After almost 2 years in the making, Lori Earley’s upcoming solo show, “Laments and Lullabies” will open to the public on Friday, October 16th, 2009 at the Opera Gallery in London, England. Opening reception will be from 5pm – 7pm where Lori is planning to attend. The show will feature brand new paintings and her largest, most detailed painting to date, titled “The Pinnacle”, which took her 4 months to complete. The exhibition will be on display until Saturday, November 14th, 2009. To read more about the exhibition, please click on the following link to view the press release:

Acclaimed International Artist Lori Earley Announces First Solo Exhibition in London – Laments and Lullabies, Exhibition on View October 16 – November 14, 2009

The gallery’s address is: 134 New Bond Street, London, W1S 2TF, UK

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Direct Art Magazine will be featuring Ben Tolman’s art in their Winter 2009 edition.

Ben Tolman grew up in a family of what he calls “super-hard-core” Mormons in Rockville. He spent his childhood in a decidedly non-Mormon way: doodling demons, ghouls, and a grab bag of creepy-crawlies in his many sketchbooks. “That was my thing when I was a kid, drawing monsters,” says Tolman, “Me and my friend Bobby, that’s all we did. I’d go over to his house after school every single day, and we’d just sit there and draw monsters.”

Ben Tolman is also one of 50 Artists featured in Metamorphosis 2.

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Art-Imaginar Fantastic art

An international exhibition of Fantastic and Visionary art.

Opens at 11am on the 27th of September 2009

Open from the 27th of September to the 25th of October 2009

Herrenhof Mussbach
D-67435 Neustadt an der Weinstrasse
An der Eselshaut 18
(Germany)

Featured artists:

Peter Ackermann, Bernhard Apfel, Utz Arnoldi, WESSI Benderlieva Karlhofer, Myriam Bat-Yosef, Nicolaus zu Bentheim, Johfra van den Berg, Serge Brignoni, Alice Buis, Agustin Cardenas, Fabricio Clerici, Otfried H. Culmann, Salvador Dali, Doremi, Tine Duffing & Cocoon, Edgar Ende, Leonor Fini, Ernst Fuchs, Joachim Geissler-Kasmekat, Walter Grab, Peter Gric, Friedrich Gross, Fabius von Gugel, Joe Hackbarth, Veronika Hagen, Wolfgang Harms, Rudolf Hausner, Claus Dietrich Hentschel, Werner Holz, Herrmann Hoormann, Fritz Horauf, Emy Hudecek, Wolfgang Hutter, Michel-Claude Jullian, Edgar Jene, Heinz Jung, Lukas Kandl, Helmut Kies, Karl Korab, Edgar Landherr, Hannelore Langhans, Barbara Lenz, Ellen Lorien, Jaime Makinde, Roberto E. Matta, Max von Moos, Hans-Peter Muller, Alexandra Muller-Jontschewa, Hellmut Neukirch, Wolfgang Ohlhauser, Erik Olson, Wolfgang Peuker, Dieter Peukert, Silvia Quandt, Tamara Ralis, Kurt Regschek, Carl-W. Rohrig, Victor Safonkin, Hundertwasser, Dietrich Schuchardt, URSULA Schultze-Bluhm, Ludwig Schwarzer, Cornelia Simone-Bach, Manfred Sillner, Ernst Steiner, Piero Strada, Charles F. Soehnee, Esaias Thoren, Elke Wassmann, Bruno Weber, Woldemar Winkler, Paul Wunderlich, Siegfried Zademack & Mac Zimmermann.

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10 works from the warped minds of John Kolbek and Michael Parsons.

Something very unusual is going to happen at the Sherman Theater in Stroudsburg (Pa) on Sept. 24th. Something that will draw the line between the sweet and sticky innocence of childhood and the darker side of life. This will be an attack on the senses with intense lighting to the effect of a fun house, a soundtrack composed by the artist Michael Parsons which compliments the work itself wonderfully. There will also be candy for your sweet tooth.

