Super excited to have my installation work be the focus of the Spotlight Feature over at the Museum and Gallery LVL3. Read the full interview here.
The Revue Favorite Gems of 2016
Thanks to the Revue for the awesome writeup and including my album in your favorite gems of 2016!! Check out the full article HERE.
Ali Beletic is an artist who plays by her own rules. Forget elaborate studios and succumbing to the forces of the industry, Beletic – to use an old cliché – marches to the beat of her own drum. She is essentially a modern-day version of James Dean or a younger Patti Smith, and her debut, Legends of These Lands Left To Live, personified her “rebellious nature”.
Brimming with edgy and moody indie and garage rock, the record was raw, gritty, and at times visceral. It represented Beletic’s life-changing journey from the concrete jungle of New York City to the quiet, hard life of the Sonoran Desert. But the album was more than just a personal diary. It also was one that challenged our conception of the relationship between the natural and material worlds. Legends, as such, introduced us to one of the biggest surprises of the year and to a singer-songwriter to watch for years to come. But unlike Dean, Beletic isn’t a rebel without a cause. Quite the opposite, she is one that influence a whole new generation of rebellious singer-songwriters. ~~ Ben
New York Mag's The Cut
Super stoked feature interview on The Cut / New York Magazine and new collaboration with Coach, talking what it means to be authentically American. Click the link below to read the full article, talking leaving New York, personal rebellion, land art and nomadic regionalism. Read on for insights of what it’s like following in the footsteps of the archetypical American artist-nomad, and how she’s pioneering her own way.
Collaborative work at Studio No. / Nes Creative
Super stoked to debut a new sculpture collaboration with the Ceramist Romy Northover, debuting tonight as a part of Salon No. over at Nes Creative. Follow the link for Romy's site and more details.
Range Feature
Couldn't be more honored!! The brilliant artist, curator and fellow outdoor enthusiast Corrina Peipon wrote a provocative and powerful article on some of my recent outdoor installations over the last few years. Check it out in the new print issue of RANGE and also on their online features.
Rebel with a Cause :)
THANK YOU!!!! WOW!! Couldn't be more honored and stoked!!!
"Ali Beletic is a rebel with a cause, a modern-day version of James Dean who is no longer willing to play by the regular rules of engagement. Instead, she was going to do things her own way.... A rebel who just might become a living legend alongside Patti Smith, P.J. Harvey, and Dan Auerbach." - THE REVUE
Part of the Wolfpack....
THANK YOU For the beautiful write-up over at Of the Wolves... Read the full story here.
NEW WORKS celebrated over at Tappan, Culver City
NEW WORKS AVAILABLE OVER AT TAPPAN, as part of the recent group show. Pictured here are the debut of a new direction for my Brass and Ceramic Firebowls. A Collaboration with the art wise ceramist Romy Northover. For those of you who can't make it down, they are available for purchase at Tappan Online.
T A P P A N
8840 Washington Boulevard
Culver City, CA 90232
www.tappancollective.com
Artists: Rosemarie Auberson, Ali Beletic, Molly Berman, Eric Choken, Daniel Fletcher, Martinet & Texerau, Romy Northover, Claire Oswalt, Anna Veldez
Aquarium Drunkard
I got the great fortune to speak with the brilliant music journalist Jason Woodbury.... Read the full interview and review here...
THANKS JASON for the thoughtful questions and lovely words...
Secretly Important calls Legends one of the best...
http://www.secretly-important.com/review-ali-beletic-legends-lands-left-live/
WOW! What a review!! Thank you so much to Brian Snider of Secretly Important for the super thoughtful review. What an honor!! He dug in and told the story of the record, as well as the story of Lightning! Thanks so much!!
"Holy shit, I knew long before I heard this track that Legends… was going to be one of this years best, but that song [Dead Serious] sealed its fate as one of the best albums I’ve ever reviewed." - Brian Snider, Secretly Important
New Video over on Vice / Noisey
Thanks to Emma Garland over at Vice for the thoughtful review. Couldn't be more honored.
Album Streaming over at Stereogum
Album live over on Stereogum! Thanks for the thoughtful review by Collin Robinson.
