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Openings: Last Gasp 40th Anniversary @ 111 Minna

Posted by Ken, April 6, 2010

Following LeBasse Project’s SF Pop Up Gallery debut (covered) and Fecal Face Dot Gallery’s Marco Zamora and Derek Albeck show (covered), AM wrapped up a busy and fun-filled night on the town by hopping down to 111 Minna for the opening of Last Gasp’s 40th Anniversary. The underground comic purveyor and alternative arts distributor has pulled out all the stops, calling on their extensive roster of freaks, fine artists and everyone in between. With an all star lineup featuring such luminaries as R. Crumb, the […]

Openings: Usugrow – “Hasadhu, In The Night Before a Storm” @ StolenSpace

Posted by sleepboy, April 6, 2010

After curating a series of Shinganist shows, Japanese urban artist Usugrow opened his own solo show last week at the StolenSpace Gallery with a collection of paintings, figures, and photographs. This time, he brought along his alterego “Hasadhu”, a fictional character created by Usugrow to reflect his own thoughts, in a show that he describes as “a big storm which will engulf everybody around him and the process of making artwork as the calm night before the storm.” As always, Usugrow’s unique combination of the […]

Openings: Marco Zamora and Derek Albeck – “The Fool” @ Fecal Face Dot Gallery

Posted by Ken, April 5, 2010

Last Thursday night, AM visited the Fecal Face Dot Gallery’s opening of their latest show – “The Fool”. Combining the talents of two LA artists, Marco Zamora and Derek Albeck, “The Fool” is a perfectly curated and highly cohesive exposition of two wonderfully cohesive styles. Utilizing muted subjects, bright splashes of color, and the occasional reflective surface, “The Fool” is an intriguing look at a variety of subjects, from society’s downtrodden to the viewer themselves. Opening photos after the jump.

Collabo: Eine x Anya Hindmarch

Posted by sleepboy, April 5, 2010

Haven’t heard much from typographical street artist EINE since his show at Carmichael Gallery last July, but photos have come out that show his takeover of a Anya Hindmarch store in London. Eine recently collaborated with the popular British designer on a series of bags featuring his signature imagery. More images after the jump…

Teaser: Travis Louie @ Joshua Liner Gallery

Posted by sleepboy, April 5, 2010

Here is a teaser photo for a show we are looking forward to in July at the Joshua Liner Gallery in New York. Travis Louie (featured) will be bringing bearded, bewhiskered, and strangely botanical characters for a concurrent show with the talented Sylvia Ji (interviewed). Discuss Travis Louie here.

Showing: Edwin Ushiro – At Night, Lights Fell and Loved Ones Returned Home” @ Sloan Fine Art

Posted by juggernut3, April 5, 2010

We recently stopped by Sloan Fine Art in NY to check out a mini-solo show by Edwin Ushiro (interviewed). “At Night, Lights Fell and Loved Ones Returned” featured five new paintings centered around the theme of abandoned spaces and the stories they told. It’s been busy recently for Edwin as he also participated in a group show in SF and is getting ready for two person show with Yoskay Yamamoto (featured) in the next half of this year at Roq La Rue. More images after […]

Preview: Dale Grimshaw – “Arcana” @ Signal Gallery

Posted by sleepboy, April 4, 2010

London artist Dale Grimshaw’s third solo exhibition, “Arcana”, will be showing at the Signal Gallery starting next weekend. For this new body of work, Grimshaw takes inspiration from the imagery of the Tarot, taking his figurative paintings in a new yet still emotive and raw direction. Fans of his mixture of the abstract and realistic work will want to be there for the opening on April 9th. Another preview image after the jump.

Happy Easter! Ron English – The Ascension of Santa Christ

Posted by juggernut3, April 4, 2010

Hope everyone is having a good Easter! Ron English (featured) was in Colorado Springs yesterday and sent us this video of him launching “Santa Christ”. A funny and strange play on this holiday… could it be his spin on the joke: “Who gets to cross first at the Stop Sign when there’s the Easter Bunny, Santa Clause, and the perfect…” Enjoy the video. Discuss Ron English here.

“Small Victories” Photo Project

Posted by sleepboy, April 4, 2010

Booooooom! is running a contest where readers can submit 4″ x 6″ photos about “the quietly beautiful, unintentionally funny, people and things all around us.” This will culminate in a show in May in Hong Kong with our friends at the Above Second Gallery. Full details on submissions here.

Overtime: March 28 – April 3

Posted by sleepboy, April 4, 2010

Looks like the Pop Life exhibition has moved on to Hamburg. The price of being on the board of a public arts institution. SFMOMA looking for an architect for a new extension. Stolen art! Speaking of which, Dennis Hopper’s wife sniped his Banksy. How do you “forget” the Ansel Adams murals in your collection? An exhibition of Andy Warhol’s photographs. Painted people as optical illusions by Alexa Meade. Nathan Ota and Eric Fortune at work. Stella Im Hultberg shows off more of her fantastic sketchbook. […]