Geneviève Gauckler’s first solo show in London show opens this Friday at Kemistry Gallery. The Paris based illustrator who’s works have been seen in a number of high profile mediums over the years returns to her roots of paint and pencil to showcase her signature figure shapes and bold colours. The show runs through to December 19th.
Brooklyn artist Dan Witz opens his first major LA show at Carmichael Gallery tonight, Thursday November 5th. The exhibit, Dark Doings, showcases a selection of pieces from his expansive summer street project of the same name. Created both for the street and gallery, the subtle, haunting images of human and animal faces trapped behind dirty glass windows are inspired by a recent visit earlier in the year to the red light district of Amsterdam. Dark Doings runs through December 3rd.
With a career that dates back to the 1970s, Dan Witz is one of the most prolific artists working on the streets of New York City today. Some of the most influential voices in the street art scene have commented on his importance, both personally and globally.
“It was Dan Witz who first showed us how powerful street art could be. Each summer, Dan’s projects take street art to new levels by adding elements of “surprise and delight” into the city landscape. For us, Dan Witz is the consummate street artist. He’s provocative. He’s dedicated. And most of all – He has absolutely wicked skills.”
- Marc and Sara Schiller (Wooster Collective)
“Dan Witz is a true pioneer of the street art movement. What makes Dan so special is his true passion and love for street art. As many artists on the streets have come and gone over the years, Dan has remained true to the craft and has kept his work alive on the streets since he began over 3 decades ago. I don’t know any other street artists that have been at it that long.”
- FAILE
LA’s De La Barracuda is about to be taken over by Tim Biskup, Matt Goldman and friends, with their new exhibition entitled ‘I Hate Everyone But You’. A large scale installation takes centre stage at the Melrose situated store, when it opens on the 13th of November and runs through the following 2 weeks.
Phil Frost and Barry McGee present their work with a new exhibition entitled “MindTheGap” at the newly opened PRISM Gallery in Los Angeles. The show is the first held by the gallery run by 23 year old PC Valmorbida, and opens November 20th running through till February 20th, 2010, with a preview the week prior. Stay tuned for images from the show, but make sure you check it out yourself if your on the West Coas, the space itself is worth a visit.
As if Canadian fashion designer Raif Adelberg wasn’t busy enough running the Richard Kidd, Naked, RAIF, and Dead Boys Club House fashion lines he is also an acclaimed artist. His latest exhibition “All I have are my dreams” is set to open in London next week, and as you would expect from such a prolific creative mind its spread across three different venues. “All I have are my dreams” at the Doyle Devere gallery sees Adelberg’s latest project and first every photographic exhibition in London and features images of models in clown make-up draped in Stars and Stripes flags. Holster Projects and Cinephilia will also be simultaneously holding a retrospective of his work including his Dead Boys Club project which appropriates his much loved punk aesthetic to envoke the spirit of anarchy and freedom of speech.
Mare139 has worked together with Red Bull for their latest campaign that is hitting New York in a really strong way from the subways to the street. Created for the BC One which has seen the world’s biggest B-Boy battle return to New York you can feel the energy of this campaign and event.
