In a new body of work titled A Castle Dark (For Cathy), artist Hilary Wilder tells the story of Cathy Smith, a former groupie to The Band also known for her troubled relationship with singer Gordon Lightfoot and her implication in the drug-related death of John Belushi. The series of paintings are constructed from the visual details of her life while paying homage to Canadian[…..]
Opening this past weekend at the Deitch Projects 76 Grand Street gallery is the exhibition “Pictures Last Longer,” featuring new paintings by artist Micah Ganske in his first solo exhibition in NYC. The ambiguous imagery employed by the artist has been stated as optimistically pessimistic, cynically sincere, or epically banal. Ganske investigates our complex world by seductively revealing the potential for the horrible. The artist[…..]
Blowing up on the rock-poster scene, Leia Bell is bringing a new show of posters and original paintings titled “The Business of Ferrets” to the Richard Goodall Gallery in London Sept. 29 – Oct. 25. After only seven years Bell has created 250 limited edition hand-printed silk-screened music posters for bands such as Echo and The Bunnymen, The Darkness, My Chemical Romance, and The Decemberists.[…..]
The Canadian collaborative duo “Fighting” is currently presenting their newest project “Different Strokes,” with the OKOK Gallery in Seattle. “Fighting” consists of childhood friends Niall McClelland and Lukas Geronimas. The artists collectively explore metaphysics, pseudo shamanism, natural history, and subversive political and social movements through gothic ink drawings and collages. The two undermine the seriousness of their chosen imagery by employing subtle humor through satire[…..]
The work of artist Marti Cormand is rooted in traditional landscape painting, while simultaneously referencing the digital age. Cormand’s tightly rendered paintings seem to pay homage to Dutch School of Painting, yet the artist reaches to the present and states his placement in the history of painting by utilizing the computer and the internet as new tools for creation. The artist manipulates the appropriated photographs[…..]
“Chaotic Explosions of the Eye” is a new exhibition opening this month in Scandinavia at V1 Gallery by Bay Area artist Andrew Schoultz. The artist, one of the first DS daily features, is on the rise, especially in the United States. Rooted in social conscience, Schoultz’s work spans painting and installation and has been presented in countless galleries and city streets. The energy and visual[…..]
Recent works by artist Marlene Mocquet mix elements of surrealism with a genuine interest in the physical property of paint. In the rendering of each anthropomorphic character, the artist employs a variety of techniques mixing oils, acrylics and gouache, defying her materials and blurring the line between foreground and background. Mocquet’s work has been related to artists Paul Klee (in his early career) and Max[…..]
