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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: 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 […]

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…

Openings: Matt Small – “That I May See” @ Black Rat Projects

Posted by sleepboy, September 11, 2010

An inspirational show from Matt Small (interviewed) opened last night at Black Rat Projects in London. Not only was the artwork stunning, like the showstopper seen above, the subjects of Matt’s paintings were students from a project he participated in earlier this year where he conducted workshops in Zambia (covered). “That I May See” featured portraits using the the UK artist’s unique vibrant and colorful swirl technique with 40% of the proceeds going to the Robert Shitima School from the aforementioned Zambia project. The highly […]

Teaser: “Sweet Streets II” @ Nucleus Gallery

Posted by sleepboy, September 10, 2010

This Saturday, Sept 11th, “Sweet Streets II” is set to open at the Nucleus Gallery in Alhambra. After a successful exhibition last year, the group show inspired by the Japanese streets makes its return with an even nicer lineup of artists including Tessar Lo, Dominique Fung, APAK, Adolie Day, Bwana Spoons, Kukula, Julie West, Mari Inukai, Stella Im Hultberg and Amy Sol. We think Amy’s work is a great match for this show as the heroines in her paintings always seem to be quite fashionable […]

Preview: Edwin Ushiro – “Preceding Sunday” @ Roq La Rue

Posted by sleepboy, September 9, 2010

You may remember us showing you a piece for Edwin Ushiro’s (interviewed) show, “Preceding Sunday”, at the Roq La Rue Gallery. We now have a couple more images to share with you ahead of tomorrow night’s (Sept 10) opening in Seattle. Edwin (who will be showing jointly with Yoskay Yamamoto) also has a surprise for fans attending his opening – 30 limited edition diecuts to giveaway – you just have to tell him a ghost story. Diecut and more preview images after the jump…

Preview: Murakami @ Versailles

Posted by sleepboy, September 9, 2010

Next week will be pretty big for contemporary art in France. Not only is Jeff Koons opening his newest show in Paris, his pal Murakami will be opening his exhibition in Versailles, just like Koons did in 2008. As with Koons, some of the French have been protesting the superflat master and several of his “controversial” works, but it is not clear whether pieces like “Lonesome Cowboy” or “Hiropon” will be included. There are reportedly 22 pieces in the show, half of which will be […]

Update: Conor Harrington

Posted by sleepboy, September 9, 2010

A couple months ago, AM attended a pretty epic group show, “Eurotrash”, at the temporary Lazarides location in Los Angeles that included Irish painter, Conor Harrington (interviewed). It seems Conor is already preparing for his next project put on by Laz and Tunnel 228 this time – “Hell’s Half Acre”. The exhibition staged in the labyrinth beneath London’s Waterloo station will be themed on Dante’s Inferno (like Luke Chueh’s 999 show) and will include other artists like Micallef, Jonathan Yeo, Vhils, Paul Insect, Mark Jenkins, […]

Banksy Goes Retail

Posted by sleepboy, September 9, 2010

For those who think Banksy went overboard with his tour of street pieces to promote his movie and the inevitable slew of haters out there, this latest news will definitely stir things up a little more. On the occasion of the DVD release of his “Exit Through the Gift Shop” documentary, Mr. B (to the surprise of the stores) had a total of three original pieces installed in a HMV outlet in London and Bristol. And for those getting any funny ideas (yes, you!), security […]