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Teaser: Yoskay Yamamoto @ Roq La Rue

After a great solo showing at LeBasse Projects, Yoskay Yamamoto (interviewed) is already hard at work for his coming show at Roq La Rue September 10th. Showing along side peer Edwin Ushiro (interviewed), Mr. Yamamoto is set to unleash a new set of images for Seattle’s finest. We stopped by Yoskay’s downtown studio for a sneak peek at his new body of work. Check out a closer look at the fish after the jump.

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

Time flies. It has almost been a year since Brendan Monroe’s (interviewed) solo show at Richard Heller Gallery. In the meantime, he’s relocated to Sweden where he currently lives and works. His newest body of work entitled “Figments” will feature a collection of organic paintings and sculptures all done in his signature palette. Opening on September 4th, Brendan will be showing alongside his wife and fellow artist Evah Fan at Galerie L.J. in Paris. Discuss the show here. Discuss Brendan Monroe here.

Update: Mark Dean Veca – “When the Shit Hits the Fan” @ Western Project

AM stopped by Mark Dean Veca’s (interviewed) studio last week to take a look at the new body of work for his show at Western Project, opening September 18. When we first brought you a teaser image last month, there wasn’t a name for the show, but now it’s tentatively entitled “When the Shit Hits the Fan.” The paintings for the show fit thematically together and will make more sense of the recent work you have seen from Mark. Keep it locked here as we’ll […]

Teaser: Eelus – “Paradise Lost” @ Brooklynite Gallery

London-based artist, Eelus, will be opening a show in September at the Brooklynite Gallery along with C215. This peek at a piece looks like a pretty large scale version of a piece he’s put up in the streets before. Take a look at some of the hand-finished invites that Brooklynite is famous for getting their artists to send out after the jump…

Teaser: Nathan Ota – “An Unforseen Homecoming” @ La Luz de Jesus

LA-based painter and respected instructor at Otis, Nathan Ota, will be opening his new solo show at the venerable La Luz de Jesus Gallery in September. “An Unforseen Homecoming” will include his signature creatures of the forest, hybrids of wood and other more familiar forms but perhaps with a new palette judging from this teaser pic. A couple of drawings after the jump, possible studies for other paintings?

Teaser / Releases: Alex Gross – “Discrepancies” @ Jonathan LeVine Gallery

Los Angeles based artist Alex Gross will be returning to the Jonathan LeVine Gallery in September for his second solo show there entitled “Discrepancies.” Concurrently, a new book with the same title will be available at the opening and of course, can be signed by the artist for those attending the show. We can’t wait to see the new body of work as we have been fans of his dreamlike paintings which are influenced by his research into foreign culture and interests in the political […]

Teaser: Sarah Joncas – “Siren” @ Thinkspace Gallery

Sarah Joncas (interviewed), whom we last saw in a solo show at Roq La Rue, as been hard at work getting read for her upcoming exhibition in September. The show entitled “Siren” will be at Thinkspace and will also feature Dabs Myla showing concurrently in the project room. We’ll have more for you as the show gets a little closer but for now, take a look at the show card and more studio shots after the jump…

Teaser: Eric Joyner – “Donut Logic” @ Corey Helford Gallery

Robots and donuts – a perfect combination that has worked for year after year, show after show – who knew? Of course, we are talking about the work of Eric Joyner, who will be opening a new solo show – “Donut Logic” at Corey Helford Gallery in August. Often locked in epic battles or involved in unlikely scenes where the protagonists and antagonists have been been replaced by tin robots and donuts of various shapes and sizes, Joyner’s characters are painted with a sort of […]

Teaser: Jonathan Levine – “Annual Summer Invitational”

Summer is usually a time to relax for the art world, but the crew Jonathan LeVine Gallery is hard at work putting together their “Annual Summer Invitational” roster. The group show, which opens August 4th, will host a slew of artists new to the gallery such as Nicoletta Ceccoli, Tran Nguyen, Alex McLeod, Andrew Hem, Becca Midwood, Evol, Judith Supine, Lola, Morgan Slade, Marco Mazzoni, Nate Frizzell, Oliver Warden and Oscar de las Flores. Here’s a piece from AM favorite Nicoletta Ceccoli (interviewed) named “Tear Drop Pearls” […]

Teaser: Mark Dean Veca @ Western Project

It’s been awhile since we last saw Mark Dean Veca (interviewed) at his solo show opening in New York at the Jonathan LeVine Gallery, but now we can bring you a new painting by the Los Angeles based artist. This new “Scrooge” piece, done in the usual MDV “Toile de Jouy” style, is slated to be part of his solo show in September at Western Project, the site of an earlier group show he was part of. We’ll have more for you as the show […]