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Written by Trippe
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Thursday, 13 September 2012 11:43 |
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This is part 2 of a two part blog. Click here to view part 1.
Bay Area artist and waterman, Martin Machado, was invited to sail with a group of artists and scientists to a far off uninhabited atoll in the middle of the Eastern Pacific. Exotic animals and beautiful tranquil scenes. Check it and dream of similar travels.
(photo: Machado) I saw some footage of the island from the 80's when Jaques Cousteau came here, so I convinced French Tom to bring one of his surfboards. But we couldn't find anywhere that didn't look like it would smash us to bits.
(photo: Beek) Ashore, a tent camp was pitched on the cement foundation of an old base. The island has an insane history involving conflicting nations, pirates, murders, and a whole bunch of marooned people. Its definitely worth looking into if you're a history buff.
These birds were hilarious, totally unafraid of people and not too smart, they would fly into us all the time.
Here's a large paintings I did on paper, rolled up in a tube, and shipped out to Scotland in June. Titled "The Inhabitants of the Waters of Clipperton Atoll"
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Written by Trippe
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Wednesday, 12 September 2012 11:08 |
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Bay Area artist and waterman, Martin Machado, was invited to sail with a group of artists and scientists to a far off uninhabited atoll in the middle of the Eastern Pacific. Exotic animals and beautiful tranquil scenes. Check it and dream of similar travels.
CLICK HERE TO VIEW PART 2 OF THE BLOG
(photo: Naim Rahal) For another five days and nights we sailed basically due south, putting us far offshore as the Mexican coastline juts eastward.
(photo: Machado) Hey what the heck?
(photo: Machado) Ha, oh geez.
(photo: Naim)
(photo: Biller) I don't think they had seen a woman in months, so needless to say Manon took some harassment. Here one guy gave her the gift of a shirt but said she had to switch it with hers. That's about when we asked to be taken back to our boats.
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Written by Alex Uhrich
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Tuesday, 27 March 2012 10:11 |
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Our wonderous intern and SFAI student, Alex Uhrich, traveled off to the Lone Star state for beers and musical enhancements. Loaded with our trusty Olympus Stylus Epic he brought back these photos with an edition of word sounds.
After 36-hour ordeal trying to escape San Francisco for South by Southwest, I finally made it into Austin. I caught a bus downtown to meet up with some friends and started making my way east. It was pretty much instantly a shit storm of activity, drunk girls stumbling everywhere, music blaring from every bar, and people generally having a good time. I made it to my first show, which was a Burger Records showcase at a small record store called Trailerspace. We started in on the free beer and watched some awesome bands play, both overlying themes of my trip. My friends Pangea, who I spent most of my time down south with, killed it. ~READ ON
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Written by Michael Krueger
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Friday, 23 March 2012 11:55 |
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Michael Krueger (that's me), Jenny Schmid, John Lysak and Bill Fick descended on Vermillion Editions in Amarillo, Texas (Feb. 5 - 7) to make as many giant lithographs as possible in 3 days. Billed as the 'Inkslingers' we were invited to the newly relocated Vermillion Editions Ltd. specifically to make prints on the German-made Maylander offset press. Master printers John Lysak, Scott Frish & Michael Raburn were on hand to assist with printing and platemaking. Fully equipped, stocked and ripe for inkslinging, Texas ain't messing around, this 10,000 square foot printshop is the motherload boondoggle of all printshops!
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Written by Kelsey Brookes
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Tuesday, 20 December 2011 11:33 |
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I made a painting while I was in Hawaii that had a bunch of tiny little faces on it. It was a fine painting, but as I mentioned before, the people Pat put together on this trip were some of the most inspiring and awesome people I had ever met. I decided I needed to do something for everyone. So I borrowed a jig saw, cut up the painting into a bunch of small paintings and gave one to everyone that was staying at the RVCA houses with us. -Kelsey Brookes
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Written by Kelsey Brookes
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Monday, 19 December 2011 13:09 |
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RVCA got 4 houses on the North Shore this year and packed them with an eclectic mix of talented people. They asked me if I wanted to go (I do not know how I got included), I did and below is what happened.
