Ana Bagayan has added a new print to her online shop. “Critters” is 13 x 19.5″ on 15 x 21.5″ Hahnemuhle Fine Art Paper. Signed and numbered in an edition of 30 for $100. Each print will also come with a stack of stickers based on Ana’s “Silence” painting. The “Silence” print is long sold out, so some stickers is a great gift to go along with this print.

Get it here: Ana Bagayan Store

This past Saturday, December 12th at the Corey Helford Gallery in Culver City the “Multi-Plane” group show opened up. For the past few weeks I have been seeing some previews of some of the pieces in the show, one of the great reasons to check out artists blogs now and again. The idea of the show is that “Each of these paintings is an original work created on two layers of glass and a masonite panel background, emulating the multi-plane process developed by animators in the 1930’s to create depth in animated features. Each surface is separated by 3/8 of an inch and the entire painting is housed in a custom-made frame.”

Click the read more to see more images and short review of the show. After that head over to the site and check out the rest of the show:
Multi-Plane @ Corey Helford

The Lunch Bunch project that I posted about earlier is now going on. If you head over to Ebay yo can bid on a variety of prints, originals and even collectibles from such artists as: Tim Biskup, Gary Baseman, Nuoar, Natalie Shau, Amy Sol, Glenn Barr, Amanda Visell, Daniel Elson, Shannon Bonatakis, Dominique Fung, N.C. Winters, Morgan Slade & Liz McGrath, Chet Zar, Scott Musgrove and many more. Ana Bagayan, one half of the Lunch Bunch has added a print of her painting “Carolina” (shown). This 18″ x 24″ is only one of three artists proofs of this image.

Check out the auction here: Lunch Bunch Auction

Back in August 2009, I posted a print from Ana Bagayan that would help with the Lunch Bunch Project she is a part of. Every week Ana and a friend get together and “create home-made meal packages to pass out to the homeless of Los Angeles, CA.” And every week they run out of money as well. I just heard this past week that Ana and cohort Mere are organizing a print auction. Donated prints will be sold and go towards helping out the Lunch Bunch Project. This is a great idea, and gives people an opportunity to be a part of such an amazing thing. I’m sure we all have some prints that are just sitting there, so why not get in touch with Ana and turn those prints into food. Contact Ana here: anabagayan@gmail.com

If you don’t have any prints to donate, there are still some copies of the “Prey” print in her shop. 100% of the proceeds from this print goes to the Lunch Bunch. The print is only
$25 + $5 shipping, and believe me they look amazing in person. A small price to pay for a great piece of art, and the ability to help those in need.

Get the print here: Ana Bagayan Store

Here is the weekly rundown of art shows that will be taking opening up.

Friday:
Thinkspace Gallery will have three shows opening, “Farewell Avery” from Esao Andrews, “Mary In BronxZooLand” from Tony Philippou and in the project room will be Tempo Momento” from Joshua Mays

Halogen Gallery will open the last solo show from Kelly Vivanco for the next year, the show is selling out fast

Roq la Rue will have new works from Ana Bagayan and Ryan Heshka

Strychnin Gallery will open “Garden Of The Dispossessed” with all new works from David Hochbaum

Saturday:
101 Exhibit will host “Insomious” featuring new works from Jason Shawn Alexander

Gallery Nucleus will open “October Shadows” (presented by Nucleus and Creature Features) featuring work by Cam De Leon, Chet Zar, Gris Grimly, Jordu Schell, Miles Teves, Travis Louie, William Basso and more

The Beyond Eden Art Fair will be starting up. This is a multi-gallery event, if your in the area this is one event not to miss.

