Art Basel Miami coverage has dominated the DD last week, but do not miss some extra insight into the lives of some of our artist guest bloggers like Amanda Visell, Joe Ledbetter, and Tessar Lo. All three have given us some recent news and highlights. Stay tuned as we are about to unveil a few new artist and gallery guest bloggers.

It looks like DD contributor, artist and toy maker extraordinaire Joe Ledbetter is on assignment in the Far East. Take a peek into his Daily D blog for all the details of a Taipei toy show and more…

Joe Ledbetter presented the eternal struggle of life and death with his own addictive cartoon influenced aesthetic for the opening of his Hunters and Gatherers solo last night (10.25) @ M Modern in Palm Springs.  The show featured a large new collection of original paintings as well several limited-edition prints which we believe have been offered previously.

Perhaps the piece getting the most attention was Detached which features a severed Bunny head over the actual mixing palette used for the show.  The heavily textured piece with the abstract background works well and definitely stands apart from the other pieces in the show and from Joe’s prior work.

Additionally, Joe has recently started to focus on the use of subtle lighting and delicate shadows to bring a stronger sense of atmosphere to his work.  The reflective Be Happy is a good example of this technique.

Finally, perhaps our favorite piece is the longing Three Wolves – powerful sentiment. Howling at the moon hasn’t looked so good in quite a while.

M Modern
2500 N. Palm Canyon Dr.
Palm Springs, CA 92262
760.416.3611

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