Fantasmus Presents the Society for the Art of Imagination, 13th July – 30th August.

The exhibition features 37 AOI artists.

Jane Andrews – Lee Banham – Mette Agerbo Bendtsen – Leonard Brett – Claus Brusen – Rachel Carro – Michelle Clare – Annebelle Claudia – Michel de Saint Ouen – Val Dyshlov – Eike Erzmoneit – Diana Hesketh – Magda Francot – Artur Golacki – Igor Grechanyk – Nezir Korkmaz – Oleg Korolev – Ktisztina Lazar – Samuel Lightwing – Jack Lipowczan – Brigid Marlin – Catherina McCartney – Rodica Miller – Voytek Nowakowski – Sheila Nursten – Silvia Pastore – Lindsey Pickett – Leo Plaw – Frank Pudney – Regina Rayzvikh – Russ Revock – Carol Spicuzza – Olga Spiegel – Anthony Tiffin – Miguel Tio – Aleta Welling – Ulysses G. Whitehouse

Daniel from Galerie Princesse de Kiev in Nice, will attend the opening to choose who he think he can promote in the south of France. The exhibition will be attended by gallerists and museum curators. This is also the peak time of the tourist season, so Saeby will be crowded with people, so the exhibition is expected to be popular.

Entrance price is 50,000 Kr.

Society for the Art of Imagination

Fantasmus
GRØNNEGADE 3
SÆBY
DENMARk

Ph: +45 98 40 98 60
Mob: +45 20 12 24 20

fantasmus-art.com

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Fabrizio Riccardi is exhibiting at Galerie Alternance.

July 13 to August 2, 2008

Galerie Alternance

Avenue de la Concorde

62152 Hardelot

France

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News from Ben Tolman:

Ben Tolman's 'An Allegory In Ink' will be on exhibit at Hillyer Art Space from July 11th until August 29th, 2008.

Opening Reception: July 11th, 6-8pm

Hillyer Art Space

9 Hillyer Ct, NW

Washington DC

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Berlin:

'Utopia' – Tino Rodriguez and Virgo Paraiso

June 21st – July 19th, 2008

Merry Karnowsky Gallery

Torstrasse 175, 10115 Berlin – Mitte

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Los Angeles:

'Lullabies for the Dark Ages' -  Virgo Paraiso and Tino Rodriguez

June 14th – July 5th, 2008

Merry Karnowsky Gallery

170 S. La Brea Avenue (in the Art 170 Building), Los Angeles, CA 

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C-realm presents two podcast interviews with Martina Hoffmann and Robert Venosa.

Martina Hoffmann talks about the connection between the visionary states induced by ayahuasca and the visions on canvas that they leave in their wake. Other topics include honoring the divine feminine and finding a balance between living in direct connection with nature and losing ourselves in a haze of techno-mediated busy work. 

Robert Venosa's interview delves into his personal history and development as a visionary artist, Ayasmina and Roberto explore the dark side and ask whether evil exists as a thing in and of itself. They also examine the question of the reality of the subject matter of visionary art.

Both Martina Hoffmann and Robert Venosa are featured in our first publication "Metamorphosis Volume 1 – Publication of 50 Surreal & Fantastic Artists".

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Amanda Sage and NoMe Edonna, will be showing new erotic works done in collaboration and solo. The collection of drawings and paintings has been created in both San Francisco and Vienna.

The exhibition opens on Thursday 3.July.2008 at 7pm and runs untill 8.8.2008.

Galerie 10
Getreidemarkt 10,
1010 Vienna
Austria

Tel: +43 1 587 5744
kunst@galerie10.at
www.galerie10.at

Opening Hours: Friday & Monday, 10am- 6pm
Or by arranged appointment.

Amanda Sage is one of 50 Artists featured in our second publication entitled Metamorphosis 2.

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Friday the 13th was upon us again, and where did I head to this night? Strychnin Gallery London to see Chet Zar's exhibition "Ugly American". Arriving early for a change I had a chance to take in all of the exhibition and meet a few people, including the artist himself. I whipped out a copy of Metamorphosis for him to sign for Jon Beinart and myself. My bag went home a little heavier as I also purchased a catalogue of Chet's artwork. There was also a hard bound limited edition, but this was a little beyond my budget for the moment.

Laurie Lipton who will also be exhibiting with Strychnin Gallery again in Berlin, also attended the opening. So it was a very social evening talking to the artists, other guests, Yasha Young (the gallery owner) and her lovely staff.

