San Francisco based Alec Huxley opens a show with Jason Hernandez and Nom Kinnear King on Saturday in Venice, CA at C.A.V.E. - A small taste of his recent dream state paintings that he'll be showing.

Benoit Jammes emailed over his cassette tape artwork. All are handmade and completely nostalgic.

FIRE SHELTER:01 is a personal project located at Sydhavnstippen in Copenhagen. The starting point for the design emerged from a fascination of the place. It´s a temporary project and a design experiment that wish to celebrate the place. The project has public access, and it establishes experiences of spatial and social character. In the creation of it nobody has been asked of advice, neither has it been possible for anyone to tell his or her opinion. It is simply thought of as a gift. More on this later.

You can reach the place at Sydhavnstippen after a 20 minutes bike ride from central Copenhagen. Sydhavnstippen was landfilled with building materials between 1945 and 1973. Before that it was a seabed. Since the landfill plants, bushes and trees have taken over the area, and today it´s a habitat for a variety of animals. Walking around in the area is just amazing. The “wild” appearance of the nature on top of the building materials, which are visible some places, makes you think of a “post-apocalyptic” nature. The often deserted area amplifies this.

Some wall action by Italian artist Crin who's been based out of Berlin since '09.

Some recent paintings by Portland based Adam Friedman whose show Space and Time, and Other Mysterious Aggregations opened last Friday at San Francisco's Eleanor Harwood Gallery. Our 2010 mini interview.

Thanks to Lavender Wolf who mailed us a copy of his new(ish) zine CUT IT OUT!

Lavender Wolf would like to place admirers of his work under house arrest! He's substituting handcuffs for a full color, limited edition zine that's sure to captivate and command your attention. CUT IT OUT! is the first published collection of Lavender Wolf's paper cuts, containing new, never before seen images, and celebrated favorites. Printed in color in an edition of a hundred and one, CUT IT OUT! is thirty-five pages, each issue being hand numbered and signed by the artist. CUT IT OUT! is available for eight euros. If postage and packaging is required, the zine is available for 12 euros in Europe and the United States. Please send all purchase inquiries to lavenderandthewolf(at)gmail.com and include the number of copies that you'd like to order, along with your mailing address if necessary.

NYC based photographer Ben Pier mailed his book Teenage Teeth ($24) to us awhile back featuring 68 pages of beautiful images which, according to Pier, are a documentation of American youth as seen through his lens.

Born in 1980 and raised in Missouri until the age of 19 when he went on to study documentary photography at Columbia College Chicago. After finishing school he left the heartland for New York City where he now lives and works.

FFDG is happy to offer the peice "Moss Ball" by Jay Howell in advance of his solo show "Enthusiastic Person" opening on Friday, Feb 1st. Available as of Jan 17th.

Howell's last show with FFDG sold out in preview.

"Moss Ball"
by Jay Howell
ink and gouache on paper, framed
29" x 24" (artwork: 24" x 19")
purchase

"Moss Ball" (detail)
by Jay Howell

"Moss Ball" (detail)
by Jay Howell

Gardenerism, pencil and coloured pencil on circular paper, by England based Adam Batchelor (b.1988). Read a mini interview we did with Adam back in 2010.

Detail of Gardenerism

Recent wall action by NYC based Jason Woodside.

THIS MURAL WAS COMMISSIONED BY MOTHER NEW YORK. THIS 50' X 8' MURAL PIECE SITS ON THE ROOF TOP OF THE MOTHER NEW YORK OFFICES IN CHELSEA.

http://www.jasonwoodside.com

Our buddy Flavio Samelo from Sao Paulo, Brazil emailed photos from some wall action by David De La Mano of Uruguay. We love the subtleness/ understated vibe of his works.

Speaking of Flavio, check this huge mural he completed last May in Rio de Janeiro... Oh, and since the post is about David, check how he took street art and made it beach art.

Enthusiastic Person
Jay Howell, solo show
@FFDG
Opening: Friday, Feb 1st (6-9pm)
Preview & press inquires: info(at)ffdg.net
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FFDG is pleased to present Los Angeles based artist Jay Howell in his third highly anticipated solo show with the gallery entitled “Enthusiastic Person” featuring over 25 new mixed media cartoon-styled works on paper. Currently in production on the first season of the animated children’s show “Sanjay and Craig”, which Howell is Executive Producer, Co-Creator and Art Director, Howell will exhibit recent colorfully bright and whimsical drawings featuring the cast of characters, patterns and geometric shapes so recognizable as Jay Howell works. The 2013 Noise Pop music festival will feature Jay Howell's artwork on all their promotional materials.

Jay Howell is an all around kind dude that lives in Los Angeles with photographer girlfriend Ruth Swanson and a dog named Street Dog. When he's not illustrating for Vans or drawing skateboards he can be seen on the streets fuckin' around and sayin' classic shit. Jay designed the main characters for Fox's hit show, "Bob's Burgers". He is currently working as an Executive Producer, Co-Creator and Art Director on "Sanjay and Craig" an animated children's show for Nickelodeon.

This is our last work we did in Mentana, Italy iside an ancient Church built in 1590 by Michele Peretti grandson of Pope Sisto V. Later it became a convent for franciscans and heremits. The place is the Convent of Mentana. The wall we painted on is new, is not part of the church that was in part detroyed by an earthquake in the earl of the previous century. The woman we portraied is anonymous. We spent about one month to do it, not just because is big but because there are two layer stencil, we had to do twice the process that we usually do just once. -Sten & Lex

23 year old and Houston, TX based Dylan Roberts recently got his BFA in painting from the University of Houston.

Wonderful paintings, Dylan. Thanks for emailing them over to us and letting us share them on this Monday morning.

Nosego emailed over a new installation he just wrapped up in his native Philly. He did this one on 20th here in the Mission a few weeks back, and is currently showing the piece below "Folklore" at FFDG as part of our Winter Group Show through Jan 12th.

Folklore
by Yis "Nosego" Goodwin
12" x 16"
acrylic on panel
@FFDG through Jan 12th

NoseGo is a Philadelphia-based artist with a passion for illustration and media arts. He mixes fine art with a contemporary style to deliver highly energetic work. His designs feature an assemblage of patterns, vibrant colors and characters derived from his imagination and his surrounding environment.

We got all kinds of emails from artists wishing us and their mailing list a happy new year. Many nice illustrations and works included, but this one from Mr. Kern stood out entitled "ALAIN LLUCH"... Who and why Alain Lluch? All we could find online is that Mr. Kern paints him often.

Wonderful, Mr. Lluch. Thanks for the kind wishes, and the best new year to you too.

Anthony Bradford, aka "Popsicle Press" and recent graduate from Otis College of Art and Design in Los Angeles, mailed us this great print awhile back along with some zines we wanted to share with ya.

Normally he sells his prints, zines, etc on his Etsy store, but at the moment it looks pretty empty. Thanks for the goodness, kind sir and fill up your store so people can purchase. Love the print below.

Paintings by Michelle Hinebrook

Crystallized, Acrylic on Canvas, 36"x36"

Encrusted, Oil on Panel, 40"x40"

Edwood Burn, aged 23 out of London studing illustration & animation at Kingston University, emailed a few recent stamp collages.

Ghandi Eating Sausages

Queen Eating Chips

Thai- Hand Games