art shows & news

It’s easy for artists to be really sketched out about sending around 300dpi images of their works, because 300dpi is print quality; anyone who gets their hands on a 300dpi image can print a copy of an artist’s work.

Luckily for art lovers, Christopher Davison is not too concerned with this issue. In fact, he welcomes it. As of yesterday, he made this particular piece from his Disasters Are People Too series. Check it:

Sculpture Garden (Study Alone) — DOWNLOAD HERE

And here is an older piece:

Christ’s Descent Into Hell — DOWNLOAD HERE

Davison has 18 new pieces available on his website as well, if you’re down to take a look!

I dare say this might be bit intense of a graphic to hang on your wall, but that doesn’t mean this Blik Graphic by Hannah Stouffer, entitled Darkest Night, doesn’t really, really rock. It’s almost Escher-ish in its lines… minus the skulls and shadows, of course. Buy that design and more here. (And below is a slightly more commonly appropriate piece available by Stouffer!)

We here at REDEFINE are going to start printing the Arts portion of our magazine as of the end of this month. We’re looking for an image — illustration, photograph, drawing, painting, whatever — that can be utilized as an eye-catching cover image and give the artist a good amount of attention!

Please e-mail suggestions to letters@redefinemag.com by the end of this week. Thank you!

Mover and shaker Jim Denevan sees the big picture. Like a movie director, all of his works — whether they be manipulations of sand and earth or more human-oriented experimental projects — seem to share a common thread of small details benefiting a larger whole. His food project, Outstanding In The Field, features a world-wide moveable feast that takes place in rural areas and unlikely scenery.

Visit his website for notes on how he accomplishes all of his projects.

Starting yesterday, Jason Limon posted a huge slew of works online in an online gallery that will remain up until the end of February. These small creature paintings with gloss finishes are generally under $200, with some even under $50. A good portion of them have been sold, but if you go quick, you might be able to gather up a couple works for cheap. Click here to view the show.

This is an old piece by Pietari Posti, but I just wanted to share it. In January of 1927, the beautiful silent sci-fi film Metropolis was born. In collaboration with underware.nl artists created modern remakes of their takes on famous movie posters. Here’s Posti’s rendition for Metropolis.

The 6-layered silkscreen print even glows in the dark, and it almost looks like a three-dimensional object! An oldie, but goodie.

I’m tired of boutique card decks that are too lazy to make custom cards for every card and instead only give a little bit of love to face cards. The Black Rock Collective’s new card deck gives artsy fartsy equal-opportunity treatment, creating super slick cards that would seem right at home at urban boutiques everywhere.

You’ve probably drawn on styrofoam containers before, or written your name on styrofoam cups a million times, but you’ve probably never done anything like Boey has. What’s more: he creates his cups in a wide array of styles; you would swear that a different individual made all of them, but you’d be wrong.

Tattoo-inspired khünbish.

Jury Duty. According to Boey’s quote on Flickr:

“foam cups shrink under pressure, and they become hard like plastic. thanks to Dave S., an oceanographer
from canada, these cups are able to travel deep down into the artic ocean to become 1/2 the cup they used to be.”

And lastly, check out the stippling on this:

fedor emelianenko, a mixed martial arts fighter.

I should make a mention that his journal is also extremely awesome. You can see it here.

For the year 2009, Christopher Davison made some really intense pieces. Let me start by saying that in Davison’s world, “small pieces” can be as large as 15″ x 20″. That’s HUGE. So let us move onto his large pieces — which, at 20″ x 22″ or 30″ x 20″, are rich with layers and detail. And then you’ll understand that Davison doesn’t mess around; he goes all out when it comes to art. Well, enough then! Drink it in!

The Law (Flashe, graphite, gouache, india ink on Rives BFK)

The Law, detail (Flashe, graphite, gouache, india ink on Rives BFK)

Purgatory (Flashe, gouache, acrylic ink, watercolor, india ink on Rives BFK)

In a couple days, street artist Aakash Nihalani will be featuring his tape art in an enclosed space (The Carmichael Gallery).

Nihalani will be creating site-specific installations using brightly-colored tape, proving that simple geometric 2-dimensional shapes, when placed into 3-dimensional settings, can challenge viewers’ perceptions and spatial understandings.

Below are examples of his non-gallery work:

BUT.
As if that wasn’t ridiculous enough, the show will also feature works from Mark Jenkins. Yes, MARK JENKINS!

“Who the hell is Mark Jenkins?” you ask? Maybe some photos will enlighten you, because chances are, you’ve seen his works on the internet a million times but never knew the name that went with them. Now, you do.

And now you know why you need to go if you live in the Los Angeles area. You’d be a fool not to.