{"id":8561,"date":"2018-02-28T09:06:08","date_gmt":"2018-02-28T09:06:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/diversionsla.com\/?p=8561"},"modified":"2018-02-28T23:28:53","modified_gmt":"2018-02-28T23:28:53","slug":"suite-406-immersive-art-experience-from-petite-ermitage-hotel-to-the-salton-sea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/suite-406-immersive-art-experience-from-petite-ermitage-hotel-to-the-salton-sea\/","title":{"rendered":"Suite 406: Immersive Art Experience from Petite Ermitage Hotel to the Salton Sea"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"m_5138311098789614539m_6185047394064874929m_-6732215013797340259gmail-m1922928688986967409xxmsonormal\" style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/p21.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-8575\" src=\"http:\/\/diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/p21.jpg\" alt=\"p21\" width=\"648\" height=\"864\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/p21.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/p21-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/p21-648x864.jpg 648w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/p21-144x192.jpg 144w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 648px) 100vw, 648px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Petit-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8593\" src=\"http:\/\/diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Petit-1.jpg\" alt=\"Petit 1\" width=\"720\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Petit-1.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Petit-1-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Petit-1-648x864.jpg 648w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Petit-1-144x192.jpg 144w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"m_5138311098789614539m_6185047394064874929m_-6732215013797340259gmail-m1922928688986967409xxmsonormal\" style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\">It&#8217;s a long way from Bombay Beach, Calif., on the shores of the Salton Sea, to West Hollywood, and a suite at the Petit Ermitage Hotel. But underground New York based artist\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.greghaberny.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en&amp;q=https:\/\/www.greghaberny.com&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1519887882636000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHdghuOQSYBwtjJn_BT-2kV8bojBQ\">Greg Haberny<\/a>\u00a0has made that journey. He&#8217;s exhibited at The Hermitage Museum in Bombay Beach for the last two years as part of the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bombaybeachbiennale.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en&amp;q=http:\/\/WWW.bombaybeachbiennale.org&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1519887882636000&amp;usg=AFQjCNEdJ2BmmmcN9HncT4ZmazHQ7vorew\">Bombay Beach Biennale<\/a>, an immersive art experience founded by experiential artist and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.petitermitage.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en&amp;q=http:\/\/www.petitermitage.com&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1519887882636000&amp;usg=AFQjCNEheD53lfW7zuYUkU1qkMguM4qmqQ\">Petit Ermitage Hotel<\/a>\u00a0co-owner Stefan Ashkenazy along with Tao Ruspoli, and Lily Johnson White.<\/p>\n<p class=\"m_5138311098789614539m_6185047394064874929m_-6732215013797340259gmail-m1922928688986967409xxmsonormal\" style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\">Get a look at Haberny&#8217;s Salton Sea art and his singular, renegade vision in <em>Suite 406<\/em> at the WeHo hotel &#8212; to paraphrase the lyrics of that iconic Eagles&#8217; song about another hotel in California, you can check it out any time you like (now through March 10th) but you may not want to leave.<\/p>\n<p class=\"m_5138311098789614539m_6185047394064874929m_-6732215013797340259gmail-m1922928688986967409xxmsonormal\" style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/petit-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8592\" src=\"http:\/\/diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/petit-3.jpg\" alt=\"petit 3\" width=\"720\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/petit-3.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/petit-3-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/petit-3-648x864.jpg 648w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/petit-3-144x192.jpg 144w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"m_5138311098789614539m_6185047394064874929m_-6732215013797340259gmail-m1922928688986967409xxmsonormal\" style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\">Haberny, who had just finished creating the Petit Ermitage suite installation moments before our look at its opening on February 17th,\u00a0 explains how he got involved in the project.<\/p>\n<p class=\"m_5138311098789614539m_6185047394064874929m_-6732215013797340259gmail-m1922928688986967409xxmsonormal\" style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/petit-5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8590\" src=\"http:\/\/diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/petit-5.jpg\" alt=\"petit 5\" width=\"720\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/petit-5.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/petit-5-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/petit-5-648x864.jpg 648w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/petit-5-144x192.jpg 144w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"m_5138311098789614539m_6185047394064874929m_-6732215013797340259gmail-m1922928688986967409xxmsonormal\" style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\">&#8220;I&#8217;d worked on Banksy&#8217;s <em>Dismaland<\/em>, and burned my part in it to ashes. Stefan saw and was impressed with my work, so he spoke to me about the Bombay Beach project. He really gives artists a voice in a real radical forefront,&#8221; Haberny says. &#8220;I&#8217;m eternally grateful as an artist from New York City to be brought into the desert, something I&#8217;d never experienced.