Curated by Thibault Sandret of Glam Trash Pop and hosted by Virginie Sommet‘s Studio/Gallery 173 on Canel Street is the exhibition “Don’t Call It Street Art,” which will be on open to the public beginning this weekend on Dec 15th. The group show celebrates Street Art through photography, painting, collage, graphic design and live body painting. By taking the art out of its urban context[…..]
The exhibition HUG: Recent work by Patricia Piccinini is on view at the Frye Museum of Art in Seattle until January 2008. Continuing her hyper-realistic sculptures of customized life forms, Piccinini examines the relationships between animals, nature, science, and technology. The artist challenges the viewer to embrace the unexpected consequences found in her creations, which examine both physical and ethical responsibility while experimenting with the[…..]
Opening on Dec 14th at the Jack Hanley Gallery in San Francisco is “Introspective”, featuring the work of London-based artist Gee Vaucher. The gallery will present a collection of works by Vaucher that spans the past forty years. The artist is known for creating controversial work rooted in protest and is an icon among the punk generations. She’s completed work for the punk band Crass[…..]
Artist David Ambrose is showing this month at the Marcia Wood Gallery in Atlanta. Ambrose’s abstract-oil paintings are rooted in the design found in architectural facades, interiors and floor plans. Created on pieces of lace and crocheted material that have been sewn together; the artist then takes the hand-sewn materials and stretches them like a canvas over stretcher bars. Ambrose received his BA from Muhlenberg[…..]
On view at the Estel Gallery through Tag Art Gallery in Nashville is work by printmakers Valerie Lueth and Paul Roden, titled Assembling Utopia. Lueth and Roden are a husband and wife team who has started their own socially-responsible, image-based workshop called Tugboat Artist’s Press; with a mission to foster progressive thinking in the arts. Lueth is employed as an educational videogame concept artist and[…..]
Art Basel Miami starts today at the Miami Beach Convention Center with an exclusive selection of 200 leading art galleries from North America, Latin America, Europe, Asia and South Africa and will exhibit 20th and 21st century artworks by more than 2,000 artists. On show are exceptional pieces by both renowned artists and cutting-edge newcomers. Expect to see projects by emerging artists, new artworks, public[…..]
Opening December 7 at Allston Skirt Gallery in Boston is a collaborative project by Joe Gibbons and Joe Zane simply titled “Joe”. In a society infatuated with personal expressions, “Joe” explores the personal and shared effects of being known by only one, generic name. Gibbons, mainly known for his video work has exhibited with Museum of Modern Art, the Whitney Museum of American Art, the[…..]
