Chef Chris Cosentino invited Alex Pardee (Juxtapoz cover #79) into his kitchen at Incanto to prepare three dishes using ingredients from a pig's head. Yum.
Check out the six-part video series from Walrus TV, as the two make (and devour) fried pig's ears, pig face, and even pig brains. No wonder Alex is such a clever guy; he’s been eating brains this whole time. Or perhaps it helps explain his obsession with zombies.
Enjoy the entire series and don’t forget Alex Pardee's solo show, Letters From Digested Children, opens this Thursday at FIFTY24SF Gallery in San Francisco. Catch our recent studio visit here with Alex and we’ll see ya this Thursday!
Watch the rest of the Walrus TV episodes with Alex right this way…
111 Minna Gallery is kicking off ’09 in presenting a stellar group show, entitled First Things First. An exhibition showcasing both well-established and emerging talents, First Things First will open this Thursday, January 8, 2009 with many of the artists in attendance.
“Our aim is to present a number of promising young artists side by side with established talent that have both been underexposed in the Bay Area,” states The Gallery. “The collection has been assembled by 111 Minna Gallery Curator Gabe Scott, 111 Minna Associate Curator Jay Howell and former Upper Playground Associate Curator Lainya Magana. A fresh perspective on two-dimensional creations will be represented from the United States, Brazil, Germany, Slovenia and Australia and will encompass painting, collage, architectural design as well as street installations.” First Things First will feature work by: Ryan Bubnis (Portland, OR), Robert Hardgrave (Seattle, WA), Clynton Lowry (San Francisco, CA), Nicole Hagen (San Francisco, CA), James Blagdon (New York, NY), Taska Cleveland (Los Angeles, CA), Kelly Ording (San Francisco, CA), Mario Wagner (Cologne, Germany), Rafael Sliks (Sao Paolo, Brazil), Sarah Spitler (San Francisco, CA), Jacob Magraw (Los Angeles, CA), Yellana James (Portland, OR), and Rene Almanza (Oaxaca, Mexico).
Don’t miss this exciting opportunity to check out some great work by established artists Ryan Bubnis (work shown above) and Robert Hardgrave (work below) along with pieces by the rising artistic talents you may be seeing much more of in the future.
Details on First Things First at www.111minnagallery.com
Los Angeles-based writer Augor MSK (finally) launched a website, chock full of his bugged out sketches, street art, and past commissioned work for such clients like DCMA clothing, Upper Playground, Transphusion energy drink, K SWISS shoes, Seventh Letter, GCS clothing, and Nike.
This notoriously elusive street artist even included an ‘About’ section, shedding some much sought-after info, including the fact that “He has attended some of the finest art colleges and been dismissed by them all.” What? Such talent dismissed? Augor continues, “Some instructors don’t take too kindly to STD infected primates wrestling mutant candy bars.” Well, we never did invest much trust in instructors anyway; we happen to love STD infected primates wrestling mutant candy bars and you should too. So peep Augor’s brand spanking new website now at www.augsdraws.com.
In 2008, a group of visionary artists got on the road with the one goal: to transform gray sterile cities into colorful works of art. Organized by Peter Brauch and Peter Krsko, the Concrete Alchemy tour was a collaborative work of Cern, Chor Boogie, Col, Crol, Demer, Eric Kennedy, Kasso, Mike Ciccotello, Mr. Maxx Moses, Plan, Rain, Ricardo Barros, Veng, Vyal and Werc. Take a look at their work in this video, produced by Mike of Filthism.com and Mr. Maxx Moses (spoken word), with music by DewDewBeats.
For more information about the tour and Albus Cavus, visit albuscav.us/concretealchemy
Take a look at their year in a photo blog right over here.
Remember when we told you to sharpen your Obama-drawing skills for the Manifest Hope show in DC? Well, artist Tes One took our advice to heart and created this dope image for the DC show, which is set to go off during Obama’s presidential inauguration weekend, January 17 – 19, 2009.
