Opening this Friday, June 11th at the London Miles Gallery is a group show curated by Andrew Hosner (Thinkspace) entitled “The Next Generation: A New Chapter in Contemporary Art.” The show will feature work by many of the rising stars in what is being called the New Contemporary Movement. All of the works from the show are 12″ x 12″, and just a few names found in this show are: Aaron Nagel, Allison Sommers, Amy Sol, Andy Kehoe, Audrey Kawasaki, Caia Koopman, Chris Murray, Dave MacDowell, Kelly Vivanco, Linnea Strid, Mari Inukai, Sarah Joncas, Stella Im Hultberg, Nathan DeYoung and many more. The full show should be online this coming weekend, and for those fans that can see the show in person it will run until July 4th.
“The Next Generation” @ the London Miles Gallery
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Jonathan Bergeron, otherwise known as Johnny Crap, has added some new paintings to his online shop. Two have sold already, but there is still a couple of very cool paintings, at an amazing price. “Lil Viking” and “Pink Metal” are both oil on wood, the pic of “Lil Viking” is cropped just a bit. I love the idea of “Pink Metal.” I am not the biggest fan of this color, but I think I would make an exception for this painting.
Check em out here: Johnn Crap Online Shop
For the month of June, we have another single artist feature with interview, this time from Joe Scarano. I sent Joe some questions, and was able to feature more than 20 images of his amazing artwork.
Cm: You grew up in Florida and New York, were you active in creating art during your childhood?
Joe: Yes! I was always drawing and doodling for as long as I can remember.
As a youngster I was always drawing really elaborate space battles and hot rods. I was also obsessed with Mad magazine and trying to re-create the covers.
Eventually I graduated to painting heavy metal album covers on my friends denim jackets. I once painted Cannibal Corpse’s Butchered at Birth album cover on a friends jacket, I had to hide if from my family for fear of being put into a mental ward!
Cm: Are you mainly a self taught artist, or did you have any formal training in the arts, such as a university or private school?
Joe: Kind of half and half… I took art classes all throughout school and then studied graphic design in college. I never focused on illustration or painting during school, I picked up most of that after I was already working as a designer.
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This Saturday, June 5th will be the Culver City Art Walk. Patrons will be able to walk down Washington & La Cienega Blvd and check out a whole variety of galleries. Just a few galleries that will be participating in the art walk is; Carmichael Gallery of Contemporary Art, Corey Helford Gallery, LeBasse Projects, Thinkspace Art Gallery, WWA gallery and many more. Thinkspace will be having a group show that will also feature some new works by Dave MacDowell. And since your in the area you can head over to the Hive Gallery for the B3 Video Game themed show, with Apricot Mantle as one of the featured artists.
I’ll be there for this weekend of art, and will be taking some photos. See everyone after the weekend.
Gene Guynn has been releasing some images from a new series of paintings he has been working on. This series is entitled “Girl with Stars in her Hair”, and each one is 4″ x 6″, graphite with watercolor. The pieces are all for an upcoming show in Hong Kong that focuses on 4″ x 6″ works of art. I really love the look of these mixed media paintings, and hope that after this show Gene continues in this direction for a bit.
Check out the full series here: Gene Guynn Deviantart
Johnny Crap, or Jonathan Bergeron, has added some new drawings to his online shop. The works are all ink on Aquabee or bristol paper, and range in sizes. The drawings look amazing, and really show how skilled Johnny is with ink. The drawings are all under $100 and I’m sure will go fast. I especially like Darth Vato, Zombie Viking, and Wolfman Baseball shown below.
Get em here: Johnny Crap Online Shop
Coming from Ken Keirns solo show “Dream Burn Down” at Rotofugi, a new print has been released. The print comes from his painting “Isolation”, and is 9″ x 12″, signed and numbered in an edition of 25. There is a limit of one per customer.
Get it here: Ken Keirns Isolation @ Rotofugi
Alamo Drafthouse/Mondotees have just released three new posters. Two are based on the movie The Warriors, and the third is based on George Romero’s newest installment of the “Dead” series, Survival of the Dead. This poster is made by Charlie Adlard, the artist behind the amazing Walking Dead comic, although I did like the previous pencil work of Tony Moore when the series first started.
Get em here: Mondotees Online Shop
The Warriors by Tomer Hanuka, 24″ x 36″ Screenprint, Hand Signed in Edition of 180 for $40 each
The Warriors print set by Ken Taylor, Three 12″ x 36″ Screenprints, Signed in Editions of 200 for $65 each
Survival of the Dead by Charlie Adlard, 22″ x 34″ Screenprint with glow in the dark ink, Signed in Edition of 150 for $30 each
Paper Tiger has just released a new print by Melissa Haslam. “Moths” is a 12″ x 14.25″ print on archival textured fine art paper. The print is signed and numbered in an edition of 25. This is he second print by Melissa that Paper Tiger has released, the first being “Finding a Pink Rabbit in the Flowering Undergrowth“, which is still available.
Get the print here: Melissa Haslam @ Paper Tiger
Hi Fructose have just released the news about the second installment in the “Hi Fructose Collected” box sets. This 300+page hardcover book will feature the best work from issues 5-8. There is a special intro by Long Gone John, interviews and more. The deluxe version of the set will include “A Special 2’x2’ Fold-Out Poster by Jason Freeny, Specially Designed Sticker Pages from Travis Lampe, Gary Baseman, & Ferris Plock. 5 Special Edition Prints from: Travis Louie, Audrey Kawasaki, Edwin Ushiro, Mars-1 and Yoko d’Holbachie packaged in a beautiful print portfolio with vellum artist and title pages between each print.” All this will be placed into a ribbon tied hard case.
The set will be available on June 1st, so don’t wait the last one sold out pretty fast.
Check the site for the full preview: “Hi-Fructose Collected 2″ Box Set
John Larriva (previously featured) has added some new work to his homepage and etsy site. Along with new oil paintings, he has also released some sculptures. I have been a fan of his work since the moment I saw “Lithium Lynn.” Each of his paintings are filled with color, and the way he handles the paint is outstanding.
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I haven’t posted an Art of the Day image for a while as I have been finishing up school, but I am now nearing the end and what to get this section going again. So todays painting is from Peter C Matthews, an artist out of South Africa. Most of his work is figural in a variety of mediums, with some landscapes and wildlife as well. “Girl in the Window” is based off a photo he found on the internet, and recreated in oil. The image is very mysterious and ghostly, and in a way has a tenebrous style to it. I would love to see Matthews do a whole series of portraits in this style.
For more work check out: Petermatthews.net
