FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
April 2024
Feldsott: Dance of Springtime
Celebrating the artist’s 70th birthday and 50 years of art making
Los Angeles, CA – Wienholt Projects is pleased to host Dance of Springtime, an evening party on Saturday, April 27th, 6:00 – 10:00 PM, for Bay Area artist Feldsott.
Feldsott’s solo exhibition My Responsibility has been recently expanded to include over a dozen additional works that further deepen the experience of the artist’s 50 years of art-making. Feldsott will also release his genesis NFT with SuperRare. The exhibition presents drawings, paintings and sculptures spanning the 1970s to the present which explore themes of ancient spirituality, sexual philosophy, global politics, psychedelics, and shamanic healing traditions, prompting viewers to reconsider their relationship to the human condition. The party will highlight works from the expanded curation, including an iconic painting from the same series that was recently featured in BET’s new hit series Diarra from Detroit.
Feldsott will be in conversation with Frederick Janka, a queer Latinx arts advocate and cultural producer, at 6:00 PM, followed by music with DJ sets by Captain Planet, dancing, and complimentary drinks provided by CoCo Vodka, starting at 7:00 PM.
Details:
Date: April 27, 2024
Time: 6:00 – 10:00 PM
6:00 PM: Artist in Conversation with Frederick Janka
7:00 PM: DJ, Dance, and Drinks
Location: 5500 Wilshire Blvd, Suite 102 and 150, Los Angeles, CA 90036
RSVP here
About Feldsott
Feldsott (b. Chicago, IL, 1954) is a painter based in Northern California. He studied at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (undergraduate) and the California College of the Arts (graduate). Feldsott’s works have been exhibited at museums including the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (1975 and 1979); the Minnesota Museum of Art, Minneapolis, MN (1978); Casa Museo Guayasamín, Quito, Ecuador (2002); the Bolinas Museum, Bolinas, CA (2003); the Mexican Museum, San Francisco, CA (2017); and the de Young Museum, San Francisco, CA (2020); and galleries including Michael Wyman Gallery, Chicago, IL (1974); Marianne Deson Gallery, Chicago, IL (1978); Paul Mahder Gallery, San Francisco, CA (2008 and 2011); Vendome Gallery, New York, NY (2013); GAG Projects, Adelaide, Australia (2020); and Amelie A. Wallace Gallery, SUNY Old Westbury, New York, NY (2022).
Website: www.feldsott.com
Instagram: @feldsott
About Frederick Janka
Frederick Janka is a queer Latinx arts advocate and cultural producer based in Santa Barbara, California, on the unceded traditional lands of the Chumash. He specializes in organizing and fundraising for artists and exhibitions, advocating for the preservation of cultural resources, and centering Black, Brown, and Indigenous solidarity as a practice of healing.
With close to 20 years in the contemporary art world, his vast experience in administrative, fundraising, and curatorial roles at galleries, museums, and arts nonprofits in the US and Mexico include Carolyn Glasoe Bailey Foundation, Museum of Contemporary Art Santa Barbara, SculptureCenter, New Art Dealer’s Alliance and the NADA Art Fair, among others. His current roles include Board President of the Museum of Contemporary Art Santa Barbara, cohort member of the Readying The Museum initiative, and co-founder of JC Connelly, an independent arts consultancy.
Instagram: @sezfreddy
About Captain Planet
Captain Planet is a globetrotting DJ & music producer, world renowned for his trademark blend of eclectic global music styles and for his passionate high energy DJ sets where he seamlessly jumps between house music, global bass, Latin, Afrobeat, Reggae, Funk and Disco. In 2023 he released his 5th studio album “Sounds Like Home” on Bastard Jazz Records to critical acclaim, earning him over 7 million Spotify plays. The Fader said “the Captain is a walking ‘recommended vinyl’ section from the best record store you’ve ever been to.”
Instagram: @captain.planet.music
Spotify: link here
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/dj-captain-planet
About Wienholt Projects
Aubrie Wienholt founded Wienholt Projects in 2023, following a 10+ year history of working with artists, galleries, museums, and other institutions. Wienholt Projects is committed to producing nontraditional exhibitions of works that interrogate and forward the field of art. Drawing from the experience of working with artists in an alternative capacity through PR for Artists, Wienholt’s creative agency and art house founded in 2015, Wienholt Projects is grounded in a unique understanding of artists’ holistic roles in society.
Website: www.wienholtprojects.com
Instagram: @wienholtprojects