Los Angeles artist, Joseph Powers Bowman, submitted some pieces to us which are making me eyeballs tingle! Bowman crafts them slightly like one might create a tessellation, which contributes to their wildly disorienting qualities. All of these pieces below begin with simple freehand line drawings, which are then photocopied, cut out, and collaged into these mesmerizing creations which are part nature and part manmade.

You would never think such a method would make such a huge difference in the result, but apparently, you’d be wrong! Go on, catch a dizzy spell.

Last night’s Analog Playset custom toy show and action featured 25 custom robot toys by well-known Los Angeles-area musicians and artists, including Joe Ledbetter, Alex Pardee, and members of bands like Minus The Bear, Eisley, Circa Survive, Thrice, All-American Rejects, and Fall Out Boy.. Andrew McMahon (of Something Corporate) held a special performance, as this event benefitted his Dear Jack Foundation, a non-profit benefiting leukemia research.

Here are some pieces from the show.

By Sherri Dupree-Bemis of Eisley.

By Alex Robinson.

By Joe Ledbetter.

Because Americans aren’t obsessed enough with food already, Scion has an upcoming show (May 22nd through June 12th) curated by Zio Fulcher. It will be taking place in Culver City, with free valet parking (fancy!) and an open bar (fancier!)… with art from Clare Crespo, Jeph Gurecka, Scott Hove, Tamara Kostianovsky, Alan Macdonald, James Reynolds, Martha Rich, and Jeff Vespa. What’s more: The Candy Wrapper Museum and Vintage Cookbook Library! Amazing!

Tamara Kostianovsky uses clothing, ink, shellac, polyester batting, and meat hooks to mimic slabs of meat!

Martha Rich, looking simply at food we all know and love.

Jeff Vespa points out the art of blown-up photos of hamburgers sitting side, by side, by side.

Felt food by Clare Crespo.

Alan Macdonald, slathering food in retro clothing.

Intensely terrifying image from The Candy Wrapper Museum.

Scion Presents: ‘PALATE’ curated by Zio Fulcher from Scion ART on Vimeo.

See more info about the show at http://www.scion.com/space/.

NYC-based artist Robert Melee‘s current exhibit at the David Kordansky Gallery in Los Angeles melts colorful shapes into a bare, white room. Figures draped with drapes of color and glossy wall hangings reminiscent of sheets of candy buttons pepper the space, inciting curiosity about Melee’s method and goals. The show is now on display through April 17th, 2010.

 
 
Street art pioneer Dan Witz now has a show on display at Carmichael Gallery that might just get you respecting street art if you’re a skeptic.
 
 
Inspired by Amsterdam’s Red Light District, the works feature human and animal faces and figures trapped behind dirty, shoddily painted glass panes and window frames, looking out as if trapped or curious about the world outside.
 
 
Dark Doings, which will feature recreations of pieces Witz has done on the streets of Brooklyn and elsewhere, shows just how cleverly overlooked doors and windows in alleyways can be used.
 
 
www.carmichaelgallery.com
www.danwitzstreetart.com

 
 
 
 
Now you can not only purchase a piece of vinyl collectible art from Frank Kozik, but you can purchase a framed photo print of Kozik’s work at Munky King.
 

The hilarious 44″ x 49″ photo taken by Frank Schaefer features a Chairman Mao figure wearing Mickey Mouse ears, set on a bed of white balls. A black and white piece, it is certainly an interesting one, but for $5,500, the print’s “value” is certainly debatable, even for rich Los Angeles residents who live in the Melrose District.
 

www.fkozik.com
www.munkyking.com