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Previews: Greg Simkins – “Drawn from the Well” Book @ Dragon Con

Posted by juggernut3, September 2, 2010

Earlier this year, we stopped by the Torrence studio of Greg “Craola” Simkin to catch a preview of his knockout show at Joshua Liner Gallery and experienced an eyeful of goodness from the talented artist. If you couldn’t get enough of Greg’s dreamy artwork, we have a special surprise we held back as he shared with us the proof sheets of his upcoming book – “Drawn from the Well”. The 300 page book of his drawings is set to make it’s debut at this year’s […]

Preview: Evah Fan – “Come What May” @ Galerie L.J.

Posted by sleepboy, September 1, 2010

Yesterday, we brought you a preview of Brendan Monroe’s (interviewed) body of work for a Paris in a joint exhibit with Evah Fan. Today, we can give you a glimpse of Evah’s work as well ahead of the opening this Saturday night at Galerie L.J. Looking through some of the preview images from this show, what strikes us is how unpredictable her narrative is, with unexpected surprises in each piece that lead us to think “what is going on here?” At the same time, we […]

Preview: Nathan Ota – “An Unforeseen Homecoming” @ La Luz de Jesus

Posted by sleepboy, August 31, 2010

A show we mentioned earlier this month is finally opening this Friday at La Luz de Jesus. The forests will come alive with Nathan Ota’s “An Unforseen Homecoming” as his hybrid wood creatures take over the walls at the LA gallery. More preview images after the jump…

Preview: Brendan Monroe – “Figments” @ Galerie L.J.

Posted by sleepboy, August 30, 2010

This weekend, Brendan Monroe (interviewed), now based in Sweden, will be showing a new body of work “Figments” at Galerie LJ. It’s been almost two years since his last show at the Parisian gallery and he will again be showing alongside artistic colleague and now wife, Evah Fan. We highly recommend you make plans to attend if you can for the opening this Saturday, Sept 4th because not only will Brendan be bringing along his wonderfully textured paintings, he will have some sculptural works as […]

Preview: Ron English – “Status Factory” @ Opera Gallery

Posted by juggernut3, August 29, 2010

Our friend, Ron English (featured), is about to put forth a new body of works for a pop-up gallery show in the middle of Soho with the help of Opera Gallery. This special show will open on Sunday, September 12th at 382 West Broadway and will run until October 29th. It features over 50 pieces consisting of new paintings & sculptures and was made with the OCC Museum in mind. Then, on November 10th, the traveling series will open at the Orange Coast College Foundation Frank […]

Preview: Yoshitomo Nara Retrospective @ Asia Society

Posted by juggernut3, August 27, 2010

AM stopped by again at the Park Avenue Armory to check up on the progress of Yoshitomo Nara and YNG/graf during this week’s “Open Studio” session. This time, we got to take full pictures detailing some of the amazing strides made in the past two days since we last visited the crew. Nara’s of pseudo workspace was filled with what looks to be completed works on paper, most of which will be added to the upcoming retrospective at Asia Society in two weeks. We also got to meet […]

Preview: “3+1” @ Galerie du Jour – agnès b

Posted by Khoi, August 26, 2010

Known best for his acclaimed work as an author and film-maker, including writing Kids and directing Gummo and Julien Donkey-Boy, Harmony Korine is also well-regarded as an artist and photographer. On September 9th, he opens an exhibition with works alongside Ryan McGinley and Dash Snow at agnès b.’s Galerie du Jour in Paris. This time, Korine unveils mixed-media paintings, while it looks like photographs by McGinley and Snow will be shown. It is an important step in Korine’s artistic career, as his artwork will be […]

Preview: “Lowbrow Tarot Project” @ La Luz de Jesus

Posted by sleepboy, August 25, 2010

We just wanted to let you know about an interesting project on display this October at La Luz de Jesus – the Lowbrow Tarot Project curated by Aunia Kahn. She has invited 22 other great artists including Kris Kuksi, David Stoupakis, Chet Zar, Laurie Lipton, Brian Viveros, Scott G. Brooks, and Jennybird Alcantara to create artwork inspired by the 22 major Arcana of tarot cards, each representing an aspect of human emotion. The multidisciplinary show opens on October 9th and will feature a book and […]

Preview: Teresa Duck @ Summer Group Exhibition / Opus Art

Posted by sven, August 24, 2010

Teresa Duck’s paintings grabbed our attention earlier this year when we saw her works at Opus Art’s “Fresh Cream 2” group show, and we just had sight of some of her latest pieces that will be shown at Opus’ Summer Group Exhibition – the first at their new central Newcastle location. Teresa’s series of surrealist figurative works focus on anatomical compositions – with a nod to victorian medical textbooks, metaphysics and alchemy, with some fantastic details and quirks to these small, vibrant oil paintings. The […]

Preview: Tom French – “Hidden Realizations” @ Vincent Michael Gallery, Philly

Posted by sven, August 23, 2010

When AM visited Tom French in his Newcastle Studio earlier this year, we discovered the artist deep within an experimental phase. Whilst Tom is recognized for his stunning charcoal figurative works, we witnessed the first stages of him working on a new layering technique involving his traditional drawing skills, but also combining multiple painted film layers over the drawings to present an extra level of depth and abstraction to his work. We also caught a glimpse of another part of Tom’s oeuvre as work in […]