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WK Interact is currently exhibiting at Shepard Fairey’s Subliminal Projects gallery. The Show is titled ‘How to Blow Yourself Up‘ and looks like typically provocative work from the street-honed art/pop culture philosophers.
Here is a little more about the show from Subliminal’s website: “In How to Blow Yourself Up, WK Interact twists and inverts the fatalism of end-of-the-world prophecies, turning destruction into a matter of free will. “If you believe the world will end in 2012 and you can’t do anything about it, maybe it’s better to blow yourself up when you feel like it,” says WK. To that end, he has turned objects of control and personal movement – skateboards and bicycles, as well as three-dimensional panels – into instruments of self-destruction, equipped with what appear to be pipe bombs and other menacing apparatuses.”
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A new Depthcore pack is out (XXXVIII. Freestyle IV). The work I am digging the most this time is definitely the drawings and a few of the photography pieces. I am always a fan of Chris Haines 3D work though (above).
I’m very excited to share the work of a close friend, Betsy VanLangen! Her body of work is visually stunning, and constantly refreshing with transitions from dark and arresting, to loud, bright and colorful images. Betsy is fascinated with the body, and while a large amount of her work is self portraiture, she is constantly exploring new tactics to express herself as a contemporary artist. Betsy is currently working towards her masters degree at Rutgers University, where she continues to develop her experimental style of photography.
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Eugène & Pauline have printed a big 12 page newspaper book featuring one-colored visuals from artist Geneviève Gauckler. The paper is a silk-screen-print handmade by the publishers. It looks like the pages could make for some nice posters to hang around the home or just to peruse while you make some orange juice and eat a croissant.
The London based gallery, ‘PlanetPatrol’ is curating a small retrospective of work from contemporary Japanese artist Sal. The exhibition will take place from the 21st November through to the 26th. At 133-137 Westbourne Grove, W11 2RS London. Sal will be in attendance & painting live at the preview. The ‘Project Room’ of the gallery will also feature a selection of international artists from both PlanetPatrol & Gallery Nosco. Artists will include: Matt Small, Dave the Chimp, SheOne, Peter Taylor, Jaws, Brusk-Plisson, Collin van der Sluijs, Eduardo Recife, Bom.K & Bruno9li.
There are some very strange things happening withing the portfolio of Elizabeth Heppenstall. Not the least of which is her animated gif series titled simply ‘Boys’.
Artist Steve Kim is preparing for his upcoming MFA show and has posted new work to his website. His strong use of color, human subject matter and unusually arranged compositions combine to create some truly unique and beautiful imagery.
One of the newest ADC Young Guns, Benjamin Steiger Levine produces some of the most captivating video and cinematic work I’ve seen in such a long time. Inventive, fresh, and paired with music tracks of equal spark. While his website is limited in content, this is a perfect example of quality over quantity. If you know more about Levine, please share!
Alexis Rockman has exhibited his work at the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington, D.C. It is easy to see how his unique imagery that is a mishmash of post-apocalyptic science fiction, pop culture, science and biology would strike a cord with many a viewer. It definitely struck one in me.
Retro-inspired digital collage designer, artist and illustrator Mark Weaver has updated his website and portfolio with more of those images that are absolute candy. It is impossible not to like his imagery. I dare you to try.
Anish Kapoor has a vision. His architectural work is extraordinary. Sublime even.
“Anish Kapoor was born in Bombay in 1954 and has lived in London since the early 70’s when he studied at Hornsey College of Art and Chelsea School of Art Design.
Over the past twenty years he has exhibited extensively in London and all over the world. His solo shows have included venues such as Kunsthalle Basel, Tate Gallery and Hayward Gallery in London, Reina Sofia in Madrid, CAPC in Bordeaux and most recently Haus der Kunst in Munich. He has also participated internationally in many group shows including the Whitechapel Art Gallery, The Royal Academy and Serpentine Gallery in London, Documenta IX in Kassel, Moderna Museet in Stockholm and Jeu de Paume and Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris.
Anish Kapoor was awarded the ‘Premio Duemila’ at the Venice Biennale in 1990, the Turner Prize Award in 1991 and was awarded an Honorary Fellowship at the London Institute in 1997 and a CBE in 2003. He is represented by the Lisson Gallery, London, Barbara Gladstone Gallery, New York and Galleria Continua and Galleria Massimo Minini, Italy.”
I was recently browsing a local book store downtown here in Denver and picked up a publication (sorry I can’t recall what it was) that had Rex Ray’s retro-inspired art on the cover. I picked it up immediately and had to know who was responsible for the imagery. Needless to say, after visiting his website, you can call me a fan of his work.
Who out there knew that Blu had published a book with Studiocromie of their mind-boggling drawings that was hand printed and signed by the artist. And why wasn’t I told before they were sold out. Damn.
Matthew Hodson (Matthew the Horse) has a quirky minimalist style of illustration that shows an occasional influence from the likes of Parra. His work has been featured in Creative Review, Computer Arts, Itsnicethat.com, Illustrated Ape, Dazed Digital, Marmalade Magazine and now right here at Changethethought.
