Shepard Fairey x Glen E Friedman x Bad Brains
I’m probably shooting myself in the foot for posting this, but Shepard Fairey is releasing an amazing new screenprint this week featuring photography by Glen E. Friedman and signed by all original members of The Bad Brains (as well as Fairey and Friedman). All for the bargain basement price of $120. It’s going to be [...]
Shag at Jonathan Levine Gallery
While most of the art world is heading to Miami for Art Basil, Jonathan Levine has one of the swankiest artist exhibiting at his gallery for the month of December. Yes, I’m talking about the king of modern cool and tiki style Josh “Shag” Agle. I got the chance to photograph the artist before the [...]
A Conversation with Blek Le Rat and Doze Green
Bowl-A-Rama II: The Return of the Pins
If you get a chance, head down to The Asbury Lanes and check out the sequel to Bowl-A-Rama put on by Crybaby Gallery. A whole bunch of really great artists have customized real bowling pins donated by The Lanes. Artists include Kirstin Easthope, Sunny Buick, and many more. A handful of the pins are still [...]
Prime Surreal Estate
Curated by Dylan Evans If you’re looking for something to do tomorrow night (10/3), head over to Jersey City to catch Prime Surreal Estate, a group show featuring a ton of great artists (including Molly Crabapple and Tristan Eaton) and a massive installation by Ron English. It’s located at the Canco Lofts on 50 Dey [...]
Banksy in New Orleans
I don’t usually go to Gawker for my art news, but the journo-gossip site just posted a series of photos showing recent work Banksy did in New Orleans as a supposed tribute to Hurricane Katrina. According to the site, “some of the pieces relate directly the hurricane and its disastrous aftermath; others are targeted at [...]
Gallery Photo Hopping
Word of advice: never agree to shoot an art opening the day after getting tattooed on your calf. It’s going to hurt and you are going to look like an idiot. Literally 24 hours after going under Sunny Buick’s gun, I went to cover the latest show at Jonathan LeVine’s Gallery for Juxtapoz, and I’m [...]
Shawn Barber Releases 'Forever & Ever'
He tattoos, he paints, he paints portraits of tattooists–Shawn Barber’s business card must be a mile long, and I’m sure he’s handed out a ton of them judging by the vast amount of pieces collected in his “Forever & Ever.” The 256 tome, published by 9mm books, includes paintings of some of the greatest living [...]