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Openings: Glenn Barr / THH70 / Joey Seeman @ The 4th Wall Gallery

Posted by sleepboy, January 20, 2010

Glenn Barr’s show at The 4th Wall Gallery (previewed) opened last weekend in Dallas with a fantastic new body of work. Sprinkled among paintings of his signature vixens were serpent women, bird-girls and other hybrid creatures. To round out the show, he also had drawings, prints, and his “Happiness” bronze on display. Also exhibiting along with Barr were THH70 & Joey Seeman. Take a look at all the pics along with a video after the jump…

Openings: Brian Alfred – “It’s Already the End of the World” @ Haunch of Venison

Posted by AM Editor, January 19, 2010

Brooklyn-based artist Brian Alfred opened his latest show “It’s Already the End of the World” last Friday at New York’s Haunch of Venison. In this new exhibition of painting, collage and animated video, Alfred puts a flat, pop veneer on the cult of personality and the globalized modern world. Many of the works are portraits of contemporary figures ranging from Burmese opposition leader Aung Sun Suu Kyi to Branch Davidian cult figure David Koresh to artists Dzine and Mickalene Thomas, while others are politically charged […]

Openings: Todd James – “Make My Burden Lighter” @ Gering & López

Posted by AM Editor, January 18, 2010

AM, along with almost everyone else in NYC, came out for the opening of Todd James’ “Make My Burden Lighter” at Midtown gallery Gering & López. Although “Burden” is James’ first solo show with the gallery, he of course has been a longtime fixture of the urban art scene under his street name REAS, co-creating Deitch’s seminal 2000 “Street Market” exhibition along with Barry McGee and Steve Powers. In this current show, James has created a new series of canvases and works on paper that […]

Openings: Morgan Slade – “Fist of Fear, Touch of Death” @ Shooting Gallery

Posted by Ken, January 18, 2010

Morgan Slade opened his new show, “Fist of Fear, Touch of Death” last weekend at San Francisco’s Shooting Gallery. Featuring ten new large scale photographs, Morgan’s latest body of work is most striking and provided a great introduction of his work to the Bay Area. His subjects, faceless models donning football helmets, stormtrooper masks, and mascot heads, pose playfully though it’s their anonymity and resulting lack of true beauty that perhaps grants such freedoms as modern day morettas. After photographing his models, Slade hand-distresses and […]

Openings: Josh Keyes – “Fragment” @ Jonathan LeVine

Posted by AM Editor, January 17, 2010

AM was in Chelsea last night for the latest much-anticipated solo show by Josh Keyes (interviewed), entitled “Fragment,” at Jonathan LeVine Gallery. As expected, the large crowd was blown away by Keyes’ newest series of realistic-stylized portrayals of animals battling for survival against a hostile environment. And for the first time in a long time, Keyes included a human (non-statue) figure in one of his works – a portrait of himself presumably in a post-apocalyptic world – which takes a more direct approach in his […]

Openings: Robert Hardgrave/Further Group Show @ Joshua Liner Gallery

Posted by AM Editor, January 15, 2010

Saturday night, AM had the pleasure of attending the openings of two exciting new shows at Chelsea’s Joshua Liner Gallery. In the main gallery was the “Further” group exhibition, which features Damon Soule, David Choong Lee, MARS-1, Nome Edonna, Oliver Vernon, Robert Hardgrave and Tomokazu Matsuyama. As we mentioned in our preview, the show consists of artists selected for an upcoming book of the same name highlighting contemporary abstract painting and themes of spiritualism and mysticism. Although the selected artists each has a unique and […]

Openings: Krista Huot – “Nepenthe” @ Gallery 1988 (SF)

Posted by Ken, January 14, 2010

Krista Huot (interviewed) opened her first-ever solo show this past weekend at Gallery1988SF. AM was on hand the day of the opening to catch up with Krista as she was putting the finishing touches on her latest body of work. “Nepenthe,” an ancient drug used to cure sorrow and depression through forgetfulness, is truly a fitting name. By reminding and reinterpreting the forgotten stories and fairy tales of our youth, Huot effectively reinvigorates our imaginations, and as promised, cures our sorrow with her playful and […]

Openings: “He-Man and the Masters of the Universe” Show @ Gallery 1988 (LA)

Posted by sleepboy, January 11, 2010

Gallery 1988 in Los Angeles opened their “Under the Influence – He-Man and the Masters of the Universe” exhibition (previewed) last weekend. Not only were their a plethora of themed works on display, it seems the gallery went full out with a Castle Greyskull installation. Check out all the pics after the jump…

Openings: The LOST Underground Art Show @ Gallery 1988 (LA)

Posted by sleepboy, December 29, 2009

AM stopped by earlier this month to check out the “LOST” show at Gallery 1988 (LA) only to be confronted by a long line of fans that lined up overnight as well as a media frenzy that ensued. We did manage to get inside and snap some pics of the artwork eventually for all to enjoy. It was nice to see many of the characters we love remixed and reinterpreted into paintings that were often subtle and well conceived. Take a look after the jump…

Basel Week Miami ’09 – Joshua Liner Gallery @ Scope

Posted by juggernut3, December 29, 2009

One of the booths we were really impressed with during Art Basel Week was Joshua Liner Gallery’s showcase at SCOPE. It was a diverse group reflecting some of his successes this year from represented artists such as Matsu (interviewed), Kris Kuksi, and Evan Hecox. In addition, the show offered a sneak preview of the tremendous talent in stored for the coming year with works by Dave Kinsey, Dave Kassan, Tony Kanali, Tiffany Bozik, and Travis Louie (interviewed. More images after the jump…