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Preview: Mondo – “Badass Cinema” @ Gallery 1988 (LA)

Posted by juggernut3, November 19, 2009

This Friday (Nov. 11th: 7-10pm), Gallery 1988 is hosting a special one night only event with the boys at Mondo called “Badass Cinema.” The show will showcase their cinema inspired cult classics which they famously reinterpret with their sold out print releases. There will be some exclusive limited editions prints made just for this event and if you get lucky, you may be able to snag some of the sold out rare ones that will be made available at the show. There will also be live art performances by Kevin Tong, Harry […]

Preview: Naoto Hattori – “Out There” @ M Modern

Posted by sleepboy, November 19, 2009

This Friday, Japanese sensation Naoto Hattori will be bringing psychedelic art to the desert – Palm Springs to be exact. “Out There” opens at M Modern and will feature his usual bizarre animals, distorted heads, and imaginative landscapes. Although Hattori specializes in imagery that is grotesque to say the least, there is a strange sense of beauty that he infuses in all his paintings, perhaps in no small part due to the insane amount of detail he puts into each piece. More preview images after […]

Highlights: Recommended openings for Nov 19 – Nov 22

Posted by Andrew Hosner, November 19, 2009

As just about every noteworthy gallery in our movement prepares to head down to Miami for all the art fairs the week after next, the amazing shows somehow just keep coming. From the groundbreaking public opening of the amazing new PRISM space on the Sunset Strip in Hollywood this Friday featuring museum size work from the legendary duo of Barry McGee and Phil Frost through to “The Thousands” group show in the UK curated by RJ of Vandalog that just opened last night, there just […]

Video: Colin Christian x Kanye West – “Glow in the Dark Tour”

Posted by sleepboy, November 19, 2009

His love affair with Murakami and KAWS are well documented, but did you know that Kanye West also admires the work of Colin Christian? In a recent video (above) promoting his “Glow in the Dark Tour” book, one of Christian’s signature sculptures can be seen, at the 1:26 & 2:56 marks to be exact. Discuss Colin Christian here.

Streets: Bumblebee in Los Angeles

Posted by Khoi, November 19, 2009

Bumblebee is a Los Angeles-based artist who has been beautifying the streets with public installations containing those black and yellow body-haired flying insects. Bumblebees are so essential to our lives, yet they are disappearing at an alarming rate and their plight may be overlooked. He is using these potentially endangered species to communicate with the community and highlight such forgotten methods, such as the newspaper stand, which is quickly becoming replaced by the instantaneous news on the internet, and the phone booth, which has been […]

Openings: “Represent” Group Show @ Blackall Studios

Posted by sleepboy, November 19, 2009

A group show that we previewed here a while back, “Represent,” opened a couple weeks ago at Blackall Studios in London. Curated by Matt Small (interviewed), the show featured artists such as Swoon (interviewed), and ELBOW-TOE (interviewed) among others – all who have developed their own approach to portraiture. Once reserved for the rich, these artists use portrait painting to bring focus to social issues that otherwise may go unnoticed. In fact, part of the proceeds from the show Single Homelessness Project, a charity Small […]

Preview: Kris Kuksi “Beast Anthology” @ Joshua Liner Gallery

Posted by juggernut3, November 18, 2009

Sometimes a title to the show says it all… “Beast Anthology” – Kris Kuksi is a beast! His behemoth sculptures have us all in awe. Here at AM headquarters, we’ve been looking forward to seeing this one since we visited his last sold out show at Joshua Liner Gallery (covered). The opening is this Saturday (Nov. 21st) from 6-9pm and it couldn’t be sooner. Kris’ signature hyper-detailing and the amazing compositions just boggles our senses. This past August, we teased you with his gorgeous creation for the show: “The Temptation of […]

Showing: Lava Collective “Cityscape” Group Show @ Dray Walk Gallery London

Posted by sven, November 18, 2009

AM happened upon this good looking pop-up show at the Dray Walk Gallery in London’s Truman Brewery complex this week organised by the freshly formed Lava Collective. Lava brought over Brooklyn residents Peru Ana Ana Peru for their first showing of work in the UK, and their installation dominated the huge space. Peru Ana Ana Peru had just opened a show at Brooklynite Gallery a couple of weeks back (covered here), and we felt their use of audio and visual media as part of the […]

Openings: Nicoletta Ceccoli – “Babes in Toyland” @ Copro Gallery

Posted by sleepboy, November 18, 2009

A couple saturday nights ago, along with Stella Im Hultberg and Amy Sol, Nicoletta Ceccoli (interviewed) presented her part in the three person show entitled “Babes in Toyland.” As with many of the shows of the popular San Marino artist, the paintings almost immediately sold out. Make sure you stop by to take a look at the delicate and whimsical body of work as it might be 2-3 years before Nicoletta has another show in the LA area. Pics after the jump…

Openings: Walton Ford @ Paul Kasmin Gallery

Posted by AM Editor, November 18, 2009

Last Thursday, Chelsea’s Paul Kasmin Gallery hosted the opening of an exhibition of new large-scale watercolors by Walton Ford. At first glance, those not familiar with Ford might mistake his contemporary works for those of 19th century naturalist and painter John James Audobon. The similarity is intentional. However, instead of merely cataloging species as Audobon did, Ford uses the familiar visual language of the well-known wildlife artist and other early natural history artists to depict historically-based allegories of the violent collision of man and nature. […]