In the world of a Caleb Weintraub painting, it is clear that something has gone terribly wrong. Stern-faced, costume adorned children run rampant with no apparent boundaries, tracking down the last remaining adults and turning them into wall-mounted trophies of the hunt. In his recent body of work titled Whatever Shall We Do with these Piles and Piles of Paint?, currently on view at the[…..]
Tim Roda’s exhibition, Family Album, opened on October 2nd, 2008 at the fresh San Francisco gallery, Baer Ridgway Exhibitions. Roda and his family could be called a collaborative, since the creative process involves the whole family’s participation. Roda creates intricate sets (often on-the-spot) including–just to name a few–found objects, costumes and carpentry materials. Roda then invites his family into his newly fashioned space where the[…..]
Since 1996, Michael Salter has participated in developing the artist-run space, Lump Gallery in Raleigh, NC and has recently opened the new project space, LumpWest in Eugene, Oregon. He has exhibited nationally and internationally, including his recent show, “Are you sure” at Jeff Bailey Gallery in New York City. Appropriately titled, this exhibition challenges our perceptions of everyday media, merging the vernacular of commercial design[…..]
Theresa Sapergia’s show, A Thousand Natural Shocks, opened March 15th, 2008 at Cerasoli Gallery in Culver City, Los Angeles. Drawings, mostly large-scale and monochromatic, of various animals and one monumental depiction of the artist as both nymph and satyr hang in the front section of the gallery. The drawings have a tranquilized or sedated vibe to them, and yet there is also a drowsy yearning[…..]
Package Deals is an international artist film series program that explores artist videos through a site specific curatorial approach. Fueled by the work of Kelly Shindler and Deirdre Corley, Package Deals has explored a vast range of artist video selected from Iceland, Sweden and other Scandinavian and North American cultural sites. These video “packages” then travel around the world to locations such as Hong Kong,[…..]
The Annandale hotel, one of Sydney’s most popular live music venues converted their unused top level into an art space to host Dead Galaxy, an exhibition of collage works by Paul “Presser” Towner, drummer from Sydney band, Gerling. The band formed in 1993, with a music career spanning almost fifteen years and four studio albums, their success has included an international tour, performances alongside burlesque[…..]
Currently on view at OKOK Gallery in Seattle is Exact Change, new works by artist Grant Barnhart. For his fourth exhibition with the gallery, Barnhart has completed a series of paintings and a site-specific installation in the space. Barnhart has a forth coming exhibition scheduled in 2008 with Leslie’s Art Gallery in Luxembourg and will be represented in Miami this month at Aqua Wynwood, Art[…..]
