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Preview: Josh Keyes – â€œNatural Selectionâ€ @ Swarm Gallery

Posted by sleepboy, August 5, 2009

We found a couple more images from Josh Keyes‘ upcoming show to share with you since our first teaser article. Opening along with Vaughn Bell in a show entitled â€œNatural Selectionâ€ at the Swarm Gallery this Friday (Aug 7th), Josh should only have four pieces.Â Keyes’ fans will treat this as an appetizer to his big show atÂ Jonathan Levine coming up in Dec/Jan in New York. More images after the jump.

Showing: Steinbrener & Dempf – “Trouble in Paradise” @ SchÃ¶nbrunn Zoo (Austria)

Posted by sleepboy, August 3, 2009

An interesting exhibition opened in June at the SchÃ¶nbrunn Zoo in Austria entitled “Trouble in Paradise.” Artist duo Christoph Steinbrener and Rainer Dempf created a series of six artistic interventions dealing with the idea of nature versus civilization, themes we know well from following artists such as Banksy, Josh Keyes, and Shepard Fairey, to name a few. However, to bring the art directly into a controlled “natural” environment like the zoo is pretty genius. Examples include railroad tracks in the bison pen, a sunken car […]

Openings: Kokeshi Show @ Japanese American National Museum

Posted by sleepboy, August 3, 2009

The Japanese American National Museum is holding an exhibition (previewed) until October 4th about all things “Kokeshi.”Â However, the highlight of the show were the custom kokeshi’s created by many of the artists that we at AM enjoy.Â It’s not often we see such an extensive list of quality artists in a group show, let alone a customs show. Take a look at all the pics after the jump.

Teaser: Shawn Barber – “Tattooed Portraits: Snapshots” @ Shooting Gallery

Posted by sleepboy, August 2, 2009

One of the shows we are looking forward to this month is Shawn Barber’s solo at the Shooting Gallery in SF. His show, entitled “Tattooed Portraits: Snapshots,” will no doubt draw on his work experience and include honest portraits of tattooed patrons as well as tattoo artists. We love the way he transfuses a sense of motion to his paintings, like the piece seen above, and can’t wait to see what he has in store for this exhibition. Take a look at this nice interview […]

FAME Festival: Lucy Mclauchlan Video

Posted by sleepboy, August 1, 2009

A video of Lucy Mclauchlan working on her mural for this year’s FAME Festival has just been uploaded. With the nicely put together time-lapse, we can really see up close how much detail was put into this piece. Check out more coverage of this year’s festival in Italy here. Discuss the FAME Festival here.

Teaser: Damien Hirst – “The Blue Paintings” @ The Wallace Collection

Posted by sleepboy, August 1, 2009

Damien Hirst will be exhibiting 25 new paintings (created from 2006 – 2008) at The Wallace Collection in London, opening on October 14th. It appears that Hirst is making his play at being recognized as a serious painter as all the pieces have been produced himself, without help from his cadre of assistants.Â Or perhaps, he is just mindful of the times – “Hirst said that he wanted to be recognized as a ‘painter’ and acknowledged that the contemporary art market was struggling and that […]

Os Gemeos – Montana Colors Redecoration

Posted by sleepboy, July 31, 2009

Looks like the Os Gemeos took time after hitting up New York with an epic mural to paint one of the bathrooms at the Montana Colors offices. If only we could hit the lotto and have the Brazilian twins get up in the AM offices as well. Via Montana Colors. Discuss Os Gemeos here.

Travis Louie Book Signing @ Gallery 1988 LA

Posted by sleepboy, July 30, 2009

AM stopped by Gallery 1988 in LA a couple days ago to attend the Travis Louieâ€™s (interviewed) book signing. His book “Curiosities,” released by Baby Tattoo Books & Galley 1988, chronicles his paintings from the last several years and of course, the stories that go along with it. As usual, Travis was more than happy to sign and sketch for his fans as well as showing off his unbelievable calligraphy skills.Â He also brought along some mini-paintings and sketches for sale. More pics after the […]

Teaser: “The BLAB! Show” @ Copro Gallery

Posted by sleepboy, July 29, 2009

Take a look at this stunning new painting from Joe Sorren entitled “The Secret Collapse of Miss Loraine.” He explains it as his “micro-take about an apocalypse for this one girl, her world being suddenly being interrupted by unknown forces (the phone call)” It will be printed in the next issue of BLAB! for the theme of The Apocalypse with the original available at the annual “BLAB!” show at Copro Gallery, opening August 8th. Other artists participating in this show include Alex Gross, Jeff Soto […]

Openings/Setup: Ellis G. – “Ocular Echoism: The Autonomy of Ellis Gallagher” @ Collective Hardware

Posted by sleepboy, July 29, 2009

Last Thursday evening, AM was on hand for visual artist Ellis Gallagher’s (interviewed) first solo exhibition in his native NYC entitled “Ocular Echoism: The Autonomy of Ellis Gallagher.” The show was curated by Kimberly de Los Angeles of the de L’autonomy Mission at the multilevel Collective Hardware Gallery in the Bowery. We were lucky enough to be there for the installation all week and to share some pics of the fun with you. More about the show, all the photos from the installation/opening and a […]