Kelsey Brookes invades the sacred halls of Quint Contemporary Art this evening. The gallery has been around for almost 30 years now and is one of the most well respected spaces in the San Diego art scene, with several of their artists being picked for inclusion in the prestigious Whitney Museum of American Art’s Biennale in years past. For Kelsey, a San Diego based artist, this is a shining moment in his young career. For his debut solo show with the gallery, Kelsey has delivered […]
D*Face (interviewed) has just returned back from his two week trip to LA where he made and released his “UnAmerican Graffiti” print, but we knew that he was going to be hitting a few spots whilst in town – and here are the results. The street pieces D painted included the quirky use of Spiderman in a “LA (is for Anarchy)” mural and the stenciling of a 1950’s pool in San Bernardino known as the “Ridiculous Pool.” Read on for more exclusive photographs and a video […]
As just about every noteworthy gallery in our movement prepares to head down to Miami for all the art fairs the week after next, the amazing shows somehow just keep coming. From the groundbreaking public opening of the amazing new PRISM space on the Sunset Strip in Hollywood this Friday featuring museum size work from the legendary duo of Barry McGee and Phil Frost through to “The Thousands” group show in the UK curated by RJ of Vandalog that just opened last night, there just […]
Bumblebee is a Los Angeles-based artist who has been beautifying the streets with public installations containing those black and yellow body-haired flying insects. Bumblebees are so essential to our lives, yet they are disappearing at an alarming rate and their plight may be overlooked. He is using these potentially endangered species to communicate with the community and highlight such forgotten methods, such as the newspaper stand, which is quickly becoming replaced by the instantaneous news on the internet, and the phone booth, which has been […]
A new show is about to hit London December 4th and it’s going to be a doozy. Lazarides Gallery (Rathbone) is putting together a serious group show called “Grifters.” Bringing together the group they infamously dubbed “the Outsiders” (here) they look to bring the heat both inside and outside with fresh works from: Polly Morgan, David Choe, Conor Harrington (interviewed), Vhils, Lucy Mclauchlan, Paul Insect, Invader, Charlie Isoe, Zevs, Faile, Antony Micallef (interviewed), Jonathan Yeo, Mode 2, Mark Jenkins, Todd James/ REAS, and more. We’ll […]
Last week, AM visited the studio of Jason Vivona as he was preparing for his first San Francisco solo show opening today at Gallery Six. If you’re not aware, Gallery Six is the pet project of Jillian Mackintosh, whom you may recognize from White Walls, the Shooting Gallery and Juxtapoz. For the last few months, Jillian has been using Gallery Six as a launching pad for some of the west coast’s most exciting up-and-coming artists. Jason Vivona, who recently moved to the Bay Area from […]
Yet another BIG weekend of art happenings is upon us. The art world has been on fire since things kicked back into high gear this past September and the landmark shows just keep coming. Leading the charge this weekend is the big Juxtapoz 15th Anniversary show in downtown Los Angeles. If you are in a place where there’s no show this weekend, you can still support a great cause and be a part of one of the biggest gatherings of artistic force in sometime. Get […]
Blu is one of those street artists that always makes an effort to create pieces that are socially relevant to the area he is working in (ie Milan and Taranto). Combine this with superior artistic skills, his flair for black humor, and an imagination that knows no limits, it’s no surprise he has become the superstar that he is today. Here we see his newest piece put up in Bogota, Colombia for “Memoria Canalla.” Don’t you love the imagery of a credit card getting a […]
AM had the opportunity to sit down with the recently transplanted Australian duo of Dabs and Myla – a couple of artists that we’ve had our eye on for a while. Their wondrously complex yet easily accessible paintings and murals are the result of years of collaboration as well as a seemingly near-psychic connection found only in the strongest of couples. While Dabs creates the characters, Myla renders the washed out backgrounds and intricate cityscapes. Their individual voices harmonize together with near symphonic results, the […]
Recently. AM had a chance to catch Shepard Fairey and his crew hard at work in the middle of Times Square for the launch of a special collaboration with Levi’s. In usual bold Obey fashion, the boys set up shop at the heart of the city to build a mural anchored by Shepard’s classic icon with a “pocketed” Levi’s twist. Not surprisingly the mural creation process drew a big crowd of fans and tourists eager to get pictures of Shepard much like his mural creation […]
An interesting piece from Mark Jenkins has appeared in Moscow… It’s nice to see his tape sculptures continue to evolve and grow. Take at look at some of his previous outdoor work here and here. You can also see more of his work on his website. Via TWBE. Discuss Mark Jenkins here.
AM recently had the pleasure of visiting with Tat Ito at the Queens, NY, studio that he shares with his assistant Yuyu Yang. Readers may remember that we thought that Ito was one of the standout new artists included in Joshua Liner Gallery’s excellent summer group show (covered). Well, Mr. Liner must have agreed with us, because Ito has a show with the gallery scheduled for February 2010, and from what we saw during our studio visit, it’s going to be a stunner.
