Monthly Archives: October 2011

Openings: Laurie Lipton – “Carnival Of Death” @ Last Rites

Earlier this month, the Last Rites Gallery in New York continued their patronage of the dark arts with a solo exhibition from Laurie Lipton. In an interview with us leading up the show, the LA-based painter told us that Carnival … Continue reading

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Openings: Ray Caesar – “A Dangerous Inclination” @ Corey Helford Gallery

This past Saturday night, Ray Caesar presented his newest solo show, A Dangerous Inclination, to the Culver City art crowd. Featuring new digital creations as well as some favorites from the past, the show at Corey Helford Gallery put his … Continue reading

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Streets: Phlegm (Sheffield)

Now that Phlegm is back to his home city of Sheffield earlier than expected he has some time to work on some local walls like this new one he calls “the passage”. Also, he has used some of his extra … Continue reading

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Baby Tattooville ’11: Goodie Bag

We still have a couple more things to cover before we close the book on this year’s Baby Tattooville. One of these is the much anticipated “goodie bag” that attendees to the annual art retreat receive at the end of … Continue reading

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Streets: World Roundup Oct 17 – 23

It’s time for another roundup of the new walls this week here on AM. Although not exactly immediately recent, this mural from Mesa in particular caught our eye. Other murals covered after the jump include C215 (Paris), Escif (France), Sam3 … Continue reading

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Overtime: Oct 17 – Oct 23

Coverage of the FIAC art fair, including a bronze sitting companion from KAWS. Artists (including SABER) are supporting the Occupy Los Angeles movement. A Ramellzee show at White Columns that we missed. More street action from David Choe & DVS-1 … Continue reading

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Openings: Josh Keyes – “Migration” @ Jonathan Levine

Tonight, Josh Keyes (interviewed) unveiled his latest body of work at New York’s Jonathan LeVine Gallery. As mentioned in our preview, this exhibition entitled Migration, explores the what if scenario of where ecological zones are crunched due to extreme changes in our … Continue reading

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Signings: James Jean – “Rebus” @ Reed Space

James Jean (featured) is in New York right now and will be making a special stop at Jeff Staple’s Reed Space to conduct a rare signing for his newly released Rebus Book tomorrow, October 23rd (5 – 7 pm). As … Continue reading

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Art Focus: Viktor Timofeev

Viktor Timofeev is a 27 year old Latvian-born artist currently living and working Berlin. Represented by London-based Hannah Barry Gallery, the artist’s stark compositions, rendered with deft precision and mathematical repetition, fuse equal parts architecture and algorithm to produce fantastical … Continue reading

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Releases: KAWS – “Joe Kaws” Vinyl Figure

Since the Dissected Milo set was released back in February, KAWS hasn’t released anything on the vinyl toy front, undoubtedly due to focusing on his fine art and recent solo Hold the Line. That will all change next week with … Continue reading

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