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The Young And The Restless: Contemporary Art, Opens At Cernuda Arte (Coral Gables), July 5, 2013

6/28/2013

Tomás Sánchez, Lake Shore, 1986,

Cernuda Arte (3155 Ponce de Leon Blvd., Coral Gables, Fl) opens a new exhibit, The Young and the Restless: Contemporary Art, on July 5, 2013. Find out more HERE.

There will be a reception from 7 to 10 p.m. Friday, July 5 as part of First Friday-Gallery Night.

The exhibit features works by numerous young (and presumably restless) artists: Bedia, Besmar, Humberto Castro, Demi, Juan Roberto Diago, Li Domínguez Fong, Giosvany Echevarría, Irina Elén, Fabelo, Florido, Flora Fong, Lilian García-Roig, Dayron González, Vicente Hernández, Larraz, Mendive, Clara Morera, Pedro Pablo Oliva, Gina Pellón, Arturo Rodríguez, Tomás Sánchez,
César Santos, Sosabravo, and Ramón Vázquez.

Showing at the same time is Wifredo Lam and The Cuban Avant-Garde: Fifty Years of Art.

David Rodriguez Bodegón del Buen Café 2010

44 Flood's "Tome 2-Melancholia" Kickstarter Funds In One Day

6/27/2013

44 Flood is a fairly new publisher of art books etc based in Chicago. They feature work by artists such as Menton 3, Ben Templesmith, Christopher Ulrich, David Stoupakis and literally dozens of other artists--in every medium from paint to song to food to design etcetera.

Their new project, Tome 2-Melancholia, funded at Kickstarter in less than 24 hours (and has current pledges of over $36,000).

The first Tome book was a magnificent work with an ever expanding group of artists (as the project garnered more financial support). Like that project this one features music, art prints and the Tome 2 book (plus a companion book, Explicitus Ex Liber 2).
Let them explain the details HERE.
At this point the project is funded but as it progresses (there is a month and a half left) you can be sure more will be added to the project. If you purchase via a Kickstarter pledge you will also save money on the price of the book. Many of the prints and extras in the Kickstarter will be available only via Kickstarter pledges.

Another reason why crowdfunding is so great despite the fact that it has become something for angry hipsters to sneer at (go wax your ridiculous mustaches and iron your ironic t-shirts).

P.P.O.W.(NYC) Presents Skin Trade An In-Depth Look At The Surface Of Things From June 27 to July 27, 2013

6/26/2013

P.P.O.W.(NYC) presents Skin Trade An In-Depth Look At The Surface Of Things From June 27 to July 27, 2013. There will be an opening reception from 6 to 8 p.m. on Thursday, July 27.

The exhibit, curated by Martha Wilson and Larry List, looks at the use of skin as the subject, in fact or as metaphor, in art. This exhibit features 31 artists.

Obviously the term "skin trade" has numerous, and sometimes unseemly, connotations. Four of these are burlesque, pornography, prostitution and exotic dance. The exhibition is grouped according to these four designations.

An essay by List and an illustrated checklist are available free as a downloadable PDF at ppowgallery.com.

"Illuminations," A Group Exhibit, Opens June 29, 2013 At Richard Telles Gallery, Los Angeles

6/20/2013

Illuminations, a new group show at Richard Telles Fine Art (7380 Beverly Blvd. Los Angeles), opens June 29 and runs through August 10, 2013. There will be an opening reception from 5 to 7 p.m. Saturday, June 29.

Matthew Higgs curated the exhibition which includes: Carol Bove, Andy Coolquitt, Martin Creed, Jack Jaeger,
Margarete Jakschik, Lucas Knipscher & Win McCarthy, Jason Meadows, Virginia Overton, Matt Paweski,Noam Rappaport, Josef Strau,James Welling and Amy Yao.

Higgs writes that three years ago he was asked to put together a group show and his idea was Illuminations, a show ith pieces using a light source. That show didn't happen but the idea remained. This exhibit isn't precisely the same as the original concept. But it is quite close--artists of different types using illumination in their work.

Camille Iemmolo's "Write Back Super Hero's Club" Opening In NYC July 5, 2013

6/19/2013

Camille Iemmolo's latest work, The Write Back Super Hero's Club, opens at The Proposition (2 Extra Place, NYC) on July 5 and runs until July 27, 2013. There will be an artist's reception from 6 to 8 p.m. Saturday, July 13, 2013.

Iemmolo appeared as a guest on Wednesday June 19, 2013 on our internet radio program, Constantly.Consuming.Culture with Patrick Ogle. You can listen to the stream HERE.

