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Second Helpings: December 2009

December was a fitting end to a momentous 2009 as visually addicting goodies kept us busy around the world. The staff from AM wraps up the last month of 2009 with a loaded edition of Second Helpings to revisit some of the best articles from the month. Get served after the jump.

Teaser: Os Gemeos – “Nos Braços de um Anjo” @ Galleria Patricia Armocida

On January 25, Otavio and Gustavo Pandolfo, better known as Os Gemeos, will open “Nos Braços de um Anjo” (In the Arms of an Angel), their second solo show at Milan’s Galleria Patricia Armocida. According to the gallery’s press release, the twins will present new canvases and sculptures, as well as a site-specific interactive installation. See two other teaser images, after the jump

Doze Green x City Center Project (Las Vegas)

The massive $11 billion dollar City Center in the heart of Las Vegas will be the most expensive privately funded construction project in U.S. History – a new mini city of casinos, luxury condos, theaters, strip clubs, restaurants, hotels, spas, and various amenities. Of that, “only” $40 million is reserved for a art installations by artists like Maya Lin, Jenny Holzer, Claes Oldenburg, Coosje Van Brugen, Nancy Rubens, Frank Stella, Henry Moore, Richard Long, and Doze Green. We’re sure Doze (who recently showed with the […]

Video: Remi/Rough x Jaybo @ Projectroom (Berlin)

Remi/Rough, who recently participated in the Ghost Village Project and Jaybo, who we last saw showing at the Signal Gallery got together to do a little live painting session in Berlin.  Working in the Projectroom (looks like same place where Herakut live painted), the two artists collaborated on two pieces, switching between each one multiple times, and then donating them to charity.

Video: Ghost Village Project (Completed)

Remember when we first told you about the Ghost Village Project in October of last year? Now comes the completed video of the massive project. Agents of Change asked the question – what do we do with a eyesore of an abandoned village originally built for 500 workers 33 years ago on the west coast of Scotland – workers who never showed up? Turn it into an art gallery basically – add characters that can live there to replace the ones that should have been […]

Video: (R)Evolution of Urban Art @ Warrington Museum & Art Gallery

The Warrington Museum & Art Gallery is holding an exhibition until March 13th highlighting some “Urban Art” from artists like Banksy, Blek le Rat, Gavin Turk, Adam Neate (interviewed), David Choe, Faile (featured), Lorraine Robbins, Antony Micallef (interviewed), Ron English (featured), José Parlá, Elbow-Toe (interviewed), Sam Taylor-Wood, Candice Tripp (interviewed), Swoon (interviewed) and Takashi Murakami – um, yes… Murakami. We believe the pieces are part of a private collection that also exhibited at the Stoke-on-Trent Potteries Museum & Art Gallery earlier this year.

Basel Week Miami ’09 – Joshua Liner Gallery @ Scope

One of the booths we were really impressed with during Art Basel Week was Joshua Liner Gallery’s showcase at SCOPE. It was a diverse group reflecting some of his successes this year from represented artists such as Matsu (interviewed), Kris Kuksi, and Evan Hecox. In addition, the show offered a sneak preview of the tremendous talent in stored for the coming year with works by Dave Kinsey, Dave Kassan, Tony Kanali, Tiffany Bozik, and Travis Louie (interviewed. More images after the jump…

Images of Unrest

After perusing some of the goings-on in Iran this morning, we coincidentally came across a couple of images that reminded us of the unrest we have been seeing over there. The first is from Escif, an artist from Spain that we saw on the excellent Unurth site (also see their interview with him here). And, the second is a drawing from Armsrock (seen after the jump), whom we interviewed recently.

Update: Herakut

After a busy year trekking around the world, the dynamic duo of Herakut (interviewed) has been heads down working on another series of works. Our friend Frankie from Camp Barbossa did a little “drive-by” of their studio and sent us some images for a little sneak peak. More after the jump.

Streets: Banksy Vs. Robbo

So… It seems that one of the pieces Banksy put up last week has a back story that most didn’t know about. Apparently, he stenciled over a 1985 piece by Robbo and other writers who were some of the pioneers of graf in London in the mid 80s. This has caused a pretty strong outrage among some old school graffiti writers and it looks like Robbo has gone back to paint over the piece, cleverly incorporating Banksy’s piece just like Banksy incorporated his. More images […]