Kandl’s ‘Fantastic World’
Opening Saturday August 1st, 2009 at 6.30pm
Librairie L’AME ENCHANTEE
11 rue saint Etienne – 89450 Vezelay
August 1st to 30, 2009
Open every day: 10am – 1pm and 2.30 – 7pm
Right: ‘Mystical Lamb’ by Lukas Kandl, oil on canvas, 130 x 130 cm
Lukas Kandl is one of fifty artists featured in ‘Metamorphosis‘ (beinArt Publishing).
The Deluxe Signed Edition (75 copies available) of ‘The Bleeding Edge‘ will soon be available.
‘The Bleeding Edge,’ edited by William F. Nolan and Jason V Brock, is a deluxe hardcover art book with cover and interior art by Kris Kuksi (right) and a foreword by S. T. Joshi.
‘The Bleeding Edge’ contains original, never before published works by Ray Bradbury, Gary A. Braunbeck, Jason V Brock, Christopher Conlon, Norman Corwin, Cody Goodfellow, Earl Hamner, George Clayton Johnson, Nancy Kilpatrick, Joe R. Lansdale, Richard Matheson, Richard Christian Matheson, Lisa Morton, Kurt Newton, William F. Nolan, Dan O’Bannon, Frank M. Robinson, John Shirley, James Robert Smith, Steve Rasnic Tem, and John Tomerlin.
Lee Harvey Roswell is holding a raffle until July 31st, $5 a ticket.
Prizes include:
1st prize (1 winner) – a new and original oil painting by Lee Harvey Roswell
2nd prize (2 winners) – a Lee Harvey Roswell limited edition 11×14″ giclee print
3rd prize (20 winners) – a poster of Lee Harvey Roswell’s Ernie’s Crossroads (right)
4th prize (2 winners) – a Vaticans CD and a Triclops CD (both featuring cover art work by Lee Harvey Roswell)
… and the boobie prize – an obscene cocktail napkin doodle by Lee Harvey Roswell
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Ticket sales end at 11:59pm on Thursday, July 30th.
The prizes include free postage to addresses in the USA.
For more information and to purchase tickets, visit the Lee Harvey Roswell website.
‘Assembled Artifacts’
Open at Device Gallery from July 18 – August 29
Featuring works by Christopher Conte, Stephane Halleux, Michihiro Matsuoka, Jeremy Mayer, Rich Muller, Oliver Pauwels, Lewus Tardy and Jud Turner.
The ‘Device Vol. 2‘ art book features all of the exhibiting artists as well as many others.
1815-B Main Street
San Diego, CA 92113
USA
Art is Vision
It was a time to remember. Hundreds gathered for this historic occasion, the first time Alex Grey and Allyson Grey had come to Toronto and one of only a few rare visits to Canada in the past decades.
The experience began at the newly opened Meta Gallery in the artistic atmosphere of the distillery district in downtown Toronto. This brick and mortar old town from the late 1800’s hosts a collection of galleries, restaurants and theaters.
The opening reception for the two month long exhibition was packed from the moment it opened until many hours after the time it was originally supposed to close. Featuring some breathtaking new paintings, rarely seen older work from a private collection, live paintings, and studies of some of Alex Grey’s better known pieces, the gallery walls were full of visionary treasures.
People spent hours taking in the rich detail of these incredible testaments to the spirit of the human imagination.
Alex Grey and Allyson Grey were present all night engaging in non-stop dialogues, signings and revelry with the hundreds that passed through that night.
To celebrate the night, a run of 100 special signed and numbered, limited edition prints of the ‘Vajra Being’ were made and are available through the Meta Gallery.
Credit is due to Jody, Meiko and Chris, the gallery stewards, for organizing such a professional and successful event.
The following afternoon 160 of us gathered the stunning St. Stephen-in-the-Fields Anglican church. With soft light pouring through the stained glass windows, a huge organ on the wall and specially designed architecture to carry the sound throughout the pews. A feeling of divinity filled the space.
Alex Grey stood up on the pulpit and delivered some poetry from his book ‘Art Psalms’ to the gentle sounds of a flute which danced around the room. Aided by a screen of slides, he took us on a visionary tour of his life and Work. Afterwards Alex Grey engaged people in dialogues and signed a series in the seemingly endless amount of books and prints he signed over the weekend.
