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Releases: “The Lost Art of Inglourious Basterds”

Posted by Ken, February 17, 2010

Upper Playground has just announced a surprise print release produced in conjunction with SA Studios and the Weinstein Company. “The Lost Art of Inglorious Basterds” will feature some of the heaviest hitters from the UP roster, including David Choe (featured), Alex Pardee, Jeremy Fish (featured) Sam Flores and many, many more. The giclee prints will be limited to an edition of only six per image, will also be signed by Quentin Tarantino and best of yet, all proceeds will be donated to the American Red […]

Teaser: Mark Ryden – “The Gay 90’s” @ Paul Kasmin

Posted by juggernut3, February 16, 2010

Mark Ryden is set to open his new show “The Gay 90’s” in Chelsea’s Paul Kasmin Gallery at the end of April. Back for his first solo since his “Snow Yak” show in Tokyo’s Tomio Koyama, Mark looks to take NYC by storm. Mark your calendars as it opens April 29th. For now we leave you with a teaser of this show stopper that we saw at Kasmin’s booth at Art Basel. More details after the jump…

Openings: Damon Soule – “Modus Alone” @ Thinkspace

Posted by sleepboy, February 16, 2010

Last Friday night saw the opening of Damon Soule’s solo show in Silverlake at Thinkspace Gallery. For our readers, it was also brought the glimpses from our preview to fruition with the completion of the Sleipnir sculpture installation as well as many multi-colored paintings from the artist. Take a look at all of pics of “Modus Alone” after the jump…

Interviews: Handiedan

Posted by Ken, February 15, 2010

In a letter written in 1906 to poet Alexander Blok, renowned Russian novelist Andrey Bely remarked on Paris’ red-light district destination Moulin Rouge: “Naked feet, and thighs, and arms, and breasts were being flung on me from bloody-red foam of translucent clothes.. In front of my nose a stream of bowler hats and black veils was still pulsing, foamy with bluish green and warm orange of feathers worn by the night beauties.” His description of the infamous “Red Mill” strikes one as much more scintillating […]

Openings: Antistrot – “Solid Cold” @ Shooting Gallery

Posted by Ken, February 14, 2010

Antistrot is a Dutch collective consisting of six artists who met while in art school in the mid-90’s. AM was on hand to catch up with two of the members, Silas and Johan, as they put the finishing touches on the group’s latest show which opened last weekend in San Francisco at the Shooting Gallery. “Solid Cold” features close to two dozen new pieces from the group, each one made in a fully collaborative state with multiple artists working off and with each other at […]

Openings: “Whispers” @ Gallery 1988 (SF)

Posted by Ken, February 13, 2010

AM met up recently with Roland Tamayo (interviewed) at the opening of “Whispers,” a four person group show at Gallery 1988 in SF. He graciously showed us his new body of work with his signature marine life hybrids, this time painted on a white background. Take a look at all the pics after the jump, including work from Tin (interviewed), Kendra Binney, and May Ann Licudine

Art Los Angeles Contemporary ’10 – Wrap Up

Posted by Khoi, February 13, 2010

We now arrive to the concluding post for Art Los Angeles Contemporary. Fear not, dedicated AM reader, there is still a lot of great art to be seen here, including works by Mike Kelley (above), Sterling Ruby, Liz Craft, and Jim Shaw, and galleries such as Honor Fraser, Steve Turner Contemporary, Marc Foxx, and Patrick Painter. According to the Art Los Angeles Contemporary Post-Fair Press Release, the inaugural event attracted 9,000 collectors, curators, artists and contemporary art lovers from around the globe. Notable attendees include […]

Highlights: Recommended openings for Feb 10 – Feb 14

Posted by Andrew Hosner, February 12, 2010

February is well underway and the sheer amount of quality shows opening over the coming days makes one wish they’ve figured out that whole cloning thing already. Wish we could be in NYC, LA and UK all at once this weekend. Hard to pick just one, but a show that’s sure to get a ton of love on the web is the upcoming show at Lazarides featuring Bast and Faile. Also noteworthy is the final show taking place at Billy Shire’s Culver City location this […]

Preview / Setup: Damon Soule – “Modus Alone” @ Thinkspace

Posted by sleepboy, February 11, 2010

Last we saw Damon Soule, he was participating in a group show at Josh Liner’s and collaborating with Oliver Vernon and Mars-1. It’s about time we get to see a larger body of work of abstract yet organic paintings from this San Francisco-based artist. “Modus Alone” opens tomorrow night, February 12th along with the “Fresh” group show at Thinkspace Gallery. We suggest you stop by for some great artwork as well as what sounds be a cool front-room install from Soule that will feature a […]

Preview: “The Red Light Exhibit” @ The Dirty Show

Posted by sleepboy, February 11, 2010

A naughty little show is opening this Friday night (Feb 12th), appropriately we suppose, as Sunday is Valentine’s Day. “The Red Light Exhibit” features a pretty nice lineup which includes Shawn Barber, Paul Booth, Scott G. Brooks, Vincent Castiglia, Colin Christian (interviewed), Molly Crabapple, Camilla D’Errico, Ewelina Ferusso, Michael Hussar, Michael Mararian, Dan Quintana, Celeste Rapone, David Stoupakis, The Dirty Fabulous, Brian Viveros, Tony Ward, & Jasmine Wort. Curated by Genevive Zacconi, in association with Last Rites Gallery, the show will be held at The […]