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Openings: Tessar Lo & Nimit Malavia @ Show & Tell Gallery

Posted by juggernut3, February 21, 2010

Tessar Lo and Nimit Malavia recently opened their shows: “Everything we wanted in our nostalgic future” and “I can’t love you but we can romance” (respectively) at Toronto’s Show and Tell Gallery. For both artists, this was their first solo show in Canada. Not surprisingly, Toronto art fans filled the house to see the works from the two talented artists. Check out the opening night action after the jump.

News Roundup: Feb 13-20

Posted by Khoi, February 21, 2010

Audrey Kawasaki warming up for a new body of work. A book signing tour for Camille Rose Garcia for her Alice in Wonderland book and a new trailer for the movie Art by Naoko Ito from jars x branches. Ceramic animation by Sam3. Speculators attempt to cash in on Banksy mural and in related news, the “Banksy pub” sells well below original estimates – new owner plans to paint it over. Animal Collective collaborates with Danny Perez on a site-specific performance piece that will transform the Guggenheim […]

Releases: Martin Wittfooth – “The Blind Fisherman” Print

Posted by sven, February 20, 2010

Hot on the heels of Martin Wittfooth’s solo show, “Tempest”, opening last weekend at Copro Gallery (previewed here), Virtu Gallery has just released a new fine art edition from the New York based artist. “The Blind Fisherman”, one of AM’s favourite paintings by Wittfooth from last year – the original painting first seen at Jonathan Levine’s Beach Blanket Bingo 2009 summer group show (covered here) – is now available in signed and numbered editions of 40 on varnished paper and an uber-limited edition of 10 on varnished canvas. […]

Highlights: Recommended openings for Feb 17 – 22

Posted by Andrew Hosner, February 20, 2010

The year is just underway, but we can say without a doubt one of the year’s highlights goes down this Saturday in Southern California. The godfather of the so-called “low brow” movement brings his monumental solo exhibition back home to California after turning heads in the Big Apple this past winter. “Conceptual Realism In The Service Of The Hypothetical”, featuring new paintings and sculptures from Robert Williams, opens this Saturday at the Cal State Northridge Art Gallery and is an event not to be missed if […]

Preview: Yoshitaka Amano – “Deva Loka : Los Angeles” & Yoskay Yamamoto – “Tell Me A Story” @ LeBasse Projects

Posted by sleepboy, February 20, 2010

Opening tonight in the main gallery space of LeBasse Projects is “Deva Loka Los Angeles”, a new body of work from Japanese artist Yoshitaka Amano. For anime fans out there, you may recognize his work from Vampire Hunter D and for the video game aficionados, you must know of his character designs for Final Fantasy. This show, named after the ancient Indian land of God, will be a ode to his childhood love for American comics, culture, and automobiles. As a bonus, Yoskay Yamamoto (interviewed) […]

Camille Rose Garcia – “Down The Rabbit Hole” Exhibition and Book Signing Tour

Posted by sleepboy, February 19, 2010

For all those who have been keeping up with Camille Rose Garcia’s “Alice in Wonderland” book, there is an upcoming exhibition and book signing at Merry Karnowsky Gallery on March 6th. Hi-Fructose has a behind the scenes look at some of the artwork that you will be seeing at the show as well as more information on the book signing tour and locations.

Preview: “2010 Group Exhibition, Part 2” @ David B. Smith Gallery

Posted by sleepboy, February 19, 2010

Part deux of the 2010 Group Exhibition at David B. Smith Gallery opens tonight in Denver. Just like the first edition, this show features a stellar lineup of artists including Josh Agle aka SHAG (interviewed), Jud Bergeron, Kris Lewis (interviewed), MARS-1, Niall McClelland, Amy Sol (interviewed), Cole Sternberg and Jason Thielke (interviewed). Take at this charming new piece from Amy Sol (above) which she posted some progress pics of on her blog. More preview images after the jump…

Openings: Rob Sato – “Junk History” @ Giant Robot (SF)

Posted by rhinomilk, February 18, 2010

Last Saturday evening marked the opening of Rob Sato’s solo show, “Junk History”, in San Francisco at Giant Robot. This was his second solo show, following his first one at Giant Robot’s Los Angeles location last year. Featured in the show were largest pieces he had ever worked on, which still required close inspection to observe every minor detail packed into the painting. On the opposite side of the spectrum were tiny works painted on slide film that were still in his signature watercolor style. […]

Releases: James Jean x Pressure Printing – “Dive” Print

Posted by sleepboy, February 18, 2010

A breathtaking new print from James Jean (interviewed) was announced by Pressure Printing the other day for those with 2-4K to spare. The ultra low editioned release comes in two editions (15 regular & 7 special) with the special version hand-embellished by Jean himself. For more details, including how to score one of theses beauties, check out the PP blog. More images after the jump…

Openings: Damon Soule – “Modus Alone” @ Thinkspace

Posted by sleepboy, February 16, 2010

Last Friday night saw the opening of Damon Soule’s solo show in Silverlake at Thinkspace Gallery. For our readers, it was also brought the glimpses from our preview to fruition with the completion of the Sleipnir sculpture installation as well as many multi-colored paintings from the artist. Take a look at all of pics of “Modus Alone” after the jump…