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  • Preview: Suggestivism NYC @ Bold Hype Gallery

    Opening this week, May 10th, is a group show curated by Nathan Spoor entitled Suggestivism NYC. This new show will feature over 40 of the most exciting, intriguing, and talented artists in the contemporary art scene such as: Chris Mars, Skinner, Chet Zar, Dan May, Nathan Ota, Jeff McMillan, Rod Luff, Sas Christian, Colin Christian, Joe Vaux, Bob Schneider, Mia, Naoto Hattori, Bob Dob, Tom Bagshaw, Jason Maloney, David Molesky, Darren LeGallo, Michael Page, Kevin Peterson, Thomas Doyle, Sandow Birk, Heidi Taillefer, Yevgeniya Mikhailik, Brendan Monroe, Annie Owens, Eric Althin, Jason Limon, Joey Remmers, Chandler Wood, Martin Wittfooth, Eric Richardson, Francesco LoCastro, Nathan Spoor, Kathie Olivas, Brandt Peters, Scott Scheidly, NC Winters, Christian Van Minnen, Winnie Truong, Julian Callos, Heiko Müller, and Marco Mazzoni.

    According to Spoor, Suggestivism “does not center around claiming a title for giving any movement a name, but for introducing a common creative thread amongst several disparate and unique voices within the modern art world.” Richard Chang once stated that Suggestivism has its roots in 19th century artist such as James McNeill Whistler, Georges Seurat and Arthur B. Davies. The show will run until June 30th, so if your in the area, make sure to stop by.

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  • Preview: “Dystopia”, BeinArt Surreal Collective Show @ Copro Gallery

    The past weekend some amazing shows opened up, and this coming weekend will be continuing this run of outstanding shows. On March 19th Copro Gallery will open the BeinArt Surreal Collective’s group show, “Dystopia”. Curated by Jon Beinart, this group show “will place the viewer in a fictional world where personal and societal fears can be explored. Whether figuratively or more literally, the participating artists will present their own interpretation of ‘Dystopia’.” Work from over 50 international artists will be on view, such as: Kris Kuksi, Chris Mars, Paul Booth, Chet Zar (interviewed), Viktor Safonkin, Laurie Lipton, David Bowers, Dariusz Zawadzki, Matthew Bone, Jean Labourdette Turf One, William Hand, Christian Van Minnen, Dan Quintana, Ben Tolman, Karl Persson, Macsorro, Carrie Ann Baade, Stephanie Henderson, Heidi Taillefer, David Choquette, Scott G Brooks, Naoto Hattori, Michael Ryan (featured), Leslie Ditto (featured), Larkin, Chrystal Chan, Jeff Christensen, Cam De Leon, Christopher Ulrich, Matt Dangler, Brian Viveros, Chris Peters, Rachel Bess, Brian Smith, Pamela Wilson, James Zar, Vincent Cacciotti, Jon Beinart, Matt R Martin, David Bowers, and more. Take a look at the preview images, and then head over to the site for more.

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  • Heidi Taillefer Prints

    Heidi Taillefer, a very exciting artist born in Montreal, Quebec, has just released two limited edition prints. These are the first prints that Heidi has offered and are now available rom von Scaramouche. “Venus Envy” and “Killing for Sport” are both 19″ x 25″ on 100lb medium stock paper, signed and numbered in editions of 40. I like how the site also gives some details about each print, and the background story.

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  • Preview: Travis Louie’s “Monster” @ Copro Gallery

    This July 11th at the Copro Gallery will be “Monster”, a group show curated by Travis Louie and features the work of over 50 artists. I’m a big fan of the work of Mr Louie, and was raised on monster artwork, so this show is right up my alley. Some of the artists that will be at this show are Ron English, Femke Hiemstra, Jessica Joslin, Audrey Kawasaki, Tessar Lo, Martin Wittfooth, Chet Zar, Amanda Visell, Ana Bagayan, Annie Owens, Attaboy, Brandt Peters, Brian Despain, Brom, Chris Ryniak, Dan Quintana, Ekundayo, Dave Chung, Dave DeVries, Davey Wong, Deseo, Dice Tsutsumi, Francesco LoCastro, Fred Harper, Heidi Taillefer, Isabel Samaras, James Zar, Jason D’Aquino, Amy Botello, Kris Kuksi, Kris Lewis, Lola, Mari Inukai, Mark Texiera, Miles Teves, Molly Crabapple, Nouar, Xiaoqing Ding and many more. If you head on over to Erratic Phenomena you can see an interview done with Travis about the show and his stance on the art scene and where it is going. I like how Travis brought up that some of the art we see is short on conception and lacks creativity. My favorite bit is:

    A gallery owner (I won’t say who) tried to tell me how great someone’s brushwork was, and he really had no clue about what constitutes “good brushwork.” Folks, there is a significant difference between having a strong style that exaggerates anatomy, and exaggeration because of a lack of anatomical knowledge. I’m not saying I’d like to see all things painted realistically or naturalistically, but I would prefer that the artists know how to draw something, at least. I’ve seen so many artists whose drawing was so bad I can’t believe they got shows.

    Not only am I crazy about Art History, but I am also quite big on anatomy and classical ways of painting/drawing. I hope to see more of these disciplines as well. Anway, make sure you head on over to Erratic Phenomena to read the interview and check out the gallery for the full preview of works.

    Monster @ Copro Gallery

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  • Shows this weekend: Coop, Josh Keyes & Culver City Invasion

    Here is the rundown of the shows opening this weekend:

    Friday:
    Corey Helford Gallery is hosting the first solo show from Coop in the past three years. Reception is from 7-10pm

    Gallery 1988 SF will open “Searching for Satori” a new solo show featuring new works by Matt Dangler

    Saturday:
    The Lab will open “Black Market Sugar” a group show featuring work by Glenn Arthur, Cate Rangel and many more.

    Merry Karnowsky Gallery> will host “I’ll Hit You Up Tomorrow” featuring new works from Kill Pixie.

    Thinkspace Gallery ‘Culver City INVASION’ during the 4th Annual Culver City Art Walk ‘Pop Up’ Gallery Location: 8542 Washington Blvd. (just a few doors west of Corey Helford). Work by all sorts of amazing artists as well as live painting.

    Nowhere Limited will open “THE VISUAL ART OF MARK MOTHERSBAUGH: RUGS! RUGS! RUGS!”

    Joshua Liner Gallery will host two new solo exhibitions, “Stories From the Other Side of the Bridge” by Mike Davis and “An Uncanny Lineup of Serendipitous Connections” by Heidi Taillefer. This is going to be one exciting show.

    David B Smith Gallery will host “Sprout” featuring new works by Josh Keyes.