Just this past weekend, June 26th, Jeff Soto’s latest solo show “Lifecycle” and Dave Cooper’s show “Mangle” opened up at the Jonathan Levine Gallery in New York. Jeff’s work is now a little bit more detailed and intense this round. His last solo show was “The Inland Empire” at Stolenspace, and while that was a great show the work in “Lifecycle” seems a little bit more jarring, and more richly conveys the fear and environmental issues his work often holds. Much of the icons were are used to seeing in Soto’s paintings are here, but some new ones have entered and others have been re-imagined.

Next door in Gallery II is Dave Cooper’s “Mangle”, featuring “new drawings and paintings of twisted ladies”. The color palette is a darker than his latest works have been, and the feel of Dave’s work is a nice compliment to Soto’s. I would like to see the two shows in person, but I can imagine that the feel the patrons had was pretty intense.

Check out the preview images, and then the full show. Jonathan Levine Gallery

This past Saturday, May 15th, the Jonathan Levine Gallery opened the latest solo show from Scott Musgrove entitled “How is the Empire?”, as well as the debut “Sacred Bones” show by Louie Cordero. This is Scott’s second solo show at the gallery and features new oil paintings, drawings, as well as some small and large-scale sculptural work. There is quite a lot of work in this show, and I love the idea that there is such a variety in mediums. Make sure to stop by and check out Louie Cordero’s work as well, as both shows are now online to view.

Jonathan Levine Gallery

Coming this Saturday, December 12th to the Jonathan Levine Gallery is the latest show exhibition from Audrey Kawasaki entitled “Hajimari. a prelude.” The show will feature 20 new works and from the preview images Audrey posted on her blog, this is going to be an amazing show. A majority of the work looks like she has continued with some of the more “filled” works such as those seen at show at Copro Nason a while back. I was also happy to see some of the more erotic works of hers making a comeback. She has a very elegant way of adding a little eroticism without it seeming trashy. One of the preview shots as seen below, features some skeletal and anatomical figures, which I was very happy to see. Looking at her graphite and oil works, one can see that Audrey has keen understanding of the figure and her unique style of displaying them is what makes her art so addicting.

Head on over for a full look at the preview images: Audrey Kawasaki Preview

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

Friday:
Thinkspace Gallery will have “Vain Remains” with new work from Camilla d’Errico and Caia Koopman. In the project room: “New Works On Paper” featuring new works by Lilly Piri, Fumi Nakamura, & Yuka Yamaguchi. Fresh Faces series: Nathan Deyoung with “Windows & Mirrors”.

Saturday:
Honor Fraser will host “Barberadise” with new works from Kenny Scharf

Jonathan Levine Gallery will open “Ludovico Aversion Therapy” from D*Face & “As Cold As They Come” from Mark Dean Veca.

Billy Shire Fine Arts: “Shag Swapmeet”, a one day event with originals, prints and more

Kinsey/Desforges will open “After the Gold Rush” from Angelika J. Trojnarski

Lebasse Projects has two shows opening, “Softly Encompassing the Womb” with new works from Edwin Ushiro and “Idealistically Hypocritical 3” from Ryuichi Ogino

Merry Karnowsky Gallery will open “The Hydra of Babylon” featuring all new works by Camille Rose Garcia

Last Rites Gallery will open two exhibitions, “Domestic Terror” by Scott G Brooks and “Pepto Dismal” by Jeff McMillan

Shooting Gallery opens “Terrestrial Syndrome” with new work from Erik Otto and Kevin E. Taylor.
Then right next door at White Walls is “The Future Is So Bright” new works by Albert Reyes and “Searching by flashlight, for the bright spots on your brain, and such” by Rich Jacobs

Looks like the Jonathan Levine Gallery has had a facelift, the site is much more streamlined now and looks great. It’s not a far departure from the last site, but a welcomed update. Along with the new site, the gallery is also having a sale. For the next week, until June 16th gte 20% off all items such as books, toys and prints. There is a huge amount of books to choose from: Chris Mars, Jeff Soto, Barry McGee, Blek le Rat, David Choe, Dave Cooper and more. The sale would surely help for prints like “The Parade of the Damned” by Todd Schorr (shown)

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Here is the list of shows that will be opening this weekend:

Saturday:
Double Punch will have new works from Aiyana Udesen, Jessica Trippe, Betsy Walton & Amy Earles

Cerasoli Gallery will open three new shows featuring work from Jennifer Davis, Kristen Schiele & Jill Simonsen.

L’Imagerie Gallery will open “When Worlds Collide”, a duo show featuring new paintings from Chet and James Zar.

POVEvolving will have “Greetings from Oregon” with new works from Timothy Karpinski, Seth Neefus, Jason Manley, & Adam Haynes

Jonathan Levine Gallery will open “Living In Twilight” by Andy Kehoe and “Last Year’s Man” by Souther Salazar

Gallery Nucleus will open “The Ancient Book of Sex & Science” featuring new works by Don Shank, Lou Romano, Nate Wragg & scott Morse

Andy Kehoe is getting ready for his exhibition at the Jonathan Levine Gallery, and in order to help pay for the shipping expenses he is having a print sale. Get any two prints from his Etsy shop for the price of one, saving you $40.

Head on over and take a look at the prints and pick your favorites. Andy Kehoe Print Sale

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

The latest show of Mars-1 opened this weekend at the Jonathan Levine Gallery. The show is online, and the works look amazing. There is also a new giclee print available, but it doesn’t look be based on of the paintings for the show. The gallery store has a couple of lithograph prints from Mars-1 as well, they are considerably bigger but this is the first giclee print available.

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

Friday:
Fifty24 Seattle: N8 Van Dykes new show, “Back for Seconds” opens. The reception is from 5-9pm N8 will be present o reception night.

Saturday:
Jonathan Levine Gallery: Mars-1 has news works for his “Nuclear Mystic” show, while “You Look Good Enough to Eat!” features new works by Nouar. The reception is from 7-9pm

Corey Helford Gallery: Natalia Fabia’s “Hooker DeamEscape” opens from 7-10pm. The works look amazing if the saw the preview here a few days ago.

Black Rat Press: Is having it’s annual print show. Some of the artists that will be in the show are: Matt Small, D*face, Sweettoof, Brian Adam Douglas, Gaia, Lucas Price, Nick Walker, Blek Le Rat and Slinkachu.

Last Rites Gallery: has two shows opening, “The 3rd Act” featuring new works by Dan Quintana and “Hearts in Hell” by Stephen Kasner. The show looks like it is going to be amazing.