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Opening June 25th, Archimedes Gallery will be showing 25 new wood fired ceramic & cast bronze sculptures by Eva Funderburgh and 6 new paintings by Josh Keyes. Special events include, two different Josh Keyes limited edition print releases offered in-house only, starting at 10 am Saturday, June 25th along with Josh and Eva doing an artist demonstration from 2pm - 4pm followed by an artists' reception from 5pm - 8pm. See preview images of the show after the jump!
Legendary Kustomizer George Barris was a true original who lived life on his terms. Several folks will remember his one of a kind creations like the infamous Batmobile of the 1960s television series Batman, Munster Coffin Cars and Drag-Ula, not to mention scores of insane four wheels, and hovering vehicles-turned-hot rods into motoring artful master pieces. Grease monkey fabricators like Barris, Ed "Big Daddy" Roth and Von Dutch inspired several generations of Lowbrow artists like Coop, Robert Williams, the Pizz and more. Plus, they made watching those stupid-fun television shows of our youth more outrageous than ever. "Rev In Peace", George Barris.
While the world celebrates the Olympics, which are taking place in re-purposed parts of London, sculptor Wilfred Wood (featured in Hi-Fructose Collected Edition vol.2) reflects on the anniversary of a less joyous event in London: last year's riots and, more specifically, their participants. Wood lives in Hackney (where the majority of the London riots happened), which is now host to many events for the Olympic games. See more after the jump.
We just had the last 12 Hi-Fructose Book Bundles packed up in flat rate boxes. If you haven't gotten the two books yet, here's a great way to get over 550 pages and 75 artists all in one place with priority shipping included!
Michael Salter's gigantic robots make from Styrofoam packaging materials were featured in the earliest issues of Hi-Fructose. His stark towering sculptures and mutated logo paintings are simple, attractive, but always poignant. Check out a few videos of Salter creating his sculptures at his museum exhibitions and more!
I keep looking at Korean painter Ho Ryon Lee's paintings waiting for them to move. Double exposures are often used in photography as a way to simulate movement and mood. But these paintings make me feel like a dirty old man and make my eye bounce from the edges to the center and back to the edges again. Does their perfectly painted beauty seem to initially hide their pervy upskirt tease factor? By the time your brain figures out the layered image/motion, you get trapped in a shame stare spiral for looking.
If only the world was as cool and compositionally interesting as depicted in the art works of Ragnar. It's exciting to see the normally pixel pushing artist, whom we featured many years back in Hi-Fructose vol.4, make one of a kind originals on canvas. His stunning mix of contrasting off-kilter color combinations paired with an impeccable design sensibility has made him a sought after artist for many years. Take a look at Ragnar's studio and a few pieces from his duo show with Scott Tolleson show at Stranger Factory here! - by atta