Safewalls has just released a couple of new prints, one from Tara McPherson and the other from Travis Louie. The prints are inspired byZarkanaâ„¢, and Tara McPherson focused specifically on Mandragora, one of the female characters . Both prints are 20″ x 30″ with an image area of 19″ x 28″. signed and numbered in editions of 300. There is also deluxe versions of each print available as well.
Get em here: Safewalls.org
On Friday July 15th, Coop opened his first solo show in the past 2 years at the Corey Helford Gallery. Entitled “Idle Hands”, this show features some new work by coop, and even some drawings as well. Some of the paintings are huge, and you can see he has been experimenting a bit more to give his work even more intensity than it already has. Arrested Motion has some photos from the opening that you can check out Here
Otherwise, see the full show on the galleries homepage: Coreyhelfordgallery.com
This past weekend was a good time for art fans as a handful of amazing shows opened up. One of which was “Necropolis”, a dark art group show that opened at the Congregation Gallery on Saturday. The show features work by Nikko Hurtado, Christopher Peters, Cam Rackam, Christopher Ulrich, Larkin, Dan Harding, Scott Holloway, Buddy Nestor, Jeremy Cross, Jason Soles, Aunia Kahn, Christopher Conte, Kolaboy, Chad Savage, the Creep, Jason Hernandez, Sean Chappell, Scarecrowoven, Liv Rainey-Smith, and many more. The show will be on view until roughly August 12th. I was very happy to see the work of Kolaboy, as I have been a fan of his since around the time this site started. Liv Rainey-Smith also made some amazing little block prints.
Opening this Saturday, July 16th at the Modern Eden Gallery in San Francisco is a new duo show from Michael Ryan (featured) and Bradly Platz. The show is entitled “The Order” and is not the first time these two artists have shown together. Eclectix Gallery in El Cerrito was responsible for previously showing the work of these two talented artists. I was lucky enough to have Michael Ryan show a painting in the “This is the End” exhibition that took place at the Alternative Cafe, and I am happy to see some new work from him. He is an outstanding painter, and the work really deserves to be seen in person. The reception is from 7-10pm and the show runs until August 13th, so make sure you stop by if you can. For all the Creep fans that can’t make the show, we will have a video walk through of it along with photos and a review this coming week.
Laura Bifano, an artist featured on the Creep Machine back in 2009, is working on a new series of work that is very exciting. Entitled “Menagerie”, this new series is a collection of 10 pixel animal paintings “inspired by (Laura’s) love of nature and fascination with vintage video game aesthetics.” The backgrounds of these paintings are exquisite and the juxtaposition of the pixel based animals really makes this series unique. It’s a great idea and I love that Laura decided to make an entire series based on it. The paintings are being released over a course of a couple of weeks, you can follow on her Tumble page below, and each painting will also be available as a print on her Etsy site.
Check out the series here:
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Currently on view at the Corey Helford Gallery in Culver City, CA is the 5th Year Anniversary Group Show featuring many of the artists that the gallery frequently showcases. Work by Korin Faught, Sas Christian, Shag, Stella Im Hultberg, Jason Shawn Alexander, Natalia Fabia, Colin Christian, Sylvia Ji, Tom Bagshaw, Gary Baseman, Amy Sol, Kent Williams, Greg Simkins, Mia, Hush, Billy Norrby, Joey Remmers, Gary Taxali, Van Arno, Brandi Milne, Scott G Brooks, David Stoupakis, Ron English, Todd Schorr, Chris Anthony, Ray Ceasar, and many more. The show is only on view for 13 days before being taken down as a new show by COOP will be opening on the 15th of July.
The 5th installment of the Crazy 4 Cult group show opened this past weekend, Friday July 8th, at the Gallery 1988 in Melrose. The show features work from a huge list of artists all inspired by cult movies. Not only were there original works of art on display, but some prints as well. In the past the Crazy 4 Cult series has put out some amazing art, and had quite a lot of art dedicated to just one movie, such as Big Lebowski and Willy Wonka. It’s nice to see each artists work that was created from the inspiration these movies foster, but at the same time there are so many good movies that have been left out of each one of these group shows. I was however happy to see some more horror movies featured such as the pieces by Jason D’Aquino, Chris Sanchez with the ‘Necronomicon’ pages, Justin White with his trio Kurt Russell works, and Scott Campbell with some more “Great Showdowns”. There is no doubt some great work in this show, N.C. Winters “Scott Pilgrim” inspired work being my favorite so far, but I think the show has lost a bit of its punch. There are so many shows now that are being dedicated to one movie, director or actor. I know that many artists today draw their main sources of inspiration from pop culture, movies being the main one, I just think I am in the mood for some more shows with a bit deeper, thoughtful meaning behind them. Let the pop culture references be a pleasant surprise in these shows, and not just the main attraction. After seeing that Jonathan Darby show at White Walls (reviewed), it really reminded me that art can be powerful, educational, and even life changing. Anyway, take a look at the preview images here and then over to the gallery to see the rest of the works.
Lore Earley has just added some new prints to her online shop. The two new prints are “Ms. Pemberton”, at 10″ x 20″ in a limited edition of 150, and “Portrait of Ms Ciccone” at 13″ x 20″ also limited to 150. You might remember the Madonna painting being exhibited at the ‘World on Fire’ exhibit (previewed) that took place in 2009. I think it’s great that Lori decided to release a print of this outstanding painting. Lori also has some artists proofs available, so if you are interested make sure to contact Lori via her homepage.
