Considered by many to be one of Blaine Fontana’s most loved painting, and a favorite of his as well, he has decided to release this as a limited edition print. “The Avant Garden of Midnight Marauders” comes in two sizes 18″ x 24″ in an edition of 100 for $150 and 24″ x 40″ in an edition of 50 for $300 a pop. It also looks as though there is free domestic shipping on any orders above $50, from now until December 15th.
Get it here: Blaine Fontana Online Shop
Naoto Hattori has just added a new print to his online shop. “Wood Nymph” is 15″ x 16″ on fine art paper, signed and numbered in an edition of 50 for $150. It’s one of the more busy prints that he has released in a while now. There is a lot of detail and information going on here. Not quite my thing, but I still love his work.
Get it here: Naoto Hattori Online Shop
The “Small Stuff 3” show opened at the Bear and Bird Boutique and Gallery last November 22nd, the show will run up until January 9, 2010. The feature of this show is that all of the work is cash and carry, so you buy it and then walk out with it. If your buying the work online it immediately gets shipped to you. Great idea and perfect for those still shopping for gifts, or happily being a Scrooge and just buying stuff for yourself. The show features work by Ana Galvan, Danielle Estefan, Danny Brito, Dékal, Erik Jones, Naoto Hattori, Phil Noto, Shannon Bonatakis, Skot Olsen, Bill Carman and many more. The majority of the art is small, so you won’t find too many outrageous prices save for the Naoto Hattori. He commonly makes smaller works and the detail levels are skill is well worth the price. Here are a few examples of what can be had. For the full show chck out the gallery’s site.
Bear and Bird Boutique & Gallery
Found this killer print over at Gigposters classifieds. Garry Booth was approached to take care of print released for cult movie screenings at the Art Theatre in Long Beach, CA. So I imagine we will be seeing prints much like those of Mondotees celebrating these classic movies and giving fans some art to collect in the process. These screening nights are called Mondo Celluloid by the way. This first print is entitled “Accursed Ugliness” and features Lon Chaney’s Phantom of the Opera. The print itself is a 2 color screenprint, 18″ x 24″ signed and numbered in an edition of 50 for only $20 a pop.
Get em here: Accursed Ugliness @ Gigposters
One of the shows that I have been waiting to see for the past few months is the upcoming solo exhibition of Chris Mars. The show, In Preparation of Barrier Transcendence will take place at the Billy Shire Fine Arts this coming December 12th and will run until January 2nd 2010. As Chris states in his bio ““It is my intent to instigate the viewer to look beyond surface attributes be they attributes of my paintings or of society at large. I seek through my work to break down the tendency that exists to prejudge and to move away from xenophobia..†One of the things that draws me to Mars’ work is that he doesn’t shy away from the social and political issues that we are currently dealing with. Art is an effective way of showing the viewer what the world around them might actually be like, the truths no matter how scary they might be. Creating imagery that is so enjoyable to look at makes digesting these truths effortless. The show has over 20 paintings, a nice variety of larger and smaller 9″ x 11” portraits, one of which entitled “The Upriser” (shown first) reminds me of the iconic photograph of Sharbat Gula on the cover of National Geographic in 1985. I am a big fan of his smaller portrait work, and do hope that he one day decides to release a limited edition run of one of them.
Check out the full show here: Chris Mars @ Billy Shire Fine Arts
Floating World Comics in Portland, Oregon has some original artwork by Al Columbia that they will be releasing for sale during the coming weeks. If your a fan of Al’s work this might be one of the few times that you can get original art. Comic Art Collective has a section for original work from Al, but there is rarely anything for sale there. There is also a limited edition print available. In order to commemorate the new book that Al is releasing, the gallery has made a limited edition giclee print from one of Al’s latest paintings. “Toyland” is 18″ x 24″ with an image area of 15″ x 20″, signed and numbered in an edition of only 25 for $200 a pop.
Get the print here: Toyland Print
Leslie Ditto has just posted two original paintings for sale. The paintings are being sold in order to help out a friend, so this is a good opportunity to help Leslie out and score some beautiful original works. Both paintings are oil on oval canvas, 20″ x 24″ and do not come framed. The paintings “Back Stage” and “Exit Stage Left” were first shown in a “circus freak” themed show at a gallery in Connecticut. From the looks of the auction Leslie also guarantees delivery before Christmas.
Head on over and take a look: Leslie Ditto Originals
Coming this Saturday, December 12th to the Jonathan Levine Gallery is the latest show exhibition from Audrey Kawasaki entitled “Hajimari. a prelude.” The show will feature 20 new works and from the preview images Audrey posted on her blog, this is going to be an amazing show. A majority of the work looks like she has continued with some of the more “filled” works such as those seen at show at Copro Nason a while back. I was also happy to see some of the more erotic works of hers making a comeback. She has a very elegant way of adding a little eroticism without it seeming trashy. One of the preview shots as seen below, features some skeletal and anatomical figures, which I was very happy to see. Looking at her graphite and oil works, one can see that Audrey has keen understanding of the figure and her unique style of displaying them is what makes her art so addicting.
Head on over for a full look at the preview images: Audrey Kawasaki Preview
