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Cosmos - Opening Night - August 2nd

It gives me great pleasure to invite you to the opening of my first solo exhibition in almost 4 years.

'Cosmos'

August 2nd 6-8pm

KSR Art Bar Ground Level Rialto Piazza

525 Collins St Melbourne VIC

Artist Statement

She breathes down into the earth and carries it up in the cosmos searching for a new perspective.

Cosmos is a visual exploration and emotional response to the current times in which we are living: An evaluation of the ceaseless push and pull between our personal outward-facing awareness and our subjective inner universe.

This exhibition takes its title from Cosmos: A Sketch of a Physical Description of the Universe, a book written by Alexander Von Humboldt — known as the father of ecology — which predated Darwin’s Theory of Evolution. One of the first Western thinkers to provide a holistic perception of the universe as one interacting entity, Von Humboldt described the phenomenon and cause of human-induced climate change back in the 1800s.

In Cosmos, Vexta creates a suite of works that are at once a personal response to the present state of the environment, whilst also providing an emotive description of our connection to Nature. It is filled with her iconic symbology: birds of wisdom and warning, figures caught in a free-fall tangle of natural elements, separated from Earth, yet still bound by it.

Are we free-falling towards our own demise? Are we lost in a dream world, ignoring the reality around us? Are we listening to Nature’s call? What if reality isn’t what we think it is? What is consciousness, and how are we connected to the world around us? Has our connection directly resulted in the state in which we find ourselves?

Cosmos is an invitation to look inwards, to connect with our feelings—to examine how healing our connection to our sense of self can heal our world.

Cosmos concludes on Wednesday 21st August. The gallery is open Saturday 3rd August 12pm–4pm, and weekdays 4pm–11pm.

Please join me at KSR Art Bar

JIM AVIGNON NEW SOLO SHOW:
"HERE COMES THE BAD NEWS"

OPENS ON FRIDAY 09.08

Jim Avignon

“Here Comes the Bad News”

Solo Show at Urban Spree Galerie

Vernissage: Friday, August 09th, 2019

Exhibition: 09.08.2019 – 08.09.2019

Urban Spree Galerie

Revaler Str. 99

10245 Berlin

Jim Avignon returns to Urban Spree Galerie for his second solo show “Here Comes the Bad News”, 2 years after « Permanent Jetlag ».

In his only exhibition in Berlin for the year 2019, Jim Avignon comments the hubris of the world and Berlin in particular with his usual dark-humored wit.

Gentrification, Global Warming, Surveillance Capitalism, Alt Right… here comes indeed the bad news. His paintings are a mash-up of cartoony figuration, expressionistic composition, – a maximum of expression with a minimum of lines.

Jim Avignon is a painter, illustrator and conceptual artist. Always ready to confront the establishment he is torn between pop art, street art, Picasso on acid or simply being the fastest painter in the world. His signature style consists of vivid colours, a biting humor, unpretentious materials and a mind numbing output. His art works like pop music in DIY mode.

According to the legend, the artist became stranded in the Provence city of Avignon at some point in the ’80s when his car unexpectedly broke down. He resorted to painting Dali images onto pavements, gradually raising money to repair his car. The name stayed.

Mirus Gallery Denver is pleased to present a group exhibition curated by owner Paul Hemming. "Psychonauts" features artists who create works that are complex, visionary, and multi-dimensional. These artists create work that spatially depicts psychedelic experience, art that often even transcends even the definition of psychedelic.

Join us August 9th from 7-10PM for the opening of Pyschonauts. Featured artists will be Abram Aleo, Adam Psybe, Andrew Norris Thompson, Android Jones, Aof Smith, Ben Ridgway, Bond Truluv, CalamityFair/John Vochatzer, Colin Prahl, Curiot, Damon Soule, David Choong Lee, David Fratu, Dela, Demetrios Zissiadis, Evan Venegas, Fabián Jiménez, Fernado Chamarelli, Gleo, Jake Amason, James Roper, Jeremiah Welch, Jermey Nichols, John Speaker, Juan Travieso, Kyle Dineen, Kris Davidson, Lightdrops, Luis Toledo aka Laprisamata, Luke Brown, Morgan Mandala Manley, Nychos, Okuda San Miguel, Randal Roberts, Sebastian Wahl, Sri Whipple, Starman, Stephen Ferris, Stephen Kruse ,Steve Mifsud, Wiley Wallace, Yoh Nagao, Zach Jackson, Carey Thompson and Brian Pinkham.

Animalia

Opening Reception: Saturday, August 10, 6-8 pm.

Abend Gallery presents “Animalia”, a beautiful glimpse into the wonders of the animal kingdom. The artists present stunningly rendered portraits, captivating settings, and impeccable technique, allowing us a close look at the wonders of the natural and imagined fauna.

Humans have a long-standing history of fascination, curiosity, companionship and admiration when it comes to their interactions with the animal world. The mankind has been fascinated by animals and their ways since the beginning of time. Art history reflects this curiosity with extensive examples of this fascination. Some of the earliest examples of art are the cave drawings of Lascaux depicting equines, deer, cattle, bison, birds and human figures.

