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The summer has gotten hot and it seems like most people are on vacation or waiting to get there. This hasn’t stopped us for a minute from putting on our masks and preparing a grand summer showcase for you. First we bring you two brand new prints from Miss Van. The first, ‘Oldies II,’ is based on a classic painting of hers from 2005 while the other is the beginning of a new series entitled ‘Mascaras.’ And for all of your who might be traveling you know that no trip is complete without a few postcards. Miss Van is freshly back from her recent trips to Brazil and Mexico and she’s taking this opportunity to release the brand new “Mascarade” set of nine limited edition postcards, portraits based on her own travels. Masks are the theme, especially those that reveal more than they hide.

This makes me happy and horny all at the same time. There is definitely a strong presence of femininity and a dark sultry feel to Miss Van’s work.

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Oh my hotness! I think I’ve had a crush on Jeremy Fish for a few years now. Don’t judge, he’s a hot bearded artist, I cannot resist. Well he’s hitting the road and his last stop, MY STOP. Seattle! He’s on the lone and dusty road with new works in tow in a rape, uh, party/merchandise van.

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P.J.S. Exhibitions P.J.S. Exhibitions is home to a series of exhibits, rotating every 45 days with a diverse selection of emerging artist’s work. The gallery will highlight work from photographers, tattoo artists and jewelry designers amongst others, with every fourth exhibit aiming to benefit a non-profit cause. After graduating from Christie’s Educational Program in June, owner and curator Patrick Sullivan has developed his passion and keen eye for admiring and appreciating various media of artist expression. (238 W. 14th St. btwn 7th and 8th Ave. Subway: A,C,E,1,2,3 to 14th St. – L to 8th Ave. Tues.-Sun. 11am-7pm)

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I really hate over saturation of the same old same old regurgitation all over the web. But being that KAWS is to be the Andy Warhol of our generation,  I couldn’t help but post this since it runs ALL THE WAY UNTIL JANUARY!

KAWS Museum Exhibit Opening from Paper Fortress on Vimeo.

KAWS Gallery opening at the Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum in CT. This first solo museum exhibition of the work of Brooklyn-based artist and designer Brian Donnelly, a.k.a. KAWS, includes his most recent paintings, sculptures, and drawings, as well as a survey of his iconic street art, apparel, product and graphic designs. Runs June 27, 2010, to January 2, 2011.

Music: Kid Loco – “Don’t Forget the Fourth Track”

Video: Paper Fortress

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It would seem that Linder’s new book GOOD COP / BAD COP was designed site specifically for the gallery, however, the inspiration came from abroad. Ever the aspiring underground archaeologist, Linder’s newly discovered cave is a trove of saucy Polaroids chronicling one man’s forays into the red, taken mainly in Rio de Janeiro. Linder acquired the archive in a storage locker auction in Berkeley and concluded that they were all taken by one man, a retired African American police officer from Sacramento.

Here, Linder presents his reproductions of polaroids of the subjects chosen for reproduction in the book. An avid hunter but an ardent hater of taxidermy, Linder presents his ” repaired ” taxidermies as sculpture. On the opposite wall, figures from Linder’s fiberglass menagerie stare pensively at the two-dimensional taxidermy across the way on the other wall; duct-taped wild boar heads staring vacantly at the low tech digital prints of carnal trophies. The catalog contains an essay by Paul Karlstrom about Charles’ work and methods.

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Emberley’s wonderfully simple books—Ed Emberley’s Big Green Drawing Book; Ed Emberley’s Drawing Book of Animals; Ed Emberley’s Drawing Book of Weirdos and dozens more—taught a generation of children to draw using the simplest of ingredients. Squiggles, triangles, dots, circles and the other building blocks of drawing came together in clear, step-by-step recipes.

Of course, some of the kids who surrounded themselves with Emberley’s books grew up to be professional artists. Opening July 17 at Scion’s Installation L.A. Gallery, “Ed Emberley & Friends” will demonstrate the breadth of influence that Emberley’s encouraging books have had on a generation of artists.

Curated by Caleb Neelon, the exhibition features Ed Emberley as well as five artists who were inspired by him. The artists include Raul Gonzalez, Seonna Hong, Matt Leines, Christopher Kline and Saelee Oh.

Scion Presents: Ed Emberley and Friends from Scion ART on Vimeo.

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Now don’t forget about the Art Radar post from last week!  Lots of news and events that no one should miss out on!

Graphic credit to the lovely PHAYMISS

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Artist Blu has really done it big this time with his ‘Big Bang Big Boom’ video.   The video is almost 10 minutes and it is so amazing. I can’t even imagine how long this video must have taken to actually make!  I have always been riding the dong of the painted animation. Video is amazing, and something that I am co-signing on.

