Check out MUTO the latest animated film project by Blu. MUTO is an ambiguous animation, painted on public walls on the streets of Buenos Aires and Baden. It took months for the artist to complete. Check out the amazing film:
Check out this fantastic video about the Date Farmers on Current TV It presents a history about these artists, and preparations they took in working towards their last exhibition with us, as well as their opening reception for the show at our gallery, entitled The Crying Playboy.
Check out this great interview with Tara McPherson on 50%TV, where she talks about working on Lost Constellations, her solo exhibition at Jonathan LeVine Gallery. The episode airs on Cablevision Channel 115, and on the network's YouTube page.
Check out our MADE IN AMERICA exhibition coverage on Brazilian TripTV, during the group show in Sao Paulo at Choque Cultural Gallery! Featuring interviews with Jonathan LeVine, as well as artists: Gary Baseman, Tim Biskup, AJ Fosik, and Souther Salazar!
Ludovico Aversion Therapy/All Your Dreams Belong To Us
NEW WORKS by D*Face
September 12, 2009 through October 10, 2009
Gallery Opening Reception : Saturday, September 12th from 7—9pm
Jonathan LeVine Gallery is pleased to present Ludovico Aversion Therapy / All Your Dreams Belong To Us, a solo exhibition of new original works and multiples by the London-based street artist known as D*Face, returning to the gallery for his debut solo show in the United States, which features a site-specific installation. In conjunction with his gallery show, the artist will also be painting a street-level public mural piece at an off-site location.
The show title Ludovico Aversion Therapy references a futuristic human behavior reconditioning treatment from A Clockwork Orange (the 1972 cult-classic film by Stanley Kubrick), in which the patient’s eyelids are forced open to watch disturbing footage containing subliminal messages. Artist statement: “If you've ever wondered what goes on inside of my mind, this body of work is it. A visual interpretation of lucid dreams—the replaying, disassembly and reconfiguring of images held in one’s mind... it's as much ‘Exquisite Corpse’ as everyday Ludovico Aversion Therapy.”
Re-interpreting the exquisite corpse concept, each piece in Ludovico Aversion Therapy features a singular composite subject created using an amalgamation of various branded corporate identity mascots combined with classic superhero characters, interspersed with typography derived from comic book art and advertising. Having spliced these elements into thin segments of recognizable information, the artist scrambles the pieces then stacks them vertically, re-assigning features to form mismatched conglomerate faces and deliver a powerfully graphic impact. To complement his theme, the three-panel 8’ x 12’ focal point of the artist’s site-specific installation will be unveiled on opening night in an unfinished state, and then change over time. Beginning with an image of the artist’s own eyes on a black background, D*Face will add additional layers individually over the exhibition’s run, so that visitors may return to see the work develop gradually into it’s completed state.
Paintings and etchings in this exhibition feature the artist’s signature tongue-in-cheek aesthetic, known for creating two and three-dimensional work using a variety of mediums and techniques. Incorporating pop iconography with satirical commentary and anti-establishment values, D*Face questions the increasing turnover and bombardment of imagery by the media as well as how much (if any and what parts) we recall, digest and retain. Extracting elements from the endless stream of visual stimuli absorbed daily by our conscious and subconscious, the artist re-works and subverts imagery appropriated from comics, currency, corporate advertising, and cultural figures—drawing from decades of materialistic consumption in our media-saturated society.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
D*Face is a London-based sculptor and street artist. His artwork has been exhibited in galleries and on the streets of cities around the world. For over ten years, his wall stencils and three-dimensional urban interventions have tested public awareness and resistance when faced with visual alternatives to corruptive, persuasive commercial advertising. Reoccurring themes include: celebrity, fame, and mortality. D*Face uses the term aPOPcalyptic to describe his work, which often features images of cultural icons as a commentary on conspicuous consumption in popular culture. Inspirations include pop artists such as Lichtenstein, Haring and Warhol. Additional influences include: punk music, graffiti, skateboarding and skate magazines featuring graphic artists like Jim Philips and Pushead.
As Cold As They Come
NEW WORKS by Mark Dean Veca
September 12, 2009 through October 10, 2009
Gallery Opening Reception : Saturday, September 12th from 7—9pm
Jonathan LeVine Gallery is pleased to announce As Cold As They Come, a solo exhibition of new works by Mark Dean Veca, marking his second solo show at the gallery.
This exhibition includes over 20 new ink and acrylic paintings—the largest of which measures seven feet wide and depicts a hot rod monster reminiscent of Ed “Big Daddy” Roth. Veca also presents Popeyeconography, a series featuring the beloved comic sailor Popeye, along with the full cast of accompanying characters from the classic strip. In addition to these subjects, Veca mines a variety of genres for his source material including renaissance art, contemporary art, advertising and film.
