Creep Machine Magazine – Contemporary Art & Culture

Author: Creep

  • In the Store: “Switchblade Sue” by Arabella Proffer

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    For the B Movie Show, Arabella Proffer made two pieces. Both of which were influenced by those old girl gang exploitation movies, maybe you have seen some, maybe not. Both pieces feature the character “Switchblade Sue”, the one shown here is “Switchblade Sue Will Cut You”. Both paintings are oil on panel, and are all framed up and ready to go. I especially like this one for th layout, like she’s just showing you the knife like, “Hey, you want me to stick you with this?”

    Hit the link to the store and check out these two paintings, as well as the others. A good majority of them have sold so far, but there are still some amazing works left.

  • “I Vote for Art” officially launched, buy or sell some art

    “I Vote for Art” is a new website were you can purchase original works of art as well as prints. The best part of the site is that you can vote for your favorite pieces. So if your like me and like to “window shop” for art online, you can not play an interactive role while your doing so.

    The site was started by Ben Rowe out of Australia, he has quite a passion for art, as well as a good eye for art. He is a long time reader of the Creep Machine, and has always been there even when I’m sure I have only had two or three readers.

    Anyway, the site is now live so head on over, vote for some art, buy some. Or if your an artist, submit your work to Ben and maybe have your stuff for sale as well. There is already a great amount of work for sale on the site from such artists as: Kendrick Mar, Jason Limon, Mel Kadel, Jim Bradshaw, Tanya Pshenychny and the list will just keep growing.

    Check it out, and good luck Ben! “I Vote for Art”

  • Shows now online: Tim Biskup, Fred Harper & “Unspeakable”

    Sorry for the lag in posts on the site, I am getting ready to move so posting here takes a bit of effort. I will be a little slow for the next week or so, after that I am back to full time posting. Thanks for sticking around.

    Anyway, here is a list of a few shows that opened this past week, they are viewable online right now.

    “Unspeakable” is a dual show featuring work by Joe Ledbetter and Andrew Brandou. It looks amazing, I’m really digging the work that Brandou has created. Check it out here G1988 SF

    At the Last Rites Gallery is also a dual show with work from Fred Harper and Christopher Conte. I really dig what Fred Harper comes up with. There are a few prints available from Fred on the site as well. Check out the show here: Last Rites Gallery

    Youc an also catch two shows at the Jonathan Levine Gallery, Tim Biskup and Hamilton Yokota (Titi Freak). I really like the energetic art that Hamilton has come up with. Check it out here: Jonathan Levine Gallery

  • Robert Rauschenberg, passed at age 82

    Photographer, painter, printmaker, and all around multimedia artist Robert Rauschenberg passed away this last Monday at age 82.

    He was quite an amazing artist, and one that really got me interested in art in the first place. He has a huge legacy of art to look back on, so if you have never seen his work, please check it out.

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  • “Rigamarole 3” Sketchbook by Jason Goad

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    I have a huge list of artists whose work I enjoy, one of them is Illustrator Jason Goad. He has a killer style, and his cross-hatching is quite enviable.

    He has released two other sketchbook before a while back, and now he has a new one available for purchase. This sketchbook contains various excerpts from his sketchbooks and lineart. 24 pages of killer illustrations. The book is limited to 100 and it looks like the cover can be either yellow, blue, purple, red or green.

    If you want to pick one of these up, head on over and grab one before they are gone.
    Rigamarole 3 Sketchbook

  • Shows this weekend: Liz McGrath, “La Femme” & 3 solo at Copro Nason

    There are some really stellar shows happening this weekend.

    “Uncommon Gardens” opens this Friday at Thinkspace in LA. It’s a group show that features work by Caia Koopman, Kelly Vivanco, Lilly Piri & Catherine Brooks, and Kris Chau is in the project room. The show online to check out, there are a lot of great pieces and a good majority of them have sold so far. Check it out: Thinkspace Gallery

    This Saturday at the Billy Shire Fine Arts Gallery there are two shows opening, Scott Musgrove and Liz McGrath. The work from both of these artists look amazing, Liz has all new watercolor works and from the looks of it the show has sold out! Scott Musgrove has sold a huge amount of work as well. Both of these shows are online so head on over and check em out. Billy Shire Fine Arts

    At the White Walls Gallery in Sf there is a dual show with AJ Fosik and Kelsey Brooks. The show looks pretty good, and the work is online for your viewing. White Walls Gallery SF

    “Pop Pollution” opens at the Lab 101 Gallery this Saturday. It features “small” artworks by Isaac Bushkin, Matt Stallings & Jacob McClure. Check it out Lab 101

    “La Femme” is a group show that opens this Saturday at the Gallery Nucleus. It features work by
    Marguerite Sauvage, Brandi Milne, Mari Inukai, Julie West, Amy Sol, Kukula, Junko Mizuno and many others. Check it out here: Gallery Nucleus

    And the big one this weekend is at the Copro Nason Gallery. Three solo shows, Luke Chueh with “She’s my Heroin(e)”, Mari Inukai with “Infiltration” and Chet Zar with “We Are the Shadows”. I really dig the work by Mari Inukai and the new work from Chet is quite amazing. I see he is using some new colors in his works and I think it looks great. All three shows are online for you to check out. Copro Nason Gallery

  • “Daddy’s Girl” original drawing by Michael Hussar

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    This drawing that was used for the “Daddy’s Girl” painting was auctioned off a while ago to help the Lithium Picnic defense fund. Well it’s back up for auction. The painting was sold long ago, and print of the piece show up quite rarely and sell for quite a bit. I remember a thumbnail sketch was sold as well, but of course being a thumbnail sketch it was quite small and rough.

    This is for an 8″ 10″ drawing, it is also framed and protected with UV glass and acid-free materials. The drawing was purchased directly from Michael, so there is a receipt and most importantly provenance. All framed up it’s around 13″ x 17″, and it looks amazing. I would love to have the original painting, but I think having the drawing would be just as cool.

    Check it out here, the painting is shown here you can see the drawing at the link: Daddy’s Girl Original Drawing

  • aotd: “A Desire To Be” by Mike Binzer

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    Todays piece is from an artist out of Calgary, Canada. He studied at the Alberta College of Art and Design and graduated with Distinction.

    He recently moved his website around and added more work to it, and while looking around I was really caught by the piece shown. It’s oil on canvas and is a very large 84″ x 72″. I really like the mix of the figure and the abstract kind of texture that the figure is emerging from. This is one of the main reasons I love the work of Ian Francis, but with the work of Mike Binzer it is a little more textural. He also has quite a large amount of work to be seen on his website, so head on over and take a look.

    Mike Binzer