Opening this Saturday, September 17th, is the latest show by Morgan Slade. The show is entitled “They Live By Night” and features a new series of mixed media works. Along with his familiar portraits of bikini clad girls wearing a variety of masks, this time from G.I Joe, there is also a couple of collaborative works with Alternative Press Magazine photographer Norman Wonderly. Morgan chose photos of Nikki Sixx and Blackie Lawless from W.A.S.P., and added his style of embellishments to the photos. The reception is from 7 – 11 PM, and the exhibition runs until October 22nd.
Preview: David Choong Lee “Acquiring Signal” @ Lebasse Projects
Opening this Saturday, August 14th is the latest solo show of David Choong Lee, entitled “Acquiring Signal”. This will be Lee’s second largest installation based show, and will completely encompass the gallery walls with 500+ pieces. This combination of paintings and sculptures are inspired by the “street people and the cities they inhabit”. This is going to be an very impressive show, one of the shots from the galleries blog give an idea of how massive this installation will be.
Check it out: Lebasse Projects
Culver City Art Walk 2010
This Saturday, June 5th will be the Culver City Art Walk. Patrons will be able to walk down Washington & La Cienega Blvd and check out a whole variety of galleries. Just a few galleries that will be participating in the art walk is; Carmichael Gallery of Contemporary Art, Corey Helford Gallery, LeBasse Projects, Thinkspace Art Gallery, WWA gallery and many more. Thinkspace will be having a group show that will also feature some new works by Dave MacDowell. And since your in the area you can head over to the Hive Gallery for the B3 Video Game themed show, with Apricot Mantle as one of the featured artists.
I’ll be there for this weekend of art, and will be taking some photos. See everyone after the weekend.
Preview: Alexandros Vasmoulakis @ Lebasse Projects
Coming this March 20th to Lebasse Projects in Culver City, CA is the first US solo exhibition entitled “Is Everybody Happy?” by Greek artist Alexandros Vasmoulakis. His art is quite amazing, and stated by the press release his “work is predominantly character based and these creations explore the core values of human nature such as love, desire, seduction and hate. His work is very much driven by his state of mind and will reflect the mood of any given day. He uses mixed media including both collage and paint to convey the relationships between these emotions.” I really like the second piece shown, “Die Kunst st Super” (The Art is Super). It has that classic ‘odalisque’ style figure in it, this one inspired by Edouard Manet’s “Olympia“.
Here are a few preview images from the show, after these head on over and take a look at the rest. If your in the area make sure to stop by.
New prints from Eric Fortune and Joao Ruas @ Paper Tiger
A Paper Tiger has added two new prints to the online shop. “Haunted #20″ from Brazilian artist Joao Ruas, and “A Place That I Remember” by Eric Fortune. Both of these new prints are based on original work that is currently a part of the “Go East” exhibition from Lebasse Projects, both originals have sold so if you are as hooked on these two pieces as I am, these prints are very welcomed.
Each print is roughly 12″ x 16″, signed and numbered in editions of only 25 for $100 a pop. I don’t imagine these prints to stick around very long, they are both beautiful images from two very exciting artists.
Get em here: A Paper Tiger
Preview: “Natural Wonders” and Eric Davison @ Lebasse Projects
Opening this Friday, November 13th Lebasse Projects will open two very exciting shows. “Natural Wonders” will take place in the main room and features art from James Roper, Jeremy Asher Lynch and Kevin Taylor. In the project room will be “Hollywood Ambassador”, a solo show of works by Eric Davison. I’m posting the statements for both shows after the jump, they give great insight into the goal of these works.
I really love the idea behind James Roper’s work. The contrast of the color explosions with the beautifully rendered figures in graphite looks amazing. Each figure in the series of “The ecstasy of…” is dedicated to a porn starlet, but the identity is really only known by the name that is given. In this respect I think the viewer focuses more on the energy in the piece, as opposed to “who” the painting features.
I was also very taken with the series by Eric Davison. All of the works are watercolor and ink on paper, and man does he know how to rock those watercolors. The content on of the paintings in a way can be depressing, but with the skill and execution of the work the artist has given these people a very dignified presentation.
For the full preview of the show, head on over to the gallery: Lebasse Projects
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“Go East” exhibition with Lebasse Projects
For a three day only exhibition, November 5-7th, Lebasse Projects will take the artists that are the heart of the gallery and bring them to the east coast. This marks the first in what will hopefully be many global exhibitions, giving everyone a chance to see work from artist such as Yoskay Yamamoto, Tessar Lo, Edwin Ushiro, Joao Ruas, Eric Fortune, Mia, and Nate Frizzell.
I have always felt that the best way to view art is in person. It is quite hard when the gallery is across the country or in another country for that matter, so this show will be a great opportunity for the fans in New York to check out these amazing works of art. For those of us that are still stuck checking out the work online, here is a small preview and a link to the full one.
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Shows this weekend: Kenny Scharf, Camille Rose Garcia and Scott G. Brooks
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
