Loretta Lux is a German photographer who creates her compositions using a combination of photography, painting and digital manipulation. Lux was trained as a painter at the Munich Academy, and in 2005 received the Infinity Award for Art from the International Center of Photography. This May she exhibited with Yossi Milo Gallery in NYC, and continues to be exhibited extensively abroad.

Death From Below is the title of a new show by Toronto based artist Nicholas Di Genova. Fredericks & Freiser in NYC will be exhibiting 23 new ink paintings on mylar through Oct. 14th. The artist creates hybrid creatures that seem to rely heavily on a language of graphics and graffiti. Nicholas Di Genova graduated from the Ontario College of Art and Design and you can read more directly from the artist in an interview with Susurrus Magazine.

Philadelphia based artist Talia Greene creates work that investigates elements of nature. She often uses imagery that references both the human body and insects through drawing, digital prints, and installations. Greene has recently exhibited at the Redux Contemporary Art Center, International Print Center New York, and will be featured next year at the Southeast Museum of Photography, Daytona Beach, FL.

Scott Fife is a Seattle-based artist who is currently creating larger-than-life-sized busts of current social figures out of cut-and-painted cardboard. Recent busts include Kurt Cobain, Lily St. Cyr, Che Guevara, Chief Joseph of the Nez Perce tribe and Geronimo. These works are currently on view at the Chicago gallery Body Builder and Sportsman. Accompanying the sculptures are large ink wash drawings of each figure on pink watercolor paper. You can also read a fairly new interview with fife provided by Platform Gallery.

Kent Henricksen alters patterned fabrics by embroidering them with hooded figures that seem to reference images of terrorists or the KKK. The figures in his work engage in deviant acts of behavior as they occupy the pre-existing patterns surrounding them. Henricksen is currently represented by John Connelly Presents in NYC, and you can read more about his work in the recent issue of Beautiful Decay.

Dave Cooper is a cartoonist/illustrator turned fine artist. He recently had some of his images on Futurama and released two graphic novels Ripple, Crumple, and Suckle. He also created a line of deluxe toys with the firm Critterbox Toys.

DailyServing.com is proud to introduce our new online store!! Throughout the year we will be releasing new books, apparel, stickers and other merchandise. Shop the items below and click the Shop DailyServing ad graphic to the right to view new products anytime!

Broken, Beaten & Buried – DALEK

DailyServing.com and Redux Contemporary Art Center are proud to offer a full color catalog to accompany the exhibition Broken, Beaten and Buried, featuring the new work of internationally renowned artist James Marshall, commonly known as DALEK. For more information, read the Broken, Beaten and Buried article on DailyServing.com

A limited edition of 100 catalogs, signed and numbered by the artist will be released.

All catalogs are full-color, 80 pages, paper back, and sized at 8″ x 8″.

The catalog features a foreword by the exhibition curator and DailyServing founder, Seth Curcio, a full interview with the artist led by Redux’s Executive Director, Karen Ann Myers, and an excerpt by Roger Gastman, founder of R. Rock Enterprises and Co-founder / Publisher of SWINDLE magazine. Exhibition catalog designed by Nate Phelps.

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The Sun Machine is Coming Down - Josef Kristofoletti & Matt Phillips

DailyServing.com and Redux Contemporary Art Center are proud to offer a full color catalog to accompany the exhibition The Sun Machine is Coming Down, featuring new paintings by Matt Philips and Josef Kristofoletti. Catalogs are full-color, 50 pages, glossy paper-back, and sized at 6″ x 9″. Exhibition catalog designed by Nate Phelps.

The catalog features a foreword by the exhibition curator and DailyServing founder, Seth Curcio, excerpts by Paper Monument editor, Dushko Petrovich and an essay by DailyServing contributor Catherine Wagley. Limited edition catalogs include a media DVD with a time lapse video of the Angel of the Higgs Boson mural, in studio artist videos and an rare video animation by Matt Philips.

For more information, check out the Sun Machine article on DailyServing.com.

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DailyServing is proud to release its first ever DS t-shirt! You asked for it and now its here. This new 100% cotton American Apparel shirt has a four color-screen print on the front and a 4″ standard DailyServing.com logo on the back below the collar. The t-shirt was designed by the design duo Hoitz and Nelson and will kick-off a new line of DailyServing merchandise that we will be dropping through 2009!

The proceeds of this shirt go directly to support the DailyServing site, so that we can keep bringing you the best contemporary art from around the globe. If you love DailyServing, make sure to show your support to everyone by sporting this new T-shirt. These shirts are created in a very limited edition of only 50 so make sure that you order now while supplies last.

Sizes are available in men’s Medium, Large and X-Large and women’s Large. Sizes run just a bit on the small size so please take that into consideration when selecting.