Monthly Archives: December 2009

Teaser: Jennybird Alcantara @ La Luz de Jesus

Posted on December 25, 2009 by sleepboy

Opening on January 8th at La Luz de Jesus, is Jennybird Alcantara’s first show for 2010, featuring a brand new body of work. As seen from the piece above combining the underwater and spacial realms, Alcantara likes to explore the … Continue reading →

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Streets: Banksy Vs. Robbo

Posted on December 25, 2009 by sleepboy

So… It seems that one of the pieces Banksy put up last week has a back story that most didn’t know about. Apparently, he stenciled over a 1985 piece by Robbo and other writers who were some of the pioneers … Continue reading →

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Happy Holidays from the AM Crew!

Posted on December 25, 2009 by sleepboy

Discuss C215 here.

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Openings: “Multi-Plane Show” @ Corey Helford

Posted on December 25, 2009 by marcus

AM dropped by Corey Helford Gallery’s Multi-Plane Show opening (previewed) to see how the finished pieces turned out. The gallery came up with the show’s “Multi-Plane” theme by borrowing the idea from past animation techniques where scenes were created using … Continue reading →

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Behind the Scenes: Saber x Modern Multiples – Flag Print

Posted on December 24, 2009 by sleepboy

Many of you may remember the video that Saber produced for the “Organizing For America’s Health Care Reform Video Challenge” (if not, take a look after the jump). Although he was demonized by some of the media for “defacing” the … Continue reading →

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Video: Banksy Camden Walkthrough

Posted on December 24, 2009 by sleepboy

By now, most of you have seen the four new Banksy pieces that went up last weekend in north London. Art of the State recently posted up a quick video walkthrough that takes your past all the stencils which gives … Continue reading →

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Openings: Yoko Tanaka @ David B. Smith Gallery

Posted on December 24, 2009 by sleepboy

When we previewed Yoko Tanaka’s show that ends soon at David B. Smith Gallery, it didn’t register how large some of her paintings actually were until we saw some opening pics. It’s always nice to have some perspective – in … Continue reading →

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Basel Week Miami ’09 – Primary Flight Wrap-up

Posted on December 23, 2009 by Ken

Following up on our extensive coverage of this year’s Art Basel Miami, AM is proud to present the last of our posts on one of the country’s most exciting outdoor mural projects: Primary Flight.  With an all-star roster comprising of … Continue reading →

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Showing: Cai Guo-Qiang – “Hanging Out In The Museum” @ Taipei Fine Arts Museum

Posted on December 23, 2009 by sleepboy

Currently showing at the Taipei Fine Arts Museum is a major exhibition from gunpowder artist extraordinaire Cai Guo Qiang. As you can see in the video above, Qiang demonstrated his explosive technique by creating some of his signature pieces (also … Continue reading →

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Basel Week Miami ’09 – Ryan McGinley @ Team Gallery

Posted on December 23, 2009 by Khoi

We previewed Ryan McGinley’s works in this year’s Art Basel Miami previously, now prepare yourselves for pictures from Team Gallery’s booth at the fair.  No matter how you picture in your heads how the photographs from small compressed jpegs look … Continue reading →

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