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WHO: ANIMALOPOLIS

WHERE: Ayden Gallery - 88 West Pender St, Vancouver B.C. (International Village – Tinseltown) CANADA V6B 6N9 

WHEN: June 11th – July 11th* Here are the hours of operations for the remaining days – Thurs: 2p-9p, Fri: 2p-10p, Sat: 2p-10p, Sun: 2p-9p

* I know that this event actually is coming to a close this weekend, but since I have been on personal leave from M.I.S.S. I couldn’t allow this event to go without any notice. If you are in the greater Vancouver area, please stop by and support Ayden Gallery and these amazing artists. If you aren’t, but know someone who is, spread the good word.

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Jesse LeDoux at Schmancy THIS FRIDAY!! So stop by and check out his fabulous show “Perfect Forecast”,  but for now here is an interview with Jesse!

Schmancy: How much do you get to travel for work?
Jesse: For a while I was traveling quite a lot. So much, in fact, that I got elite frequent flier status. However, I’ve stuck pretty close to home lately, which has been a nice change. Typically, the grass is always greener, though with traveling, I’ve found myself content with wherever I currently am. If I’m at home, I’m happy being home. And if I’m away, I’m pretty excited to be away.

Schmancy: So true! So where is your favorite place?
Jesse: As for favorite places, I really miss Japan a lot. I think about its various charms frequently. I’d really love to be someplace warm right now. Anyplace warm right now. Even the NW, if it would ever heat up. TURN IT UP, Mother Nature! I’ve got some swimming to do!

Schmancy: Swimming is a bit chilly in Seattle, but yes let’s hope this change in weather will stay in the 70’s! Hmm…so where is your secret hideout in the city?
Jesse: Oh c’mon! It wouldn’t be much of a secret if I told you, would it? To be honest, I prefer exploring new places instead of frequenting favorite places. I want to know other people’s secret hideouts.

Schmancy: Ah darn it I tried to trick ya! Oh well…What’s your favorite kind of sweet/candy?
Jesse: I-C-E C-R-E-A-M. Fruity flavors in the summer, chocolately/carmelly ones in the winter. Unless boozy flavors are an option. Those trump all. I had a bourbon chocolate ice cream cone last year that had me wishing I had skipped dinner.

Schmancy: yum. I just had sour cream icecream, it was interesting and making me want some of your bourbon chocolate…Onto more important things like, when you were young what did you want to “do” with your life?
Jesse: I recently found a “Time Capsule” questionnaire that I did when I was 10 years old. It said I wanted to be a cartoonist. I suppose I’m not too far off.

Schmancy: WOW! that’s pretty rad – I actually wanted to be a cartoonist for Disney (this was before all the CGI though…) Do you have any secret talents (the amazing artwork isn’t secret!)
Jesse: More secrets, eh? I have an uncanny ability of putting my foot in my mouth. Put me in any social situation. Within a half hour, I’ll have insulted someone, embarrassed myself, or inadvertently made an ill fated joke that falls flat and could be construed as dirty. And frequently, I can do it in the first 10 seconds. If social awkwardness were a career, my assistant’s assistant would be doing this interview as I golf from my helicopter hovering above my penthouse.

To read more of the article, please visit the Schmancy Seattle Blog.

WHO: Jesse LeDoux

WHERE: Schmancy Toys - 1932 2nd Avenue, Seattle WA 98101

WHEN: Friday July 9th, 2010 from 6-9 pm

*I will be in attendance! Stop by and holler at cha girl!

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Originally from north Florida, Emily Huffman studied painting, metal sculpture, spanish language and african dance at Tulane University in New Orleans. After completing a BFA in May 2005, she relocated to Raleigh, North Carolina. Emily worked out of Bonded Llama Artist Studios and exhibited in several spaces in the Raleigh-Durham area. During this time she also delved into her other passion, the healing arts, by training in massage and bodywork, energywork, and yoga. In winter 2007, she co-created ARThresholds, a performance and visual art collaborative. Currently Emily lives in San Francisco where she is pursuing her practices as an artist and holistic bodyworker.

The greatest part of writing Art Radar is discovering so many talented artists and following their work.  I really admire how she works with broad processes, concepts, and media. If you are in the SF area, check out Huffman’s new works.

WHO: Emily Huffman

WHERE: Liquid Spaces – 1 Union Street, San Francisco CA 94111

WHEN: Thursday July 8th

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Kurt Cobain symbolized the ideals, aspirations and disappointments of the ’90s generation, and a diverse array of artists have incorporated his image into their work to comment on those issues.

International in scope, the works on view in Kurt range from straight forward portraiture to pieces that show a more subtle assimilation of Cobain’s ethos and idealism in a broad range of media. With works from the early 1990s to the present, by artists such as Rodney Graham, Douglas Gordon and Elizabeth Peyton, among others, this exhibition will cause viewers to question why and how Kurt’s visage and his gestures came to mean so much to a generation.