Hawaii, it seems like such a simple place. Simplicity is there to be had if you want it but hawaii is not a simple. Hawaii has a little bit of Hollywood some Miami, a bit of Brazil, a lot of Australia and a dash of New York all wrapped up with waves, coconut trees and pineapple bushes. Hawaii is a dynamic and as we will soon see a bizarre place. -Kelsey Brookes
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Written by Michael C. Hsiung
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Wednesday, 19 October 2011 14:56 |
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Michael Hsiung headed out to NYC last month for Supply and Demand featuring works by Chris Yormick, Rich Jacobs, Russ Pope and Jay Howell at House of Vans. Michael blogged it up while back and we broke the massive post up into two parts (Part 1 here). Totally spaced on ading part II... Better late than never.
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Written by Michael C. Hsiung
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Friday, 23 September 2011 11:04 |
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Vans recently sent me down to NY to meet up and check out the September 10th Supply and Demand show - featuring works and a collaborative installation by Chris Yormick, Rich Jacobs, Russ Pope and Jay Howell - at the House of Vans.
I was super excited to check out New York (my first time) as well as see what these creative dudes were up too! This unique show in a 20,000 square foot warehouse also featured food trucks, Juxtapoz magazines, a DJ, a gallery space, and an upstair bowl to skate. My head finally stopped reeling this week. Here's some photos from the trip.
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Written by Ryan Malley
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Tuesday, 13 September 2011 15:00 |
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I'm Ryan Malley owner of 827INK.com.
On June 24th, 2011 I flew to Melbourne, Australia with artist Sylvia Ji for her first Australian exhibit.
For the past few years I've been working with a really amazing guy named Martin McIntosh, owner of Outre Galleries in Melbourne, Sydney and Perth. Sylvia and I, along with Martin, thought it would be cool to have a Pop-up Ji show at his gallery in Melbourne.
This is kind of a crazy post because after Sylvia's show I did an art/drinking tour of Australia.
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Written by Pacolli
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Thursday, 08 September 2011 11:36 |
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Our friend, SF based artist Pacolli, was recently invited by Pictures on Walls to London to sign a recent print she did with them and to create an installation of her work in their gallery. Check her photos and words from the trip.
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Written by David Shillinglaw
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Wednesday, 01 June 2011 10:13 |
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April found me landing in the Southern hemisphere for the first time. I landed in Cape Town at the tail end of March to make the most of my month residency at A Word Of Art gallery. I was artist in residence along side an incredible artist from Vancouver named Indigo. I was greeted at the airport by Ricky Lee Gordon. Ricky is the captain of the ‘word of art’ ship. He immediately drove us to signal point to see the city from above, grabbing a six-pack of black label en route. The Ocean was completely covered in a thick foggy mist, a strange sight even for a native Capetownian. The sun sank and set as we drank beers from bottles. From that point my cape was on and I was going to town. South Africa opened its arms to me and set me forward into the colourful world of Cape Town. -David Shillinglaw
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Written by Andrew McClintock
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Wednesday, 16 March 2011 09:33 |
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Andrew McClintock of Ever Gold Gallery here in San Francisco was out in NYC last week for the art fair maddness and has been blogging it up for Fecal Face. This round he covers the Volta Fair. Below are his words and photos.
Richard Colman, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen , Denmark.
Joyce Hinterding, Breenspace, Sydney
Jim Houser, Jonathan Levine Gallery, NYC
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Written by Andrew McClintock
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Wednesday, 09 March 2011 13:21 |
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Andrew McClintock of Ever Gold Gallery here in San Francisco was out in NYC last week for the art fair maddness and will be blogging up his experience here on Fecal Face over the next few days.
Below are his words and photos from the Armory Show preview (Part 2) last Thursday.
Over view of pier 24
Galeria Nachst St. Stephen Rosemarie Schwarzwalder , Vienna. Ok this is the longest name for a gallery ever!
Kaws, Honor Fraser Gallery, LA
Philppe Decrauzat, Parra and Romero Gallery, Madrid
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Written by Andrew McClintock
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Tuesday, 08 March 2011 16:27 |
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Andrew McClintock of Ever Gold Gallery here in San Francisco was out in NYC last week for the art fair maddness and will be blogging up his experience here on Fecal Face over the next few days. We would have gotten his posts up earlier, but we were in mid gallery move.
Below are his words and photos from the Armory Show preview last Thursday in two parts. Below is Part 2 and we'll post part 3 tomorrow.
