The Beastie Boys theme art show “Under the Influence” opens at the Gallery 1988 in LA tonight. The show features a whole mess of artists creating art inspired by the band. The show is now online to view, or order art if you wish. Along with original art there is also a good amount of limited edition prints made for the show.
There are some really great artists in the show such as: Ken Garduno, Tom Haubrick, Matt Dangler, Aaron Jasinksi, Andrew Hem, Michael Page, Alex Pardee and the three shown below, Dave Macdowell, Casey Weldon and Chris Murray. Dave’s painting is of course amazing as usual, the colors and textures in Chris’s and Casey’s Biz Markie with the Ted Nugent shirt and energy beam shooting mouth is too much.
Check out the show here: Beastie Boys Show
Under the Influence: Beastie Boys show now online
Ron English and Alex Pardee at Fifty24 SF
Tonight at Fifty24 in San Francisco, Ron English’s solo show “Mythographic Vicissitudes” opens in the lower level of the gallery, and Alex Pardee’s “Letters From Digested Children” opens on the upper level of the gallery. Both are amazing artists and being able to see both shows in the same gallery is too good to be true.
Arrested Motion has a preview of Ron English’s show Here. Io9.com has a preview of Alex’s show, and it looks like it’s going to be killer. I love the idea of the video installation that he has in the show, I wish this was seen in more shows. Check it out Here
I’ll be seeing the show in Saturday and will no doubt have many pics to share. For now head over to Fifty24sf.com
Ben Tour: Electric Orphans show at Meta Gallery
Ben Tour has a solo show coming up at the Meta Gallery in Toronto this Friday. The reception is from 7-10pm and Ben will be present. Along with new works for the show, there is also a print available. The print is entitled “Orphan I”, it is on museum rag paper with deckled edges, 20″ x 24″ in an edition of 50. You can get the print by getting in touch with the gallery here: jp@metagallery.com to acquire the work or phone Meta Gallery at 416-955-0500.
The shows online to view right now, it’s one of those flash based galleries but you can zoom in and make all of the images as big as your screen. The show looks amazing, I really love the energy and textures that Ben gets in every painting that he does.
Head on over and check out the show. Ben Tour at Meta Gallery
Photos: “Anathema” at Last Rites Gallery
Last Rites Gallery has just posted some pictures of the reception for their latest show “Anathema”. The two artists from the show, Shawn Barber and Vincent Castiglia were there as well as Paul Booth and Genevive Zacconi the duo behind the gallery.
Looks like it was an amazing night, it’s also great to be able to see the painting next to people as it helps show the size of the works. Head on over and check out the pics from this amazing show, courtesy of Steve Prue.
15% off everything at Gallery 1988 SF this Thursday
This Thursday, December 18, you can head on over to the online store of Gallery 1988 San Francisco and get 15% off anything you buy. Also your order will arrive before Christmas if you are in the US. Thats a pretty killer deal, and would be great if one wanted to snag up the new mini print set by Greg “Craola” Simkins. 30 of the sets contain an original drawing by Craola. How cool would that be to get the 15% off and a drawing?
Daniel Martin Diaz and Morgan Slade @ BSFA
Two more great shows opening up this Saturday night are taking place at Billy Shire Fine Arts. In gallery I is “Anatomy of Sorrow” featuring new works by Daniel Martin Diaz. Then in gallery II is a handful of works by Morgan Slade.
Both shows look great, I really like the playful works of Morgan. Mixed media works can sometimes be too much to look at, but if done right as seen here, they can look amazing. Daniel Martin Diaz’s new work is also great. A good amount of the show has sold. Head on over and take a look at both shows.
Shows this weekend: Jeff Soto, Skot Olsen & Gifted
Here is the rundown of the shows opening up this weekend. Looks like its another one of those weeks that are filled with a huge amount of shows.
Friday:
Kathie Olivas and Brandt Peters have a duo show entitled “Nocturnal” opening at Cardboard Spaceship.
Cardboardspaceship.net
“Mostly Memory” featuring work by Armsrock and Elbow-Toe opens at Thinkspace. Also in the project room, Jon Todd’s show “Life Sentence” opens. Both shows are online to view.
