Coming this Thursday, March 3rd, to the Joshua Liner Gallery comes the debut solo exhibition of Ian Francis. Entitled “Fireland”, this show also marks the first solo show for the artist in New York. Ian has created an amazing batch of new work, his mixed media paintings which us a variety of oils, acrylics, ink, pen, charcoal, and graphite will also be on view with some works on paper that are monochromatic but no less dynamic than the paintings. The show is now online to view, if you are in the area make sure to check out the show in person it will be up until April 2nd.
Tag: Ian Francis
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New Sponsor: Icon Art
I would like to welcome the newest sponsor to the site, Icon Art Gallery. If you head over to the galleries homepage you can find all sorts of fine art editions from such artists as Shepard Fairey, Takashi Murakami, Dave Kinsey, Ian Francis (shown), Tara McPherson, Joe Ledbetter and more. With the addition of the newest sponsors to the site, the next year will bring some great additions to the site, as well as making it possible to have a few contests.
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“A Girl Dressed as Rikku” print by Ian Francis
BLK/MRKT Editions has a new print for the always inspiring Ian Francis. “A Girl Dressed as Rikku” is a 3 color screen print on 100% cotton rag paper, 18″ x 24″ signed, numbered and stamped in an edition of 100. From what the site says the model is YuffieBunny
The image, while not as colorful and abstract as some of Ian’s other work, is still very classy and shows that this artist is capable of doing a wide range of styles all while holding on to the quality that drew fans to his work in the first place.
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Openings: Ian Francis @ Semi-Permanent Sydney
The folks over at Arrested Motion have put up photos of the work featured in Ian Francis’ latest exhibition that took place in Sydney Australia. I am a huge fan of Ian’s work, so naturally am always excited to see anything he does. Would have been nice to see the work in person, his paintings are so intense that you really need to be able to see them up close and just get lost in them.
Head on over and check out all the works Ian Francis @ Arrested Motion
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Photos: Family First and Van Arno
This past weekend I headed over to San Francisco to check out the latest solo show of Van Arno at Shooting Gallery, as well as the “Family First” group show right next door at White Walls. I rented car this time as to avoid the two hour bus ride for once, and be able to move around the city easier. It wasn’t as cold as I thought it would be there, it must just be where I live that gets unbearably cold.
The Van Arno show was excellent, securing me as a fan from here on out. The Family First show which featured works by Shepard Fairey, Ian Francis, Mike Giant, Sylvia Ji, Adam Flores and more, was also a blast. It was great to finally see paintings by Ian Francis and Shawn Barber in person, both of which are even more amazing in person. I took so many pictures of the works just to be able to look back at all the small details in painting held.
You can see all the pics here: Creep on Flickr
Read the writeup I did for both shows: SFWeekly.com
The photos I have taken of this show have also ended up on Dailydujour.com and ArrestedMotion.com Thanks!