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"m_5138311098789614539m_6185047394064874929m_-6732215013797340259gmail-m1922928688986967409xxmsonormal\" style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\">The on-going Bombay Beach installation was developed by Ashkenazy in a way that Haberny says was designed &#8220;not to change the aesthetic of the community&#8230;to keep the town in a raw aesthetic but raise attention to the Salton Sea, and take an approach similar to that in Marfa, Texas.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"m_5138311098789614539m_6185047394064874929m_-6732215013797340259gmail-m1922928688986967409xxmsonormal\" style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\">For the uninitiated, in the 1970s, minimalist\u00a0artist\u00a0Donald Judd moved to Marfa and\u00a0created giant works of\u00a0art\u00a0that became an integral part of the desert landscape, and led that lonely town to become an art tourism mecca, with minimal commercialization.<\/p>\n<p class=\"m_5138311098789614539m_6185047394064874929m_-6732215013797340259gmail-m1922928688986967409xxmsonormal\" style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/petit-9.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8586\" src=\"http:\/\/diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/petit-9.jpg\" alt=\"petit 9\" width=\"720\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/petit-9.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/petit-9-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/petit-9-648x864.jpg 648w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/petit-9-144x192.jpg 144w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"m_5138311098789614539m_6185047394064874929m_-6732215013797340259gmail-m1922928688986967409xxmsonormal\" style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\">&#8220;The project in Bombay Beach is highly euphoric, and very supportive to the needs of the area,&#8221; Haberny says, noting that the region around the sea is already home to the art community of East Jesus in nearby Slab City, and the folk art masterpiece of Salvation Mountain. Not too far away, near Joshua Tree National Park, the work of Noah Purifoy has transformed an outdoor space into a found-art gallery of epic proportions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"m_5138311098789614539m_6185047394064874929m_-6732215013797340259gmail-m1922928688986967409xxmsonormal\" style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/petit-13.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8582\" src=\"http:\/\/diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/petit-13.jpg\" alt=\"petit 13\" width=\"720\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/petit-13.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/petit-13-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/petit-13-648x864.jpg 648w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/petit-13-144x192.jpg 144w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"m_5138311098789614539m_6185047394064874929m_-6732215013797340259gmail-m1922928688986967409xxmsonormal\" style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\">The museum show in Bombay Beach is entirely donated to the town itself; it&#8217;s a non-profit space in which the art is not sold, but rather belongs to the community. But Haberny&#8217;s West Hollywood installation is something different.<\/p>\n<p class=\"m_5138311098789614539m_6185047394064874929m_-6732215013797340259gmail-m1922928688986967409xxmsonormal\" style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/petit-12.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8583\" src=\"http:\/\/diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/petit-12.jpg\" alt=\"petit 12\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/petit-12.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/petit-12-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/petit-12-648x486.jpg 648w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/petit-12-256x192.jpg 256w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Why I&#8217;m here is to raise attention for the Bombay Beach project.\u00a0 I&#8217;m selling the pieces here in LA to raise money to bring out other artists to the Salton Sea for the same experience I had.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"m_5138311098789614539m_6185047394064874929m_-6732215013797340259gmail-m1922928688986967409xxmsonormal\" style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/petit-14.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8581\" src=\"http:\/\/diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/petit-14.jpg\" alt=\"petit 14\" width=\"720\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/petit-14.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/petit-14-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/petit-14-648x864.jpg 648w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/petit-14-144x192.jpg 144w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"m_5138311098789614539m_6185047394064874929m_-6732215013797340259gmail-m1922928688986967409xxmsonormal\" style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\">Describing his experience, in which he often spent 3 to 7 weeks or more at a time living in Bombay Beach, Haberny says &#8220;It&#8217;s a radical thing going on in the field of emerging art, creating outside a gallery setting allows you to do what you want to do. This has opened my mind.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"m_5138311098789614539m_6185047394064874929m_-6732215013797340259gmail-m1922928688986967409xxmsonormal\" style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/p-20.