Hunt and Gather has been down!

Im sure all of you have noticed Hunt and Gather has taken a fall, and was off the map for a few months! It was a problem with our account and it was deactivated for awhile. Im truly sorry about this, but im happy to say WE ARE BACK, with much more exciting things in store for everyone coming this Winter and New year. With the release of Hunt and Gather, the art book out in January 2010 and launch event in international cities.

Please continue to come back, I promise to be back in full force. Thank you for your patience.

-Tina Ziegler

Sylvia Ji comes to London: September 3rd at Stolen Space

'Nectar' A Solo Show By Sylvia Ji

03.09.09 - 20.09.09

StolenSpace are proud to present ‘Nectar’, the premier UK solo show from Californian artist Sylvia Ji.

About the amazing female:

Sylvia Ji is a master of capturing the dark side of the beautiful and the sublime. Macabre ‘Day Of The Dead’ catrinas intermingle with exotic empresses, with a regal elegance. Ji’s imagery is a visual elixir of life and death, combining sacred symbolism with mystical glamour and opulence. Influenced by historical costumery, Ji incorporates Baroque detailing such as luxurious tapestries, ornamental feathers, and gold leafing into her work for a more elaborate and decorative effect.

Ji’s work encapsulates an alluring beauty that is both cutting edge and a nod to time-honored technique. Her paintings are symbolic reflections of herself, portraits of people she knows or nameless faces set in a landscape of fleeting and decaying beauty. Possessing an artistic voice as unique as the times we live in, Ji is at once contemplative, spiritual, enigmatic, and yet whimsically funny. Above all else, it is perhaps beauty that emerges as her defining characteristic, and her art reflects this: an extension of herself; a passionate appreciation of simple aesthetic pleasure fused with intimately complex subject matter.

For ‘Nectar’ which will be her first show in the U.K, Ji focuses on the sublime expressions of lust & love, expressed in a lighter colour palette mixed with gold leaf. Hauntingly beautiful images brimming with sexual provocation mix with a sense of consternation, hinting all is not well as it may initially appear.

As well as all new paintings on wood panel, this show will also see the release of a limited edition hand
pulled screen print by the artist.

*Courtesy of The Corey Helford Gallery*

More information HERE!

Dalek and Delta at Elms Lesters Gallery- London

Oh snap... Dalek & Delta exhibition






















28thAugust - 26 September 2009
Tuesday - Saturday 12 - 6pm, Thursdays 'til 8pm

This exhibition brings together two International painters of magnitude.

James Marshall, aka DALEK, who currently lives in Carolina, and Amsterdam based Boris Tellegen, aka DELTA, are both masters of their handling of colour and texture.

The exhibition opened last week and will be on display until 12th of September.

Make sure if your in London town, go by and check this out, and also the beautiful gallery of Elms Lesters.. it makes me weak in the knees to walk through that place. truly stunning!

More information HERE

Sweet Streets, Opens at Nucleus gallery

Gallery Nucleus is excited to be hosting “SWEET STREETS,” a fanciful exhibition that will take inspiration from the Japanese fashion subculture.

Rather than follow trends, the youth of Japan have blazed a fashion movement. By mixing old with the new while customizing and combining the homemade with designer labels, their looks result in the unexpected and avant-garde. Art-inspired fashions and fashion-inspired art is one of the most creative symbiotic relationships of our generation. Co-curated by CARO and sponsored by Hi-Fructose magazine, a talented roster of artists will contribute to this event in celebrating imagination and originality.

Event Features:

• Free exhibition music samplers to the first 100 attendees.
• Live painting by Yuki Miyazaki.
• Dress up to receive 15% off select store merchandise.
• Artist & 'Harajuku' models in attendance.
• Music from the streets of Tokyo.
• Free refreshments provided by Kirin Beer & Takara Sake USA Inc.
  
• Free snacks served.
• Admission is free.

Exhibition opens August 29th, 2009- From 7pm
Go by Nucleus for more information.