On Legends Of These Lands Lost she shares her nomadic spirit beautifully. Her low, sultry tone commands expansive guitar lines ranging from the rustic twang of Ennio Morricone to the soulful chicken grease chords of Skip James and the crunch of proto-punk. Her lyrics forcefully and gorgeously evoke a connection to lands lost and romanticized through time. Stripped of all the intrigue and introspection her roaming inspires, the album is still just good, versatile straight-up rock-n-roll, from tender ballad to rumbling, distorted anthem. READ THE FULL REVIEW HERE.
New Song out on IMPOSE
New song titled Ends of the Earth premiering on Impose today. This one is dedicated to all my artist friends. Couldn't be more honored and excited!! Check it out!! LISTEN HERE!
Thanks for the thoughtful review:
"The song is sparse and concentrated, with the alternating strum and wail of two guitars, later a subdued piano—even as it builds to a crashing chorus it refuses to scatter, instead garnering a terrifying concentration not too far off from Patti Smith’s growling fury and triumph on Horses. The heartfelt line “We’ve lived so well” sinks deeper with each reiteration and each breath between, and it’s hard not to be swayed. " - Impose / Amelia Pitcherella
Amazing Review in Berlin Art Magazine Ignant
Couldn't be more honored to be featured up on IGNANT next to JR and Christo. THANKS SO MUCH!!!
"Living and working in the Sonoran desert, Ali Beletic creates an experience allowing access to ancient emotions and latent instincts through her conceptual art installations. From traditional gallery and field work to adventure-driven parties, Beletic’s intention is to evoke wild instincts within the context of the art world. And so the motives such as primeval rituals, vast natural spaces and liberating journeys carry throughout her work, inviting the viewers – or participants – to recreate the experience of their ancestors." - IGNANT
SEE THE FULL ARTICLE HERE.
THANKS FOR COMING OUT LA
THANKS TO ALL the wonderful supporters who came out to my opening over at TAPPAN in LA.
The exhibition is on view for a month. Head over to Culver City to check it out!
T A P P A N
8840 Washington Boulevard
Culver City, CA 90232
www.tappancollective.com
Artists: Rosemarie Auberson, Ali Beletic, Molly Berman, Eric Choken, Daniel Fletcher, Martinet & Texerau, Romy Northover, Claire Oswalt, Anna Veldez
Upcoming Exhibition at Tappan Gallery
Can't even wait!! I have new works debuting over at Tappan Gallery in Culver City on May 26th. All are invited!!
May 26th - June 24th
Opening Reception: Thursday, May 26th 8-10 PM
T A P P A N
8840 Washington Boulevard
Culver City, CA 90232
www.tappancollective.com
Artists: Rosemarie Auberson, Ali Beletic, Molly Berman, Eric Choken, Daniel Fletcher, Martinet & Texerau, Romy Northover, Claire Oswalt, Anna Veldez
I will be debuting new sculptural works that are part of my Reflections in Artifacts series, a broad sculptural project initially intended as creating works based on primitive methods, philosophies, technologies and artifacts. There are so many ways of knowing and we are left only remnants.
The series is intended to be in dialogue with the strong connection that runs through the endeavors of human beings and the many ways of knowing. These new works in the series mark a development in concept, departing from tradition and form, creating new works based on bringing these ancestral inspirations into the modern age.
LIGHTNING EVENT - IRWIN INSPIRED
Photo: Robert Irwin Light And Space II
Hello All. I will be helping install an ode to Irwin installation - that will serve as a tasting space for the upcoming Lightning Coffee Event in collaboration with Roaster Chris Owens. If you are in the Mojave this weekend - go check it out. Details and more info about the project over at LIGHTNING.
Stereogum
Great review and new peek at the upcoming record over at STEREOGUM!!! CHECK IT OUT THE NEW TUNES here.
New Artwork for the Mojave
Working on a new light sculpture for the Mojave desert this week. Get in touch if you want to come out for it.
TREEFORT 2016
PHOTO: Christine Birkinbine / Treefort Music Festival Head Photographer
Was fun rocking out at Treefort Music Festival . Thanks to all who came out to hang during my set.
And when we took over the street!! Photo from Band Dialogue V composed by Seth Olinsky/ Cy Dune. Fun playing with you all: Built to Spill, Sun Blood Stories, TUFT, 安 AAN, The Western Mystics, SugarCandyMountain, Invisible Hand, Animal Eyes, Religious Girls, American Culture, Terrible Light, Marshall Scott Poole, C.j. Boyd, BATTLEHOOCH, HiHazel, and Unconditional Arms.