Using the sculptural forms of toys, statues and other objects as a structure within which to improvise, Veca transforms his subjects into surreal, psychedelic hallucinations of their former three-dimensional incarnations via skillfully stylized line work in the tradition of underground comix icon Rick Griffin.
The show title As Cold As They Come refers to a line taken from the classic film The Godfather in which a leading character (Michael Corleone, played by Al Pacino) is presented with a .38 Special pistol—specifically, a Smith & Wesson Model 10 Revolver Snubnose—described as being impossible to trace. This weapon and several other firearms that have played major roles throughout cinema history, appear in a new series of paintings in the show. The .45 automatic from Pulp Fiction is represented for example, as is Dirty Harry’s .44 magnum—nearly as synonymous with the character as the actor who played the film’s lead role, Clint Eastwood, himself. The hard edges of these guns have been softened, corners rounded, and structures formed with organically biomorphic and suggestive shapes and symbols. The weaponry-as-character theme is further explored through imagery portraying grenades and brass knuckles, emblematically virtuous or villainous in the classic battle of good vs. evil.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Mark Dean Veca was born in 1963 in Shreveport, Louisiana, and received his BFA in Painting at Otis Art Institute in Los Angeles, CA. He currently lives and works in Los Angeles. His work has been shown throughout the United States, Europe, and Japan at institutions such as PS1/MOMA, The Drawing Center, The Brooklyn Museum, The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, and Yerba Buena Center for the Arts. Reviews of Veca's work have appeared in numerous publications including The New York Times, Juxtapoz, Artforum, Art in America, and Flash Art. He has received numerous awards including fellowships from The New York Foundation for the Arts in 1998, 2002 and 2008, as well as a grant from The Pollock-Krasner Foundation in 2006.
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Formerly operating as Tin Man Alley Gallery in Philadelphia and New Hope, PA, the Jonathan LeVine Gallery moved to Chelsea in January 2005 and has opened with a group exhibition, “Pop Pluralism” on February 5th.
During its four years in Pennsylvania, Tin Man Alley was the area’s epicenter for underground, outsider and cutting edge art. Proprietor and curator Jonathan LeVine will now bring his formidable art background, fresh approach and discerning eye for both established and breaking artists to Chelsea.
Believing that underground art is a culture that defies simple characterization, LeVine will exhibit a variety of celebrated, controversial, and unknown artists. Exhibitions will rotate approximately every six weeks, an inventory of gallery favorites will be on hand at all times, and limited edition prints, published by LeVine’s Tin Man Alley Press can be purchased in person and online.
Please come by and visit the Jonathan LeVine Gallery at 529 W. 20th Street, 9th Floor, and visit our website at www.jonathanlevinegallery.com
Our hours of operation are Tuesday through Saturday 11am - 6pm
Thanks for being our friend! Hope life is good. Thanks for checking us out at yujean.com. Watch for our bulletins--we’re posting great deals and occasional freebies for FOY (Friends of Yujean!) on our stickers and other stuff, lots of great artists. Our latest intros are Eric Maaske tattoo art, Vulture Kulture, Kalynn Campbell lowbrow....great stuff. We love what we do, and hope it shows! Please visit our page often to see what we’re up to.
Blossom Street Gallery Art Show featuring Tra Slaughter, Sherry McKnight, and Jonathon Michael Espinoza whose works will be for sale! Also a satellite art auction to generate funds to help preserve the legacy of Tom Kennedy and his Shark Car 'Ripper' — Here are the details:
Silent Auction To be held at: BLOSSOM STREET GALLERY 4809 Blossom St. Houston, Texas Date: Saturday NOVEMBER 14, 2009 — World Art Car Day ! Time: 3-8 pm
All funds raised will go directly to support the storage, maintenance and transportation of Ripper. Ripper the Friendly Shark Car was Tom's first art car and is generally credited as being the first art car ever to go to burning man. The car was in an auto show in Germany and is currently stored in France. Tom's vision was to tour this car around the world and expose people to what he stood for: art, absurdity, crazy politic-in, peace and love... Let's keep his dreams, visions and inspiration alive!
Tra Slaughter Bio, I see painting as a means of telling a story with the sound turned down. So the use of old books, magazines, newspapers, maps, and the likes there of are my method, or chosen path for now, of recycling old stories into new stories of my own. Now these stories can become part of, or a starting point for future stories to be told and shared. I listen to music almost constantly, I even sleep with it on, and I find the rhythms and lyrics funnel right through my paintbrush and explode onto the canvas giving new dimensions to songs through my creations. My affinity for mixed media was born from artists that inspire me from the past and present as well as being inspired by my career as a graphic designer.
Sherry McKnight: "I've been drawing and painting sice I was three years old. My inspiration comes from life, people, music, musicians and a vivid imagination."
Jonathon Michael Espinoza I'm a 20 year old Houston resident with an obsession for producing eye candy. I'm fairly new to the art scene but I'm eager to make m
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