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Preview: “Urban Masters” (London)

Posted by sleepboy, November 7, 2012

On November 9th, the Opera Gallery and contributing AM writer and photographer Butterfly will be teaming up to curate a group exhibition in London. Held at Factory 7 (13 Hearn Street, Shoreditch, London EC2A 3LS), the artists – Bom.K, Blo, Brusk, Gris1, Jaw, Kan, Sowat, Lek, Roa, David Shillinglaw, Zezão (seen above), Sweet Toof, Blek Le Rat, Ron English, Mac1, Matt Small, Alexandros Vasmoulakis, El Mac, C215, Joe Black, Seen, Risk, Remi Rough, Sixeart, Zeus, Mentalgassi, Nick Gentry, The London Police, StinkFish, Rone, Banksy, Kid Zoom, […]

Streets: How & Nosm on Bowery & Houston

Posted by juggernut3, November 6, 2012

It’s been a rough few weeks for New York City as Hurricane Sandy came up and took the city hostage as it wreaked havoc with flooding, blackouts and gas shortages. On Friday, twin brothers How & Nosm took the tall task of being the next artists invited to work on the iconic Bowery & Houston wall. Following up behind Aiko’s recent effort (covered), the twins braved the elements to join the ranks of notable peers such as RETNA, Kenny Scharf, Barry McGee, Shepard Fairey, Os Gemeos, JR, Keith Haring, and […]

Preview: Chloe Early – “Rainbow Ruins” @ Corey Helford Gallery

Posted by sleepboy, November 6, 2012

This Saturday night (November 10th) at the Corey Helford Gallery, the new paintings collectively entitled Rainbow Ruins will be on display for the first time. Brought across the pond by the UK-based Chloe Early, the new work highlight the contrasts between the technological age and the demands the natural world. Within the imagery, you will see her characters and the modern world getting overwhelmed by the overgrowth of the surrounding environment as nature attempts to retake what was originally its domain. Rounding out the show will also be […]

Preview: Kelsey Brookes – “Serotonin; Happiness and Spiritual States” @ Quint Contemporary Art

Posted by sleepboy, November 6, 2012

This Saturday night, November 10th, Kelsey Brookes will be putting on display some paintings he has been working on for a while now that are based loosely on the structures of neurotransmitters and their influence on our mental state. As a former microbiologist, it is only natural for science and art to converge in Brookes’ new body of work entitled Serotonin; Happiness and Spiritual States. Publisher Mark Murphy stopped and snapped some shots (seen in this article as well as over here & here), but head […]

Streets: World Roundup (Oct 29 – Nov 4)

Posted by sleepboy, November 6, 2012

This week’s Streets: World Roundup feature is headlined by a new mural (photo by Lois Stavsky) in New York City by Ron English, who worked overtime to finish it before Hurricane Sandy hit. The piece (on Mulberry Street between Canal and Hester in New York’s Little Italy) depicting his Temper Tot character is a English’s first mural in Manhattan in about 25 years as part of The New York Comedy Festival and Vandalog’s series of indoor and outdoor installations collectively titled The Art of Comedy. If you are interested, you can join their The […]

Studio Visits: Mike Sutfin – “Creeping Nomadic” @ Grass Hut

Posted by rhinomilk, November 5, 2012

The other weekend, AM swung by Oakland-based painter/illustrator Mike Sutfin’s studio as he was putting the final touches to his Creeping Nomadic show at Grass Hut in Portland that runs til November 30th. The show features a series of small oil paintings on board (none of which are digitally colored!), ink illustrations, t-shirts, and hand-painted versions of his toy, Battle Man and Battle Rat (which were painted by him and other artists). The gallery already has already posted the artwork online, which you can check […]

Studio Visits: AJ Fosik

Posted by sven, November 5, 2012

AJ Fosik’s sculptural artworks almost need no introduction. In a world where it is increasingly difficult to have a true individual voice as an artist, Fosik’s work has an original aesthetic honed over the years from his roots in graffiti, street art and two-dimensional drawing. AJ decided that his imagery would be better represented in three dimensions around seven years ago, and has continued to immerse himself in the medium of handcrafted woodwork for his iconography inspired art ever since. Using modern woodworking techniques (he doesn’t consider himself […]

David Choe Reddit Takeover

Posted by sleepboy, November 4, 2012

For those who have been following David Choe (featured) on various social media related accounts (like Instagram, Youtube, Facebook), you’ll have heard about his Reddit takeover already. For our readers out there who don’t know what Reddit is (like most of us at AM pre-Choe takeover), it’s a social news website where the users submit content in the form of either a link or a text which other users can then vote it up or down, thereby ranking the post and determining its position on the site’s pages and […]

Openings: Sylvia Ji – “La Catrina” @ CHG Circa

Posted by sleepboy, November 4, 2012

Last night, the CHG Circa Gallery in Culver City held the opening for Sylvia Ji’s (interviewed) solo show featuring her paintings inspired by Día de los Muertos. Entitled appropriately Catrina, after the beautiful lady of the dead, the new body of work encompassed a selection of portraiture incorporating much of the imagery and iconography of the holiday. Along with full scale works, there were also smaller closeup pieces of faces as well as some limited edition offerings. Photo credit: Peter Svab. Discuss this show here. Discuss Sylvia Ji here.

Showing: “Bad Dads” Wes Anderson Tribute Show @ Spoke Art

Posted by sleepboy, November 4, 2012

Marking the third time (also see 2010) they have had a group show tribute to director Wes Anderson, Spoke Art in San Francisco opened their doors last week to fans of art and film buffs alike. Coinciding annually with Halloween, the opening reception slash costume party featured references to Mr. Anderson’s cult movies so we are sure Bill Murray-inspired pieces and costumes were a hit. It’s on through November 24th so stop by if you have a chance. Photo credit: Art (gallery) & People (Colin M. […]