beverly Hills Chapter, Marc Hamilton, Bailli, Los Angeles Chapter
Loup de Mer with Olive Tapenade, Artichoke, and Fennel
Pork Belly and Scallop with English Pea Puree and Smoked Bacon
Charcoal-grilled Wagyu Steak with Roasted Asparagus, Bearnaise
Some of the wines that were paired with the menu choices
The dessert was a Basque-style Burnt Cheesecake with Maraschino Cherries paired with a sparkling sake wine
Roxanne Langer, Vice Echanson, Los Angeles Chapter, educates the guests on one of the many fine wines paired with the menu choices
Joey Zhou holds tube with document inside for Jiannan Huang, Chevalier, Beverly Hills Chapter
Princess Karen Cantrell, Dame and Vice Conseiller Gastronomique, Beverly Hills, Chapter, Sir Laurent Khaiat, Bailli, Beverly Hills Chapter, Akemi Khaiat, Vice Chancelier Argentier, Beverly Hills Chapter, Peter Ekert
Executive Chef Anthony Keene and his staff who prepared the incredible dinner for the guests at Boxwood Restaurant
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Artist Todd Williamson and LABA host Maxwell Goddell with LABA Blue-chip artist Jiannan Huang (iPad) joining by video conference
Pasadena, California, USA. 9th March, 2023. The LABA International Art Festival hosted an interview with artists Todd Williamson and Jiannan Huang on the topic of "Abstract Art and Design" at the Langham Huntington Hotel in Pasadena, California. Mr. Huang was joined to the interview by video conference from his studio in Beijing, China, as he was unable to attend in person. The LABA host was Maxwell Gobbell who connected the two artists together and led the interview.
Todd Williamson, who is also the co-chairman of the LABA International Art Festival, gave an introduction about abstract art and shared his background and experience as an artist. He talked about the role of color in abstract art, and described his own journey of creating abstract oil paintings. He went on to say:
"Abstract art remains relevant in today's world because it allows artists to express thoughts, emotions, and complex concepts without using recognizable subjects. Abstract art has evolved considerably over time. Early abstract works tended to focus on broken shapes and flat forms, while modern abstract works tend to use a range of materials, techniques, and styles. There is also a great deal of texture and color experimentation to create evocative and expressive compositions."
Artist Todd Williamson
Todd Williamson is a Los Angeles-based contemporary artist and former arts commissioner for West Hollywood, California, where he served as chairman of the West Hollywood Arts Council for many years. He studied at the American Academy in Rome, Italy, the New Opera House in Naples, Italy, the Skopelos Foundation-Skopelos in Greece, the International Academy of Art in Venice, Italy, and the Louise Bourgeois Artists Salon in New York. Williamson is the recipient of the prestigious Pollock Krasner Foundation Award. His work has been exhibited around the world including Galerie Michael in Beverly Hills, Georges Berges Gallery in New York City, Nicole Longnecker Gallery in Houston, Texas, Premium Modern Art in Germany, and Art 1307 Gallery in Italy.
LABA host Maxwell Gobbell holds an iPad with LABA Blue-chip artist Jiannan Huang connected by video conference
The interview host, Maxwell Gobbell, connected the two artists together by video conference with Huang in Beijing. Gobbell raised the question of, "What is the relationship between art and design, and how do you integrate art and design together?"
Huang replied, "Art and design are inextricably linked. To say the same thing, I think art and design are both a process of innovation. Without innovation, art and design have no vitality. Of course, there are also differences. What art pursues is the unity of emotion and aesthetics, while design is more practical and utilitarian. The product of the combination of function and aesthetics."
LABA Blue-chip artist Jiannan Huang
"In addition, art puts more emphasis on personalization and the need to be done by hand. Design tends to adopt standardized creative methods and can be completed with the help of mechanical tools. The question of whether art and design can be integrated, I think this question is different for different people. I think that the two can learn from each other and integrate, first of all, thinking. Both artistic thinking and design thinking have their own strengths and weaknesses, and can learn from each other. Because both are a process of using thinking to innovate."
"Also, the accuracy of design technology can be used to perfectly to express the artistic intention that the artist wants to express. Communication of these designs with enough flexibility can be successfully implemented into product details. Of course, this is not to say that using mechanical tools instead of handwork to create art is not art. I think the high integration of the creator's emotions, thinking, and techniques is the life of art."
