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Openings: Dabs Myla – “Break Night Lovers” @ Known Gallery

Posted by sleepboy, May 13, 2012

Last weekend, deep in the heart of Los Angeles, the Known Gallery unveiled the latest work from the locally based duo, Dabs Myla. Break Night Lovers featured drawings, paintings, art objects, and a whimsical installation mimicking the inside of house complete with a fridge, painted stove, TV, table, chairs, and more. Executed in the Aussie couple’s signature cartoonish style, the showspace looked like the set of an animated feature where inanimate objects came to life whether painted on walls or in a three-dimensional form. The show […]

Preview: Naoto Hattori – “Mind Project” @ Copro Gallery

Posted by sleepboy, May 13, 2012

Coming up next week in Los Angeles, a unique opportunity exists for the fans of surrealist Naoto Hattori – he actually plans to attend the opening of his show Mind Project. For years, collectors have marveled at the psychedelic and hyper-detailed paintings of the Japanese artist, but have never had the chance to meet the man himself and pick the mind to see what is behind his incredible imagination. The time has now come, head over to Copro Gallery in Santa Monica on May 19th […]

Openings: Barry McGee @ Prism

Posted by sleepboy, May 12, 2012

Just hours ago, the PRISM gallery in Los Angeles opened their doors to graffiti royalty Barry McGee’s solo showing and the multitude of fans, collectors, and well-wishers who turned up to take in the new body of work. Despite his part as a pallbearer in a recent mural by Sever, the Bay Area stalwart known as Twist demonstrated to the world that his art form was still very much alive with an impressive display featuring paintings, photos, sculptural work (some cleverly motorized), and his signature clusters […]

Openings: Ryan McGinley – “Animals” @ Team Gallery NY

Posted by sleepboy, May 11, 2012

Last week, photographer Ryan McGinley opened shows simultaneously at Team Gallery’s two New York locations entitled Animals & Grids. We will focus first on the showing on Grand Street where McGinley continued his portraiture featuring nude models interacting with live animals. The artist visited various sanctuaries, zoos, and rescue establishments across the United States, erecting a mobile studio where he collaborated with animal trainers to pose subjects (animal and humans) in bizarrely seductive and symbiotic compositions. Discuss Ryan McGinley here.

Openings: Kehinde WIley – “An Economy of Grace” @ Sean Kelly

Posted by sleepboy, May 11, 2012

Last weekend, Kehinde Wiley opened his latest solo exhibition at the Sean Kelly Gallery in New York entitled An Economy of Grace. This comes on the heels of the gifted painter’s ongoing showing at The Jewish Museum of New York, giving fans in the Big Apple two venues to enjoy his large-scale and urban-chic paintings. This new body of work features his first depiction of female subjects, perhaps triggered by his recent painting of Santigold for the cover of her new album. As per his […]

Video: Prune Nourry – “Holy Holi”

Posted by juggernut3, May 10, 2012

As we mentioned earlier, The Invisible Dog Art Center in Brooklyn will play host to an exhibition entitled Holy River by Prune Nourry which is the culmination of a three year project on gender selection in India. As part of the show, The New York-based multidisciplinary artist, who draws much of her inspiration from bioethics, used the element of water for the focal point in this hypnotic video. She also utilizes a remixed version of the Holi festival (aka Festival of Colors), a Hindu holiday […]

Update: Jeremy Geddes @ Jonathan LeVine

Posted by sleepboy, May 10, 2012

One of the more highly anticipated shows at the end of the year will be Jeremy Geddes’ (interviewed) solo at Jonathan LeVine. Fans already know that the new body of the work, which will be years in the making by the opening of the show on October 20th, will include the Cluster painting which was revealed earlier this year and also released as a print. It sounds as though the news and images from the upcoming exhibition be kept close to the chest for now, […]

Studio Visits: Rostarr – “IKONOCLYSM” @ Common Gallery

Posted by juggernut3, May 10, 2012

On May 11th, New York-based artist Romon Kimin Yang (AKA Rostarr) will be unveiling a new body of work in Tokyo’s Common Gallery. Entitled IKONOCLYSM, this series of works utilizes Ro’s signature blend of iconography, calligraphy, and mind blowing graphics to express the hardship & journey which the people of Japan have endured in recent times. Rostarr recently invited AM into his Brooklyn studio to preview the works prior to them traveling to the Land of the Rising Sun. While there we got to see […]

Update: Barry McGee @ PRISM

Posted by sleepboy, May 10, 2012

Time flies. The opening reception for Bay Area legend Barry McGee’s exhibition at the PRISM Gallery in Los Angeles is almost here. Fans in the area better make plans to be there tomorrow night, May 11th (6-9 pm) as solo shows from Mr. Twist in Southern Cal are pretty rare, especially with the potential of the architectural showspace that he will be able to install his work in at his leisure. Photo via PM Tenore. Discuss this show here. Discuss Barry McGee here.

Preview: “Streets of the World” @ Opera Gallery (NY)

Posted by sleepboy, May 10, 2012

Tomorrow night (May 11th), if you are in New York, you may want to head over for the public opening of Streets of the World, a rare street art show that includes such diverse and long list of participants. Spanning the globe, the Opera Gallery has chosen forty artists who have made their name with their public art whether it be legally or illegally created. The list includes Banksy (above), Anthony Lister, Rone, Kid Zoom, ROA, Dal East, Blek le Rat, Herakut, How and Nosm, […]