Dragon76 Paints Live at London Miles Gallery- Covent Garden

Thursday the 27th of August at London Miles Gallery's Covent Garden Location
saw a seriously amazing 5 hour live painting session by Japanese artist Dragon76.
Dragon came over from Japan on short notice to collaborate with London Miles and Dutch Uncle
and create a large scale live painted piece. Crowds formed through out the evening to watch a true master at work. I stood in amazement, as he threw color on to the canvas, and mixed new colors with in seconds. This guy does not mess about, the piece was completed the following day and will move to London Miles Notting Hill gallery on Tuesday, and will be on display from the 2nd to the 10th of September. If you get a chance, go stop by and have a look at it in person. Its something special!
Parts of the piece are on sale, or if you got the budget, you can take home the whole masterpiece for about £11,000.

contact London Miles for more information.

The artwork of Luke Kopycinski

The wonders of Myspace, so when i was having one of my days where i search the internet for hours looking for some new talent and artists I think that have what it takes to make it Big in this ever so competitive world, I came across the work of Australian artist Luke Kopycinski, aka Koppa.

He does not mess around! This guy is a seriously talented painter and can really draw. The background of his paintings tend to be quite dark yet layered with color and an attention to highlights on in most cases, a female form.

Currently, Luke works as a concept artist for a games company in Melbourne, Australia. But this does not stop him to produce beautiful works of art in a short time. For the Candy Coated show we had at London Miles Gallery this month, Luke managed to produce a painting and ship it to London all in a like two weeks. That willingness to participate and the drive to get shit done, will make him go far, not to mention being an extremely talented artist.
Im excited to see how his career blossoms in the near future.

Visit him on Myspace, and spend some time looking through his portfolio!

San's solo show at Stolen Space Gallery- London

Its great to see San coming to the UK, when i was in Barcelona I had the great honor of meeting this awesome guy! His street art is seriously ridiculous and his studio work leaves me in awe. He has the best line work and his almost scary attention to every detail really makes his work unique and most of all recognizable.

So we can understand why Stolenspace has picked up this amazing Spanish artists and last night presented San’s premier U.K solo exhibition ‘Pygmalion’. Showcasing new work from the renowned Spanish street artist on canvas and paper as well as out door mural work. The show will also see the release of a limited edition hand pulled screen print by San.

About the show:
In Greek Mythology, Pygmalion was a legendary Cypriot sculptor who carved a woman out of ivory, in which he fell madly in love. For this show, Sans work comments on humans love for the things we create, particularly money and weapons, with often destructive consequences.
About San:
Born Daniel Munoz Rodriquez, San is an internationally recognized and commissioned illustrator, painter, and street artist. Born in a small Spanish village near the Portuguese border, San currently works and resides in Madrid. His artwork is influenced by magical realism, graffiti, and the culinary arts. In a recent interview in Juxtapoz Magazine, he remarked, “I think today my work is a mixture of classical drawing and contemporary art languages. Nowadays, nature is the basis of my work.” San has shown his fine art internationally, as well as his street art in cities across Europe.

Visit Stolen Space for more information here.

Johnny on Air- new work from Emilio Subira

New work from Emilio Subira
see more work from Emilio on his website
www.000sick.com

Some information on Emilio:

Pertaining to the art group “000SICK Estudio”, founded in 2000 with the artist and musician Rafael Jurado, resides and works in Seville (Spain).

Each human mind guards a back door in the deepst of its unfathomable mistery. All these doors open into the same dark and quiet back alley; previous to culture and even to ourselves, only self intuition sometimes gives us indications of its existence.

Emilio Subira´s work is focused on the intuitive translation of the multiplicity that characterizes the reality in plastical terms from the perspective of a viewer plunged into ostracism, working like a satirical and critical filter.

Emilio shows his work with London Miles Gallery in the U.K.

Beyond Eden Art Fair- a contemporary art fair just for us!