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8576\" src=\"http:\/\/diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/p-20.jpg\" alt=\"p 20\" width=\"720\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/p-20.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/p-20-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/p-20-648x864.jpg 648w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/p-20-144x192.jpg 144w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ashkenazy says both the Bombay Beach Biennale and <em>Suite 406<\/em> came about through his hotel. &#8220;My brother and I bought the building in 2004, and in 2008 we decided to make the space\u00a0into a gypsy encampment, a caravan. We did Burning Man, and that was also an inspiration.&#8221; According to Ashkenazy, &#8220;I was sitting with some people explaining the gypsy concept, which I wanted to bring to the desert during Coachella, but not do something affiliated with it. And as I mentioned my plans, my girlfriend at the time talked about a zombie movie she&#8217;d written set in Bombay Beach; another friend had filmed there, and another had a house there. So we decided to focus on that town.&#8221; He notes &#8220;We went in November 2014, and we launched year 0 of our art and music experience by 2016.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"m_5138311098789614539m_6185047394064874929m_-6732215013797340259gmail-m1922928688986967409xxmsonormal\" style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/p-22.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8574\" src=\"http:\/\/diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/p-22.jpg\" alt=\"p 22\" width=\"720\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/p-22.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/p-22-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/p-22-648x864.jpg 648w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/p-22-144x192.jpg 144w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"m_5138311098789614539m_6185047394064874929m_-6732215013797340259gmail-m1922928688986967409xxmsonormal\" style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\">Ashkenazy knew Bombay Beach was the right place for his event &#8220;the moment I sent foot there. The idea came to me to convert it, using it as a canvas, and turning the town into an immersive installation of Gonzo art.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"m_5138311098789614539m_6185047394064874929m_-6732215013797340259gmail-m1922928688986967409xxmsonormal\" style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/p-31.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8565\" src=\"http:\/\/diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/p-31.jpg\" alt=\"p 31\" width=\"720\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/p-31.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/p-31-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/p-31-648x864.jpg 648w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/p-31-144x192.jpg 144w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>His first move was to buy a house there and allow an artist to work with the space. &#8220;I discovered Greg through a mutual friend in the <em>Dismaland<\/em> project. I immediately decided on him, and I handed him the keys to the dumpiest house in shambles. Based off the style of Greg&#8217;s work, I thought he might drive a car into it and burn it, but he said he wanted to turn it into a gallery, a museum.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"m_5138311098789614539m_6185047394064874929m_-6732215013797340259gmail-m1922928688986967409xxmsonormal\" style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/p-33.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8563\" src=\"http:\/\/diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/p-33.jpg\" alt=\"p 33\" width=\"720\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/p-33.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/p-33-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/p-33-648x864.jpg 648w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/p-33-144x192.jpg 144w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"m_5138311098789614539m_6185047394064874929m_-6732215013797340259gmail-m1922928688986967409xxmsonormal\" style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\">Haberny initially lived in the town for 7 weeks and scavenged materials from the area.\u00a0 When the literal art house was complete, it was donated to the town.<\/p>\n<p class=\"m_5138311098789614539m_6185047394064874929m_-6732215013797340259gmail-m1922928688986967409xxmsonormal\" style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/p-24.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8572\" src=\"http:\/\/diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/p-24.jpg\" alt=\"p 24\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/p-24.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/p-24-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/p-24-648x486.jpg 648w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/p-24-256x192.jpg 256w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"m_5138311098789614539m_6185047394064874929m_-6732215013797340259gmail-m1922928688986967409xxmsonormal\" style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\">&#8220;Together with the\u00a0local residents we have managed to activate half of the town\u00a0<span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">and have a community of friends,&#8221; Ashkenazy relates.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>He adds that the first year of the Biennale, Haberny worked alone, worked with two other artists the second year, and for this year, he will be redeveloping additional space, converting a garage as an annex for an additional wing of the Hermitage Museum. With him will be artist Jon Pylypchuk.<\/p>\n<p class=\"m_5138311098789614539m_6185047394064874929m_-6732215013797340259gmail-m1922928688986967409xxmsonormal\" style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/p-27.