a few days ago, i got to see one of my pieces at a collector’s home. it was a fulfilling experience that i don’t get to do enough of. i really like having the chance to talk to my collectors in their homes, even if briefly. seeing my work hung in a collector’s home never gets old, especially if they have a great space.

i asked one of her kids, (shown here) if they liked the painting, she said,
“no, only the blue girl”.

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Robert Williams. Brute Waste (This An Irresistable Impulse To Leave No Sanctum Unspoiled)
2009. Acrylic enamel auto paint on fiber glass with steel armature.
102″ x 42″ x 48″

Robert Williams’s new body of work, “Conceptual Realism in the Service of the Hypothetical” includes paintings, prints and,  for the first time, sculptures. Known as an “artist’s artist,” Mr. Williams’ work travels from the underground comic world of the sixties, through the founding of the popular art magazine, Juxtapoz, to his current body of work exploring the next step into abstract thought. This show travels from Tony Shafrazi Gallery where it originated.

Robert Williams / Conceptual Realism in the Service of the Hypothetical
Opening: Saturday, February 20th (6-9 PM)
CSUN Art Galleries
18111 Nordhoff Street
Northridge, CA, 91330-8299
Mon – Sat Noon – 4pm, Thurs Noon – 8pm
Closed Sundays and Holidays.
818.677 .2226

Subliminal Projects has a new show coming up with new works from Andres Guerrero and Albert Reyes.  These longtime friends have come together for this new show which opens on February 6th.

These two artists have contrasting bodies of work, Reyes’ works often consist of pencil and pen line drawings, while Guerrero paints with bright colors and layers of paint.  Guerrero describes his skull imagery as “symbolic self-portrait representation… a descriptive means of living through death.”  Reyes, work reflects on his experiences in regard to living in Los Angeles, “My view is through the L.A. media, taking in the culture, the people, the vastness of L.A.  No one can escape the Hollywood impact.”

Go check out this show, February 6th- March 6th

SUBLIMINAL PROJECTS GALLERY
1331 W Sunset Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90026
Opening: Saturday February 6th

Opening Reception: Saturday February 6th, 8-11PM

everything we wanted, in our nostalgic future, at show and tell gallery is coming up very soon.

as in the past, i am working to release a special print in conjunction with the opening. this time around i’m working with jeff garcia; director, coordinator, founder, master printer, connoisseur and security of halo halo print shop. here’s a peek of what’s been going on the last few days.

see you soon.

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my solo show is coming up on february 5, 2010 at show & tell gallery in toronto.
it will be called,

everything we wanted,

in our nostalgic future,

i’ve been in somewhat of a hermit mode, painting away and doing a lot of preparation for the show. it’s my first in my hometown and my second solo ever, so it’s important to me that it will be fun and worthwhile for everybody who comes to see it.

here are some shots of what i’ve been doing, to let you guys know i’m still alive:

more to come soon..

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Greg Escalante spotted this guy up on an electrical pole.

He said this mural was just started last year – it’s pretty epic.

Scott Musgrove showed me his newest bronze sculpture!

Kris Kuksi (L) poses with Scott Musgrove (R) in front of his piece at Josh Liner’s gallery.

Kris Kuksi’s sculpture.

Detail.

Art dealer Paul Kopeikin in front of Deanna Templeton’s photographic installation. (thanks for the passes Paul!)

Ran into some friends from Washington, DC when I was talking to Scott Musgrove.

Kate Damon, Matt, Bebe Paz.

Trevor Young and Washington, DC art dealer Jamie McClellan of Civilian Art Projects, SCOPE.

My dear friend and Pulitzer Prize winning photographer Lucian Perkins’ punk photos were a blast from the past!

@Civilian Art Projects. Jamie said that she had sold 10 from the series.  I’m guessing it was the portfolio.

A very cool bronze sculpture by Jud Bergeron at Mark Wolfe Contemporary, @SCOPE.

