To go along with Lola’s “Ipsum Factum” show at the Corey Helford Gallery, a limited edition print is now available. Based on the largest painting in the show, “Your Ordinary hero”, this print is 25″ x 20″ image area on 29″ x 24″ paper. Signed and numbered in an edition of 50 for $250 each. I love that the print is such a large size, as there is so much detail in the work.
Get it here: Corey Helford Gallery
This past Saturday, March 27th, the Corey Helford Gallery opened “Ipsum Factum” the latest solo show from Lola. This show features over a dozen new acrylic painting, ranging in size from the very impressive 50″ x 40″ “Your Ordinary Hero” painting, all the way down to “Sushi” coming in at only 1.5″ oval. As of writing this, the show is pretty much sold out; It’s not surprising as Lola always has great work, and this show is very solid. The paintings all flow together beautifully, and the color palette she uses really helps to bring the world she has created to life, a very surreal life at that. I love the idea that these paintings are made with acrylics. More and more, artists are showing that a medium once thought to not be as dynamic as oils, truly is in the right hands.
Take a look are the preview images here, and then over to the site for the full show:
Corey Helford Gallery
Saw this floating around some of the art & design sites and had to share. Polish artist Kordian Lewandowski drawn inspiration from Michelangelo’s famous sculpture, La Pieta, and reinterpreted the piece with Mario and the Princess. Entitled “Game Over”, the sculpture was made out of polystyrene foam, first chiseled down with a chainsaw and then refined with more standard tools. Head on over to his website for more images, and to take a look at the other inspiring work he makes.
Mondo Celluloid will be releasing a new print by Garry Booth, this one dedicated to Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining.” The print is 2 color screenprint 18″ x 24″, signed and numbered in an edition of 50 for only $20 each.
Keep your eye on the store: Mondo Celluloid Store
Buddha Cat Press out of Los Angeles has just released a new print from El Mac. “Persephone” is a generous 42″ x 30″ 5 color screenprint on black Arches cover stock. Permaprint inks were used to give the ink a more “enamel” look to it. The first 20 prints went on pe-sale on March 26th, and were for $250 each. After the first 20 sell out, the price will go up and the last 10 print will be sold for $350.
Go here for full details: BuddhaCat Press
This past March 13th, the Copro Galley opened the 5th Anniversary Exhibition for Hi Fructose. Along with this amazing group show, Eric Fortune and Michael Page also had solo shows up as well. The group show featured some inspiring work by KMNDZ, Scott Hove, Martin Wittfooth, Lori Earley, Eric Fortune, Craola, Chet Zar, Amy Sol, Kris Kuksi, Jonathan Viner, Chris Mars and many more. The Eric Fortune works are not up on the site as of yet, but the Michael Page solo show is. His latest works have been more abstract, and less figurative than earlier pieces. These paintings still hold the same narrative feel that his older works had, and are even more mysterious than ever. The colors are breathtaking, and I like the idea that he decided to change his work up a bit. Take a look at the preview images from the shows, and then head on over and see all of the works.
Phone Booth Gallery has just released a new print by the artist known as Handiedan. The print, “Translucent Skin No. 1″, is 24″ x 18″, 12 color screenprint in Cougar Smooth Cover paper, signed and numbered in edition of 100. Each print is also hand embellished by the artist.
Get me here: Phone Booth Gallery
Phillip Toledano is a photographer out of London. His work has appeared in the pages of the New York Times, Vanity Fair, Esquire, Interview Magazine and more. He states that “photographs should be like unfinished sentences. There should always be space for questions.” His website ha series of works he has done, from portraits of video gamers, phone sex operators, a series of ‘new beauty’ pics featuring models with noticeable plastic surgery, and a Hope and Fear series which focuses on desires and paranoia.
Visit his site here: Phillip Toledano
Zach Johnsen, otherwise known as Zenvironments, has added a new print to his online shop. “Hoola Nun” is 18″ x 24″ on heavyweight hahnemuhle art paper, signed and numbered in an edition of 30. The image is from his “Dancing Nuns” series, and is 3/4 the size of the original. I guess if you buy any two print from his shop you get a mystery third print. He has quite a lot of prints available, so even if you don’t fancy this one take a look at what else he has to offer.
Thanks to omgposters.com for the tip.
A while back I Featured the work of Canadian artist, Laura Bifano. She has updated with her blog with some new work, one of which I had to share. “Billy Pilgrim” is based on a character from the popular book “Slaughterhouse Five” by Kurt Vonnegut. This was the book that was instrumental in me subsequently buying every Vonnegut had written. I had an idea in my head how the character would look, and I think Laura pretty much saw the same thing I did. It’s a great image and one that I think would make a great cover, or somehow tied to the book more so that other fans could enjoy it.
Check out her blog: Laura Bifano Blog
Mondays are usually pretty slow as far as news go, so I thought I would start a new section. “Etsy Finds” will feature a work of art that was found while perusing Etsy. There is a lot of great work to be found on that site, and some well known artists even sell their art there. This weeks find is by ‘Miss Hotten” and is a hand-drawn 2-layer lithograph, printed on tan Rives BFK printmaking paper. The image size is 6″ x 6″ and the paper is 8″ x 9″, each print is also signed and numbered in an edition of 28 for $30 each. If you look at the prints in the shop, you can see that the edges of the paper are all deckled. Its a great looking image, haunting and minimal in its design which helps add to the classy feel.
Get it here: Miss Hotten @ Etsy
French artist Ava Creat has added a new print to her Etsy shop. “Portrait Bleu Rose” is a 11.69″ x 11.69″ print, signed and numbered in an edition of 60 for $38 each. Her works have this loose brushy style, that really fits with the figures she draws. This print in particular has some good colors to it, that blue really helps to make this image stand out.
Get it here: Ava Creat Etsy Shop