BEYOND EDEN ART FAIR

A multi-gallery event celebrating the new contemporary art scene in Los Angeles

www.beyondedenartfair.com

October 9 – 11, 2009

LA Municipal Art Gallery at Barnsdall Park

(Los Angeles, CA) The Beyond Eden Art Fair is a multi-gallery event celebrating the new contemporary art scene in Los Angeles. The public is invited to attend this special event and admission is free. A full listing of events, times, confirmed galleries and additional information will soon be available at www.beyondedenartfair.com.

Beyond Eden will showcase the works of over 15 galleries and will be held inside the beautiful confines of the historic Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery during the weekend of October 9th, 10th and 11th, with an opening night celebration planned for Saturday, October 10th. An exact schedule of events and full details will follow shortly. A partial list of confirmed galleries includes Billy Shire Fine Arts, Black Maria Gallery, Carmichael Gallery of Contemporary Art, Copro Gallery, DRKRM, Gallery 1988, La Luz De Jesus, Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery (LAMAG), LeBasse Projects, New Image Art, Nucleus Gallery, Subliminal Projects, Synchronicity Space and Thinkspace.

4800 Hollywood Blvd.,

Los Angeles, CA 90027

contact@beyondedenartfair.com

The opening reception of Candy Coated Canvas at London Miles Gallery

Toko Dholbachie
Licking Doll

The Opening reception of Candy Coated Canvas at London Miles Gallery, located in West London welcomed a very large crowd all quickly covered in yummy cupcakes. The artwork was presented in a totally decorated gallery, with hanging paper ice creams from the ceiling and a a floor decoration of white cotton and puff balls, the whole gallery was transformed to fit the sweet and fantasy theme.

Curated by Tina Ziegler (thats me) the exhibition featured themed artworks from a very diverse group of international artists. From Kukula, to Dholbachie, to Jade Klara. Art work from Japan to South Africa, the exhibition showcased some of todays international cutting edge talent for the first time in the U.K.

Artworks from Robert Tirado set the standard for a more fine art approach to painting, while artists Dholbachie brought a truly inspirational and surreal edge to it all. Both Lost Fish and Zoe Lacchei really went all out in the candy theme and created some beautiful, sweet and some what naughty pieces of artwork. Over all this group exhibition had a nice balance, and really brought something differernt to the Notting Hill / West London gallery world. Stay tuned for more from London Miles!

Visit: www.londonmiles.com

3 megabits crew at London Miles Gallery: Covent Garden

We just opened up another London Miles Gallery in the historical and touristic market place of the Covent Garden, located in the center of London.

Taking over a unit for the next 6 weeks, we are working with various artist groups and collectives to keep it fresh. Last Saturday we teamed up with french live painting crew 3MEGABITS for an afternoon of live painting on the windows of the gallery space. It didnt take long before we had a crowd of people watching and admiring the freestyle painting.

This Saturday the 18th of July, we will be repeating a live painting event with 3megabits and this time we will be more prepared with a boom box blasting some tunes and we are expecting some press coverage.. so come down, and hang out!

Check out more on the
3MEGABITS crew here!

Liz Mcgrath's Blog on Juxtapoz

So it looks like Juxtapoz.com has gone through a little transformation, their website has been modernized and one thing Im really not too happy about is all the adverts they have poping up while your reading, or every other post now is an advert!! What happend! Well beside that little disapointment there is a new blogger that has just joined Juxtapoz.. and its the lovely Los Angeles-born artist Elizabeth McGrath!. Now we can follow Liz on her exciting life between being a rock star to being a super star artist..this girl has got talent! She is on tour now with her band Miss Derringer, and her first blog post goes through the last 40 days spent on a bus traveling across the country, and they visit some pretty amazing places! Read HERE!

"Liz has always had an eye for the strange beauty in the grotesqueries of life; this appreciation is nowhere more evident than in her work. Inspired by the relationship between the natural world and the detritus of consumer culture, she brings forth a new cavalcade of creatures from the darker corners of the streets, the city, the imagination. It is this melancholy interaction between man-made status symbols and suffering specimens of nature that make up her intricate body of work. Today she lives in Downtown LA with her hairless dogs Blue and King Tut, and her Husband Morgan Slade. They play together in the band Miss Derringer. "

Liz's Blog HERE!

