Sometimes, you just need to get away from it all. That’s exactly what Dave Kinsey did for his upcoming show at New York’s Joshua Liner Gallery by moving up to Central California’s Three Rivers and focusing his energy into this fresh body of work. The head of Black Market took his game to nature’s back yard, retreating from his urban studio in Los Angeles and from what we see, it’s given this new collection of paintings a whole new dimension. AM brings you an inside look into Mr. Kinsey’s elusive mountain studio and a preview of this captivating show.

Check it all out after the jump.

See you at the opening!

Discuss Dave Kinsey here
Discuss this show here.

Takashi Murakami is coming back to show in New York City, but this time, he’s in this year’s Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. His contributions will be two specially designed floats of his studio mascots “Kaikai” and “Kiki”. With massive heads measuring 16 feet wide, it’ll be a pretty unforgettable impression these two Superflat characters will make when their larger than life helium filled bodies float down the streets of the Big Apple.

Check out an animation of Kaikai & Kiki in action after the jump.

Image via NY Times
Discuss Takashi Murakami here.

It looks like Eelus has arrived in New York and is already started work on Brooklynite’s walls. The UK street artist will be showing jointly with C215 in “Paradise Lost” (teased), both of which are known for their stencil work. Take a look at at more photos as Eelus works on some classic imagery like his “jump rope girl” and “firestarter” after the jump…

Photos via the gallery.
Discuss Eelus here.

Earlier this year, we stopped by the Torrence studio of Greg “Craola” Simkin to catch a preview of his knockout show at Joshua Liner Gallery and experienced an eyeful of goodness from the talented artist. If you couldn’t get enough of Greg’s dreamy artwork, we have a special surprise we held back as he shared with us the proof sheets of his upcoming book - “Drawn from the Well”. The 300 page book of his drawings is set to make it’s debut at this year’s Dragon Con in the IMSCARED booth on Friday, Sept 3rd from 2-4pm.

Greg will of course be in attendance and will be signing for fans. There will be a special edition hardcover version (limited to 250) that will be available for the signing. The regular edition will be available on IMSCARED.com starting September 25th. Also, while you are at Dragon Con, make sure you get a hold of a special print of his famed “Anti-Venom” artwork. This scarce edition on 25 will be available for $125 ($175 w/ Stan Lee’s signature) - details here.

More views of the book after the jump…

Cover for the book

Greg works to put the touches on ONE version of the book cover

Alternate cover for the book

Discuss Greg Simkins here.

Sure to be cult movie classic, Machete, is being released this Friday and you can be sure AM will be in line for this one. However, one person who we know has been lucky enough to see the movie already is David Choe (featured). For once, the suits did the right thing and chose one the grimiest artists out there to create some of the movie’s promotional material. Take a look at the video above as David discusses the creative process behind the project - he even broke one of his rules and painted a man - Danny Trejo.

Discuss David Choe here.

Dan Quintana, whom we last saw show at Copro Gallery in January, is opening a new exhibition at the Last Rites Gallery in New York this weekend. The new body of work entitled “Ethos Astry” will be sure to include Quintana’s beautiful women, often masked in elaborate headdresses with a grotesque twist. Take a plunge with us into his fantasy world this Saturday, September 4th at the opening.

Discuss Dan Quintana here.
Discuss this show here.

Along with the batch of photographs Banksy posted of his new work on his website the other day, he also released two videos. One is a dolphin ride for kids, but modified with netting and barrel with a crude oil leak with typical Banksy humor.  Also, if you look carefully at the video after the jump, you may be seeing Mr. B. himself in disguise heckling Prince Charles.

Discuss Banksy here.

Kent Williams

The official launch of the fall art season is upon us and with it an amazing array of high profile shows are opening the world over this weekend. From big solo shows in Los Angeles from the likes of Sarah Joncas, Buff Monster, Dabs Myla, Nathan Ota, and Yumiko Kayukawa to big solo shows in San Francisco from Stanley Donwood and in the UK from Guy Denning. All that and I didn’t even mention Kent Williams’ big solo in NM and Brendan Monroe’s show in Paris… with that said, get out there and support the arts people!

Sarah Joncas working on wall mural

LOS ANGELES:
Fri, Sept. 3rd 7-10PM
Gallery 1988 Los Angeles
7020 Melrose Ave in Los Angeles / 323.937.7088
‘The 3G Show’ featuring works inspired by The Ghostbusters, Goonies, and Gremlins
(ON view through Sept. 22nd)
www.nineteeneightyeight.com

Fri, Sept. 3rd 8-11PM (with print release & signing from 7-8PM)
La Luz De Jesus Gallery
4633 Hollywood Blvd. in Los Angeles / 323.666.7667
’49 Days’ featuring new works from Yumiko Kayukawa + ‘An Unforseen Homecoming’ featuring new works from Nathan Ota
(On view through Sept. 26th)
www.laluzdejesus.com

Fri, Sept. 3rd 7-11PM
thinkspace
6009 Washington Blvd. in Culver City / 310.558.3375
‘Siren’ featuring new paintings and a mural from Sarah Joncas + ‘Tokyo Deluxe’ featuring new paintings and an installation from Dabs Myla
(On view through Sept. 24th)
www.thinkspacegallery.com

