'From What Are Dreams'
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This two person exhibition showcasing work by Karena A. Karras and Doug Stapleton opens Friday, the 3rd of April, 2009, from 7pm until 10pm at Eyeporium Gallery, Chicago.
The exhibition will be open until Friday, the 1st of May.
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Eyeporium Gallery
1543 N. Milwaukee Ave
Chicago, IL, USA
News from Christopher Ulrich
Blood and Oil underground collective, will be sharing it's enthusiasm for dark art at the Fangoria Weekend of Horrors. Special activities will be announced at Blood and Oil Collective and limited edition collectibles will be available for purchase at this convention.
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The Hive Gallery "Love and War in Hiveland" 4 Year Anniversary Show
April 4th – April 25th, 2009, 8pm – 12:30am
The Hive Gallery, 729 S. Spring St., Los Angeles, Ca. 90014
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United Cat Group Show
April 11th – May 2nd, 2009, 8pm – 12am
United Cat, Chuckwa, 2453 E. Chapman Ave, Fullerton, Ca. 92831
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Fangoria Weekend of Horrors
April 17th – April 19th, 2009
Visit Hyaena Gallery for more information
Art Ghoullery, Los Angeles Convention Center 1201 S. Figueroa St.
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C.A.V.E. Gallery presents "Brush Fire" group show
May 1st, 2009
C.A.V.E. Gallery, 507 Rose Ave, Venice, Ca. 90291
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The Congregation Gallery presents "Voo Doo, Hoo Doo, and Santeria the Art of Conjure" Group Show
May 9th – May 31st, 9pm – 12am
Congregation of Forgotten Saints, 7569 Melrose, Hollywood, Ca.
La Guilde Visionnaire is happy to announce
Laurence Caruana
VISIONS IN THE MISCHTECHNIK 2009
Summer Painting Seminar
at the Eco-village of Torri Superiore, Italy
July 11 – August 2
Come spend 3 weeks in a 14th century village experiencing permaculture & sustainable livingwhile learning the Old Masters’ techniques revived by Ernst Fuchs.
Special starving artist’s price:
Full tuition, 22 nights full accommodation, incl. breakfast, lunch & dinner (mostly organic)
€1800 euros
(less if you bring a tent!)
This year I’m hoping to put together another international group of like-minded, talented & creative souls. Come share your visions with us.
(English, French & German spoken)
- Laurence -
Gallery 696 presents…
Drawings, Paintings & The Worlds Largest Toddlerpede by Jon Beinart
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Gallery 696
696 Sydney Rd, Brunswick East
Melbourne, VIC
Australia
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Exhibition: April 15th – April 29th, 2009
Opening Reception: Friday, April 17th, 6-9pm
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Over the last 7 years Jon Beinart's drawings and Toddlerpede doll sculptures have attained a notoriety on the internet and have been published in a number of magazines and books (including FHM, Bizarre, Maxim, Virus, Dot Dot Dash, Inside Artzine, Stu, Provokator, Kalimat, Silkmilk MagiZain and beinArt Publishing's 'Metamorphosis')
"Drawing is my oldest outlet, an obsession that is deeply rooted and has become fundamental to my well being. I generally draw spontaneously and have no concept in mind as an image unfolds. Recurring themes are figures and portraits made of small images, characters and body parts. People often ask how long i take to complete a drawing. The answer is: I don't know. I prefer to keep my process painless by ignoring time." – Jon Beinart
You can view Beinart's drawings and sculpture at www.jonbeinart.com
Signed copies of beinArt Publishing's 'Metamorphosis' will be available at the opening.
Press Release from Joe MacGown:
'Semi Strange' – Paintings by Joe MacGown
Joe MacGown will be having a one man show at the BLY Fine Arts Center in downtown Eupora, Mississippi from the 25th of April to the 2nd of May, 2009. The opening reception will be on the 25th of April from 6 – 8 pm.
Approximately 50 framed pen and ink drawings and mixed media paintings will be on display, many of which have not been seen elsewhere. MacGown's works are highly detailed surrealistic drawings that are primarily done in a stream of thought method. He refers to these works as subconscious meanderings.
Originals and reproductions of various works will for sale. A framed print of of the drawing "Infinity"will be given away in a random drawing.
The BLY Fine Arts Center, Eupora, Mississippi, USA
The Interdimensional Art Movement Unified are hosting their first in a series of exhibitions.