Crowd
Frank Stella
1999
Ian Burns
Higler Gallery
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Written by Andrew McClintock
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Monday, 07 March 2011 16:26 |
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Andrew McClintock of Ever Gold Gallery here in San Francisco was out in NYC last week for the art fair maddness and will be blogging up his experience here on Fecal Face over the next few days. We would have gotten his posts up earlier, but we were in mid gallery move... Below are his words and photos.
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Written by Brett Amory
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Wednesday, 26 January 2011 18:51 |
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Oakland based Brett Amory traveled to London for a solo show at The Outsiders Gallery entitled Intentional Abstractions which opened on Jan 13th. He guest blogs up his time in London with a special trip into the bowls of Lazarides for a peek at thier intense collection.
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Written by David Shillinglaw
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Wednesday, 19 January 2011 17:53 |
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Our friend and London based artist David Shillinglaw shoots us a blog from time for insight into the Londoner's arting life... As the cold of winter harshes Britain, he's off to Morocco but after a quick show in Paris.
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Written by Ferris Plock
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Tuesday, 18 January 2011 11:18 |
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San Francisco is a great city for many reasons, and one of them is that our city dump has an artist residency program. That's right, they invite a couple artists at a time to rummage through our trash and make art from it. In fact, artists are only allowed to use materials they find at the dump to create the show, and they have 3 months to do so ( photos from last reception).
Our buddy Ferris Plock has just began his art dump residency and will be blogging as he creates his show opening January 21st. This is his third blogging installment. (Part I - Part II)
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Written by Brett Amory
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Thursday, 13 January 2011 17:17 |
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Oakland based Brett Amory blogged up a recent trip to Los Angeles for the group show There It Is featuring him, Adam Caldwell, and Seth Armstrong at Think Space. The show opened last Saturday.
Brett's solo show Intentional Abstractions opens tonight, 1/13, at London's The Outsiders. In the coming days he'll be blogging up his show and some of the things he got into in London including a few studio visits you're not going to want to miss... Below are Brett's words and photos.
Adam Caldwell, Brett Amory, and Seth Armstrong
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Written by Ferris Plock
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Tuesday, 07 December 2010 13:00 |
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San Francisco is a great city for many reasons, and one of them is that our city dump has an artist residency program. That's right, they invite a couple artists at a time to rummage through our trash and make art from it. In fact, artists are only allowed to use materials they find at the dump to create the show, and they have 3 months to do so (photos from last reception).
Our buddy Ferris Plock has just began his art dump residency and will be blogging as he creates his show opening January 21st. This is his second blogging installment. (check his first)
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Written by Trippe
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Tuesday, 23 November 2010 15:14 |
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Fecal Pal Matt Irving does all of the creative work for Adidas Skateboarding along with Juice Design here in SF and guest blogs up a really interesting project Adidas was involved with last spring. Transworld Skateboarding invited 4 shoe teams to compete in an artistic competition where each team is given a warehouse, skate obstacles and given 10 days to shoot a short video which will be judged on the level of skating, creativity, the use of obstacles, and overall image and video quality.
This blog is a little behind the scenes from the 10 days in Matt's words.
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Written by Ferris Plock
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Thursday, 11 November 2010 11:09 |
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San Francisco is a great city for many reasons, and one of them is that our city dump has an artist residency program. That's right, they invite a couple artists at a time to rummage through our trash and make art from it. In fact, artists are only allowed to use materials they find at the dump to create the show, and they have 3 months to do so (photos from last reception).
Our buddy Ferris Plock has just began his art dump residency and will be blogging as he creates his show opening January 21st. This is his first blogging installment.
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Written by Michael Krueger
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Wednesday, 17 February 2010 04:15 |
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 Kansas based artist and professor, Krueger blogs his trip to Scotland to participate in a 3 person show and to teach a silkscreen t-shirt workshop at the Edinburgh College of Art.
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Written by Michael Sieben
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Thursday, 11 February 2010 02:33 |
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 Our buddy Michael Sieben blogs up Okay Mountains trip to Miami to install their corner store which won the 2009 Pulse Prize.
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Written by Tiffany Bozic
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Monday, 21 December 2009 07:41 |
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 Artist Tiffany Bozic and her husband, who's the curator of Birds and Mammals at the Cal Academy, take a trip to study some of the rarest birds on Earth.
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Written by Michael Sieben
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Wednesday, 23 September 2009 02:18 |
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 Hopefully this blog gives you some temporary relief from the crushing terror of the impending Swine Flu epidemic.
