Monthly Archives: April 2011

Streets: Eine – LA Weekly Building

Posted on April 22, 2011 by sleepboy

UK-based street artist Ben Eine, who recently showed in SF (covered), made the trip down to Southern California soon after as we saw him at both the D*Face opening and of course participating at the Art in the Streets exhibition … Continue reading →

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Openings: Marilyn Minter – “Paintings from the 80s” @ Team Gallery

Posted on April 22, 2011 by juggernut3

AM recently attended the opening of Marilyn Minter’s latest show Paintings from the 80′s at New York’s Team Gallery. As the title suggests, this body of work is actually a retro showcase of paintings from earlier in her illustrious career. … Continue reading →

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Preview: “Outside/In” @ LeBasse Projects & Portsmouth Museum of Art

Posted on April 22, 2011 by sleepboy

This Saturday night, April 23rd, Outside/In opens at LeBasse Projects’ Culver City Gallery featuring a group of internationally-known street artists. The list includes Case, Herakut, Alexandros Vasmoulakis, Hush, SharkToof and Bumblebee and will continue on to the Portsmouth Museum of … Continue reading →

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Openings: Souther Salazar – “You Come Too” @ Jonathan LeVine Gallery

Posted on April 22, 2011 by sleepboy

Last Saturday in New York, Souther Salazar presented a delightful new body of work at the Jonathan LeVine Gallery. The show, entitled You Come Too, featured paintings of fantastical worlds, inventive mixed media assemblages, and rich installations centered around ideas … Continue reading →

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Sketchbook: Elbow-Toe

Posted on April 21, 2011 by sleepboy

It’s time to once again revisit our sketchbook feature. This time, we highlight some of the drawings of Elbow-Toe (interviewed) who we recently caught up with in London.  If you remember he was in town for his Black Rat Projects … Continue reading →

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Preview: Naoto Hattori – “The Magic Caravan” @ Dorothy Circus Gallery

Posted on April 21, 2011 by sleepboy

The last time we covered one of Naoto Hattori’s exhibitions, he was wowing the Los Angeles crowd with his psychedelic works. Next Thursday, on April 28th, he opens another show a world away in Italy at the Dorothy Circus Gallery … Continue reading →

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Releases: Upcoming Limited-Edition Canvas Prints @ Exhibition A

Posted on April 21, 2011 by Khoi

Exhibition A is set to release some exciting pieces on its site next month (also see David LaChapelle) by a couple of highly talked-about artists that normally do not have multiples of their work created.  Sean Landers, whom many are … Continue reading →

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Preview: Jessica Harrison – “Broken” @ Jealous Gallery

Posted on April 21, 2011 by sleepboy

Jessica Harrison, whose bloody ceramic sculptures first caught our eyes at a group show last summer, will be opening a solo show later this month in London. Entitled Broken, a nod to the similarly named collection of figurines (Breaking), Harrison’s … Continue reading →

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Releases: Shepard Fairey x COPE x Martha Cooper Print

Posted on April 21, 2011 by sleepboy

Reuniting three major players from the Art in the Streets exhibition, this latest release from OBEY Giant features the photography of Martha Cooper (interviewed) of a wall with Shepard Fairey (featured) and COPE’s work on it, all distilled through Shep’s … Continue reading →

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Previews: ‘Modern Fabulists’ @ View Gallery, Bristol

Posted on April 20, 2011 by sven

Coming to Bristol this week is Modern Fabulists – a group exhibition curated by our friends Chippy Coates and Richard Scarry, aka Coates & Scarry. You’ll know Richard as being the director of Corey Helford Gallery in Los Angeles, who … Continue reading →

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