ThinkspaceGallery.com
“Globoid Fun” a solo show of KRK Ryden opens at the Rabbit Hole Gallery. Haven’t seen this site before so I’m not sure if the pieces will be online.
Therabbitholegallery.com
“Maritime and Mythology” by Evan B Harris and the “Gifted” group show both open at the Cersoli-Lebasse Gallery. “Gifted” features work by Tessar Lo, Eric Fortune, Scott Belcastro, Melissa Haslam, Ken Garduno, Nimit Malavia, Tom Haubrick, Jeremiah Ketner and more. So much of the work in this is striking, that Eric Fortune “A Wish for the Mourning” is beautiful.
Cerasoli-lebasse.com
Saturday:
“Little Wonders”, a group show featuring works by Deli, Reuben Rude, Grant Gilliland and more will open at Fabric8 in San Francisco. None of the works will be over $100.
Fabric8.com
Art Whino opens “Skin Deep”, a solo show of Jason Snyder. Reception is from 6-midnight.
Artwhino.com
The reception for Jeff Soto’s show, “Turning in Circles” at the Riverside Art Museum takes place. Really wish I could see this one, I hope pics surface soon.
Riversideartmuseum.org
“Infinity Squared” a group show curated by Kelly Vivanco opens at Distinction Art. The show is online and looks great. Some of the artists in the show are Kelly Vivanco, Allison Sommers, Doug Boehm, Angie Mason, Ken Garduno, Jennifer Lewis, Jeremiah Ketner and more.
Distinctionart.com
David Stoupakis has his solo show, “These Predicaments” open at the Corey Helford Gallery at 7pm.
Looking forward to seeing his new work once it’s online.
Coreyhelfordgallery.com
“Printed Matter IV” opens at Giant Robot SF. The show is all about print, screenprints, lino, you name it. Some of the artists in the show are Luke Chueh, Blinky, Deth P. Sun, Jordin Isip and more.
Gr-sf.com
“Architeuthis” a new solo show by Skot Olsen opens at the Shooting Gallery in SF. The reception happens from 7-11pm. I’ll be taking pics of the show, but they are online to view now.
Shootinggallerysf.com
The “Good Samaritan’s” group show kicks off at 8pm at Copro Nason Gallery. The show features work by Brian Viveros, Naoto Hattori, Femke Hiemstra, Bethany Marchman, Mari Inukai, Tin, Chet Zar, Brandi Milne, Chris Peters, Kukula, Vinnie Cacciotti, Jasimine Worth and the Dr. Charles Manson..?
The show is online to view so check it out. Matthew Bone has a solo show in gallery 2.
Copronason.com
Preview: Shawn Barber and Vincent Castiglia @ Last Rites
Opening up this December 13th at the Last Rites Gallery in New York is “Anathema”, featuring new paintings by Shawn Barber and Vincent Castiglia. The opening Reception is from 7-11pm, and Shawn will be there signing his new book Forever and Ever.
This is Shawn’s first collection of erotic works, they are beautifully rendered as all of his paintings are and very intense. I can only imagine what seeing them in person would be like. Vincent also has some new erotic inspired pieces as well, and if you look in the shop you will find prints from both artists. There is two new prints from Shawn, one Last Rites Exclusive of his “Portrait of the artist: Paul Booth” and another of Genevive Zacconi.
Hit the “Read More” link for more preview images, as well as a press release for the show.
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Stella Im Hultberg, Motley & Christopher @ Limited Addiction
There is really only one show opening up this weekend, but what a great show it is.
Sean Christopher, Stella Im Hultberg & Lyle Motley are having a show open at the Limited Addiction Gallery. The show is now online to view and looks amazing.
The folks over at Arrested Motion have also interviewed Stella, so it would be good to check that out as well. Stella Interview @ Arrested Motion
Shows this weekend: “Line Weight”, Kris Kuksi and “Skip the Mall”
Looks like all the shows are opening on Saturday this weekend.
