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Preview: Breeze Block Gallery 5 Year Anniversary Show

Posted by sven, November 27, 2011

The last 5 years has been hard in the art world for all involved, especially if you are a gallerist. So, it’s welcome news that Breeze Block Gallery are due to eulogize their 5 year existence with a group show that celebrates their history with a selection of artists previously hosted throughout the 60 or so exhibitions shown by the Portland gallery on December 1st. The big ticket is undeniably Josh Keyes, and this new 20×24 inch piece featured above is entitled The Collector. Keyes […]

Preview / Installation: “East West Connect” @ Above Second

Posted by sleepboy, November 24, 2011

The East West Connect show (see our coverage here) is installed and ready to go for tonight’s opening at the Above Second Gallery in Sai Ying Pun, Hong Kong. If you are in town, definitely stop by as we would love to meet you and talk some art. For those interested, you can go here to look at some of the scans of the work in the show, but you need to email info@above-second for the preview PDF or with questions. See you tonight! Discuss this […]

Update: Faile for “East West Connect” @ Above Second

Posted by sleepboy, November 23, 2011

We’ll be sharing with you a preview of the entire exhibition soon, but here is one more look at one of the pieces from East West Connect, AM’s first curated show (hosted at Above Second Gallery in Hong Kong). For those astute Faile fans out there, you will recognize this image from part of the recent outdoor mural they created for the prominent Houston Bowery location in New York. This silkscreen on found book cover is part a triptych that will soon be revealed. Show […]

Preview: Jorge Rodriguez-Gerada @ Galería Ignacio de Lassaletta

Posted by butterfly, November 22, 2011

Cuban American artist Jorge Rodriguez-Guerada, known for his large scale charcoal photorealistic portraits on buildings since the 90s, will be presenting a new solo show (catalogue) at Galería Ignacio de Lassaletta, Barcelona on November 24th. The body of work will consist of a new collection of “Urban Analogies” made of charcoal drawings on 250 years old walls surfaces and “Memorylithics” sculptures using antique architectural elements. More preview images and video teaser after the jump…

Update: East West Connect @ Above Second (Hong Kong)

Posted by sleepboy, November 20, 2011

On this coming Friday night, November 25th, the Above Second Gallery in Hong Kong will be hosting Arrested Motion’s first curated exhibition. Entitled East West Connect, the showing will introduce some of the artists we cover to the Far East, some of whom have never shown there before including Luke Chueh, Faile, Shepard Fairey, Evah Fan, Stella Im Hultberg, Tat Ito, Akino Kondoh, Travis Louie, Tomokazu Matsuyama, Brendan Monroe, Edwin Ushiro, Nick Walker, and Yoskay Yamamoto. We’ll be there to bring you some onsite coverage, […]

Previews: LUDO – “Super Discount” @ The Garage (Amsterdam)

Posted by lowpro, November 19, 2011

With his debut gallery exhibition in the spring followed up by another solo in the summer, LUDO (interviewed) will be ending things on a high note with his third show of the year. Opening Saturday, November 26th, Super Discount will see the Paris-based street artist will bring his signature brand of green tinged work to The Garage in Amsterdam. For the first time, the artist will also produce some work on canvas, something he has thus far shied away from. Long fascinated with Warhol’s production […]

Basel Week Miami ’11 / Videos: COPE2 – “Rise to the Occasion” Preview

Posted by sleepboy, November 18, 2011

Another show to check out while in Miami for this year’s Art Basel Week is a new solo from COPE2, who we recently saw in New York & Amsterdam. Still on a prolific pace, the wildstyle legend from the Bronx will be bringing a new body of work entitled Rise to the Occasion to the Wynwood Arts District (167 NW25th Street) for a show opening on December 1st and running to the 4th. Preview pics after the jump…

Preview / Setup: Interesni Kazki – “Nothing Special” @ Mid-City Arts

Posted by sleepboy, November 16, 2011

AM stopped by Mid-City Arts yesterday to visit with Ukranian duo, Interesni Kazki, as they prepared a new body of work for their show opening on Saturday night, November 19th. Like their recent exhibition in Milan (covered), Nothing Special will feature an indoor translation of of their surreal outdoor murals as well as some other surprises. Take a look at some in-progress photos by ©Carlos Gonzalez after the jump…

Preview: SIXEART – “Cosmovisión Andina y los Hijos del Inti” @ Galería N2

Posted by butterfly, November 16, 2011

Opening this Thursday 17 November, Sixeart is back to the N2 Galería, in Barcelona, Spain, where some of the discerning public found out about his work a year before the Tate Modern discovered him. The new solo show entitled Cosmovisión Andina y los Hijos del Inti is an approximation to the ancient cultures of the Andes, full of colour, wisdom and misticism. Using his own abstract and pictoric language, Sixeart reinvents a new idea of ancestral connections. More preview images after the jump…

Preview: London Police – “Who Cares Wins” @ Opera Gallery (New York)

Posted by sleepboy, November 15, 2011

The London Police are getting set to bring their impeccable linework and imaginative cityscapes to New York on Thursday, November 17th to grace the walls of the Opera Gallery in the heart of Soho. They are currently working on the new body of work entitled Who Cares Win as we speak and it looks like the paintings are filled with the iconic LADS characters that we have come to love as well as some local references to the Big Apple. Check out some video teasers […]