This coming Friday, May 13th, the Cave Gallery in Venice, CA will be celebrating their three year anniversary with a group exhibition. This new show will feature work by Anthony Ausgang, Anthony Clarkson, Chet Zar, Chrystal Chan, Craww, Jason Hernandez, Joka, Kevin Peterson, Pat Perry, Megz Majewski, Paul Chatem, SIT, Macsorro, Tom Haubrick, Van Saro, Zach Johnsen, Zoso, and many more. During the reception there will be music and live painting by John Park.
On Saturday May 7th, I made my way to the Articulated Gallery on Haight Street in San Francisco to check out a very exciting show. I rarely visit this street anymore, and have never been to this gallery, but it was the reception for the first solo show of Jackie Gallagher, an artist I have been raving about since 2008. I was lucky enough to have a painting of hers in the “This is the End” exhibition and have watched her art become more and more intense throughout the years. This solo exhibition entitled “Of Melancholy and Monkey Business” features 16 paintings by Jacqueline, in one of the most unique galleries I have visited. read the full article for more images, a video and the full review.
Audra of Loved to Death and Jackie Gallagher
The Articulated Gallery is connected to a shop called “Loved To Death“, created by Audra & Brennan Dance. When you first walk into the store you are greeted with taxidermy, momento mori jewelry, art books, and a whole host of art curiosities. It’s one of those shops that you really need to set aside an entire afternoon to peruse. Knowing what kind of art Jackie creates, the Articulated Gallery located in the back of the shop, was the perfect place to have a solo show. The walls of the gallery are painted a nice neutral gray, and allowed the colors of Jackie’s work to do their magic and invade your eyeballs. The gallery space is a medium size, but easily allowed the 16 paintings, large and small, to fit on the walls without looking cluttered at all.
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Jeremy Geddes has just added a new painting to his blog. Entitled “A Perfect Vaccum”, this painting is roughly 20″ x 35″ oils on board. The painting is part of a loosely connected series, possibly to the previously released painting “The Cafe“? The title is inspired by a book of short stories/essays by Stanislaw Lem, which is one of the books in the painting. There is also a chance this new painting will make its way into a print. Head on over to Jeremy’s blog for some closer shots that even show some brushwork.
While I was running around this past weekend trying to see all the shows I could, the Toy Toyko Underground Gallery in NYC opened “The Crazy Monsters” art show on May 6th. This group show featured work by Jason Edmiston, Stephen Blickenstaff, Brian Ewing, Gary Pullin, Justin Erickson, Frank Russo, and many more. This is the kind of art that really got me hooked on this contemporary art scene, and I am happy to see that there is still a few artists creating monster works such as these. Jason Edmiston created three acrylic paintings that are out of this world. “Joey”, “Axl”, and “Tommy” are all monster versions of these well known musicians. The colors are so vibrant and intense, I would love to have seen these in person, the whole show honestly. Jason has some photos over on his Flickr site of the reception, and in one of those photos you’ll see John Cebollero. Maybe the two will work on a collaboration painting soon?
On Thursday May 5th, Australian artist Rod Luff opened his solo exhibition the “MoleSkine Project” at the newly opened Spoke Art Gallery in San Francisco, CA, the latest endeavor by Ken Harman, who brought art fans the “Bad Dads” and “Quentin VS Coen” group shows. The new gallery has some great things in store for the next year, and this new show from Rod Luff was a great way to kick it off. I stopped by the gallery to check out the work in person, take some photos and video, and was even able to talk to Rod a bit about his working process and inspirations. We have an exclusive video that will hopefully give fans a better idea of what the show looks like in person. Hit the “read more” link to the video, images, and full review.
Tye latest time limited print from 1xrun is by Joshua Petker and is entitled “Don’t Walk Away”. The print is 16″ x 18″ on 100 archival paper, signed and numbered in a max edition of 50, and comes with a COA. The print is almost sold out on the first day, so if you have been waiting for an affordable print from this artist make sure you check out the site now.
Opening tonight, May 7th at the Articulated Gallery in San Francisco is the first solo exhibition of Jacqueline Gallagher (featured). The show entitled “Of Melancholy and Monkey Business” features 16 paintings by the artist, ranging from 24″ x 48″ down to a series of 8″ x 10″ works. This new series of paintings continues Jackie’s intense color palette, and imagery that rides the line between creepy and humor filled. Along with these new paintings, there will also be three prints available at the show. Two of which are of the “Feegee Mermaid” and “Adolescent Octopussy” both shown below. I’ll be at the show taking photos as well as a new video for a review after the weekend.
Vincent Price is one of the most recognizable icons in horror movie history, his voice alone was able to give you the chills. Phantom City Creative is celebrating the 100th anniversary of this phenomenal actor by releasing three limited edition prints. “House on Haunted Hill” by Jason Edmiston, “Last Man on Earth” by Gary Pullin, and “The Bat” by Justin Erickson. Each print is 11″ x 17″ on sundance felt tex 80lbs paper, signed and numbered by the artist in editions of 113 for $30 each.
Check em out: Phantom City Creative
It’s been a while since the site has had a featured artist. Some contests and other projects took time away from this section. Well, it’s back and to kick it off again is Toronto based artist Kelly Durette. Along with a gallery of her work, there is also a short interview with Kelly. So head on over and check out the first featured artist for 2011.
Kelly Durette Interview + Feature
Spoke Art, the force behind the Bad Dads and Quentin Vs Coen group shows, are opening a San Francisco based gallery this Thursday May 5th. To kick off the very first reception of this new space, Rod Luff, who recently showed at the Phone Booth Gallery, will be showing some new works. The Moleskine Project features framed pages from an entire sketchbook the artist filled with oil paintings, sketches, studies, and more. The gallery also made the great decision of having the works framed in a way so that you can turn it around and still see what was on the other side of the pages, so no work by this exciting artist has been lost. The reception opens @ 5pm and the show will be up until May 28th. I’ll be stopping by to check out the work, take some photos, and even a video. Prepare for a more in depth review soon.
he duo show of Sarah Joncas and Anthony Pontius opened at Last Rites over a week ago. The gallery now has some photos of the reception with both artists in attendance. Looks like there was some live painting going on. The photos look amazing and really help fans to “virtually” check out the show. make sure you check out the galleries event page as well.
Check em out: Last Rites on Flickr
Sarah Joncas
Opening this Saturday, May 7th at Rivet Art in Columbus, OH a group show featuring the work of Jason Snyder, Paul Barnes, Joe Scarano, & Roland Tamayo opens. A majority of the work is from Jason Snyder, and I really like the combination of the color palettes and the frames that Jason chose for his works. The show flows very well and is worth a look. Keep your eye on the site for the full show to be posted.
