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Openings: Morgan Slade – “Fist of Fear, Touch of Death” @ Shooting Gallery

Posted by Ken, January 18, 2010

Morgan Slade opened his new show, “Fist of Fear, Touch of Death” last weekend at San Francisco’s Shooting Gallery. Featuring ten new large scale photographs, Morgan’s latest body of work is most striking and provided a great introduction of his work to the Bay Area. His subjects, faceless models donning football helmets, stormtrooper masks, and mascot heads, pose playfully though it’s their anonymity and resulting lack of true beauty that perhaps grants such freedoms as modern day morettas. After photographing his models, Slade hand-distresses and […]

Preview: “Who Killed The Music” Grammy Exhibition

Posted by sleepboy, January 18, 2010

Camille Rose Garcia The best show no one is talking about right now is the “Who Killed The Music” Grammy group show coming up next week. Set to coincide with the 52nd Annual Awards (whose official artwork was designed by Shepard Fairey this year), the show will feature artwork from Camille Rose Garcia, Audrey Kawasaki (interviewed), Travis Louie (interviewed), Van Arno, Lola, Richard Colman, Mercedes Helnwein, Kris Lewis (interviewed), Paul Chatem, Nathan Spoor, Justin BUA, Jason Thielke (interviewed), Gregory Euclide, Sarah McColgan, and Ron Lipking. […]

Openings: Josh Keyes – “Fragment” @ Jonathan LeVine

Posted by AM Editor, January 17, 2010

AM was in Chelsea last night for the latest much-anticipated solo show by Josh Keyes (interviewed), entitled “Fragment,” at Jonathan LeVine Gallery. As expected, the large crowd was blown away by Keyes’ newest series of realistic-stylized portrayals of animals battling for survival against a hostile environment. And for the first time in a long time, Keyes included a human (non-statue) figure in one of his works – a portrait of himself presumably in a post-apocalyptic world – which takes a more direct approach in his […]

Installation: Barry McGee @ SFMOMA 75th Anniversary Exhibiton

Posted by sleepboy, January 17, 2010

We recently took you to Mike Shine’s studio where he was getting ready for this weekend’s show at SFMOMA, but he’s not the only artist who was working on an exhibition there. Barry McGee was also installing some works in preparation for the 75th anniversary show at SFMOMA, where they have championed Mission School artists like Mr. Twist over the years. Other artists featured include Bruce Conner, Jay DeFeo, Frida Kahlo, Jeff Koons, Sherrie Levine, Mike Mandel, Larry Sultan, Jackson Pollock, Leslie Shows and more. […]

Video/Teaser: Aakash Nihalani – “On & Off (Often On)” @ Carmichael Gallery

Posted by sleepboy, January 17, 2010

Aakash Nihalani will be bringing his unique use of colored tape as a geometric artform to the Carmichael Gallery for a joint show with Mark Jenkins on January 21st. From the sound of things, attendees of the show, entitled “On & Off (Often On)”, will be seeing something fresh and exciting from Aakash for this new body of work. We’ll have more on this later but for now, check out a recent video he did with the good people of Babelgum after the jump…

Releases: Poster Cause Project – Haiti Relief

Posted by Ken, January 16, 2010

The Poster Cause Project has just released three open-edition prints in support of the people of Haiti. Featuring the art of Dalek (interviewed), Shane Jessup, and Patricio Oliver, 100% of the profits from this sale will be donated directly to Doctors Without Borders. All three prints are priced at only $15 each, so if you’d like to help a great cause, and get some good art on your walls, please visit the Poster Cause Project. Check out the other two prints after the jump.

Preview: Andrew Hem – “One Leads to Another” @ LeBasse Projects

Posted by sleepboy, January 16, 2010

Andrew Hem (interviewed) is opening an expansive show tonight at LeBasse Projects featuring paintings, drawings, and sculptural work. Entitled “One Leads to Another,” the exhibition was influenced extensively by his recent trip to Cambodia. Through his artwork, Andrew asks what if the millions of people that died during the Khmer Rouge period, especially the children had lived on instead? How might things have been different? Be sure to read more about this on the Erratic Phenomena blog. Also, check out some preview images after the […]

Teaser: Mark Jenkins – “Meaning is Overrated” @ Carmichael Gallery

Posted by sleepboy, January 15, 2010

Mark Jenkins, who recently did some work in Moscow, will be returning to the States for a show at the Carmichael Gallery. He’ll be bringing in some fresh installation art like the “Spokes” piece seen above for his show entitled “Meaning is Overrated.” Definitely mark down January 21st and plan to attend the opening as he will be showing with another great artist – Aakash Nihalani. Discuss Mark Jenkins here.

Openings: Robert Hardgrave/Further Group Show @ Joshua Liner Gallery

Posted by AM Editor, January 15, 2010

Saturday night, AM had the pleasure of attending the openings of two exciting new shows at Chelsea’s Joshua Liner Gallery. In the main gallery was the “Further” group exhibition, which features Damon Soule, David Choong Lee, MARS-1, Nome Edonna, Oliver Vernon, Robert Hardgrave and Tomokazu Matsuyama. As we mentioned in our preview, the show consists of artists selected for an upcoming book of the same name highlighting contemporary abstract painting and themes of spiritualism and mysticism. Although the selected artists each has a unique and […]

Teaser: Shepard Fairey April 2010 Exhibition @ Deitch Projects

Posted by Khoi, January 15, 2010

The recent appointment of Jeffrey Deitch as the new Director of MOCA has spurred much rumor and speculation regarding the continued operation of Deitch Projects and their scheduled exhibitions. It has been confirmed by the museum and by Mr. Deitch himself that all commercial activity on his end will cease by June 1, 2010, meaning Deitch Projects as we all know it will shutter. What happens to his staff and stable of artists is still yet undetermined, however, we at Arrested Motion have received word […]