“Skip the Mall” is a group show at the Black Maria Gallery featuring work by Brezo, Heather Watts, Saratoga Sake, Ken Garduno, Tom Haubrick and many others. The show is online right now, as well as work by Juri Ueda that is also opening the same day. Blackmariagallery.com
“Line Weight” is a group show at the Gallery Nucleus. It features drawings by James Jean, Luke Chueh, Mari Inukai, Richard Kirk, Ronald Kurniawan, Moki, Jaime Zollars, Vania Zouravliov, Christine Nguyen, and David Jien. What a killer lineup. GalleryNucleus.com
Jonathan Levine Gallery has two shows opening: “Voyeur” new works by Shag and “Novo Mundo” by Stephan Doitschnioff (aka Calma). Both shows are up for viewing. I really dig the work of Calma, it also looks like has a limited edition silkscreen available. JonathanLevineGallery.com
Joshua Liner Gallery also has two solo shows opening: “Imminent Utopia” by Kris Kuksi and “Departure” by Pat Rocha. Both shows are online, and they look amazing. The online gallery now has this “magnifying glass” addition, and for Kris Kuksi’s sculptures it helps a great deal to see all the details he puts in these works. JoshuaLinerGallery.com
Merry Karnowsky Gallery has two solo shows opening: “Inhuman Oddities” by Travis Louie and “Super Systems” by Kill Pixie. Looks like the site is getting redone so no work to see right now. MkGallery.com
Shows this weekend: Clowns, Cosmodelic & Deep Thoughts
Here is the rundown of shows that will be opening this weekend.
Friday:
“Sweet 100″ opens at the Suite 100 Gallery in Seattle. This group show features work by: Aaron Kraten, Jeremiah Ketner, Johnny Yanok, Juri Ueda, Kelly Vivanco, Leanne Biank, Saratoga Sake and many more. Check it out here: Suite100 Gallery
The “50/50″ Show opens at the Eclectix Gallery in El Cerrito. The show features work by 50 artists, all works are $50. When you buy it you take it home that night. Eclectic Gallery
Saturday
“Deep Thoughts” a solo show by Andrew Foster opens at the Robert Berman Gallery. The show looks amazing, I really dig Andrew’s style. Here’s a Preview. The show should be up on the site soon. Robertbermangallery.com
Chris Reccardi’s solo show “Cosmodelic” opens at the MModern Gallery. The show should be up on the site soon, MModernGallery.com
“Clowns!” opens at the Corey Helford Gallery. I featured some preview images a bit back. The show looks fantastic. There are so many amazing artist, Chet Zar, Natalia Fabia, Shag, Dave Kinsey, Audrey Kawasaki, Andrew Brandou, Dan May, Travis Louie and on and on. Check it out here: Coreyhelfordgallery.com
Shows now online: Imaginary Friends, Drawing Room & Destination Unknown
Looks like its going to be another one of those weekends that is just filled with great shows opening up.
Here we go, these are the ones that are online for your viewing pleasure:
“Imaginary Friends”, a group show featuring work by Andrew Bell, Cherri Wood, Israel Sanchez, Ken Garduno, Scott Campbell & Yoskay Yomamoto at the Gallery 1988 SF is now up. The work looks amazing, and I am especially drawn to the pieces that Ken Garduno (shown) and Andrew Bell submitted. Check it out: Gallery 1988 SF
“Destination Unknown” opened up and Distinction Art, and features work by Sarah Joncas, Angelina Wrona & Patrick Fatica. It’s a good looking show, as all the work by the three artists flows together nicely. It’s very cohesive. Check it out here: Distinction Art
“The Drawing Room” a show curated by Audrey Kawasaki opened Friday at Thinkspace. There is also work by Timothy Karpinski & Robert Pokorny in the project room. I think the Drawing Room show looks great, it’s nice to be able to see some graphite work from Travis Louie (shown), as well as Audrey (shown). I hope he puts more of that kind of work in some shows. Thinkspace Gallery
At the Cerasoli-Lebasse Gallery, you have two shows that opened up. Jill Simonson & Scott Belcastro, as well as “Put on a Happy Face” by Nate Frizzell. All the work here looks excellent, check it out: Cerasoli-Lebasse Gallery
The Copro Nason Gallery has work by Tin, Sas Christian & Kukula for you to gawk at. Tin is getting popular very fast, no works are left to purchase. I am not super happy with Sas’ work, I am a big fan, but these pieces just don’t have the same pop to them. Check out the show here: Copro Nason Gallery
