Don’t miss this Travis Millard opening in San Diego on Friday!

Digging a Hole, Looking for Something

New work by Michael Krueger and Travis Millard

Opening Reception: May 18, 2012 (6-10pm)

Double Break is delighted to announce Digging a Hole, Looking for Something, an exhibition of new work by Michael Krueger and Travis Millard. Coming to us from Lawrence, Kansas and Los Angeles, CA respectively, Krueger and Millard will bring new drawings, prints, ceramics and more. Both widely exhibited and admired artists, the two first connected at the University of Kansas and have long drawn inspiration from one another. Both artists explore the figure of the “common man,” displacing the mundane and the mythic from everyday life, weaving threads between past and present. Their search for the sublime in this densely hyper-visual yet vacuous post-industrial age is rife with humor, longing and discovery, as is apparent in this selection of new works on view at Double Break. The opening reception is Friday, May 18, 2012 (6-10pm). Please join us!

About the artists:

Michael Krueger was born on January 5, 1967 in Kenosha, Wisconsin. Michael’s artwork reflects a deep interest in American history, contemporary American culture, and personal memoir. He has given over 100 lectures and workshops including, Cranbrook Academy of Art, RISD, City College of New York, Edinburgh College of Art and the School of the Museum of Fine Arts Boston, Boston, MA. He has recently had solo shows at Sunday L.E.S., New York, NY, Steven Zevitas Gallery, Boston, MA and Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN. Recent group exhibitions include, KRETS Gallery, Malmo, Sweden, Baer Ridgeway, San Francisco, CA, Ambacher Contemporary, Munich, Germany, Glasgow Print Studio, Scotland, UK, Adam Baumgold, New York, NY, Dolphin Gallery, Kansas City, MO, Western Exhibitions, Chicago, IL, NY The Drawing Center, New York, NY, Cade Tompkins Projects, Providence, RI, Frans Masereel Centrum, Kasterlee, Belgium, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts Museum, Philadelphia, PA and the Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, CA.

Travis Millard grew up in Olathe, Kansas and founded the Fudge Factory Comics operation in 1997. His work reflects a personal examination of the beauty and absurdity in common things, random and on repeat. Travis’ work has been published on numerous platforms and exhibited widely in the US and internationally. Including work for Foundation Skateboards, Stereo, Volcom, Vans, Burton, Chronicle Books, Cartoon Network, Titmouse and others. Travis currently lives in a cabin near some coyotes on the backside of a hill in a Los Angeles fire zone.

Opening Reception: May 18, 2012 (6-10pm)

Open to the public (and free!)

Exhibition runs through June 16, 2012

Double Break

1821 5th Ave

San Diego, CA 92101

619.238.2325

info@doublebreakstore.com

www.doublebreakstore.com

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BITNB artist Skinner‘s latest solo exhibition, “The Undermining Satanic Energies Of An Incongruent Suburban Sickness”, is currently on view at Cotton Candy Machine in Brooklyn, NY.

Best known for his super-colorful demonic paintings with detailed linework, Sacramento-based Skinner returned to New York in April to put together this large body of work. “The Undermining Satanic Energies…” consists of original paintings, prints, and monster masks — all showcased in front of large, 3D murals painted on the boutique’s walls. Guests at the crowded opening were given 3D glasses with which to take in all of the neon monster fun.

The exhibition runs through May 6th, so if you’re in New York, there is still a bit of time to catch it! While you’re there, be sure to also check out Skinner’s recently released book, “Every Man Is My Enemy.”

Photos courtesy of Sara Antoinette Martin and Cotton Candy Machine.

Skinner, “The Undermining Satanic Energies of an Incongruent Suburban Sickness”
Cotton Candy Machine
235 South 1st Street
Brooklyn NY 11211

-edward

Join Demonbabies for a night of art, music and fun showcasing work created by the makers of the mid-90s Metro-Detroit Public Access Television Show 30 MINUTES OF MADNESS in Echo Park on Saturday!

This mixed-media retrospective will celebrate the 20-year legacy of 30MOM including original artwork, music, and video made in and around the show.
This is a gathering place for all fans and creators of locally-produced installation art, zines, drawings and video art!

30 MINUTES OF MADNESS
SATURDAY, APRIL 14TH 2012 8PM–2AM | NO COVER

Rafa’s Lounge Art Gallery

1836 W Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90026

DJ Sets by DR. DISKO DUST (aka John Ryan) and Demonbabies (Jesus Rivera)

Want to know more about 30 Minutes of Madness? Check out this killer video and donate to their kickstarter too!

The boys at the Uprising Creative are some of my favorite scumbags. And judging by our sold out “Choppers and Sluts” tee they must be one of yours too.

They made a show with DVS, but even better than the shoe (sorry – I prefer cowboy boots….) is this video. Crime fighting, beer guzzling, moto riding super heroes are just up our alley.

-Mitra

Josh Slater’s Forever Vision.

Tune in and drop out.