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Written by Travis Millard
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Thursday, 17 September 2009 09:58 |
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 Mel Kadel and Travis Millard came up from LA to SF to install Mel's show Echo Test @FFDG. This is Travis' blog from their trip.
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Written by David Shillinglaw
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Tuesday, 30 June 2009 05:36 |
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 David Shillinglaw takes you about London for: Banksy, Bast, Anthony Lister, Remi/Rough, Word-to-Mother, Charlie Isoe, and more.
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Written by Kelsey Brookes
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Thursday, 11 June 2009 06:35 |
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 San Diego artist, Kelsey Brookes, blogs up a recent trip he took there to do some live painting at the Green Room Festival in Yokohama.
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Written by Jerstin Crosby
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Monday, 08 June 2009 06:23 |
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 Jerstin Crosby, a member of the Raleigh, NC artist collective Team Lump, travels to Chicago to participate in a group show at Heaven Gallery.
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Written by David Shillinglaw
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Wednesday, 27 May 2009 07:37 |
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 David Shillinglaw takes you on an art tour of Bristol and Brighton over there in Euro Town.
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Written by Michael Sieben
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Saturday, 16 May 2009 04:50 |
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 Michael Sieben blogs it up from Texas town and Travis Millard's brother, Brett, is a fine damn good artist.
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Written by Travis Millard
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Tuesday, 12 May 2009 04:20 |
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 Travis lectures at the University of Kansas and puts on a pizza/ silk screen party at Wonder Fair.
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Written by Jon Dragonette
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Monday, 11 May 2009 05:24 |
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 Jon Dragonette blogs up Sam's studio and some of the work for his show running at Subliminal Projects in LA.
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Written by Cody Hudson
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Tuesday, 21 April 2009 04:49 |
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 Cody Hudson & Corey Arnold had a great show at Andrew Rafacz Gallery - Chicago. Cody blogs up the experience.
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Written by Dave Potes
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Tuesday, 07 April 2009 15:09 |
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 Hamburger Eyes puts on a one night show at O.H.W.O.W. Gallery in Miami. Dave Potes blogs it up... Lil Jon?!
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Written by Ferris Plock
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Friday, 03 April 2009 05:02 |
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 The two were invited out to Austin to do a mural in support of Keep A Breast. Ferris blogs it up.
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Written by Michael Sieben
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Tuesday, 31 March 2009 09:56 |
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 Our friend and artist Michael Sieben blogs what he was up to during that music show thingy.
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Written by Ryan Christian
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Monday, 23 March 2009 03:12 |
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 Ryan Christian makes his way about some great ongoing shows in Chicago.
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Written by Monica Canilao
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Monday, 02 March 2009 03:07 |
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 Photos of the setup of her show Our Starry Universe which opened Saturday 2/28 in Minneapolis
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Written by Dave Kinsey
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Thursday, 12 February 2009 09:54 |
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 Check out that 5,000 book installation!... Dave Kinsey heads over to Altadena, CA near LA for a quick interview and studio tour.
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Written by Michael Sieben
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Friday, 16 January 2009 08:50 |
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 Michael Sieben ponders the use of blogs by catching you up on his vacation and artings.
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Written by Dave Kinsey
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Monday, 22 December 2008 04:43 |
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 Dave Kinsey blogs up his travels to Italy and Brussels, Belgium and his show @ALICE Gallery.
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Written by Aryon Hoselton
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Thursday, 11 December 2008 11:46 |
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 A whole week of special events including lectures, concerts and an Online Auction to support Philly's most excellent Space 1026.
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Written by Ferris Plock
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Wednesday, 12 November 2008 04:42 |
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 Ferris & Kelly Tunstall drive out to Denver for their show @Limited Addiction Gallery.
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Written by Andrew Pommier
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Tuesday, 28 October 2008 07:27 |
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 Andrew Pommier travels to Australia for a show he curated @Monster Children.
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Written by Jeremy Fish
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Tuesday, 21 October 2008 03:30 |
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 Jeremy blogs up his trip to Italy for a show @The Don Gallery.
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Written by Keith Shore
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Thursday, 25 September 2008 03:33 |
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 Keith blogs up his trip for a show @KRETS.
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Written by Michael Sieben
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Thursday, 11 September 2008 06:44 |
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 Michael Sieben details a 3 week silk screen project at The Decoder Ring Design Concern in Austin.
