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  • Dorothy Circus Gallery, grand opening

    The Dorothy Circus Gallery in Rome will be having it’s grand opening in October. The opening show will be called “Stories From the Wonderland”, and will be in two phases(chapters). The first phase will be from October 12th to November 16th, the second will be from November 30th to January 5th 2008.

    The show will feature 13 artists from the lowbrow/pop surrealism area, Sarah Joncas, Jonathan Weiner, Sergio Mora, Jonathan T. Ponnaccio, Andy Fluon, Aaron Jasinsky, Joshua Clay, Damon Soule, Kathie Olivas, Andrea Ambrogio, Ahren Hertel, Nicoletta Ceccoli & Tim McCormick. What a great list of artists, this is going to be one killer opening show.

    Keep your eyes on the website, for images of the show, and hopefully some prints.

    Dorothy Circus Gallery

  • “Private Empire” @ Asterisk Gallery

    Arabella Proffer’s “Private Empire: The National Portrait Gallery of Kessa” opens at Asterisk Gallery October 12th, 2007 – November 2nd, 2007

    Opening Reception: Friday, October 12th from 6:00 to 10:00 p.m.
    Asterisk Gallery 2393 Professor Ave. Cleveland, Ohio. 44113

    Proffer has created a fictional National Portrait Gallery, whose works are a juxtaposition of modernity with aristocratic tradition. Her subjects sport twenty-first century punk and gothic styles as part of their formalwear, but without the mohawks and piercings, each portrait resembles typical late Renaissance and Stuart portraits. Proffer notes: “this series centers around balance of counter-culture and tradition; how punk or gothic styles might be adopted by aristocrats and socialites for serious portraits left as a reminder of their legacy. What was once considered rebellious has now become widely accepted. Traditionally, each portrait preserves what may later be a historical moment. In the case of this series however, the “historical” moments are of my own imagination”

    As complements to the portraits, Proffer has created genealogies, short biographies, country maps as well as a site-specific installation. Themes of decadence, beauty, and entitlement play throughout the series.

    Asterisk Gallery
    Arabella Proffer Homepage

  • Joshua Petker, Apres Garde

    Well this last Saturday I went to San Francisco and checked out a few shows. It was great as I haven’t gone to a show in a while. The first one I saw was the very last day of the Eric Joyner show at the Shooting Gallery. Man this guy can paint. I love his work now. It always helps to see paintings in person, there is always so much that is lost when you see the work only in print or on the web.

    The next show was Joshua Petker’s show at the Shooting Galleries new location, Gallery Three. His paintings are always so colorful. We talked a lot about art, art schools and so on. He has a show again in March at the Shooting Gallery.

    The last show as the “Apres Garde” show at the Gallery 1988. All the work was great. I got to see some of my favorite artists work in person, Keith Weesner, Andrew Foster and Attaboy. I talked to Katie who worked there, and she even got surprised when she heard I was the Creep Machine guy. Feels great to know that people dig what I’m doing.

    There are pics in the gallery area of these shows.

  • October 6th in San Francisco, Joshua Petker and ApresGarde

    There are two great shows opening up this Saturday in San Francisco. It is my hope to be at both of them.

    The first one is a solo show, Joshua Petker will be showing new works at the third location of the very cool Shooting Gallery. The reception starts at 7-10pm. You can head over to the page now to see what works will be there, and get directions.

    The second show is a group show at the Gallery 1988. The show is called “ApresGarde”, and features work by: Anthony Ausgang, Attaboy, Dave Burke, Germs, The Pizz, KRK Ryden, Scott Saw, Keith Weesner and many others. The show is being curated by Anthony Ausgang, and the reception will be from 7-10pm.

    Shooting Gallery, Gallery Three

    Gallery 1988, San Francisco

  • “Witching Hour” at Subtext gallery

    Opening October 5th at the Subtext Gallery in San Diego, is the group show called the “Witching Hour”

    The show will feature work from: Tessar Lo, Kathie Olivas, Daryll Pierce, Phill Holmes, Caia Coopman, Paul Chatem, KMNDZ, Pamela Jaeger & Ken Keirns. A great group show. I love the work that Paul Chatem puts out, he has such a great style of painting.

    If your in the area, make sure yous top by and see this show, or head over to the site to get a preview of what will be shown.

    Subtext Gallery and Store

  • Jermain Rogers ‘VEIL: 129 MULTIPLE PERSONALITIES’ SET

    Jermain Rogers new toy set, ‘VEIL: 129 MULTIPLE PERSONALITIES’ will go on sale October 5th.
    The set is based in his highly popular ‘Veil: Specimen 129’ figure, but now there is three new figures.

    1. ‘Judgment of the Dero’ 129: In the winter of 1895, something was very wrong with Specimen 129. DERO discipline is NASTY. If one looks at the surface of the wounds, they notice… clear red vinyl!
    2. ‘Stealth’ 129: Clear red vinyl!
    3. ‘GLOW ‘129: Glows intensely in the dark!.

    This figures are great, I love the look they have. If you feel like picking a set up, head over to the link below.

    Jermaine Rogers Veil Set

  • GhostlyArts originals for sale

    I have shown the work of these artists before, the art is now called GhostlyArts. Some of the first originals are now being sold on Ebay, for very affordable prices. It’s pretty nutty than none of the work has been bid on yet.

    Head on over and take a look, this is a good chance to get some original paintings, just in time for Halloween.

    GhostlyArts originals

  • “Rated PG” closing reception at the Conference Room

    The last meeting at the Conference Room had works shown by Ken Garduno and Ryan Pratt.
    The show ends this coming October 9th, and they will have a closing reception on that day. Both artists are great, and if you can’t make it to the reception, at least check out the show on the website.

    The next meeting coming up will be called “Animal…Vegetable..?” and will show the works of Gale Hart, she was just voted Best Visual Artist by Sacramento News and Review 10/07. The show opens on October 20th and runs until November 10th.

    The Conference Room