Jiannan Huang Hao Miaojian, born in Heyuan, Guangdong, is a famous calligrapher, painter, collector, appraiser, national first-class artist, and former part-time researcher at Shenzhen Graduate School of Tsinghua University. He is one of the world's finest artists, specializing in Western oil painting and Chinese ink. He is ranked third on the 2020 Hurun China Art List and 19th on the Hurun Global List with sales of $29 million. Huang holds several positions - Director of the Chinese Traditional Culture Promotion Association, member of the French National Artists Committee, art consultant for the World Low Carbon Cities Alliance, and France Jiny City Gold Medal Honorary Citizen. He was awarded the title of "Earl" by the Indonesian Royal Family. In 2021, he was given an honorary membership into the Royal Society of St. George (RSSG), California Branch. He received the RSSG "Master of Arts" Award in 2022, and the LABA Most Influential and Most Valuable Artist Award.
LABA Blue-chip Artist Jiannan Huang
Additionally, Huang is the recipient of the Gold Medal of the Global Philanthropy Alliance. He is the first and only LABA Blue-chip artist in the world, as established by the Los Angeles Beverly Arts and the LABA International Art Festival. He is also the only Asian artist to be elected as the Rotating Chairman of the LABA International Art Festival in the United States. Professor Wayne, a world-influential art critic in the United States, concluded that Huang benefited from his rich experience and accumulation of travel and life experiences. This allowed him to integrate Chinese and art conception with Western oil painting techniques, and light and shadow colors. He created a unique personal comprehensive painting system and a "new system."
LABA host Maxwell Gobbell, Joey Zhou, and Todd Williamson
At the end of the interview, the host asked the two internationally renowned artists a common question: "What is the trend of art and design in the future?"
Huang stated, "I think there are several directions in the future of art and design that we may have to face:
First, Smart Art and Design:
Use the most advanced artificial intelligence technologies such as natural language processing and machine learning algorithms to create new artworks and design symbols, helping artists realize more creative possibilities.
Second, virtual reality art and design:
Combining virtual reality with art and design allows audiences to participate in a more realistic way than reality, enhancing the visual and physical experience.
Third, digital art and design:
Using digital technologies such as 3D printing, digital image processing, and network media, creates new possibilities for artists, and explores two-way interaction, interactive artworks and design elements.
Fourth, social media art and design:
Unprecedented use of social media platforms to increase the visibility, recognition and word-of-mouth of artworks and brands, use social media to establish direct interaction with consumers, and achieve the common development of communication and participation.
Of course, I personally believe that no matter how technology and intelligence develop in the future, people will ultimately play a decisive role. Human emotions are rich, human imagination is unlimited, and human creativity has no end, and these are the vitality and source of artistic creation."
LABA and The Beverly Arts founder and chairman Joey Zhou
The interview was directed and produced by Joey Zhou, the founding chairman of the LABA International Art Festival and an internationally renowned TV host.
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- The Beverly Arts
Updated: Apr 1, 2023
Joe Davidson Exhibition at Bulthaup in West Hollywood, California
West Hollywood, California, USA. 2nd March, 2023. Joe Davidson, one of the 2021-2022 LABA International Art Festival's Top 10 Global Most Influential and Most Valuable (MIMV) Artists, and Xinyong Wang, the chief representative for East China, set up an international video conference at a sculpture exhibition that was held at Bulthaup in West Hollywood, California. Joe Davidson is a fine art sculptor and one of the first artists to win a LABA Icon Award. Xinyong Wang is Chinese artist and fine art painter living in the US, who was also a winner of a LABA Icon Award and one of the Top 20 Global Most Influential and Most Valuable (MIMV) Artists. The sculpture exhibition brought together mainstream artists, international curators, and art collectors who came see to Joe Davidson's artwork.
Artist Joe Davidson, Italian curator Cynthia Penna, and Joey Zhou
Joe Davidson has an art studio in Los Angeles. His work touches on themes of gravity and impermanence with sculptures and large scale installations cast from unexpected materials: slip-cast porcelain for the speed bags, glazed porcelain for the towels, cast Hydrocal for the freestanding balloons and Aqua-Resin for the sculptures on the walls. He graduated in 1995 with a Master's of Fine Art (MFA) degree in Sculpture from San Francisco Art Institute in San Francisco, California and in 1992 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) degree in Sculpture from the University of Massachusetts in Amherst, Massachusetts. He has exhibited throughout North America and Europe, and in 2009, received the C.O.L.A. Fellowship from the Department of Cultural Affairs, Los Angeles, California. He has been reviewed by many publications including the Los Angeles Times, Artillery Magazine, Artscene, and THE Magazine.
