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American painter Joe Sorren‘s “In a Garden Where” opens on October 7, 2011 at Dorothy Circus Gallery in Rome, Italy. Sorren’s works have been published in major publications including The New Yorker, Time, and Rolling Stone, and have been used by Warner Brothers and Atlantic Records.
To see more of Sorren’s work, visit JoeSorren.com.
Japanese born artist Yoskay Yamamoto, opened a new solo exhibition at LeBasse Projects in Culver City, California. Picking Up Where We Left Off references the time Yamamoto was able to spend with his family earlier this year after more than an eight year span since seeing his brother. Yamamoto was relieved that they were all able to reconnect as if no time had passed. This reconnection with family has inspired Yamamoto’s new paintings and sculptural works.
Born and raised in Toba, Japan, Yamamoto moved to the United States at the age of 15. A self-taught illustrator, Yamamoto’s fuses the blends pop iconic characters from his adopted western home with traditional and mythical Japanese elements, balancing his Asian heritage with urban pop art.
Picking Up Where We Left Off runs through October 1, 2011. To see more, visit LeBasse Projects or Yoskay.com.
DAF fave Kevin Titzer is curating and exhibiting in the group show Dig For Fire: Art Inspired by the Pixies which opens tonight at C.A.V.E. Gallery (in association with Thinkspace) in Venice, California.
The exhibition is the second in an ongoing series of music themed art exhibitions curated by Titzer. The first installment was in 2005 and was titled “Snowball in Hell: Art inspired by They Might Be Giants”.
Of Dig for Fire, Titzer says, “I actually believe the Pixies are a much under rated band for their influence on visual art. This is kind of my small gesture to acknowledge that. You always hear that old Velvet Underground analogy with them, but I don’t think you could’ve walked into any university art department in the 90’s and not heard the Pixies music playing somewhere. They still inform the work I make today and I don’t think I’m alone For me the seed of the series goes back to the early 90’s music magazine “Raygun”. At the back of most issues were a couple of pages of artwork by musicians interpreting a song from another band. I always looked forward to those pages and always found them interesting. I enjoyed seeing how people could visualize the same song in numerous different ways. ”.
Dig For Fire runs through October 8, 2011. For more information, visit C.A.V.E. Gallery.
(images courtesy of Hi-Fructose and Kevin Titzer)
UK artist Matt Small is exhibiting for the first time in the US at Merry Karnowsky Gallery in Los Angeles. Recognition is a collection of paintings, drawings, and mixed media, depicting vibrant portraiture of what the artist views as “the marginalized and voiceless in society, those who are socially excluded.” Small portrays those on the fringes of society, drawing attention to those who may be overlooked, challenging prejudices and bringing forward a shared sense of humanity. Merry Karnowsky relates, “not only is he bringing dignity and recognition to individuals who might otherwise go unnoticed in society, but he also makes a societal commentary as an individual by choosing to paint on recycled materials that are often discarded and disregarded in the same manner.”
“His work reflects a remarkable control of fluidity, employing impressionistic techniques with brilliant rainbows of color applied in thick impasto, while maintaining a profound naturalistic clarity. His portraits are on found pieces of wood, metal, and concrete, often combining these materials to construct his own surfaces on which to paint. His current work is largely influenced by his 2010 visit to the Robert Shitima School in Kabwe Village, Zambia, where he worked with SWOON to create art workshops for orphaned children and raise money for the school.”
Recognition runs through May 14, 2011. For more info, visit Merry Karnowsky Gallery. For Matt Small’s previous work, visit Matt-Small.com.
Found on: Arrested Motion, Images by Carlos Gonzales