Titled Change We Made, this acrylic on wood beauty will also be made available as a print. “With the help of my good friend and fellow artist Brandon Dunlap, I will be creating a very limited edition of screen printed art prints of Change We Made,” Tes told us. “Each print will be one-of-kind with spray painted accents in the print, signed and numbered. The art print is 18”x24”, in an edition of 44 and will be made available on Inauguration Day (Jan. 20th).” If you need some permanent Obama love gracing your walls, make sure to hit up Tes One’s website to grab yours on the 20th.
More info on Manifest Hope: DC at www.manifesthope.com
White Walls Gallery is kicking the New Year off right by celebrating the work of artists they both admire and support in a show titled Family First.
The Family First exhibit will showcase work from artists that have been with the Gallery for the past three years featuring: Andrew Schoultz, Richard Colman, Sylvia Ji, Henry Lewis, Mike Davis, Cleon Peterson, Ian Francis, Hillary Pecis, Albert Reyes, Shepard Fairey, Shawn Barber, Jim Houser, Mike Giant, Rogelio Martinez, Adam 5100, David Choong Lee, Adam Flores, and AJ Fosik. Not bad, eh? Family First will open this Saturday, January 10th from 7 pm until 11 pm at White Walls Gallery in San Francisco. The show will run through January…well, they’re not yet sure. Yeah, that’s how big this showing will be. They don’t even have an end date yet! So hop on over to www.whitewallssf.com for details and join us for some Family time this Saturday.
Urbanix Gallery in association with Bezalel Academy of Art & Design present Gary Baseman's first solo show in Israel, The Sacrificing of the Cake.
Deceivingly, Baseman's show is not about cakes or any type of sugary baked goodness for that matter. It’s about self-examination, observation of the past, correction, and ultimately change.
In a picturesque childish language and a sweetish color palette, Baseman displays a series of new works, acrylic paintings along with color pencil drawings on paper. The Sacrificing of the Cake features the image of the dragon "Ooga" (meaning "cake" in Hebrew), slaughtered again and again by feminine nude images of erotic girls or nymphs, radiating sexuality - an allegory to the artist's struggle against his private demons from the past.
The narrative of Baseman's work in this show indicates, in an almost hidden way, his struggle to release himself from the heritage of his parents, Eastern European Holocaust survivors that raised him according to the "American Dream". Sacrificing the dragons of the past symbolically entitles Baseman to release himself from the burden represented by his parent's world perception, allowing him to re-mold his individual path.
If you’re lucky enough to be in Tel Aviv, Israel this Thursday, January 8th mke sure to hit up Urbanix Gallery to catch the opening of The Sacrificing of the Cake because exhibits like this don’t come around too often.
“To quickly address all the internetland hype and drama between bombers, pasters, lovers, and haters, stemming from the post on WK Interact in Miami… lets get some basic facts straight. I’m not here to speak about the “rules” of the street,” writes our NY-based blogger buddy Dasco. “Personally I do not care. Let’s talk about more interesting things like evolution, hypocrisy, and artistic merit."
What spurred such a heated response from Dasco? Other heated (and somewhat banal) arguments disputing “rules of the street” and whether or not wheatpasting is really “getting up.”
After Dasco posted the news of WK as our current cover choice on his blog, he received more than a few feisty comments, so he fired back with an intelligent and succinct response. Oh, how we love blogger wars. See the action now at themongrel.com
The artwork of Megan Whitmarsh showed up on Kanye West’s blog on the first of the new year. Kanye is no stranger to the world of contemporary art, but we have to admit we’re pretty damned stoked that Mr West’s taste extends to Whitmarsh’s funky jewelry (shown above) and “soft sculptures” (piled below.)
More on Megan Whitmarsh at tinyindustries.com.
We’ve finally reached issue #10 of archived Juxtapoz issues. We’re taking it back to the Spring of 1997 when we featured Dave Mann on the cover, along with features on Isabel Samaras, Stanislav Szukalski, Gken Barr, and The Pizz. The theme of this issue is L’art de toilette. Yeah, because you know we keep it classy. So peep the whole issue online here.
Although a bit dry, this is a good video on Retna and the cats of The Seventh Letter's (Juxtapoz #78) Will Rise (aka AWR, which stands for “Angels Will Rise”) from Vimby. Retna speaks on his involvement with AWR and his own artistic process, and the video highlights a wealth of great graf. Check it out.
