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Openings: Winter Group Show @ White Walls

Posted by Ken, December 23, 2009
In addition to Travis Louie’s (interviewed) opening at Shooting Gallery last weekend (covered), the Winter Group Show debuted alongside in the adjoining White Walls gallery.  Featuring some heavy hitters such as Shepard Fairey (featured), the Clayton Brothers (featured), and Anthony Lister (interviewed) the group show also boasts some upcoming and very exciting talent, namely artists like Nas Champas, Mark Warren Jacques (interviewed and pictured above), Aaron Nagel, and Casey Gray.  The Winter Group show will be open, along with Travis Louie’s show, till January 2nd. […]
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Basel Week Miami ’09: Nick Walker – Primary Flight Mural

Posted by sleepboy, December 22, 2009
One of the artists we got to hang out with this year at Art Basel was Nick Walker, who flew in all the way over from the UK. If you liked the “mood board” piece that Nick sent us a photo of from his recent trip in Japan, then you’ll like what he did for Primary Flight this year. For these types of murals, Walker likes to mix different elements of his imagery into one integrated piece. In fact, you may want to check out […]
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Streets: Os Gemeos Performance

Posted by sleepboy, December 22, 2009
Os Gemeos recently participated in a public performance in downtown São Paulo of “The Stranger” aided by a large balloon of one of their classic figures. The parade performance was done in collaboration with Plasticien Volants, a world-renowned French company which specializes in creating aerial theater with giant inflatable puppets.  Take a look at couple more pics after the jump, but for the full set, check out Lost Art.
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Releases: Kehinde Wiley – “The World Stage: Brazil” Hardcover

Posted by sleepboy, December 22, 2009
You may remember when we covered Kehinde Wiley’s show at Roberts & Tilton back in April.  Well, the gallery has now released “The World Stage: Brazil” book, a 22 paintings from when Wiley was in the South American country looking for subjects for his signature portraiture.  Also, be on the lookout for the January issue of Juxtapoz where Wiley scored the cover. Discuss Kehinde Wiley here.
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Teaser: Andrew Hem – “One Leads To Another” @ LeBasse Projects

Posted by sleepboy, December 22, 2009
One of the shows we are looking forward to to start off 2010 is Andrew Hem’s (interviewed) show at LeBasse Projects. Entitled “One Leads To Another,” look for another exciting body of work from this young artist set to open on January 16th. Discuss this show here. Discuss Andrew Hem here.
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Video: Kris Kuksi – “Plague Parade: Opus 2”

Posted by sleepboy, December 22, 2009
On a return trip to take in Kris Kuksi’s show “Beast Anthology” (covered) at Joshua Liner Gallery, we decided to take a quick video of one of the pieces to give you a better perspective of how incredibly detailed his work is. The piece we chose was “Plague Parade: Opus 2,” one of the larger pieces in the show at 42 x 62 x 16 inches. Take a look at all the mixed media assemblage goodness of this piece in the recorded footage above. Discuss […]
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Streets: TrustoCorp in Los Angeles

Posted by Ken, December 21, 2009
TrustoCorp, who we last saw in Miami, has just hit the streets of Los Angeles with a batch of seven new hand painted street signs.  With campaigns planned in San Francisco, NC, Miami, Atlanta, Detroit, San Diego and Chicago all within the next few months, keep an eye out for TrustoCorp coming to a town near you. More pictures after the jump.
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Teaser: “Further Group Show” @ Joshua Liner Gallery

Posted by sleepboy, December 21, 2009
AM met up recently with Tomokazu Matsuyama (interviewed) at his studio to catch up and to take a look at his new body of work. While we were there, he showed us a couple pieces he completed for an upcoming group show at Joshua Liner Gallery, including this fantastic piece seen above. The “Further Group Show” will be one of the first group shows in New York of the year, opening on January 9th. Along with Matzu, the lineup includes Damon Soule, David Choong Lee, […]
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Openings: Chris Berens – “The Only Living Boy in New York” @ Sloan Fine Art

Posted by juggernut3, December 21, 2009
Last week, Amsterdam-based artist Chris Berens made his New York debut with a brilliant solo show at  Sloan Fine Art. Chris has been working hard on this show and came through with 39 detailed pieces to show for his efforts. As mentioned in our previews (here & here), Chris utilizes a mixed technique blending his heritage of studying the “old masters” with his unique brushstrokes on photographic paper to create a dream like effect. This beautiful hazy effect is something that is further illuminated by seeing his art […]
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Sketchbook: Nate Frizzell

Posted by sleepboy, December 21, 2009
While visiting Nate Frizzell’s studio a while back, we had to opportunity to flip through some of his sketchbooks. It’s always a privilege to be able to look into the inner workings of an artist’s creative process and is one of our favorite things to do. Of course, we made sure to take some pics to share with our readers. Definitely expect to see more of these features here in the future. Take a look after the jump at some prelim sketches for completed paintings […]
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