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Showing: Michael Page – “Elan Vital” @ Shooting Gallery

Posted by sleepboy, May 4, 2012

Showing through tomorrow in San Francisco at the White Walls Gallery is Michael Page’s (interviewed) solo show Élan Vital. Tackling issues of evolution, the development of organisms, spirituality, and the infinite variations of consciousness, the locally-based painter has created a collection of works that bring viewers into his dream world featuring an explosion of colors and a melding of protoplasmic energies. More photos from the show taken by John Casey after the jump…

Preview: Michael Page – “Élan Vital” @ White Walls

Posted by sleepboy, April 11, 2012

As we mentioned in our contest for a free Michael Page (interviewed) print several weeks ago (we’ll pick a winner in the next several days), the San Francisco-based painter will be opening up his latest solo show this Saturday, April 14th. Entitled Élan Vital, the new body of work to be displayed at the White Walls features Page’s exploration of the vital essence of life through his color-infused works. More preview images after the jump…

Contests: Michael Page – “Light Waters” Print

Posted by sleepboy, March 23, 2012

Friday marks the end of the work week for most people. Now that you will have more time, perhaps you’ll use the weekend to enter our print giveaway of Michael Page’s (interviewed) print – Light Waters. The edition, made available through the generosity of Virtu Art Gallery, is limited to 25, hand embellished, and sized at 18 1/2″ x 14 3/4″. All you have to do is leave a comment as to what the two words “Élan Vital” means to you which is also the [...]

Showing: Michael Page – “Into Passing” @ Shooting Gallery SF

Posted by sleepboy, February 19, 2011

Michael Page (interviewed) continued to take his work in the direction we last saw at his show in March of last year (covered) with the inclusion of more abstract and loose elements as well as bold palette choices. The new body of work showing at the Shooting Gallery in SF explores the “immediacy of the human experience through the examination of macabre themes such as death and the eternal passage of time.” More pics after the jump via the gallery…

Preview: “Movers & Shakers II” @ Ronin Gallery

Posted by sven, May 18, 2010

Thinkspace gallery made a move into Culver City last month, and as one gallery leaves to take a step up, another moves in to fill it’s boots. Relocating from Echo Park, The Ronin Gallery now occupies the popular Silverlake spot, and after a few modifications to the space, opened it’s inaugural group show “NEX GEN” last month. This month sees Ronin bringing in the talent with another grouping of new contemporary artists in “Movers & Shakers II”, the follow up to last year’s LA event [...]

Preview: “Art From The New World” (Curated by Corey Helford Gallery) @ Bristol Museum and Art Gallery

Posted by sven, April 18, 2010

Something exciting is coming to the UK in the month of May in the shape of “Art from the New World”, an exhibition organized and curated by Los Angeles based Corey Helford Gallery. The exhibit will show a snapshot of the blossoming American new contemporary scene that we at AM love so much and is to be held at the location of last year’s Banksy versus the Bristol Museum – The Bristol Museum and Art Gallery. If you’re in the UK, don’t miss this chance [...]

Openings: Michael Page “Return of the Nephilim” @ Copro Gallery

Posted by sleepboy, March 18, 2010

AM was on hand when Michael Page (interviewed) opened his show “Return of the Nephilim” at Copro Gallery a couple weekends ago. Right next door to the Hi-Fructose Five Year Anniversary show was a more focused body of work from Page continuing to explore the abstraction he began at his last show at Varnish Fine Arts. The lush and intensely hued paintings are Page’s interpretation of the mysterious Nephilim from the Old Testament. Photos after the jump…

Preview: Dark Pop 2.0 @ Last Rites Gallery

Posted by sleepboy, December 27, 2009

Last Rites Gallery is hosting Dark Pop 2.0, a show where artists were taken out of their comfort zone and asked to create what they considered “dark art.” This second show of the series will include artists like Esao Andrews (interviewed), AIKO, Ana Bagayan (featured), Joshua Clay, Molly Crabapple, Amy Crehore, Yoko d’Holbachie, Leslie Ditto, Mark Elliott, Eric Fortune (interviewed), GAIA, Stella Im Hultberg (interviewed), Sarah Joncas, Aya Kakeda, Ben Kehoe, Dan-ah Kim, Daniel Hyun Lim (Fawn Fruits), David MacDowell (featured), Dennis McNett, Tara McPherson, [...]

Interviews: Michael Page – “ThankYouGoodbye” @ Varnish Fine Arts

Posted by sleepboy, August 10, 2009

Michael Page’s newest show, “ThankYouGoodbye” (teased), features a body of work inspired by climate change in places like Greenland and Alaska. Sadly, his show that opened at Varnish Fine Art in SF over the weekend will be the last in this space for the gallery. We had a chance to sit down for an interview with Page to talk about the new direction his work is going among other things. Interview after the jump…

Teaser: Michael Page – “ThankYouGoodbye” @ Varnish Fine Art

Posted by sleepboy, June 26, 2009

Here is a fantastic new image from Michael Page giving us a first look at the body of work for his next show at Varnish Fine Art in August. Entitled “ThankYouGoodbye,” Page will explore ecological and environmental issues in a way only his imagination can.Â If you haven’t had a chance to check out his work from the “Trancenders” show that we covered previously, check it out here. Discuss Michael Page here.

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