Creep Machine Magazine – Contemporary Art & Culture

Author: Creep

  • Carles Gomila launches new website

    Thanks to a tip from Tom Bagshaw, I was happy to hear that Carles Gomila has just launched his new homepage. This new site is not only great looking, but is very easy to move around in as well. When you enter a new gallery there is a popup and flash gallery embedded in that, and I am usually against this, but it works well. You get the option to zoom in on the paintings and some of them allow you to see how the painting is compared size wise when next to a human body, very cool feature.

    I have really become a fan of Carles’ work, if you haven’t seen all of it yet head on over: Carlesgomila.com
    His online store isn’t opened yet, but you can find some of his prints over at Fine Grime

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  • “Working 9-9” print by Ewok 5MH

    Dirty Pilot just released a new print by the artist known as Ewok 5MH. “Working 9-9″ 15″ x 22.5”, giclee with hand-embellishments, is signed and numbered in an edition of 40 for $125. This is pretty much how I feel once in a while at work, otherwise my job is really laidback.

    Working 9-9 Print @ Dirty Pilot

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  • Apricot Mantle Sketch and Interview @ Sketch Theatre

    Apricot Mantle now has an interview as well as a sketch video up over at the always inspiring Sketch Theatre website. It’s a great interview and really breaks down not only the working process of the artist, but why he chooses to use colored pencils. It doesn’t seem to be a commonly used material when looking at art these days, but Apricot shows that in the right hands it can look really exciting.

    Make sure you check out the video as well, the final image practically glows, like all of his works seem to do.

    Apricot Mantle Interview @ Sketch Theatre
    Sketch Video @ Sketch Theatre

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  • Review: Sylvia Ji @ StolenSpace Gallery

    Just this past month Sylvia Ji had a solo show in London, and of course I wasn’t able to go to that one no matter how much I would have wanted to. Emma Mount attended the reception, and I was able to get some pictures and a little write-up from her. Thanks Emma!

    ‘Nectar’ is LA artist Sylvia Ji’s first show in the UK running 03.09.09 – 27.09.09

    Stolen Space Gallery is sited in the Brick Lane area of London, a vibrant East End hub of fashion and art, the area has an eclectic mix of many curry houses (thanks to its Bangladeshi community) alongside vintage bric-a-brac and retro clothing stores.

    I have long been a fan of Sylvia Ji, and not sure I would ever get to see her paintings first hand I was full of anticipation. After a couple of wrong turns in which we discovered some outstanding graffiti, we finally happened upon this tucked away gallery. The gallery is a very basic small open white space, but as such all the better for being able to take in all these works in one glorious view on entering, and we felt we’d found the Holy Grail.
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  • “Porcelain” print by Steven Daily

    Last May the Creep Machine featured a couple of paintings by Steven Daily, one of them was “Porcelain” which was created for the Disney Underground series. This painting has now been turned into a print and is available on the Acme Archives Direct website. The print is 19″ x 24″ giclee on canvas, signed and numbered in an edition of 100. Each painting comes with a certificate of authenticity and you can order it unframed (rolled), stretched, gallery wrapped and framed.

    Get it here: Steven Daily @ Acme Archives Direct

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  • Ben Tolman in Volume 16 of Direct Art Magazine

    I went into my local bookstore to grab the latest copy of Hi-Fructose, and of course it wasn’t there yet, but I did happen to notice an art magazine that I have never seen before. What drew me to it was the cover art created by previously featured artist Ben Tolman. The magazine was faily priced at $4.95 so I grabbed a copy and am very happy I did. This issue of Direct Art is volume 16 so its’ clearly been around a while. It’s is not filled with a lot of articles, but does have some great art and of course ads, but the ads do a good job of alerting you to upcoming shows and even artists you might not have heard of before, such as Dominic Rouse. Previous features can be found in the sites Archives.

    If you can’t get a copy at your local bookstore, you can grab one off the site: Direct Art Magazine

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  • New site launched, Artistopedia.com


    In the midst of working on about 5 sites at the same time, I was able to finish up one that I have been working on for the past few months. The original idea was to create a site that worked like wikipedia and focused on profiles for current working artists. Wikipedia does allow working artists to add entries, so it seemed to me like the domain could be used for something better, something more community driven. So Artistopedia.com will not be a site that is driven by contributers. Whether it is essays about art, critiques or posts that are geared for the process of creating art, it is my hope that this new site becomes a place that is much more than just being exposed to new artists. I hope this new site becomes a place where artists can share knowledge they have while up an coming artists are able to learn an be inspired by all the possibilities that art allows.

    So for everyone that has something share please head on over to the site and not only share you unique perspective you have on art, but also whatever tips and tricks you have learned throughout the years. For those that want to learn more about the creation and processes of art, and maybe are not able to attend a school, or efficient school for that matter, please check the site out and have fun.

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  • “Fuglyheadz” miniature drawings by Ojimbo

    Jim Sheely otherwise known as Ojimbo has just posted some smaller original drawings to his Etsy shop. These new drawings entitled “Fuglyheadz” are all aceo (“Art Cards, Editions and Originals”) sized pencil and ink drawings, so each one is 3.5 inches by 2.5 inches on Fabriano watercolor paper. They will have the number in which they are created on the drawing, as well as the name of the character. This is a great chance to get an original drawing from a very talented artist that rarely posts drawings. Let’s hope he keeps going with this affordable and very exciting series of works.

    Ojimbo Etsy Shop

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