Upper Playground

MR. PERFECT
See the show at MEDICINE AGENCY (1262 Mason Street) TONITE NOV. 6th…

Greg Mike on Meds (Medicine Agency) from Medicine Agency on Vimeo.

“POPSTARS AND COKEHEADS, GREG MIKE’s first solo show, features hand painted pieces, sculptures, tee shirts, accessories, prints and collectibles designed and created over the past ten months.
The centerpiece of the show is an army of 100 hand painted soda cans that have been transformed into the kaleidoscopic POPSTARS AND COKEHEADS characters, a playfully sinister cast of unique and eye-catching creatures.
Supported by FREEMAVEN, the lifestyle brand, and THE ROWDY COLLECTION, Dallas Austins line, the show presents individual pieces from GREG MIKE as well as selected collaborations.

Will Barras’ show “Darling, We’re Leaving” featuring new works opened last night at FIFTY24SF Gallery. Check out some photos below from the opening…

**republished from Juxtapoz.com**

“When I start a painting, I let my intuition lead the way, just like when I was a kid, sketching without an obvious purpose, lost in a world of monsters. It felt like home then and it still does now.

The characters I paint may seem like creatures from another dimension, but I think they are simply us, here and now. Modern humanity without its masks, without the adornments that make us acceptable to whatever group we are a part of. From the straight-laced conservative to the tattooed, anti-social rebel, we all cover up to fit in someplace. Yet the only place where we are truly the same is on the inside. We all share feelings of fear and loneliness. We feel ugly and insecure. We feel separate from our environment and each other. These are the feelings that I try to convey in my paintings. These are the feelings that connect us.”

-Chet Zar’s Artist Statement from www.chetzar.com

**republished from Juxtapoz.com**

The ever-talented Amandalynn graciously donated her brown tone hand painted giclee print of her ‘Move A Head’ image for the Juxtapoz 15th Anniversary Art Auction. Listen in on a conversation between Juxtapoz web editor Katie Zuppann and Amandalynn, which we caught on film in August when Amandalynn stopped by the Jux offices.

Katie Zuppann: So you were just saying you have been kind of channeling more female energy recently?

Amandalynn: I’ve been definitely dealing less about necessarily the sexuality and fun and sort of poppiness of female art, and taking more of a serious emotion. I guess I’m trying to draw more of a secret, almost hidden thing that can come from the silent beauty of a woman, and maybe the things that are beyond what’s on the surface.

So you were saying you’ve been spending a little bit more time just kind of reflecting on it more?

Yea, I’ve been painting a lot and spending a lot of time alone, and really focusing on detail and just kind of getting lost in the energy that comes from painting. I do really have fun with my other goofy paintings, like the Victorians ones and cutting their heads off and stuff…

Yea, I love that series…

I always have fun making fun of paintings. But, I’m going on a much larger scale now. It’s more of a physical thing too. Because you’re up and you’re painting and just dedicating all of these hours, and being insane and I feel like that emotion probably pours out.

Bid on this piece here.

San just opened a show featuring his most recent collection of new works called La Histeria Interminable at Iguapop Gallery in Barcelona.  Check out the photos from the show…

Bonafide is putting on an evening of underground hip-hop entertainment at the 23rd Leeds International Film Festival and the The Run Up will be shown on November 9th. If you’re in the area and want to see The Run Up on the big screen now’s your chance.

MR. PERFECT
Dartz Prombron Monaco Red Diamond Edition armoured car …armed with whale penis leather seats….going for just a little over a million and a half bucks from RussoBaltique. Gold plated bullet proof windows so you cant see me sitting on those seats!!

to get to the center of STEFAN FITZGERALD’S MEMORY CARD?

Well MR. PERFECT gives it a shot.










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