showtime: from the street to the cube

941 geary, white walls & the shooting gallery - in other words, the street-art-loving-gallery-coolness of san francisco prepared a must-see group show for this august. there will be work on display from artists such as miss van, above, shepard fairey, eine & blek le rat (picture). living in europe & looking at the list of artists we can only hope someone is going to take loads of pictures :=)

sr labo @ galerie van der stegen

sr labo is one of the 6 artists in the promising september show called "hidden" @ galerie van der stegen. with sr labo, the artist sarah roshem creates installations - often using wax, mixing it with sound & video - inspired by her study of the living.

luke chueh

limited edition prints of luke chueh available @ copro nason gallery

streetart in prague: epos 257

the mongolian death worm, olgoi-khorkhoi (large intestine worm), a cryptozoological creature whose sightings and reports are disputed or unconfirmed, have made its appearance in prague. diving out of sidewalks & walls, the installation has been constructed by czech street artist epos 257 and reflects his fascination by the city’s numerous construction works. epos 257 has already caught attention of many urban art lovers some time ago with his paintball splattered billboards. looking forward to his further mischiefs!
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showtime: a history of violence @ torch

torch gallery brings together 2 dutch artists around the theme of war & violence. hans van houwelingen will show his intriguing pictures, featuring himself in historical scenes of hiroshima and nagasaki, questioning as such the morality of remembrance. jonas staal will show drawings and text in his well-known provocative style. "a history of violence" opens september 4th @ torch gallery.

london biennale nyc satellite event

scooter laforge (see above) is one of the artists participating in the london biennale nyc satellite event, taking place @ christopher henry gallery from august 5th. the event is curated by inbred hybrid collective - we reckon that with a fab name like this, these people must have taste!!! :-p
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showtime: jan kaplicky & pavel büchler @ dox prague

it's always pleasure to be in dox: great art, great building, great design/book shop & friendly people! now showing jan kaplicky & pavel büchler (pic of one of his installation above), a visionary architect who died last year & an intriguing conceptual artist, respectively. they both share similar fate: born in czech republic & emigrated to britain at young age, where they subsequently acquired fame.
next to these 2 shows, another one, called urban interventions prague 2010, certainly deserves attention. presenting 80 solutions for various urban areas in prague, many of these truly innovative & fun. definitely worth a visit!
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miranda july @ union square

deitch projects may be gone, but has left a final lingering treat. until october, the deitch-funded project by miranda july, “eleven heavy things,” is stationed @ union square, nyc.
the work consist of series of interactive sculptures which invite viewers to mount inscribed pedestals, stand under elaborate headdresses, or insert their limbs into holes. viewers can photograph their interactions and share them in blogs and emails - at that point, the participants become the subject, making the work complete.

to follow this principle, here & above are our interactions with miranda's piece from last year's venice biennale.

(ht: no new enemies)
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off the wall @ whitney museum

"off the wall" is an overview exhibition on performance art @ whitney museum. the first part of the show includes re-performance of iconic early work by an impressive list of the 20iest century art elite. the second part features the Trisha Brown Dance Company, on the occasion of the company’s fortieth anniversary, with work from 70ies till now. (via art observed)

jonah samson: porn set

the summer edition of elephant magazine features a lot of great artists. in the research chapter, marc valli focuses on various visual artists that miniaturize reality. a concept that he describes as "microworlds". one of the artists is doctor & photographer jonah samson. he builds his miniature sets and photographs them in a über-realistic way creating stories that catch your attention. hence the title of the features series: sex & violence run rampant in a small town called pleasantville!