Billy Shire Fine Art will open “Hubris” featuring new works by Frank Kozik

Shooting Gallery will open a show with works from C3, Kmndz & Akira. Right next door at White Walls will be the “The Stencil Show” with art from Chris Stain, Adam 5100, Tes One, Ernesto Yerena, Casey Gray and David Soukup

Distinction Art will open “Striptease”, with art from Brian Viveros, Angelique Houtkamp, N.C. Winters, Molly Crabapple, Saratoga Sake and more

Mark Batty Publisher has just releases a new art book, “EdgyCute: From Neo-Pop to Low Brow and Back Again”. The book is compiled by Orbit Gallery owner Harry Saylor along with Carolyn Frisch. The book features work from 47 artists such as, Ana Bagayan, Gary Baseman, Becca, Nicoletta Ceccoli, Chris Crites. Greg Gossell, Ryan Heshka, Angelique Houtkamp, Jeremiah Ketner, Travis Lampe, Angie Mason, Elizabeth McGrath, Brandi Milne, Mitch O’Connell, Kathie Olivas, Brandt Peters, Lisa Petrucci, Joe Scarano, Shag, Gary Taxali, Brian Taylor, Chris Uminga, Brian Viveros, Keith Weesner and more.
The book is 10″ x 12″, casebound with 176 pages for $45.

Get em here: EdgyCute @ Mark Batty Publisher

Ana Bagayan has just released a new print in her online shop. “Esther” is 18″ x 11″ on 22″ x 15″ Hahnemuhle Fine Art Paper with archival inks. The print is signed and numbered in an edition of 20 for $75 (+10 shipping).
I also noticed that the “Prey” print is still available. I ordered one of these and it looks amazing, well worth the $25 you spend, and 100% of the proceeds go to help Lunch Bunch. Small price to pay for great art and the ability to help someone else.

Ana Bagayan Online Shop

This July 11th at the Copro Gallery will be “Monster”, a group show curated by Travis Louie and features the work of over 50 artists. I’m a big fan of the work of Mr Louie, and was raised on monster artwork, so this show is right up my alley. Some of the artists that will be at this show are Ron English, Femke Hiemstra, Jessica Joslin, Audrey Kawasaki, Tessar Lo, Martin Wittfooth, Chet Zar, Amanda Visell, Ana Bagayan, Annie Owens, Attaboy, Brandt Peters, Brian Despain, Brom, Chris Ryniak, Dan Quintana, Ekundayo, Dave Chung, Dave DeVries, Davey Wong, Deseo, Dice Tsutsumi, Francesco LoCastro, Fred Harper, Heidi Taillefer, Isabel Samaras, James Zar, Jason D’Aquino, Amy Botello, Kris Kuksi, Kris Lewis, Lola, Mari Inukai, Mark Texiera, Miles Teves, Molly Crabapple, Nouar, Xiaoqing Ding and many more. If you head on over to Erratic Phenomena you can see an interview done with Travis about the show and his stance on the art scene and where it is going. I like how Travis brought up that some of the art we see is short on conception and lacks creativity. My favorite bit is:

A gallery owner (I won’t say who) tried to tell me how great someone’s brushwork was, and he really had no clue about what constitutes “good brushwork.” Folks, there is a significant difference between having a strong style that exaggerates anatomy, and exaggeration because of a lack of anatomical knowledge. I’m not saying I’d like to see all things painted realistically or naturalistically, but I would prefer that the artists know how to draw something, at least. I’ve seen so many artists whose drawing was so bad I can’t believe they got shows.

Not only am I crazy about Art History, but I am also quite big on anatomy and classical ways of painting/drawing. I hope to see more of these disciplines as well. Anway, make sure you head on over to Erratic Phenomena to read the interview and check out the gallery for the full preview of works.

Monster @ Copro Gallery

POVevolving has just redesigned the POVeditions website. Now if your are looking for some of the amazing prints that they carry, it’s way easier to move around the site, see what they have to offer and even see what prints are coming soon. They have a great selection from such artists as Ana Bagayan, Mercedes Helnwein (shown), Kelly Vivanco, Phoebe Washer and many more.

POVEditions.com

Looks like its a good day for print releases, PovEvolving just released a new print from Ana Bagayan. The original painting of “Chelsea” was sold at her recent solo show at the Billy Shire Fine Arts Gallery, so for those that loved the image there is now a print to be had. The print is 14″ x 16″ with a one inch white border on Museo 365gsm Paper, signed and numbered in an edition of 30.

Ana Bagayan @ PovEvolving.com