That evening the Suma crew threw a sold out all night party at a gorgeous location alongside a riverway from the Great Lake. Alex Grey and Allyson Grey said a few words then proceeded to do an amazing live painting performance that had a huge crowd of people watching long into the night.
The Meta Gallery exhibition continues until September 4th and is a worthy pilgrimage for anyone interested in the work of Alex Grey.
The incredible CoSM Sanctuary in New York is in the process of being established and is seeking support.
For any art lovers interested in an adventure, the Grey’s are making another appearance in Canada at the end of July at the fabled Hollyhock retreat center on Cortez Island. Deep in the wilds of the west coast rainforest, way way off the beaten path and well worth the trip.
The art of Alex Grey and Allyson Grey inscribes itself on the memory and imagination of those who can really take it in. Seeing the colorful visions on the web and in books is one thing, but to see the originals or hear them talk in person is a whole Other experience altogether.
The Art and Vision of this weekend will grace my memory through the ages ahead.
photographs : Kevin Hedley
Crazy 4 Cult 3D is a tribute to classic cult films with works from 100 artists including Scott Campbell, Greg ‘Craola’ Simkins, Dan May, Travis Louie, Amy Sol, Nathan Spoor and Skot Olsen.
Open at Gallery 1988 Los Angeles from July 16 – August 8, 2009
View online preview of Crazy 4 Cult 3D
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7020 Melrose Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90038
USA
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Right: ‘Dopple-Schlitze mit magischen Hut’ by Skot Olsen, oil on canvas, 21.5 x 21.5 inches, framed
‘Big Tuna’ A Tribute to David Lynch
Open at The Alcove Contemporary Arts Gallery from Friday the 10th of July, 2009.
Featuring art by Chet Zar, Amy Botello, Dan May, Leslie Ditto, Danni Shinya Luo, Aaron Nather, Silvia Ortiz, Aunia Kahn, Aeron Alfrey, Brian Colin, Bryan Cunningham, Patrick ‘Star 27′ Deignan, Dave MacDowell, Ashley Surber, Apricot Mantle, Mark Henderson, Cory Benhatzel, Joe Peery, Justin Kauffmann, James Burns, Macsorro, Matt Sesow, Kelly McKernan, Shaun Thurston, Brent Houzenga, H.C. Warner and more.
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The Alcove Contemporary Arts Gallery
2852 East College Ave
Decatur GA 30030
USA
Right: ”Henry’s Burden’ by Dan May
Carrie Ann Baade was recently interviewed by Nathan Spoor for Hi-Fructose:
“Your work has layers of meaning, yet seems to revolve around some central female focus. Could you tell us a little about the meanings that go into your work?”
“I believe good art is the effective interlocking the concept with the medium, the artist’s creative process, and how this relates to the audience.
“Each of my paintings start as a collage. The collage suits my desire to cram as much as possible into one single picture plane. What I like about painting the collage in trompe l’oeil is that I preserve the separateness of each the fragments. Through painting the layers, the complexity of the external world can be revealed, as is the internal world of personal identity.”
To read the interview in its entirety visit the Hi Fructose site.
Right: ‘The Plague: An Allegory about Dating’ by Carrie Ann Baade, 16 x 20 inches, oil on panel, 2009
Travis Louie will be curating “Monster?” a group art exhibition opening at Copro Gallery on Saturday, July 11th at 8pm.
“Monster?” will include work by more than fifty amazing artists including Annie Owens, Brom, Chet Zar, Dan Quintana, Kris Kuksi, David Stoupakis, Fred Harper, Heidi Taillefer, Kris Lewis, Martin Wittfooth, Miles Teves, Xiaoqing Ding, Jessica Joslin (right) and Ron English.
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2525 Michigan Ave. T5 (Inside Bergamot Station)
Santa Monica, CA
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Brom, Chet Zar, Kris Kuksi, David Stoupakis, Heidi Taillefer and Ron English are featured in the ‘Metamorphosis‘ series (beinArt Publishing).
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