Artist Joe Davidson
One of Joe Davidson's sculptures has this quote, "In the end, gravity always wins. It is a blunting, unchanging force with a continual effect that keeps us grounded and ultimately pulls us in. Sculpture, by its very nature, talks to this pull, sometimes enjoying and acknowledging it, sometimes trying to hide and scorn it."
Sculptures by Joe Davidson
Joe Davidson describes his artistic work and inspirations, "My work acknowledges gravity, sometimes implicitly, sometimes overtly. It's a way of blending the refined with the ordinary. Materiality while also trying to address the ephemeral. Because sculpture is so deeply rooted in the ground, one has to accept its materiality. However, some of the most effective work I have witnessed is an attempt to transcend. It is mass and lightness, A steady push and pull between solidity and absence, form and void. In addition, I am drawn to familiar objects and the associations embedded in them. Current work references visual anchors such as body shape, sagging or bloating. Whether the product is scotch tape, or whether making a still life or a bouquet made of plaster flowers, I see the dreamlike as the object of my work. The work is strongly representational in content, but has no clearly assigned meaning, thus creating unease. With this way, I think in a Surrealist way, looking for traditional figures like Eva Hesse and Piero Manzoni, as well as contemporary figures like Robert Gerber and Matthew Barney. Deceptively simple streamlined objects juxtaposition with this unease adds powerful force to the work, again symbolizing the contrast between the emotional lives that define us as human beings and the obsessions and minutiae that make up our everyday lives."
Sculpture by Joe Davidson at the exhibition
At the sculpture exhibition, Joe Davidson met with Joey Zhou, the founding chairman of the LABA International Art Festival. In addition to communicating with various artists and curators, Joey Zhou arranged for an international video conference with Xinyong Wang, Joe Davidson, Italian international curator Cynthia Pena, and an American curator, Michelle Gagnon. Joey Zhou also owns a sculpture by Joe Davidson.
Artist Xinyong Wang
Xinyong Wang is an artist living in the United States. In recent years, Mr. Wang's original works have attracted the attention of the calligraphy and painting market, especially the unanimous praise of deep senior collectors and celebrities. Wang has devoted himself to the innovative research and practice of meticulous painting for more than 30 years. He has visited Michigan State University and Texas A&M University for visiting studies. His artistic creation starts from traditional meticulous painting, which has both inheritance and transformation, embodying a philosophical foundation of self-reflection and practice. His works show the expansion and integration of Eastern and Western art, break through the solidified expression and expression of techniques and images in terms of subject matter, shape, texture, color, texture, etc., and trace the natural origin of art with simple and pure creativity.
Xinyong Wang has successively held exhibitions in Beijing, Nanjing, Shanghai, Los Angeles, Santa Fe, Taos, Texas A&M University STARK Gallery, Texas Brasso Art Center, Michigan State University Asian Research Center, etc. as well as lectures and cultural exchanges. Wang is a member of the Artists Association & Calligraphers Association in Jiangsu Province, Chairman of Jiangsu Micro Technology & Culture Co. Ltd, Executive Vice President of the US Jiangsu General Chamber of Commerce and Deputy Director of the Culture and Arts Commission of the US Jiangsu General Chamber of Commerce, and the vice president of the Nanjing Chamber of Commerce in the United States. He has been committed to cultural and artistic exchanges between China and the United States for many years, promoting and enhancing China's excellent traditional culture International popularity and influence.
In 2022, Wang won the LABA Icon Award and ranked among the Top 20 Global LABA-MIMV lists, attracting extensive mainstream media attention and reports in the United States. The online popularity in North America has reached 16 million people. In 2021, the "Extraordinary Craftsman" column of CCTV's National Video Archives Channel broadcasted Xinyong Wang's personal special documentary "Unbounded Art Is Here."
During the video conference, Xinyong Wang expressed his interest in Joe Davidson's sculpture exhibition held in West Hollywood, and his appreciation of his sculptures. He looks forward to the opportunity to hold a joint exhibition with American artists under the arrangement of the LABA International Art Festival.
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