“With “GET READY, JUNGLE HEAT.”, Norris/Steak aims to aggressively explore the role of the mouth in human sexuality; correlating the moist humidity of men and women’s mouths to that of the wet heat of a jungle. Using a visceral, inkblot-drawing style influenced by Jean Cocteau, Allen Jones and the early commercial work of Andy Warhol, Norris/Steak delicately abstracts his compositions. He softens the seamy subject matter for the viewers’ gaze, coaxing them to examine in detail something that would perhaps normally make them uncomfortable.”

Okay. Lots of rad shit is happening here. Steak’s drawings have a wonderful storybook quality to them that adds tension and je ne sais quoi to the sordid subject matter. Beach London is an amazing art gallery complete with a print shop offering exclusive prints, zines, and artist books. And they have a Café upstairs, so there’s simply no excuse for you to leave. In conjunction with GRJH, Steak Mtn. has also collaborated with Beach London on a limited-edition scarf to effectively display your misanthropic disposition without saying a word.

More info here

RSVP via Facebook here

A bunch of our fantastic artists are in this show! Don’t miss it, tomorrow only!

Rebuild the Dream, MoveOn.org Civic Action,  Russell Simmons, Occupy the Dream and SEIU

Present

ALL IN FOR THE 99%

Saturday, March 31, 2012
10:30AM – 6:00 PM

400 S. La Brea Ave
Los Angeles, CA 90036

THIS EVENT IS FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

Artists, musicians, writers and activists unite to amplify the voices of the 99%, demanding and end to Citizens United and calling for real campaign finance reform. The ALL IN FOR THE 99% gallery will be open to the public with music, readings and visual art from over 80 of the nation’s most celebrated artists including Robbie Conal, Kimberly Brooks, Chris Johanson, Cheryl Dunn, Sage Vaughn, Glen E. Friedman, Shepard Fairey, Skullphone, Kenzo Digital, Megan Whitmarsh, Retna, Daena Title, Kelsey Brookes, Deedee Cheriel, Maya Hayuk, Mel Kadel, Ashley Macomber, Deanna Templeton, Estevan Oriol, Neck Face, Ione Skye, Curtis Kulig, Jill Greenberg and Cleon Peterson.

Brought to you by:

Rebuild the Dream, MoveOn.org  Civic Action, SEIU, Occupy the Dream, Courage Campaign, Apple Via & Co, spaceland, slake: Los Angeles, Evolutionary Media Group, Greco Decor, the Embassy, Art Not War, New Image Art, FitzGibbon Media, Color of Change.org, POWER, CHIRLA, Presente.org <

www.allinforthe99percent.org

While you’re gallery hopping in NY today stop by The James Cohan Gallery to view A Ray Array by Sumi Ink Club’s Sara Rara.

Reception for the Artists: Thursday, March 29, 6-8pm

March 30 through May 5, 2012

533 West 26th Street
New York, NY 10001
T: 212.714.9500
F: 212.714.9510
Tuesday-Saturday 10am-6pm
info@jamescohan.com
www.jamescohan.com

James Cohan Gallery is pleased to present Not a Particle or a Place but an Action, an exhibition of works by California-based artists MAURICIO ANCALMO and SARAH RARA, opening on March 30th and running through May 5th, 2012. This will be the first New York gallery exhibition for both artists.

Sarah Rara’s hour-long film A Ray Array (2011) comprises 15 visual and aural essays on the idea of interference, that range, in the artist’s words, “from the failure of a message to be discernable, to sudden interruptions, visual disturbances, the interaction of two sound signals, instability, and optical effects.” Fingers twinkle in the sun; a felt hat spins; a stained glass moon slowly turns. A Ray Array is a wonky, wordless and amused bit of science that harkens back to Ed Ruscha’s early meditations on the banal and John Baldessari’s Surrealist, saturated Pop while also defining a contemporary left-coast aesthetic—one that is disarmingly sincere, visually beautiful and unexpectedly spiritual.

SARAH RARA completed her MFA at the University of Southern California in 2011, and is renowned worldwide as a member of the experimental music duo Lucky Dragons. She has created performances and video installations at venues including the UCLA Hammer Museum and the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA; the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY; the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, DC; the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, MN; the Institute for Contemporary Art, London, U K; and the Centre Pompidou, Paris, France, among others. Rara lives and works in Los Angeles, CA.

Curated by our first BITNB artist Keren Richter and designer Nanse Kawashima -a group show opening this week. The exhibition features work exploring concepts of mystery, secret societies, gossip, dirty secrets, veiling, camouflage… anything secretive.

Opens this Thursday, March 29th from 7-10 pm in Williamsburg, Brooklyn at 109 South 5th street #500. One night only.
SECRET showcases an eclectic collection of New York artists and their photography, painting, sculpture, and film. Talent includes artist & jewelry designer Hanna Sandin, painter Peter Demos, director Timothy Saccenti, illustrator Jenny Mortsell, designer Wyeth Hansen, photographer Glynis Selina Arban and many others.

