Wednesday, November 23, 2011

Japan Relief

I am pleased to say that with the assistance of the wonderful crew of Strychnin Gallery and my exhibit there in June, Kaidan Shu, I was able to donate 700 Euros(aprox $950) to Japan relief from their devastating earthquake this year. It is not much but there is no way I could have raised this much without the help of Strychnin.
Thank you Strychnin and I love you Japan.

Tuesday, November 8, 2011

3 book box set

Greetings all! I would like to let you know about a limited offer I have going on here for a 3 book box set I am making.

In order to keep this art-wagon train going, I am putting up for sale a handmade, limited edition, numbered, one of kind case holding 3 5x7 signed, self-published books of 3 different bodies of work of mine. These boxes are only available through me and also come with a 5x7 one of kind silkscreen print on watercolor paper. The books are not available anywhere else or individually. I have attached here photos and description of the goods so please have a look see. There will be a total of 333 made and are made to order so it is a first order, first to receive kind of deal.

The whole set is just $250 and includes shipping within the USA. Some xtra charge will go for over seas depending on destination.
*For those in NYC area, save 20 bucks and pick it up yourself here at my studio

If you are interested please email me at davidhochbaum@gmail.com to place an order and work out your payment.
Now, since this is a totally DIY project, it may take up to 2 weeks to receive your box after payment so keep it in mind if you want it by a certain time.
Okay, thanks for listening and have a look!






Thursday, October 27, 2011

Art Fair 21 Cologne 2011 day 1, 2, 3

Well, as I expected, we are all exhausted from travel, installation, anxiousness, beer, and other extra curricular activities. Soooooo, I am not going to write too much and just post some pictures of the past 3 days.
Just a quick explanation, I arrived 5 am on Tues, went to drop my stuff at my buddy Tobias's flat and meet up with Marcus so we could head over to the venue and install. It is always great to meet up with old friends, meet new ones and see what they have been up to with their art.
No sleep for 2 days, lots of coffee, and just plain old work work work...The opening is tomorrow. Time to catch up with some sleep.
































Thursday, October 20, 2011

October is here and it is once again time to travel to Cologne Germany for the Art21 fair. This will be the 5th year I will be attending the fair with Strychnin Gallery. It runs from Oct. 29 to Nov. 1st
I am very excited to have the gallery showcase my newest work. I call this group of 5 works "Underwater Empire on Fire". I feel this is the first part of a larger body of work called "Burden of Dreams". I am looking forward to seeing my comrades and fellow artists as well as the beautiful city.
I will be hanging with the likes of Miraschi, Daniel van Nes, Elena and Ekaterina Popovy, Marcus Poston, David Stoupakis, Eric van Straaten, Raf Veulemans, Benjamin Vierling to name just a few the fantastic artists that will be presented by Strychnin Gallery in Art21 in conjunction with the Blooom creative industries Art fair.
Fingers crossed for a successful art fair for all!

These are the works I will have hanging.




one of my earliest inspirations:E J Bellocq

love:love winter

Tuesday, October 18, 2011

I have been invited to participate in a charity auction run by Christie's at Bellevue Castel in Berlin on the 10th of November 2011. The money raised is for the foundation of Chaim Sheba Medical Centers. I have donated this work below for the hospitals. It is a picture of my niece Corrine.

Wednesday, October 12, 2011

Well after a year and 4 months, I guess it is time to add to this blog. I am just so bad at keeping up with this. I wish to be better at it.

Anyhooooooo, in the year after returning from Japan, many many things have happened. I spent this time working on the Japanese ghost project, which came to be titled "Kaidan Shu:tales of mist and wind" The show opened in Berlin in June 2011. The journey was amazing, with the help of many amazing people, a list sooo long.
The unfortunate earthquake in Japan added a tragic tone to a place I was just starting to learn about and become attached to. The gallery and I decided to make a relief fund during the show, giving a percentage of all sales to help relief efforts in Japan.
We managed to raise much more than I would be able to give not having the show.
The entire show is on view on my Flickr account
Yokai
I am going to try, really try to post more often, there is so much going on which I would like to share.