Supersculpture

Check out Australian artist Adrian Tranquilli's artwork here.
(link via JB)

kmrimg

Unfortunately, I couldn't figure out the name of this artist but you can see more work here. (View the site in english here.)

Riikka Sormunen

Ilana Kohn's Lost at E Minor column recently featured Riikka Sormunen, a Finnish illustrator.

Riikka's website here.

Allen Spiegel Fine Arts

A web search for the work of Phil Hale turned up the website for his rep ASFA - which in turn, was found to be powerhouse collective of extremely talented artists!

Some of the artists represented by ASFA include Jeffrey Jones, Dave McKean, Scott Morse, George Pratt, Kent Williams...

Check out the ASFA collection of portfolios here

Andrew Wyeth (1917-2009)

Obituary here.
Official site here.
Gallery here.

Francis Bacon Documentary

Francis Bacon bio here

*ESSENTIAL READING: 

Brutality of Fact (Interviews with Francis Bacon) - Buy it here

The Mona Lisa Curse

Charles Lutz just recommended this documentary about the rise of the commercial art market.

Here's part 1:


Check out the rest here.

RSVP for Lutz Show

RSVP here.

Italian Masters of Comic Art

art by Gipi

"Italian Masters of Comic Art" opens tonight at the Scott Eder Gallery. The reception is from 6-9pm. The show features the work of Lorenzo Mattotti, Milo Manara, Tanino Liberatore, Sergio Toppi, Igort, Gipi, Manuele Fior, Marco Corona, Gabriella Giandelli and Andrea Bruno.

If you can't make it over to DUMBO, you can check out a preview of the show here.

Scott Eder gallery
18 Bridge St. #2-i
Brooklyn, NY 11201
Telephone: (718) 797-1100

Robert Rauschenberg (1925- 2008)

Assoiated Press obituary here.
American Masters here.
Wiki here.

Daniel Rozin

Daniel Rozin's official site here.

Dargerism: Contemporary Artists & Henry Darger

Dargerism: Contemporary Artists & Henry Darger
American Folk Art Museum
April 15- September 21, 2008

Featuring Amy Cutler, Henry Darger, Jefferson Friedman, Anthony Goicolea, Trenton Doyle Hancock, Yun-Fei Ji, Justine Kurland, Justin Lieberman, Robyn O'Neil, Grayson Perry, Paula Rego, and Michael St. John

Brooke Davis Anderson, curator


Free on Fridays after 5:30!

Good Life

To celebrate the release of his new newsprint comic, Good Life, Taylor McKimens will be signing at the PictureBox Departmental Store.

Taylor McKimens PictureBox Departmental Store April 6th, 3-5 pm

To PictureBox:

121 3rd St.

Brooklyn NY 11231

(entrance is on Bond st.)

F or G train to Carroll St.

Exit at Smith and 2nd place.

Walk down 3rd St. to Bond.

Jordan Awan solo show opens 4/4

"I Think I've Come To See Myself At Last," acrylic on canvas, 8"X10", 2008

Pink Elephant Projects presents

Jordan Awan
It's Not That I Don't Want To Live,
It's That I Don't Want To Die

Opening Friday April 4, 8- 10pm
April 4- May 10, 2008

PEP
64 Washington Ave.
Brooklyn, NY 11205 Saturdays and Sundays 1-5pm

Directions: G train to Clinton- Washington, exit via NE Washington stairs, walk north 4 blocks to 64 Washington Ave.

upcoming show

Emily L. Eibel's solo show
feb 15- 8pm-free beer
PEP GALLERY
64 Washington Ave Brooklyn, NY
Gtrain to Washington
pepgallery.com
--afterpartyatRope--

holy deconstruction, batmang!

Anthony Lister interview at Fecal Face here
Anthony Lister official site here

...and Mark Gonzales (with Lister) here:

High Art Flies High

More on Jeff Koons Macy's balloon here.

Evah Fan and Brendan Monroe's studio!

more at fecalface dot com

Murakami covers Kanye

from Entertainment Weekly, September 28, 2007

Charles Lutz: Denial and Acceptance

"Warhol Self Portrait Denied" (2007) by Charles Lutz

Pink Elephant Projects presents Charles Lutz's latest series of conceptual paintings- all denied by the Warhol Art Authentication Board.

Opening reception Friday, May 4th, 8- 10pm.

PEP
64 Washington Ave.
Brooklyn, NY 11205

Directions: G train to Clinton- Washington, exit via NE Washington stairs, walk north 4 blocks to 64 Washington Ave.

More information here.