Tonight in NY, The Wild & The Innocent featuring work by BITNB artist Skye Parrott

The Wild & The Innocent

A Photography Exhibition Curated By Jordan Sullivan

Clic Gallery
255 Centre Street, NY, NY

Opening Reception: Wednesday, March 28, 6-8pm
March 28 – April 16, 2012

Photographers //
Bree Apperley, Brendan Baker, Alexander Binder, Siobhan Bohnacker, Coley Brown, Patrick Buckley, Ana Cabaleiro, Samantha Casolari, Cody Chandler, Daniel Evans, Todd Fisher, Hannah Godley, Alexis Gross, Todd Jordan, Kohey Kanno, Mikael Kennedy, Collin LaFleche, Nicole Lesser, Jeff Luker, Jennilee Marigomen, Brian Merriam, Aaron McElroy, Skye Parrott, Emma Phillips, Henry Roy, Bryan Schutmaat, Brea Souders, Jordan Sullivan, Agnes Thor, Logan White
–
The Wild & The Innocent juxtaposes portraits of bodies and landscapes culled from various photographers’ personal archives. How do these pictures of the human body and natural landscapes relate to one another? How do the two, when shown together, affect our perceptions of nature and ourselves? The Wild & The Innocent seeks to complicate the modern oppositional relationship between the body and nature in order to explore the truths of our own transience and infinitude — our dual limitlessness and powerlessness — as reflected in the wilds of nature and the slopes of the human form.

Included in this exhibition are emerging and established photographers, many of whom often obsessively document their personal lives. These are photographers who constantly seek to reframe the ways we perceive our environment and bodies.

(Future) Blood is the New Black artist Owl Eyes is sharing his light art at the Pacific Design Center.

Stop by Tuesday for an idea of what’s to come next Fall from this awesome addition to our family!

We’re excited to announce a new venture from Blood is the New Black artist Hassan Rahim: Shabazz Projects.

http://shabazzprojects.com/

Shabazz Projects is a progressive publishing studio and idea platform. They’ll will be producing limited edition books, zines and objects with an emphasis on contemporary art, photography and fashion.
The first release, Ghosting, is edition 1 in an ongoing series of zines curated by a selected artist. More information is on the site, where it is exclusively available for purchase.

For those of you in New York, be sure to check out Double Acting Hinge  – Colby Bird’s first solo exhibition at Fitzroy

COLBY BIRD
DOUBLE ACTING HINGE
MARCH 16 – MAY 5, 2012
OPENING RECEPTION FRIDAY, MARCH 16, 6 – 8pm

Fitzroy Gallery is pleased to present Colby Bird’s first solo exhibition at the gallery, Double Acting Hinge. The title is the name of hardware often referred to as a “saloon hinge” that allows a door to be opened in both directions. The door itself therefore makes no distinction between “in” or “out”; this delineation is made solely by the objects, place, or structures on either side.

Upstairs, Bird is presenting 14 photographic works. In a departure from his usual mode of shooting, the majority of these photos were taken outside the home or studio, in locations such as Croatia, Florida and Texas. The photographs maintain their characteristic tension between interior and exterior spaces, often with mediating/dividing structures such as doors, windows, or natural thresholds.

The stilted nature of the images serves to force the viewer to consider the creation of the photograph, and to place the focus on not only on the photo itself but also the photographer, and the space beyond the plane of the photo.

The disparate camera formats utilized (4×5, 110, 6×7) are evident in the stark contrast in grain quality from photo to photo. Enlarged to exhibition size prints, photos taken on a Kodak 110 camera take on an expressionist look, while the photos executed in larger formats appear almost as windows, with little to no discernible grain.

Downstairs, Bird presents new sculpture, which is purposefully removed from his photographic works. This separate installation lends a hobby-room or home studio tone, and serves to accentuate the raw, labored qualities of these sculptures. The works are physically and thematically removed from the delicate technical expertise of the photos, and the pristine woodwork of their frames.

Double Acting Hinge will be on view March 16 through May 5, 2012 with an opening reception on Friday, March 16 from 6 – 8 pm. Fitzroy Gallery is open to the public Tuesday through Saturday from 11 am – 6 pm and by appointment. For further inquiries, please contact the gallery at 212.343.8670, info@fitzroygallery.com or visit www.fitzroygallery.com.

A bunch of BITNB artists are in this show. Get there early on Friday, it’ll get packed quick!

THIS los angeles is proud to present:

THESE FRIENDS 3.

February 24th – March 23rd

Opening reception this Friday February 24th, 7-10 p.m.

After two years at THIS los angeles, we are glad to announce our 3rd annual “These Friends” show.

