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Studio Visits: Nate Frizzell

Posted by sleepboy, October 12, 2009

After hanging out with Nate Frizzell at Baby Tattooville, AM stopped by his studio last week to check out the progress for his show opening this weekend. Nate showed us some of the paintings and drawings for “Lost in the Thicket” opening at LeBasse Projects this Saturday, October 17th as well as hinted of a special installation that he will be working on for the show. We walked away impressed by the amount of detail and thought he put behind this new cohesive body of […]

Update: Lori Earley – “Laments and Lullabies” @ Opera Gallery (London)

Posted by sleepboy, October 11, 2009

A pretty big show that is sneaking up on us opens this Friday, October 16th in London at the Opera Gallery.Â Lori Earley has been working on this show “Laments and Lullabies” for about two years now and we can’t wait to see the new body of work.Â Here is a new image “Ms. Pemberton” that Lori sent us to share with our readers.Â We’ll have more coverage to follow but for now check out another image after jump (the same that we teased you […]

Streets: Elbow-Toe

Posted by sleepboy, October 11, 2009

Elbow-Toe (interviewed) has been putting up consistently good work since his Black Rat Press show in July. His thoughtful and always meaningful work continues to impress us – this piece takes an old tale (the old woman who lived in a shoe) and puts a twist on it.Â This seems to be a common theme in some his work as he likes to re-appropriate stories or images for completely different reasons. Take a look at his recent work after the jump, and make sure to […]

Video: Blu Mural @ Deitch (Timelapse)

Posted by sleepboy, October 11, 2009

Blu has released a timelapse video of the “machine” mural he was working on at Deitch that we told you about previously.Â Take a look from start to finish as he transforms the building with gears and levers over several days.Â No doubt after completing this project, this prolific artist is off to paint somewhere else in the world. Discuss Blu here.

Baby Tattooville ’09 – Reverse Studio Visits – Elizabeth McGrath

Posted by Ken, October 10, 2009

On Saturday, Oct. 3rd, just an hour or so before the big KMNDZ reveal, Elizabeth a.k.a. Bloodbath Mcgrath held a reverse studio visit alongside Miss Mindy (more on that later) giving patrons an insight to her sculptural techniques. As an added bonus, Liz provided the Baby Tattooville guests with their own clay, allowing them to create their own personal mini works of art. Also on display were the hand cast cleavers that Liz so generously provided in every guest’s grab bag. More pictures after the […]

Auctions: Sekoto Painting Sets Record for the South African Artist at Auction

Posted by Khoi, October 10, 2009

There occasionally is some good news to come out of the down art market in this global recession.Â On October 6, Sotheby’s hosted their Impressionist and Modern Art sale, which included Russian and Latin American Art.Â Sotheby’s also snuck in this piece by South African artist Gerard Sekoto, a self-taught painter.Â The 20×24″ oil on canvas (1945-1947) painting was estimated to sell between $100,000-150,000.Â It smashed that estimate to hammer at $542,500 (inclusive of buyer’s premium). More after the jump…

Events: Sketch Tuesday @ 111 Minna

Posted by Ken, October 10, 2009

On the last Tuesday of September, AM visited 111 Minna Gallery for their monthly installment of Sketch Tuesdays.Â Originally held a once a year at Southern Exposure under the moniker “Moniker Drawing Rally”, the event has now grown to a monthly event featuring an ever changing cast of Bay Area artists.Â November’s installment of Sketch Tuesdays fell on the eve of 111 Minna‘s “Neighborhoods” show (opening/setup) and featured many of the “Neighborhoods” artists.Â In attendance were such SF luminaries as Mike Giant, Matt Furie, N8 […]

Openings: Ron English – “Nimbus Vapor” @ Opera Gallery

Posted by juggernut3, October 10, 2009

Ron English has been a busy man since his show at Elm’s Lester (studio visit and opening). Last month, he “tagged” the skyline of NYC with clouds (here)Â in preparation for his curated show “Nimbus Vapor” at Opera Gallery (previewed). Last week AM attended the opening of Ron’s curated take on the most important street artists of our time consisting of a hall of fame lineup consisting of names such asÂ Keith Haring, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Banksy, Blek Le Rat, Daze, Crash, Shepard Fairey (featured), Faile, Futura, Logan […]

Baby Tattooville ’09: KMNDZ (Part II)

Posted by sleepboy, October 10, 2009

One of the big surprises of Baby Tattooville this year was the big reveal of who would walk home with the huge KMNDZ painting we previously told you about. After a dramatic explanation of the raffle by Bob Self, everyone came and picked a small envelope after which everyone opened at the same time. Imagine the chaos that ensued when each individual attendee was lead to believe they were the winner. As you can see from the video above, it turns out everyone was a […]

Openings / Giveaway: Adam Neate – “A New Understanding” @ Elms Lesters

Posted by sven, October 9, 2009

Adam Neateâ€™s much anticipated solo show “A New Understanding” opened last night at Elms Lesters Painting Rooms and AM went along to see just where Adamâ€™s new direction had taken him. After revealing to us in our recent interview that heâ€™d been through some troubled times during the creation of this work, we were pleased to see him in good spirits happily chatting to fans and collectors whilst signing an almost endless stream of books and posters. His classic and recognizable self portrait profile made […]