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Upcoming: ROA – “Dominant Species” @ 941 Geary

Posted by sleepboy, September 13, 2012

This Saturday (September 15th), Belgian-born artist ROA makes his return to San Francisco (see 2011) for a new solo show at 941 Geary. Along with original paintings and sculptural works, Dominant Speciesfeatures imagery inspired by his road trip from the East to the West of America where he encountered a diversity of habitats and creatures. Of course, expect a site-specific interactive installation constructed from found objects and salvaged materials. Security has been tight as the show has been under a veil of secrecy, but here are some […]

Upcoming: JR – “Pattern” @ Emmanuel Perrotin (Hong Kong)

Posted by sleepboy, September 13, 2012

After spending time building an enormous photo booth for Festival Images in Switzerland, JR has moved on to his next project. Pattern will be the French street photograffeur’s first solo in Hong Kong and will open at Emmanuel Perrotin on September 18th. Hopefully, he’ll be able to work in some public art for his fans in Asian as well while there… Discuss JR here.

Openings: Judith Supine – “Too Much For One Man” @ Jonathan LeVine

Posted by sleepboy, September 13, 2012

Last Saturday night, the enigmatic Judith Supine opened a solo show at the Jonathan LeVine Gallery in Chelsea alongside Audrey Kawasaki (covered) and Jeff Soto (covered). For this New York showing, the locally situated artist, who uses mother’s maiden name as an alias to keep his identity anonymous, continued his recent layered collage works encased in resin that have added a depth to his imagery. Too Much For One Man features his surreal and often grotesque figures covered in his signature color palette of psychedelic fluorescents. See photos from the opening below… […]

Openings: Futura – “Future-Shock” @ Valmorbida (NYC)

Posted by juggernut3, September 13, 2012

Last week, AM attended the much anticipated opening of Futura’s show presented in conjunction with Valmorbida. Held at a sizable Meat Packing district cargo hold, the pop-up exhibition was the perfect location for one of the kings of the street to make a triumphant return to New York City. Boldly kicking off the art season and fashion week, the graffiti legend held nothing back as he presented a showing that was a true tour de force. As previewed in our exclusive behind the scenes look at the exhibition […]

Preview: Bäst – “Germs Tropicana” @ Opera Gallery (NYC)

Posted by sleepboy, September 11, 2012

As we mentioned in our recent feature on Bäst’s collaboration with Greek olive oil brand Eléia, he has a show opening this week at the Opera Gallery in New York. Fans of one of Brooklyn’s best will have an opportunity to grab a bottle of their own (limited quantities) Thursday night (September 13th) at the private reception as well as take in the new body work – Germs Tropicana. This solo will put somewhat of a new direction from the street collagist on display described as “Abstract Expressionism meets Pop-Art” in pieces […]

Streets: Os Gemeos & Aryz (Poland)

Posted by sleepboy, September 10, 2012

Most fans of street art have be following the creation online of the Os Gemeos and Aryz collaboration mural in Poland over the last several weeks. We now have a look at the completed wall (painted for the Urban Forms Gallery event in Lodz) as well as some progress pics. Pairing the young street artist from Spain with the experience of the twins has certainly paid off as the resulting mural is pretty awesome with OsG’s character coming out of the building in some sort of […]

Openings: Steve “ESPO” Powers – “A Word Is Worth A Thousand Pictures” @ Joshua Liner Gallery

Posted by juggernut3, September 10, 2012

Steve “ESPO” Powers’ (featured) recently opened a solo show in New York for the first time in seven years and it was a doozy. As mentioned in our studio visit (here & here), this new body of work entitled A Word is Worth A Thousand Pictures was fresh and to the point in a manner that is simply ESPO-esqe. Exhibited at Joshua Liner Gallery, works large and small from tremendous enamel on aluminum centerpieces to delicate nuggets of wisdoms called Daily Metaltations were on display. Created […]

Update: Bäst

Posted by sleepboy, September 9, 2012

Just a little update for the Bäst fans out there. The NY-based street artist has teamed up with Greek olive oil brand Eléia to create a special edition bottle available for purchase exclusively at Dean & Deluca. This screen-printed bottle was only produced in an edition of 500, and features Bäst’s signature style using iconic imagery. Even more exciting, he has a show coming up at the Opera Gallery (New York) with the opening set for September 13th (6-9 pm) where a limited quantity of the bottles will […]

Streets: World Roundup (Sept 3 – Sept 9)

Posted by sleepboy, September 9, 2012

Our Streets: World Roundup returns this week with this collaborative mural from Serbian twins Sobekcis and Zoer at the top of the list. The wall was painted on the westside of Copenhagen on a street called Sdr. Boulevard. Thanks for Henrik Haven for the photo. Other walls to take note of come from Phlegm – Italy, Aryz – Denmark, Gr170 – Denmark, Sobekcis – Denmark, M-City – Poland, Interesni Kazki – Russia, Dalek – Califonia, Hendrik “ECB” Beikrich – South Korea (source), ROA – Illinois (source), Nychos, Rookie, […]

Rewind: Sept 3 – Sept 9

Posted by sleepboy, September 9, 2012

The return of our video Rewind sees a behind-the-scenes look at the making of the giant Yayoi Kusama statue that is currently installed by Louis Vuitton on the top of Selfridges in London. This was all arranged by Louis Vuitton as part of their campaign for a fashion line they collaborated on with the Japanese artist. ABOVE’s new mural on social media. Interview with Selim Varol and a tour of his Berlin show featuring his collection. Time lapse video of Marshall Reese and Nora Ligorano’s melting Middle Class […]