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“Fables and Follies” @ the Alternative Cafe

by josh on Jun 11, 2010 • 4 Comments

Opening tonight at the Alternative Cafe in Seaside, CA is the latest Creep Machine curated exhibition. “Fables and Follies” is a group show that will feature work by Wesley Burt, John Cebollero, Dan Harding, Dave MacDowell, Jason Levesque, Jessica Ward, Apricot Mantle, Ken Keirns, Joseph Larkin, Arabella Proffer, Celene Petrulak, and more.
The reception starts at 7 pm, and for those that can’t make the show, the works are not on the galleries website.

Take a look at these preview images and then head on over to see the full show.
Fables and Follies @ Alternative Cafe

Tortoise At the Hare by Dan Harding


Pursuit of Love by John Cebollero


Vernor Tweakman by Joseph Larkin


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Art of the Day: “Pele” by Michael Shapcott

by josh on May 6, 2009 • No Comments

Michael Shapcott has been busy in the past few weeks, but he did find some time to make a new painting. “Pele” os 12″ x 16″ graphite and oil on canvas. If you saw the piece that he had in the “This is the End” show entitled “Seaweed”, you might see some of the same feel that he had in that painting but he has taken it to a new level. The colors in this new one, the expression and the eyes are so dynamic. I can only imagine how amazing this painting looks like in person. I really hope he keeps going to make a series of works like this.

This piece is now sold, but check out the rest of Michael’s work:
Michael-Shapcott.com

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Art of the Day: “Sic Transit Gloria Mundi” by EGO

by josh on Apr 9, 2009 • No Comments

Seattle based artist EGO was one of the featured artists here on the Creep Machine, and also had painting on show for the “Attack of the B Movie Show” and the current “This is the End” show. Not only is he an amazing tattoo artist, but also a skilled painter with a very unique style and imagination. I am always happy to see new work from him, and very privileged to have his art in any show that I am able to curate.

The piece shown here is the painting that EGO submitted to the “This is the End” group show. It looks so amazing in person, I wish the pictures were good enough to show how dynamic it really is. Surprisingly the piece is still available, but I have a feeling that his work will get harder to come by with every passing show.

Check out his work here EGO Profile
EGO Myspace

And his work for the “This is the End Show” @ The Alternative Cafe

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New Brow Documentary screening in Monterey

by josh on Mar 26, 2009 • No Comments

This Friday at the Golden State Theatre in Monterey, will be a screening of the “New Brow: Contemporary Art Underground” Documentary. There will be a Q&A session with the filmmakers Tanem Davidson and Scott Grover. In the lobby of the theatre will be an art show presented by The Shooting Gallery and The Alternative Cafe. Van Arno, Anthony Ausgang, Shawn Barber, Tim Biskup, Gary Baseman, Paul Chatem, Ron English, Anne Faith Nicholls and many more. The film starts at 9pm and will cost $10.

If you live close enough to go to this, it would be a great way to spend a Friday. A film about this amazing art scene, and even some art to check out. And while your in the area, make sure to stop by the Alternative Cafe and check out the “This is the End” show that is still up until April 13th.

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New paintings by Dan Harding

by josh on Mar 18, 2009 • No Comments

The always amazing Dan harding has posted some new paintings that I had to share. Dan will have work in a show coming up, “The Gruesome Art Ghoullery” that is hosted by the Hyaena Gallery and will be at the Fangoria Weekend of Horrors this April 17-19 at the Los Angeles convention Center. His work will be shown alongside such artists as: Vince Locke, Gris Grimly, D.W. Frydendall, Eric Pigors, Alex Pardee, Chuck Hodi, Rick “Dienzo” Blanco, Erick De La Vega and many more. Looks to be a killer event for all the horror and art fans out there.

Take a look at Dan’s new work and make sure to stop by his website for more. Danhardingart.com
Dan has added Moss, as well as a Grey Werewolf painting to his works for sale Here

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Artist of the Day: Ken Garduno

by josh on Mar 15, 2009 • No Comments

Todays artist of the day is another Creep Machine favorite, Ken Garduno. Not only is his work always exciting to see, but it’s also quite staggering at how many unique ideas he is able to get.

Ken currently has a solo show going on at the Black Maria Gallery in Los Angeles. The show is entitled “Channels” and if filled with some excellent paintings. A good majority of them have color splashed in, which looks striking when set against the monochromatic washes that he does. The show almost sold out, but there is still a few left. Ken also contributed a painting in the “This is the End” group show (1st below). The painting in the show is 12 3/4″ x 16 3/4″, acrylic wash and ink. It’s still available and all framed up.

KenGarduno.com
Ken Garduno @ Black Maria Gallery

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Photos: This is the End @ The Alternative Cafe

by josh on Mar 10, 2009 • No Comments

The reception is now over and I have finally finished editing and pruning all the pics that were taken at the show. The gallery had this amazing banner of the show flyer with all the names of the artists on it posted on the front of the building. The Alternative Cafe is a nice sized gallery with great lighting, and all of the works of the show fit in with no worries. Seeing all the art in person was great, pics on the net are ok but there are so many subtleties that are lost. I found myself wanting to buy pretty much everything there.

The reception was quite fun, music, free drinks and a non-stop supply of people to talk to. Maya and Scott from the gallery are very nice, you can tell they love what they do. A good amount of the artists were also able to make it to the show such as Paul Chatem, Michael Ryan, Gene Guynn, Eliza Guager and R.M. Hanson. It was good to be able to not only talk about their work, but just art and random topics in general.