Chet's artwork glowed, although themes were monsters. He indicated that the colour theme was different to what he usually works with. He went on to explain that he was inspired by a dream with incredibly luminescent colours.

You can see Chet's works for yourself at Strychnin Gallery London, 65 Hanbury Street, London E1 5J, UK.

Chet Zar is one of 50 Artists featured in our first publication entitled Metamorphosis.

Chet Zar was also interviewed for the beinArt news blog.

More detail about this event can be found in my personal post "Chet Zar".

Photos by Iris Bitter of Strychnin Gallery.

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Peter Gric has released a catalogue of 55 paintings from 1990 to 2008. The catalogue format is 21 × 29cm, paperback, with 68 digitally printed pages. The Catalogue can be ordered via the Lulu Marketplace and costs €20.

Peter Gric is one of 50 Artists featured in our first publication entitled Metamorphosis.

Peter Gric was interviewed by beinArt for our news blog. 

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Opening reception with artists: 8:00 – 11:30pm, June 7, 2008

Copro Nason Gallery presents "Kiss of Life", an exhibition of new paintings by Nathan Spoor and Dan May. The appropriately titled exhibit boasts a colorful spectrum of paintings, each created with an essential element to celebrating life, growth and the belief that anything is possible. Together, these two artists bring you an enigmatic and intricate series of works for your viewing pleasures.

Nathan Spoor is one of 50 Artists featured in our second publication entitled Metamorphosis 2.

For more information on purchasing or viewing the exhibition, please contact:

Copro Nason Gallery
Bergamot Station
2525 Michigan Ave T5
Santa Monica, CA 90404
USA
+1 310-829-2156
http://www.copronason.com

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Northern California Visionary Art: A Contemporary Legacy 
Show Dates May 10- September 7 2008

Grace Hudson Museum
The Sun House
431 S. Main
Ukiah, CA 95482
USA

gracehudsonmuseum.org

In the late 1960s the San Francisco Bay Area became the most important focal point for a new art movement. Amidst a background of Vietnam War protests, campus riots, a new Hippie idealistic counterculture, far eastern spiritual influences, underground comics, and psychedelic music and poster art, Visionary Art materialized.

A nucleus of artists developed on this wave of rising consciousness. They were influenced by Surrealism, Jungian universal archetypes, personal dream awareness, ancient art symbols, and non-Western religious philosophies. These new Visionary Artists expressed new alternate realities in their detailed dream-like images.

This exhibition germinated from the large number of Visionary artists who are now located in rural Northern California. The selection of works follows the traditions of personal dreamscape, utopian landscape, spiritual awakening, and apocalyptic visions as originally manifested in early California Visionary Art. Many of the founding visionary painters are represented, some with works that span the history of the movement. Other exhibiting artists have immigrated here from afar or are younger painters representing a second visionary generation. From the plethora of visionary art discovered in the course of organizing this exhibition, it is clear that visionary art remains an important creative force.

The seventeen artists represented in the show include: Thomas Akawie, Andrew Annenberg, Don Bear, Bonnie Bisbee, Krista Lynn Brown, Josie Grant, Mark Henson, Nick Hyde, Bil Martin, Paul Nicholson, Gene Avery North, Maire Palme, Paul Pratchenko, Janet Rayner, Mark Roland, Douglas Volz, and John Wagenet. Marvin Schenck, Grace Hudson Museum Curator, and Douglas Volz, one of the participating artists, organized the exhibition.

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'The Sleep of Reason'

Works by Laurie Lipton, inspired by Francisco de Goya

June 20th until July 13th

Opening June 20th, 7-11pm – Meet the artist

Open Thursday – Sunday, 1pm – 6pm

Strychnin Gallery, Boxhagener Str. 36 – 10245, Berlin

“Goya saw the horrors of conflict being enacted around him on the streets where he lived. I saw the recent war in Iraq in the comfort of my own bedroom contained in a neat, recently dusted TV set. Killing and humanities' atrocities have become removed and sanitized in the 21st century. Even the bloody bombing of Guernika can be made into art that fits on to a nice coffee mug. While I sip my coffee and eat my meals I can watch incredibly terrible things happening around the world on the news, complete with computer graphics and commercial interruptions. Is this not strange?”  – Laurie Lipton

'Love Bite' (right) by Laurie Lipton was inspired by Goya's painting 'Saturn devouring his Son'

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