Sat, Sept. 4th 7-10PM
Corey Helford Gallery
8522 Washington Blvd in Culver City / 310.287.2340
‘Beyond The Pink’ featuring new works from Buff Monster
(On view through Sept. 22nd)
www.coreyhelfordgallery.com

Sat, Sept. 4th 7-11PM
Toy Art Gallery
737 Seward St, #1 in Los Angeles
‘Red Carpet Kaiju Monster Group Show’ featuring Akoart (Japan), Alimana (Mexico), Blobpus (Japan), Bob Conge/Plaseebo, Carlos Enriquez Gonzalez (Venezuela), Emilio Garcia (Spain), Lil Japan, Ilanena (Japan), L’amour Supreme, LASH, Mark Nagata, Matt Walker, Paul Kaiju, Pico Pico (Japan), Toshikazu Nozaka (Japan), Tulip (Japan), Uamou (Japan), Velocitron (Japan), Yamazakura (Japan), Yosuke Ueno (Japan), and more
(On view through Sept. 25th)
www.toyartgallery.com

Dan Quintana

NEW YORK CITY:

Wed, Sept. 1st 6:30PM
Mid-Manhattan Library
40th Street and 5th Avenue, 6th Floor in New York City / 212.340.0837
‘A Fraction Of The Whole: Elbow-Toe Discusses His Art’ – a special conversation with the artist
www.elbow-toe.com

Sat, Sept. 4th 7-10PM
Last Rites Gallery
511 West 33rd Street in New York City
New works from Dan Quintana and Pooch
www.lastritesgallery.com

SAN FRANCISCO:

Wed, Sept. 1st 7:30PM
Fifty24SF
218 Fillmore Street in San Francisco, CA
‘Over Normal’ featuring new works from Stanley Donwood
(On view through Oct. 27th)
www.fifty24sf.com

Tom Frence

GREATER U.S.A.:

Thurs, Sept. 2nd 5-8PM
Evoke Contemporary
130 Lincoln Ave, Suite F in Santa Fe, NM
‘Eklektikos’ featuring new works from Kent Williams
(On view through Sept. 30th)
www.evokecontemporary.com

Fri, Sept. 3rd 7-10PM
Vincent Michael Gallery
1050 N. Hancock Street, Suite #63 in Philadelphia, PA
‘Hidden Realizations’ featuring new works from Tom French
(On view through Sept. 25th)
www.vincentmichael.com

CANADA:

Wed, Sept. 1st
Yves Laroche Galerie d’Art
6355 Boulevard Saint-Laurent in Montreal, Quebec / 514.531.9855
‘Will Rise’ featuring works from The Seventh Letter Crew (Revok, Push, Norm, Pose, Reyes, and Retna)
(On view through Sept. 15th)
www.yveslaroche.com

EUROPE:

Sat, Sept. 4th
Galerie L.J.
12 rue Commines in Paris, France
‘Figments’ featuring new works from Brendan Monroe + ‘Come What May’ featuring new works from Evah Fan
(On view through Oct. 16t)
www.galerielj.com

UNITED KINGDOM:

Fri, Sept. 3rd
The Crypt Gallery
St. Martin in the Field in Trafalgar Square, London, England
‘Behemoth’ featuring new works from Guy Denning – presented by Red Propeller
www.redpropeller.co.uk

As always, please be sure to check out www.sourharvest.com for a more in-depth look at additional events taking place in the Los Angeles new contemporary art scene.

Yesterday, we brought you a preview of Brendan Monroe’s (interviewed) body of work for a Paris in a joint exhibit with Evah Fan. Today, we can give you a glimpse of Evah’s work as well ahead of the opening this Saturday night at Galerie L.J. Looking through some of the preview images from this show, what strikes us is how unpredictable her narrative is, with unexpected surprises in each piece that lead us to think “what is going on here?” At the same time, we like Evah’s impeccable linework, use of deadspace, and choice of colors.

Some words from Evah about the new body of work as well as more preview images after the jump…

“There are many still moments in my work that are wrongly familiar. A man with a box beneath his shirt could have been drumming on his chest or just ran out of a market. A young girl reaching inside the box only to find scallions? What happens next?

Whatever ideas came to mind during the last few months were put forth. They suited the title ‘Come What May’ and did not follow any strict process. I followed a stream of consciousness that led me to a few mini series - works depicting reactions from potential threats, landscapes inspired from Stockholm alongside paintings about the senses. The imagined tension between figures and events are usually awkward to ignite a certain narrative that lingers unpredictability. I wonder what has happened or what will happen from each scenario.”

Discuss Brendan Monroe here.

Blu’s amazing largescale works are now expected to be amazing whenever we hear of something new from the Italian street artist. What we really need now is a big solo show for him to see how his works translate in the gallery setting - hopefully we’ll get to see something like that from him soon. Here is his latest piece (in Madrid), again taking aim of one of his favorite targets - the corporate fat cats.

A closer look after the jump…

Via Ekosystem thru Unurth.
Discuss Blu here.