Artists include:

Aaron Ruell

Alana Goldstein

Alex Prager

Andrew paynter

Andy Mueller

Andy Suriano

Annie Thorton

Anthony Anzalone

Arlie Carstens

Ben Venom

Bill Mcright

Blake Marquis

Brad Elterman

Brent Owens

Brian Montouri

Brian Steinhoff

Bruce Gilbert

Bryan Sheffield

Carlos Don Juan

Cassiel Getz

Chris Bettig

Chris Moore

Chris Pastras

Chris Wessman

Christian Moreno

Claire Weiss

Cleon Peterson

Clint Peterson

Cody Hoyt

Cole Barash

Corey Arnold

Curtis Mead

Dallas Clayton

Dan Monick

Daniel Gibson

Don Pendleton

Drew Heffron

Emiliano Granado

Emily Shur

Erin Althea

Erin Garcia

Geoff McFetridge

Gil Shuler

Graham Walzer

Greg Beyer

Greg Bojorquez

Hannah Hooper

Hassan Rahim

Herstel Baltrotsky

Jared Eberhardt

Jeaneen Lund

Jeremy Shockley

Jeremy Weiss

Jessica Wassil

Jessie Cowan

Joe McKay

Jon Huck

jon rajkovich

Jordan Rae

JRF

JT Helms

Juan Puente

Justin Donais

Justin Krietemeyer

Justin Waugh

KC Ortiz

Kelly Jones

Kevin E. Taylor

Kimberly Scola

Lee Corbin

Lisa Solberg

Louise Ingalls Sturges

Luis Farfan

Malia James

Mark Penxa

Megan Whitmarsh

Mel Kadel

Michael Coleman

Michael Hsiung

Mike Bertino

Mike Perry

Natas Kaupas

Nicholas Haggard

Noe Montes

Pose

Raymond Molinar

Rich Colman

Robin Laananen

Ronnie Günter

Rory Wilson

Ruben Fleischer

Ryan Allan

Ryan Lopez

Ryan Wallace

Sage Vaughn

Scott Toepfer

Sean Mcgaughey

Seonna Hong

Shawn Records

Sonny Kay

Steven Harrington

Steven Nereo

Suzannah Sinclair

Suzy Yun

Ted Gahl

Travis Millard

Victor Saldana

Will Bryant

Will Copeland

Zach Mccaffree

Zara Bucci

The exhibition is FREE, all ages and open to the public! See you here!!

THIS los angeles is located on Figueroa St and 59th in the historical Highland Park neighborhood of Los Angeles.

THIS los angeles
5906 North Figueroa Street
Los Angeles, CA 90042.

For press inquiries & presale list, please contact:
this@thislosangeles.com

323.747.5301

http://www.thislosangeles.com/

Dress code enforced: in styles for men and women!

Get this tee for $25 (normally $44) only through Saturday, May 20th.

Well Suited by Dan Monick.

Watch it here.

Obsessed with this new video from artists Miktor and Molf.

From graffiti and street art, science fiction and tattooing, to cartooning, fine art, master shading and pristine line work -Paranormal Hallucinations will twist your senses and flip your head around. With so many different styles converging into one gallery the outcome will be exceptional. Come witness the divergent beauty of 16 Artists with different backgrounds, all united through one common medium used in their works; Pen . Ink . Brush .

Come check out some of Peyote’s work in Denver!

Said to have traveled through a vast number of galaxies before arriving at our current terrestrial grounds, the STEAKMOB* based out of Minneapolis, MN has created and curated a show that’s sure to bring the young blood, in everyone, out to play. Working exclusively from their notorious studio, Da Haunted Attic, the STEAKMOB* have created a body of work that encompass the nostalgia of being born in the 80s and living in the 90s. Though thematically similar, the body of work spans across many different kinds of form-making and exemplifies the over-processed-analog-loop element that has become a staple of the STEAKMOB* and it’s affiliates.

Involved in the show is the STEAKMOB* who is, at its core, Andrés Guzmán, Eric Gorvin, and Tomás Villaseñor. However, the over-arching collaborative nature of STEAKMOB* obviously necessitates the help from the homies. In this show the lineup boasts a select mash of illustrators and designers including Llew Mejia, Tuesday Bassen, Bill Rebholz, Anton Pearson, and Feng Meng Vue.

Indy Ink (indyink.com) at 84 S. Broadway, Denver, Colorado.

Josh Slater’s got a new zine out.

Black and White Laser / Purple Paper / A5 / April 2011 / Edition of 50

Grab it here.

You are invited to attend “Trophy Room” featuring new original artwork by Andrea Shear!
In addition there will be a “yard sale” happening in the brick room where previously shown work will be marked down to below-studio prices.

Trophy Room
Opening reception Aug. 13, 2011 7-10pm
Upstairs at the Market Gallery
1057 San Pedro Street  #201 at the corner of 11th
Los Angeles, CA 90015
free parking inside the gate on 11th
refreshments will be served

We’re excited see you there!

Come visit our friends at These Friends

These Friends at The Ace Hotel

Ace Hotel New York
20 W 29th St
NY NY 10001

Aug 12-31

Opening Reception

Aug 12th  8-11 PM

Thanks to This Los Angeles and the Ace Hotel.

Hannah Stouffer invites you to the Tropics this Saturday!

The TROPICS

727 Leavenworth St. San Francisco, CA 94109
7:00- 10PM Saturday, July 16th, 2011

The TROPICS is a small curated boutique in San Francisco’s upper Tenderlion district (727 Leavenworth St.) focusing on singularity, artist printed materials and feature apparel with a direct concentration on the illustrated line. Carrying a comparatively modest array, The TROPICS curated selection is currently featuring Blood is the New Black, SPRFKR, Beautiful Decay, Living Proof and Juxtapoz with works by specialty artists and their lines.

