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Videos: Steve Powers (aka ESPO) – “Days”

Posted by lowpro, May 21, 2011

Peering into the ESPO creative process as it relates to his recent exhibition, Days (covered), which revolved around his practice of producing a single painting – metaltations – every single day as form of artistic meditation, comes a new video, aptly dubbed Days. The footage illuminates Steve Powers as a father and as an artist, focusing on the creation of the 100th daily painting created in succession. A noble accomplishment and a testament to the dedication to his craft, evidenced firsthand by the sheer amount […]

Openings: Ryan McGinness – “Works on Paper” @ Country Club (Los Angeles)

Posted by lowpro, May 21, 2011

Opening his Los Angeles spring marathon of exhibitions on Thursday night with Recent Paintings (covered), Ryan McGinness followed things up with Works on Paper (previewed) at Country Club’s local gallery space last night. The show chronicled new and old works on paper, all told exemplifying the notable New York artist’s diversity in composition, imagery, and palette achieved through his trademarked screenprinting methodology. With a host of exhibitions still to come in the ensuing weeks, these two bodies of work served as a welcome reminder to […]

Preview: Kent Williams – “Convergence” @ Merry Karnowsky (Los Angeles)

Posted by sleepboy, May 21, 2011

On a busy Saturday night of art in Los Angeles, make sure you add Kent Williams’ opening at Merry Karnowsky to your gallery hopping itinerary. The collection of paintings entitled Convergence incorporates some of the work shown in New Mexico last September (covered) along with some new pieces all featuring his distinctive take on classical studies of the human form, some quite impressive in scale as you will see from these preview images. More after the jump.

Openings: Sweet Toof – “Dark Horse” @ Factory Fresh

Posted by juggernut3, May 21, 2011

UK street artist Sweet Toof recently visited New York to show his latest series of indoor works at Brooklyn gallery Factory Fresh. Moving his iconic outdoor “Toofy” characters from the gritty urban arena into a more subtle indoor setting, Sweet Toof focused on creating beautiful oil on canvas paintings. Of course, it wouldn’t be a show if there wasn’t some outdoor art. Sweet also hit up the exteriors along with a vehicle beautification campaign. The show lasts until tomorrow, May 22nd, so check it out if […]

Videos / Streets: Hush – “Twin” (Los Angeles)

Posted by sleepboy, May 20, 2011

Finding time before his opening in Los Angeles tomorrow night, Hush’s (interviewed) hit up a wall with his multi-textured technique. The mural at De La Barracuda is consistent with his new body of work that plays with the idea of duality through a series of Twin paintings. On a busy Saturday night of art, make sure you make time to head over to New Image Art between 7-10pm.

Preview: Pakayla Rae Biehn – “Being There” @ Thinkspace Gallery

Posted by lowpro, May 20, 2011

Showing alongside Jeff Ramirez (interviewed) for their two person exhibition, Being There (teased), Pakayla Rae Biehn is finally afforded the opportunity to let her talents shine through with a large body of work, after many inclusions in various group shows over the years. Opening Saturday, May 21st at Thinkspace Gallery, the SF-based artist will further develop her unique Double Exposure series of paintings, where two compositional themes are overlayed into a unified whole, certain elements clearly defined others muted in color and blurred in resolution. […]

Videos: Kehinde Wiley – “The World Stage: Israel” Documentary Short

Posted by lowpro, May 20, 2011

While familiarizing himself firsthand with the local culture in preparation for the creation of his most recent The World Stage series of paintings, Kehinde Wiley was accompanied by filmmaker Dwayne R. Rodgers during his journey to Israel in July 2010. The experience resulted in The World Series: Israel exhibition (covered) currently on show at Roberts & Tilton through May, 29th. This documentary short film provides a rare glimpse into Wiley’s creative process, involving intimate street scenes from Jerusalem, Lod, and Tel Aviv and commentary from […]

Openings: Ryan McGinness – “Recent Paintings” @ Michael Kohn Gallery

Posted by sleepboy, May 20, 2011

Last night, deep in the heart of Los Angeles, marked the beginning of Ryan McGinness’ multi-show assault on the City of Angels. Separated into distinct body of works from his versatile arsenal, the first of seven exhibitions started at Michael Kohn Gallery with some of his signature iconographic work bursting with color and detail entitled simply Recent Paintings. If you love this particular aspect (last seen at Phillips de Pury) of the New York-based artist’s multifaceted work, you certainly do not want to miss this […]

Previews / Releases: Art HK ’11 – “HONG KONG Terry Richardson” @ Ooi Botos

Posted by lowpro, May 20, 2011

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Video: RETNA x Vistajet Project

Posted by sleepboy, May 20, 2011

A notable artist missing from the Street Cred opening at the PMCA last weekend was street calligraphist RETNA (featured). All the more curious as he was arguably the most visible participant seeing that he painted the entire facade of the museum. Now we know why. He was in Geneva at EBACE2011 finally realizing the project we first told you about here by getting up on Global Express XRS for VistaJet. Via Known Gallery. Discuss RETNA here.