WHO: A multi-artist show displaying works of the late Seattle Grunge icon Kurt Cobain

WHERE: Seattle Art Museum – 1300 1st Avenue Seattle, WA 98101

WHEN: Currently running, exhibition ends September 6th

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The Temple of Blooom is an installation that combines paintings, drawings, collages, murals and sculpture to create our own type of a sonic-visual sanctuary as envisioned by each artist. Exploring places of worship, rituals, shrines, sacred objects and congregation, this place of spiritual assembly is based not on any religious faith but on the faith of our loose-knit community of artists, performers, experimenters, and musicians.

Each artist brings a different energy to the show from Hisham Bharoocha’s meditative mandala style mural painting to Hilary Pecis’ cavernous and intricate collages; paintings of people made entirely of wondrous flowers by Kelie Bowman and a golden paper mache shrine to the gods of plants by STO. Abstracted portraits recall ethereal masks in John Orth’s works on paper while Mark Warren Jacques explores cosmic patterns and forms in his paintings. Sherri Hay’s small, intimate sculptures of plant people lure you in to their majestic world and Jessie Rose Vala’s haunting black and white pencil drawings explore transformations between humans, animals, and the powers of nature.

WHO: The current works of:  Hisham Akira Bharoocha, Kelie Bowman, Sherri Hay, Mark Warren Jacques, John Orth, Hilary Pecis, STO, Jessie Rose Vala

WHERE: Cinders Gallery - 103 Havemeyer St. Brooklyn, NY 11211

WHEN: Saturday July 10, 2010 at 7PM

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New Insa work available for sale!!!!

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Yo!

We just opened an amazing exhibition of work from artists who all collaborate to create their work. It’s called The Co-Laboratory. Really interesting pieces from all over the world. Partnership and collaboration in the creation of art is fairly unusual due to the difficulty and compromises it involves. Yet “Co-Laboratory” sees Recoat curate an entire show producedby no less than eight artist partnerships from all over the world.

The show comprises of originals and prints that have an added layer of quality and intrigue due to being created by two talented individuals.

Participants include Aitch and Saddo, Alto Contraste, Microbo and Bo130, Motel7 and Vinnie Nylon, Peskimo, Syrkus and Rekor, Tado, and The London Police.

I really wish I were in attendance for this one, a large portion of the artists are my favorites! If you are in the are go, and take the spirit of myself with you! xx

WHO: A multi-artist show: The Co-Laboratory

WHERE: Recoat Gallery - 323 North Woodside Road Glasgow, Scotland G20 6ND

WHEN: Currently running and ends July 25th. GO! GO! GO! Open Tuesday- Sunday 12p-6p

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Now don’t forget about the Art Radar post from last week! There is tons of news and events that no one should miss out on! Art Radar 07-01-10

Graphic credit to the lovely PHAYMISS

– Thursday May 20th –
LADYFAG & ROXY COTTONTAIL PRESENT…
TAILS WILL BOUNCE at HEADZ WILL ROLL
A Gulf Coast Bounce-athon
With Special Guests
BIG FREEDIA (Queen Diva of NOLA Bounce Music)
RUSTY LAZER (NOLA Street Music DJ)
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Featuring Music by Resident DJ…
MICHAEL MAGNAN
Hosted By…
Roxy Cottontail & Ladyfag
Party Snaps by…
JASON THE BLACK TEENWOLF
((@ www.headzwillrollhere.com))
Weekly Mind Blowing DJs, Dance Party & Rooftop Smoke Out!!
2 for 1 Well Drinks 11PM til 12 AM
BAR 13
(@ University)
11PM-4AM
http://ladyfag.blogspot.com
http://www.roxycottontail.com
http://www.bar13.com

– Thursday May 20th –

LADYFAG & ROXY COTTONTAIL PRESENT…

TAILS WILL BOUNCE at HEADZ WILL ROLL

A Gulf Coast Bounce-athon

With Special Guests

BIG FREEDIA (Queen Diva of NOLA Bounce Music)
RUSTY LAZER (NOLA Street Music DJ)

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Featuring Music by Resident DJ…
MICHAEL MAGNAN

Hosted By…
Roxy Cottontail & Ladyfag

Party Snaps by…
JASON THE BLACK TEENWOLF
((@ www.headzwillrollhere.com))

Weekly Mind Blowing DJs, Dance Party & Rooftop Smoke Out!!

