Creep Machine Magazine – Contemporary Art & Culture

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  • Review: Sergio Lopez “Sacred Spring” @ Modern Eden Gallery

    Over a week ago on April 14th — which also happened to be the day the Creep Machine turned 5 years old — Sergio Lopez opened a solo show entitled Sacred Spring at the Modern Eden Gallery in San Francisco. I had seen Lopez’s work online a few times, but I knew these paintings needed to be seen in person. Sergio did have some work on view at the Safehouse Atelier here in SF, but I just happened to miss the one night event. The amazing thing about this solo show, is that every available wall space in the gallery was filled with Sergio’s work. Normally, the main portion of the gallery is one show, while the inner area next to the fireplace has a smaller selection of works from various artists. The inner portion of the gallery had these small paintings by Sergio, as well as a couple that were different in style that the rest of the show. The bulk of the work was figurative, but also had elements of nature infused in them, either with patterns or the model was posed in a an outdoor setting. Sergio was present for the reception, so I was able to talk with a bit about his working process. Read more for the rest of the images and review.

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  • Preview: “Twin Peaks; Fire Walk With Me” Group Show @ Copro Gallery

    Opening this Saturday, April 21st, at the Copro Gallery in Santa Monica is a new group show entitled Twin Peaks; Fire Walk With Me
    20th Anniversary Group Art Exhibition    . A year ago in February, Clifton’s Brookdale hosted In the Trees: Twin Peaks 20th Anniversary Art Exhibition, which had some amazing artwork (seen here), and many of he artists from that round will be seen in this latest exhibition. Martin Wittfooth, Glenn Barr, Chris Berens, Brett Amory, Chris Mars, Dan May, Chris Buzelli, Billy Norrby, Nicoletta Ceccoli, Esao Andrews, Lori Earley, Brian Viveros, Ryan Heshka, Scott C, Chet Zar, Paul Chatem, Stella Im Hultberg, and many more.

    There is some very strong work in this exhibition, I was especially intrigued with the paintings by Billy Norrby, Glenn Barr, and Dan Quintana. Stella Im Hultberg submitted another beautiful painting, and I was happy see a landscape by Chris Peters. The stand out piece for me was Deliverance by Lori Earley (seen first). I was a great surprise to see Lori submit a digital painting that had some oil, acrylic, and mixed media embellishments to it. The more I looked at it I could see her style peek out, but the overall work is a new direction that I really hope she continues with. During the reception there will be a limited edition print available of this painting, un-embellished, signed and numbered in an edition of 20. This is bound to be a mind-blowing exhibition, so if your in the area make sure to stop by, otherwise check out the preview images and then over to the website.

    “Twin Peaks; Fire Walk With Me” @ Copro Gallery





  • Now Online: “Marvelous Humans” Group Show @ Articulated Gallery

    Just over a week ago on April 7th, the latest show I had the pleasure of curating opened at the Articulated Gallery in San Francisco. I had a few ideas of what would be my next show, but i thought that Marvelous Humans would be the most fun, and would be a great way to signal a break in my curating days. I’m not going to say I will never curate again, but I do have other projects now that will take more priority over curating. I am very happy with the art in this show, and the reception was a blast. A good amount of artists were present such as Glenn Arthur, Apricot Mantle, Robert Bowen, Peter Adamyan, Kelly Castillo, and Edward Cao. The artwork from the show is now available in the Articulated Gallery online shop, and you can also see some alternate images of the works over at the Creep Machine Facebook page. If you would like to see higher resolution images of the works, please feel free to contact me.



  • Jason Edmiston’s “Monsters of Rock” @ Phone Booth Gallery

    Jason Edmiston’s “Monsters of Rock” @ Phone Booth Gallery

    Just a few days ago on April 14th, the Phone Booth Gallery in Long Beach, CA opened a three person show entitled Rock Paper Sinners featuring the work of Jason Edmiston, Ryan Milner, and Joe King. For this show Jason Edmiston added three new Monsters of Rock to the lineup he started at the Crazy Monsters Show (featured) this past May. The new paintings feature rock monsters of Billy Idol, Angus Young, and Dee Snider. Jason also has drawings of all six monsters on view as well. I may have heard that new prints based on the new monsters will be coming soon. Take a look at all of the Monsters of Rock here, and then over to the gallery for the full show.

    Phone Booth Gallery






  • Preview: Paul Chatem “Another Man’s Hero” @ Shooting Gallery

    Opening this Saturday, April 14th, at the Shooting Gallery in San Francisco is the latest solo show by Paul Chatem entitled Another Man’s Hero. This new show focuses on the idea of identity, and continues Chatem’s amazing style of interactive paintings. During the next week I will stop by the show to take some photos as well as a new video — as these paintings really need to be seen in motion. Take a look at the preview shots below, and if your able to stop by the show make sure you do so. It will be up until May 5th 2012.

    Shooting Gallery SF


  • Original work available by Tom Haubrick

    Tom Haubrick has just added a whole slew of original drawings, and paintings to his Etsy shop. The bulk of the work comes from his latest book Drifters 2, which is also available in the shop. The paintings, such as the Donnie Darko inspired piece seen below, are all ink and wash on arches watercolor paper and are all under $250. The drawings, which are 5″ x 7″, are all ink on bristol paper. There are also some older drawings from Drifters 1 still available, and these are around 9″ x 12″ each. There is a great selection of drawings still left, and for $20 each you can’t go wrong.

    Tom Huabrick @ Etsy



  • Review: “Finding Together Again” by Nimit Malavia @ Spoke Art

    On Thursday Night, April 6th, Spoke Art in San Francisco opened a new solo exhibition by Nimit Malavia entitled Finding Together Again. The past couple of weeks had been nothing but work, so being able to see new drawings by a outstanding artist such as Nimit, was good news indeed. For this reception, Spoke Art gave away free mini-prints to the first 100 attendees. There was a good amount of people there for reception; each person scored a free print without having to fight for them. Nimit showed up shortly after opening, and I was able to ask him a few questions about his process and other projects.

    I have been a fan of Nimit’s work for quite a while now, and had talked to him a few times before but mainly about print releases and preview pics for shows. I took this opportunity to get a look into his working process, and how he creates these breath-taking images. I had always assumed that the line work in Nimit’s drawings were made using a micron or similar style of pen, but learned after the thumbnail and sketches are created, and then blown up for the final piece, every line you see is created with a tiny brush and ink. He said he just keeps drawing until his hand can’t move anymore; in the piece seen below Remus and Romulus, he put over 100 hours into it. For the painted pieces, Nimit will use watercolors to do light washes, and then finish up with acrylic washes, as seen with the two pieces that had gold-leaf embellishments. One of the smaller painted drawings was all acrylic washes, and the contrast was more intense, so you can see the difference in those that had a more mixed-media style to them.

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  • The Art of Falk Gernegross

    Born in Marienberg, Germany, Falk Gernegroß`attended the Academy of Visual Arts in Leipzig, and studied painting under Arno Rink and Neo Rauch. His work has been compared to the Magic Realism movement, that included such artists as George Tooker and Alex Colville, as well as references to the Renaissance and Romantic periods. The figures in his paintings have a slight Mannerist feel to them, and the color palette along with the polished look of the paintings, aids in the mystery often attributed to Magic Realism. Take a look at the preview below, and then head over to the homepage of Galerie Kleindienst in Germany, where Falk is currently represented.

    Falk Gernegroß` @ Galerie Kleindienst