Born in Aspen, CO in 1981, San Francisco based illustrator Hannah Stouffer is best known for the incongruity of intricately executed imagery and shadowy and ethereal themes. Stouffer has maintained a strong presence in the illustration world while simultaneously exhibiting her work as both a commercial and fine artist for the past 10 years. both in and out of the Bay Area. With an extensive international client list, an impressive roster of galleries and a new position as the Illustration and Erotic Art Editor at Juxtapoz Magazine, Stouffer is now embarking on a new venture by opening her second shop in San Francisco, heavily involving her personal and creative counterparts.

Not to be missed. No seriously, don’t miss this.

“SUPERNATURAL? PERHAPS.”
New works by Heather Gabel and Christopher Norris (Steak Mtn)
Runs July 9th – August 10th 2011
Reception 6-10 pm July 9th at POVevolving Gallery
939 Chung King Road, Los Angeles, CA 90012
http://www.povevolving.com​/
http://www.heathergabel.co​m/
http://www.steakmtn.com/

POVevolving Gallery and Print Studio will host artists Heather Gabel and Christopher Norris (aka Steak Mtn) July 9th for a month long exhibit of their latest works. Heather and Chris have much in common, most notably a background heavy with design work for many bands. Both also share an obsession for the face melting powers of the darkest kinds of imagery while maintaining their unique and vaguely ironic interpretations. The title of the show itself is the perfect anomaly for these two visual artists, pulled from a Bela Lugosi/Boris Karloff classic; it personifies their attraction to the kitsch of the occult. The results of their insatiable appetites for a viscerally brutalizing aesthetic can be seen at POVevolving this July/August when they have their way with the space. The larger front room will showcase their fine art work; drawings and collages culled from their wildest dreams and worst nightmares, while the smaller and fittingly cave-like back room will serve as a living breathing archive of their cumulative efforts in design. Showcasing sketches, photocopies, original album artwork and shirt designs for such bands as Against Me!, Alkaline Trio, Rancid, Joan Jett, Garbage and Green Day assembled together for the first time.

Mel and Travis are coming to SF!

FFDG

248 Fillmore St.
SF, CA
94117

Saturday, June 11, 2011 (7-10pm)

NYC buds, this is not to be missed!

Thursday June 9th. 9pm-12am

La Caverna -NYC

DJs Max Wowch from Pizza Party and Callan Clendenin from the band Lemonade

Videos by Molly Surno from Cinema 16

Open bar, glow sticks and lasers courtesy of Urban Outfitters

Space is the Place was conceived by two friends, illustrator Keren Richter and graphic designer Andrew Janik.
The magazine, inspired by the Sun Ra film baring the same name, unites a varied and international group of artists inspired by psychedelia, fluorescent jarring colors and patterns, drug inspired fantasy, and celestial iconography.

Artists include Thomas Bernard, Christopher Bettig, Kris Chau, Rachel Domm, Aj Fosik, Justin Gabbard, Maya Hayuk, Andrew Holder, Merijn Hos, Mario Hugo, Andrew Janik, Colin Jenkinson, Aya Kakeda, Ted McGrath, Christopher Silas Neal, Christopher Palazzo, Pietari Posti, Keren Richter, Timo Vaittinen, Brent Wadden, Liz Walsh, Betsy Walton, Elena Wen and Carlyn Wutkee. Space is the Place features 54 full color pages with day glo pink spot color and gold foil stickers.

Miss Josh Slater’s Heavy Rays screening?

No need to worry, it lives on Vimeo now.

HEAVY RAYS from Josh Slater on Vimeo.

Derek Albeck has an upcoming solo exhibition in Los Angeles, we highly recommend you be there.
Opening Reception: Friday May 13th from 6-10PM

POVevoling Gallery

939 Chung King Rd.

Los Angeles. CA 90012 (Chinatown)

Chapter Two of Aoi Kotsuhiroi’s ‘Exotic Regrets’ collection is complete. The handmade, one-off foot pieces are titled ‘Colorless Murder’ and are reserved ‘strictly for walks through the bedroom.’ More info here

Josh Slater’s

HEAVY RAYS

landscapes
structures
microscope
telescope

A 15 minute trip into unknown landscapes and structures.
With an original score by Sahra Motalebi

Screening : Friday, May 6th 7-9pm
at
End of Century
175 Rivington
NY, NY 10002

rsvp : info@endofcenturynyc.com
www.endofcenturynyc.com

Can’t make it? Get the DVD here.

Need more Josh Slater? Check him out in the new issue of Dossier (available in our webstore soon!)

Just when you think you are the only skull faced squid on the planet, you find out that you’re a TWIN! How exciting!

Get this tee for $25 (normally $40) only through Friday 9 AM PST

GET IT HERE DUDES.

Curated by Audrey Landreth featuring Dan Monick and some really great photographers.

