 Varnish Fine Art, in San Francisco, is now showing the work of Mike Davis. Davis, also known as a tattoo artist, is a modern surrealist. His work is, he says, partially inspired by watching his mom’s craft projects when he was a kid. But he is also inspired by ancient art and the art of the Netherlands (from the Renaissance period). His work has humanity and humor and shows a wide knowledge of art—and Davis is also self-taught. Shows are coming. Keep an eye open. If you read any underground or outsider art publications you have likely seen Davis’ work. He has appeared in Juxtapoz, Art Ltd., Pop Surrealism: The Rise of Underground Art, Tatt Book: Visionaries of Tattoo and a number of online art publications. His work has been featured in exhibitions in San Francisco, Rome, Montreal, Los Angeles and New York. 
Add Comment  New work by Terri Hallman is at Onessimo Fine Art in Palm Beach ( PGA Commons 4530 PGA Blvd, Ste 101 Palm Beach Gardens, FL). Hallman, a native of Wisconsin, is an artist and designer. Hallman goes to great lengths to get the color "right." She uses dry pigments, in powder form, that she applies to paper. When the colors are what she wants she sprays with clear acrylic. She then applies layers of pigment, using tape and applying pressure. She doesn’t use a brush. Then she scrapes away areas to get to color laid down earlier and removes the tape. Sometimes she applies acrylic mediums using the same masking off and tearing up technique. Sometimes she uses color washes and a mix of oil and dry pigment on top of surfaces. I am sure I am muddling how she does this a bit but you get the idea—it is laborious and exacting. It varies with the piece. You can find out and see more on Hallman at www.terrihallman.com.   Photojournalist, filmmaker and writer Tim Hetherington died tragically covering the conflict in Libya in 2011. His work seems to span every terrible conflict in our times and his death leaves a whole in his profession—as does the death of any journalist or photo journalist. These are the people who make war real to us. They bring us photos that can change how we view a conflict, how we view the world. Hetherington’s estate is now represented exclusively by Yossi Milo Gallery. The gallery will present an exhibition of his photos in April, 2012. You may also recall the film, Restrepo, which Hetherington co-directed with Sebastian Junger. The film was about a platoon in Afghanistan and won the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance and was nominated for an Academy Award.  Zar-X, 2011, oil, metal, powder, textile, paper on wood Galerie Peter Kilchmann this week announced a “collaboration” with German artist, Armin Boehm. I assume this means they are representing him. Boehm studied at the National Art Academy in Düsseldorf. In school he worked with both Konrad Klapheck and Jörg Immendorf. Looking at the painting Zar-X, 2011 here. It illustrates how Boehm’s work incorporates Expressionism, French Existentialism, the philosophy of Martin Heidegger and Heisenberg’s quantum physics and questions about the human constitution in our technologically driven world. His work may be landscape, cityscape or interiors but there is always an exploration of those areas on the edge of our perception; a sideways glance at something that exists between enlightenment and our daily consciousness.  We recently ran into Yossi Milo Gallery at Pulse Miami (and did a small thing on a piece by Simen Johan). The gallery is moving to a new location in January 2012. They will be on the ground floor at 245 Tenth Ave (between 24th and 25th St.) in Chelsea. The building, constructed along the High Line is in a new building. The space was designed by Bernheimer Architecture. There will be two exhibition spaces and two viewing rooms on two floors in the new space. The gallery first opened in 2000 and has been at 525 West 25th since 2005. The first exhibit in the new space will be First Look, a curated photography show by artists whose first NYC solo exhibits, were at Yossi Milo Gallery. It will be a look back and a look forward. Artists include; Robert Bergman, Simen Johan, Mohamed Bourouissa, Pieter Hugo ,Sze Tsung Leong, Loretta Lux, Yuki Onodera, Muzi Quawson, Mark Ruwedel, Lise Sarfati, Alec Soth, Alessandra Sanguinetti ,Kohei Yoshiyuki and Liu Zheng. This show will conclude in February. A solo exhibition by American photographer, Doug Rickard will follow. Rickard’s series, A New American Picture, will be featured. This series is currently featured in New Photography 2011 at the Museum of Modern Art, New York. At the 25th Street location an exhibition of large-scale color photographs by Simen Johan will run through December 23, 2011.  Art Kvartal, in Moscow have moved from their old space in Barvikha to a new space at the contemporary art center, Winzavod, near the historical center of Moscow. The official opening is September 4 at 107120, Moscow, 4th Syromyatnicheskiy Lane, 1, bld. 6, entrance 19. This new space has three floors, enabling the gallery to hold different curatorial events. They are starting with a group exhibition of their artists; Alexey Alpatov, Maxim Bashev, Vladimir Semensky, Alexander Zhernokluev and other artists whose work they handle. The Art Kvartal was one of the two or three most striking booths at Art Chicago/Next 2011. We wrote about them earlier HERE.  Johnson Foster, whose are you see above and below, is taking part in not ONE but several group and solo exhibits across the USA. I am excited one will be at the Museum of Art in Fort Lauderdale, a museum I head to with some frequency (my home town). These exhibits begin at the end of this month and continue well into 201. RARE Gallery in NY has represented Foster for the past eight years or so. A list of exhibits and dates are below. Foster has had numerous group and solo exhibits of his unusual work, all over the world since 2003. In 2004 he exhibited at PS1 Contemporary Art Center (MOMA PS1 these days) in Long Island, at Futura Gallery in Prague, a solo show at University Galleries, Illinois State University, at Lieu d’ Images et Art (since renamed Centre d’Art Bastille…Geeze pick a NAME galleries!) and many others.  Johnston Foster Exhibits 2011-2012
 The Forest of Love A Walk In The Park Mackenzie Thorpe has two limited edition, hand finished mixed media prints coming out in February. These constitute an new dimension in Thorpe’s art and incorporate new techniques in print making. The two prints are above. Both will be printed on Arches paper and for those who collect the artists are must-haves. For more information on Thorpe head to the Onessimo Fine Art site, www.onessimofineart.com   Wilfredo Lam’s. Les Fiancés (1944)A few years back, when I stopped a sort of accidental hiatus from art, I found an artist most other folks already knew, the late Cuban master, Wilfredo Lam. Lam’s. Les Fiancés (1944), sold for 3 million dollars through Cernuda Arte minutes after the opening Art Basel this week in Miami. The painting depict's the artist's marriage to Helena Holzer. Lam is a fascinating character and an innovative artist from what I have read on him. It is to be hoped the anonymous buyer will loan the painting to an appropriate museum at some point. But, don't hold your breath. | ART Stuff
Galleries, shows and more on Ahhhrt. Part of the aim of this is to "demystify" art. You are allowed to enjoy art even if you weren't an art major in college. Hell, if you majored in something else you might even have money to buy some art. 
Make Your Own Smartphone App FREE At Appsbar
ArchivesMay 2012 CategoriesAll |
RSS Feed
