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  • Photos: 13th Hour and Creep in Day @ Last Rites Gallert

    Wrapping up our exclusive coverage of the Last Rites 13th Hour exhibition and Second Annual Creep In Day, we have some killer photos courtesy of Steve Prue. The Creep In day was a chance for fans to walk in an get tattooed by Paul Booth, who currently has a 3 year waiting list, along with some live painting from many of the artists in the show, and some live entertainment. It looks like it was a blast, hopefully next year I’ll be able to see these events in person. Click the read more link for the rest of the pics.

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  • Dan Quintana and Pooch @ Last Rites Gallery

    Just this passed weekend, the Last Rites Gallery in New York opened a dual show with new works from Dan Quintana and Pooch. Both artists have submitted new works for this show, and while Dan Quintana only has five paintings, unless more haven’t been added to the site, they are no less amazing than his work always is. Pooch has more than ten paintings, two of which are on guitars. Check out these preview images, and then over to the website for the full show.

    Last Rites Gallery


  • Original works by John Cebollero

    John Cebollero (interviewed) has just added some original drawings, and an acrylic painting to his online shop. The drawings are pen and ink on 7″ x 9″ bristol, and the arcylic painting “Bit of the Apple” is 12″ x 24″ and was seen in the Dark Pop 2.0 show at Last Rites Gallery in New York.

    Check em out here: John Cebollero Shop


  • Review: New Breed II @ Last Rites Gallery

    The Creep Machine is happy to announce a new guest writer, China Blue. Living in New York, China has the ability to check out some of the amazing exhibitions that open up there, and give the readers of this site a proper full-fledged review. Here we go:


    Saturday, August 10th didn’t officially begin until nightfall when I arrived at the Last Rites Gallery’s opening for “New Breed II”, a group show including artists Patrick Deignan, Mark Elliot, Steve Ellis, John Cebollero, Angie Mason, Natalie Shau, Celeste Rapone, Jasmine Worth and Leslie Ditto. I had been absent from the New York art scene for two years while traveling, and I was more than excited to be coming back to one of my favorite galleries. Last Rites never skimps on ambiance – not from the dripping candles, the blood-red curtains or the all-black attire of the hosts. Stepping out of the elevator on the third floor, I always feel as though I have crossed the threshold into another, more sinister world. The title “NewBreed II” denotes that many of the artists had never before shown at Last Rites and all were encouraged to explore a darker side of themselves and produce work with a more morbid or grotesque spin.
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  • “New Breed II” @ Last Rites Gallery

    This Saturday, August 7th is the next installment of the New Breed series. “New Breed II” will feature work by John Cebollero, Patrick Deignan, Leslie Ditto, Mark Elliot, Steve Ellis, Angie Mason, Celeste Rapone, Natalie Shau, and Jasmine Worth. Angie Mason has been around for quite a while now, so I’m sure how her work fits the theme. Regardless, the work looks amazing and I really like what Shau, Ditto, and Cebollero came up with. Check out the preview images and then head over for the full show.

    New Breed II @ Last Rites Gallery




  • Jason D’Aquino & Lead Poisoning @ Last Rites Gallery

    This past Saturday, July 10th, two amazing shows opened at the Last Rites Gallery in New York. First a solo show of new works by Jason D’Aquino, and then a drawing group show called “Lead Poisoning”. Just a few of the artists that participated in the group show are: Esao Andrews, Carrie Anne Baade, Glenn Barr, Dave MacDowell, Scott G Brooks, Daniel Martin Diaz, Ron English, Chris Mars, Chet Zar, David Stoupakis, Eric White, Tara McPherson, and many more.

    Jason D’Aquino’s show was a perfect blend of his smaller matchbook pieces, and some larger works done on various types of antiqued paper. There is also two prints available: “Plague” which is 8″ x 18″ limited to 50, and “Antique Flash Poster” at 18″ x 24″ for $40. Jason has such an amazing style. The way he draws, his characters, and the found paper that he uses really helps to create a unique and nostalgic feel. I especially like the piece “Don Post (Masks)” (shown), it reminds me of being a kid and wanting to collect every mask Don Post ever created.


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  • “Flesh to Canvas 2” @ Last Rites Gallery

    This past Saturday at the Last Rites Gallery in New York, the Second “Flesh to Canvas” group show opened up. This years features work by Paul Acker, Alex Adams, Guy Aitchison, Nick Baxter, Aaron Bell, Paul Booth, Joe Capobianco, Joshua Carlton, Mike DeVries, Chris Dingwell, Little Dragon, Alex Garcia, Goethe, Gunnar, Anil Gupta, Ryan Hadley, Robert Hernandez, Phil Holt, Nikko Hurtado, Brian Murphy, Roman, Juan Salgado, Stefano, Toxyc, Kurt Wiscombe and Phil Young.
    I was especially taken in with the paintings by Nick Baxter, Juan Salgado, and Nikko Hurtado’s amazing Medusa inspired piece.

    Check out the show here: Last Rites Gallery



  • Photos: “The Red Light Exhibit” @ The Dirty Show

    This past February 12th, the “The Red Light Exhibit” curated by Genevive Zacconi and present by The Dirty Show along with Last Rites Gallery opened. The show had works by Paul Booth, Scott G Brooks, Shawn Barber, Vincent Castiglio, Colin Christian, Brian Viveros, Dan Quintana, Camilla d’Errico, David Stoupakis, Michael Hussar and many more. Genevive was nice enough to send over some photos of the reception night, some shots of the works and the festivities that also took place. Some of the photos are NSFW, just wanted to state that so no one got mad at me.


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