You may find yourself wanting to turn back, but once inside it will be too late. Also, the theater will be featuring two feature length movies “Night of the Creeps” and “Graduation Day”.

The artwork will range from the brightly lit collaboration piece “Candy Land” to the darker more twisted work such as “Ice Scream” and a portrait of Jonbenet Ramsey. The show will be a mixed bag of emotions.

Images of Michaels work as well as the soundtrack can be located here:

www.myspace.com/michaelparsons26

Images of John Kolbeks artwork for the show can be viewed here:

www.johnkolbek.com under “recent work”.

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Artist Heather Nevay has updated her website to coincide with an exhibition of new work “THE SAVAGE GARDEN” which is previewing in her Glasgow studio (Saturday 3rd Oct) before going on show at The Portal Gallery in London (opening Tues 20th Oct) .

The 13 new paintings can now be viewed at: www.nevayburke.freeserve.co.uk

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The Human Soul – Where eccentricity meets controversy

‘The Human Soul’ is a joint exhibition by the Chinese painter Meng Yan and the English photographer Dominic Rouse.

It runs from September 2nd – 30th at the Gossip Gallery located in Silom Galleria on Silom Road in Bangkok.

‘The Human Soul’ is an exhibition of contemporary art by two of the most notable and controversial artists of the 21st Century: Meng Yan, an eccentric painter from Shanghai; and Dominic Rouse, a controversial photographer from England.

These two artists both possess the need to illustrate ‘The Human Soul,’ although they come from very different backgrounds and employ different techniques to create their masterpieces.

Right: ‘Ecce Homo’ by Dominic Rouse

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The Artist Caniglia who has been featured in ‘Metamorphosis 1′ and 4 ‘Spectrum’ annuals has his upcoming solo show at Pulp Gallery in Omaha, Nebraska. The show titled “Awaken – A New Spirit in Figure Painting” opens with an artist’s reception on September 18th and will continue through Oct 13th. The show will then travel to Iowa, Pennsylvania, and Minnesota. Caniglia also had his painting “Birth of Sunrise” added to the Joslyn Museums permanent collection. The painting was featured in the Spectrum 13 Annual and is now part of the Joslyns Collection. The painting will be put on display in mid-September in the modern contemporary figurative section of the Museum.

Caniglia is also part of IlluXcon 2-(November -12-15) which is the only symposium in the world dedicated to Fantastic illustration. He will be giving a guest lecture and displaying his most recent paintings. The show takes place in Altoona, Pennsylvania.

Caniglia’s new art book will also be available in September. This is the second art book of his work that has been released and will feature over 50 new oil paintings, and drawings. The new volume is called “Awaken – A New Spirit in Figurative Painting”. The book will also be available on-line and at the openings of his traveling art exhibition.

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International Peace Art Exhibition (IPAX 2009) will be showcasing visionary artists from around the globe at the Reial Cercle Artistic in Barcelona. The exhibition will feature the works of Angerer der Aeltere, Heather Brillant, Michael Maschka, Pierre Peyrolle, Lluis Llongueras, Peter Proksch, Josep Puigmarti, Fabrizio Riccardi, Yves Thomas, Josep Ucles and Siegfried Zademack. The exhibition runs from the 17th September, through to the 18th October.

IPAX 2009

17 September – 18th October 2009

Reial Cercle Artistic,

5, Arcs, Barcelona

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Chet Zar will be holding a solo exhibition titled “Lilith” at the at Copro Gallery, from 3rd October. It will feature paintings of female subjects loosely based on the Lilith myth. Chet will also be performing live painting sessions at the Visionary Expo, Santa Monica, from 9th – 11th October.

CHET ZAR “LILITH” EXHIBITION:

3rd October

Bergamot Arts Complex, 2525 Michigan Ave T5,

Santa Monica, CA 90404 – 310-829-2156

VISIONARY EXPO:

9th – 11th october

Double Tree Miami Mart Hotel and Exhibition center

711 N.W. 72nd Avenue, Miami, Florida, United States 33126

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