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Streets / Videos: Kwest Graffiti Sculpture For Roskilde Festival

Posted by sleepboy, August 25, 2015

Canadian graffiti artist Kwest, who we last saw collaborate with on mural with El Mac last year, was able to recently complete a project of his own. Heading to Denmark for the Roskilde Festival, his goal was to build the biggest graffiti letter sculpture he had ever attempted since he first started working in this medium in 1999. Working around his moniker, the letterform took form over many days and nights of hard work in a warehouse across from the festival and then transported over and […]

Studio Visits: Brendan Monroe – “Morphology” @ Heath Ceramics (San Francisco)

Posted by sleepboy, August 25, 2015

Last week, AM had the opportunity to visit Heath Ceramics in San Francisco where Brendan Monroe (interviewed) was hard at work in the upstairs workshop on an upcoming show. Opening September 25th in the ceramics studio and store’s Bay Area Boiler Room, Morphology will reveal months of work the Oakland-based artist has put in testing his limits with larger pieces, carefully choosing glazes, and bringing to life (in three dimensions) concepts and elements of his visual language. Judging from what we saw as well as his show at the Los Angeles Heath […]

Releases: Cleon Peterson Sculptural Editions

Posted by sleepboy, August 25, 2015

In association with his upcoming show in Detroit, Cleon Peterson has released a series of sculptural editions for fans who want to see his brutal imagery taken to the third dimension. The three offered sculpts come in an edition of ten in three different colorways (black, white, and gold), mirroring the palette of the provocative artist’s paintings. Ranging from $1500 – $2500, contact the Library Street Collective if you are interested in adding one to your collection. Discuss this show here. Discuss Cleon Peterson here.

Releases: Shepard Fairey – “Water Is The New Black” Print

Posted by sleepboy, August 24, 2015

Tomorrow (August 25th) between 10 – 11 am PDT, Shepard Fairey (featured) will be releasing a new edition entitled Water Is The New Black. The print will come in a run of 450 and cost $55 with a portion of the proceeds to benefit the National Resources Defense Council. The image appears to be taken from a new piece he is working on for his upcoming New York show. Head over here at the appropriate time if you are interested in adding this to your collection. Photo credit: […]

Upcoming: Dan Quintana – “Diffused” @ Hashimoto Contemporary

Posted by sleepboy, August 24, 2015

On this Saturday, August 29th, Hashimoto Contemporary in San Francisco will welcome in painter Dan Quintana for a new solo show. Diffused will feature almost a dozen new oil paintings and several charcoal drawings on paper, ghostly and surreal portraiture that show off the Los Angeles-based artist’s eye for detail as well his exploration of some more abstract elements. Rounding out the show will be a site-specific mural painted in the gallery space. Discuss this show here. Discuss Dan Quintana here.

NuArt ’15 / Streets: DOLK

Posted by AM Editor, August 24, 2015

Getting a jump on the 2015 NuArt Festival (which official starts on September 5th), Norway’s own DOLK recently hit the streets of Stavanger to put up some fresh street pieces with a new abstract expressionist style. These works are apparently the beginning of a global series of 100 that take a radical departure from DOLK’s usual style. AM will be on-site for NuArt starting September 2nd, so stay tuned for lots more… Discuss this year’s NuArt Festival here.

Upcoming / Videos: Jen Stark x Miley Cyrus for VMA’s

Posted by sleepboy, August 24, 2015

Continuing to collaborate artists that speak to a new generation of viewers (see KAWS & Dabs Myla), MTV has tapped the visual language of Jen Stark for 2015’s VMA. Working with host Miley Cyrus on this year’s award show, the Los Angeles-based artist looks to be integrating her recognizable psychedelic & colorful imagery in animations, video spots (example below), ads, and artwork for the stage, among other things. You can catch it all this Sunday night, August 30th. Discuss Jen Stark here.

Releases: El Mac – “Los Campesinos” Print

Posted by sleepboy, August 24, 2015

Today between 10 – 11 am PDT, El Mac will be releasing a new print through The Desert Soul. Los Campesinos is adapted from the gifted street artist’s acrylic painting based on images of farmers he photographed in southern Mexico, subject matter we have seen echoed in his outdoor work in the past (2014, 2015). The two variants seen above – black edition of 47 (left) & dark brown edition of 21 (right) measure 28 x 36.5″ paper size, (24 x 32″ printed area) and will come signed, […]

Streets: James Bullough (Richmond)

Posted by sleepboy, August 23, 2015

For those who enjoyed the mural James Bullough painted at the Long Beach Museum of Art (covered), take a look at what he followed it up with. Going big in Virginia for the Richmond Mural Project last month, the Berlin-based artist got up on the side of building situated on Lombardy & Broad streets. His portraiture oftentimes features the image broken up sporadically like it was transmitted with glitches, resulting in a signature fractured look. Photo credit: Benjah Photography. Discuss James Bullough here.

Upcoming: Mars-1 Sculptures @ Burning Man

Posted by sleepboy, August 23, 2015

Taking his bronze sculptures to the next level, Mars-1 (featured) has prepped three massive new pieces for this year’s Burning Man. The eclectic week-long annual event in Northern Arizona has seen the San Francisco-based artist’s organic imagery before (see 2010), but nothing in three dimensions. Take a look at some glimpses below of what else awaits travelers at the end of the month. Photo credit: Furtherrr, Jacob Just, and the artist. Discuss Mars-1 here.