Animals have represented gods in various Greco-Roman mythology and belief systems, where features of various creatures have been added to man to create strong and powerful hybrid beings and have acted as symbols for different virtues like loyalty, wisdom, and generosity. Our relationships with animals are based on our understanding of them, and without a true ability to communicate back, animals remain mysterious, never fully obtainable. We observe them and create profiles of characteristics that relate to our own. We transpose our emotions and responses onto them to comprehend what can’t be communicated. In this exhibition, meditations on animals, our perceptions of them, how they affect us, and more, are brought about by a myriad of artists.

This exhibition reveals the insight that no matter what the setting, style or technique, the use of animals as subject matter continues to be engaging and important in the realm of art. The role they play in our lives as companions, or as creatures we observe from afar, their sense of mystery and beauty continues to inspire artists and captivate viewers.

Participating artists:

Dina Brodsky, Phoenix Chan, Morgan Cameron, Jon Ching, Marina Dieul, Stuart Dunkel, Thorgrimur Einarsson, Jennifer Gennari, Dana Hawk, Cody Jimenez, Criminy Johnson, Lindsey Kustusch, Shelli Langdale, Claudia Martucci, Gina Matarazzo, Patrick Maxcy, Ryan Morse, Josie Morway, Alexandrea Pangburn, Rob Rey, Jess Wathen, Michele Kortbawi Wilk, Zane York

1412 Wazee St
Unit 1
Denver, CO 80202

Superchief Gallery NY is proud to present SCRATCH MOVIES, a series of film screenings taking place Saturday, August 17th in Ridgewood NY. Live presentations by Charlie Ahearn, the director of "Wild Style", Art Jones, and DJ Grand Wizard Theodore, the inventor of the Scratch Wild Style Mix will all take place, all part of the Bloody Gums group show REVERT. Presented in conjunction with PBR Art.

Charlie Ahearn (born 1951 in Binghamton, New York) is an American film director and creative cultural artist living in New York City. Although predominantly involved in film and video production, he is also known for his work as an author, freelance writer, and radio host.

Superchief opens doors at 7 pm on Saturday, August 17th, screenings start at 8 pm. Tickets available and more information click here

1628 Jefferson Ave Ridgewood, NY 11385

Superchief Gallery LA is proud to present “WORK.SHOP” a special duo exhibition with Hoxxoh and Risk. All the paintings in the show are collaboratively-made abstract experiments in color and paint application by the artists. The work was made in a marathon overnight session in January 2019.

This is also the official LA release party for the new issue of Juxtapoz Magazine.

Opening Party:
August 17, 2019
7:00 - 11:00 PM

The show will also feature the newest incarnation of Hoxxoh’s “Rainbird” series of unique paint-spraying, pressurized sprinklers.

Douglas Hoekzema, aka Hoxxoh attempts to show us a different way of viewing time through a means of exploring its natural fabric. His work creates a new foundation and approach to evaluating and appreciating time. The oscillation of the pendulum paints time through gravity’s natural pull. Expressing how we can be pulled in one direction, when we are really meant to be going in another. How resistance creates a struggle and a false sense of control. Where if we follow the natural flow of times predetermined, yet unseen path, an experience of beauty and pure form will take shape.

In 1983 RISK was the first to write on highway overpasses and train cars, bringing graffiti to LA and proliferating the art form. Pioneering crews such as WCA (West Coast Artists) and MSK (Mad Society Kings), RISK has since painted for Michael Jackson, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Bad Religion, Blink 182, and Playboy, among many others. With a extensive history creating art, RISK defines what it means to be a fluid and dynamic artist.

Superchief Gallery
739 Kohler St.
Los Angeles, CA 90021

Superchief Gallery NY is proud to present SCRATCH MOVIES, a series of film screenings taking place Saturday, August 17th in Ridgewood NY. Live presentations by Charlie Ahearn, the director of "Wild Style", Art Jones, and DJ Grand Wizard Theodore, the inventor of the Scratch Wild Style Mix will all take place, all part of the Bloody Gums group show REVERT. Presented in conjunction with PBR Art.

Charlie Ahearn (born 1951 in Binghamton, New York) is an American film director and creative cultural artist living in New York City. Although predominantly involved in film and video production, he is also known for his work as an author, freelance writer, and radio host.

Superchief opens doors at 7 pm on Saturday, August 17th, screenings start at 8 pm. Tickets available and more information click here

1628 Jefferson Ave Ridgewood, NY 11385

- ICH GANG -

It is round two for Swiss artist Louane exhibiting at the Kolly Gallery. Kolly Gallery is excited to present Louane’s series entitled Ich Gang from August 19 to 24, 2019.

– The journey is the destination. –
LOUANE, 2019.

Louane is well known for his ambiguous font based artworks. Sometimes they are easier to read and sometimes harder. But every time they are fascinating, because of their intricacy and interplay with attuned color combinations, light and shadow as well as optical illusions. His personal interest and research for color tonalities is based on the artist’s color blindness. By using only very little contrasts he tries to discover and understand his daltonic level. In his fascinating artworks where letters and forms blend, the artist plays with the idea of appearance and disappearance letters, shapes and contents.

Kolly Gallery AG | Seefeldstrasse 52 | 8008 Zürich | Switzerland