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Thomas Doyle at LeBasse Projects

Thomas Doyle makes unbelievable, and unbelievably tiny creations, that leave us agog. And he's got a whole new show of them at LeBasse Projects.

"For 'Collateral Damage,' Doyle continues to explore the impact of memory through his Distillation Series. Based on the premise that a personality can be distilled down to certain key formative events, the work in this series centers on the home and family life. Doyle begins with this safe, archetypal space, then distorts reality through a warped and dreamlike lens, in much the same way the mind recalls events through the fog of time. The result is a world where houses are inverted, earth crumbles away, and people sink into the ground - all trapped under glass and frozen in time."

LeBasse Projects
6023 Washington Blvd.
Culver City, CA


Thomas Doyle

New Group Show at Roq la Rue

Yumiko Kayukawa


"Tiger Tiger Burning Bright," the new show at the seminal Roq la Rue Gallery in Seattle, brings together an amazing roster of artists.

"A group show based around the theme of tigers, inspired by the dynamic poem " The Tiger" by visionary artist and painter William Blake.
Additionally, 2010 is the Year of the Tiger in the Chinese calendar, and the animal is a very visible example of the environmental problem of habitat loss and rampant poaching, with the reported last wild Indochinese tiger being killed and eaten in December 2009."

Artists include Travis Louis, Yumiko Kayukawa, Audrey Kawasaki, Lisa Petrucci, Angelique Houtkamp, Bob Dob, Anthony Ausgang,
Isabel Samaras, and other greats.

Opening Night Friday, May 14. Preview it here.


Roq la Rue
2312 2nd Ave.
Seattle, WA 98121



Audrey Kawasaki

Hukilau Hai!

Shag


The Hukilau, the ultimate tiki event, hulas into its ninth year in existence, this June 10-13th in Ft. Lauderdale, Fl. There will be a cocktail challenge, a tiki bazaar, seminars galore, and of course the requisite fire-eating mermaid.

But best of all, a Tiki Art Show, featuring the Tiki God himself, Shag, along with dozens of other art luminaries (or should we say tiki torches), including Bosko, Dave Burke, Derek Yaniger, Mitch O'Connell, The Pizz, Skot Olsen, and OF COURSE Lisa Petrucci.

Here's a little peek at what to expect.



Lisa Petrucci



Derek Yaniger


The Hukilau

Lovely New Print by Amy Ruppel

Amy Ruppel just released this beautiful print on her Etsy page. Get it while it's hot.

I Heart Redwoods, by Amy Ruppel.

$40, limited to 100 prints.


Amy Ruppel

New Print by Danna Ray Available Tuesday

We Are Connected by Danna Ray

Limited edition. $35. 15% of sales goes to Doctors Without Borders.

Available today to subscribers of The Working Proof. Available Tuesday to everyone else. Become a subscriber and get early shots at the art. Subscribing is free.


Danna Ray

Noferin's New Wooden Pecanpals

Pecanpals Monotone
The final edition of Noferin's accalimed wooden Pecanpals.
100% sustainably harvested rubber wood.
Limited edition of 300 per character worldwide.
Hand made.
4.5 - 6.5 inches.
Coming May 5, 2010


Noferin

New Plush from Amanda Visell

Awww. Ain't he cute?

Jackalope Plush by Amanda Visell

Available at KidRobot. Just $29.95



Amanda Visell

Mark Ryden Opening This Week

The Gay Nineties Old Tyme Art Show, by Mark Ryden

Opening THIS week at Paul Kasmin Gallery
293 Tenth Ave.
New York, NY 10001

Request from Mr. Ryden to dress in your best "Old Tyme" outfit for the opening. Thursday Evening, April 29, 2010, from 5 to 8 p.m.

Be there or be really sad.


Mark Ryden

Lynne Naylor Exhibition at M Modern Gallery

DATE: Saturday, April 24th, 2010
TIME: 7:30pm to 10:30pm
LOCATION: M Modern Gallery
2500 N Palm Canyon Dr.
STE B-5, Palm Springs, CA 92262


Lynn Naylor

Joshua Petker at Corey Helford Gallery

Joshua Petker's glorious colors and dreamy images are coming to Los Angeles again, to the Corey Helford Gallery in Culver City, for his new show "Between Butterflies."

"Petker’s new series of works displays a thematic evolution, creating narratives about change and renewal, while combining his signature style of figurative work with unique color fields following in, and expanding upon, the American tradition of beautiful yet angry abstract art. Drawing inspiration from fashion and beauty, Petker’s painted muses are catalysts of change and icons of reinvention, adorned in gold and neon accents.

Petker explains, 'I can create a new reality for this person or image. I can put them in a new context, or in new colors. But that’s what we all do with fashion. Look at Lady Gaga or more interestingly the people who admire her. She creates new identities for herself. New contexts. Humans yearn to do this, - create meaning and context - and we admire those that do this visually. This show explores my interest in the fleeting identities based on fashion and beauty, the idea that a look, a style, or fame itself can be an identity with purpose. Or, for others of a religious nature, how their belief in what happens after life constructs their identity and purpose while alive.'"

