4.19.2007

Artists Just Wanna Have Fun

Does anyone want to see his installation at Concrete Walls (@Cafe Back Door in the rear) this Saturday? Yes, he is an artist. The press release below proves it!

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April 21 – June 16, 2007

Opening Reception & Special Video Projection: Saturday, April 21, 2007, 6-9pm

Concrete Walls is pleased to announce a solo exhibition by Fatima Hoang. Hoang's site specific installation masterfully incorporates video, sculpture and performance to transform Concrete Walls into a space fit for hip hop icons, groupies and rock stars a like.

Hoang aka the "Rockness Monster" is the 2005 National Air Guitar Champion" and developed cult status on websites like youtube.com and usairguitar.com after he performed, what is now his signature song, "Raining Blood" by Slayer.

Fatima Hoang received his MFA from Claremont Graduate University in 2005 and his BFA from the University of Hawaii. He has shown at Conner Contemporary in Washington D.C., Artists Space Project Room in New York, NY, and the Huntington Beach Art Center in Southern California. He has also been featured in ARTnews, the LA Weekly and the San Francisco Chronicle. Hoang is currently ranked #3 in the Air Guitar Hall of Fame and performed at the Air Guitar World Championships in Finland in 2005.

Gallery Hours: M-F 8am - 6pm, SAT 8am – 3pm Free parking in rear

Concrete Walls
@Cafe Back Door
5484 Wilshire Blvd. (rear) Los Angeles, CA 90036
323.933.4020
info@concretewallsgallery.com

www.concretewallsgallery

1 comments:

BaldieGirl said...

I WISH I COULD HAVE GONE TO SEE THIS!! LOL! I WOULD HAVE LOVED THIS! HELEN, DID YOU GO?! YOU SHOULD HAVE GOTTEN HIM TO PLAY AT YOUR SISTER'S WEDDING! I WANT HIM AT MY WEDDING! DOES HE DO WEDDDINGS? WHERE DOES HE WORK OUT?!