ARTCRIMES

The Burgundy Room Gallery is proud to present Artcrimes —an evolution of the art pop-up by Cakeland creator Scott Hove, featuring new paintings and graphic work by world-renowned tattooist Henry Lewis, accompanied by a rotating cast of transcendent performance artists curated by Vanessa Burgundy.. Bringing together the best of decadent LA nightlife and subversive art, this is a new kind of experience, offering late-night hours and an oeuvre much different than the usual “selfie museums.” Art Crimes will feature new immersive installations by Scott Hove and sculptures for sale by the artist, with large-scale murals by famed tattoo artist and painter Henry Lewis. Burgundy Room Gallery founder Vanessa Burgundy will be curating cutting-edge, thought-provoking and quite possibly terrifying performance art and specialty acts in the space throughout the month. Located on Cahuenga right off Hollywood Blvd, and next to the landmark Burgundy Room, Artcrimes will become an integral part of the Hollywood night-life, bringing immersive art to the bar scene and drawing passersby into a whole new world. And of course there will be plenty of decadent photo opps.

The opening reception will be held from 8pm - Midnite on September 26, kicking off a month of special programming the concludes on October 13, 2019. Confirmed performance include: Award-winning artists Coco Ono, Kristina Nekyia, mind-bending contortionist Brynn Route, Gregory Barnett, Katrina Kemp and more.

The first in a series of pop-ups, Artcrimes takes aim at the decay of our society in its servitude to commerce, particularly in this current political paradigm where personality and privilege have replaced rule of law. “In the absence of rules and restraint, culture devolves into a viewing party of celebrities and politicians,” says Hove in his artist statement. “Policy is replaced by outrage porn, and power is based on self-serving gossip. The art and performances in this show do not take a moral position about our current reality. It can be viewed as a guilt-free amoral indulgence, or a scalding criticism of a world where morality has become an impediment to power.”

A visual and emotional playground, ARTCRIMES will feature various live performance each night, never repeating an identical production, allowing the spectator a unique experience each viewing.