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Fame Fest ’10: Escif

Posted by sleepboy, September 13, 2010

Angelo, mastermind behind Studiocromie and the Fame Festival, has seen his fair share of street artists and their work. So, when he’s impressed with the level of addiction a certain artist has to painting walls, you know that’s saying something. The latest artist to roll through Grottaglie is the Spain-based Escif, whose prolific work we are sure you are familiar with by now. More after the jump…

Openings: Kent Williams – “Eklektikos” @ EVOKE Contemporary

Posted by sleepboy, September 13, 2010

Kent Williams’ “Eklektikos” opened up a couple weeks ago at the EVOKE Contemporary in New Mexico. Fans who live other parts of the country definitely missed out witnessing in person a truly great show. The Los Angeles-based artist brought with him a collection of beautifully rendered paintings filled with detail, color, and emotive power. More opening photos after the jump…

Openings: Alex Gross – “Discrepancies” @ Jonathan LeVine Gallery

Posted by sleepboy, September 13, 2010

With the art world bringing out their big guns this month to kick off the art season, Jonathan LeVine comes out of the gate strong with a new collection of paintings from Alex Gross. As he mentioned in his interview with us leading up to the show, he wanted to push the themes from his last show at the NY gallery (two years ago) even further. As you will see, a good half of the new body of work dealt with the prevalence of technology […]

Studio Visits / Preview: Mark Dean Veca – “When The Shit Hits The Fan” @ Western Project

Posted by sleepboy, September 13, 2010

A little while back, we stopped by Mark Dean Veca’s (interviewed) studio to get a glimpse at his new body of work “When The Shit Hits The Fan” – a kind of metaphor for the state of the world today. The show opening next Saturday night, Sept 18th, at Western Project will be his first solo show in Los Angeles and is a collection of thematically cohesive paintings he has been working on since his show at Jonathan LeVine last year. With some of his […]

Openings: Ron English – “Status Factory” @ Opera Gallery

Posted by juggernut3, September 12, 2010

Last night, AM attended the private viewing of Ron English (featured), latest exhibition “Status Factory”. With the sponsorship of Opera Gallery, the pop-up exhibition was held in an extravagant triplex retail space in the heart of New York’s Soho district. As we showed you in the setup, the location was transformed by Ron & gang over the course of a week to give the audience the full experience of “Popaganda“. The artwork seemed bigger in person than our preview indicated, especially in rooms with interactive sculptures […]

Openings: Andrew Schoultz – “Compound Eyes on the World” @ Marx & Zavattero

Posted by sleepboy, September 12, 2010

In San Francisco, headlining the official opening of the art season last night was Andrew Schoultz’ new body of work at Marx & Zavattero. “Compound Eyes on the World” is Schoultz’ second solo at the gallery and draws attention to the vast amount and chaotic nature of information in the modern world. His signature kinetic imagery and the array of mixed media works, paintings, drawings, sculpture & installations lend itself perfectly to the themes he is exploring and leads inevitably to the question of how […]

“Beyond The Street” LA Book Launch @ Subliminal Projects

Posted by sven, September 12, 2010

This year’s hottest pick for your bookshelf “Beyond the Street: The 100 Leading Figures in Urban Art” completes its run of the trinity of art capitals this month with the Los Angeles book launch and signing to be held at Subliminal Projects on Thursday 16th September between 7 & 8 pm. AM has been along to the previous launch events in London and New York, and both events have been fun affairs, with plenty of the books contributors in attendance to chat with art lovers […]

Overtime: Sept 5 – 11

Posted by sleepboy, September 12, 2010

The United States makes its choice for the Venice Biennale – Allora & Calzadilla. First time ever the US chooses a artist pair to represent them. Damien Hirst may have destroyed the market for his art for years to come Deitch and MOCA eyeing an increase in his So Cal empire? Picasso’s clever way of increasing his sales – paint dealers. Tate Modern $329 million expansion. Construction site webcam. Dirty windshield art. A studio visit with Mark Warren Jacques. An interview with Elbow-Toe. See ours […]

Update: ROA

Posted by sleepboy, September 11, 2010

Check out this newest piece from ROA, who certainly has been very busy recently. Not only is he at the Nuart Festival right now working on one of his largest and most complex piece ever, we also now have word that the Belgium-based artist will be visiting Los Angeles in November for a pop-up show, all courtesy of Thinkspace! Take a look at a more revealing side view of the piece above (located in Madrid) after the jump…

Teaser: Paul McCarthy – “Three Sculptures” @ L&M Arts, Los Angeles

Posted by Khoi, September 11, 2010

Hold onto your seats. Two monumental events will occur on one night in Venice, CA on Sept. 25. First, Paul McCarthy, the Los Angeles-based artist – one of the most important of his generation – returns for his first solo exhibition in his hometown after a 10 year absence. Secondly, L&M Arts, the venerable New York gallery, debuts its Los Angeles branch with a space designed by WHY architecture and directed by Sarah Watson, former Deitch Projects director and Gagosian Beverly Hills associate. From the […]