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Written by Jeff Luger
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Thursday, 11 September 2008 06:13 |
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 Some bits around San Francisco before Shepard Fairey's show at White Walls that opens this Saturday.
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Written by Trippe
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Wednesday, 10 September 2008 05:29 |
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 Roaming the streets of San Francisco.
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Written by Kelsey Brookes
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Friday, 05 September 2008 08:54 |
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 In search of less crowded waves and to get away for a bit, artist Kelsey Brookes heads south.
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Written by Michael Sieben
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Wednesday, 07 May 2008 04:57 |
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 Michael's in town for his show that opens this Friday @Fecal Face Dot Gallery, but before he left he blogged up some Austin. Get to know the chap!
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Written by David Shillinglaw
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Thursday, 17 April 2008 06:22 |
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 David Shillinglaw blogs up some Londonness with some an excellent David Choe spotting.
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Written by UPSO
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Thursday, 27 March 2008 07:18 |
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 UPSO heads to North Carolina for a show he had at Wootini.
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Written by Ryan Christian
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Wednesday, 12 March 2008 08:54 |
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 I can't believe that our newest contributor from Chicago used to tour with Phish. What have we gotten ourselves into?! Meet Ryan Christian.
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Written by Brion Nuda Rosch
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Tuesday, 11 March 2008 08:12 |
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 This SF based artist travels to Boston for a show at The Allston Skirt Gallery.
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Written by Travis Millard
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Wednesday, 27 February 2008 06:25 |
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 Travis blogs up his and Mel Kadel's show that's running now in LA @The Richard Heller Gallery.
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Written by Michael Sieben
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Thursday, 21 February 2008 03:56 |
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 Our Texas buddy, Michael Sieben and all around great artist, blogs up a show that he and his Okay Mountain comrades put together at the Creative Research Laboratory in Austin, Texas.
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Written by Mike Aho
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Thursday, 14 February 2008 04:37 |
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 Mike Aho shows you how he did it for his song I Called You Back.
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Written by David Shillinglaw
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Saturday, 09 February 2008 04:50 |
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 David blogs up a show in Turkey and a quick stop to see Anthony Lister.
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Written by Pat Graham
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Monday, 04 February 2008 08:33 |
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 He's shot photos for Modest Mouse, Tortoise, and others. Now he and his wife run 96 Gillespie gallery in London. A short blog on setting up a show featuring: Gee Vaucher, Michael Sieben, and others.
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Written by Michael Sieben
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Friday, 07 December 2007 04:17 |
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 Sieben blogs up a show he just had @Cal's in Portland with Nat Swope of Bloom Press.
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Written by Jesse Pollock
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Wednesday, 05 December 2007 09:06 |
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 Our dude, Jesse, went on a short trip to Utah and brings back some great photos.
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Written by Cody Hudson
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Wednesday, 14 November 2007 10:08 |
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 Cody blogs up the setup and his show at The Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago.
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Written by Cody Hudson
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Tuesday, 30 October 2007 07:00 |
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 Cody out to NYC recently to install the "We're Rollin, They're Hatin: NYC" show at Riviera Gallery and brings back these photos and words.
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Written by Brendan Monroe
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Monday, 29 October 2007 06:29 |
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 Brendan blogs up the installation of his current solo show in Los Angeles @The Richard Heller Gallery. The show runs till Nov. 11th.
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Written by UPSO
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Saturday, 27 October 2007 03:54 |
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 Off to Denver for a show at Plastic Chapel.
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Written by Angela Boatwright
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Thursday, 25 October 2007 04:27 |
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 Off to photograph Children of Bodom in Finland!
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Written by Andreas Trolf
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Friday, 19 October 2007 09:47 |
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 Andreas hits up the great north and finds man love.
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Written by Angela Boatwright
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Wednesday, 17 October 2007 05:24 |
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 Angela blogs up a trip to Paris for a show they had @Colette.
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Written by Mike Maxwell
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Wednesday, 10 October 2007 05:27 |
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 Mike blogs up a recent trip to Portland for his show at Fifty24PDX that's running now.
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Written by Michael Sieben
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Wednesday, 10 October 2007 03:12 |
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 Michael makes his way to LA to show with Mel Kadel, Mike Aho, and Travis Millard.
