BRETT AMORY – INTENTIONAL ABSTRACTIONS

Posted on 2010-12-27

Intentional Abstractions marks the artist’s first solo show in the UK.A selection of Amory’s work depicts the urban individual’s yearning for presence and the seeming
impossibility of attaining it. The paintings portray commuters in transit immersed in a quiet, even hopeful state or alternately plagued by the anguish of unfulfilled anticipation.
Initially begun in 2001, the series focused on travelers waiting underground on subway platforms. As the series progressed, the subject ceased to be exclusively travelers with the emphasis shifting to anonymous figures snapped in the city streets. Although the experience of waiting remains, the perception has been transformed from a simple, mundane task to one of transcendence.

Exhibition runs from January 13th to February 12th,  2011

The Lazarides Gallery
8 Greek Street
Soho
London
W1D 4DG

www.theoutsiders.net

  

JOSE PARLA

Posted on 2010-12-27

Brooklyn artist José Parlá incorporates calligraphy into pictures that resemble distressed city walls. Art historian Michael Betancourt divided his paintings into three categories: walls, diaries, and pictures. Walls are mural sized, diaries are smaller than walls, heavily filled with writing, and resemble a palimpsest. Pictures are the size of traditional paintings, but their visual contents resembles the walls but without the scale.
His book Wall, Diaries, and Paintings is available now.

Exhibition runs from March 4th to April 9th,  2011

Bryce Wolkowitz Gallery
505 W 24th St
NY, 10011
USA

www.brycewolkowitz.com

  

EXIT X KRINK X ABSOLUT – 1 OF 3

Posted on 2010-12-20

ABSOLUT Vodka unveils ‘A work in Progress’ with internationally renowned New York artist, Krink and Exit Magazine.

With the bottle as his inspiration, Krink has created fifteen individual custom-designed ABSOLUT LIMITED EDITION bottles, with each 70cl bottle being uniquely customized using the artist’s signature; KRINK ink, in striking black, silver and white.

Stephen Toner, Editor of Exit Magazine said, “Exit’s relationship with Absolut spans the past decade. Both share a unique vision of imaginative partnerships with artists and groundbreaking projects. This Autumn/Winter issue we commissioned one of Exit’s favourite street artists, Krink, to bring his creative ideas to life and make the present exceptional with his own interpretation of the ABSOLUT LIMITED EDITION bottle.”

Krink commented, “The shape of the Absolut bottle is a design classic; I wanted to treat it as a sculpture. The bottle shape is iconic enough to represent their brand without showing their logo. The interaction between the drips and the bottle bring two iconic elements together, one helping the other.”

www.absolut.com
www.12ozprophet.com

  

WRECK THE WALLS

Posted on 2010-12-13

Wreck the Walls includes works by over 30 artists, established and emerging, who have helped shape the artistic spirit influenced by their times. Rebellious pioneers of their artistic genres, who come from a background where there are few rules and anything is possible, have helped pave the way for a younger generation of artists who are influenced by their prevailing subculture. From gallery to street art, this show expresses each artist’s divergence and individuality, offering a visual cornucopia of painting, photography, mixed media, works on paper, digital prints, sculpture, graphic design, and illustration.

This show seeks to allow the viewer a window into the myriad worlds of a group of artists whose careers span over two cultural generations, and whose individual visions create a disjointed mosaic. Their works recall the vastly differing self-perceptions cultivated in a patchwork art world constantly seeking to define and redefine itself. Wreck the Walls embraces the multiple identities of the artistic practice, and rather than seeking to congeal the complex layers of artistic vision that make up the culture, the show celebrates distinct perceptions by juxtaposing artists, whether established or emerging, who reject uniformity in a culture that defies singular classification.

Opposite – Martha Cooper, Happy Holidays by Jayson (J.SON) & Richie (Seen), 1982, South Bronx

Exhibition runs through to January 15th, 2011

Subliminal Projects
1331 W Sunset Blvd
Los Angeles
CA 90026

www.subliminalprojects.com