This Thursday, December 15th at 1PM PST, Mia Araujo will be releasing her first print entitled “Sleeping Sickness”. The print will come in two sizes, 16″ x 24″ in a signed and numbered edition of 25, and a mini-print 8″ x 12″ signed and numbered in an edition of 75. The best part, aside from a beautiful print, is the fan appreciation component. Every 5 orders Mia will choose a random number and that order will receive a free mini-sketch (roughly 3 1/2″ x 4 1/2″, graphite and white pencil on toned paper). There is 20 sketches in total, and the print sale is limited to 2 per customer, so there is a really good chance you can score a free sketch from Mia. Keep your eye on the site tomorrow, and you can also follow Mia on Facebook and Twitter, as she will be sending out reminders.
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New Sponsor – Bjorn Bauer
I would like to introduce a new sponsor to the site, artist Bjorn Bauer. An artist working out of Oklahoma, Bjorn is also an art teacher at a high school. His art is inspired by life and world we live in, and all the feeling associated. Bjorn works in a variety of mediums, oils, acrylics, screen prints, and has a shop filled with prints that have been a good amount of attention lately. Head on over to Bjorn’s homepage to see more work as well as the work available in the shop.
The site rarely takes on sponsors, but the sponsorship allows for me to hold contests and giveaway art. I appreciate all of my readers and hope the next few years will become even more exciting here on the Creep Machine. If you haven’t done so, head on over to the Facebook Group (scroll down) to enter a current contest we have going, a print by Chris Peters is up for grabs.
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Review: “I See You See” x Dan Harding and Joanne Augustine @ Articulated Gallery
One of the shows I was really looking forward to seeing as the end of the year drew closer, was a new solo exhibition by Dan Harding — and the best part was that this show was going to be in San Francisco. The shows theme changed and in an exciting turn, also featured the work of Joanne Augustine, with the idea that the two artists would work off each other. Entitled “I See You See” this show features photography by Joanne of various nature scenes, Dan then took these images as inspiration for new paintings. The reception was December 3rd at the Articulated Gallery, and the show will be up until the end of the month. If your in the area please stop by. Not only can you check out the Loved To Death store, but head up to the gallery and see photography and paintings by two very talented artists. I made sure I was at the reception and took some photos and have a review as well.
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Calma’s New Asceticism at Jonathan Levine
There’s not yet been much critical writing published about this century’s newly prevalent Urban Art. Â Yet. Â The genre has been gaining respect in recent years because its most important artists do much much more than tag walls and cars, and cannot be dismissed as being simplistic mark-makers. Â With their work they are tackling social, political and environmental issues in the very backyards of those places that they hope to change, and they are doing it with intelligence and powerful imagery that has always made waves in the arts.
One such artist is Stephan Doitschinoff (aka Calma) whose work is rife with symbols and text that explore the depths of the human condition in a multitude of ways. Â Stephan’s art concepts originate from his explorations of religion and faith, and address sociopolitical issues that are not only prevalent in his home base of Brazil, but in the world-wide. Â He indeed paints much of his work on city walls, however his installations in existing or specially-created religious structures transcend the American definition of simple Urban or Street Art by addressing society from its spiritual nodes.
If you will be in New York this month, his newest works will be on view at Jonathan Levine Gallery starting tonight, December 10th, 2011, in an exhibit entitled Novo Asceticismo (New Asceticsm). To quote the gallery’s press release:
In Novo Asceticismo (New Asceticsm), [Stephan Doitschinoff] reflects on the sacrifice and deprivation necessary for modern man to live purely, without feeling alienated or falling into vices, mental traps and social conditioning of contemporary society. He explores concepts constituting new forms of practicing austerity in regards to self-discipline in manners of sexuality and the body as well as contemporary Shamanism. The work is permeated by themes of Asceticsm, redefined to reflect political issues of our times.
While Calma’s art works well in any environment, I’m a little skeptical that its impact will be the same in a commercial white box as on the streets of Brazil. Â That’s not to say that I won’t be moved by this exhibition. Â Don’t miss it!
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New prints by Tim Doyle @ Spoke Art
This Friday, December 9th, Spoke Art will be releasing two new prints by Tim Doyle. The great thing about these prints is that they are screen-prints on wood panel, so I imagine you can just hang them up with no worries about framing. The first print is entitled Got to be Kind and is inspired by Kurt Vonnegut. The image was first made for the Adaptation Author’s show at Benjamin Benjamin Gallery in Portland. The print is 16″ x 20″, serigraph on wood, signed and numbered in an edition of 15. The next print is He is the Zissou and is based on Bill Murray’s character from The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou. This print comes in two versions, one on wood and one on paper. Both prints are 16″ x 20″, signed and numbered in editions of 75 for paper, and 10 for wood. The wood prints are limited one per customer.
Get em here: Tim Doyle @ Spoke Art
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Featured artist for December, Edward Cao
The end of the year is drawing near, and I wanted to get one more featured artist of the month in and help get that section rolling again. I want to thank the many artists featured in October’s Halloween feature, and also welcome this months artist Edward Cao. We have a short interview with Edward and a 25 images. Click here or the image below to check out the feature.
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Review: “Primal Renderings” by Sandra Yagi @ Modern Eden
On November 12th at the Modern Eden Gallery in San Francisco, a solo exhibition by Sandra Yagi opened entitled Primal Renderings. The show featured oil paintings from a few series of works the artist has been working on. Mythology and Religion, Anatomical Paintings, and Skeletal inspired works. One of the main elements of this show that really interested me was the anatomical works, I have always been a fan of anatomy in art, and it’s always impressive to see an accurately rendered musculatory or skeletal system.
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New series of paintings by Edith Lebeau
Edith Lebeau currently has a new series of works on view at the Trifecta Gallery for their “minUMENTAL invitational 2011”. Each of the paintings below I imagine is no larger than 8″ x 8″, acrylic on wood panel. I love the idea that Edith created some smaller paintings, something that fans of smaller art can collect. I also like how the color palette is very congruous, and the position of each the figures also helps to make this a very strong series. I hope we see more tiny series like this from Edith in the future. Head on over to the gallery to check out the full show, and if you are interested in one of the paintings Edith created, message the gallery.
