LeBasse Projects is excited to present, ‘Is Everybody Happy?,’ the first US solo exhibition from Greek artist Alexandros Vasmoulakis. In this anticipated solo project, Vasmoulakis brings his first major body of work to the US after becoming recognized across Europe for his work both on the streets and in galleries.

Vasmoulakis is mostly known by his work in the streets of Athens, Greece as he has painted on and embellished various buildings across the city and is expected to do the same here in Los Angeles. While recognized for his street work, Vasmoulakis’ paintings are beginning to reflect the maturity of his work as an artist.

His works’ main theme is the psychology of his figures – the struggle and the element of conflict dominates in the pairs of his figures as well as in each character separately. With the perceptive analysis of his characters Vasmoulakis achieves through his work he persuades us that he has penetrated into their mentality by holding a role of a competent and gifted anatomist and of an expressive soul searcher.

‘Is Everybody Happy’ will be Vasmoulakis’ first US solo exhibition.

Alexandros Vasmoulakis :: Is Everybody Happy?
LeBasse Projects
March 20th through April 17th
Opening Reception: Saturday, March 20th, 7-10pm

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So, this month I just started my new gig as curator managing Hurley featured artists and art projects.  I have the honor of putting the word out on this brand new link developed by the powers at Hurley on the new line of Robert Williams tees.  No, I didn’t write the copy, it came out of a Williams book.

Check it out and the video found on the site!

Robert Williams featured artist at Hurley.com

This Saturday DIY Gallery launches their brand new space in Echo Park with collaborations by Aaron Williams and Zach Taylor.  The new venue has an incredible out door space for sculpture and they will be hosting a ton of bands in the near future as well – so stay on their radar!

Details:

DIY Gallery. 1549 Sunset Blvd. LA 90026

Echo Park Inaugural Reception: Saturday, March 20 7pm

Be there or be square!

(left to right) Chris Peters, Last Rites Gallery Director Andrew Michael Ford & David R. Choquette

On Saturday, March 6th 2010, artists Chris Peters and David R. Choquette unveiled their first ever solo exhibitions at Last Rites Gallery in the Chelsea district of Manhattan.  Below is a link to the opening photos, along with links to all the new incredible paintings these two created for their new shows.  Enjoy!

Opening Photos:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/lastritestattoo/sets/72157623509651519/

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This March LeBasse Projects opens a solo show for Greek artist Alexandros Vasmoulakis but that’s not the only thing keeping us busy. The LBP artists are keeping busy worldwide…

Edwin Ushiro (pictured) opens his first NY solo show with Sloan Fine Art on the 24th. Nate Frizzell also has a solo show, his debut in the UK at Bo.Lee Gallery in Bath. From what I hear, both are already selling their shows on preview so better reach out to the galleries now. Eric Fortune just sold out his mini-show at the High Fructose curated exhibit as well…so better get on the list for his next show with us in October.

Join us in LA this Saturday for:

Alexandros Vasmoulakis.
‘Is Everybody Happy?’
LeBasse Projects
Saturday March 20th, 7-10pm

We went along to Bristol City Museum and Art Gallery to check out ‘The Shape of Things’ exhibition that explores the distinctive contribution artists make to influence or reflect national identity, the intercultural nature of British society and its connection with global cultures.

Alinah Azadeh’s exhibits started with her wrapping her mother’s rice cookers and other objects that belonged to her mother who died in the Asian Tsunami of 2004. There is a poem on the wrapping called, ‘Come, Come my Beloved’ by Sufi poet Jalaluddin Rumi. This poem was turned into a song by Iranian singer Bijan Bijani and the cassette recording was a gift to Alinah from her mother when she was a teenager. The poem is written in Farsi, in Romanised Farsi, and English – the three languages – tongues – spoken by Alinah, her Iranian mother and her British-born daughter.

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2 new cushions from the UK’s Click for Art!! available here: clickforart.com

Part of a new growing collection of Limited Edition Cushions & Pillows designed by some of the world’s leading artists and illustrators.

Constructed of super soft faux suede – printed one side – with a plain black back. Each has a feather filled inner.

AVAILABLE IN TWO SIZES 45cm and 100cm – the 100cm floor pillow has a black faux leather back

We only print a total of 250 of each design and each cushion is delivered with a Certificate of Authenticity.

Covers are printed in non-toxic waterbased inks. They are Machine washable, avoid prolonged contact with light coloured textiles and light coloured leather or other light materials.

These really are lovely items – the internet really doesn’t do them justice. With low – cost International shipping to anywhere in the world!

here’s the magic.

Kinkead Contemporary and Heather Cantrell participated in VOLTANY, the Armory’s sister fair in New York this past week.  Cantrell installed another portrait studio at the fair which resembled a Rousseau jungle complete with mirrors, animal masks (which are handy if you’re shy like me – see above!) and live plants everywhere.  VOLTA served as the third installment in Cantrell’s project A Study in Portraiture which is curated by Caryn Coleman.

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Hi dujourers. On April 2nd the first friday of the month GH will be hosting Balls Out. A full on giz into the eyeballs of the viewer with over 50 artists doing square panels. The theme- Go Balls Out. Put all your art love and juice into one piece of work. The line-up is… well, it’s flipping awesome. I’ll post that soon. First let’s start with the gold medal winner for getting in their first image via digi, Appropriately titled “Goo”.. Thanks Evah Fan. You are a winner and a champion.

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he typed it from his own lips!

AMF Gallery is proud to present a mini-solo exhibition of new works,
for the month of March 2010, by artist Jeremiah Ketner.

CLICK HERE TO SEE ONLINE SHOW AT AMF GALLERY

ABOUT JEREMIAH KETNER

Jeremiah Ketner paints a world to which fairytales long to belong.  With candy-floss landscapes and vivid imaginary images, his work enraptures and transports one into the world ethereal and the life celestial.  He has the inimitable ability to transform the natural into the sublime, terra firma into terra ephemera, the defined figure into the delicate, exquisite figurative.  Renowned throughout the US and internationally, Ketner attributes his influence to Art Nouveau, Japanese Aesthetics and Manga. He resides and creates from his home and studio in Chicago, IL, USA.

AMF Gallery makes available work by a variety of artists who have been inspired by comic books, animation, graffiti, tattoos, children’s books, commercial illustration and many other forms of pop and subversive imagery.  These artworks, which have been described in the past by such words as Lowbrow, Pop Surrealism, Contemporary Folk, Street Art and other such labels, have come together to form a powerful and exciting new movement in art.  We hope to strongly promote these artworks, in an effort to help reveal the extreme importance of this New Contemporary Movement in the global contemporary fine art scene.

AMF GALLERY
www.andrewmichaelford.com

FOREVER CHAMPIONING THE NEW CONTEMPORARY MOVEMENT  IN FINE ART