Opening Reception Saturday, April 17, 2010 from 7‑10pm
On View April 17 - May 5, 2010
8522 Washington Boulevard
Culver City, CA 90232



Joshua Petker

New Tim Biskup Prints!!

Okay, this doesn't happen often, so pay attention. Tim Biskup has just released a series of limited prints, and they are available now. First, some info:

"Over the last few years Tim Biskup’s work has evolved rapidly. One of the key elements in his recent paintings is the presence of “faceted” images. Biskup has explained that the style grew out of visual distortions that he experienced when he had migraine headaches. Amazingly, as the style developed the migraines subsided! This addition to the artist’s visual lexicon was captured in his epic 72-color serigraph print “Asylum #4” from 2008, but the costly production process took the price of the print out of range for most casual collectors. With this new series of digital offset prints the price comes down to earth. The six images were culled from an assortment of paintings dating back to early 2008. The artist painstakingly recreated each image as a vector graphic so the technical quality is precise."

And here are the deets:

Five of the six prints from the series are available individually.
Each is a signed and numbered limited edition of 66.
The sixth print is limited to only 33 and is included free as part of the complete set.

Each print individually is $100, while the ultra-limited set is a steal at $500.

Get 'em now. These never last.

Polygon Print Series #1
















Tim Biskup

New Joe Sorren Painting!

Feast your eyes. A new Joe Sorren Painting posted for the pleasure of PopDrawer readers:

This painting, "At Tea with Roeishi" is going to be featured in the upcoming show Art from the New World, curated by LA's Corey Helford Gallery and Bristol, England's City Museum and Art Gallery, opening on May 1, 2010 (more info to come on this show soon), and in Joe's upcoming museum show (more on that later as well).

Stunning, as always.


Joe Sorren

Kristen Schiele at Sloan Fine Art

Kristen Schiele makes her way back to Sloan Fine Art this month for a command performance, a new solo show entitled Electra.

"With her new body of work Elektra, Kristen Schiele continues her celebration of strong female characters and deconstruction of architectural settings. Utilizing a variety of techniques including silkscreen, painting and ink transfers, Schiele achieves a disjointed, densely layered effect, creating paintings that are at once timeless, nostalgic, fierce and contemporary. Compositions are cut apart, x-rayed and reassembled. Stages are set and cast with subjects straight from classic pulp novel and fashion magazine covers. As in her inspiration, B movie and classic horror films, the objects, patterns, costumes and characters are mythological, kitsch symbols. The final works are designed and decorated environments in which the “bad girl” clearly holds all the cards - if not a knife."

Elektra runs from April 21 to May 15, 2010
Opening reception: Wednesday, April 21st, 6 to 8 pm

Keep watching the Sloan Fine Art website for updates.

Mark Ryden Time-Lapse Painting

Time lapse video of Mark Ryden's painting Incarnation, painted for "The Gay Nineties Show" at Paul Kasmin Gallery. Lovely.


Mark Ryden

Yellena James Print at 20x200

Myriad by Yellena James
at 20x200
Editions from $20 to $1000


Yellena James

Petit Lapin Figures by Mr. Clement

Petit Lapin by Mr. Clement
Figure size: 13cm X 4cm X 3cm
figure with red re-shapeable handmade scarf and envelope. Also available in black and gray
Limited edition of 150
14 British Pounds each


Mr. Clement

Bang-Yao Liu Knows How to Procrastinate

New Mark Ryden Poster!

In advance of his next show, Mark Ryden is releasing a new limited edition lithograph on April 1, 2010.

The poster is "Incarnation," and comes from "The Gay Nineties Show" which opens April 29th, 2010, at Paul Kasmin Gallery in New York.

The edition size is 500 and the size is 37" x 26".
Price - $500
Get yours at Porterhouse.net


Mark Ryden

Edwin Ushiro Show at Sloan Fine Arts

How much do I envy New Yorkers right now? LA-based artist Edwin Ushiro's new solo show is opening in New York's wonderful Sloan Fine Art on March 24th, and it's full of Mr. Ushiro's typical eye-popping gorgeousness.

"The content of Edwin Ushiro’s work is as richly layered as the works themselves. Influenced by the memories and folklore of his childhood in Hawaii and with nods to Japanese Anime, he creates his own mythology populated with modern characters and contemporary references. With 'At Night, Lights Fell and Loved Ones Returned Home,' Ushiro utilizes his technique of layering paint, ink, graphite, varnish and iron transfers on vinyl sheets to create romantic, luminescent works that focus on the mystery, and histories, held by abandoned and forgotten places."

At Night, Lights Fell and Loved Ones Returned Home by Edwin UshiroReception: Wednesday, March 24th, 6 to 8 pm
Exhibition: March 24 to April 17, 2010
Sloan Fine Art
128 Rivington Street
New York, NY 10002






Edwin Ushiro