A while back Justin Martinkovic from the Martinkovic and Milford architect team contacted me to do a design for the long glass wall in their office. They also got a hold of Erik Otto to do an installation as well. Well, last Saturday the Martinkovic and Milford team held an office warming party with awesome appetizers and drinks for the newly finished space. Pacolli and I attended the party and had an awesome time! They had some nice artwork and installations around the office and I snapped some photos. -David William Heinbokel (aka Mildred)

Mildred and beers

Print by Josh Keyes

Window frosting by Mildred.

Hey I wanted to share this boxcar I painted with you guys. I painted it yesterday and finished it today. Thanks -Mick Burson

Had a nutty week last week with closing down Jay Howell's show and setting up Curiot's sold out show that opened last Friday @FFDG... thus a lack of posts. It's a new week with another load of work that needs to get done, but we'll keep things moving here at Fecal Face as well.

Our ol' buddy Hiro Kurata from NYC sent us an email this AM to let us know of his upcoming show in Tokyo at Fort Gallery. Check out this incredible 75"x75" piece which will be featured in the show. For a taste of Hiro's work, go here.

It's been a busy arse week as we closed down Jay Howell's show and are set to open the solo show Age of Omuktlans with Mexico City based street artist and painter Curiot (Favio Martinez) tonight, Friday, March 8th (6-9pm) @FFDG. 2277 Mission St @19th.

Here's another little taste from this incredibly talented painter. Hope to see you tonight. Beer and wine available and Curiot will be present.

"Age of Omuktlans"
Curiot, solo show
Opening reception: Friday, Mar 8th, 6–9 pm
@FFDG, San Francisco

preview inquires, email: info(at)ffdg.net
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FFDG is pleased to present Mexico City based painter and street artist Curiot (Favio Martinez) in his first solo show in the United States entitled “Age of Omuktlans” featuring 11 new colorful and vibrant acrylic paintings on canvas. An opening reception is scheduled for Friday, March 8th (6-9pm). The artist will be present. Beer and wine will be available. The show runs through April 14th.

Curiot’s colorful paintings, featuring mythical half-animal half-human figures and scenes, which allude to Mexican traditions (geometric designs, Day of the Dead styles, myths and legends, tribal elements), are rendered in precise detail with a mixture of highly vibrant yet complementary colors. “Growing up in the States sort of gave me a diluted Mexican culture, I had no clue what I was missing out on until I moved back 10 years ago”, says Curiot. “The bright colors, folklore, ancient cultures and the beautiful handcrafts are some of the things that I embraced and which influence my work deeply”. The 11 new paintings in “Age of Omuktlans” tell the story of man’s distance from his natural path as he focuses his energy on satisfying his material pleasures and the dystopia this creates.

Curiot is a painter and street artist working in Mexico City. He earned his B.F.A from the Universidad Michoacana de S.N. Hidalgo in 2008. His paintings have been exhibited in diverse solo and group venues including: Fecal Face, Anno Domini, Fifty24MX, CC186, Centro Cultural Border, Galería David Alfaro Siqueiros, Lavamp, La Cream Galería, and received an award for his work “Mass Media” in the 7th National Biennial of Painting and Engraving Alfredo Zalce. Curiot´s work has been featured in numerous online and print publications including Beautiful Decay, Indie Rocks, El Fanzine, and Tongue Mag.

Curiot wants to do a wall while here in San Francisco. Do you have a good wall where he could do a piece? Let us know. info(at)ffdg.net

San Francisco-based paper artist Ryan De La Hoz talks about why he works with paper, his preference for analog versus digital and why he thinks he can't draw.

Photo: Justin Keena (Berkeley, CA)

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The Chinese Culture Center of San Francisco opened The Moment for Ink on Saturday, just before the start of the Lunar New Year Parade downtown.

This show interestingly re-imagines ink outside of its Chinese domain and includes several American and female artists, like Kiki Smith. Each piece employs ink in a very different way, from traditional drawings to installations taking up entire walls, and the medium takes on new surfaces and meanings. This is one of the best shows I’ve been to recently and shows vast differentiation, even though each piece is essentially made in the same medium. Chinatown presents never-ending opportunities for experience, and this is not to be missed. Just make sure you make it there before it closes on May 18th.

Toyin Odutola, Whenever the Occasion Arises, 2012, Pen ink and marker on paper, 9x12”

Hong Chun Zhang, Twin Spirits #2, 2002, Charcoal on paper, 5’x25'

Denver based Joseph Martinez is opening the show, A Little Piece of the Bay, on March 7th at Public Barber Salon (571 Geary) featuring his teeeny tiny matchbook oil paintings of his favorite San Francisco artists that inspire him like Kim Cogan, Henry Lewis, Sam Flores, Mike Giant, Barry McGee, etc.

Check out his other great matchbook paintings.

Some skate-ski with video workage by ol' Fecal Pal, Dan Wolfe who now handles video in house there at DLXSF.

After seeing McGee's Berkeley Art Museum exhibition last fall, this show was not what I was expecting, but it was perfect. Instead of a large-scale museum installation, the works were hung haphazardly on pins, just like any other student show which would take place in this gallery. A small crowd flowed into the gallery and then out into the hallway where they served cookies and popcorn, and where legends like McGee could look at student work hung in display cases. The artists were present, adding to the inclusive environment, and many students passed by on their way to class without realizing that there were stars in their halls. It was a great little show, and was probably highly encouraging to students who are just starting their art careers. It was as if the artists took a step back to show just how far they have come and, maybe, just how far they can go next.

The geometric-ness of Barry McGee

Henrik Haven has been hanging with ROA for a week and brings us some work-in-progress shots as ROA was working on all the excellent pieces for the "Stop Over" show at BODSON-EMELINCKS in Bruxelles, Belgium.