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Streets: Roa

Posted by sleepboy, March 24, 2010

Since his show in Paris, Roa has been busy putting new work, mostly in Belgium. With each new piece, he further affirms his mastery of the art of proper placement. Not only that, he creatively incorporates elements of the location into his work and elevates typical two-dimensional street art with three-dimensional twists. Take a look at more of his recent work after the jump to get an idea of what we mean…

Streets: Various & Gould

Posted by sleepboy, March 23, 2010

Looks like the German street tagteam of Various & Gould have been out and about pasting up art on the streets around the Brooklynite Gallery where they opened a show last week (previewed). Their eclectic and colorful representations of what look to be circus performers definitely brightened up the neighborhood. More images after the jump…

Streets: Pixadores attack mural by Os Gemeos, NUNCA, NINA, Finok, and Zefix

Posted by sleepboy, March 23, 2010

Proving that tensions between graffiti artists and street artists are not just a phenomena of the western world (see banksy vs. robbo), Pixacao artists in Sao Paulo have defaced a mural by Os Gemeos, NUNCA, NINA, Finok, and Zefix. They are probably angry that the mayor of Sao Paulo, after creating the project “Clean City” in 2006 (which erased much of the illegal graffiti) is using public funds for commissioning legal writers and famous street artists. This all at a time when the government is […]

Openings: Barnstormers @ Joshua Liner Gallery

Posted by AM Editor, March 22, 2010

The beautiful weather and the promise of great art seemingly brought out all the five boroughs Thursday night for the opening of the Barnstormers show at Joshua Liner Gallery. The exhibition – which was so large that it overflowed Liner’s third floor space into an entire other gallery on the floor below – leaned toward presenting individual works from the diverse group of artists, instead of toward collaborative installations as expected. Of course, pieces by stars of the original scene such as David Ellis, Swoon, […]

Overtime: March 14th – 20th

Posted by sleepboy, March 21, 2010

The Radiant Child wore Reeboks? New work from Escif and Know Hope. See Scott Campbell’s process. Some roadtrip watercolor sketching from Amy Sol. John Casey working on some new sculptures, him in action. Gallerist Lawrence Salander to plead guilty to $100 million art fraud scheme with his art collection sold soon to help pay off those he conned. Anthony Haden Guest loses his $1 million+ art collection for another reason… he owed Public Storage $1,350. Walk in extremely close proximity between two completely naked people now at MOMA Ai […]

Openings: Anthony Lister – “How to Catch a Time Traveler” @ Lyons Wier Gallery

Posted by sleepboy, March 20, 2010

Anthony Lister (interviewed) opened his latest solo show in New York at the Lyons Wier Gallery last night. In attendance were his usual tied up superheroes, this time with one hanging upside down from the ceiling. As evident by the artwork, Lister continues to explore his fascination with superheroes through paintings, drawings, custom action figures, and sculptures. More pics after the jump…

Highlights: Recommended Openings for March 18 – March 20

Posted by Andrew Hosner, March 19, 2010

Carmichael Gallery’s move to Culver City is the big news this weekend. With the debut North American solo show from Brazilian artist Nina Pandolfo “Life’s Flavor” serving as their debut exhibition, this proves to be a not to be missed event. Look for several shots of the show coming together after the jump, as well as a full breakdown of all the other shows keeping art lovers busy this weekend.

Preview: Retna – “Desaturated” @ New Image Art

Posted by sleepboy, March 19, 2010

On Saturday night, March 20th, New Image Art will be hosting a new solo show from well-known graffiti artist Retna. Known for taking fashion advertisements and overlaying them with his special graffiti linework and symbology, this exhibition will bring that process into the gallery setting. As you can see from these images sniped from Modern Multiples (featured), Retna spent some time in the LA printmaking studio with master printer Richard Duardo getting ready for this show. More after the jump…

Preview: Mark Whalen / Kill Pixie – “Observatory” @ Edwina Corlette Gallery, Brisbane

Posted by sven, March 18, 2010

Mark Whalen opens his latest solo show at Edwina Corlette Gallery on his home soil of Australia on Friday, March 26th (running until April 10th). Mark is probably more widely known as his graffiti artist alter ego Kill Pixie, and we’ve been in love with his work since first seeing him exhibited in London a couple of years back. Entitled “Observatory”, the show contains a range of Whalen’s oeuvre from his large scale geometric landscapes right through to his small scale character based compositions – […]

Streets: Nick Walker – “Le Coran-can”

Posted by sleepboy, March 18, 2010

Nick Walker (interviewed) just threw up this sick stencil on Quai De Valmy in central Paris. The message is particularly timely because of Sarkozy’s attempts to prohibit the wearing of the burkha and it looks as though the government may be getting ready to ratify the ban. The piece is entitled “Le Coran-can,” perhaps a wordplay on Koran and the can-can?