TMG is proud to announce multi-talented artist Sam Grant is having his second solo exhibition, “Double Vision” at Loakal Gallery. The show features him killing two mediums (photography and painting) with one stone. His acrylic paintings are realistic rendered scenes that reflect a mid-century America framed in modern realities. They’re humorous cynicism symbolizes a realm that reaches back to a simpler time caught in extraordinary circumstances. Instead of post World War II it’s post indiscriminate data-gathering and NSA surveillance. Two drones fly …
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Travis Bedel (aka bedelgeuse) is an American artist. His mixed media anatomical collages reinforce humanity’s relation to nature and their common ancestry. Travis Bedel (aka bedelgeuse) Twitter …
It’s the biggest art show in Japan. The ninth annual Art Fair Tokyo is returning to The Tokyo International Forum on March seventh through the ninth. 145 galleries from Japan and overseas are scheduled to participate in what will hopefully be a lot more interesting than its past shows. AFT has a reputation for having either a “multiple personality” for the kind of art presented at the three day event or, a lack of focus for what their platform is …
If you discovered graffiti in the 80’s or early 90’s it’s mostly credited to this lady, famed photographer and hip-hop culture historian Martha Cooper. She stuck to the artist’s G code (always stay curious) and it paid off. When white America thought these poor brown kids were just destroying public property, Cooper saw young disenfranchised artists and urban dwellers who had built their own universe out of nothing. Aside from photographer and film maker Henry Chalfant (Wild Style, 1983), co-author …
Os Gêmeos (pronounced OSE ZHEM-e-os) meaning “The Twins” in Portuguese, are Otavio and Gustavo Pandolfo, identical twins hailing from São Paulo, Brazil. OG have been doing graffiti and catching fame for a minute. Known for their yellow characters and Brazilian folkloric paintings, OG has painted everywhere. They’re from the 80’s when hip-hop was in its infancy, yet still managing to spread around the globe, “We knew hip hop culture in 1985. We live in a district where hip-hop culture was very strong in its …
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