2 for 1 Well Drinks 11PM til 12 AM

BAR 13
(@ University)
11PM-4AM

http://ladyfag.blogspot.com
http://www.roxycottontail.com
http://www.bar13.com

– Monday May 17th –

Roxy Cottontail Presents…

Somebody’s Gonna Get Sway’d

Melo X’s Birthday Bashment

Featuring…

DJ Melo X

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Hosted by…

Ninjasonik

+ Roxy Cottontail

Photos by Texas

Door by Pebbles van Peebles

Sway

305 Spring Street

btwn Hudson & Greenwich

Ritzy Periwinkle (seen here with Mitch, at left!) collaborated with Doze Green on the art for Crown of Thorns, the new album by Rakaa of Dilated Peoples. Image above is the first look at the album’s art work for Rakaa’s long awaited debut solo album, Crown of Thorns available everywhere on 7/20/2010. Cover art is an original painting by Doze Green called Lord Enlil.

Crown of Thorns features production by The Alchemist, !llmind, DJ Babu, Sid Roams & El-P. Guest apprearances by Aloe Blacc, Fashawn, KRS-One, Dilated Peoples & more! Awesome art work for an amazing album. I can’t wait to get my copy, nothing better than art and music.

Graphics by the fresh and lovely FEESH

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Joe Szabo, with his tender and respectful eye, has been capturing the incredible melting pot of humanity on Jones beach, one of the America’s busiest beaches, since the 1970s. Nearly perfect bodies, shy adolescents, and tanned muscle men, his objective isolates rare moments of unabashed exuberance and introspection. He offers a catwalk display of beach wear that reveals the dynamics of the beach, where the boundaries of class and race are temporarily forgotten along with inhibitions about body size and shape. Published by Harry N. Abrams.

Copies of the book signed by Joseph Szabo will be available.

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Giant Robot is proud to host Butter and Blood, an art show featuring new work by Marc Johns and Steven Weissman.

Marc Johns draws almost daily, and has been for as long as he can remember. Once posted online, his humorous, witty, and thought-provoking drawings were quickly embraced, and earned him a fast-growing community of fans around the world as well as published works in Wired and the New York Times Sunday Magazine. Whether it’s a man with branches growing out of his head that need pruning, or a pipe that’s trying to quit smoking, his characters are simply, sparsely drawn, yet speak volumes. For the show, the Victoria, Canada-based is preparing 30 ink-and-watercolor pieces that examine the public’s conspicuous consumption of trend items and branded goods, and how we blindly participate in what is a bit of a charade.

Steven Weissman has written and drawn comics for Fantagraphics Books, Nickelodeon Magazine, Last Gasp, Marvel Entertainment (for whom he created the “Mini-Marvels” series), and numerous other publishers/publications. He won the Harvey Kurtzman Award for “Best New Talent” in 1998 with his acclaimed, ongoing indie-comic series, Yikes, which channels nonironic darkness of Chas Addams with the raw, youthful honesty of Charles Schulz and has been collected into several volumes. For the show, the Los Angeles artist is preparing a series of medium-sized pen, ink, and screen-tone pieces with themes such as baseball, proverbs, ghosts, and Barack Obama.

WHAT: Giant Robot

WHEN: May 8th

WHERE: 2015 Sawtelle Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90025

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Craig Redman is a New York based artist, with whom Colette has been collaborating to extract his character Darcel from his blog. For the first time now, we have an exhibition entirely dedicated to him. Darcel’s inner world goes meta with “And a miserable day to you too” , as he explores everyday trivialities through painting, prints, sculptures and, of course, movie animation. You can go home with special Baggu bags, key-rings , Publik tee-shirts, Bodega stickers, the new colette candle , lighters, postcard or buttons with the monocle-wearing famous character.

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Sleight of Hand, a group show, on the 7th May, 7-10pm. It then runs till the 4th June.

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If you think we’re way off on a peyote-trip describing Ryan’s works as residing in another dimension- you’d be surprised to hear what he has to say. “I like the idea of relating simple graphics to things like mandalas and other spiritual energy hippie training tee-pee type stuff.”

Read the rest of the interview on the B/D website to find out what else makes Ryan’s third eye blink.

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Scion’s “Rooms”, curated by Roger Gastman opened last weekend and was a huge success. Below find images from the opening night which you may feel free to re-post. The show featured Kime Buzzelli, Adam Wallacavage, Dueling VHS, Chris Stain, Bill Daniel, Justin Van Hoy, Rocky Grimes, and Dan Monick with Caitlin Reilly. The gallery was completely transformed into separate, interactive rooms from each artist.
The show runs through May 15th.

For additional event photos click this link.

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If you happen to be in LA May 8th, make sure you get down to this truly amazing exhibition LA ART IN NUMBERS, starring Sneaker Freaker alumni artist and ex-Melbournite Billie Stone doin’ her thang!

Also featuring the illest screenprinters on the scene Hit + Run, don’t miss this opportunity to take home a limited edition silk screen poster!

It all goes down May 8th at High Profile Productions Productions from 7pm-11pm

For more details hit up the website here

http://www.laartinnumbers.com/

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