Opening this Friday, July 22nd, at the Last Rites Gallery in New York is the latest solo show from Chet Zar. Entitled “Faces of Death”, this is Chet’s second solo exhibition at the gallery following last years “Endarkenment”. This new show will feature 16, 11″ x 14″ portraits, each one with a custom made frame. This show will also mark the remodeling of Last Rites, and along with Chet’s solo show, Craig La Rotonda will open his latest solo show, and there will be live painting with Genevive Zacconi, Shawn Barber, Kim Saigh, Chet Zar, Angie Mason, Fred Harper, Billy Norrby, Matt Rota, Paul Booth, & Martin Wittfooth. Sounds like it is going to be on amazing night, as if seeing the stunning new portrait work from Chet wasn’t enough. Take a look at the preview images, and if your in the area make sure to stop by the gallery from 7-11pm, or keep your eye on the website.
Author: Creep
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The Art of Rena Littleson
Rena Littleson, an artist working out of Australia, received her B.A. in contemporary arts in 2005 and Post Graduate Degree in Graphic Design at RMIT in 2006-2007. I first saw her work on Perfect Laughter, a great art blog, and thought I would share her work here as it’s not often artists that create amazing work in pencil is seen here. She did this series of drawings for an upcoming show group show in Melbourne entitled Drawn Again. As you can see Rena is extremely talented with graphite, and aside from creating these photo-realistic drawings, you can also see some more cartoon inspired works on her homepage. So she’s quite versatile as well.
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New prints by Tara McPherson and Travis Louie for Safewalls
Safewalls has just released a couple of new prints, one from Tara McPherson and the other from Travis Louie. The prints are inspired byZarkanaâ„¢, and Tara McPherson focused specifically on Mandragora, one of the female characters . Both prints are 20″ x 30″ with an image area of 19″ x 28″. signed and numbered in editions of 300. There is also deluxe versions of each print available as well.
Get em here: Safewalls.org
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Coop – “Idle Hands” @ Corey Helford Gallery
On Friday July 15th, Coop opened his first solo show in the past 2 years at the Corey Helford Gallery. Entitled “Idle Hands”, this show features some new work by coop, and even some drawings as well. Some of the paintings are huge, and you can see he has been experimenting a bit more to give his work even more intensity than it already has. Arrested Motion has some photos from the opening that you can check out Here
Otherwise, see the full show on the galleries homepage: Coreyhelfordgallery.com
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“Necropolis” Dark Art Group Show @ Congregation Gallery
This past weekend was a good time for art fans as a handful of amazing shows opened up. One of which was “Necropolis”, a dark art group show that opened at the Congregation Gallery on Saturday. The show features work by Nikko Hurtado, Christopher Peters, Cam Rackam, Christopher Ulrich, Larkin, Dan Harding, Scott Holloway, Buddy Nestor, Jeremy Cross, Jason Soles, Aunia Kahn, Christopher Conte, Kolaboy, Chad Savage, the Creep, Jason Hernandez, Sean Chappell, Scarecrowoven, Liv Rainey-Smith, and many more. The show will be on view until roughly August 12th. I was very happy to see the work of Kolaboy, as I have been a fan of his since around the time this site started. Liv Rainey-Smith also made some amazing little block prints.
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Michael Ryan & Bradly Platz – “The Order” @ Modern Eden
Opening this Saturday, July 16th at the Modern Eden Gallery in San Francisco is a new duo show from Michael Ryan (featured) and Bradly Platz. The show is entitled “The Order” and is not the first time these two artists have shown together. Eclectix Gallery in El Cerrito was responsible for previously showing the work of these two talented artists. I was lucky enough to have Michael Ryan show a painting in the “This is the End” exhibition that took place at the Alternative Cafe, and I am happy to see some new work from him. He is an outstanding painter, and the work really deserves to be seen in person. The reception is from 7-10pm and the show runs until August 13th, so make sure you stop by if you can. For all the Creep fans that can’t make the show, we will have a video walk through of it along with photos and a review this coming week.
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“Menagerie” series by Laura Bifano
Laura Bifano, an artist featured on the Creep Machine back in 2009, is working on a new series of work that is very exciting. Entitled “Menagerie”, this new series is a collection of 10 pixel animal paintings “inspired by (Laura’s) love of nature and fascination with vintage video game aesthetics.” The backgrounds of these paintings are exquisite and the juxtaposition of the pixel based animals really makes this series unique. It’s a great idea and I love that Laura decided to make an entire series based on it. The paintings are being released over a course of a couple of weeks, you can follow on her Tumble page below, and each painting will also be available as a print on her Etsy site.
Check out the series here:
Homepage
Laura Bifano Tumblr
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Corey Helford – “Zero to Sixty” 5 Year Anniversary Group Show
Currently on view at the Corey Helford Gallery in Culver City, CA is the 5th Year Anniversary Group Show featuring many of the artists that the gallery frequently showcases. Work by Korin Faught, Sas Christian, Shag, Stella Im Hultberg, Jason Shawn Alexander, Natalia Fabia, Colin Christian, Sylvia Ji, Tom Bagshaw, Gary Baseman, Amy Sol, Kent Williams, Greg Simkins, Mia, Hush, Billy Norrby, Joey Remmers, Gary Taxali, Van Arno, Brandi Milne, Scott G Brooks, David Stoupakis, Ron English, Todd Schorr, Chris Anthony, Ray Ceasar, and many more. The show is only on view for 13 days before being taken down as a new show by COOP will be opening on the 15th of July.
