DJ Alf Alpha Live Mix at New Image Art Gallery Dec. 2014
Recorded live at MICHELLE GUINTU Obsession art show opening.
Features 90’s hip hop.
Download DJ Alf Alpha – Live DJ Set at New Image Art Gallery
This Saturday, Dec 13th, New Image Art Gallery in Los Angeles is hosting Michelle Guintu‘s solo art “Obsession”. Looking forward to this art show. Michelle’s artwork takes inspiration from 80’s and 90’s pop culture. Being a 90’s kid myself, I can very much appreciate her body of work. Michelle and I have similar music taste. I Pleyed a DJ set at her first art show at New Image last December. Excited to be back this Saturday Pleying a DJ set for her 2nd solo show.
MICHELLE GUINTU : OBSESSION
December 13th, 2014 – January 11th, 2015
Opening Reception Saturday, December 13th, 2014
Live Music By Alf Alpha
7pm – 10pm
7920 Santa Monica Blvd.
West Hollywood, CA 90046
Michelle Guintu‘s upcoming exhibition is titled “Obsession” and it’s not hard to see why. The artists craft sharp-edged, multimedia shrines to classic hip hop artists, pop stars and cult film characters. For Guintu, nostalgia isn’t an ironic throwback but an intense fervor, and her artworks don’t just namedrop, they deify.
“I choose subjects that I’m super familiar with and have a lot to do with my childhood,” Guintu explained to The Huffington Post. “I guess I’m attracted to those things because I love those feelings I had growing up. Like when I listen to or watch something I get that deep heart-wrenching feeling sometimes; the kind of feeling where your eyes are blank because your eyeballs are nesting in that specific memory. Not to sound weird but sometimes it makes me wanna cry. I mean who doesn’t like that nostalgic feeling? I just feel it more than the average person.”
Lucky for us, Guintu has good taste. Her subjects include ’90s royalty like Aaliyah, Missy Elliott, TLC and Lil Kim. There are also some ’80s divas in the mix like Madonna and Cyndi Lauper. Her neon-tinged, pop-influenced style has been described as “kindercore” — yes, that’s part kindergarden, part hardcore for the uninitiated. We suppose if a badass art prodigy had a soft spot for N.W.A. this is what she’d create during craft time.
While a lot of Guintu’s works are painted on canvas, some are composed of a motley jumble of media, from fabric to paper mache, effectively blurring the line between art and craft. “I hope that people can see I’m not just a painter but I can work 2D and 3D and still receive that same nostalgic feeling,” said Guintu. “Also, that art doesn’t have to be large-scale or look expensive to be rad and legit.”
Get it girl.
Guintu’s upcoming exhibition “Obsession” runs from December 13th, 2014 until January 11th, 2015 at New Image Art Gallery in Los Angeles.
Tonight in LA I’m pleying a DJ set at New Image Art for Michelle Guintu solo show. 7pm-10pm
New Image Art Gallery presents Michelle Guintv solo show – DJ Set by Alf Alpha Dec. 14, 2013
Last Friday, I DJed the New Image Art Pop-Up Gallery at Space 15 Twenty. Super dope art show featuring Retna, Neckface, The Date Farmers, Skull Phone, Saner, Cleon Peterson, Yarrow Slaps, Innocnts, Cat Cult, Chad Muska, Kelsey Brooks, Michelle Guintu, Maya Hayuk, Albert Reyes and more.
Shout out to Marsea of New Image Art and Sean of Innocnts for putting this show together. Thanks for inviting me to Pley the opening.
If your in Hollywood this weekend, make sure you stop by and check it out. Show comes down on Sunday Sept 29, 2013.
-Alf Alpha
Photos from opening night .
New Image Pop Up Gallery at Space 15 Twenty Hollywood
Albert Reyes at New Image Pop Up Gallery at Space 15 Twenty Hollywood
The DJ booth was in front of Chad Muska’s Art. Shout out to Chad Muska for coming thru.
Michelle Guintu at New Image Pop Up Gallery at Space 15 Twenty Hollywood
Date Farmers at New Image Pop Up Gallery at Space 15 Twenty Hollywood
New Image Pop Up Gallery at Space 15 Twenty Hollywood
The Homie Retna was in the building
Kelsey Brooks at New Image Pop Up Gallery at Space 15 Twenty Hollywood
New Image Pop Up Gallery at Space 15 Twenty Hollywood
Yarrow Slaps at New Image Pop Up Gallery at Space 15 Twenty Hollywood
New Image Pop Up Gallery at Space 15 Twenty Hollywood
Yarrow Slaps at New Image Pop Up Gallery at Space 15 Twenty Hollywood
Date Farmers at New Image Pop Up Gallery at Space 15 Twenty Hollywood
Skull Phone at New Image Pop Up Gallery at Space 15 Twenty Hollywood
Necface at New Image Pop Up Gallery at Space 15 Twenty Hollywood
This Friday, September 20, 2013, I’ll be doing a guest DJ set at New Image Art Pop-Up @ Space 15 Twenty In Hollywood California . The show will feature art work from Skull Phone, Saner, Cleon Peterson, Yarrow Slaps, Innocnts, Cat Cult, Chad Muska, The Date Farmers, Kelsey Brooks, Maya Hayuk, Albert Reyes and more.
Big shout out to Marsea of New image Art Gallery and Sean from Innocnts for putting this radical show together. Looking forward to Pleying some grooves at this event.
Come look at dope art, listen to good music, and drink free beer.
– Alf Alpha
New Image Art Pop-Up @ Space 15 Twenty with DJ Alf Alpha
Kelsey Brooks at New Image Art Pop-Up Gallery @ Space 15 Twenty September 20, 2013
Anthony Lister at New Image Art Pop-Up Gallery @ Space 15 Twenty September 20, 2013
Saner at New Image Art Pop-Up Gallery @ Space 15 Twenty September 20, 2013
Yarrow Slaps at New Image Art Pop-Up Gallery @ Space 15 Twenty September 20, 2013
Cat Cult at New Image Art Pop-Up Gallery @ Space 15 Twenty September 20, 2013
Skullphone at New Image Art Pop-Up Gallery @ Space 15 Twenty September 20, 2013
Yarrow Slaps at New Image Art Pop-Up Gallery @ Space 15 Twenty September 20, 2013 with DJ Alf Alpha
In a few days (December 4, 2009), Pictures on Walls will open Fiesta Resistance, “a Latin American street art showdown.” The Date Farmers play a central roll in this party and in advance of opening have released a series of prints. “Don’t Fight Back” comes in 4 colors, each in an edition of 140.
Feista Resistance also features fellow Mexico City residents Saner and Smithe. The exhibition runs through December 23, 2009, at 46 Commercial Street, London, E1.
Date Farmers POW Fiesta Resistance London Show
Date Farmers - Don't Fight Back 09
Date Farmers - Don't Fight Back 09
Date Farmers - Don't Fight Back 09
Date Farmers - Don't Fight Back 09
The party was jam packed. Thanks to everyone that came out. Here are some photos and video from the event.
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