Catalyzing Collective Creativity
Push Studio Gallery
864 Folsom st.
San Francisco
thepushsf.com
April 4 through 28, 2009
Gallery hours are
11-7 tue- fri
12-5 sat
Opening Saturday, April 4 from 6pm
On display will be original artwork from:
Robert Venosa, Vibrata Chromodoris, Roman Villagrana, Mark Henson, Martina Hoffmann, Andrew Jones, Kris Kuksi, Carey Thompson, Luke Brown, Natuew, Amanda Sage, J Garcia, Ka, Shrine
Robert Venosa, Martina Hoffmann and Kris Kuksi were featured in our first publication, "Metamorphosis".
Amanda Sage was featured in our second publication, "Metamorphosis 2".
This year's Hi-Fructose group exhibition, 'Overdose' will open on the 4th of April and run until the 25th of April, 2009.
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The opening reception is on Saturday the 4th of April, from 8pm until 11.30pm.
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The participating artists are:
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Alex Garcia, Alex Pardee, Andrew Hem, Annie Owens, Anthony Ausgang, Attaboy, Bob Dob, Brandi Milne, Brandt Peters, Brendan Danielsson, Chet Zar, Chris Berens, Chris Owens, Chris Peters, Chris Scarborough, Greg "Craola" Simkins, Damon Soule, Dan May, Dan Quintana, David Correia, Ekundayo, Eric Fortune, Erik Alos, Femke Hiemstra, Germs, Glenn Barr, Gris Grimly, Jason D'Aquino, Joe Vaux, Josh Keyes, Kathie Olivas, Kenji Kokamoto, KMNDZ, Kris Kuksi, Kukula, Lola, Luke Chueh Makiko, Sugawa, Mars-1, Martin Wittfooth, McBess, Mia, Michael Page, Naoto Hattori, Nathan Spoor, Robert Hardgrave, Sam Gibbons, Scott Musgrove (below right), Sergei Aparin, Shag, Skot Olsen, Thomas Han, Tin (above right), Tom Haubrick, Travis Louie, Viktor Safonkin, Vince Cacciotti, Yoskay Yamamoto, Yosuke Ueno and Yoko D’holbachie.
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Bergamot Station
2525 Michigan Ave. T5
Santa Monica, Ca 90404
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Chet Zar, Greg "Craola" Simkins, Kris Kuksi, Naoto Hattori, Nathan Spoor, Sergei Aparin, Travis Louie and Viktor Safonkin are featured beinArt Publishing's 'Metamorphosis' series.
I was recently interviewed by Lana Gentry and I was so happy with her approach that I invited Lana to interview artists in the beinArt Collective. I interviewed a number of artists for the site a long time ago and decided to stop since I was running out of energy for it… I was already too involved with publishing art books and running the website… Since then I’ve been looking out for an interviewer and Lana has agreed to give it a go… So more artist interviews will be published on the beinArt blog soon. Happy days!
Here’s a link to Lana’s Interview with me.
I hope you enjoy!
I just received some very exciting news from Kris Kuksi. Kris sold his largest sculpture to date; 'Imminent Utopia' for $100,000 USD to Mark Parker (CEO of NIKE). I've been watching Kris's career grow for many years and I believe that he is well on his way to becoming a celebrity artist. Kris's obsessive attention to detail and unique vision have captured the attention of millions of art enthusiasts over the last couple of years. Kris is a very friendly and humble individual who's sheer talent and dedication to his art never ceases to impress me. Go Kris!
Images of Kris Kuksi's sculptures recently graced Sepultura's 'A-Lex' album sleeve.
Kris Kuksi is one of 50 Artists featured in Metamorphosis 1 (beinArt Publishing).
Kris Kuksi was interviewed previously on beinArt.org.
Press Release from Delvin Solkinson:
Celebrating the novelty of the emerging global arts movement is a new limited edition Galactik Trading Card Hologram featuring three visionary art works from Luke Brown of Spectral Eyes and design from Phong and Aaron Rix of Pod Collective.
Compatable with all the galactic trading cards to come before, these make a perfect addition to art card collections. They also work well as single cards to grace your fridge or altar, make a special gift to a friend or bring wonder to the eyes of an ally.
These holograms are available at Elfintome and other visionary art markets.
In addition a few full out-of-print 52 card decks have come back into play as a fundraiser for the project.
Brought to you by Dew Press, a non-profit arts organization supporting the evolution of the creative imagination and the growth of global art culture.
