Todd Freeman emailed over his most recent zine we thought we'd share on this mellow holiday week. You can purchase on for yourself right here published by Issue-Press.

GATHER collects a series drawings of nets by Grand Rapids-based printmaker Todd Freeman. These deceptively simple pen and ink drawings are a careful examination of the formal qualities of industrial nets used for a variety of applications.

In GATHER, Freeman creates a portrait gallery for an iconic craft; illustrating how a simple form can be abstracted to fit so many different needs - each with their own story to tell.

A recent piece from SF's Mildred done as a gift to his father for his birthday. Simple, clean, pleasant, and keeping with his style... Like when an artist can do a piece that's obviously theirs in the simplest of terms.

Austrian artists Knarf and Vinz (VINZ FEEL FREE) emailed some recent mural action from Valencia, Spain. Nudie bird heads.

"Flamenco Lessons" at C/ Consulado del Mar, Ruzafa, Valencia

"Jabba the Knarf and Princess Bird-Head" at c/ Sevilla, Ruzafa, Valencia

"Interracial Love" at C/ Clero, Ruzafa, Valencia

"Happy Meal" Mislatas Representan III Graffiti Festival, Mislata, Valencia

Love Brooklyn based Hiro Kurata's work. Here's a new one he emailed over. Karma of a Slugger.

http://www.shiloku.com/

Blaqk is a collaboration between 2 designers from Athens Greece, Greg Papagrigoriou and Simek. A mix with illusive forms and letters (typography-calligraphy) in strict shapes... Obvious a lot of similarities to RETNA, but still some enjoyable eye candy.

We found ourselves in Bolinas on Sunday, so we stopped in to see if Mr. Mike Shine was in his art shack working... and he was. In fact, he's working on some secret goodness for the upcoming Outside Lands Music Festival. We used the opportunity to catch up with Mike and to get some more photos of his great art shack in the tiny town of Bolinas.

His shack hasn't changed much in the 4 years since the first time we met Mike. Check those photos or his show at FFDG in 2008.

Thanks to London based Tim Head who emailed over his newest zine KINDA MONOKROME! ~26 pages (full colour cover). Digital printing. 100 printed, but less than 80 for sale, at £5 including worldwide postage. Signed.

Sten and Lex just finsihed their largest work to date in Poznan, Poland, for Outer Spaces festival. Be sure to check the video below to get some insight how they create these great works.

http://stenlex.net/

Our intern Alex Uhrich turned us onto the work of his friend Sarah Heysel who he went to CalArts with. She lives and works in Los Angeles and does interesting work... Enjoy.

Travis Millard (his last show @FFDG) did the album art for the new Dinosaur Jr. album I Bet on Sky out September. Great dude. Great music. Great art = a healthy combo of greatness... Oh, and Dinosaur will be on tour through the summer and fall. See them. The play loud.

We're excited to open the two person food-centric show Edible Complex with San Francisco based Kelly Tunstall and Ferris Plock featuring collaboration and individual paintings from these long time Fecal Pals.

Opening reception is set for Friday, June 22nd (7-10pm) at FFDG. 2277 Mission St. @19th St. ~ RSVP through FB Here

Work by Ferris Plock

Work by Kelly Tunstall

Brisbane, Australia based and tattooist Jesse Olsen emailed over a couple incredible drawings.

Proof is in the details.

We got a preview of the forthcoming Matt Furie children's book (his first book) published by McSweeney's McMullens (out August). The fanciful story is told through Matt's illustrations and is wonderful in its simplicity and beauty. We'll for sure be giving it as gifts to all our friends with little ones... Bonus is that the sleeve comes off to double as a poster.

Preorder your copy here.

The cover sleeve comes off to form a poster. Bonus.

Raphael Villet got some photos of Jeff Cheung's recent show at Sticks and Stones Gallery in Oakland featuring his massive lino cuts.

We have two new tees out today featuring artwork by Los Angeles based Travis Millard and Mel Kadel. Both printed on American Apparel. Travis' tee printed on the super soft Tri-Blend while Mel's is printed on the combed cotton.

Both tees are onsale here for $25.

If you live in San Francisco, you can also pick them up at FFDG, 2277 Mission St. @19th.

Travis Millard's tee.

Mel Kadel's new tee.

Both tees are $25 and can be purchased here.

If you live in San Francisco, you can also pick them up at FFDG, 2277 Mission St. @19th.

Paris based street artist/ co-branding billboard manipulator Ludo emailed over some recent work in the streets of Belgium and Birmingham (the cans).

I am a painter out here in California. I create work that is a clash of my graffiti style, a bit of graphics and razor sharp points into these shaped panels. All work is flat, just painted to look 3D. I hand cut these wood panels, and paint them with Oils, sometimes with Spray paint. The usual size is about 24x48 inches. -Victor Malagon

These are great, Victor. Thanks for emailing them over... Different obviously, but kind of reminds us of Graffiti Technica.

http://www.victormalagon.com/

It's not everyday that during an art walk you get two sick murals, let alone one. And that just so happened to occur at the 2012 Venice Art Walk. Only a few blocks awat from one another, the artists Jesse Hazelip and Aaron Axelrod were working on their individual walls.

Mural by Jesse Hazelip

Jesse flew out from his new home in New York to paint and put up one of the most ginormous wheat-pastes I've ever seen on what was dubbed the RED FORT of Venice Beach. The piece features his epic renderings of a warthog and bull in front of gorgeous red and blue lettering. And then inside the building was a pop-up exhibit featuring his original ball-point sketch – which is so masterfully done that it's hard to believe it was done.

And while Jesse had started his mural earlier on in the week, due to it's towering scale, Aaron Axelrod was putting his entire body into the colors and motions of a wall built specifically for him at the entrance of the auction portion of the event. Within four hours he had gotten up two wheat-pastes, an energetic splattering of paint, and a mannequin complete with a light-up halo. So, just as the night fell upon the Earth, the piece lit up and sparked everyone's imaginations. -Daniel Rolnik

Mural by Aaron Axelrod

A recent commission by Mildred that we thought we'd share. See more from this San Francisco fella here.

Stop in FFDG to view Dave Kinsey's solo show Lost For Words running through June 16th in San Francisco.

Hours: Wed thru Sat (1-6pm). 2277 Mission St. @19th. FYI, today, Wed, we'll be closing at 5:30pm.

The Red Curtain
mixed media on canvas
30 x 40 x 32 inches, 2012
framed
pricing and availability, email
info(at)ffdg.net