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Written by Kill Pixie
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Tuesday, 28 August 2007 11:16 |
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 K.P. gives a little insight into what's going on in Syndey.
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Written by Kelsey Brookes
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Monday, 30 July 2007 05:22 |
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 This amazing San Diego artist blogs up his travels to Milieu Gallery for his first solo show.
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Written by Andreas Trolf
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Friday, 27 July 2007 06:26 |
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 Andreas takes a trip down to Memphis to meet the number one Elvis fan in the universe!
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Written by Michael Sieben
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Tuesday, 24 July 2007 07:26 |
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 Michael Sieben hits up San Francisco as he concludes his Volcomics travels.
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Written by Michael Sieben
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Wednesday, 11 July 2007 08:13 |
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 Michael Sieben hits up London as part of the Volcomics show with Mel Kadel and Mr. Travis Millard. Michael saw a pelican!
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Written by Adnreas Trolf
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Thursday, 14 June 2007 03:22 |
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 Andreas is our main traveling fella. This time he brings us some photos of his travels a little too compressed but filled with documentation of his drunken downward spiral.
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Written by MOMO
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Monday, 04 June 2007 16:03 |
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 Maya Hayuk and MOMO went to Madrid, for a project with Nano and San, organized by Madrid gallery, Subaquatica.
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The No Watch Watch
Friday, 24 May 2013 15:55
Like wearing a watch but don't want to bother with all that pesky technology, Barcelona based artist Axel Brechensbauer has you covered... We also dig this great truck sculpture.
Perfect watch for the Memorial Weekend
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Wednesday, 16 June 2010 17:39
Zoltron RollUP
Thursday, 23 May 2013 12:46
Rollup by Zoltron as spotted near Fecal Face HQ at 18th and Valencia which he completed a couple weeks back.
Zoltron on Valencia at 18th
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Wednesday, 25 April 2012 11:56
Watch Out, Art World: Amazon Is About to Start Selling Art
Wednesday, 22 May 2013 11:05
 This day may have been inevitable, but now it's finally here. In its attempt to take over the world - or at least everything that can be bought and sold in the world, Amazon is launching an art gallery.
This summer Amazon is planning to launch a Fine Art Gallery where customers will be able to purchase original artwork offered by a select group of invited galleries via Amazon.com. ~continue reading
“INSIDE OUT” SHOWCASES THE EYE-POPPING STREET ART THAT AIMS TO CHANGE THE WORLD, ONE FACE AT A TIME
Tuesday, 21 May 2013 10:43
A new HBO documentary looks at the work of street artist JR, whose giant portraits force people in troubled areas to confront the humanity that's all around them... On the day JR found out he'd won the $100,000 TED Prize, the French pasteup artist found himself in China being questioned by police for doing his thing on the streets of Shanghai. ~continue reading
Street artist JR HBO documentary premiered yesterday, May 20th
Art Basel to bring international flair to Hong Kong
Tuesday, 21 May 2013 10:37
Art lovers, collectors and gallerists will gather on Thursday for Hong Kong's inaugural edition of Art Basel, sealing the city's status as an international art hub and Asia's leading art destination... Hong Kong has surged to third place in the global art auction market behind New York and London and Western galleries are falling over each other to open franchises in the former British colony. ~continue reading
Ferris Plock Friday at Benny Gold
Monday, 20 May 2013 11:07
Our buddy Ferris Plock opens a small show of drawings at Benny Gold on 3169 16th St this Friday, May 24th (7-10pm) featuring 31 drawings priced at 75-140 bucks.
Ferris also released the video Fingered! he produced with animator Jim Dirschberger. View it
Ferris Plock Friday at Benny Gold in SF
SFAI's MFA Show "Currency" Opening Friday
Thursday, 16 May 2013 09:00
Wowzas, there's a lot of art happenings this weekend, and while you're making the rounds, be sure to stop at SFAI's MFA show Currency opening Friday, May 17th at the beautiful old SF Mint Building (88 5th Street).
SFAI's 2013 MFA graduates—working in painting, photography, printmaking, film, sculpture, installation, digital media, performance, and across media—will present work that embraces the Institute's signature spirit of experimentation and conceptual risk-taking.
Opening reception: Friday, May 17, 7–9 pm & running through Sunday 11-6pm daily. -- complete details
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| Sten & Lex for The Katowice Street Art Festival
More great street art by the Italian duo, Sten & Lex, this time in Poland for the Katowice Street Art Festival.