Iemmolo, based in Chicago is a sculptor/installation artist. Her work always has a story behind it—personal but always something that is also universal. The Write Back Super Hero’s Club was inspired by the seeming death of letter writing. Her own work began, in part, through written correspondence and this installation encourages those visiting to write down those unwritten words and include them in the piece (you will figure out how when you visit). Are words becoming extinct? Is communication? This piece poses those questions.

The Band Aid House At Play piece first appeared at Context/Art Miami in December 2012. It was one of the stand out installations at any fair during the week plus of exhibitions. Check out the video below for more on Band Aid House At Play.

Part of Write Back Super Hero's Club.

"Wayward Bound," A Group Show Opens June 25, 2013 At Rare Gallery (NYC)

6/15/2013

They're Just Like Us:

Larry Ellison Eats a Hot Dog, 2013

by Amanda Kates

Wayward Bound, a group show, runs from June 25 to August 8, 2013 at Rare Gallery (547 W. 27 St. #514 NYC). The show includes drawings by seven artists--all of whom are exhibiting at Rare for the first time. There will be an opening reception from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, June 25.

Artists include: Clint Colburn, Amanda Kates, Taylor Bowen, Aaron Skolnick, Letitia Quesenberry, Leah Tacha and Mark Stockton. Skolnick also curated the exhibit. While the works will all be drawing they, as you can see from the examples here, are all wildly different in style.

For more information head to www.rare-gallery.com.

Jay-Z (Shawn Corey Knowles-Carter): 460 Million, 2013 by Mark Stockton

Palm Teller, 2013 by Clint Colburn

Savannah College Of Art And Design Present Antonio Lopez and the World of Fashion Art July 4, 2013 In Provence, France

6/14/2013

The Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD) opens Antonio Lopez and the World of Fashion Art July 4 at its Lacoste campus in Provence, France, 2013. The exhibit runs until August 24 and features thirty years of Lopez's creative output.

There will be an opening reception from 6 to 8 p.m. on July 3. The exhibit was previously shown at SCAD's Museum of Art’s André Leon Talley Gallery. The exhibit is curated by André Leon Talley, SCAD trustee.

For more information head to scad.edu.

Gretchen Hasse's "Motion At Rest" Opens July 6, 2013 At Gallery B1e In Chicago

6/13/2013

Motion at Rest is the new exhibit by Gretchen Hasse opening July 6 at Gallery B1e, 6902 North Glenwood Avenue, Chicago. There will be an opening from 6 to 10 p.m. July 6. The exhibit is of stills for Hasse's video work over the past decade and a half.

Hasse creates videos of a fantastic nature. She began as a graphic artist but then moved into animation, performance and video. She has also worked recently on collages of drawings and "trash."

Hasse has an MFA in film, video and new media from the School of the Art Institute of Chciago. She has been an instructor in video at Columbia College and SAIC. She has also worked extensively with social justice groups including Konbit Sante in Haiti and Tamms Year Ten in Chicago creating videos.

Pinta NY, A Show Of Modern And Contemporary Latin American, Portuguese And Spanish Art Runs November 14 To 17, 2013

6/13/2013

November 2013 sees the seventh edition of Pinta NY, a modern and contemporary art show focusing in art from Spain, Portugal and Latin America. The fair takes place at the same time as Sotheby's and Christie's Latin American art auctions in New York City. The fair takes place November 14 to 17, 2013 at 82 Mercer Street, NYC.

The art show was founded by Diego Costa Peuser. Costa Peuser has dedicated 30 years of his life to exposing Latin American art to the world.

With political and econommic stability in Latin America has come an art boom--both in terms of art created and in terms o demand for that art.

Pinta has changed some things for the 2013 fair. There will be five curatorial platforms: PINTA Galleries, PINTA Emerge, PINTA Centro, PINTA Video and PINTA Forum.

Patte Loper's How To Stay Alive In The Woods Opens At Platform Gallery (Seattle) June 20, 2013

6/12/2013

Patte Loper's latest exhibition, How To Stay Alive In The Woods, runs from June 20 to July 27, 2013 at Platform Gallery (114 Third Avenue South, Seattle). There will be an opening from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, June 20 which will include an artist's lecture.

This is Loper's fourth exhibition with Platform. The artist starts her paintings with found materials which she scraps together. Then she makes paintings of these images, portraits of them. There are references to classical portaits here as well as botanical studies. She is documenting these created images as painters documented plants and people in the past.

Loper has an MFA from the San Francisco Art Institute and has been exhibited around the USA.