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Ninja November 20th, 2009

Here’s a small taste of Tim Burton’s Museum of Modern Art exhibit! It opens this Sunday, November 22, 2009 and runs to April 26, 2010.

This retrospective features Burton’s childhood drawings, student artwork, paintings, sketchbooks, concept artwork, storyboards, puppets, and costumes.

A behind the scenes look:

Purchasing link
+ Get your MoMA tickets here

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Tags: Drawings, Exhibitions, Paintings, Retrospective, Sketchbooks, Tim Burton

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Ninja November 3rd, 2009

Amy Sol’s Wilderness Buffet solo exhibition at the CoproGallery features her largest, most detailed paintings yet! They are just so heart-achingly beautiful. Amy does not disappoint with her imaginative narratives, dreamy heroines, and curious animal companions. She has also expanded her signature muted palette to include playful, brighter tones.

When
Opening Reception: November 7, 2009
8:00 – 11:30 PM
Amy will be attending the opening reception and will have hand-finished prints

Wilderness Buffet exhibition runs to November 27, 2009

Where
CoproGallery
Bergamot Station
2525 Michigan Ave
Unit T5
Santa Monica, CA 90404

Preview

Sea Ice Caravel
24 x 32 inches
acrylic on wood

Sunlit Kingdom
27 x 23 inches
acrylic on wood

Supernova Milk
27 x 23 inches
acrylic on wood

Plumlit Night
24 x 20 inches
acrylic on wood

Related links
+ visit Amy Sol’s web site
+ read Amy Sol’s blog
+ check out Amy Sol’s myspace

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Tags: Amy Sol, CoproGallery, Exhibitions, Paintings, Preview, Solo, Wilderness Buffet

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Ninja June 25th, 2009

Illustrator, Cory Godbey started the blog, Terrible Yellow Eyes, in May 2009. It features a wonderful collection of paintings inspired by Maurice Sendak’s beloved children’s book, Where the Wild Things Are. Please check out the other artists here.

Here’s a small sampling:

Ana Galvañ

Benjamin Burch

Kevin Ang

Pascal Campion

Peter deSeve

Sarah Caterisano

Seb Mesnard

Shannon Bonatakis

Shaun Pendergast

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Tags: Blogs, Books, Cory Godbey, Illustration, Maurice Sendak, Paintings, Terrible Yellow Eyes, Where the Wild Things Are

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Ninja June 2nd, 2009

Here’s a sneak peek at the much-anticipated accompanying book for James Jean’s show, Kindling: New Works on Paper and Canvas, at the Jonathan Levine Gallery. The Kindling book contains 12 high-quality, removable prints in addition to process sketches and drawings from James Jean’s exhibition of the same title. It will be available from Chronicle Books in September 2009.

If you weren’t able to make it out, you can view all of the pieces here.

via Process Recess

Pre-order book links
+ James Jean’s Kindling: 12 Removable Prints, $19.77
+ Process Recess 3: The Hallowed Seam, $23.07

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Tags: Books, Chronicle Books, James Jean, Jonathan LeVine Gallery, Kindling: New Works on Paper and Canvas, Paintings, Pre-order, Prints, Process Recess, Shopping

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