This past Saturday at the Last Rites Gallery in New York, the Second “Flesh to Canvas” group show opened up. This years features work by Paul Acker, Alex Adams, Guy Aitchison, Nick Baxter, Aaron Bell, Paul Booth, Joe Capobianco, Joshua Carlton, Mike DeVries, Chris Dingwell, Little Dragon, Alex Garcia, Goethe, Gunnar, Anil Gupta, Ryan Hadley, Robert Hernandez, Phil Holt, Nikko Hurtado, Brian Murphy, Roman, Juan Salgado, Stefano, Toxyc, Kurt Wiscombe and Phil Young.
I was especially taken in with the paintings by Nick Baxter, Juan Salgado, and Nikko Hurtado’s amazing Medusa inspired piece.

Check out the show here: Last Rites Gallery

This past February 12th, the “The Red Light Exhibit” curated by Genevive Zacconi and present by The Dirty Show along with Last Rites Gallery opened. The show had works by Paul Booth, Scott G Brooks, Shawn Barber, Vincent Castiglio, Colin Christian, Brian Viveros, Dan Quintana, Camilla d’Errico, David Stoupakis, Michael Hussar and many more. Genevive was nice enough to send over some photos of the reception night, some shots of the works and the festivities that also took place. Some of the photos are NSFW, just wanted to state that so no one got mad at me.

Coming this Friday, February 12th from Genevive Zacconi and Last Rites Gallery is “The Red Light District” at the Dirty Show Detroit. Curated by Genevive, the show will feature erotic inspired works by Paul Booth, Scott G Brooks, Shawn Barber, Vincent Castiglio, Colin Christian, Brian Viveros, Dan Quintana, Camilla d’Errico, David Stoupakis, Michael Hussar and more. There is some really amazing work in this, and if you are lucky enough to be in the area, make sure to make it for the reception night. Take a look at the preview images, and then head on over to the full preview.

“The Red Light Exhibit” @ The Dirty Show Preview

Here is the rundown of exhibitions opening this weekend. Ton of excellent shows.

Friday:
CAVE Gallery will be opening “Curious Oddities” with new work from Josh Taylor, Paul Chatem, Amy Botello, Apricot Mantle, Matthew Ryan Sharp and more.

Thinkspace Gallery has three big shows taking place. “Beneath The Seams” by Sarah Joncas, “The Conservatory” by Kelly Vivanco and in the project room “Portraits Of The Unknown” by Tran Nguyen. The shows are online and look fantastic.

Strychnin Gallery will be opening “Midsummer Nights Madness”, with new work from Brian Horton, Leslie Ditto, Edith Lebeau, Angie Mason, Kristen Ferrell, Oksana Badrak and many more

Roq la Rue will have “Best Loved Tales of Misery and Woe” by Travis Lampe and “About:Face” by Chris Crites

Saturday:
Exhibit A Gallery is opening “The Detournements of Wynn Miller”, in which the artists photos are reinterpreted by Shepard Fairey, Shawn Barber, Greg Gossel, Nate Frizzell and more.

POVEvolving will open “A Touch Of Evil” featuring new works and an installation from Attaboy

Cerasoli Gallery will host “Out Through The In Door” by Matt Phillips, “Some Are Here and Some Are Missing” by Mario Wagner and “Beyond A Shadow” by Seth Curcio

Black Maria Gallery has “Nights and Hunters” with new work from Ken Garduno, Jason Hernandez, Michael Hsiung and Sam Saghatelian. And the “Swoon” group show with works from Andrew Bell, Jeremiah Ketner, Julie West and many more

Billy Shire Fine Arts will be opening “Intemperance” featuring new works by Carrie Anne Baade

Last Rites Gallery will open “Flesh to Canvas”, a show featuring fine art from “a renowned group of tattoo artists” such as Shawn Barber, Paul Booth, Alex Garcia, Nikko Hurtado, Kim Saigh and many more

Shooting Gallery will open “Happy Endings” with new works by Greg Gossel. Right next door at White Walls will be “There’s Aliens In Our Midst” with new work from AJ Fosik as well.

Last Rites Gallery has just posted some pictures of the reception for their latest show “Anathema”. The two artists from the show, Shawn Barber and Vincent Castiglia were there as well as Paul Booth and Genevive Zacconi the duo behind the gallery.

Looks like it was an amazing night, it’s also great to be able to see the painting next to people as it helps show the size of the works. Head on over and check out the pics from this amazing show, courtesy of Steve Prue.

Anathema Opening

There are some really cool shows opening up this weekend, all of which seem to be starting this Saturday.

“Isn’t it Romantic” opens at the Mahan Gallery in Ohio. It features work by Jenny Hart, Arabella Proffer and more. Check it out here: Mahan Gallery

On Saturday at the Copro Nason gallery two shows open, Noferin’s ” The Start; or Where We Begin.” and Jeff Gillette with “Blight”. Check out the show here: Copro Nason

Then at the Jonathan Levine Gallery we have three shows, Alex Gross with “Mysteries and Manners” as well as Erik Mark Sandberg & The Date Farmers. I’m big fan of Alex Gross, the works for the show not only look amazing but they are huge! Check out the shows here: Jonathan Levine Gallery

Finally we have the very first show the Last Rites Gallery in New York. The gallery was started by Paul Booth and Genevive Zacconi. There are going to be some killer shows from this gallery in the coming year, such as this first show. It’s called “Transgression” and features art by: Shawn Barber, Jon Beinart, Matthew Bone, Paul Booth, Vincent Castiglia, Colin Christian, Christopher Conte, Daniel Martin Diaz, HR Giger, Naoto Hattori, William B Hand, Fred Harper, Nikko Hurtado, Michael Hussar, John John Jesse, Stephen Kasner, Kevin Llewellen, Fabrice Lavollay, Laurie Lipton, Travis Louie (shown), Jesse Pepper, Karl Persson, Dan Quintana, Celeste Rapone, JL Robbins, David Stoupakis, Heidi Taillerfer, Brian Viveros & Chet Zar. They have a preview of the show up, and the works look great. Don’t forget to check out the store section as well, they have some exclusive prints for sale. Check out the show here: Last Rites Gallery

Last Rites is a new gallery in New York brought to you by Paul Booth and Genevive Zacconi.

The first show at the gallery will be This April 5th till the 28th. The show is called “Transgression” and features art by: Shawn Barber, Colin Christian, HR Giger, Michael Hussar, John John Jesse, Travis Louie, Dan Quintana, David Stoupakis, Chet Zar & more. This is going to be an amazing show.

Looking at the site, the next year has some really great shows planned. Expect to see shows featuring: Kris Kuksi, Fred Harper, Karl Persson, Kevin Llewellyn, Stephen Kasner and many more.

Last Rites Gallery