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Openings: Evah Fan – “What Have You” @ Park Life

Posted by rhinomilk, September 6, 2012

Last Friday evening, Park Life in San Francisco presented Evah Fan’s latest colorful, mysterious and minimalistic artworks (previewed). For this show, she veered slightly away from her usually microscopic gouache paintings and incorporated blocks of colors and figures to depict what might happen in everyday indoor scenarios from the point of view of a person peering through a window. Also included in the exhibition is a series of mini sculptures that contrast with the paintings and appear to poke out towards the viewer from the […]

Openings: INSA @ Projet Beaumont (Montreal)

Posted by sleepboy, September 6, 2012

Last week, London-based artist INSA returned to North America to open a new solo show in Canada. For this show, the Yves Laroche Gallery joins forces with LNDMRK in a brand new space in the Parc Extension neighborhood called Projet Beaumont. This exhibition of new works includes spray paintings, concrete works, wall installations and an outdoor mural. For those in Montreal, the exhibition runs through September 21. Photo credit: Andrea Bathalon and Toma Iczkovits. Discuss INSA here.

Openings: Evan Hecox & Ed Templeton – “Known Associates” & “Litmus Test” @ V1 Gallery

Posted by sleepboy, September 6, 2012

After bringing you a look at the new work from Thomas Campbell in Copenhagen, we now turn our attention to two of his other friends who were showing alongside him – Evan Hecox & Ed Templeton. The two other artists also opened solo shows entitled Known Associates & Litmus Test respectively at the V1 Gallery featuring Hecox’s urban environments pieces (seen above) and the skate subculture photography of Templeton. Check out the photo set below… Photo credit: Henrik Haven for Arrested Motion. Discuss this show here. Discuss Evan Hecox here.

Openings: Shepard Fairey, Evan Hecox, and Jim Houser @ Black Book Gallery

Posted by sleepboy, September 6, 2012

Last month, we took you onto the streets of Denver as we took a look at some of the pieces Shepard Fairey left in his wake as a show featuring work from him, Evan Hecox, and Jim Houser was held at the Black Book Gallery. We now have photos from that opening as art fans checked out Shep’s iconic imagery, Hecox’s textured multimedia works, and Houser’s installation-based pieces. Enjoy the full photo set below. Photos credit: Gavin McGlynn for Arrested Motion. Discuss this show here. Discuss Shepard Fairey here. Discuss Evan Hecox […]

Openings: José & Rey Parlá – “U.T.O.P.I.A.” @ colette

Posted by butterfly, September 3, 2012

Parisian house colette in France just opened the eagerly awaited new exhibition titled U.T.O.P.I.A. (previewed) featuring new collaborative works from the Parlá Brothers. The Brooklyn-based siblings placed a series of paintings on the walls featuring a melding of José’s urban calligraphy and Rey’s playful arrangement of colors and lines as evidence of their artistic dialogue. The show runs until 22nd, but check out our opening photos if you can’t make the show in person. Photo credit for Arrested Motion: Butterfly. Discuss this show here. Discuss José Parlá here.

Openings: Thomas Campbell – “Clastic Plowers” @ V1 Gallery

Posted by sleepboy, September 2, 2012

Copenhagen has more quality exhibitions for their art fans to enjoy as three solos from Thomas Campbell, Evan Hecox, and Ed Templeton opened simultaneously recently. The joint showing at the V1 Gallery from the three friends and Beautiful Losers was Campbell’s bright idea so we’ll start our coverage off with a look at his new body of work entitled Clastic Plowers. The diverse new selection of bronzes, works on paper, sculptures, and more speak to the collision of the natural and modern worlds brought about by the […]

Openings: Steven Harrington – “Insideout” @ Known Gallery

Posted by sleepboy, August 30, 2012

Currently showing at the Known Gallery in Los Angeles through this weekend are the works of Steven Harrington. Insideout is the first exhibition held in his hometown of Los Angeles since 2009 from the artist and designer, also known for co-founding both the design agency National Forest and pop-art brand You&I. The new body of work consists of a collection of drawings, paintings, prints, and sculptures (including his biggest ever – seen above) that reflect Harrington’s artistic journey of discovery and his desire to share it with others. Photo Credit: Quang […]

Openings: Shepard Fairey – “Americana” @ Perry Rubenstein Gallery

Posted by carlosgonzalez, August 27, 2012

Over the weekend, the debut show at Perry Rubenstein’s newly opened Los Angeles gallery featured new works from Shepard Fairey. Entitled Americana, the exhibition showcased eleven new works, each one inspired by the songs, such as Oh Susannah, This Land Is Your Land and Clementine from Neil Young’s new album Crazy Horse. “Fairey says he listened to the music and lyrics to come up with concepts for visual representations of the songs. Then for each song, Fairey presented Young with ideas about a visual image that would best capture the meaning and/or protagonist/s in each song. The […]

Openings: Andrew Schoultz @ Park Life

Posted by rhinomilk, August 27, 2012

Saturday evening, Park Life hosted an exhibition and book signing of Andrew Schoultz’s book, Up in the Air (previewed). The show featured an array of original and editioned works, as well as an installation that expanded one of his larger paintings onto the gallery wall. Be quick to check out these kinetic paintings from this bay area artist, as it is set to close Wednesday for the preparation of the gallery’s next exhibition featuring Evah Fan. Discuss Andrew Schoultz here.

Upcoming: “The Art of Chess” @ Saatchi Gallery

Posted by sleepboy, August 23, 2012

Inspired by a quote by Marcel Duchamp – “From my close contact with artists and chess players I have come to the personal conclusion that while all artists are not chess players, all chess players are artists” – the Saatchi Gallery in London will be hosting a new show opening on September 8th entitled The Art of Chess. These specially commissioned chess sets have been created by some of the giants of the contemporary art world including Maurizio Cattelan, Jake and Dinos Chapman, Oliver Clegg, […]