London Miles Gallery presents: Candy Coated Canvas

London Miles Gallery and myself, Tina Ziegler, are very excited to present our next exhibition, which as you can tell from the above flier, is a themed group show titled CANDY COATED CANVAS..This sweet and colorful exhibition was created to celebrate the many pleasures in life, from childhood to adulthood. From all the great memories we have of being a kid, eating ice creme and best of all the wild imagination we had to being an adult in a world full of beauty, sex, and dangerously sweet things at our fingertips.

The opening reception is on July 24th, 2009 (from 7:00pm to 11:00pm) at the Notting Hill location of London Miles, and the evening will include a free cupcake reception sponsored by Chewies Bakery, along with a plush and candy installation and you can guarantee Ill be dressed in something super sweet. Guests are asked to wear something inspired by candy, and color, so join in.

Exhibiting Artists include:
D’ Holbachie Yoko
Matthew Bone
Zoe Lacchei
Tadaomi Shibuya
Tiffany Liu
Mike Bilz
Lost Fish
Ryan Myers
Sebastian Otto
Scrumptious Delight
Robert Tirado
Rudi Fig
Natalie Shau
Jade Klara
David Palumbo
Luke Kopycinski
Amanda Riley

KuKula

(Preview pic: David Palumbo "Strawberry Popcicle" )

Get more information at: www.londonmiles.com
And we look forward to seeing you there on the July 24th, 2009!

David Flores and Lisa Alisa at LeBasse Projects LA

LeBasse Projects presents:

³A Distorted Lens²
New work from David Flores and Lisa Alisa

July 18th ­ August 8th
Artist reception: Saturday, July 18th, 7-10pm

Los Angeles, CA ­ LeBasse Projects is proud to announce, A Distorted Lens, a
two-artist exhibition featuring gallery artists David Flores and Lisa Alisa. Both artists have worked with the gallery since the first group show hosted by director Beau Basse in 2005. Coming full circle, the artists are each presenting new bodies of work to open the summer season at LeBasse Projects new gallery.

While each artist works in a very ³Superflat² style they each have very different cultural influences. In his first Los Angeles show since 2006, Flores delivers all new artwork that embodies his unique interpretation of pop iconography. In addition to his paintings he has embellished dozens of vintage fashion, music and news magazine spreads with his vision of the world around him. Flores¹ stained-glass window style creates a warped view of the pop icons he simultaneously idolizes and mocks.

Lisa Alisa also follows the superflat style laid out by Japanese artist Takashi Murakami, although her work tends to have much more obvious bite. Generally featuring thinly veiled self-portraits, her paintings are what she refers to as ³new feminist² artwork. While bloody and violent, the paintings are a metaphor for both the brutality of life and the desire for change within the artist herself. There's a thick vein of dark, surreal humor running through the image.
More information on the LeBasse Projects website HERE!

Bwana Spoons new Book! Launch in Portland!

Bwana was just on a little book tour in Europe, he came to London and had his book launch and signing at Concrete Hermet and then ventured off to Paris to ArtToyz.

Nows he is heading back to Portland for his book launch at Grass Hut, where he resides and works.

Portland Release Party:
July 11, 6-9pm
Book Signing, Pencil Fighting, Fart Knocking!!!

Grass Hut
811 E Burnside.
Portland, Oregon

About Bwana:

Bwana Spoons has been making art, zines, comics, toys, shoes, t-shirts,
cards, and pretty much anything you could imagine for a long long time.
He's inspired a lot of us art-makers to take things to the next level.
It's been a long time coming, but now he's got a book "Welcome to Forest
Island". It's pretty awesome and you should totally have is in your
library of eye candy.

New Work from Scott Radke

Here are the newest creations from amazing sculptor Scott Radke.
Keep an eye out for him in the Hunt & Gather art book which comes out this October from Mark and Batty press, Scott has a feature in the publication.

Follow Scotts work HERE on his blog!