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Showing: Yayoi Kusama – “Pumpkins” @ Victoria Miro

Posted by sleepboy, September 22, 2014

Currently showing in London at Victorio Miro, Pumpkins from Yayoi Kusuma is an exhibition that features one of her most famous motifs. The celebration of the fruit in question was approached from different angles by Kusama, utilizing her various skill sets – paintings, large mosaic sculptures inside the gallery, and bronzes in the water garden. Despite the familiarity of the iconic subject matter for the Japanese artist, the bronzes do represent the first time she has worked in that medium on such a large scale and they alone are […]

Rewind: Sept 8 – Sept 21

Posted by sleepboy, September 22, 2014

There seems to be an unlimited supply of art-related videos coming out all the time. Here is another edition our Rewind feature where we curate a selection of videos for your viewing pleasure. First up is some footage of Spanish muralist Aryz, who has been very active lately participating in most European street art festivals with big walls. Finerats Magazine recently featured him on their cover and also just released a great 11 min interview giving us a great, previously unseen look inside his studio, but also, […]

Overtime: Sept 15 – Sept 21

Posted by Khoi, September 21, 2014

More stories from the week that ended Sept 21 (click on bolded words for more information): Raymond Pettibon collaborated with Supreme for their 2014 Fall/Winter Collection. Images up for Torey Thornton’s Some Narrow Sleeping exhibition at OHWOW. Iraqi city of Mosul has art, music, history, literature and Christianity classes “permanently annulled” by ISIS. Abigail DeVille’s installation removed in Washington DC because residents complained that it was junk. 20 prominent women from the art world answer the question: “Is the art world biased?” Ben Davis writes […]

Setup: Pryce Lee – “Fish in a Barrel” @ Anonymous Gallery (Mexico)

Posted by juggernut3, September 18, 2014

Tomorrow, September 19th, Pryce Lee will unveil a brand new exhibition in Mexico City’s Anonymous Gallery. Entitled Fish in a Barrel, this fresh body of work continues his exploration of the fragility & violence that is part of human society with his signature bullet embedded sculptures. This show also serves as the inaugural exhibition for Anonymous Gallery’s new space in Mexico. This fascinating show is a must see if you’re in the region and will be up until October 26th. Lee actually has travelled to Mexico to work in […]

Preview: Rob Sato – “Curses” @ Martha Otero Gallery

Posted by Khoi, September 18, 2014

Opening on Saturday, September 20 is the first solo show by gallery artist Rob Sato at Martha Otero. The LA-based artist will exhibit to his home-town audience mainly works on paper, but will also include baseballs (he played the sport as a kid) and sketchbooks. The presentation will tie personal, fictional, and historical narratives that the artist processes into his own visual aesthetic to explore his own ideas of memory, space, and time. One highlight of the show is Sato’s epic project Five Movements For […]

Preview / Streets: O.Two – ‘Flux’ @ Winterlong Galerie

Posted by sven, September 18, 2014

London based abstract artist O.Two is currently in France painting a commissioned wall at a large concert venue in La Rochelle and he sent us along a few progress pictures of the piece coming together. The mural combines his typographically inclined abstract stylings with figurative elements – somewhat of a first for him. Also known as James Carey, O.Two is combining the trip with an exhibition at Winterlong Galerie set to open this Thursday, September 18th entitled Flux. The show will feature 10 new paintings […]

Openings: KAWS – “Clean Slate” @ Harbour City (Hong Kong)

Posted by sleepboy, September 18, 2014

Right on the heals of a successful opening of his solo in Los Angeles (covered), KAWS has returned for a second engagement at Harbour City in Hong Kong. The star of the event was a new sculptural installation featuring a cluster of his signature companion figures entitled Clean Slate, situated in the Ocean Terminal forecourt where his previous massive Passing Through companion could be seen back in 2010 (covered). Complementing this was the New York-based artist’s imagery all along the corridor leading into the shopping complex […]

Jen & Paul’s One Stop Shopping Souvenir City And Chelsea Bus Tours

Posted by juggernut3, September 17, 2014

What happens when you blend the New York Sight Seeing Tours, Crazy Gideon, Beverly Hills Star Maps and Exit Through the Gift Shop? You get Jen & Paul’s Bus Tours – this season’s hilarious & unique spoof on the New York art scene. Using a double decker bus, Brooklyn artist duo Jen Catron and Paul Outlaw present their view on how to bring the circus that is the Chelsea art scene to the people. The project entitled “Jen & Paul’s One Stop Shopping Souvenir City And Chelsea Bus Tours” invites Chelsea […]

Openings: Jenny Morgan – “The Golden Hour” @ Plus Gallery

Posted by Scott Bailey, September 17, 2014

AM was on hand for Jenny Morgan’s 13th solo, The Golden Hour, at Denver’s Plus Gallery. The buzz around the exhibition was palpable with Morgan being on the cover of the August issue of Juxtapoz. The fact that this is a homecoming of sorts (she studied art at The Rocky Mountain College of Art & Design and had interned at the gallery) made the show even more high energy. When viewing the eight new works, the most marked change is a color palette relying more on yellow, orange and red gradients to […]

Releases: Conor Harrington – “Unveiling” Print

Posted by sleepboy, September 16, 2014

Tomorrow, September 17th, at 16:00 BST, Conor Harrington (interviewed) will be releasing a new print through The Outsiders. Entitled Unveiling, the new image is taken from a new painting for his popup show opening on September 27th in New York at a still undisclosed location. Priced at £250.00, the new limited edition will have a run of 200 and be sized at 77.4 cm x 100 cm. Head over here are the appropriate time if you are interested in adding it to your collection. Discuss Conor […]