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Openings: Art Shack @ Laguna Art Museum

Posted by sleepboy, June 17, 2010

Last weekend, the Laguna Art Museum opened their doors to crowds of art fans anxious to check out the newest exhibition – Art Shack. The group show included installations by artists like Mike Shine (featured), Martin Wittfooth, Kenny Scharf, Clayton Brothers (featured), and Jeff Gillette (who showed recently in LA) with a fantastic three-dimensional representation of his signature “slum” imagery. More photos after the jump but be sure to check out Hi-Fructose’s full photoset here.

Previews: Mark Brown – “Daydreams” @ Gallery 1988 SF

Posted by juggernut3, June 16, 2010

It’s been a while since we’ve seen the rad hand of Mark Brown (interviewed) at work. The last time was at a solo at Gallery 1988 (LA) last year. This time he’s trekking up to No-Cal to visit Gallery1988 (SF) for another solo exhibition called “Daydreams”. The show opens this Friday, June 18th at 7pm. Check out an exclusive sneak preview after the jump.

Highlights: Recommended openings for June 16 – June 19

Posted by Andrew Hosner, June 16, 2010

Summer is in full-swing as we lead into the middle of June. Some major events are going down this week including the big debut of “Mr. Bitchin'”, Robert Williams’ new movie. Other shows on our radar include big Barry McGee & Clare Rojas museum show in Bolinas along with the opening of one of the most prestigious art fairs in the world – Art Basel in Basel, Switzerland featuring a solo showing of works from Kris Kuksi at Joshua Liner’s booth at the fair.

Preview: Ashley Wood – “Gathering” Group Show (Beijing)

Posted by sleepboy, June 15, 2010

Opening in Beijing towards the end of the month will be “Gathering”, a group show involving Ashley Wood, Jeremy Geddes (interviewed), Dorophy Tang, Kenny Wong, Phil Hale, Rufus Dayglo, and Threezero, a convergence of art, comics, toys, and sculptures. Wood recently released some images of what to expect including some of his signature gritty paintings of war, robots, and sexy women. More pics after the jump…

Studio Visits: Joe Sorren

Posted by sven, June 15, 2010

It’s fun when your artistic heroes turn out to be as cool as you want them to be, and through all of the love we’ve given to Joe Sorren over the last couple of years, you know that AM was thrilled to visit the artist in his Flagstaff studio last year. Joe took us through his huge studio space where he has a painting area, office, library, drying room and a practice space for his beautiful upright bass he plays in his roots / bluegrass […]

Behind the Scenes: Logan Hicks @ Galerie Itinerrance

Posted by sleepboy, June 14, 2010

Logan Hicks (interviewed) recently opened his solo show in Paris with the good people at Galerie Itinerrance, who were nice enough to send over some behind the scenes pics leading up to the opening. Not only is Logan known as one of the most skillful stencil artists out there, but he is also behind alot of the street events out there as an organizer, promoter, and all around glue guy in the scene – not to mention the best beard in the business. More pics […]

Overtime: June 6 – June 12

Posted by Khoi, June 13, 2010

Willy Verginer goes swimming in concrete. New massive Anish Kapoor sculptures. Read Jeffrey Deitch’s first interview since becoming MOCA’s director Warhol shows at at Prism. And, he’s part of a mini-gallery on the moon. Most valuable auction in history. New work on the streets from Escif, Roa, Mac and Retna and a Sam3 timelapse. “I had a lot of hope for Obama, but it’s not panning out.” – Shepard Fairey A new book from Ericailcane. New work from Jeremiah Ketner and Dan May. Kozyndan exhibition […]

Openings: Ana Bagayan – “Flutter” @ Mondo Bizzarro Gallery, Rome

Posted by sven, June 12, 2010

Currently showing at Mondo Bizzarro Gallery in Rome is “Flutter”, Ana Bagayan’s first overseas solo show. Containing a delectable selection of Ana’s paintings, the California resident artist was in attendance at the recent opening, from which we have some pictures courtesy of the gallery. If you didn’t read our interview with Ana just ahead of the exhibition opening, you can check that out here. Take a look at some further flicks from the opening after the jump.

Previews: LACMA Saturday – Justin Bua “Urban Art Studio” & Gary Baseman “Giggle & Pop

Posted by juggernut3, June 11, 2010

The LACMA (Los Angeles County Museum of Art) is stretching its horizons and holding two very cool free events this Saturday, June 12th. The first is Justin Bua’s “Urban Art Studio” where he will be be showcasing his historic hip hop based art and holding an afternoon of events with some interviews and performances with artists such as Camille Rose Garcia, Mear One, Mix Master Mike, Flea and The Wiggles. On another front also sponsored by the LACMA, Gary Baseman’s (interviewed) will be presenting his […]

Setup / Video: Yoskay Yamamoto – “Familiar Strangers” @ Lebasse Projects

Posted by juggernut3, June 11, 2010

As the we get closer to Yoskay Yamamoto’s (interviewed) opening of “Familiar Strangers” at LeBasse Projects tomorrow night (June 12th), we wanted to give you one last behind the scenes look at this excellent show. As we hinted in the last picture of our studio visit to Yoskay’s “batcave”, you got a glimpse of the exclusive “Astroboy” homage sculpture – “Do you remember me?” Well, imagine an entire wall installation with over 100 of them. FYI, the limited black resin variant will be available only […]