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| TrustCorp @Lebasse (+Los Angeles)
TrustoCorp's all new work for their exhibition at LeBasse Projects in Culver City, Los Angeles is a perfect continuum from past work that embraces the bipolar "have/have not" socioeconomic identity of Los Angeles, which they recently established their new studio in.
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| The Sound of Dust
I didn't know if you came across this video yet, but I ran into my friend Brian Hanson yesterday who helped film and edit it. It's a film short documenting the work and philosophy of Huntington Beach surfboard Shaper Tim Stamps. Super rad and really inspiring! Anyhow take a peek.
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| Murals at Harry Wirtz Elementary
Last year, Eric Caruso a teacher at Harry Wirtz Elementary School (Paramount, CA, near LA) had an idea to invite some artists to paint some murals at the school because there wasn't an arts program for the kids. That brilliant idea resulted in some awesome murals by artists Seitaku Aoyama, Yusuke Hanai, Rich Jacobs, Tim Kerr and Albert Reyes.
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| Ryan De La Hoz @RVCA through 5/25
Ryan De La Hoz' show in the Upper Haight at RVCA runs through this Saturday... And the next time you're in the Mission, be sure to swing through his new shop on 14th St, Cool Try... We need to get over there soon and do a little photo feature for ya.
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| Daniel Chen @The Book and Job Gallery (SF)
The Book and Job Gallery (San Francisco) really stepped it up with the opening of Daniel Chen's loveBlast on May 4th. Complete with a doorman, piano player, old fashioneds, and some really nice paintings, I could hardly believe I was at the Book and Job. The paintings varied in size, and the show was balanced nicely between them, the spray-can work on the walls, and the smaller drawings displayed throughout. The kind notes Chen wrote on the walls are certain to brighten your day, and the rest of the work is definitely worth a look. It was a very classy evening and I hope they continue to intersperse shows like these into their schedule in the future
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| Skull & Sword at FFDG, SF
FFDG opened up the group show featuring original works by the artists of the world famous Skull & Sword tattoo last Friday here in San Francisco. Thanks to the huge crowd who turned out to support these four incredibly talented artists. Here is a taste of the show, and be sure to swing in to view in person. The show runs through June 8th.
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| Gary Baseman Interview
Gary Baseman's retrospective "The Door is Always Open" at the Skirball in LA opened recently to massive crowds in a huge celebratory opening party. The exhibition is so complex and personal, delving into Baseman's background, family history, and all the layers of prolific work that he has done over the years. After the opening festivities winded down, I caught up with Baseman for an interview. We discussed the underlying meaning to some of the components of the show and how it felt for him, coming from such an honest personal perspective in putting this massive show together.
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| Mark Mulroney at Ever Gold (+Photos)
Fertile Menace, a new show of Mark Mulroney's (NY) work opened at Ever Gold on May 4th and it's not one to be missed. It is intelligently hilarious, with jokes riffing off sex, Foucault, and the body, and while it makes you laugh it's also going to make you think.
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| Sanjay & Craig Premieres Saturday
Our buddies Jay Howell, Andreas Trolf, and Jim Dirschberger are hyped as their show, which they've been working on for like 2 years, premieres on Nickelodeon Saturday. From the trailers we've seen so far and from what Jay has told us about, the show is going to be pretty epic. Congrats to those radical fellas.
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| Skull & Sword at FFDG, Friday (7-10pm)
Here's a little taste of work by the artists of the world famous The Skull and Sword tattoo shop who open their show at San Francisco's FFDG on Friday, May 17th (7-10pm).
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| Amir H. Fallah Studio Visit
Following his solo exhibition "The Collected" at Gallery Wendi Norris, painter Amir H. Fallah is in the throes of developing more new works for upcoming international exhibits. We spent some time in his studio in Highland Park, Los Angeles recently, discussing his process and inspiration.
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| Bubi Canal's "Chrystelle" (+video)
We were first introduced to the photography of Spanish born NYC based Bubi Canal when he emailed us his great video Trust in Me a couple years ago. His solo show Special Moment recently ran at NYC's Munch Gallery in February, and he recently released his newest video Chrystelle below.
