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Streets: Blu in Lima – The Finished Wall

Posted by sleepboy, December 1, 2009

Looks like the massive time-intensive mural we told you he was working on has been completed by Italian street artist Blu, this time in Peru. He painstakingly covered this building with skulls and bones, turning it into his personal ossuary and then painted various figures (conquistador, priest, military, business) implied to have profited from the people of Lima. More images after the jump…

Preview: Basel Week Miami ’09 – Murphy Fine Arts @ Aqua Wynwood

Posted by sleepboy, December 1, 2009

Mark Murphy has been going to Art Basel Week in Miami for a while now. This year, he will be showing at Aqua Wynwood with sixteen artists including Cathie Bleck, Christopher Buzelli, Robert Steven Connett, Brendan Danielsson, Leslie Ditto, Tony Fitzpatrick, Seonna Hong, Dan May (interviewed), Meggs, Mia (interviewed), Joel Nakamura, Jeff Soto (interviewed), Mark Todd, Marco Wagner, Esther Pearl Watson, and Martin Wittfooth. His fantastic Scribble.08 will be screened daily during the fair at the Aqua Wynwood Lounge. For now, take a look at […]

Preview: Basel Week Miami ’09 – Carmichael Gallery @ SCOPE

Posted by sleepboy, December 1, 2009

Carmichael Gallery will exhibit a selection of work from Simon Birch, Boxi, case, Hush (interviewed), Mark Jenkins, Nunca and Sixeart and a daily site-specific installation from Aakash Nihalani at SCOPE Miami 2009 this year. Looks like they are already getting ready with the booth setup from the pics they sent us. Check out more preview images after the jump…

Showing: Ed Ruscha – “Fifty Years Of Painting” @ Hayward Gallery

Posted by sleepboy, December 1, 2009

Currently showing at the London Hayward Gallery is the first UK retrospective of famed American artist Ed Ruscha. If you remember recently, Obama chose a painting from Ruscha to redecorate the White House as is customary with a new president. The fantastic exhibition includes almost 80 paintings from his illustrious career and will run until January 10th. More images after the jump…

Preview: Basel Week Miami ’09 – “It Ain’t Fair” @ OHWOW Gallery

Posted by sleepboy, December 1, 2009

Another stong group show to check out in Miami this week is “It Ain’t Fair” at OHWOW Gallery (also the site of the STAGES show). The international group show comprised of over 30 artists including Scott Campbell, Todd James aka REAS , KAWS, Terence Koh, Neck Face, Keiichi Nitta, José Parlá, Erik Parker, Kenny Scharf, Aurel Schmidt, Eric White (interviewed), and Aaron Young among many others. Opening night will be highlighted by the screening of Cyprien Gaillard’s “Cities of Gold and Mirrors” accompanied by a […]

Preview: Basel Week Miami ’09 – Scott Musgrove with Jonathan Levine @ SCOPE

Posted by sleepboy, November 30, 2009

A project by Scott Musgrove that we first told you about here has finally come to fruition – just in time for Art Basel Week. He will be unveiling one of the massive bronze sculptures he has been working on entitled “The Great Lesser PlantSampler” (measuring 66 x 60 inches) at the SCOPE sculpture garden and for a nominal fee of $38K, you can bring one of these babies home with you from Miami. (more info at the Jonathan Levine booth) Take a look at […]

Preview: Basel Week Miami ’09 – Thinkspace @ Aqua

Posted by sleepboy, November 29, 2009

Thinkspace Gallery will be showing at the Aqua Fair this year with a group of artists including Brian M. Viveros, Mr. Jago, Kris Lewis (interviewed), Ekundayo, Scott Radke (interviewed), Yosuke Ueno, Joao Ruas, Brett Amory, Sarah Joncas, Allison Sommers (interviewed), Tran Nguyen, Nathan DeYoung, Tony Philippou, Imminent Disaster, and Seth Armstrong. Also, as you can see from the image above, they will be bringing along work from Damon Soule to Art Basel Week, a preview for his much anticipated show with them in February of […]

Openings: HK Venture (Part I) – Ashley Wood

Posted by sleepboy, November 29, 2009

Well-known Australian comic book artist and illustrator Ashley Wood recently headlined a group show in Hong Kong. Our HK correspondent Andy Li was on hand to take some pics of the “HK Venture” also featuring toys and figures from Threezero, Kenny Wong, Colan Ho, and Mak Siu Fung. The other Aussie artist in the show was Jeremy Geddes, whose works we were quite taken with (pics saved for Part II post) Images all after the jump…

Preview: Basel Week Miami ’09 – CHIMERA @ SCOPE

Posted by sleepboy, November 29, 2009

One of the projects we are excited about this year at Art Basel Week is CHIMERA curated by David Hunt. The show will feature large-scale works installed around SCOPE by 15 artists including Pedro Barbeito, Melissa Brown, Doze Green, Luis Macias, Christof Mascher, Fernando Mastrangelo, Dave McDermott, Ted O’Sullivan, Christoph Steinmeyer, Ouattara Watts, Andrzej Zielinski, Kevin Zucker, and Stephan Doitschinoff aka CALMA – who is fresh off the big MASP show in Brazil. Of course, as you can see above, Jeff Soto (interviewed) will also be […]

Showing: “Natural Selection” @ Atkinson Gallery (UK)

Posted by sleepboy, November 29, 2009

When we heard about an exhibition that was to be curated by Elms Lester at the prestigious Atkinson Gallery in Somerset, it definitely stoked our interest. Then, when we read that the list of artists participating included Adam Neate (interviewed), Jose Parla, Phil Frost, Boris Tellegen (DELTA), Anthony Lister (interviewed), James Marshall aka DALEK (interviewed), Futura, Mark Dean Veca (interviewed), Ron English (featured), Stash, and WK Interact, we knew it was an exhibition to keep an eye on. “Natural Selection” will be on display until […]