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  • Gallery shows starting this December 1st

    342a_dwdllweb.jpgSome really amazing shows are opening this Dec 1st. I wish I could hop in an old VW bus and just hit them all up.

    Vivisect Playground (Round 4) opens up at the Gallery 1988 in San Franciso. The show is being curated by Luke Chueh. Greg “Craola” Sinkins will also be in attendance and a new print of his will be released that night. Some of the artists being shown are: Alex Pardee, Luke Chueh, Mari Inukai, Angry Woebots, Amy Sol, Roland Tamayo, Joe Ledbetter, Isaac Pierro, Dave Pressler, Amanda Visell, Rachel Wong, Matt Dangler, Walt Hall and many others.

    “Wishful Thinking” starts at the Project Gallery in Los Angeles. 50+ artists will create xmas themed cards, and all the proceeds of the show will go to the Make-A-Wish Foundation, how cool is that? Some artists being shown here are: Luke Chueh, Blaine Fontana, Edwin Ushiro, Tessar Lo, and others.

    In Costa Mesa at the JFlynn Gallery, “Tree Trimmings II” opens. This ornament based show will feature: Mike Aho, Leanne Biank, Megan Brain, Calef Brown, Scott Chenoweth, Mindy Cherri, Melissa Contreras, Albert Cueller, Inky Dreadfuls, Andrew Hem, CJ Metzger, Daniel Peacock, Nathan Spoor, Julie West, Jaime Zollars and others.
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  • Ashley Wood show, Scott Eder Gallery

    ashbkgd.jpgAshley Wood has a show starting on December 1st at the Scott Eder Gallery in New York, but you can see the work online right now, and even buy it if your so inclined.

    The work is from his various comics, doodles, and the killer 48 Nudes book he put out recently. It all looks great, and I wish I was close enough to check out the show. He will have another show at this gallery May 2008.

    There is also a show featuring work by some comic greats such as: Daniel Clowes, Dave Cooper, Jim Mahfood, Joe Matt, Tony Millionaire and others. All that is missing from that show is some Charles Burns work.

    Scott Eder Gallery

  • aotd: “Jake and the decision”

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    Todays art of the day, is from german illustrator Alex Wucherer. He works both digitally and traditionally, and it’s often hard to tell if some of his digital work has been mislabeled.

    Such as this one, it’s digital but looks so much like oil paint. This just goes to show that having understanding of traditional media can really give the digital work a different feel. I really dig the character in this piece, he has that same stylized kind of figure that you might see in a Joe Sorren piece, but a little more tame.

    This piece also starts a new feature for the Creep, iconography. Not all pieces have icons in them, but when they do I’ll try to point them out, and I encourage readers to post comments sharing what they think the iconography means. So in this piece we see, scissors, string, paper boat, moon and water. Now it doesn’t necessarily mean that each element means something significant, but talking about them helps to drink in the artwork.

    For more of Alex’s work, head on over to his homepage
    Alex Wucherer

  • James Jean signing @ Nucleus Gallery

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    For one night only at the Nucleus Gallery, James Jean will be signing his new Process Recess Portfolio #2. There will also be some limited prints available. Not sure if these prints will be online for us to purchase as well.

    This would be a great chance to pick up his new book, and get it signed. Once these books sell out, they fetch a pretty hefty price, so no sense in waiting. So on November 29th from 7-10pm head on over to the gallery.

    Gallery Nucleus

  • “The Origin of Symmetry”, Blueflip limited print

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    Today at 3pm Blueflip Art releases another limited edition print. This print is from Manuel Lariño, and is called “The Origin of Symmetry”.
    The print is a 10.5″ x 10.5″ giclee print on fine art paper, and is limited to 100.

    The cool thing, besides the art of course, is that 10% of the sale will go to Spectrum for Living, a non-profit organization providing assistance to people with physical and developmental disabilities. So this is a great chance to get some cool art, as well as help people.

    Get It Here @ BlueFlip Art

  • Ashley Wood original & prints

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    There is an Ashley Wood original painting for sale, its from his Uno Fanta book. Its oil on paper, is is 18″ by 24″. There is some tape left on the paper, but it kind of ads to the piece, and if you really hated it you could matte over it.

    He also has some prints on his site, I wrote about one in the last SFWeekly article. They are poster prints but are huge and signed, and on good paper. I have one on the way, so ill write more. I couldn’t pass it up, they’re only $10 before shipping.

    Ashley Wood painting

  • aotd: “Girl on black car”

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    Todays piece is from an artist out of Spain, julepe. The piece is called “Chica sobre coche negro” or girl on black car.

    The first I noticed about this piece, is how great the photo of it is. You can really see all the texture and brush strokes. This is how all art photos should be. I really dig julepe’s style, he has a really great loose style, and some greats stylized figures. Check out the facial expression on the girl. I’m really looking forward to more work from this artist, and will definitely be watching.

    Julepe profile

  • P4 & SC prints by Jason Goad

    P4_and_SC_prints_by_JasonGoad.jpgJason Goad has some very smooth looking 5 color silkscreen prints for sale. They are 12″ square, and I believe you get both, the female and male anatomical robot print. This is a limited edition of 50.

    I love the colors on these prints, and its a very cool idea. Just from the picture you can see how smooth and perfect each line is. These prints would like great framed up together.

    You can get them directly from the artist here: Jason Goad @ Gigposters