Creep Machine Magazine – Contemporary Art & Culture

Author: Creep

  • aotd: “Insight”

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    Todays piece is from Australian artist Kain White. He is quite an exceptional painter. This piece is oil on canvas, and follows the same colors that he tends to use but not as brushy. He has some work where you can see how gooped on the oil is. It’s great. I do however like that this piece is not that thick, it fits how delicate the face is.

    The contrast that the face has against that background is perfect, a nice glowing effect. I’m not sure how this looks like in person but I imagine that this picture is a good representation of the painting itself. For more of Kain’s work head on over to his profile. His homepage seems to be down at the moment, but I would still keep checking it.

    Kain White profile
    Kain White homepage

  • Lineage Gallery closed, new gallery soon

    The Lineage Gallery was one of my favorite sites to visit. I have never seen the gallery in person, I planned to one day but that’s over with now. I found a lot of great prints for my articles from the Lineage Gallery and they just had some really great shows there.

    One of the founders of the Lineage Gallery, Joshua Liner will be opening a gallery in New York it looks like. So this might be a good thing in the end. I remember when the Tin Man Alley Gallery closed it gave birth to the Jonathan Levine Gallery, so let’s hope the same success meets Joshua Liner.

    Check out the new site here: Joshua Liner Gallery

  • Amy Sol original plus variety of prints


    There is an Amy Sol original painting for sale. I like the idea that the seller gives provenance of the painting. Showing us where it was bought. More art sellers on auction sites should do this.

    Along with the Amy Sol original there is a Stella Im Hultberg original, an Amy Sol print, a David Choe print and the “Smitten” show print set. This set includes prints by Amy Sol, Stella Im Hultberg, Audrey Kawasaki, Brandy Milne and Kukula.

    All of these from the same seller, not a bad haul really. Head on over and take a look.
    Amy Sol prints and painting

  • “Sour Hearts & Sweet Tarts” d.Errico & Joncas

    This is a two person show featuring Camilla d’Errico and Sarah Joncas. Sarah was one of the first artists that I interviewed, and I’m very excited about all the great shows she has been having. I should have been a little faster and bought some of her work, I know it would get to the point that her work would sell out at every show I just didn’t think it would happen this fast.

    The show opens on January 11th at the Thinkspace Gallery in L.A. The reception is from 7pm until 11pm. If you can head to the show, take some pics and share them with me. I’ll be at home looking at the pics of the show on my pitiful little monitor.

    “Sour Hearts & Sweet Tarts”

  • Letter Pressed’s New Artists Series Store

    terror_thumb.jpgThe very cool Letter Pressed has now opened an artist’s series store. They have released some very cool artist series letter press prints in the past, such as the Brian “Candykiller” Taylor prints.

    Now they have a whole new section dedicated to artist series prints. So far they have one by Travis Lampe, Michael Sieben and one final print left of Candykillers “Unspeakable Terror” print (shown). There will be some more prints from Candykiller, but this one is very smooth and only one person has the chance to grab it.

    Either way keep an eye on this site, I imagine there will be some very killer prints coming from this shop.

    Letter Pressed’s Artist Series Store

  • “Underbelly” Ben Tour show at Fifty24 SF

    Tonight at the Fifty24 gallery in San Francisco, Ben Tour’s solo show entitled “Underbelly” opens. The reception is from 7- 9:30pm.

    Ben Tour is excellent, his work is always very dynamic and fun to look at. I’m glad this show is so close, it gives me the ability to see his work in person. Looking at art in person is very important. I’ll have a new article about this topic in the next few days.

    If your in the area make you you stop by the show. You have till January 31st to see it, but that’s not reason to not see it soon. There may even be prints from the show.

    “Underbelly” Ben Tour @ Fifty24 SF

  • Faesthetic #7

    tim_biskup_cover.gifI might be a little bit late on this, but it’s something cool to hear anyway. Faesthetic is an art book that is distributed by Threadless.
    There have been some really great artists, and it looks like this issue is filled with a number of exciting artists such as: Derek Ballard, Travis Millard, Munk One, Ruben Rude, Jon Burgerman, Nate Van Dyke, Benjamin Kehoe, Sauerkids & many more. The theme of this issue is “Doomsday”, and it says it’s all ad free. The cover (shown) was done by Tim Biskup.

    The book is 160 pages of two color art, black and red ink, and you can grab it for $25. I think I might pick one up, although I do love looking through the whole mag and seeing exactly whats inside. Hard to keep collecting these things when they take up so much space.

    Faesthetic Mag

  • aotd: “The Creep”

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    I knew that sooner or later I would run into a piece with the name “Creep”. This is a great painting by Craig LaRotonda. I like seeing what people associate the name creep with. I know there are a lot more paintings with that name, I should go searching.

    The painting is done is acrylics and is very trippy. I love the colors and the crackle effect that he gets on his paintings. Any type of distress that is done in a tasteful way, I like.
    If you would like to see more of Craig’s work, head on over to his homepage.

    Revelation Studios