Please join us for an evening of acoustic music performed by William T. Wiley (guitar) and Ethan Wiley (mandolin and mandocello)

Saturday, August 15

Performance will begin at 8:00 pm

Doors will open at 7:00 pm
Seating is limited. Please arrive early.

SolwayJones
990 North Hill St., #180,
Los Angeles, CA 90012
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“Getting the Record Crooked”  (Wiley’s musical instruments)

AS TO PURPOSE

PERHAPS THE MIRACLE, THE MYSTERY,

OF OPINION, ACTION, IS ONLY ENTROPY

SINGING TO ITSELF, AND THESE INSTRUMENTS

ARE FOR THAT SONG.

- W.T.W.

William T. Wiley, Debilslied, 1986, mixed media on wood, 45-1/2 x 15-3/4 x 5 inches

William T. Wiley

American. Born in Bedford, Indiana, 21, October, 1937. Mr. Wiley has an exhibition opening at The Reynolds Center, Smithsonian American Art Museum – opening October 2, 2009

Ethan Wiley

Ethan was given his first Martin guitar on his 16th birthday by his father, artist William T. Wiley. But while attending UCLA in the late ’70s, he switched to mandolin. Many years later, Ethan produced his own critically-acclaimed CD, TAKE A STAND, recording with some of acoustic music’s best musicians, including Jon Sholle (guitarist for the David Grisman Quintet), violinist Joyce Andersen and percussionist Joe Craven (also an alumni of the DGQ). He has also recorded and composed for several movie soundtracks and has performed as a session musician for singer-songwriter Robert Morgan Fisher and others.

For more information, please contact:

Michael Solway or Angela Jones – 323.223.0224

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 “These artworks are making noise”

July 17, 2009

Holly Myers

Koh Byoung-ok, 2 Glass Clock, 2007, clock parts, glasses, aluminum, 7 x 10 x 3 inches

Instruments, at SolwayJones, builds on the gallery’s long-standing interest in the line between visual art and sound to present just what its title implies: a selection of artist-designed, sound-producing objects as compelling in their aural as their visual presence. The works span from the early ’70s through present day. Save a charming trio of stringless banjos painted with folk-art-inspired scenes by Clare Rojas, nearly all are functional and available for demonstration by a gallery associate.

There are a number of string instruments — two harp-like pieces by Robert Wilhite; another by William T. Wiley; a cello and a bass by William Leavitt — as well as a trio of gongs (also by Wilhite) and a beautifully carved, long, pale wood structure housing a single piano key and string by Koh Byoung-ok.

Several are purely electronic: Paul De Marinis’ 1973 “Pygmy Gamelan,” for instance, a nondescript device that amplifies ambient radio waves; Nam June Paik’s 1994 “I Wrote This in Tokyo in 1954,” a 144-note music box mechanism nestled inside a vintage television frame, with a miniature video camera transmitting it to the screen; a trio of synthesizers built from children’s electronics; and a lovingly scrappy pair of amplification devices by Dani Tull (who will perform at the gallery July 25).

My favorite, so subtle in the din of the others that one could almost miss it, is Koh’s 2007 “Two Glass Clocks,” which consists of a pair of unmarked pint glasses into which the battery-powered gears of two dismantled clocks have been dropped. Each retains merely a second hand that, pinned by the wall of the glass, taps a steady, deliciously delicate rhythm on the lip.

Copyright 2009 Los Angeles Times

8:30 pm

In a rare solo performance, Dani Tull will use vintage Organs and Synthesizers, Guitars, modern technologies and hand-made instruments, to create exotic ambient, polyphonic sound works that intertwine pre-recorded and improvised live musical performance. The set up and approach will be informal, analogous to a casual home-studio session.

Artist and musician Dani Tull has had solo exhibitions locally at Blum and Poe, Kim Light Gallery and Angstrom Gallery. As a musician he has collaborated and worked with a multitude of musicians including Marnie Weber, Eric Avery, Tom Watson, Raymond Pettibon, Brad Laner, Jad Fair, and Jim Shaw. Tull has also played in many bands including Polarbear, The Spirit Girls, Mythter and BoyGeorgeMichaelJacksonBrown.  Recently he has composed original scores for 2 films by Jim Shaw. Dani Tull and Jim Shaw have also collaborated on an epic performance for the Billy Wilder Theater at the Hammer Museum, Blast 6, and an upcoming performance in Turin Italy.