Barnaby Whitfield will be exhibiting at Stux Gallery form Thursday, March 26th, 2009. The opening reception is from 6pm until 8pm.
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530 West 25th Street
New York, NY
"Shadowless Summer" – New Works By Liz McGrath
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Los Angeles sculpter, Liz McGrath will be making her New York City debut at Sloan Fine Art. 'Shadowless Summer' opens on the 15th of April, 2009 and runs until the 9th of May. The opening reception is on April the 15th, from 7pm until 9pm.
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128 Rivington Street
New York, NY 10002
The Magic Realism Libellule Group's Ange Exquis will be exhibiting at Galleria Renessans, Firenze, Italy, from April 4th, 2009.
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Artists exhibiting in this Ange Exquis are: Jean-Pierre Alaux, Sergei Aparin, Vincente Arnas, Anne Bachelier, Jean Bailly, Patrizia Comand, Yo Coquelin, Raffaele de Rosa, Zeljko Djurovic, Zoran Ivanovic, Alexandra Jontschewa, Lukas Kandl, Ales Krejca, Ugo Levita, Vlada Mirkovic, Hans-Peter Muller, Martin-Georg Oscity, Alexej Ravski, Reinhard Schmid, Eli Tiunine, Petre Velicu, Pavel Zacek, Siegfried Zademack and Olivier Zappelli.
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Opening at 6pm, on Saturday the 4th of April
On exhibit until May 4th
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Galleria Renessans
Via Ghibellina, 152/r
Firenze, Italy
According to a blog posting by Brian Sherwin, one of our featured artists, Laurie Lipton has had very good success with Santa Monica’s Copro Nason Gallery at the Pulse Art Fair in NYC.
Laurie was interviewed previously for the beinArt.org art news blog. She says "I'm happiest when I'm sitting at my drawing table. The rest of life seems like an annoying interruption. I would gladly just draw and never go out or talk to anyone…"
beinArt Publishing's first book, "Metamorphosis – 50 Contemporary Surreal Fantastic and Visionary Artists" featured Laurie's artwork.
We would like to congratulate Laurie on her success at the art fair and hope that this is only just the beginning.
The Art of Sketch Theatre at Gnomon Gallery
Opening Party: March 21st, 2009, 7pm – midnight with live models, DJ and an open bar.
Sketch Theatre is a website that offers its visitors the unique opportunity of watching contemporary master artists as they work.
The sketches filmed for their site have now been compiled for all to see in what will be Sketch Theatre's very first gallery show.
Sketches from the following artists will be on exhibit:
Wayne Barlowe, Michael Hussar, Travis Louie, Ana Bagayan, Chet Zar, Steven Daily, Greg 'Craola' Simkins, Munk One, Gris Grimly, Shawn Barber, Nate Frizzell, Nikko Hurtado, Luke Chueh, Cameron Davis, The Black Frog, Gene Guynn, Tod 'Junker' Waters, Kali Fontecchio, Meats Meier, Molly Crabapple, Jeff McMillan, Levon Jihanian, Jim 'Gay Bigfoot' Wirt, Raul Aguirre and more. (For a full artist list visit the Gnomon Gallery Site.)
Gnomon Gallery, 1015 N. Cahuenga Blvd, Hollywood, CA 90038
Chet Zar is one of fifty artists featured in 'Metamorphosis' (beinArt Publishing).
Michael Hussar, Travis Louie, Greg 'Craola' Simkins and Shawn Barber are featured in 'Metamorphosis 2' (beinArt Publishing).
'The Trouble with Time' – Paintings by Mike Worrall
Opening Night (the artist will be present): Tuesday, March 31st
The show runs from March 31st until April 23rd.
For a preview of the show, please visit the Wagner Art Gallery site.
39 Gurner st
Paddington, Sydney
Australia
Mike Worrall is one of fifty artists featured in 'Metamorphosis 2' (beinArt Publishing).
Anja Brinkmann, Leo Plaw and Micha Colory Krebs will be exhibiting a selection of recent paintings in their first collective group show. Having often met in Berlin to discuss their art, they have put words into action. The gallerist Karin Weissenbacher has been very accommodating.
The location of the exhibition, Schlossinsel Rantzau, is a river island on which a medieval fortress was built. The island with its historic buildings now forms the heart of a beautiful recreation area which makes an idyllic setting for the exhibition.
