GOREZONE: April 2012

Thursday, April 26, 2012

MONSTERS OF ROCK

Jason Edmiston’s “Monsters of Rock” @ Phone Booth Gallery

Just a few days ago on April 14th, the Phone Booth Gallery in Long Beach, CA opened a three person show entitled Rock Paper Sinners featuring the work of Jason Edmiston, Ryan Milner, and Joe King. For this show Jason Edmiston added three new Monsters of Rock to the lineup he started at the Crazy Monsters Show (featured) this past May. The new paintings feature rock monsters of Billy Idol, Angus Young, and Dee Snider. Jason also has drawings of all six monsters on view as well. I may have heard that new prints based on the new monsters will be coming soon. Take a look at all of the Monsters of Rock here, and then over to the gallery for the full show.

Phone Booth Gallery

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Now Online: “Marvelous Humans” Group Show @ Articulated Gallery

Just over a week ago on April 7th, the latest show I had the pleasure of curating opened at the Articulated Gallery in San Francisco. I had a few ideas of what would be my next show, but i thought that Marvelous Humans would be the most fun, and would be a great way to signal a break in my curating days. I’m not going to say I will never curate again, but I do have other projects now that will take more priority over curating. I am very happy with the art in this show, and the reception was a blast. A good amount of artists were present such as Glenn Arthur, Apricot Mantle, Robert Bowen, Peter Adamyan, Kelly Castillo, and Edward Cao. The artwork from the show is now available in the Articulated Gallery online shop, and you can also see some alternate images of the works over at the Creep Machine Facebook page. If you would like to see higher resolution images of the works, please feel free to contact me.

Saturday, April 14, 2012

TOM HAUBRICK - ORIGINAL WORK

Original work available by Tom Haubrick

Tom Haubrick has just added a whole slew of original drawings, and paintings to his Etsy shop. The bulk of the work comes from his latest book Drifters 2, which is also available in the shop. The paintings, such as the Donnie Darko inspired piece seen below, are all ink and wash on arches watercolor paper and are all under $250. The drawings, which are 5″ x 7″, are all ink on bristol paper. There are also some older drawings from Drifters 1 still available, and these are around 9″ x 12″ each. There is a great selection of drawings still left, and for $20 each you can’t go wrong.

Tom Huabrick @ Etsy

THOMAS WOODRUFF SOLO EXHIBITION

he Four Temperament Variations // Thomas Woodruff Solo Exhibition

The recent opening reception for Thomas Woodruff‘s latest solo exhibition entitled “The Four Temperament Variations” at P.P.O.W. Gallery in New York’s Chelsea arts district was a wonderfully crowded affair. A collection of three years worth of work, the exhibition fills the gallery’s three large rooms with compositions that explore, in Woodruff’s fantastical Neo-Fabulist style, the mythos of the Choleric, Melancholic, Phlegmatic and Sanguinic temperaments.

Woodruff is a conceptual artist who utilizes kitsch in the most intelligent and enjoyable of ways, playing with the dark imagery of alchemy and magic, sometimes (and most fittingly) on black silk velvet. The Temperament paintings drip heavy with fanciful color, phallic objects, invented animals, smiling fruit, giant clusters of soft-petalled flowers and a myriad other lush extravagances. Yet, his cornucopia of visceral delight is both disturbing and grand. As Vincent Desiderio wrote in the exhibition catalog, “Dark secrets seem to be lurking behind the playful frolic of Woodruff’s neatly compartmentalized Temperaments – a repression, of sorts, of unfinished business too soon expunged from the discourse of modernity.” Who’s unfinished business remains a mystery, but perhaps we can all relate.

Below are some details shots of some of the works on view as well as proof that the gallery was unbelievably packed (leaving no room for your humble blogger to take proper pictures). Take a look at the gallery site for more. The Four Temperaments will be on view until February 4th.

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AGE OF DECEIT - FALLEN ANGELS

Wednesday, April 4, 2012

HYSTERICAL MINDS

Hysterical Minds, a group of collective recently released their 9th exhibition entitled 'Twisted Essence' and for this new release; they decided to try new methods and proposed a dual theme to handicap and stimulate the creativity of their artists. I truly enjoyed the versatility of those pieces and hope you guys will enjoyed them too!

On the other hand, twisted gives that altered, spontaneous, and at times, even macabre connotation that we have focused not only as a conceptual matter, but above all, as a compositive one: You won't see any centred pieces on the canvas. We have been working using alternative composition rules, such as the rule of thirds or the golden ratio, to get out the confort zone, and to offer a dynamic, narrative, polished and above all, full of shades visual experience, which accompanied with its eclectic and evocative soundtrack, will guide you through the created worlds of these hysterical imaginations.

For more information about Hysterical Minds and their artists, you can visit HysterialMinds.com.

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