Madrid Street Advertising Takeover

You may remember the New York or Toronto Street Advertising takeovers? This round in Madrid was a bit more direct and simplistic. Public Ad Campaign recently asked 106 artists to provide quotes to swap out in place of various Madrid street advertising. My quote is shown above. Read more about the MaSAT project here: 

http://www.publicadcampaign.com/masat/about/

Rise Japan

Surreality in Reality x Gallery Heist x Kokoro Studio presents:

Japan Earthquake and Tsunami Relief Fundraiser

"RISE JAPAN"

Saturday April 2nd, 2011 | 7PM - 12AM
Gallery Heist: 679 Geary St, SF
Kokoro Studio: 682 Geary St, SF

In response to the devastating disaster that has struck Japan, S.I.R, Gallery Heist & Kokoro Studio have joined together to raise money in an effort to provide relief and aid for the people effected by the earthquake and Tsunami.

Please join us for one night only salon-style art exhibition and performances on Saturday April 2nd, 2011 from 7PM-12AM.

100% of the proceeds will be donated to

Give2Asia: Artists Help Japan - Earthquake&Tsunami 2011
http://give2asia.org/artistshelp
http://artistshelpjapan.blogspot.com/ (blog)

GALLERY HEIST

Artists:
Artworks / Prints by:

Aaron Bo Heimlich, Akira Beard, Alex Braubach, Alex Ziv, Alice Koswara, Alicia Escott, Amir H. Fallah, Andy Baron, Aoi Yamaguchi, Aya Kakeda, Brett Amory

Brian Barneclo, Chantrrell Li, Daryll Peirce, Eddie Colla, Ferris Plock, Fumiha Tanaka, Gage Opdenbrouw, Helen Bayly, Hugh Leeman, Jason Yim, Jeremy Fish, Jesse Balmer, John Felix Arnold, Justin Lovato, Kelly Tunstall, Ken Goto, Many Fabregas, Mario Ayala, Mario Martinez, Mattew MacDonald, Matthew Dean, Merkely, Mildred, Misk, Nathan Waren, Noa-, Robert Bowen, Ryan De La Hoz, Seth Armstrong, Stacy Tang, Steve Javiel, Eric Otto, Ray Potes, Brian Barneclo, Brad K Alder, Mildred, Henry Gunderson, Ben Coliision, John Casey, 2051, Autograph, Galo, and more...

(Gallery Heist musical performances will start at 9PM)
Musical Performances by:
Mark Aubert
Travis Miller
Rachel Toups

KOKORO STUDIO
Artists:
Artworks / Prints by:

Aaron Lawrence, Akko Terasawa, Belle and Isaak, Bob Nozawa, Casey McGonagle, Catrine Bodum, Dan Stromberg, Elsa Kawai, Freegums, Friendswithyou, Gregory Ito, Ignacio Murua, Jacob Thornton, Jason Ashley, Jason Jaworski, Jeff Meadows, Jonathan Wallraven, Julia Mazawa, Junko Maegawa, Justin Winslow, Kenta Shimbo, Koji Nagao, Korakrit Arunanondchai, Kristin Farr, Maria Berrio, Maria Lobo, Mark Warren Jacques, Mayumi Tanaka, Megumi, Konishi, Mia Christopher, Miart Jmiart, Micke Tong, Ryan McGinness, Sarah Applebaum, Satoshi Terawaki, Superdeux, Susan Wu, Taiko Fujimura, Takashi, Akamatsu, Timothy Sullivan, Tomoko Takahashi, V!nce, Yanick Blanchet, Yu Komatsu

(Kokoro Studio musical performances will start at 9PM)
Performances by:
9pm- Julia Mazawa (turntablism)
9:20pm- Mr. Hungry (from Three Day Stubble)
9:40pm- Cactus (KUSF, field recordings)
10pm- Cyclub☆ (Junko Suzuki Parsons trumpet)
10:30pm- TIGER HONEY POT, R&R duo
11pm- The Ass Baboons of Venus (Naoko Nozawa and stupid guy)
11:30pm- SpoBra (Live Idol)
DJ Ray&Seb

Books by:
Last Gasp Books

Media Sponsors:
Warholian.com http://www.warholian.com/
Society Theory http://www.societytheory.com/

Food by:
ONIGILLY http://onigilly.com/
Onigilly [Oh-Knee-Ghee-Lee] is traditional Japanese food made with brown rice and gourmet filling wrapped with seaweed!

Drinks by:
Sapporo USA Inc.
Rye Bar (In conjunction with the benefit, Rye Bar will be offering "Rising Sun Cocktail" for $10 and $5 will be donated!)

Sponsor:
Public Barber Salon http://publicbarbersalon.com/
Mochi Media, Inc. http://www.mochimedia.com/
Psprint http://www.psprint.com/

Organizers:
Surreality in Reality x Gallery Heist x Kokoro Studio
http://www.sir-sf.net/
http://galleryheist.com/
http://kokorostudio.us/

Sketch for Japan Fundraiser

"Sketch for Japan: An Artist Fundraiser" will be held Monday, March 21 at Project One Gallery & Lounge and organized by Warholian.com in partnership with Rise with Japan. All proceeds will be directly donated to Give2Asia: JSNC Japan Earthquake and Tsunami Relief Fund, a fund that is directly distributed to the people in the northern region of Japan. 

