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\n661 N. Spaulding Ave., Los Angeles, CA<\/p>\nNew Exchange is part of an ongoing visual dialogue between Charles Munka and Mtendere Mandowa \u2018Teebs\u2019.<\/p>\n
Charles Munka and Mtendere Mandowa \u2018Teebs\u2019 came in contact through the Los Angeles music scene. A mutual admiration developed leading to a show in Kanazawa, Japan, this also being the first time they met in person. After the success of the Japanese exhibition, the two regrouped again in Hong Kong, Munka\u2019s current place of residency, for the Platform 78 exhibition. This return to Los Angeles continues the visual conversation between the two artists, creating a new series of works exclusive to the HVW8 Art + Design Gallery.<\/p>\n
A true global artist, French raised, Hong Kong based Charles Munka\u2019s work straddles genres. Post graffiti into collage, his multi-influenced culture clash style is complementary to his upbringing and current place of residence. Asian characters mixed with French text, references to computer games and city maps with Charles\u2019 signature hand styles are completely new yet still familiar to his \u2018urban\u2019 roots. Following in the heritage of Matisse\u2019s cut and paste and Basquiat\u2019s hand, Munka respects the past and transforms it into a worldly future.<\/p>\n
Born in New York to Malawi and Barbados origins, Mtendere (pronounced \u201cten-de-ra\u201d) (Chichewa for \u201cPeace\u201d) Mandowa, is an electronic musician and painter who bounced around the East Coast before finally planting his feet in the Southern California suburb of Chino Hills. Already successful in music with Flying Lotus\u2019 Brainfeeder and \u2018My Hollow Drum\u2019 Collectives, Teebs\u2019 painting is similar to his music production; collaging and illustrating images to create meditative and minimalist soundscapes on canvas.<\/p>\n
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NEW EXCHANGE Collaborative Works from Mtendere Mandowa \u2018Teebs\u2019 & Charles Munka Opening reception Friday, June 29, 2012 7-10pm please RSVP : newexchange@hvw8.com June 29th \u2013 August 1st, 2012 HVW8 Art + Design Gallery 661 N. Spaulding Ave., Los Angeles, CA New Exchange is part of an ongoing visual dialogue between Charles Munka and Mtendere Mandowa […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5855,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[56,46],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/illsocietymag.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5853"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/illsocietymag.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/illsocietymag.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/illsocietymag.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/illsocietymag.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5853"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/illsocietymag.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5853\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5859,"href":"http:\/\/illsocietymag.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5853\/revisions\/5859"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/illsocietymag.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5855"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/illsocietymag.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5853"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/illsocietymag.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5853"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/illsocietymag.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5853"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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