Marsea Goldberg of New Image Art Gallery’s booth.

My buddy Charlie James in his booth with the works of Steve Lambert.

my good friend of analog color fame and now a full-blown artist in his own right, jeremy asher lynch just got a sweet feature up on drift mag’s site. read the goodness, here.

congrats, j!

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Last Rites Gallery is pleased to present the entire solo exhibition by UK artist Paul Gerrard on our website for all to view.  The show opened last night and will be on display in the gallery until Decemeber 27th.  We are proud to be hosting Gerrard’s first solo exhibition in the United States and we encourage everyone who is able to stop by the gallery to see this incredible body of work.  For those who cannot make the trip to NYC, here is a link to all of the work online.  Enjoy!

CLICK HERE TO VIEW SOLO EXHIBITION OF NEW WORKS BY PAUL GERRARD

Last Rites Gallery

511 West 33rd Street

3rd Floor

New York, NY  10001

212.529.0666

www.lastritesgallery.com

Last Rites Gallery is proud to present the entire solo exhibition by Craig LaRotonda on our website for all to view.  The show opened last night and will be on display in the gallery until Decemeber 27th.  We feel that this is LaRotonda’s strongest exhibition to date and we encourage everyone who is able to stop by the gallery to see this magnificent body of work.  For those who cannot make the trip to NYC, here is a link to all of the work online.  Enjoy!

CLICK HERE TO VIEW SOLO EXHIBITION OF NEW WORKS BY CRAIG LAROTONDA

Last Rites Gallery

511 West 33rd Street

3rd Floor

New York, NY  10001

212.529.0666

www.lastritesgallery.com

last week i was invited to see a very humbling show at the chinese cultural centre of greater toronto called Embracing Life Art Exhibition. a show of works by a group of 30 artists with disabilities, the majority of them coming from hong kong.

the work spanned a few decades from artists both young and old. the artists’ teacher, emilie chan is a well-known and respected individual who devoted a lot of her time sharing the arts to people with disabilities.

the show unfortunately was in its last weekend when i went, but here are some of the highlights of the show for me:

circus, tiffany yuen

whale in a forest, taylor chan

various works by perry au, this kid was amazing. click the description to enlarge.

natalie yung

lo pui yang, click the description to enlarge.

lau wai ming, also really incredible. click the description to enlarge.

find the two staircases, alan chan

there’s not a tonne of info online, neither of emilie chan or the exhibition, but here is one good link about the foot painter, lo pui yang to get you started, in case you want to do more research.

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in other news, i have a piece in juxtapoz’s charity auction. here’s your chance to possibly get a piece of mine pretty affordably, and for a very good cause. here is the piece. thanks!

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i have been really lucky the last few days to have had the chance to interact with so many creative people. on sunday, rosena fung, nimit malavia and myself, (aka the zachary quinto trio) had a bit of a comic and drawing jam; you can see some of the comics over at rosena’s flickr.

yesterday, martha chan, erika danusasmita and nimit all graced me with their presence and we collaborated on some paintings and small drawings that will be part of my installation at my solo show in february.

here are some images to whet your appetite, but more can be found here, on my flickr.

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Kathy Aoki, The Brazilian (2009), Solar-plate etching

Creating a pseudo-museum experience, Aoki presents us with imagery that looks antique, but addresses current beauty and pop culture concepts. In this museum, which is based in 3011, there are two galleries that present archeological finds from the early 21st Century. Gallery One presents remnants from the reign of pop culture icon Gwen Stefani. Excavated from the Los Angeles area (now underwater), the archives include a personal Cartouche for the singer, Canopic jars representing her clothing line, her ex-fiance and band member Tony Kanal, and her music. Also on display is a flash drive that contains an antiquated sketch for Stefani’s Harujuku Lovers perfume line. The artist-created file actually exists on the flash drive, which is sold as a print-out with the piece (see image below).