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Teaser: Jeremy Fish – “The Road Less Traveled” @ Andenken Gallery

Posted by Ken, March 17, 2010

Following Jeremy Fish’s inaugural stop on his “The Road Less Traveled” Tour at OK Mountain Gallery in Austin and subsequent print release (covered), the man behind Superfishal and Silly Pink Bunnies has landed in Denver for his upcoming show at Andenken Gallery. Featuring a healthy mix of around thirty to forty original paintings and prints, “The Road Less Traveled” continues on this Saturday, March 20th before heading out to Germany in May and the Pacific Northwest in July. Stay tuned for more! Discuss Jeremy Fish […]

Preview: Nate Frizzell – “Every New Beginning Starts with Another Beginnings End” @ bo.lee Gallery

Posted by sleepboy, March 17, 2010

Nate Frizzell (featured) will be opening his first solo show in the UK next week (March 26th) at the bo.lee Gallery in Bath. The new body of work entitled “Every New Beginning Starts with Another Beginnings End” will feature oil paintings from Nate for the first time. From what we have seen, it looks like they turned out nicely, full of vibrant colors and detail. Another image after the jump…

Teaser: Cinders Gallery et al. – “Temple of Booom” @ Okay Mountain

Posted by AM Editor, March 17, 2010

Our friends Kelie Bowman and Sto of Brooklyn’s Cinders Gallery are right now down in Texas with Kyle Ranson creating something extra special like only they can at Austin’s Okay Mountain. The project, entitled “Temple of Booom,” opens this Friday during the SXSW Festival, and will consist of a site-specific installation that combines paintings, prints, drawings, murals and sculpture by a host of artists, as well as musical performances all weekend. To tell you the truth, we don’t have much idea what it’s going to […]

Openings: Hi-Fructose Five Year Anniversary Show @ Copro Gallery

Posted by juggernut3, March 17, 2010

Last Saturday, AM attended Copro Gallery for the anniversary of one of our favorite magazines – Hi-Fructose. Known for bringing some of the best pop surrealist art coverage for the past 5 years, Hi-Fructose curated a diverse and top notch mix of some of the best talent in the industry. Many of LA’s booming art scene made it out to celebrate the anniversary show and catch the works of favorites such as Mark Ryden, Lori Earley, Audrey Kawasaki, Jeff Soto, Kevin Cyr, Thomas Doyle, Scott Musgrove, […]

Teaser: Scott Campbell – “If You Don’t Belong, Don’t Be Long” @ OHWOW

Posted by lowpro, March 16, 2010

What steps might an artist take if charged with the task of rewriting monetary policy? Scott Campbell’s Cut Currency series seeks to address this question, with tongue firmly implanted in cheek. Talk about adding value to an increasingly worthless piece of paper, the artist’s work aims to repurpose the greenback in an imaginative and compelling manner. The acclaimed tattoo artist turned gallery provocateur will bring his revisioning of the US Dollar, along with a host of paintings and drawings, to NYC on April 29th for […]

Overtime: Mar 6 – 13

Posted by sleepboy, March 14, 2010

Robert Williams talks about his amazing new print – 144 colors. Stella Im Hultberg, Scott Radke, and Joe Sorren working on a batch of sculptures. Slinkachu serves up some Tikki Chicken Masala. The Guardian puts some questions to JR. New work from Ludo and Zilda. Skewville gets up for Factory Fresh. Reverse graffiti in South Africa. BBC clip based on a fictional day-in-the-life of Banksy Yosi speaks on the NEA. Terry Richardson hangs with Shaun White. Ever wonder what it’s like to model for Spencer […]

Openings: Chris Peters & David R. Choquette @ Last Rites Gallery

Posted by sleepboy, March 14, 2010

Last weekend, the Last Rites Gallery hosted artists Chris Peters’ (previewed) and David R. Choquette‘s newest bodies of work. Both artists were in attendance and focused on subject matter consistent with what we have come to expect from the gallery – Peters with his signature skeletal forms and Choquette with his celebration of the grotesque. See all the pic after the jump…

Openings: “Bro Palace” @ Park Life

Posted by Ken, March 14, 2010

Running till the end of the month at San Francisco’s Park Life store/gallery is “Bro Palace” a group showing consisting of five of the Bay Area’s more talented illustrators and artists. Skinner (covered), Jay Howell, Porous Walker, Deth P Sun and Ferris Plock have come together from every corner of Northern California, bringing their sardonic wit, whimsical musings, ironic observations, and sometimes a downright offensive style of humor and art together for a beautifully, culturally cohesive though jarringly disparate show of found media, drawings and […]

Teaser: Shawn Barber – “Tattooed Portraits : Chronicle” @ Joshua Liner Gallery

Posted by sleepboy, March 13, 2010

Shawn Barber, whom we visited with during his show in SF, will be opening his newest show, “Tattooed Portraits: Chronicle” at Joshua Liner Gallery near the end of next month. The latest in a series of shows built around tattooed portraits of his friends (like one of Thomas Woodruff above) and associated paraphernalia will open on April 24th in New York. Look for more coverage from AM as the show draws nearer, but for now, check out more teaser images after the jump…

Releases: Jeremy Fish – “As the Mind Wanders” Print

Posted by Ken, March 12, 2010

To celebrate the first leg of his “Road Less Traveled” touring print and art show, Jeremy Fish (featured) will be releasing a brand new, 21 color screenprint tomorrow, March 13th, at noon CST. The print will release in conjunction with his opening show at OK Mountain Gallery in Austin Texas. Look for Jeremy to venture up to Andenken Gallery in Denver after, with stops planned in Germany, Oregon and Washington state throughout the summer. The publisher of Jeremy’s latest print, Decoder Ring, was kind enough […]