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Studio Visits / Previews: Shepard Fairey – “Printed Matters” @ Subliminal Projects

Posted by juggernut3, September 14, 2010
AM recently stopped by Shepard Fairey’s (featured) secret secondary studio where much of his “fine art” is actually made. Officially called “Studio Number Two”, the hidden industrial space houses the heavy lumber for his coming show “Printed Matters” at Subliminal Projects. After the sold out show at Deitch Projects, Shep decided to create a body of work based on his signature silkscreening technique. Utilizing mediums of metal, wood and hand painted multiples (HPMs), he and his talented crew took the entire summer building up the […]
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Openings: Dave Kinsey – “New Works” @ Joshua Liner Gallery

Posted by juggernut3, September 14, 2010
On Thursday night, AM attended the much anticipated opening of Dave Kinsey’s solo exhibition at Joshua Liner Gallery. This being the largest body of works which Dave has created to date, it encompassed both rooms of JLG’s Chelsea gallery space – space well spent as Kinsey’s latest batch of artistic goodness entranced the audience with his signature style, mix of colors, textures and striking compositions. Aside from the consistent quality we have come to expect in this body of work which we previewed in our […]
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Openings: James Jean – The “Birds and Boys” Series @ 3.1 Phillip Lim – Fashion’s Night Out

Posted by Khoi, September 14, 2010
High fashion and fine art was exhibited in a seamless mix as James Jean unveiled his Birds and Boys series at 3.1 Phillip Lim during Fashion’s Night Out in West Hollywood. Jean’s fantastically cool portraits of the famous and the beautiful of Los Angeles were hung throughout the store, occupying the same racks as Lim’s elegantly designed threads. The city’s most stylish and hip made it out and the proceeds from the sale of the artist’s work helps to benefit the LACMA Costume Council.  With […]
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Nuart ’10: ROA, EVOL, Alexandros Vasmoulakis, M-City

Posted by sleepboy, September 14, 2010
It’s about time for another update on this year’s Nuart Festival seeing as more and more artists are getting up and around town. Along with this tremendous piece from ROA seen above (probably his largest to date), EVOL, Alexandros Vasmoulakis, and M-City have also been sighted.  Take a look at all the pics after the jump…
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Preview: Herakut – “Hope’s Reply” @ Lebasse Projects

Posted by sleepboy, September 13, 2010
This Saturday night, German duo Herakut will be opening their show, “Hope’s Reply”, at LeBasse Projects. As opposed to previous exhibitions where they have gone all out on installations, but this time, the new body work work will be displayed in what’s billed as a more “white walls” setting. Take a look at some more teaser shots sent to us from CampBarbossa after the jump…
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Fame Fest ’10: Escif

Posted by sleepboy, September 13, 2010
Angelo, mastermind behind Studiocromie and the Fame Festival, has seen his fair share of street artists and their work. So, when he’s impressed with the level of addiction a certain artist has to painting walls, you know that’s saying something. The latest artist to roll through Grottaglie is the Spain-based Escif, whose prolific work we are sure you are familiar with by now. More after the jump…
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Openings: Kent Williams – “Eklektikos” @ EVOKE Contemporary

Posted by sleepboy, September 13, 2010
Kent Williams’ “Eklektikos” opened up a couple weeks ago at the EVOKE Contemporary in New Mexico. Fans who live other parts of the country definitely missed out witnessing in person a truly great show. The Los Angeles-based artist brought with him a collection of beautifully rendered paintings filled with detail, color, and emotive power. More opening photos after the jump…
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Openings: Alex Gross – “Discrepancies” @ Jonathan LeVine Gallery

Posted by sleepboy, September 13, 2010
With the art world bringing out their big guns this month to kick off the art season, Jonathan LeVine comes out of the gate strong with a new collection of paintings from Alex Gross. As he mentioned in his interview with us leading up to the show, he wanted to push the themes from his last show at the NY gallery (two years ago) even further. As you will see, a good half of the new body of work dealt with the prevalence of technology […]
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Studio Visits / Preview: Mark Dean Veca – “When The Shit Hits The Fan” @ Western Project

Posted by sleepboy, September 13, 2010
A little while back, we stopped by Mark Dean Veca’s (interviewed) studio to get a glimpse at his new body of work “When The Shit Hits The Fan” – a kind of metaphor for the state of the world today. The show opening next Saturday night, Sept 18th, at Western Project will be his first solo show in Los Angeles and is a collection of thematically cohesive paintings he has been working on since his show at Jonathan LeVine last year. With some of his […]
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Openings: Ron English – “Status Factory” @ Opera Gallery

Posted by juggernut3, September 12, 2010
Last night, AM attended the private viewing of Ron English (featured), latest exhibition “Status Factory”. With the sponsorship of Opera Gallery, the pop-up exhibition was held in an extravagant triplex retail space in the heart of New York’s Soho district. As we showed you in the setup, the location was transformed by Ron & gang over the course of a week to give the audience the full experience of “Popaganda“. The artwork seemed bigger in person than our preview indicated, especially in rooms with interactive sculptures […]
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