On Thursday May 5th, Australian artist Rod Luff opened his solo exhibition the “MoleSkine Project” at the newly opened Spoke Art Gallery in San Francisco, CA, the latest endeavor by Ken Harman, who brought art fans the “Bad Dads” and “Quentin VS Coen” group shows. The new gallery has some great things in store for the next year, and this new show from Rod Luff was a great way to kick it off. I stopped by the gallery to check out the work in person, take some photos and video, and was even able to talk to Rod a bit about his working process and inspirations. We have an exclusive video that will hopefully give fans a better idea of what the show looks like in person. Hit the “read more” link to the video, images, and full review.
Category: reviews
of shows, art & collectibles
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“Anima” by Rod Luff @ Phone Booth Gallery
Rod Luff’s first US solo exhbition opened at the Phone Booth Gallery this past Saturday, April 16th. Rod has shown work a few times at the gallery; I think it’s great they decided to give this very talented artists a solo show this quickly. There is around 25 original works of art made with oils as well as graphite and pastels. The show looks amazing, and is very cohesive. This is definitely an artist I will keep an eye on. I like the fact that he has a variety of mediums, and while the work style changes a bit in some of the paintings, you can still clearly see his vision shine through. If you check the blog of the gallery’s site, you will also see some images from the opening reception. It helps to see what the works looks like in relation to people.
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Review: “American Gris-Gris” – Peter Adamyan @ Lopo Gallery
While I was out Saturday night to check out the Paul Chatem show, I stopped around the corner to see the latest work at the Space Gallery/Lopo Gallery. The gallery is now under new ownership and there is even more area to hang art upstairs. I mainly stopped by to see what work was being shown just to pass the time, but I am glad I stopped by since Peter Adamyan had a solo show open that night entitled “American Gris-Gris”, from what I read Gris-Gris is a voodo amulet that either brings good luck or acts as a birth control. Peter had his work shown alongside Helen Bayly but there was visibly far more work by Peter and I noticed that his work garnered more attention. I took photos of the show, and also talked to Peter a bit, not enough though so we have an interview planned for the next week.
There was a large amount of work to be seen, and a good variety of sizes as well. Not only did Peter have the standard “Center-piece” work, that you see him standing next to, but there was also some smaller framed paper works, and smaller wood ones.
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Review: “Island of the Colorblind” – Paul Chatem @ Shooting Gallery
On Saturday, April 9th, the Shooting Gallery in San Francisco opened the first solo show of Paul Chatem. Paul has shown quite a few times at the gallery, but always alongside another artist such as Mike Maxwell. This time it is all new artwork, and continues his new kinetic, interactive paintings and brings them to a new level. The show is entitled “Island of the Colorblind”, a title that was inspired by Oliver Sacks book of the same name. Ever since Paul’s past shows at the gallery, and the work that has popped up in group shows, I have been waiting to see this new solo exhibition. I Made sure to be there on the reception night, take some photos, talk to Paul about his work and inpsirations, and even made a little video to show those fans that cant make it to the show how the paintings work. Click the “read more” link for the full review and photos.
The show opened at 8pm and already had a good amount of people looking at the art. The gallery space, which is narrow, makes it a bit hard to take photos of the work if there is too many people in the gallery. Luckily for me, I had some time to take pics of the work before it got too packed. The lighting in this gallery always makes for great photos and with the intricacy, textures, and colors Paul’s paintings have, you want good light to really draw these works in. (more…) -
Review: “Everything But the Kitschen Sync” @ La Luz de Jesus
The 14th installment of the “Everything But the Kitschen Sync” group show opened at La Luz de Jesus this past March 4th. Apricot Mantle was able to do a review of the show and take some photos for us. Hit the jump link for Apricot’s full review and images.
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Review: Michael Page’s “Into Passing” @ Shooting Gallery
Michael Page’s latest solo show, “Into Passing” opened at the Shooting Gallery in San Francisco almost two weeks ago on February 12th. I wasn’t able to make the reception, or even see the show up until this past week. The show will be up until March 5th and I highly suggest that if you are in the area, you see this show in person. I have been a fan of Michael’s work ever since I first saw his more narrative styled works at Varnish Art Gallery back in 2006. Since those earlier shows, his paintings have slowly evolved into a more abstract and now vividly colored body of work. Looking closely at each of the paintings you can still see the signature style of figures that he has always created, but now they are intertwined within the mass of abstract forms and loosely applied streams of color.
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Chet Zar’s “Conjoined” @ Copro Gallery
This past Saturday, January 22nd, the Copro Gallery opened a very exciting show curated by Chet Zar. “Conjoined” is a group show in which the participating artists created works that are 3d in design. Very few shows in this art scene contain 3d works, and a whole show dedicated to them was well overdue. Thanks to Chet for curating such an amazing, and needed exhibition. Some of the participating artists include: Adam Jones, Kris Kuksi, Annie Owens, Attaboy, Kathie Olivas, Brandt Peters, Dave Pressler, Colin Christian, Charles Krafft, Jon Beinart, Neil Winn, Scott Radke, Chantal Menard, Bill Basso, Paul Chatem, Zombienose, Jordu Schell, Meats Meier, Craig Skibs Barker, Scott Hove, Craig LaRotonda, Chris Conte and many more. The gallery is still working on getting the entire show online, but there is quite a lot of work to be seen. I was happy to see some art submitted by Wayne Coyne (Flaming Lips), and Adam Jones (Tool).
Check out the show: “Conjoined” @ Copro Gallery
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Dark Pop 3.0 @ Last Rites Gallery
Last Saturday, January 15th, the Last Rites Gallery in New York opened the 3rd installment of the Dark Pop exhibitions. The artists in these shows focus their work towards the darker side of art, so fans are able to see artists that rarely make dark art create something truly unique. This year the participating artists include Buff Monster, Esao Andrews, Scott Musgrove, Mark Dean Veca, Daniel Hyun Lim, Glenn Barr, the Pizz, Brian Despain, Mr Christopher, Beau Stanton, Molly Crabapple, Michael Page, Mark Elliot, Mark Garro, Gaia, Nouar, Amy Crehore and more. One of the most surprising things about this show is new art from Mr Christopher (featured), who long time readers may remember as a monthly featured artist here on the Creep as well as submitting an amazing painting to the Attack of the B Movie show I curated years ago. I am very happy to see that Mr. Christopher is creating art again. Nouar once again creates a fun, creepy painting. Who else could show a woman biting the head off a chicken, and make it look amazing.
Check out the full show here: Dark Pop 3 @ Last Rites Gallery