I had a blast at the show, and hope they everyone else that come out did as well. A few pieces are already sold, and I have a feeling that more will go soon. There really is some amazing work in this show. Check out the art and prices over at the Alternative Cafe Store
And see the rest of the pics on FLickr after this small preview: This is the End on Flickr

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Shows this weekend: Super School, Sweet Surrender & This is the End

by josh on Mar 6, 2009 • No Comments

Here is the rundown of the shows that will be opening this weekend.

Friday:
The Alternative Cafe is hosting “This is the End”. Curated by the Creep Machine and featuring work by 25 artists from all over the world. It’s going to be a truly exciting show. Check the work out, it is now online to view. If you can make it the reception is from 7-9pm.

Gallery 1988 SF will open “Sweet Surrender”, a group show featuring work by Krista Huot, Camilla d’Errico, Jennifer Tong and Allison Torneros. The show will be online at noon this Friday.

Definition Gallery has “Melancholy”, featuring new works by Bethany Marchman, Nicholas Harper and Brandon Maldonado

Joshua Liner Gallery has a solo exhibition from Tomokazu Matsuyama entitled “Glancing at the Twin Peak”. The work is online and looks great.

La Luz de Jesus opens “Everything But The Kitschen Sync” 12h annual group show. Some of the artists in this show are: Dave MacDowell, Apricot Mantle, Bob Dob, Nathan Ota, Chris Peters, Sean Stepanoff, Heather Watts, Paul Torres and many more.


Saturday:
Copro Gallery has two shows opening: “Natural Beauties”, Lola’s solo show and “SuperSchool” featuring work by Scott Musgrove, Travis Louie, Gary Baseman, Sas Christian, Chet Zar, Heiko Mueller, Dan May, Martin Wittfooth, Chris Ryniak, Nathan Spoor, Kris Lewis, Carrie Ann Baade, Michael Page, Ana Bagayan, Kevin Peterson, Naoto Hattori, Amy Sol, Francesco LoCastro, Reinier Gamboa, Mia, Brian Viveros, Dan Quintana , Tin and more. Much of the work is online to view, both shows are very strong.

Gallery Nucleus is opening “Home Slice”, a new solo show of Scott Campbell. He has such an amazing style, I can’t wait to see the new works, all of which should be up this weekend.

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“This is the End” at The Alternative Cafe

by josh on Mar 5, 2009 • No Comments

Coming this Friday March 6th at the Alternative Cafe in Seaside,CA is a group show that I have had the pleasure of curating. The show is entitled “This is the End”, with all the works in the show being inspired by what the artist feels an “end” is. The show features work by some really amazing artists, 8pussy, Alex Kuno, Andy B Clarkson, Beth Bojarski, Chet Zar, Dan Harding, Dean McDowell, Dave MacDowell, E.Gauger, Ego, Gene Guynn, Jacqueline Gallagher, John Cebollero, Joshua G, Kelly Vivanco, Ken Garduno, Luke Kopycinski, Michael Ryan, Michael Shapcott, Paul Chatem, R.M. Hanson, Sandi Calistro, and Tom Haubrick.

So if you are close enough to stop by, please do. The reception is from 7-9pm. If you are unable to make that night, the work will be on view until April 13th and will makes it way online as well.

Here is a short preview of what is in store:

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Art of the day: “Untitled” by Michael Shapcott

by josh on Feb 23, 2009 • 1 Comment

Michael is one of the artists that will be in the upcoming show the Creep Machine is curating, “This is the End” at the Alternative Cafe in Monterey, CA. The show opens on March 6th, but I wanted to feature some art from the artists that will be in the show over the next couple of weeks.

This is a new one from Michael, it’s very big at 48″ x 72″ and is acrylic, graphite and oil. I love the colors that he has been using in his latest works, and the skill in his drawings. That ram looks perfect. The piece is for sale as well, and I believe you can just get in touch with Michael via myspace.

Michael-shapcott.com

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Shows this weekend: Stella Im Hultberg, Project 57 & 5 from Copro Nason

by josh on Aug 9, 2008 • No Comments

This is another one of those weekends were there is a bunch of really killer shows opening up.

Friday:

“Garter Belts and Gasoline” opens at the Alternative Cafe in Seaside, Ca. The show features work by Tyson Mcadoo, Dr. Sizzle, Glen Mcdowell and more. The work looks amazing, and if your a fan of pin-up style art this a show you’ll want to see.

“RAVELED” is a solo show featuring new works by Stella Im Hultberg. The show is online and from the looks of it, almost sold out. In the project room is new works from Dennis Hayes IV & Allison Sommers.

Saturday:

“Project 57″ the benefit show at Distinction Gallery has it’s reception from 6-10pm. You can also figure out if you won any of the works that you might have bid on during the past few days. There is some killer art, and the prices are very nice.

White Walls in SF is having a duo show with work from Kill Pixie and Cleon Peterson. The reception is from 7-11pm.

Copro Nason Gallery is opening up 5 solo shows! Work from Travis Louie, Kris Lewis, Chris Peters, Michael Page & Martin Wittfooth with be there to view. That’s quite a lineup, would love to be there in person.

“Enjoy it While it Lasts” is a group show at the DVA Gallery featuring members from Art Dorks Collective. The artists showing work in this show are: Heiko Muller, Brendan Danielsson, Meagan Ridley, Joseph Fiedler, Chris Mostyn, Chris Ryniak, Kim Scott, Jason Murphy, Katie Ridley, Justin DeGarmo, Melissa Forman & Amanda Louise Spayd.

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