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8569\" src=\"http:\/\/diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/p-27.jpg\" alt=\"p 27\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/p-27.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/p-27-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/p-27-648x486.jpg 648w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/p-27-256x192.jpg 256w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"m_5138311098789614539m_6185047394064874929m_-6732215013797340259gmail-m1922928688986967409xxmsonormal\" style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\">Above, Haberny in <em>Suite 406.<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"m_5138311098789614539m_6185047394064874929m_-6732215013797340259gmail-m1922928688986967409xxmsonormal\" style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\">Along with the museum space, artists who come to Bombay Beach now have opportunities to become home owners. An ersatz drive-in featuring abandoned cars is one installation among many in town; the so-called Windmill House featuring suspended objects of furniture is another.<\/p>\n<p class=\"m_5138311098789614539m_6185047394064874929m_-6732215013797340259gmail-m1922928688986967409xxmsonormal\" style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Co-founder Lily Johnson White invited filmmaker\u00a0DeNike Jen to make a film in the windmill house, called <em>Queen of Narwals<\/em>, it&#8217;s a film about a gang of girls in a post-apocalyptic landscape. The surrealistic short work is currently screening at Anat Egbi gallery in Culver City.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"m_5138311098789614539m_6185047394064874929m_-6732215013797340259gmail-m1922928688986967409xxmsonormal\" style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/p-28.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8568\" src=\"http:\/\/diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/p-28.jpg\" alt=\"p 28\" width=\"720\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/p-28.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/p-28-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/p-28-648x864.jpg 648w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/p-28-144x192.jpg 144w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"m_5138311098789614539m_6185047394064874929m_-6732215013797340259gmail-m1922928688986967409xxmsonormal\" style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\">Ashkenazy with Haberny, above.<\/p>\n<p class=\"m_5138311098789614539m_6185047394064874929m_-6732215013797340259gmail-m1922928688986967409xxmsonormal\" style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Ashkenazy laughs at his own awesome folly. &#8220;Owning so much of Bombay Beach, it&#8217;s an exercise in mind-numbing idiocy. It&#8217;s like having fantastic, really expensive canvasses. I can&#8217;t imagine a higher form of art than space we want people to be living and sleeping in.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"m_5138311098789614539m_6185047394064874929m_-6732215013797340259gmail-m1922928688986967409xxmsonormal\" style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/p-34.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8562\" src=\"http:\/\/diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/p-34.jpg\" alt=\"p 34\" width=\"720\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/p-34.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/p-34-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/p-34-648x864.jpg 648w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/p-34-144x192.jpg 144w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"m_5138311098789614539m_6185047394064874929m_-6732215013797340259gmail-m1922928688986967409xxmsonormal\" style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\">With that goal in mind, the Petit Hermitage is also offering <em>Suite 406<\/em> as a room to sleep in. &#8220;It&#8217;s not like passing through a museum. You can climb in the bed here and develop a relationship with the works.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"m_5138311098789614539m_6185047394064874929m_-6732215013797340259gmail-m1922928688986967409xxmsonormal\" style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/p-29.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8567\" src=\"http:\/\/diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/p-29.jpg\" alt=\"p 29\" width=\"720\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/p-29.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/p-29-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/p-29-648x864.jpg 648w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/p-29-144x192.jpg 144w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"m_5138311098789614539m_6185047394064874929m_-6732215013797340259gmail-m1922928688986967409xxmsonormal\" style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\">The works are varied and fantastic. The bathroom is covered in aluminum foil, and gold fish swim in the tub, sink, and toilet.<\/p>\n<p class=\"m_5138311098789614539m_6185047394064874929m_-6732215013797340259gmail-m1922928688986967409xxmsonormal\" style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/p-30.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8566\" src=\"http:\/\/diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/p-30.jpg\" alt=\"p 30\" width=\"720\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/p-30.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/p-30-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/p-30-648x864.jpg 648w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/p-30-144x192.jpg 144w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"m_5138311098789614539m_6185047394064874929m_-6732215013797340259gmail-m1922928688986967409xxmsonormal\" style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\">Haberny&#8217;s upcycled works &#8211; previously unwanted materials reformulated as painting, pottery, and sculpture &#8211; includes unspooled VHS cassettes on the suite&#8217;s ceiling and a sculpture that resembles a melting rabbit. He&#8217;s mixed new work created through the Petit\u2019s Artist In Residence program with pieces from the Bombay Beach Hermitage Museum.