New Image Art will be celebrating 15 years of exhibiting some of the best contemporary art the world has to offer by exhibiting more art by some of the best contemporary artists working today. Good idea, huh?
Opening Saturday, January 24th, 2009 New Image will showcae an exhibit offering works by such seminal artists: Ed Templeton, Barry McGee, Clare Rojas, Deanna Templeton, Judith Supine, Shepard Fairey, Cleon Peterson, Jim Houser, Matt Leines, Swoon, faie, David Ellis, Neckface, AIKO, The Date Farmers, Anthony Lister, Os Gemeos, Jeff Soto, Kime Buzzelli, Geoff Mcfetridge, and more. If you can get a more rock solid grouping, we’d like to know because this exhibit is pretty close to diamond status.
More at newimageartgallery.com
Ever wondered what an artist was thinking when he or she created a piece of artwork? We do all the time, especially if it’s a funny or bizarre piece of work. Well, Alli Good has been working on a blog for quite some time, which features sketches and pen and ink drawings with little haikus written for each image, offering a little bit of insight into the message or thought process behind each work. Check it out for yourself now at alligoodart.blogspot.com
“I saw Morgan Blair's work in your reader art section, and loved it,” Zach of Sezio wrote us. They liked her work so much, in fact, that they took the time to interview this budding new York-based artist about her artwork. If you don't recall her Reader Art work, take another look-see here. It's rad stuff.
Read the entire interview with Morgan Blair here.
Street artist Above felt like wishing us all a bangin’ 2009 via this video, showcasing a New year’s mural he created. Will oh-nine be a bang or a bust? We’re opting for a bang.
Our homeboy Alex Pardee (Juxtapoz cover #79) recently allowed us to come crash his studio and get a sneak peek at his newest work (one of our favorite pieces is shown below) for his upcoming solo show at FIFTY24SF Gallery, affectionately titled Letters From Digested Children, which opens this Thursday, January 8, 2009.
Not only is Alex extremely talented and intelligent, but he’s also super nice and down to earth. Just our kind of artist! We made our way from our hometown of San Francisco over to his studio and Zerofriends art collective compound in Novato, California, which is about 30 minutes north of SF. Upon entering his studio, we were immediately greeted by typical Alex goodness: crazy masks, huge murals, colorful paintings, and oh yeah, the artist himself.
No Comply is an annual skateboard art show in Melbourne, Australia now in its forth year. We all know art and skate decks go together like bread and buttah, so naturally we’re hyped that this year’s lineup had over 70 artists, including the likes of Artless, Cey Adams, Cycle, Cope, Keith Ciarmello, Lessley Repettaux (work shown above) Shaunna Peterson, SheOne, KRINK (work below) Brad Eastman, and more.
Originally slated to open in December, the show was postponed to mid-January due to “an epic amount of dust and nearby construction which has rendered the gallery space unusable.” Woah, that must be some supersonic dust. “The good news is that the extra time means that we’re getting more new artists on board and pretty much super-sizing the show and layout,” write the folks at No Comply.
If Australia is a bit out of reach for you, the entire show with images of all the artwork as well as artist biographies is up online at www.nocomply.com.au
The rain-saturated folks up at Portland’s Grass Hut have a new showing slated for January. “It's Gargamel Gang, and they will be flying in from Tokyo to be here for the show, which will include paintings, customs, and photography from the whole gang,” Grass Hut friend and artist Bwana Spoons told us.
The show opens January 9th, 2009. If you’re in the Portland, Oregon area, hit up Grass Hut and pretend you’re on a tropical vacation because lord knows if you’re in the Northwest, you want to be anywhere slightly tropical right about now.
More at Grasshutcorp.com, but first peep the preview images Bwana send our way right over here...
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111 Minna Gallery is kicking off ’09 in presenting a stellar group show, entitled First Things First. An exhibition showcasing both well-established and emerging talents, First Things First will open this Thursday, January 8, 2009 with many of the artists in attendance.
The rain-saturated folks up at Portland’s Grass Hut have a new showing slated for January. “It's Gargamel Gang, and they will be flying in from Tokyo to be here for the show, which will include paintings, customs, and photography from the whole gang,” Grass Hut friend and artist Bwana Spoons told us.