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  • Review: “Absolute Happiness” by Serge Gay Jr @ Spoke Art

    On December 3rd at Spoke Art in San Francisco, the latest solo show from Serge Gay Jr entitled Absolute Happiness opened. The same night this show opened I was at the reception of Dan Harding and Joanne Augustine’s I See You See Show (reviewed), so of course I had to check out the show a few days later. I was surprised to see that even though the reception was past by a few days, the gallery had a good amount of people inside, one of which was the artist himself. I not only grabbed some photos, but was also able to talk to Serge a bit about his working process and inspirations.

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  • New prints by Tim Doyle @ Spoke Art

    This Friday, December 9th, Spoke Art will be releasing two new prints by Tim Doyle. The great thing about these prints is that they are screen-prints on wood panel, so I imagine you can just hang them up with no worries about framing. The first print is entitled Got to be Kind and is inspired by Kurt Vonnegut. The image was first made for the Adaptation Author’s show at Benjamin Benjamin Gallery in Portland. The print is 16″ x 20″, serigraph on wood, signed and numbered in an edition of 15. The next print is He is the Zissou and is based on Bill Murray’s character from The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou. This print comes in two versions, one on wood and one on paper. Both prints are 16″ x 20″, signed and numbered in editions of 75 for paper, and 10 for wood. The wood prints are limited one per customer.

    Get em here: Tim Doyle @ Spoke Art

  • This Black Friday support small businesses and artists

    Black Friday is here again, and along with the great savings comes sitting overnight in the cold, dealing with a crazy mob of people, and possibly getting pepper sprayed because you took the last xbox 360 (source). So avoid the mayhem, and support your local, small businesses and better yet artists. Many of your favorite artists are having black friday/holiday sales. This is a great opportunity to not only score some art, prints, shirt, and more, but you also know you are helping out a person and not some mega-corporation. Here is a short rundown of some of the artists/online stores you can save at, if you know any more add them to the comments.

    Stella Im Hultberg has added some small originals to her shop for this years sale: Shop here

    Need some horror shirts? Fright Rags is having a huge sale on mens tees, girly tees, posters and more: Shop Here

    Spoke Art is having a sale on all inventory, prints and originals. Use SPOKEARTSALE, and save 10%, it ends Monday. Shop Here

    Vannen Watches is having a 40% off sale, just use BLACK40 during checkout. Shop Here

    WWA Gallery will be donating 15% from all sales to 1 of children’s charities. WWA Gallery

    Aunia Kahn is having a big sale on here online shop, click here for all the codes. Shop Here

    Gris Grimly is having a 50% off sale over at his online shop. Check it out here

    Edith Lebeau added a bunch of new paintings to her online shop. See Here

    Use LE2011 over at Cate Rangel’s shop and save 40% on all limited edition prints. Shop Here

    Dan Harding is having a sale in his new online shop. Just use TURKEY and save 20%. Shop Here

    Get a free print over at Tara McPherson’s Cotton Candy Machine when you buy anything online. Check it Out

    Chet Zar added two new sculpture, Hammerhead and The Dead Pope, both on sale. Shop Here

    If your in the need for some clothes, Disturbia Clothing is also having a sale this weekend. Shop Here

    Save 30% on selected items at Greg ‘Craola’ Simkins online shop. Shop Here

    Phone Booth Gallery is having a “mystery tube” sale. For $75 you tube Includes rare prints, blems, misprints, sketches, leftovers, extras, and more from all your favorite PBG artists!
    Shop Here

    Contact the folks over at Virtu Art Gallery for 50% off Lori Earley’s Annabelle print. Shop Here

    Kelly McKernan is having a big sale over at her online shop, Check it out

    Arabella Proffer’s first book is ready for pre-order, with a foreward by your truly… Get it here

    Save 20% off everything at Gallery Nucleus. Just use GOBBLE20 during checkout. Shop Here

    Save 30% off at Brian Ewing’s store by using COOKIES during checkout. Shop Here

    At Steven Daily’s online shop save 50% on all paper products, and up to 50 on giclee prints. Shop Here

  • Reviews: “Semiprecious” by Sam Wolfe Connelly @ Spoke Art

    Reviews: “Semiprecious” by Sam Wolfe Connelly @ Spoke Art

    On October 8th, Spoke Art in San Francisco opened the first solo show of New York artist Sam Wolfe Connelly. Having recently graduated with a degree in illustration from the Savannah College of Art and Design, it’s amazing that Sam already has a solo show, and a very strong one at that. He has previously shown work with Gallery Nucleus and Bold Hype, but this was his opportunity to show a series of works that will not only show his considerable talent, but the consistency, and cohesiveness. I stopped by the reception night, took a look at the works, snapped some photos, and was able to talk to Sam for a bit about his working process.

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  • Preview: “A Taste of Things to Come” @ Spoke Art

    Spoke Art just finished up some remodeling in the gallery and is all setup to open a new group show entitled “A Taste of Things to Come”; a preview of what’s in store for the gallery over the next year. Work by Handiedan, Serge Gay Jr., Sam Wolfe Connelly (featured), Nimit Malavia, Rod Luff, Jonas Lofgren, Casey Weldon, Timothy Doyle, and Ron Ulicny. The show opening this Thursday, August 4th from 6-10pm and will be on view until August 25th.

    Spoke Art


  • Review: “Moleskine Project” – Rod Luff @ Spoke Art

    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.


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  • Preview: Rod Luff – “Moleskine Project” @ Spoke Art

    Spoke Art, the force behind the Bad Dads and Quentin Vs Coen group shows, are opening a San Francisco based gallery this Thursday May 5th. To kick off the very first reception of this new space, Rod Luff, who recently showed at the Phone Booth Gallery, will be showing some new works. The Moleskine Project features framed pages from an entire sketchbook the artist filled with oil paintings, sketches, studies, and more. The gallery also made the great decision of having the works framed in a way so that you can turn it around and still see what was on the other side of the pages, so no work by this exciting artist has been lost. The reception opens @ 5pm and the show will be up until May 28th. I’ll be stopping by to check out the work, take some photos, and even a video. Prepare for a more in depth review soon.

    Spoke Art


  • Quentin VS Coen prints @ Spoke Art

    The Quentin VS Coen group show is not done, but the Spoke Art has loaded the shop up with a whole mess of prints any Coen or Tarantino fan should love. There are somegreat prints available, I especially like the “Gogo” by Dave Greco and “Mia Wallace” by Jason Levesque.

    Get em here: Spoke Art Editions