<\/p>\n<p class=\"m_5138311098789614539m_6185047394064874929m_-6732215013797340259gmail-m1922928688986967409xxmsonormal\" style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/p-26.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8570\" src=\"http:\/\/diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/p-26.jpg\" alt=\"p 26\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/p-26.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/p-26-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/p-26-648x486.jpg 648w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/p-26-256x192.jpg 256w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"m_5138311098789614539m_6185047394064874929m_-6732215013797340259gmail-m1922928688986967409xxmsonormal\" style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\">&#8220;Bombay Beach is really an incubator of ideas for artists,&#8221; Ashkenazy says, as he continues his family&#8217;s legacy of supporting important contemporary artists such as Miro and Basquiat.<\/p>\n<p class=\"m_5138311098789614539m_6185047394064874929m_-6732215013797340259gmail-m1922928688986967409xxmsonormal\" style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\">Get a look at the art of Bombay Beach in a suite that&#8217;s eclectic and surreal, from its handmade fabric wall to\u00a0paintings on paper bags, a television that screens snowy interference, and a library of books tacked to the wall, covered with mysterious, alien, black and white images.\u00a0 The suite offers a kaleidoscopic look at the art of the Bombay Beach Biennale, and an inclusive look at Haberny&#8217;s work.<\/p>\n<p class=\"m_5138311098789614539m_6185047394064874929m_-6732215013797340259gmail-m1922928688986967409xxmsonormal\" style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/p-19.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8577\" src=\"http:\/\/diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/p-19.jpg\" alt=\"p 19\" width=\"720\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/p-19.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/p-19-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/p-19-648x864.jpg 648w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/p-19-144x192.jpg 144w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"m_5138311098789614539m_6185047394064874929m_-6732215013797340259gmail-m1922928688986967409xxmsonormal\">Just as the spirit of Bombay Beach challenges the idea of what a Biennale can or will be, so a visit to, or a stay at <em>Suite 406<\/em> will challenge preconceptions as to just what kind of a &#8220;trip&#8221; a hotel experience can provide.<\/p>\n<p class=\"m_5138311098789614539m_6185047394064874929m_-6732215013797340259gmail-m1922928688986967409xxmsonormal\"><a href=\"http:\/\/diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/p-32.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8564\" src=\"http:\/\/diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/p-32.jpg\" alt=\"p 32\" width=\"720\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/p-32.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/p-32-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/p-32-648x864.jpg 648w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/p-32-144x192.jpg 144w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"m_5138311098789614539m_6185047394064874929m_-6732215013797340259gmail-m1922928688986967409xxmsonormal\">To reserve a night or book a visit to <em>Suite 406<\/em> through March 10th, contact:<\/p>\n<p class=\"m_5138311098789614539m_6185047394064874929m_-6732215013797340259gmail-m1922928688986967409xxmsonormal\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<strong><a href=\"mailto:suite406@petitermitage.com\" target=\"_blank\">suite406@petitermitage.com<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"m_5138311098789614539m_6185047394064874929m_-6732215013797340259gmail-m1922928688986967409xxmsonormal\"><strong style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Genie Davis; photos: Genie Davis\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s a long way from Bombay Beach, Calif., on the shores of the Salton Sea, to West Hollywood, and a suite at the Petit Ermitage Hotel. But underground New York based artist\u00a0Greg Haberny\u00a0has made that journey. He&#8217;s exhibited at The Hermitage Museum in Bombay Beach for the last two years as part of the\u00a0Bombay Beach &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/suite-406-immersive-art-experience-from-petite-ermitage-hotel-to-the-salton-sea\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Suite 406: Immersive Art Experience from Petite Ermitage Hotel to the Salton Sea<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8591,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[2,5],"tags":[261,1023,1026,1022,1024,1025],"class_list":["post-8561","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-art","category-fun","tag-banksy","tag-bombay-beach","tag-dismaland","tag-greg-haberny","tag-petit-hermitage-hotel","tag-stefan-ashkenazy"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/petit-4.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8561","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8561"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8561\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8597,"href":"https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8561\/revisions\/8597"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8591"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8561"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8561"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8561"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}