This is the weekend that Art Basel will be taking place in Miami. There is an insane amount of art to be seen, and many of the artists that have been featured on this and other art sites dedicated to “underground” art, are being shown in some of the booths at the event. Black Maria Gallery is one of them, and will be a part of the Aqua Art Miami in booth #23. Some of the artists that will be featured are: Paul Chatem, Steven Daily, Ken Garduno, Jason Hernandez, Tom Neely and more. The preview of works is up on the galleries website if you want to check them all out.
Art Basel is one of the events that I would love to go to, but there are a few other sites that were able to attend and have ongoing coverage. Stop by Arrested Motion and Daily Du Jour for more pics of the work that can be seen at Art Basel this year.

Check out the rest of the art: Black Maria Gallery @ Aqua Art Miami

Here is the list of shows opening up this weekend, looks like it’s going to be one of the busy ones.

Friday:
Double Punch will open “The Right Place”, a group show featuring new works by Kelly Tunstall, Scott Barry, Ryan Bubnis & Alexei Vella.

Rotofugi will host “Flower Parade”, a duo show featuring new works by Jeremiah Ketner and Julie West

Thinkspace Gallery will be opening “Run Rabbit, Run” the latest solo show of Brandi Milne. Also in the project room will be “trouble, clearly” by Cherri Wood and “BLOOD & STEEL” by Alex Garcia. I love Brandi’s new work.

Roq La Rue will be debuting two new shows, “Hiding Out” by Nathan Ota and “The Casual Calamity” by Anthony Pontius.

Saturday:
Gallery Nucleus opens up Grafuck 4 art exhibit and book release.

Black Maria Gallery will be opening “Spring Bazaar”, featuring new works by Juri Ueda, Jamie Fales, Julie Nishioka, Jenna Colby & Tsai-fi. One the project wall will be new works by Saratoga Sake.

Distinction Art will open “Tractus Secretum”, the latest solo exhibition of Aaron Jasinski.

Lebasse Projects will open “Future Perfect” from Tessar Lo & “Lost In Light” from Eric Fortune. The new works from Eric are amazing.

Corey Helford Gallery is opening “Haute Epoch”, the latest solo show of Sylvia Ji. Two limited edition prints will be available at the show.

Shooting Gallery will open “Draw”, a group show curated by Erik Foss and Curse Mackey and featuring work by Adam Wallacavage, Alex Grey, Ben Tolman, Bob Tyrrell, Clive Barker, Colin Christian, D*Face, Dalek, David Hochbaum, David Choong Lee, David Stoupakis, Derek Hess, Eric White, Fred Harper, Gary Baseman, Gibby Haynes, Glenn Barr, Guy Aitchison, HR Giger, Jad Fair, Jason D’Aquino, Jeff McMillan, Joey Remmers, John John Jesse, Jonathan LeVine, Jonathan Weiner, Katy Horan, Kelly Tunstall, Kevin Llewellyn, Kim Saigh, KRK Ryden/Mark Mothersbaugh, Mark Dean Veca, Michael Hussar, Mike Giant, Mike Maxwell, Paper Monster, Paul Chatem, Richard Colman, Richard Serra, Ron English, Sam Flores, Scott Campbell, Shepard Fairey and daughter Vivienne, Tara McPherson, Tim Biskup, Travis Louie, Van Arno, Vincent Castiglia and many many more.

White Walls right next door will have “Waiting For Ararat”, with new works from Caleb Neelon and Mike Shine. Then right upstairs at the Gallery Three, will be “Winner Warz” Solo Exhibit and Installation by Adam Flores

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.

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Ken Garduno @ Black Maria Gallery

Here is the lineup for the shows that are going on this weekend.

Friday:
“Paper Pushers 2008″ opens up at the Gallery 1988 in San Francisco. The show looks amazing, and this show is also a great way to score some work from your favorite artists for a killer price.

Saturday:

“2d/3d Show” is a group show brought to you by Fabric8 and Neon Monster. The works will be at both locations, so its a good idea to just check out both stores. Just a few artists that will be there are: Dave Crosland, Grant Gilliland, Ken Keirns, Rueben Rude and many more.

“Buried Beneath Me” opens up at the Project Gallery in L.A. The show features work by Ken Garduno, Derek Albeck and others.

Then there is a duo show with art by Jennybird Alcantra and Craig LaRontonda at the Black Maria Gallery in Los Angeles. The show is online right now, ad the works by Jennybird are excellent. I really dig her work, and it looks even better in person. Head on over and check it out: BlackMariaGallery.com