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Openings & Interviews: Josh Keyes – “Natural Selection” @ Swarm Gallery

Posted by Ken, August 8, 2009

Last night, AM visited Swarm Gallery in Oakland to catch up with our buddy Josh Keyes and to check out “Natural Selection” featuring Josh and Vaughn Bell. Josh, who just moved up to Portland, has been incredibly busy with the move and flew back to the Bay Area for just a few hours to attend the opening. Luckily, we were able to catch him before the show opened and he gave us a nice tour of his three pieces (the fourth is almost done) and […]

Streets: Dennis McNett

Posted by stephen, August 8, 2009

While putting together theÂ last minute preperations for tonight’s “Year Of The Wolfbat” show atÂ Thinkspace Gallery,Â Dennis McNett got the urge to make his mark on the streets ofÂ Los Angeles. Out came the bucket and flour mixed with the right touch of water and he was off, wheatpaste posters in hand. Dennis was also kind enough to give away one of his posters to the first commenter on this post. More after the jump.

Preview/Setup: Dennis McNett – “Year Of The Wolfbat” @ Thinkspace Gallery

Posted by stephen, August 7, 2009

New York City’s Dennis McNett, who teaches printmaking at the Pratt Institute, is in Los Angeles to present “Year of the Wolfbat” at Thinkspace Gallery, a special two-day show opening tomorrow, Saturday, August 8th from 7-11PM. AM dropped by the gallery while the work was going up and got a good look at the complex imagery, insane animals and patterns that make up his work. Dennis is going all out for this show, taking over the entire gallery space and filling it with pieces presented […]

Openings: Scribble.08 Film Screening and Art Exhibition – San Diego Comic-Con 2009

Posted by stephen, August 7, 2009

AM enjoyed the screening of the art film “Scribble.08” and coinciding art show alongside artists James Jean (interviewed), Tim Biskup, Jeff Soto (interviewed), Bwana Spoons, Mari Inukai and the rest of the crowd held at Wonderhaus during Comic-Con 2009. The 48-minute documentary directed by Mark Murphy features a series of intriguing interviews with an amazing group of artists: Camille Rose Garcia, Jeff Soto, Joe Sorren, Kevin Christy, Martha Rich, The Clayton Brothers (studio visit) and Tim Biskup. It was great to get a personal look […]

Openings: “Mom & Popism” @ Gawker HQ

Posted by juggernut3, August 7, 2009

This past Tuesday night, AM was on hand on the rooftop of Gawker Headquarters to cover the private preview party for the exciting collaboration exhibit “Mom & Popism“ (previewed),Â conceived and curated byÂ Billi Kid. ThisÂ unique project between Gawker Artists and authors/photographers,Â Jim & Karla Murray, served to enlarge some of the classic “mom and pop” storefrontsÂ seen in the Murray’s book, â€œStore Front: The Disappearing Face of New York.â€ These works, whichÂ culturally and ethnically defined many parts of NYC, were remixed with the help of a select group […]

Releases: David Choe – “Choegal Siamese Twin”

Posted by stephen, August 7, 2009

Next week, David Choe will be dropping the latest and arguably the illest version of hisÂ â€œChoegalâ€Â art figure, this time re-versioned as a Siamese twin. The hand-painted figures, total edition size of 500, cost $65 and will be available through Ningyoushi and DoublePunch. A look at the other side of the face and the packaging after the jump.

Streets: Hugh Leeman – “Recognition” @ White Walls

Posted by Ken, August 7, 2009

At about two in the morning last Sunday, AM met up with Hugh Leeman in the heart of San Francisco’s seedy Tenderloin district as he was preparing for his upcoming show, “Recognition” at the esteemed White Walls Gallery. Â For the past few months, San Franciscans have been greeted citywide by Leeman’s unique wheatpastes, each depicting a member of the local homeless population. Â Leeman, who befriends and helps support his subjects, often times by giving away free clothing, has been embarking on a massive social street-level […]

Preview: Bob Dob – “Black Eyed Mouseketeers” @ Perihelion Arts

Posted by sleepboy, August 6, 2009

Looks like these mouseketeer buddies of Bob Dob were on the wrong side of a beat down.Â He did ten variants on this theme for his show “Black Eyed Mouseketeers” opening at Perihelion Arts in Phoenix tomorrow night.Â Of course, he had to include the little devil “Luey” in the mix as well.Â See him and some more of the images after the jump…

Showing: Nicoletta Ceccoli – “Beauties and Beasts” & Eric Fortune – “Daughters of our Nature” @ Roq La Rue

Posted by sleepboy, August 6, 2009

Two artists whose work we enjoy immensely, Nicoletta Ceccoli (interviewed) & Eric Fortune (interviewed) opened up their joint show a couple weekends ago at Roq La Rue.Â Ceccoli’s delicate attention to detail in and her clever juxtaposition of humans and nature (above) along with Fortune’s patient brushwork and mastery of textures/motions were on full display.Â If you are lucky enough to be in the Seattle area, definitely take this opportunity to check out not one but two extraordinary artists. See some closer views after the […]

Highlights: Recommended Openings For August 6-12

Posted by Andrew Hosner, August 6, 2009

The annual BLAB! Show returns to Copro Gallery and brings with it the usual lineup of heavy hitters. Big news is that Mark Ryden will be exhibiting an older 10×11″ illustration-based work in the show, which can be yours for $33k. For those not familiar with the greatness that is BLAB!, find outÂ more here about this fantastic annual publication which is coming up on issue #19. There is a TON going on around the world this weekend, with San Francisco and Los Angeles leading the […]