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Art Focus: Sean Edward Whelan

Posted by sleepboy, December 17, 2011

Based in Japan, Sean Whelan’s medium of choice is pencil drawing which typically center around his fascination temples and shrines. By grouping hundreds of little Japanese buildings, he is able to build complex amalgamations forming figurative shapes and ideas. His incredibly detailed and time-intensive process is what caught AM’s attention for this week’s Art Focus. More images of his work after the jump…

Previews: Sylvia Ji – “Gilded Roses” @ Corey Helford

Posted by sleepboy, December 15, 2011

This Saturday, December 17th, Sylvia Ji (interviewed) will be transporting her fans to another time and place when she opens Gilded Roses at the Corey Helford Gallery in Los Angeles. In this new body of work, her portraiture takes a new direction with the ornamentation and costumes of a bygone era taken center stage featuring “explosions of lace, feathers, silks, satins, glinting jewels” mirrored by as her choice of palette utilizing jewel tones. As a bonus, free prints will be given to attendees at the opening. More preview […]

Releases: Mia Araujo – “Sleeping Sickness” Print

Posted by sleepboy, December 14, 2011

Tomorrow afternoon, December 15th, at 1pm (Pacific Time), Mia Araujo (interviewed) will be releasing her Sleeping Sickness print in two editions, both signed and numbered. The more limited version will be larger at 16″ x 24″, priced at $150, and in a run of 25. The smaller one (8″ x 12″) will be limited to 75 and cost $65. To sweeten the pot, she will also be including 20 free mini-sketches to be mailed at random to 20 lucky people. For those interested, head over to her […]

Teaser: Adult Swim x Gallery 1988 (Melrose)

Posted by sleepboy, December 12, 2011

Here’s a show coming up for all the Adult Swim fans out there. On January 13th, the Gallery 1988 on Melrose will hold a group exhibition featuring, as inspiration, characters from the adult-oriented cable network that shares channel space with Cartoon Network. The opportunities for satire, irreverent commentary, and all out fun is limitless with the full slate of risque, unorthodox, and bizarre content up for grabs. For example, you will recognize the Mooninites from Aqua Teen Hunger Force in the piece above from Scott Listfield that also cleverly […]

Teaser: Affordable Art Fair (Los Angeles)

Posted by sleepboy, December 11, 2011

For the younger collectors out there in Los Angeles, there is good news as the Affordable Art Fair will be in town from January 18th – 22nd for their debut showing. Held on the event deck at L.A. Live, the goal is to present contemporary art priced from $100 – $10,000, with half of the work under $5,000. One of the exhibitors will be Thinkspace with a lineup featuring Adam Caldwell, Audrey Kawasaki, Brian M. Viveros, DABS MYLA, David Cooley, David MacDowell, Jacub Gagnon, Jason […]

Overtime: Dec 5 – Dec 11

Posted by Khoi, December 11, 2011

The hugely popular Leonardo da Vinci exhibition is making its way to the big screen. Picasso art thief who lifted artwork off of gallery and hotel walls pleads not guilty. Feds investigating forgeries in NY of supposed work by Pollock, Motherwell, & Diebenkorn. Rembrandt’s Old Man With A Beard deemed authentic using X-ray analysis. Jerry Saltz, on the current trend of relational aesthetics. He also calls out Adam Lindemann on his apparent hypocrisy. Adam Lindemann responds to his critics. The Getty acquires Édouard Manet’s Portrait of […]

Art Focus: Jose Luis Carranza

Posted by sleepboy, December 10, 2011

The artist we have chosen to share with you for this week’s Art Focus is Jose Luis Carranza. The Peruvian figurative painter trained at the Escuela Nacional de Bellas Artes del Peru where he received education on classical techniques and then moved on to Europe to further learn from studying works of the old European masters. His portraiture features a striking wide-eyed gaze, bold use of color, thick brushstrokes, and references to both biblical and Incan symbols. For those in Lima, he has a show opening soon at the Enlace […]

Preview: “Lush Life 3” @ Roq La Rue

Posted by sleepboy, December 8, 2011

Tomorrow night, December 9th, the third rendition of Lush Life will be showing at the Roq La Rue Gallery in Seattle. As usual, the lineup is a stellar collection of purveyors of pop surrealism and includes the likes of Femke Hiemstra, Chris Berens, Josh Keyes, John Brophy, Travis Louie, Marco Mazzoni, Jessica Joslin, Joseph Park, Mia Araujo, and more. Take a look at more preview images after the jump…

Teaser: Casey Weldon – “Groty” @ Gallery 1988 (Venice)

Posted by sleepboy, December 7, 2011

Tomorrow night (December 8th) in Venice, California, Casey Weldon will be presenting a new set of works at Gallery 1988. Groty will be the first solo show in Los Angeles for the Brooklyn-based painter and will feature more of his surreal portraiture that we have enjoyed in various group shows up to this point. It will be interesting to see what he can bring in a more focused and cohesive setting. Another preview image after the jump…

Openings: Ray Caesar – “it started with eve…” @ Stephen Webster

Posted by carlosgonzalez, December 6, 2011

Over the weekend, Stephen Webster (located in Beverly Hills) opened up their 2nd floor gallery space with an exhibition curated by the Corey Helford Gallery. Featuring the work of Ray Caesar (interviewed), the evening centered around the murder mystery theme during the special event. Caesar’s intricate and impressive work filled the walls and it was certainly a visual treat much in the same manner as his previous showing in Los Angeles back in October (covered). For the most part, the night featured artwork which was not shown during […]