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Upcoming: Hush – “Muse” @ Metro Gallery (Melbourne)

Posted by sleepboy, May 1, 2015

With the opening reception set for May 28th, fans of Hush’s (interviewed) work will be able to enjoy his East meets West aesthetic again in Melbourne at the Metro Gallery. Muse will continue to explore the dichotomy of the UK-based artist’s imagery, mixing his female femme fatales with extracted urban elements. Take a look below at the photos inside his studio as the works are being prepared… Discuss Hush here.

Upcoming: Chiho Aoshima – “Rebirth Of The World” @ Seattle Art Museum

Posted by sleepboy, May 1, 2015

Tomorrow (May 2nd) at the Seattle Art Museum, Rebirth Of The World, a solo show from Chiho Aoshima, will open to a public. The Takashi Murakami protégé from his Kaikai Kiki Collective is known for her fantasy worlds of ghosts, zombies, and teenage girls, oftentimes created with a digital technique. For this exhibition, the Japanese artist has prepared colorful large-scale dreamscapes printed on plexiglass, 35 drawings on paper, and an animation that will be shown in public for the first time. You can also meet Aoshima tomorrow as part of the museum’s Free […]

Previews: Swoon – “The Road By Walking” (Heliotrope Foundation Benefit show) @ 287 Gallery

Posted by SAL, April 30, 2015

On May 13th, 287 Gallery in NYC will be hosting The Road By Walking, an exclusive gallery show of Swoon’s (interviewed) prints, drawings and scale models based on her community projects that use art to create lasting social change. Organized in collaboration with Heliotrope Foundation & The Dean Collection, this event will be an unique opportunity to witness the “behind the scenes” of Swoon’s biggest projects such as Konbit Shelter in Haiti, Music Box in New Orleans, or Braddock Tiles in Braddock, PA. Heliotrope Foundation was named after a natural tendency, especially […]

Previews: Todd James – “Fantasy Island” @ Lazarides Rathbone

Posted by SAL, April 29, 2015

Todd James aka REAS will be opening a new solo show with Lazarides Rathbone on Friday, the 1st of May. Fantasy Island will include a vivid body of hyper colored works that he’s been developing and showing lately worldwide. For this particular exhibition, the forms he is using to explore socio-political affairs are getting more minimal, while the colors are getting brighter and stronger. His favorite themes that include war machinery, the American dream, or Somali pirates, are mixing together, creating a new world that is balancing […]

Previews: Paul Jacobsen – “Outpost” @ David B. Smith Gallery

Posted by sleepboy, April 29, 2015

On May 1st, the David B. Smith Gallery in Denver will be hosting a new body or work from Paul Jacobsen entitled Outpost. For his second show with the gallery, the locally-based artist will put forth a new series of still life paintings produced with classical techniques but with a non-typical subject matter. After purchasing a miner’s cabin in the San Juan Mountains of Colorado just prior to the legalization of marijuana, Jacobsen was inspired to create oil on linen works featuring the “sacred herb” along […]

Upcoming: KAWS – “CLEAN SLATE” @ Shanghai Time Square

Posted by sleepboy, April 29, 2015

On May 15th, a colossal sculptural work from KAWS will be unveiled at Piazza of Shanghai Times Square. This is not the first time the American artist has put on display something like this for his Chinese fans as you may remember the same sculpture from last year in Hong Kong (covered). With the seven meter tall version of his iconic Companion figure holding two smaller characters in his arms standing guard, visitors and residents of the largest city in China will certainly get a good […]

Openings: ‘Endangered Species’ @ Mya Gallery (London)

Posted by butterfly, April 28, 2015

For the group exhibition Endangered Species at the Mya Gallery in London, twenty international contemporary artists have created artworks highlighting animals facing extinction. Participating artists include: Gent 48, Matt Small, Pam Glew, Labrona, Luke Chueh, JADE, Shark Toof, SatOne, Andrey Adno, Angry Woebots, Eismann, Txemy, Jason Redwood, 3ttman, Pantonio, Fintan Magee, Odisy, SozyOne, Morik1 and Uriginal. From the Puma featured by British artist Pam Glew, the Monarch Butterfly by SatOne to the Killer Whale by American illustrator Luke Chueh or the Orangutan by Matt Small, each artist depicted […]

Streets: DALeast (Perth)

Posted by SAL, April 28, 2015

DALeast (interviewed) is currently globetrotting again, participating in festivals and different projects worldwide. He spent last few weeks on the west coast of Australia, taking part at the Public 2015 festival (more coverage here) in Perth. Getting assigned an unusual, non flat surface, the Chinese artist once again showcased the strength and uniqueness of his style and technique. Working in a country that is surrounded with oceans, he painted this massive image of a crashing wave. The dynamics and power of the wave was cleverly accented by extending the image over […]

Upcoming: POW! WOW! Long Beach

Posted by sleepboy, April 28, 2015

With the annual event in Hawaii expanding into SXSW this year and Taiwan last year, the POW! WOW! festival will finally hit the west coast on June 21-28. POW! WOW! Long Beach will feature a week of exhibitions, film screenings, talks and of course public murals. Participating in the street art will be Aaron De La Cruz, Benjie Escobar, Cryptik, Fafi, Hueman, James Jean, Jeff McMillan, Jeff Soto, Low Bros, Madsteez, Nychos, Push, and Tristan Eaton. See you there! Discuss POW! WOW! Long Beach here.

Openings: Shawn Huckins – “The American _ _ tier” @ Goodwin Fine Art

Posted by Scott Bailey, April 27, 2015

AM was on hand for the April 17th opening reception of The American _ _ tier solo show from Shawn Huckins (see the recent studio visit here) at Goodwin Fine Art in Denver. There is an almost universal appeal to period specific portraits, as is evident in their prominence in museums and noteworthy collections. The real brilliance of Mr. Huckins’ work is adding a lighthearted element to this gorgeous portraiture, giving the viewer permission to enjoy a piece of work that without the addition of text could seem stuffy or overly serious, […]