Opening this Friday, April 30th at the Rotofugi Gallery in Chicago is a dual show featuring new works from Ken Keirns and Jimmy Pickering. “Dream Burn Down” by Ken Keirns will have 14 new paintings on show, and “Beautiful Miasma” from Jimmy Pickering will have 40 new works, many of which are these great little 4″ x 6″ drawings called “Little Miasma”. If your in the area make sure to stop by, its going to be an amazing show. It runs until May 16th.
Check it out here: Rotofugi Gallery
Gallery 1988 SF has released a new print by Ken Keirns. The image comes from a painting Ken had in his latest solo show at the gallery. “Band Aid” is 12″ x 16″ giclee on Epson Ultrasmooth Fine Art paper, signed and numbered in an edition of 50 for $65 each. To order one of these prints contact the gallery @ (415) 409-1376 / gallery1988sf@gmail.com
Ken Keirns is an artist based out of the San Francisco Bay Area. He’s been exhibiting his work in galleries for the better part of a decade – recently at Rotofugi Gallery (Chicago), T&P Fine Art (Philadelphia), and Dorothy Circus Gallery (Rome, Italy). In the world that Ken depicts you’ll find a few monkeys. The archetypal alter ego? A noble way of acknowledging the common traits between man and the other species we share our world with? You’ll also find lots of women, and a bit of commentary on gender relations that occasionally strays to the dark side of the aisle: Where cautionary tales of Love Gone Wrong dwell. We set out to uncover a few answers about the man responsible for Hot Babes in Toyland, hitman chimps, and Common Nonsense.
The Creep Machine had some help from Joe Almeida, an art collector out of Southern California who was nice enough to work up some questions for Ken.
This is yet another weekend with some really amazing shows opening up.
Friday:
Schmancy Toys/Gallery ha s anew solo show from Parskid. The reception is from 6-9pm, and the artists will be in attendance. The work is online and not only is it affordable, but looks excellent.
Eclectix Gallery will host “Eat It”, a group show featuring work by R.S. Connett, Andy B Clarkson, Rudy Fig and many more. There is also works by Mary Patterson on show.
Halogen Gallery formerly known as the Suite 100 Gallery, has a group show with work from Dave Crosland, Phoneticontrol, Matt Linares, Ryan De La Hoz and more.
Thinkspace Gallery has two solo shows opening, “Untitled (New Works)” from Matthew Feyld and “The Sins Of Atticus Finch” from Dave MacDowell.
Roq La Rue Gallery is opening “Neo Grotesque” by Christian van Minnen and new works by Yoko d’Holbachie. The reception is from 6-9pm, and the show runs until April 4th.
Saturday:
Black Maria Gallery will host Ken Garduno’s latest solo show “Channels”. All of the work looks amazing, I love how is he putting small amount of color in each one. A large majority of the work is already sold. The reception is from 7-10:30pm
Distinction Art Gallery is opening “He Said, She Said”, a group show featuring works by Lyle Motley, Ahren Hertel and Ken Keirns. There will also be various work on display throughout the galleries. Ahren has gone a new direction with these new works, I like them a lot and can’t wait to see more of these.
Shooting Gallery SF is hosting “Water Lilies” a new solo show of Joshua Petker. While you there you skip next door to White Walls and see the new works from Alex Lukas.
Billy Shire Fine Arts is opening “Orphan”, new works from Ana Bagayan. The new paintings look amazing, and if you look around a bit you will be able to find videos of Ana painting these works.
The second edition of the Crazy 4 Cult group show opens this Friday at the Gallery 1988 in Los Angeles. The shows features a whole host of artwork inspired by the cult movies we all love, brought to you by some of the most inspiring artists around.
The shows opens on Friday at 7-11pm and is being hosted by Kevin Smith and Scott Mosier. The list of artists that will be showing work is huge, but here is a small sample of some of the work that will be at the show. Crazy4Cult2
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
This week brings us two new sponsors to the site, artist Ken Keirns and the Art Whino Gallery.
Ken Keirns is an amazing painter, and has been a favorite of mine for a while now, so I am very honored to have his banner on the site. He has a whole mess of shows coming up, which I will be posting, but if you are interested right now in what is coming up from him or just to check out his work head on over to his homepage: KenKeirns.com
Art Whino is a gallery out of Washington D.C. You can see work from such artists as John Collier, J. Asher Lynch, Terri Woodward, Yoskay Yamamoto, Nate Frizzell, Papermonster, Brandi Read, Arabella Proffer, Dave Macdowell and many others in their online store. Head on over and check out the site and store: Artwhino.com
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