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| Michael Garlington & The Metaphysical Fundraiser at 111 Minna
Although I missed the opening of Northern-California photographer Michael Garlington's newest show, Constructed Realities, I was fortunate enough to see the work still up during the Metaphysical fundraiser a couple weeks back at 111 Minna. Metaphysical fundraiser, an auction to benefit Wayne Ernzer. --- The ghoulish photographs in their heavy, hand-made frames are reminiscent of photos from the old west, and the glass crucifixes, complete with fetuses and guns, emphasize the accumulated time within the works themselves. Whether you're looking at the frames, the photos, or both, this show deserves a visit, and a walk through the golden archway Garlington constructed around the front door.
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| John Felix Arnold III in Japan (Part 3)
Fecal Face contributor Rachel Ralph (rachel(at)fecalface.com) has been profiling this Oakland based painter as he travels about Japan. In this segment, we feature some photos as he prepared for this show and residency at Spes-LaB in Tokyo which opened last weekend. Arnold will be featured in SFMoMA's Minna Street windows on June 8th.
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| Alex Lukas & Richard Colman @Guerrero Gallery
Last Saturday, here in SF's Mission district, Guerrero Gallery opened two new shows with Philly based Alex Lukas and SF based Richard Colman respectively. Colman's work occupied the project space while Lukas' work and foliage was presented in the main space. Worth getting to if you haven't already.
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| High 5s: Mexico-Land
Just got back to SF after a little trip south to Sayulita, Mexico. After 10 years without a vacation, me and the Mrs. headed south for some mental time off sitting in the sun, swimming and enjoying the watery Mexican beer. Here are some photos as we get back into the swing of things again.
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| High 5s: Puttin' The Pee in the Pod
For 13 years I've been blogging up randomness. Here's more of it.
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| Dimitris Polychroniadis (+Greece)
Athens, Greece based designer, architect and artist Dimitris Polychroniadis emailed over more of his work which consists of mixed media, pop-humorous diorama sculptures that make a comment on the harsh realities my country and much of the world is facing at the moment.
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| Skull & Sword at FFDG Featuring: Grime, Henry Lewis, Yutaro, and Lango
FFDG will open a group show with the artists from the famed Skull & Sword Tattoo on Friday, May 17th (6-9pm). Artists: Grime, Henry Lewis, Yutaro, and Lango. Below are a series of videos on Grime for Vice's Tattoo Age produced in 2011. Fascinating look at one of the greatest tattoo artists alive today.
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| ARYZ at Fifty24SF
ARYZ (Spain) opened his newest gallery show at Fifty24SF last Friday and, if you live in the Bay Area, you need to go. This dude can obviously paint, and he doesn't need an entire building to show his impecable skill. The show has lots of small works on paper which contrast his highly-defined line work to his hard-edged painted objects. The contrast between the hard and soft was the most striking thing to me about his work, since I had never seen it in person before, and the washes blend with the thick paint seamlessly. The show also contains a larger work on canvas, a huge head suspended in the back of the room, and a big wood sculpture of a wolf figure. This diversity in such a small space was impressive, and those of us that went to the opening even got to meet the man in person. If you didn't make it out this weekend, check it out before May 31st when it closes and these works will be off to some very happy new homes.
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| David Bayus @Water McBeer
Water McBeer is please to announce its latest exhibition "Precious" a solo exhibition by David Bayus (April 6 - May 4, 2013) -- David Bayus born 1982 holds his BFA from the Savannah College of Art and his MFA from the San Francisco Art Institute. David lives and works in San Francisco and is a founding member of the basement collective. This will be his first exhibition with the world renown Water McBeer Gallery highlighting his most recent achievements with paint and digital media. David Bayus will be exhibiting 5 relatively large-scale mixed media works along with a collaborative object featuring Hungarian sculptor H.R KOONS.
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| Hard Time Mini Mall @The Shooting Gallery
The Shooting Gallery handed over the reins to the Red Truck Gallery (a New Orleans based gallery) which curated their new show, Hard Time Mini Mall and opened the it on Saturday night. This is my favorite show (so far) in the Shooting Gallery's new space and was packed full of art, a mini bar, and cowhide rugs. The Red Truck Gallery chose works with clear craftsmanship and it was easy to see in Ian Berry's denim assemblages and Chris Roberts-Antieau's awesome quilts. The space was completely packed, making it hard to see each piece individually, but this show deserves a second trip anyway. I look forward to spending more time with the chandeliers, automatons, and paintings before the show comes down on May 4th.
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