Participating artists will sketch inspired artwork, or donate works for the fundraiser.  All works will be priced at $50 or under and visiting patrons can purchase the works immediately. 

A large part of the Japanese community within San Francisco has had family personally affected by the recent earthquake and tsunami - this is our way of helping those currently in need. 

Sketch for Japan will be held Monday, March 21st from 5pm-11pm at: 

Project One Gallery and Lounge 

251 Rhode Island, San Francisco, CA 94103

www.P1SF.com
Facebook invite

For more information, or to donate directly to Give2Asia: Artists Help Japan site visit: 

http://give2asia.org/artistshelp -or- http://artistshelpjapan.blogspot.com/ 

Warhol Reimagined: The New Factory

Curated by Warholian.com and presented by Project One Gallery, Warhol Reimagined: The New Factory asked some of "the best talent in the art world today to come forward and rework some of Warhol’s classic imagery. This promises to be one of the best group show experiences of the 2011 art season."

Warhol Reimagined: The New Factory

March 10th, 2011 – April 20th, 2011

Opening night (no cover): March 10th, 2011 7pm-2am

Official show website

Project One Gallery

251 Rhode Island, San Francisco, CA 94103 (map). 

Daytime Gallery and Cafe Hours: Mon - Friday from 8am - 5pm

Gallery Happy Hour every Thur & Friday 5pm - 8pm
Gallery Evening Hours every Wed - Sat till 2am

For my can 'o Campbell's I thought of this can discarded somewhere to start it's very long break-down process inhabited by those things which break down matter. Coincidentally, there's the blatant pun with a can full of worms and that's just what Andy did with his work, open up a can of worms as he unleashed an entire new level of pop art into the world. Warhol was definitely a "hit you over the head" kind of artist with his visuals, so I wanted to pay homage to that while keeping within my realm of curiosity and painting style.

Prints now available: http://society6.com/Peirce/Cream-of-Vegetable_Print

Maybe it was growing up in Reno, but I can't think of a littered can without bullet holes. As a couple more cross-threads, Andy Warhol was shot twice (not fatally) and Dennis Hopper, supposedly in a drug and booze infused night had shot his Mao Zedong painting by Warhol a couple times. Hopper's estate recently sold the painting which Warhol described as a "collaboration" for $302,500. Daaaamn.

Warhol's 32 Campbell's Soup Can's as displayed in the MoMa. 32 current artists have re-interpretted these and they will be hung in the same fashion. There will also be larger pieces referencing Warhol's portraiture work.

Richard Avedon's infamous photo of Warhol's scars one year after his attempted murder by Valerie Solanis.

Distinction & Southern Times

Headed south for my 3 person show at Distinction Gallery with San Diego's Mike Maxwell and Chris B. Murray from Philly.

Luckily Brett Amory, Adam Caldwell and Seth Armstrong were coming down from the Bay as well for their show, "There it Is" with Thinkspace here, so we split a truck. Wish I could've gone to the opening, but it was the same night as Distinction's.

Grabbed some food with Jeremiah Garcia, Tina and baby Micah Darling here.

Finally got to meet up with my lady and daughter in San Diego after being away working for a week. Got some skating and surfing in too.

Mike Maxwell starting in at Distinction.

Mike's finished front wall

My front wall bound hands.

Brought "Left and Right" with me. A beast of an installation, but worth it.

Mike's work

Chris B. Murray's work

Jean & Howie

Rosy and two Poppies

Surge

Chad & Emerson

Lovers

Erika, Scott Saw, Mike, Crystal & beast.

Mike Maxwell has his “Live Free” podcast you should check out. He’s got some great past interviews with artists such as Kelsey Brooks and Sergio Hernandez talking about an array of issues from Free Masonry, to hallucinogens, to Miley Cyrus. I spent an hour at his place drawing this weirdness and shooting the art shit while recording a show that’ll be out sometime soon that can be heard here.

His book had some great pieces throughout. Here's Jeff Soto and Chris Ryniak.

Definitely a top 5-er sunset this dusk in OB.

Back up through LA to hang with longtime homies/new parents Jim and Tina Darling and also get to this group show I had a couple pieces in at CAVE Gallery. They've got a great new space on Abbot Kinney.

Poppy really dug Paul Chatem's moving pieces.

I had lived in San Diego for 3 years after art school so it was great to see friendly faces and family. But, speaking of family, I’ve been on the lam with my (new) family for a month now and as much as I love being a traveling band of gypsy couch surfers, I’m really looking forward to getting home and receiving a welcoming hug from the San Francisco fog.

Realization of Symbiosis Print Release

Prints of Realization of Symbiosis 1 and 2 are now available as signed, numbered and stamped editions of 100. 16” x 20” Giclée prints on acid free Somerset Velvet 100# cotton rag.


Realization of Symbiosis 1


Realization of Symbiosis 2



Purchase via PayPal for $50 each or both for $75: