Tag: Exhibits
For the past three years, Jennifer Maravillas has been strategically wandering through the streets of Brooklyn, picking up garbage — for art. Her project, titled “71 Square Miles,” consists of a 10×10 foot map of the borough wherein each block is represented by trash she found on it. And to her delight, it’s finally done. […]
Parra, an Amsterdam-based artist who has a penchant for drawing strange bird-like characters just opened a show of new work in Manhattan. The title for the exhibit, “Yer So Bad,” was taken from a Tom Petty song of the same name and features bold paintings limited to a minimal color palette. Jonathan Levine Gallery explains: […]
Last time ANIMAL checked-in with Chris “CYCLE” St. John, he was working on a series of wild animal-themed paintings that served as fitting metaphors for the ferociousness of the art world. Nearly a year later, the artist continues to evolve his style with his latest exhibit. Entitled, “Organic Distortions,” it features a body of work […]
“Remember the Future” is the title of KATSU’s new solo show. The graffiti art-pranking-hacker-of-sorts unveiled his latest series of work on Thursday night at The Hole gallery that includes installation, canvases, and sculptures touching on themes of technology. Take his “enamel splattered” drone paintings for example, a series that he didn’t even physically touch with […]
Paul Insect has been creating work in the public space since long before street art was popular and recognized as a thing. The 40-something anonymous artist, who cut his teeth with some of the UK’s most renowned outlaws and creative talents, has embellished walls without permission from London to Palestine to New York, among many […]
Sweet Toof, a London-based artist and “GRAFFOHOLIC,” is exhibiting legal work at PANDEMIC on Friday. Billed as the “highest authority in dental deviance,” the semi-anonymous artist will be “showing paintings, sculpture, installation and more” according to the Brooklyn gallery. Derailed represents Sweet Toof’s second solo show in New York City. Known for painting pink fleshy […]
A new exhibit is opening in New York City that focuses on nature’s wrath, reports Live Science. The high tech demonstration not only explains the science behind natural phenomena, but also allows attendees to play God: The interactive exhibit lets visitors build their own virtual volcano, create and measure tiny earthquakes, and see what the […]
A collection of limited edition prints by icon Keith Haring, the artist behind the world-famous 1986 Crack Is Wack mural and countless other pieces, is on display at Pace Prints Gallery in Chelsea. The exhibition, which features works from 1978 until Haring’s untimely death in 1990, opens Friday and will be on view until December […]
On Saturday, Brooklyn’s 17 Frost gallery hosted a short-lived group show aptly entitled, “Another Group Show,” featuring a strong stable of photographers and artists, many of whom work illicitly in the public space. The temporary exhibit was curated by graffiti artist CASH4 and features his work, as well as work from the likes of Skewville, […]
Where people have found sick dolphins, dead bodies, and sewage in Brooklyn’s Gowanus Canal, one photographer has found Impressionist art. Award-winning photographer Steven Hirsch noticed the canal, one of America’s most polluted waterways, is as colorful as a Monet painting. This winter, you’ll be able to see his 25 stunning images of the Canal-as-art on […]
