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Teaser: Tran Nguyen – “The Synapse Between Here and There” @ Thinkspace

Posted by sleepboy, June 17, 2011
Coming up next month at the Thinkspace Gallery, Tran Nguyen will finally be getting her own solo at the Culver City gallery after successful showings in a number of group exhibitions. With The Synapse Between Here and There, the Georgia-based artist will be bringing a new collection surrealistic renderings of the human condition, all painted with her light and airy touch. More preview images from her studio after the jump…
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Candice Tripp Mini-Paintings @ Black Rat Projects

Posted by sleepboy, June 17, 2011
Candice Tripp (interviewed) recently dropped off some mini-paintings off at Black Rat Projects in London, with which she also recently collaborated with to release a print. She now tells AM that these first 20 paintings from the series collectively entitled The Tribe first formed in her mind as she was preparing for her Joshua Liner Gallery in 2009 (covered). For the show, she set a basic rule for herself that she had to cover each child’s face that she painted with a mask which got […]
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Openings: “Let’s Go Bombing Tonight” @ V1 Gallery

Posted by sleepboy, June 17, 2011
After telling you about an upcoming show curated by KAWS and Erik Parker, we now bring your pics of another artist curated show in Copenhagen. Let’s Go Bombing Tonight at the V1 Gallery was put together under the vision of Barry McGee and Josh Lazcano (AMAZE) and features a lineup of their friends and associates. Of course, included in the show are Barry and his wife’s alteregos Lydia Fong and Peggy Honeywell. More photos taken for AM by Henrik Haven after the jump…
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Video: El Mac – “Kosoom by the Mekong” (Vietnam)

Posted by sleepboy, June 17, 2011
We last caught up with El Mac when he was collaborating with Augustine Kofie on a mural for the Pasadena Street Cred exhibition (covered). But, if you remember before that, we had featured his tour around the world where he dropped bombs on Dublin, Hawaii, Singapore, and Vietnam in August of 2010. Now, a sweet video has been recently released of part of that trip where he got up in Ho Chi Minh City. Discuss El Mac here.
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Releases: Jeff Soto – Eddie Vedder Screenprint (Providence 2011)

Posted by sleepboy, June 16, 2011
Next Friday, June 22nd, Jeff Soto (interviewed) will be releasing a new five color screenprint on his webstore. Limited to a signed edition of 100 and costing $65, the print celebrates the first night of Pearl Jam lead vocalist Eddie Vedder’s US Tour. This is not the first time Jeff has worked with the American rock band if you remember. Some in-progress shots after the jump…
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Showing: “Hall of Fame (Part 3)” @ David Bloch Gallery (Morocco)

Posted by sleepboy, June 16, 2011
Currently showing in Morocco at the David Bloch Gallery is their summer group show, apparently part 3 of their Hall of Fame series. Of interest, among a group of international artists, is the inclusion of some artists we follow like Dave Kinsey, Augustine Kofie, and Remed. The show runs through August, so stop by if you happen to be in Marrakech. Otherwise, take a look at some pics Kinsey sent us after the jump…
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Teaser: “Zero To Sixty” @ Corey Helford Gallery

Posted by sleepboy, June 16, 2011
On July 1st, the Corey Helford Gallery will be celebrating their five year anniversary in style. The Culver City showspace will be hosting a group show featuring many of the artists that have exhibited with them in the past including Todd Schorr, Joe Sorren, Gary Baseman, Ray Caesar, Sas & Colin Christian, D*Face, Ron English, Natalia Fabia, Brandi Milne, Kazuki Takamatsu, SHAG, Dave Kinsey, Adam Wallacavage, Greg Simkins, David Stoupakis, Meggs, Nick Walker, Kent Williams, Luke Chueh, Mia, Amy Sol, Stella Im Hultberg and many […]
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Teaser: Kelsey Brookes @ Lazarides

Posted by sleepboy, June 16, 2011
After our last update on Kelsey Brookes (featured), it looks like he’s continuing to grow and expand his next body of work.  These paintings are destined for his a London show with Lazarides this coming November along with some new prints and sculptural pieces. And, for those who missed his last show in Germany from last November, take a look a video documenting his adventures there after the jump along with more pics from his studio…
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Openings: Geoff McFetridge – “US AS A LOGO” @ V1 Gallery

Posted by sleepboy, June 16, 2011
Last week in Copenhagen, LA-based Geoff McFetridge opened his show US AS A LOGO at the V1 Gallery. The multidisciplinary artist, who seems to have no creative boundaries, has worked with poetry, animation, graphic design, creating title sequences for movies like Virgin Suicides, Adaptation and Where The Wild Things Are as well as the skateboard ramps seen in the Art in the Streets exhibition. If you remember, he was also one of the featured artists for Lance Armstrong’s series of Stages shows (covered). For this […]
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Teaser: Faile – “A Decade of Prints & Originals” @ Post No Bills

Posted by sleepboy, June 16, 2011
You may remember in September of last year, Brookyln duo Faile held a pop-op show (covered) on the Lower East Side in New York. It now looks like Los Angeles will also get a taste of what the Patricks have to offer on June 24th with a somewhat similar but more extensive type show held at Post No Bills, a Venice-based print shop. With over a decades worth of archived works on paper, limited edition prints, and hand painted originals, many of which have never […]
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