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  • “My Mary” print by Mark Dean Veca

    BLK/MRKT editions has recently released a new print by Brooklyn based artist Mark Dean Veca. This new print is a 2 color screenprint on 100% rag paper. It is 18″ x 24″ signed, numbered and stamped in an edition of 100. This print comes from a piece that Mark had in his recent “Phantasmagoria” show at The Ben Maltz Gallery last October.

    I am a huge fan of the Pieta sculpture by Michelangelo, so seeing this referenced in a modern piece such as this is just great.
    Along with the orange version, there is also a Black and White version that is limited to only 10.

    BLK/MRKT Editions

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  • “Priest” letterpress print by Justin Kamerer

    Justin Kamerer, also known as Angryblue, has released a new print; this time it’s a letter press print. The print is 11″ x 14″ with 2 impressions, one blind emboss and the other is black-red. The print is signed and numbered in an edition of 75. It’s a beautiful looking print, and is priced at only $25 including shipping.

    It looks like the priest images was first used for a “Witch/Earthless” poster, which kooks great but worked killer for this letter press print. I really hope that Justin does more of these, his style fits so well.

    Angryblue.com

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  • Art of the Day: “Exit 11” by John Cebollero

    John Cebollero is another one of the artists that has been on the Creep Machine a few times. He had an amazing painting for the B Movie Show, and made of the more striking pieces for the “This is the End” Show. When I first saw it I was blown away, the colors that John is able to get and the ability that he has with acrylic paints is nothing short of spectacular.

    So here is the painting that John entered for the show, it’s acrylic 8″ x 10″. I love the almost cartoon looking blood with that almost glowing, detailed figure and background.
    The piece is still available, as are a few works from the show.

    Johncebollero.com
    This is the End @ Alternative Cafe

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  • Featured artists for April: Iain Macarthur & Max Kauffman

    A little late on this changes, school and the “This is the End” show had me a little busy. So here are the featured artists that will be up for most of April. Max Kauffman and Iain Macarthur.

    I would also like to thank the featured artists for February Jesse Balmer and Saddo Jdero. They are now in the archive area, found in the “featured artists” area.

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  • Shows this Weekend: Strange Happenings, Luke Chueh & Art of Sketch Theatre

    Here is the rundown of shows this weekend:

    Friday:
    Rotofugi will be opening “Strange Happenings”, a group show featuring new work from Kelly Vivanco, Juri Ueda and Rudy Fig. The work looks amazing, Kelly Vivanco continues to impress me.

    The Corey Helford Gallery will be opening “From Light Cometh Darkness” the latest solo show from Luke Chueh. “Dirty Pretty Things” by Thoman Han will be in the loft area.

    Saturday:
    Fabric8 will host “Back in the Day”, a group show about “reminiscing on their days of old” featuring Reuben Rude, Grant Gilliland, Ursula Young, Peabe and many more.

    Lebasse Projects will have “Vous Avez Ete Juste Serve”, a group show featuring new work from Tessar Lo, Yoskay Yamamoto, Nate Frizzell, Edwin Ushiro, Melissa Haslam, Ryuichi Ogino, Jason Redwood, Brian Donnelly, Eric Fortune, Amanda Visell, Scott Belcastro, Jack Long and more. I’m really looking forward to seeing what this show has to offer, so many great artists.

    The Gnomon Gallery as featured a bit back, will have “The Art of Sketch Theatre”. This show is going to be killer, raw sketches from Michael Hussar, Travis Louie, Gene Guynn, Nikko Hurtado, Shawn Barber, Greg “Craola” Simkins, Chet Zar, Mari Inukai and many more will be there to gawk at. If you get pics of the show make sure to share them with me.

  • “The North Wind and the Sun” print by Naoto Hattori

    Coming April 4th at the Copro Gallery is “Overdose”, a new group show by Hi Fructose. One of the pieces for the show is “The North Wind and the Sun”. The painting is a parody of Botticelli’s “Birth of Venus and Aesop’s Fable “The North Wind and the Sun”. I love much of Naoto’s art, but this has to be my favorite piece from him so far; I am a big fan of Botticelli. The painting is sold already, but a print of it has been added to Naoto’s online shop. The print is 16″ x 20″ signed and numbered in an edition of 50.

    I hope Naoto does some more classical figurative pieces like this one.
    Naoto Hattori Print Shop

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  • Shawn Barber limited giclees and poster prints

    Moviegoods.com has 4 limited edition giclee prints from Shawn Barber. The prints are all on canvas, expect for the Gregory Mocilnikar print which is on paper. The prints are signed and numbered by the artist in either an edition of 75 or 100. The 4 prints are of Kerry McCracken (shown), Gregory Mocilnikar, Juan Puente’s Machines & Genevive Zacconi.

    Along with these limited edition prints, there are also some cheaper “poster” prints available. The poster prints start out at 9.99, and come in either an 11″ x 17″ size or 24″ x 36″. They aren’t limited, but from what the site says they will only be printing them up until March 31st. After that no orders will be taken. I have one of these cheaper prints and for the price they really aren’t bad at all. There is a huge amount to choose from, such as the Tara McPherson shown below.

    Shawn Barber Limited Edition Prints
    Shawn Barber Poster Prints

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  • “The Enbuttoning” video by J.R. Goldberg

    Johnen Vasquez (JTHM, Invader Zim) filmed a little video of J.R. Golberg painting some of the hand made buttons that she sells in her Etsy shop. The buttons are only 1″ across, they are hand-sketched, inked and painted. I like that she puts time into something that is usually mass produced. Along with this new video, she also posted a new blog on her site going over the materials she uses, such as what she used in the video.

    I really love her art, I’m talking tattooing it on the face, neck and head kind of love. :p


    J.R. Goldberg: The Enbuttoning from Chancre Scolex on Vimeo.
    The song is “I Went and Had My Knives Sharpened” by I Am Spoonbender.