Facade By Jason Bryant
Sick Kicks, Skate Decks and Old School Hollywood Glamour come together in Jason Bryant’s latest solo exhibit, up now at Porter Contemporary. Smoke and Mirrors is a cohesive exhibition of oil paintings – on unconventional media – through which the artist explores themes of loneliness, vulnerability and frailty.
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Blue Special
Do you like Uglydolls? I sure do, and I enjoy telling you about UGLYDOLL things that you can own, such as Pillows and Good Luck Totems. Thumbtack Press — a virtual gallery showcasing art prints from popular contemporary artists, as well as up-and-comers, at super affordable prices — has recently secured the exclusive worldwide licensing rights to UGLYDOLL art, and I couldn’t wait to tell you all about it. Because Uglydolls are awesome.
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Cruel Birthday By Lindsey de Ovies
Artist Lindsey de Ovies worked over the course of eleven years sculpting the works that make up Food For Thought, which opened last night at Mallick Williams & Co Gallery. Both absurdly humorous and subtly disturbing, de Ovies sculptures of anthropomorphic raw chickens, nail-studded Birthday cakes and oversized pharmaceuticals delicately displayed on cake trays represent the artist’s turmoil with regard to various dysfunctional family relationships.
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Post No Bills Gallery and Print Shop will launch its first fall solo exhibition this Thursday October 6th, with the opening reception for English 101…For Beginners and Up by Popaganda artist, Ron English. English 101 will feature exclusive new limited edition prints and hand-finished multiples, toys, sculptures, sticker packs and more by Ron English – one of our favorite artists here at The Gig! With prices ranging from $20 to $4,000, the exhibit offers pieces for any sized budget. Ron will be available for signings at the Opening Reception, this coming Thursday, October 6, 2011 from 7:00PM to 10:00PM. I’ve met Ron a bunch of times and he is super nice and approachable.
English 101 Runs from October 6 – 30, 2011 at Post No Bills, Located at 1103 Abbot Kinney Boulevard, Venice, CA 90291. Phone 310-399-2928 for Shop Hours and Further Information.
“Lotus Flower and Goldfish” (2011) By Tat Ito (All Photos By Gail)
At a time when the hearts and minds of so many are concerned with the welfare of the people of Japan, it’s extremely compelling to see an exhibit by a Japanese artist who is clearly dealing with the quest to integrate both eastern and western artistic motifs into his work. Tat Ito’s Memento Mori (Latin for an object, such as a skull, intended to remind people of the inevitability of death) is anything but morbid, but the artist uses whimsical characters and a palette of bright colors along with distinctive characteristics of traditional Japanese artwork to comment on his native culture’s surrender to a relentless onslaught of Western pop sensibilities (see also Takashi Muyrakami’s theory of the Superflat ). As with Nir Hod’s Genius exhibit, Memento Mori is about so much more than just what appears on the canvas. Continue reading Joshua Liner Presents Tat Ito’s Memento Mori