A Place In The Sun:
Picturing California:
Curated by Audrey Landreth
April 22 – April 29

A Place in the Sun showcases a selection of images by LA based
photographers. All images of California by artists who have chosen to live
and work here. Together, the images comprise an honest portrait, one
interpretation, of California as a place of promise. Promises fulfilled,
promises deferred, and promises denied.

Artist Reception April 22: 7:00 – 10:00 p.m.
Hi-Lite Studio and Project Space
533 South Los Angeles Street, 6th Floor, LA, CA 90013

ALT to the ALT this Saturday! Our artists Kimberly Kane and Steak Mtn! are in the show, come on down!

ART DEBAUCHERY ORGANIZATION presents

// ALT to the ALT //

an xxx-themed art event

SHOW CAVE 3501 Eagle Rock Blvd Los Angeles 90065

OPENING: Saturday, April 9th, 2011 7pm

“ALT to the ALT” is an XXX-themed art event showcasing some of the well-respected movers and pornographers within the alt porn industry through their photography and art. “ALT” is “Alternative”. True to the saying, there is an Alternative to everything. The “alt” in adult cinema is an aesthetic difference that showcase the work of these pornographers as artists, rather than playing to the general public’s stereotype of the adult industry. By pushing the boundaries of the artform, these artists bring forth the true ALT to the Alt.

Featured Artists: EON MCKAI COURTNEY TROUBLE BOB COULTER CARLOS BATTS CHRISTOPHER NORRIS/STEAK MTN. KIMBERLY KANE

Curated by: RAE THREAT with live performance by YAHAIRA + special guest DJs RSVP HERE

New Limited Edition silkscreened prints from Hannah Stouffer

Only $20 and available on Hannah’s Etsy Store!

Don’t miss her zine “Suggested Reading” looks amazing….

THIS los angeles presents:

“These Friends 2″
1 year anniversary really big group show.

February 4th, 2011 7-10PM

Gallery hours: Thursday-Saturday 3-7PM

THIS is glad to announce part 2 of the show we kicked it all off with a year ago, These Friends 2. When the 5 of us first conceived this place we all made a list of friends we would like to show a piece and the list quickly grew to over 100 people. It turned out to be a huge success, more people showed up than we knew what to do with, and good times were had. So, let’s do it again. This Friday, February 4th, 7-10 p.m. at THIS los angeles, 5906 N. Figueroa St., Los Angeles, CA 90042. The reception is free and features a DJ and an open bar.

MEL KADEL
ARMS OUT

At The Merry Karnowsky Gallery

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 8 – 11pm

MERRY KARNOWSKY GALLERY
170 S. LA BREA AVENUE
(IN THE ART 170 BUILDING)
LOS ANGELES, CA 90036
323.933.4408

http://www.mkgallery.com

Exhibition Dates:
February 5 – March 5, 2011

Gallery Hours:
Tues – Sat 12-6pm

Merry Karnowsky Gallery is proud to present Arms Out, a solo exhibition by Mel Kadel. Using coffee-stained paper, micron .005 pens, hand mixed ink wash, pencil, and blades, the artist creates carefully detailed and layered drawings of childlike characters exploring, opening up, and overcoming peril with fierce determination. Thick layers of hand cut paper are carefully collaged within each scene, making Kadel’s work delicate and dimensional, patterned and precise, with foregrounds, middle grounds, and backgrounds reminiscent of 1950’s engravings.

With a technique some have called “drawing with an eyelash,” Kadel has created a visual narrative that communicates interconnectedness, balance, and the idea that we are all part of a system whether recognized or not. Inertia is an important part of what propels the work, and whether standing idle, entwined, or reaching up, or outward – what Aristotle said is true – the whole is indeed greater than the sum of its parts. In Kadel’s world characters embark on wondrous adventures, face absurd obstacles, and complete daunting tasks within their lush, imaginative world. Undaunted by gravity, they push, pull, climb, and reach to arrive at their veiled destination.

Using her unusual layering technique, the artist creates wallpaper-like patterns with texture and depth in a seamless fashion that suspends her characters somewhere between imagination and reality. Drawn to patterns and repetition, Kadel sets her characters in surreal landscapes where girls’ tears form rivers, and horses are patched together like quilts. Intricate motifs, such as a sun made of flowers, or coils of rope-like bodies, create an allegorical glow, which is disarmingly warm. Also exhibited are more abstracted patterns with flora filled landscapes, independent of figures, yet interdependent with the elements.

Musician Ian MacKaye of Minor Threat says of Kadel’s work, “Mel goes so hard on her work it’s a wonder she hasn’t fallen in. Actually, I think if you look close enough you’ll see a piece of her in every picture. No joke.”

Kadel is originally from Harrisburg, Pennsylvania and graduated from Moore College of Art & Design in Philadelphia. After living in New York for a few years, she moved to Los Angeles where she now resides in a log cabin by the 5 Freeway with her partner, artist Travis Millard. Kadel’s work has shown in numerous galleries throughout the United States and abroad in London, Sydney, and Denmark. Her work has appeared in publications including Juxtapoz, Monster Children, and LA Times Magazine.

Finally! Gingko Press has released Dan Monick’s first book of photographs documenting his years and travels with Atmosphere and Rhymesayers.

