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Streets: Augustine Kofie (Mexico)

Posted by sleepboy, December 26, 2013

All City Canvas recently invited Augustine Kofie (featured) to Mexico City to paint a massive mural in the middle of Colonia Roma (Roma neighborhood) in the Cuauhtémoc borough. Working day and night, the Los Angeles-based artist created a site-specific piece with his urban abstract aesthetic in this collaboarative project with Herman Miller and Impact Hub D.F. Take a look at more photos below… Via Graffuturism. Discuss Augustine Kofie here.

Basel Week Miami ’13: Video Summaries by Vernissage TV

Posted by sleepboy, December 23, 2013

For those who missed Art Basel Week in Miami, Vernissage TV provides some good footage of some of the exhibitions & fairs. Their film crew stopped by the Piston Head exhibition, NADA, Art Basel Miami Public, Perez Art Museum Miami, Art Basel, Design Miami, and the Untitled Art Fair. Check out some of the videos below… Discuss Art Basel Week Miami here.

Showing: Sainer – “Neverland” @ Galerie Itinerrance

Posted by SAL, December 23, 2013

Sainer, member of the infamous Etam Cru, rounded out a succesful year with a solo show at Galerie Itinerrance in Paris. Known for supporting young artists coming from the graffiti/street art movement, the showspace and their patrons were a successful combination for the Polish artist’s French debut. Even though most of the works were large size canvases, Neverland entirely sold out only few days after the opening. Both Sainer and Bezt, who are the only members of Etam Cru, had big years creating large scale murals […]

Openings: Ryan De La Hoz & Russell Leng – “FRAGMENTS” @ Breeze Block Gallery

Posted by sleepboy, December 22, 2013

Earlier this month, the Breeze Block Gallery in Portland and curator Sven Davis brought together two young artists for a joint show entitled FRAGMENTS. The Bay Area – based Ryan De La Hoz uses “motifs in his work such as television static and ancient Greek imagery” that play with ideas of destruction and perception of which his distorted hand manipulated prints we really enjoy (seen above). Paired with him and coming from more north was the Vancouver-based Russell Leng who brought with him abstract paintings mixing distinct […]

Openings: Vivian Maier – “A Life Discovered : Redux” @ Merry Karnowsky

Posted by sleepboy, December 21, 2013

Over last weekend, the Merry Karnowsky gallery unveiled another exhibition of work from the late Vivian Maier after an initial showing almost a year ago (covered). For those unfamiliar with the amazing story of this gifted photographer whose work may have been lost forever if it wasn’t discovered recently, check out our initial introduction to her here. And for those in the Los Angeles area, you may want to attend the January 11th opening of the show to enjoy a selection of work taken from over 100,000 photos shot during Maier’s lifetime. […]

Openings: Boris “DELTA” Tellegen – “Overburden” @ Common Gallery

Posted by sleepboy, December 20, 2013

Recently, Tokyo’s Common Gallery opened a new show from Boris Tellegen entitled Overburden. Also known as DELTA, a moniker used during his time in graffiti, the Amsterdam-based artist presented a diverse set of works for his fans in Japan to enjoy. Ranging from pieces on paper to sculptural relief pieces, his largest body of work exhibited this year features his familiar geometric forms, all created with architectural elements throughout. More photos below… Via Graffuturism. Discuss Delta here.

Upcoming: “Unpredictable Gravity” @ Roq La Rue

Posted by sleepboy, December 20, 2013

On January 9th, the Roq La Rue gallery will be opening a special show curated by one of our writers Robbie Lowery entitled Unpredictable Gravity. The group exhibition features an incredible lineup of artists who along with the gallery will be donating half the proceeds toward cancer charities. This particular cause has a deep personal meaning to Robbie and it has been amazing the that some of his favorite artists have agreed to participate including Jeremy Geddes, Ashley Wood, Brian Despain, John Brophy, Sail, Camilla D’Errico, Phil Hale, Ross Richmond, Christopher Thompson, Sam Wolfe Connelly, Thomas Doyle, Esao […]

Showing: MOMO – “Butt Joints” @ May Space Gallery

Posted by sven, December 19, 2013

Conceptual street artist MOMO has a new exhibition that just opened in New Orleans gallery May Space. We’re fans of MOMO’s work here at AM for a variety of reasons, but one of them is how successfully his outdoor work and most notably his murals, translate to gallery spaces. Butt Joints takes his expressionist use of colour and form inside for a site specific installation featuring signature elements transposed into three dimensional sculptural objects; married with works on canvas and an installation comprised of grids of […]

Showing: Urs Fischer – “Melodrama” @ Sadie Coles HQ

Posted by sleepboy, December 19, 2013

Currently at the 62 Kingly Street location of Sadie Coles HQ in London, the show Melodrama features an indoor downpouring of oversized plaster raindrops by Urs Fischer. The installation on display mirrors some of the Swiss-born artist’s recent exhibition at the MOCA in Los Angeles, where he also invited his fans to participate in building some of the sculptural work. The indoor storm is suspended over nude headless reclining figures which represent “an earthbound world of disorderly, golem-like forms in contrast with the symphony of […]

Openings: “Winter Group Show” @ Bradbury & Blanchard

Posted by sven, December 19, 2013

Christmas is often an opportune time for galleries to pull out all the stops for blockbuster group exhibitions, and Sheffield’s Bradbury & Blanchard has done just that with their Winter Group Show. The artist run space celebrates the end of its first year in existence with a salon-style exhibition featuring a selection of artists from across the globe and with work across a wide variety of mediums, and in the spirit of Xmas, everything is course for sale and available for immediate pick up. Great for […]