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  • New Brow Documentary screening in Monterey

    This Friday at the Golden State Theatre in Monterey, will be a screening of the “New Brow: Contemporary Art Underground” Documentary. There will be a Q&A session with the filmmakers Tanem Davidson and Scott Grover. In the lobby of the theatre will be an art show presented by The Shooting Gallery and The Alternative Cafe. Van Arno, Anthony Ausgang, Shawn Barber, Tim Biskup, Gary Baseman, Paul Chatem, Ron English, Anne Faith Nicholls and many more. The film starts at 9pm and will cost $10.

    If you live close enough to go to this, it would be a great way to spend a Friday. A film about this amazing art scene, and even some art to check out. And while your in the area, make sure to stop by the Alternative Cafe and check out the “This is the End” show that is still up until April 13th.

    New Brow Film
    Golden State Theatre

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  • Shows this Weekend: Strange Happenings, Luke Chueh & Art of Sketch Theatre

    Here is the rundown of shows this weekend:

    Friday:
    Rotofugi will be opening “Strange Happenings”, a group show featuring new work from Kelly Vivanco, Juri Ueda and Rudy Fig. The work looks amazing, Kelly Vivanco continues to impress me.

    The Corey Helford Gallery will be opening “From Light Cometh Darkness” the latest solo show from Luke Chueh. “Dirty Pretty Things” by Thoman Han will be in the loft area.

    Saturday:
    Fabric8 will host “Back in the Day”, a group show about “reminiscing on their days of old” featuring Reuben Rude, Grant Gilliland, Ursula Young, Peabe and many more.

    Lebasse Projects will have “Vous Avez Ete Juste Serve”, a group show featuring new work from Tessar Lo, Yoskay Yamamoto, Nate Frizzell, Edwin Ushiro, Melissa Haslam, Ryuichi Ogino, Jason Redwood, Brian Donnelly, Eric Fortune, Amanda Visell, Scott Belcastro, Jack Long and more. I’m really looking forward to seeing what this show has to offer, so many great artists.

    The Gnomon Gallery as featured a bit back, will have “The Art of Sketch Theatre”. This show is going to be killer, raw sketches from Michael Hussar, Travis Louie, Gene Guynn, Nikko Hurtado, Shawn Barber, Greg “Craola” Simkins, Chet Zar, Mari Inukai and many more will be there to gawk at. If you get pics of the show make sure to share them with me.

  • Shawn Barber limited giclees and poster prints

    Moviegoods.com has 4 limited edition giclee prints from Shawn Barber. The prints are all on canvas, expect for the Gregory Mocilnikar print which is on paper. The prints are signed and numbered by the artist in either an edition of 75 or 100. The 4 prints are of Kerry McCracken (shown), Gregory Mocilnikar, Juan Puente’s Machines & Genevive Zacconi.

    Along with these limited edition prints, there are also some cheaper “poster” prints available. The poster prints start out at 9.99, and come in either an 11″ x 17″ size or 24″ x 36″. They aren’t limited, but from what the site says they will only be printing them up until March 31st. After that no orders will be taken. I have one of these cheaper prints and for the price they really aren’t bad at all. There is a huge amount to choose from, such as the Tara McPherson shown below.

    Shawn Barber Limited Edition Prints
    Shawn Barber Poster Prints

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  • Preview: The Art of Sketch Theatre @ The Gnomon Gallery

    Coming this Saturday, March 21st 7pm to midnight at the Gnomon Gallery in Hollywood is “The Art of Sketch Theatre”. This is a group show featuring work by all of the talented artists that have been seen in the videos on the Sketch Theatre website. This is really a unique website, as you get to see the way that each of these artists work; as the video goes by you see the artwork unfold right before your eyes and are reminded of just how skilled these artists are.

    The exhibit will feature raw sketches by Michael Hussar, Travis Louie, Ana Bagayan, Chet Zar, Greg “Craola” Simkins, Monk One, Gris Grimly, Shawn Barber, Nate Frizzell, Nikko Hurtado, Luke Chueh, Gene Guynn, Jordu Schell, Molly Crabapple, Jeff McMillan, Mari Inukai and many more. Click the “Read More” link to see the rest of the preview images. Also, Michael Hussar has a new video on the site, of the sketch seen 1st below, it’s a great sketch and will be at the show as well. Check it out Here

    Gnomon Gallery

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  • Preview: “World on Fire” Grammy Art Show

    In honor of the Grammy’s, Feb 2nd through the 8th, Shooting Gallery along with Kris Lewis and help from Will.I.Am bring a group show entitled “World on Fire”. The show features portraits of big name music stars painted by 20-25 of some of the best artists in the “Lowbrow” scene. The works and prints that re sold at the show will help to benefit the Pea Pod Foundation. A few sites have talked about this show, and Arrested Motion just posted a preview of some of the works that will be on view, and from what I have seen so far this show is going to not only help out a great foundation but bring the fans some killer artwork.

    The show will feature portraits from: Lori Earley (Madonna), Paul Chatem (Rick Rubin), Kris Lewis (Beck), Travis Louie (Trent Reznor, NIN), Shawn Barber (Angus Young, AC/DC), Natalia Fabia (Pink), and it is also said we will see Jeremy Lipking painting Snoop Dogg, Ron English (Metallica), Van Arno (BB King), Shepard Fairey (Paul McCartney) and many more.

    More images after jump.

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  • “For Those Who Showed Up Late” at The Alternative Cafe

    Opening tonight, January 23rd at The Alternative Cafe in Seaside is a show curated by Outeredgestudio.com. The show is all signed and limited, rare and sold out editions. So any prints that you have may have missed by such artists as Banksy, Shawn Barber, David Choe, Shepard Fairey and more.

    All the prints are framed and ready to go, and if you look at them on the site you will see the frame each piece is in.
    Thealternativecafe.com

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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!

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  • Shows this weekend: Van Arno, James Jean & Family First

    Aside from the Ron English, Alex Pardee and Beastie Boys tribute show I mentioned earlier, there are some more killer shows opening up this weeked.

    “From the Streets of Brooklyn” at Thinkspace Gallery opened.
    The show features work from 50 Brooklyn artists, with a few installations as well.
    Thinkspacegallery.com

    Esther Pearl Watson & Jessica Joslin both have solo shows at Billy Shire Fine Arts.
    The shows are both online to view.
    Billyshirefinearts.com

    “The Boogie Disease”, featuring new works from Van Arno opens at Shooting Gallery SF.
    The show is online and looks amazing. I will have pics from this show after the weekend.
    Shootinggallerysf.com

    “Family First” opens next door at the White Walls Gallery.
    The show features work by gallery favorites, Ian Francis, Shepard Fairey, Mike Giant, Shawn Barber, Sylvia Ji and many more. The show online as well.
    The work by Ian Francis looks amazing.
    Whitewallssf.com

    “Kindling”, James Jean’s solo show at the Jonathan Levine Gallery opens Saturday as well.
    The preview from the show look great, and if that isn’t enough Keniche Hoshine has his show “The Night Before” in the project room.
    JonathanLevineGallery.com