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Releases: Miaz Brothers – “Lady T” & “Old Master #11” @ Lazarides Editions

Posted by SAL, November 4, 2015

After a successful show with the Lazarides Rathbone in May this year (covered), the Miaz Brothers are set to release two limited edition prints with Lazarides Editions. Based on the pieces shown at the Dematerialized: A New Contemporary Vision show, Lady T and Old Master #11 were recently recently produced and signed by the Italian artists. Previously only available as large-format spray painted canvases, these radical takes on classic portraiture were meticulously recreated over the past year at the Lazarides Editions print studio in London. The end products are archival pigment prints on […]

Previews: James Jean – “Zugzwang” @ Hidari Zingaro

Posted by SAL, November 3, 2015

As a part of GEISAI∞infinity project curated by Takashi Murakami and Takumi “Kasenyan” Kaseno of the GEISAI Executive Committee, Kaikai Kiki’s Zingaro galleries in Nakano Broadway, Tokyo will be showing Zugzwang, a solo show by Taiwanese-born artist James Jean. This event set to open on November 7th is the eighth installment of the project that is helping graffiti artists, street artists, and other cross-genre creators from around the world debut and showcase their works in the Japanese capital. Organised as the 8th installment of GEISAI∞infinity project that’s been running for 14 years, the show from the American artist will feature a […]

Streets: Blu (Rome)

Posted by SAL, November 2, 2015

While the street art scene and the public mural-making trend is peaking these days through numerous festivals around the world, there are still artists out there that like to do things on their own. One of these is certainly the Italian legend Blu who just revealed his his newest mural painted in Rome the other day. After taking a break for a few months due to injury, the Bologna-based street artist recently finished painting a new wall on a six story building in the Italian capital. With the […]

Streets: Aryz (Malaga)

Posted by SAL, October 31, 2015

Maus Malaga project recently added a new piece to their collection of public artworks and murals. Last week, Aryz visited the city to paint a large mural on the seven story wall of a local Bahia Malaga hotel in the SOHO art district of the city. The Spanish artist spent seven days painting this large detailed piece that continues the more abstract direction he has been working on lately. Staying true to his goal to create massive scale works in the manner of his smaller drawings and sketches, […]

Previews: Isaac Cordal – “Urban Inertia” @ C.O.A. Gallery

Posted by SAL, October 29, 2015

C.O.A. Gallery in Montreal will be opening a solo show by Isaac Cordal on October 29th. The Spanish artist is currently adding final touches to Urban Inertia, an installation that will continue the public interventions he has been working on around the city in the last few weeks. Cordal is known for his small cement, now resin, sculptures that he places in cracks in the walls, puddles, sidewalks, rooftops, and other nooks and crannies in the urban environment. These small character based installations often symbolize the suicidal spiral of […]

Streets: Thiago Toes (Minsk)

Posted by SAL, October 29, 2015

Belarus capital, Minsk, recently hosted the Vulica Brasil festival of Brasilian-Belarus street art. Along with Os Gemeos (covered), another artist from their infamous Vlok crew was invited to participate in the event – Thiago Toes. Straight from his month long art residency in Germany, the São Paulo-based artist visited Minsk and created one of his biggest murals to date. The piece titled To Risk is the End and the Beginning of Everything was painted on a main building of National Bank of the Republic of Belarus and it’s a classic […]

Previews: Ludovic Vernhet (Ludo) – “Duality” @ Castor Gallery

Posted by SAL, October 28, 2015

Almost three months after participating in one of Castor Gallery’s group show and releasing a limited edition print with them, Ludovic Vernhet aka Ludo (interviewed) is back in NYC for his solo with the gallery. Titled Duality, the show features new canvas and sculptural works focused on artist’s eternal inspiration source – the duality of life. Taking the Renaissance still life portrait as his basic composition ideal, he created new works that combine natural elements along with man-made, mechanical, and often weaponized parts. Using a slightly different process for this […]

Releases: Nettie Wakefield Prints

Posted by SAL, October 28, 2015

Nettie Wakefield recently released three new limited prints of her pencil and ink drawings, available in a very low edition of only 10. Best known for her series of reverse portraits that were included in Banksy’s Dismaland (covered), the London-based artist started drawing strangers in tube stations after her Masters degree a few years ago and still enjoys doing them. Another known series of works from her features image of discarded objects such as cigarette packs and tickets, meticulously drawn using graphite or ink. The three new prints that […]

Previews: Katrin Fridriks – “New Wave” @ Circle Culture Gallery

Posted by SAL, October 23, 2015

To close a successful year, Katrin Fridriks is about to open a new solo with Circle Culture Gallery at their space in Hamburg on November 6th. From the preview photos and info we just received from the Icelandic artist’s worshop, New Wave looks like a coherent show of exclusively square shaped canvases focused on the law of gravity. These new works continue her Riding Awareness series in which paint is captured on the surface of her canvases while flowing and forming spontaneous and unplanned shapes. Seemingly calmer and […]

Recap: Meggs – “Paving Paradise” @ LA Municipal Art Center

Posted by SAL, October 23, 2015

LA-based artist David “Meggs” Hooke recently presented his newest body of work at the Thinkspace Gallery organized Beyond Eden event (covered) at the LA Municipal Art Gallery. We already showed you a focused look at Mear One’s work, but now we have a closer review of Megg’s Paving Paradise, which centered on the recurring theme of duality in his work. Stepping away from comic book characters and skull imagery, the Australian-born artist’s new paintings reference the duality of human relationships with the natural environment against the their interaction with the man-made, constructed environment. […]