Monthly Archives: April 2011

Preview / Streets: “Art in the Streets” @ MOCA

Posted on April 13, 2011 by juggernut3

The clock is ticking as the artists are putting the finishing touches on the Art in the Streets exhibition at the MOCA Los Angeles. Set to open to the public this Sunday, the show was in the final stages of … Continue reading →

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Videos: Pep Williams Talks to Saber

Posted on April 12, 2011 by sleepboy

Take a look at this recent interview with SABER (interviewed) recorded by his friend and photographer Pep Williams. They touched on many topics including stories of growing up together skating in Venice and how Saber started as an artist, but … Continue reading →

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Preview: Oliver Vernon – “Sprung” @ Joshua Liner Gallery

Posted on April 12, 2011 by lowpro

In his second solo exhibition with Joshua Liner Gallery, Oliver Vernon will yet again seek to take art goers on a visceral journey with his unique artistic vision, where the laws of gravity don’t exist, and time and space are … Continue reading →

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Openings: KMNDZ – “The Heaviest” @ Fifty24SF

Posted on April 12, 2011 by sleepboy

Last week, AM stopped by Fifty24SF, literally right next door to the Josh Keyes opening at Fecal Face (covered), to check out the new paintings from KMNDZ. The Los Angeles-based artist brought along his boys (they recently worked on a … Continue reading →

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Openings: Julia Chiang – “Security Is Mostly A Superstition” @ Half Gallery

Posted on April 12, 2011 by juggernut3

Last week Julia Chiang opened her latest show in New York’s Half Gallery. This exhibition Security Is Mostly A Superstition featured a room size installation of hand crafted ceramic white chains measuring in length from five to thirty feet. The … Continue reading →

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Showing: Ryan McGinley – “Somewhere Place” @ Galerie Gabriel Rolt

Posted on April 12, 2011 by lowpro

Last weekend, Ryan McGinley’s new exhibition, Somewhere Place (previewed), with Galerie Gabriel Rolt opened in Amsterdam. For the New York artist’s second showing in The Netherlands, the importance of “living in the moment”, arguably the most meaningful thread running throughout … Continue reading →

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Video / Releases: RETNA – Factory 413 / “FAIRFAX TITANS” Installation & Print

Posted on April 11, 2011 by sleepboy

Retna (featured), who we just saw at the Kehinde Wiley show (covered) and at his Hallelujah World Tour in New York, recently created an installation for Factory 413 in Los Angeles as part of their FAIRFAX TITANS project (in conjunction … Continue reading →

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

Posted on April 11, 2011 by sleepboy

This Saturday night at Jonathan LeVine Gallery, Souther Salazar returns almost two years after his last solo there (covered) with a new deeply personal body work entitled You Come Too. Not only his family inspired, given advice, and/or helped with … Continue reading →

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Showing: LUDO – “La Belle Vie” @ Starkart Gallery (Zurich)

Posted on April 11, 2011 by lowpro

Paris street artist, LUDO (interviewed), has just penned a new chapter in his young artistic opus with the opening of his first solo exhibition in Zurich. Instructed by the gallery to not attend his own opening, smartly so in the … Continue reading →

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Openings: Kehinde Wiley – “The World Stage: Israel” @ Roberts & Tilton

Posted on April 11, 2011 by sleepboy

Just this Saturday night, Roberts & Tilton packed the house for the latest installment of Kehinde Wiley’s The World Stage series (teased). Taking his signature brand of portraiture to Israel and the surrounding region, rife with tumultuous conflict and historical … Continue reading →

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