 Bold, 2011 Archival inkjet print 11 x 14 inches Edition of 2 With the eye of an experienced forager, San Francisco-based artist Cassandra C. Jones collects photos from anonymous individuals on the Internet, and assembles them into works of art. For her current exhibit, “Photos Taken #drawings, ” now showing at the Eli Ridgway Gallery in San . . . → Read More: “Photos Taken #drawings” by Cassandra Jones at the Eli Ridgway Gallery in San Francisco  
Orticanoodles, the pseudonym for two Italian artists, Wally and Alita, recently released a series of portraits which are printed upon stencils with embedded lettered messages. These “stencil upon stencil” pieces feature well-known celebrities, political leaders, and artists combined with intricate stencil techniques. Explaining their work, Orticanoodles say, “All of them are shelled and brutalized…so they loose . . . → Read More: Stenciled portraits with embedded lettered messages by Orticanoodles  "FKTS17" (2012) Blood, copper preserved on plexiglass, UV resin. 24 x 18 x 3 inches Blood. A harbinger of disease. The lipstick shade left after the kiss of death. Appearing in all manner of art, literature, and culture, both as a substance and a symbol, blood sustains and fascinates us. New York-based artist Jordan Eagles capitalizes . . . → Read More: “Haemoscuro” works in blood by Jordan Eagles at Mark Wolfe Contemporary Art in San Francisco 
Raleigh-based artist and landscape architect Scott Hazard tears holes in photographs, layering them one on top of another. In his work “Photo Constructs,” I see clouds, smoke and entrances to caves. Splendid! Hazard says, “In a world with a seemingly endless amount of stimulus available, most of us are concerned with our own business, unable to let . . . → Read More: “Photo Constructs” shows layers of torn photographs by Scott Hazard  Untitled (wadi) 2012 Ink and watercolor on hand-cut paper, 48 x 48 in Los Angeles based artist Sherin Guirguis has an exhibit, entitled Duwamah (or “rip current” in Arabic), now showing at the Frey Norris in San Francisco. Inspired by last year’s “Arab Spring” events, Guirguis’ work references the still evolving power struggle in the Middle . . . → Read More: “Duwamah” by Sherin Guirguis at the Frey Norris in San Francisco  "22 Footer" images of lips from fashion magazines cut and assembled with pins on a foam panel, 27 x 46 inches detail from "22 Footer" pieces used in "22 Footer" laid out in the studio Thank goodness lipstick comes in so many different shades! That thought must have been running through the mind of San Diego . . . → Read More: David Adey uses images of lips from fashion magazines to create pinned collages  "Point of the Arches" Acrylic and Collage on Wood Panel, 9×9" Artist Mary Iverson has a solo exhibition entitled Calamity now showing at the Shooting Gallery in San Francisco. Like spiders spinning webs over their prey, meshes of shipping containers are superimposed over scenic areas in America like Mount Rainier, the Yosemite Valley and Lake Ann. . . . → Read More: “Calamity” by Mary Iverson at the Shooting Gallery in San Francisco 
German art duo Herakut just opened their latest exhibition “After the Laughter” at LeBasse Projects in Los Angeles’ Chinatown. In this show they present a fully immersive installation as well as new paintings, drawings, photography and a series of sculptures. Splendid stuff! Check out a lot more images from “After the Laughter” at the LeBasse Projects . . . → Read More: ‘After the Laughter’ at LeBasse Projects in Los Angeles by Herakut 
Hong “Red” Yi is an artist who “likes to paint, but without a paintbrush.” Her knack for making portraits with unusual materials has already resulted in a sunflower seed portrait of artist Ai Weiwei, as well as a portrait painted with a basketball of basketball star Yao Ming. Now, the Shanghai-based artist has done – what . . . → Read More: A portrait made from coffee stains by Hong “Red” Yi 
“Broken Faces” is a personal art project started by Tokyo-based illustrator and collage artist Takahiro Kimura. Since 1991, Kimura has been creating mixed-media portraits using collage to intentionally distort the facial features and head proportions as a means of conveying the “complicated nature of the human spirit.” This artist has an uncanny ability to capture the nuances of . . . → Read More: “Broken Faces” by Takahiro Kimura |
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