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PERFORM! NOW!

Chinatown, Saturday, July 25 – Performance Night in Chinatown. The first event of new visual and sound art performances by Los Angeles artists, will be held on and around Chung King Road in Chinatown, Los Angeles.

Featuring approximately 20 performances, this will be Chinatown’s first collaborative performance event hosted by the resident galleries. The galleries participating include The Box, The Company, China Art Objects, Chung King Project, Jancar Gallery, Parker Jones, David Patton Gallery, Redling Fine Art, Sister Gallery, Thomas Solomon Gallery, SolwayJones and David Salow Gallery.

The entire program of performances will provide the audience with an exciting interactive exploration of the world-renowned Chinatown, Los Angeles community of  galleries. For one evening, the gallery spaces and surrounding outdoor areas will present various performances engaging viewers from a broad range of interests, breaking down barriers with a variety of performative materials from new visual art, dance, film, theatre, and music, including new commissions and historic reconstructions using historic Chinatown neighborhood as the backdrop for work by approximately 15 artists at 8 different venues.

Programming will include a schedule of live performances and parallel exhibitions that will provide critical and historical contexts for the new work produced.  The 15 plus events will be free and open to the public with an expected attendance of over 500 guests.

This event is made possible by the generous support of For Your Art.

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SIMONE FORTI : 6 PM – The Box

LUCAS MURGIDA : 6 – 9 PM – Charlie James Gallery

ALEXIS DISSELKOEN : 6:30-Ongoing – Chung King Project

MICOL HEBRON: 7 – 10 PM – David Salow

JOEL KYACK : Ongoing – Chung King Road ( Hill Street )

JOHN KILDUFF “Let’s Paint TV” ( Live! ): 7:30 PM – Jancar Gallery

AARON SANDNES “Flying False Colors”: 7 – 10 PM

MARGO VICTOR : 8 PM – The Company

GOLD COBRA AND SLOW BULLETS : 8-10 PM – Sister

MAURA BREWER “Face Transplantation and Depression: 8 – 8:30 PM -
Chung King Project

MARCUS CIVIN & SANDY DELISSOVOY “Johnny Angel”: 8:30-9:00 PM – Chung King Project

KATHLEEN JOHNSON “Brainchild”: 8:30 PM – David Patton Los Angeles

DANI TULL : 8:30 PM – SolwayJones

VANESSA PLACE : 9 PM – Chung King Project

NAO BUSTAMANTE “Silver & Gold”: 9:15 – 9:45 PM – Chung King Project

DAWN KASPER : 9:15 PM – The Company

SARAH CONAWAY & LISA WILLIAMSON: 10 PM – Mihai Nicodim

F-STOP SERENADE : 10 PM – Sister

SIMON LEUNG “Simon Leung Dances Yvonne Rainer” : 10:45 PM – Center of Chung King Road

LIZ GLYNN : 11 PM

all times subject to change contact galleries for additional information

Thursday, July 9th

8:30 pm

Please join us for an evening of improvisational sound music performed by Joseph Hammer (tape loops and synthesizers,) William Leavitt (electric cello,) and Rick Potts (analog synthesizer).  Hammer, Leavitt, and Potts (with Steve Thomsen) performed together in the early 1990’s as the group Solid Eye.

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Los Angeles based William Leavitt is a theater artist, painter, and musician who has performed and exhibited in Los Angeles since 1975.  He wrote and produced his first theater piece, “The Silk,” in 1975.  Around 1988 he began working with Joseph Hammer and Rick Potts on experimental music projects. They collaborated on the music for “Random Trees”, a play that was presented at the Santa Monica Museum of Art in 1990.  As a cellist, he has performed in several local groups including Solid Eye, The Sub tones, and Provisional Riviera.  He was awarded a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts for New Genres in 1991 and a John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship in 1998. This exhibition will include his hand-built instruments “Two by Cello” and “One by Bass” from 1991-92.

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future Instruments related performances:

Dani Tull, Saturday, July 25 – solo performance

William T. Wiley and Ethan Wiley, Saturday, August 15