To celebrate the fine folks at Rhymesayers and Fifth Element have put together a collection of prints from the book and will be showing them at Fifth Element  on December 16th 7-10 PM.

For those of you in Minneapolis and or who know folks in Minneapolis, please try to make it down. It should be a really nice night.

Here’s an awesome holiday gift from Derek Albeck!

Flannel Mask
This is a small varied edition of 5 prints mounted on mirrors and framed

Print INFO:
Silkscreen and Spray Paint on Paper Mounted to Mirror
10 by 8 inches (Framed)
Signed Varied Edition of 5 with 2 AP (Varied Meaning each prints colors are different)

Want one? Get it here.

From the mouth of Spears:

IM HAVING AN ART SHOW ON SATURDAY DECEMBER 11TH AT 1PM AND YOU ARE INVITED

IT IS A SHOW ABOUT HOW I LOVE CARS SO MUCH

ALL THE PAINTINGS ARE ON CARDBOARD AND THEY ARE $10 EACH

IT IS GOING TO BE ON THE WALKWAY ABOVE THE 5 FREEWAY BETWEEN THE GLENDALE BLVD AND LOS FELIZ EXITS

I RECOMMEND GETTING DIRECTIONS TO THIS ADDRESS: 2900 Sunnynook Dr, Los Angeles, CA 90039

YOU CAN PARK ON SUNNYNOOK AND THEN WALK ACROSS THE RIVER TO THE FREEWAY

ITS A REAL NICE SPOT

RAIN OR SHINE

(UNLESS ITS TOTALLY POURING OR SOME SHIT LIKE THAT)

OK BYE THANK YOU

Check out BITNB’s Sterling Barlett and 9 other artists in the Anything Goes show at R & R Gallery!

Anything Goes

Featuring ten artists, ten canvases and six hours. Any medium, any substance and any process. Artist will have a 1/2 hour to work on each canvas and one hour to complete the canvas that they started with. The night is to inspire each other by working together and removing ourselves from our elements.

Cody Comrie, Evan Rossell, Heather Mcmillen, Kevin Lewis, Kube, Lauren Over, Marc Baker, Nil Ultra, Sterling Bartlett and Wendy Teague

All art will be created the night before.
All art will be burned if not sold. Honestly.

Opening night
Saturday Dec. 4th, 2010 7 pm – Midnight
Ongoing the 6th – 12th, from 5 – 9p<

R & R Gallery
929 East 2nd Street Suite 106 Los Angeles CA 90012<
TheRandR.org | 213-626-2261 |

The process, antics and daily ventures of the San Francisco based illustrator, Hannah Stouffer.
Watch it – CLICK HERE

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BLOOD IS THE NEW BLACK MARKET GIFT-SHOP

1825 Sunset Blvd.
Echo Park, CA

Grand opening Tuesday November 23rd
(use the password “pork chop” for 25% off November 23-28)
open November 23- 24 & 26-28 from 3 PM – 11 PM &
Thursdays thru Sundays the entire month of December

+ gifts of every size and shape all under $50 +

Blood is the New Black, Dark Matter + Ace Mommawolf tee shirts for guys & gals
Jewelry by Alex & Chloe, Species by the Thousands, Laura Lombardi, & Dark Matter
Toiletries that smell good from Portland General Store
Pretty party dresses from Curatorial by popomomo
Clothing for bad-ass babies from Izzy Wolf
Zines, records, small gifts and prints by artsy artists
Vintage flannels for the manly men in your life
Calendars from the Wild Unknown so you don’t miss important appointments
Robert and Leopold mix tapes for people who still have cassette players
Home-made bacon brittle . . . . .and lots more on the way!

Open November 23rd – December 30th
Thursdays – Sundays 3 PM – 11 PM
1825 W. Sunset Blvd
www.bloodisthenewblack.com
@bloodyblack

Join Gallery Space this Friday, November 19th from 7pm – 9pm for the opening reception of Play It As It Lays. The group show, a tribute to writer Joan Didion, features the reactionary works of eleven artists to Didion’s 1970 novel, Play It As It Lays.

Featuring artwork by Blood is the New Black artists Natascha Snellman and PJ Risse

OPENING FRIDAY!

First Love, Last Rights

**Skye Parrott solo exhibition
@ Capricious Space
November 19, 2010 – January 2011
Opening Reception: Friday, November 19, 7-9pm

Capricious Space is located at 103 Broadway, Brooklyn, New York 11211 tel: 718-384-1208
Hours: Wednesday to Saturday, noon to 6 pm. For additional information about Capricious, please visit http://www.becapricious.com

Having grown up with a photographer mother, Parrott’s life had been thoroughly documented until her adolescence, and then again by herself starting at seventeen. But the turbulent period in between was a void in terms of visual record. Following the demise of two key relationships, one with her first love, a boy named Alex, and then of their mutual relationship with drugs, they both went off to rehab and soon after she began taking photographs. From that brief era, she was left only with some vivid memories of particular moments. First Love, Last Rites turns around about a year and a half of her life, beginning when she was fifteen. For this work Parrott asked friend (and sometimes collaborator) Valentine Fillol-Cordier to play her, and with her old clothes and the other people who figured into these memories, she set out to recreate her recollections from these previously undocumented years.