Galerie Atelier III
im Gerichtsschreiberhaus
Schlossinsel Rantzau
Barmstedt
Germany
21st March to 3rd May 2009
http://www.galerie-atelier-3-barmstedt.de
Leo Plaw and Micha Colory Krebs are both featured in beinArt Publishing's book "Metamorphosis – 50 Surreal Fantastic and Visionary Artists".
Press Release from Christian van Minnen:
Roq la Rue Gallery presents…
Christian van Minnen – "Neo- Grotesque"
Opens Friday March 13th, 6-9pm
Runs through April 4th
Also showing: Yoko d'Holbachie
Roq La Rue is pleased to present a solo show by (recently transplanted to Seattle) painter Christian van Minnen. Van Minnen's works feature biological monstrosities painted in portrait form with a Renaissance formality. Like a strange cross between Giuseppe Arcimboldo, H.R. Giger, and a natural history museum, van Minnen's painting straddle the line between disturbingly ugly and serenely beautiful.
His newest work is his "Keyhole" series, in which a painted riot of organics ooze and flower on panel underneath another panel that has been cut out with the outline of a famous historical painting and burnished in rusted metallics and placed over the top. Van Minnen will be exhibiting 11 new paintings and a small selections of works painted in 2007-2008 that showcase his "Neo- Grotesque" style, a term that was recently coined for the resurgence of artists working with subject matter traditionally deemed unattractive or repulsive, but representing them in a sympathetic manner in a highly formal technical style.
"My painting process incorporates abstraction and representation that result in a chimera of flora and fauna. I draw inspiration from the work of Dutch Golden Age painters and natural sciences in equal parts.This show presents 10 new works and several landmark pieces from 2007-2008 of neo-grotesque or chimeric portraiture and still-life. I have been painting within the context of portraiture and still life as I find that within these traditions there is a pre-existant, and nacent visual language in portraiture and still life paintings. The viewer interacts with a portrait or a still-life in a certain way that is different and unique to those traditions; an inescapable mirror to our humanity. Like all of us, I am a suffering thing and this is how I attempt understand it." – Christian van Minnen
Also exhibiting is a very small show of work by Japanese painter Yoko d'Holbachie, whose work can best be described as Jim Woodring on acid. Her super poppy, psychedelic works also reflect a "grotesque" style, although more humorous and sweet in nature. D'holbachie works both with computer graphics as well as oil paints. Foe this show she will be exhibiting three small oil paintings.
"Purveyors Of Pop Surrealism and Underground Contemporary Art Since '98"
2312 2nd Ave
Seattle WA 98121
United States
Hours: Wednesday – Saturday, 1-6pm
Christian van Minnen is one of fifty artists featured in 'Metamorphosis 2' (beinArt Publishing).
"Super School" – group art exhibition invitational curated by Lola
Artists in the exhibition include Scott Musgrove, Travis Louie, Gary Baseman, Sas Christian, Chet Zar, Heiko Mueller, Dan May, Martin Wittfooth (right), Chris Rynia, Nathan Spoor, Kris Lewis, Carrie Ann Baade, Michael Page, Ana Bagayan, Kevin Peterson, Naoto Hattori, Amy Sol, Francesco LoCastro, Reinier Gamboa, Mia, Brian Viveros, Dan Quintana, Tin and more…
Many of the exhibiting artists will be present at the opening reception on March the 7th, from 8pm until 11.30pm.
You can visit Copro Gallery's website for a preview of the show.
March 7th – 28th
2525 Michigan Ave T5
Santa Monica, CA
United States
Press Release from Krzysztof Wlodarski:
The Museum of Porn in Art presents Krzysztof Wlodarski
"These works are reflecting the very moment of head-on collision between the primary sphere of instinct (sex and violence) and the secondary sphere of culture (taboo). This leads to some sort of synthesis, its necessary result being a transgressive form of art. I call it the sleep of reason, as in the picture by Goya, because this is the manifestation of all that is pre-rational, anti-enlightenment, anti-creative. It is about the moments of insanity when the language and logic are suspended in favor of primal drives that otherwise are subject to suppression by cultural structures."
Opening on Friday the 6th of February, 2009 at 8pm in Edi's Weinstube, Stussihofstatt 14 in Zurich.
The exhibition is open from March the 7th until April the 2nd
Monday – Thursday from 12pm – 12am
Friday and Saturday from 12pm – 2am
Sunday from 2pm – 10pm
Edi's Weinstube, Stussihofstatt 14, Zurich, Switzerland
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