Edit Lebeau (featured) has just added a new print to her Society6 shop. The print entitled “Hamadryad”, is first in a series of 3 paintings. It comes in four sizes, 8″x 10″ all the way up to 22″ x 28″.
Get it here: Edith Lebeau @ Society6
Author: Creep
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Van Arno – “The Minstrel Cycle” @ Jonathan Levine Gallery
On April 16th, the Jonathan Levine Gallery opened a new solo show from Los Angeles artist Van Arno. This is the artist’s first solo show at the gallery, and features some of his biggest paintings yet. The exhibition is entitled “The Minstrel Cycle” and the show title “references minstrelsy, a controversial form of entertainment from the 1800s, in which performers in blackface lampooned African-American culture through comic-musical variety acts loaded with racial stereotypes.” There are seven paintings in this show, and continue Van Arno’s always exciting, dynamically posed mythical and historical figurative paintings. In the artist’s words: “I attempt to paint the archetypical moment of clarity and passion. Imagery must be made exciting and alive. Rules of lighting, anatomy, gravity and physics must be bent or broken to make the picture LOUD. That is the ultimate goal of my work.†Van Arno’s paintings are consistently filled with some of the most intense colors, layouts, and contorted and stylized figures around. Along with images of the paintings, the gallery also has some shots that show the paintings hung, giving online viewers an idea of scale.
Check it out: Van Arno @ Jonathan Levine Gallery
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Prints: “Abide” by Dave MacDowell
Dave MacDowell’s solo show “Lowbrow Love Letter” opens tonight, April 30th at the Thinkspace Gallery in Culver City, CA. Dave will be there at the reception so make sure you let him know the Creep Machine told you stop by. Along with the original works, that are most sold out, that will be on view and limited edition print will also be available. “Abide” is based on the original painting for this show, and is 16″ x 20″ on Museo portfolio rag paper, signed and numbered in an edition of 25 for $100 each. Not sure if these will be online after the reception or not.
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The art of 非
And artist working out of Tokyo, 非 (xhxix) works primarily with computer software to create these amazing digital paintings. In a way the art reminds me a bit of YDK Morimoe (featured), but perhaps they are both a part of the same art groups online and have influenced each other. It really is hard to believe these are digital images, I can imagine these all as large scale oil paintings. Check out the previews here and then over to the artists portfolio for more.
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Preview: Dave MacDowell’s “Lowbrow Love Letter” @ Thinkspace Gallery
Opening this Saturday, April 30th is the latest solo exhibition from acrylic mastermind Dave MacDowell. Entitled “Lowbrow Love Letter”, this show will feature 11 works with a few of them inspired directly from contemporary artists such as Chet Zar (shown last), Mark Ryden, Luke Chueh, and even Michael Hussar..? Dave’s unique spin on pop culture and movies will also make an appearance with paintings featuring “The Dude” (Big Lebowski), Charlie Sheen, Antoine Dodson, zombies, and an absolutely freaky looking Stay Puft Marshmallow Man. While Lowbrow art might have tamed down a bit, or what Robert Williams called “chronically cute and politically correct” (source), Dave is still making art that not only looks amazing but continues the tradition of a scene that was once seen as subversive, one look at “Beating The Meat Market” (second) shows that. Take a look at the preview images, and then over to the site for the full show. Dave will be in attendance at the reception, and we will hopefully have a video interview up on the site a few days afterward.
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Large format art prints by Shepard Fairey
Shepard Fairey will be dropping some new prints this Thursday, April 28th at a random time. These new prints however are huge, each one coming in at 42″ x 42″ on 10% cotton paper with deckled edges, signed and numbered in editions of 40 for $500 each.
Get em here: Obey.com
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New work by Ana Bagayan for FB69 Gallery
Ana Bagayan will be showing some new drawing at the Art Amsterdam Fair at FB69 Gallery in Germany this coming May 12th. Each of these new drawings are graphite and charcoal on wood paper, with “Chopped” (last) having some oil and acrylic added to the mix, and “Flower Child” (first) with some extra watercolor added. I love how intense the contrast is on each of these, the media is covering the wood paper almost entirely in some of these. Make sure you check out Ana’s site for more news and updates.
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Preview: Sarah Joncas & Anthony Pontius @ Last Rites Gallery
Opening this Saturday, April 30th at the Last Rites Gallery in New York is two solo shows, Lilith by Sarah Joncas, and The Decay by Anthony Pontius. Sarah Joncas is using the Lilith myth more as what the character represents, not a direct reference. As stated in the press release “the women I’m portraying in these pieces are bolder, more sexual and more mature than those of my previous work, I’ve decidedly brought back some of the whimsy that I’d abandoned after years of schooling.” Anthony Pontius is using a mixed approach to painting to create new myths, “a story that is familiar yet it has not been cultivated by anyone.”
Creep Machine was able to get some exclusive preview images, so hit the “read more” link to check out the full preview. The gallery is also taking pre-orders, so if you are interested in any of the works make sure to contact them directly. Otherwise, keep your eyes on the Last Rites homepage and if you can attend the show it will be up until June 5th.