Central to this body of work is Parrott’s interest in the subjectivity of memory. “People choose a few things to remember and those memories become representative of entire relationships or events. In doing this work, I was keenly aware that what I remembered might not be ‘real.’ Curious to explore what had actually happened, after making the photographs I interviewed Alex to find out what he remembered. There was a lot of overlap, but there were huge discrepancies too. There were incidents I thought of as key but that he had forgotten entirely but remembered when I mentioned them and vice versa. And there were places where our stories just completely diverged. I think it points to the way that memories form us, and as we form, we reshape them to fit.” This is sometimes reflected in the exhibition: a detail that she mentions in her text is intentionally different in the corresponding photograph. A scene that takes place at night is shot during the day, or a gesture is reconfigured. In this way, Parrott explores the notion that memory, and even experience, is not “true.” Rather it is something in between truth and fantasy because it goes through the filter of who we are.

In a booklet accompanying the exhibition, we are given a glimpse of the physical records that do exist from this time in Parrott’s life. Along with images from the show, she presents personal artifacts including letters, photographs, and items found inside old pockets, a personal text, and the transcript of an interview with Alex.

This weekend only! Get a BITNB Patrick Jilbert tee and a tattoo for just $31!

31 dollars plus 9 dollar gratuity (thats 40 bucks) gets a Halloween tattoo or gift certificate both a 75 dollar value. Blood is the New Black is printing a limited edition Alchemy Tattoo t-shirt to be included with every purchase while supplies last. Any questions call the shop 323-666-1313

Click here for all the details.

Blood is the New Black artists Skye Parrott and Alec Friedman present Secrets
a photography group show
October 29 – November 14
Opening reception October 29, 7 – 10 pm
Space 1520
1520 N. Cahuenga, Los Angeles, CA

David Armstrong
Hisham Bharoocha
Cass Bird
Angela Boatwright
Robin Broadbent
Alexandra Catiere
Samantha Casolari
Cody Chandler
Rachel Chandler
Chris Chenier
Todd Cole
Tony Cox
Jessica Craig-Martin
Sam Falls
Seth Fluker
Alec Friedman
Jason Fulford
Marcelo Gomes
Julia Hetta
Richard Kern
Andreas Laszlo Konrath
Jeremy Liebman
Nicholas Lorden
Pamela Love
Dan Martnesen
Sophie Morner
Santiago Mostyn
Skye Parrott
Virginia Rolston Parrott
Marc Pilaro
Pedro Ramos
Reka Reisinger
Ola Rindal
David Benjamin Sherry
Jordan Sullivan
Peter Sutherland
Martynka Wawrzyniak
Weston Wells
iO Tillett Wright

Hey LA peeps come hang out with Cali Thornhill DeWitt at Family on Saturday! A good time all around.

For our Japanese friends, please visit this show already in progress featuring works by Blood is the New Black artists Ahonen and Lamberg and Skye Parrott.

Graphic Impressions

Ahonen and Lamberg
Bjorn Copeland
David Aron
Frank Haines
Hisham Akira Bharoocha
Keegan McHargue
Mario Hugo
Mark Borthwick
Skye Parrott
Studio NewWork

Time：
2010.10/21(thu)～11/16(tue) 11:00-20:00

Reception Part：
10/21(thu) 18:00-20:00

Address:
B GALLERY(BEAMS JAPAN 6F)
3-32-6 shinjyuku  Shinjuku-ku
Tokyo,160-0022 JAPAN

Blood is the New Black’s Jason JFish Fischer of the Pony Club gallery is proud to present a celebration of monstrously erotic splendor, a group show called “Monsterbation”! Allow Jason and fellow artist friends the pleasure to subdue your senses and sexual sensations in this show which celebrates the monster of eroticism.

Featuring new work from over 30 artists including Lauren Albert, Jess Fink, Phil McAndrew, Erin McCarty, Jon MacNair, Vicki Nerino, Allison Sommers, Jack Teagle, Britt Wilson, Santiago Uceda, Jeni Yang and more!

Premiering Thursday October 7th, 2010 6-10pm at Pony Club gallery following with a closing party on Halloween Sunday October 31st 6-10pm including a costume contest awarded with prizes!

More deets here.

You are invited to HOMECOMING, a week-long creative space featuring programming curated by Dossier with a photo studio by photographer Dan Martensen. Events include live performances, art exhibitions, panel discussions, screenings, and more. See attached invite for full schedule.

Homecoming
267 Elizabeth Street, NY, NY
Open Daily 12 – 12
Sit for a portrait with photographer Dan Martensen, 2 pm – 8 pm daily
Participate in a video booth confessional project by Crystal Moselle and Skye Parrott, all day every day
Enjoy free coffee provided by Birch Coffee
Curated cultural events each night

Cocktail reception, parties and music events are by invitation only and require an RSVP.
All other events are open to the public.