Creep Machine Magazine – Contemporary Art & Culture

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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

  • “Blue Rose” print by Sylvia Ji

    Sylvia Ji has just released a new print over at the Artprint.net. This new print is entitled “Blue Rose” and is 14″ x 14″ on watercolor paper. It is signed and numbered in an edition of 100. I am a big fan of all the work that she has done, but the last few such as “La Catrina”, “Rosa” and this new one are really amazing. The colors are great, that blue along with subtle rose, green and almost gold colors are very striking.

    Theartprint.net

  • New print, “Chasing Butterflies” by Joshua Petker

    A Paper Tiger has just released a new print from this self-taught L.A. based artist. I have seen his work in person a few times in San Francisco, and each time the show sold out. The print is “Chasing Butterflies” and is based off a painting he had in the “Behind Bedroom Doors” show alongside Sylvia Ji at the Thinkspace Gallery last year.

    The print is 12″ x 18″ on Somerset Velvet paper and is limited to only 25 prints. There is also 5 “artists edition” prints, where each print is hand embellished with ink, paint & glitter. Each one of these prints is 18″ x 24″. So if you have missed out on buying one of his original works, head on over and grab one of his prints before they sell out.

    Joshua Petker @ Paper Tiger
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  • Shows this weekend: Chet Zar, Amy Sol & Glenn Barr

    There are some really killer shows opening up this weekend, it’s almost ridiculous. Check em out, most of the shows are viewable online already.

    Opening up this Friday at the Strychnin Gallery in London is Chet Zar’s solo show “Ugly American”. I posted earlier about the Catalog for the show, but if you can’t wait the show is online right now for you too check out. All the work looks amazing, maybe one day I will see his work up close. Check out the show here: Strychnin Gallery

    Also this Friday is Amy Sol’s solo show “Karmic Magic” opens up at the Thinkspace Gallery. Dan-ah Kim also has a solo show in the project room entitled “Departing Flights”. Check out the shows here: Thinkspace Gallery

    On Saturday Sylvia Ji has her solo show at the White Walls Gallery in SF, and right next door at the Shooting Gallery is the solo show of Greg Gossel. Both shows look great, I really dig what Sylvia has been doing lately. Check out the shows here: White Walls SF, Shooting Gallery SF

    There is also a great group show at the Bear and Bird Gallery in Florida, “Yokai in Your Eye”. “Japanese Ghostly Zoology as seen through the eyes of a variety of North American artists (+Naoto Hattori).” The show also features work by Attaboy, Andrew Bell, Brandt Peters, Michael Slack, Nathan Stapley and many others. Check out the show here: Bear and Bird Gallery

    The show that really has me excited this weekend is the solo show of Glenn Barr at the Billy Shire Fine Arts Gallery. The show opens this Saturday, and the work is all online right now to view. It looks so amazing. Glenn’s work is really the only artist that I haven’t seen the work in person, but I will one day no doubt. Check out the show here: Billy Shire Fine Arts