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Openings: ROA – “Transit” @ Skalitzers (Berlin)

Posted by sleepboy, July 12, 2011
Last Saturday night in Berlin, ROA returns to Germany (see Cologne 2010) and transformed Skalitzers into a personal playground for his anatomically exposed creatures. Employing wall murals, including one that cleverly incorporates a doorway, as well as movable paintings on found objects, showgoers were invited to play and interact with the Belgium-based artist’s new work collectively entitled Transit. More photos taken for us by Henrik Haven after the jump.
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Openings: Aaron Young – “Built Tough” @ Bortolami Gallery

Posted by juggernut3, July 12, 2011
AM recently caught Aaron Young’s New York Solo Built Tough at Bortolami Gallery. The show was a departure from the motorcycle etchings we typically see by Young as he tackled the motif of America and its symbols with new body of works that included sculptures, paintings, and silkscreens. Check it all out after the jump.
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Openings: Shawn Barber – “Youth of Today” @ Fecal Face Dot Gallery

Posted by rhinomilk, July 12, 2011
After moving away from San Francisco to Los Angeles two years ago to concentrate on painting and opening Memoir Tattoo with his girlfriend, Shawn Barber (interviewed) decided to revisit his previous home city with a new exhibition, Youth of Today at Fecal Face Dot Gallery. The show consists of oil paintings from his Doll Series, which is a commentary on people being consumed by popular culture and having a thirst for celebrity, which had become more apparent to him while living in Southern California. Check […]
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Streets: Conor Harrington (Ireland) Part III

Posted by sleepboy, July 11, 2011
Cork’s most renowned street artist Conor Harrington (interviewed) continued to paint up his homeland with this third wall in a series of murals featuring his views on the “cowboy mentality” in Ireland and the wild west “cavalier bandit attitude” that in his opinion has gotten the country into trouble recently. This last one is in Ennis on the Glor Theatre but also make sure you check out the other two murals here and here. More photos after the jump…
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Teaser: Ron English Custom Dunny Painting @ Kidrobot (New York)

Posted by sleepboy, July 11, 2011
This Thursday, July 14th (6-8pm), Ron English (featured) will be at the Kidrobot in New York to do some live painting. However, the “canvas” will be a four foot dunny of which the pop artist should have no difficulty with dispite its uneven surface. Ron was just in London for his Lazarides show (covered), so this will be a chance for NYC fans to get reacquainted. Discuss Ron English here.
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Preview: Brandon Shigeta – “ARTCUBE” @ Little Tokyo Design Week

Posted by sleepboy, July 11, 2011
If you have been following AM on a regular basis, you will probably have come across photographs from the talented Brandon Shigeta as he hit up shows, events, and street work in progress for us.  Now, for Little Tokyo Design Week (LTDW), Brandon has compiled some of his favorite photos and assembled it into an ARTCUBE installation including images from Retna, Push, Barbara Kruger, David Choe, James Jean, Shark Toof, Ryan Mcginness, Patrick Martinez, Aaron De La Cruz, Dalek, Revok, Eklips, Haroshi, Kami & Sasu, […]
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Openings: “Party Animals” @ Royal/T

Posted by sleepboy, July 11, 2011
Last Thursday night, Party Animals invaded the art space of Royal/T in Culver City. Curated by electronic media artist Lindsay Scoggins of artwork taken from owner Susan Hancock’s extensive collection, the list of artists was impressive including Jeff Koons, Yoshitomo Nara, KAWS, FriendsWithYou, Aya Takano and more. Take a look at all the creatures and beasts chosen after the jump…
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Showing: Yue Minjun – “The Road” @ Pace Gallery (Beijing)

Posted by sleepboy, July 11, 2011
The Beijing branch of Pace Gallery is currently showing a selection of new works from Chinese contemporary artist Yue Minjun. Exhibiting in his home city, the painter famous for his smiling self-portraits has included Christian iconography in this latest set of canvases as well as recent work leading the viewer to think about the role of Western influence in China. Is the ubiquitous grin pervading these works laughing at or laughing with the religious symbolism or is it just the Minjun’s signature imagery innocently translated […]
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Streets / Contests: “Purple Mask” (Los Angeles)

Posted by sleepboy, July 10, 2011
A series of these purple masked crusaders have been showing up in clusters on the streets of Los Angeles recently. Titled cryptically with a HELP, this has the looks of the start of a street campaign. We have no details for you yet, but what we do have are several of these signed posters to giveaway to some of our readers. Just leave a comment as to which artist you think is behind these works and the first ones to get the answer correctly will […]
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Openings: “Crazy 4 Cult 5” @ Gallery 1988 (Melrose)

Posted by sleepboy, July 10, 2011
Last night on Melrose, Gallery 1988 put one on for the fanboys and film buffs out there with their fifth annual Crazy 4 Cult show. References to favorite cult movies like the boys from Ghostbusters abounded – some subtle, some not. But all in all, the large crowd in attendance left satisfied for one night until the next get together, one must assume judging from the group, at Comic-Con later this month. More opening photos from the Birdman after the jump…
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