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Andrew Schoultz, Dalek, and More Exhibit Large-scale Works in “Major Work”

The group exhibition "Major Work" at Chandran Gallery in San Francisco features a select group of fourteen artists who are making some of the biggest impacts in contemporary art. The participants are particularly well known for consistently reinventing their own approach to art-making: Alicia McCarthy, Aaron Noble (HF Vol. 5), Kelsey Brookes, Revok, James Marshall aka "Dalek" (HF Vol. 15), Sam Friedman, Eric Yahnker, Mark Dean Veca (HF Vol. 23), Saber, Hilary Pecis, Tim Biskup (HF Vol. 2), Eric White, Allison Schulnik, and Andrew Schoultz, who curated the exhibit.

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The group exhibition “Major Work” at Chandran Gallery in San Francisco features a select group of fourteen artists who are making some of the biggest impacts in contemporary art. The participants are particularly well known for consistently reinventing their own approach to art-making: Alicia McCarthy, Aaron Noble (HF Vol. 5), Kelsey Brookes, Revok, James Marshall aka “Dalek” (HF Vol. 15), Sam Friedman, Eric Yahnker, Mark Dean Veca (HF Vol. 23), Saber, Hilary Pecis, Tim Biskup (HF Vol. 2), Eric White, Allison Schulnik, and Andrew Schoultz, who curated the exhibit. For “Major Work”, Schoultz deliberately chose artists whose work is informed by their lifestyles led outside of the social norm. These are artists who lead bold lives both personally and professionally, and have the artistic vernacular to match, making eye-catching works that offer discourse on a range of topics including politics, pop culture, advancing technology, environmental issues and capitalism. The show is made up of massive larges-scale paintings that embody the artists’ style and vision, ranging from the bright and colorful works of Tim Biskup with his light-hearted, whimsical characters, to the work of Mark Dean Veca who paints a dark and eerie version of Mickey Mouse, distorted by wrinkles and folds. A huge, round painting by Kelsey Brookes seems to glow, swirling with tranquil, blue organic shapes, right beside an electric painting by Saber, rumbling with movement from his loose style of spray painting. Take a look at more from “Major Work” below, now on view at Chandran Gallery through January 15th, 2016.

Tim Biskup

Sam Friedman

Saber

Revok

Mark Dean Veca

Eric Yahnker

Eric White

Andrew Schoultz

Aaron Noble

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Andrew Schoultz, Dalek, Tim Biskup

Mid-century design, Ren and Stimpy, Space Madness, Tiki culture, Tim Biskup

August 19, 2015

Opening August 27th, Los Angeles based artist Tim Biskup will soon make his solo exhibition debut in Hong Kong with "Space Madness" at Kong Art Space. First featured in HF Vol. 2, as well as here on the blog, Biskup is well known for his increasingly explorative surreal character-based works. Over the years, the artist has credited Surrealism to Baroque and Modernist styles for his mixed aesthetic, always with a nod to his days an animation artist. Biskup seems to return to his roots with his latest series of loose and stylistic, cartoony mixed media paintings.

Dalek’s Latest Series of Colorful Geometric Paintings

Abstract Art, Dalek, Pixel art, Pointilism, street art

October 8, 2015

First featured in Hi-Fructose Vol. 15, North Carolina based artist James Marshall aka Dalek was exposed to punk rock, skateboarding and painting graffiti early on. His earlier works feature abstract illustrations of characters, strongly influenced by his time as an assistant to Japanese Pop artist Takashi Murakami, and over the years, have progressed into more geometrical works. Dalek has always liked things that are "super flat" and graphic, and he approaches his art with a mathematical sensibility. His paintings today feature geometric shapes that seem to morph when viewed from different angle.

Andrew Schoultz Offers an Explosive Image of War in “Age of Empire”

Abstract Art, Andrew Schoultz, street art

May 16, 2016

Andrew Schoultz's art is filled with chaotic imagery, expressing a rather dystopian vision through a variety of techniques, from sculpture to collage, street art to installations to paintings. Featured here on our blog, his eclectic work cultivates an arsenal of personal symbolism: fragments of dollar bills, fractured Grecian urns, ripped American flags, war horses, and slave ships are just a few of the symbols he uses to juxtapose Western culture with allusions to conflict and exploitation.