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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 April 29th, 2009

My heart is all a flutter over Gabriel Moreno’s More than Illustration solo show. Oh, what sensual lines!

Related link
+ Visit Gabriel Moreno’s blog

Purchasing link
+ Get original art and prints from Gabriel Moreno’s online shop

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Tags: Blogs, Exhibitions, Gabriel Moreno, More than Illustration, Prints, Solo

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Ninja January 16th, 2009

There’s been a lot of buzz surrounding James Jean’s debut show, Kindling: New Works on Paper and Canvas, at the Jonathan Levine Gallery, and for good reason—his work is breathtaking. You can view them here—be warned, they’re stunning. The Jonathan Levine Gallery has just released two giclee prints from Kindling (see below). To place an order, email the Jonathan Levine Gallery at info@jonathanlevinegallery.com or call them at 212-243-3822.

Ballad

Giclee print on photo rag 308 gsm paper
S/N edition of 50
Image size: 18 x 26 inches
Paper size: 21 x 29 1/2 inches
$400.00

Ballad detail

Ballad detail

Toy Maker

Giclee on photo rag 308 gsm paper
S/N edition of 50
Image size: 18 x 38 1/2 inches
Paper size: 22 x 42 1/2 inches
$600.00

Toy Maker detail

Toy Maker detail

Toy Maker detail

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Tags: Exhibitions, Giclee, James Jean, Jonathan LeVine Gallery, Kindling, Limited-edition, Prints, Shopping, Solo

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Ninja January 8th, 2009

Arms is a project I started in 2004 after a year-and-a-half-long bout of pretty awful writer’s block… And once I started writing again, finally, I guess I’d absorbed a good bit of what they’d all taught me about mood, atmosphere, emotion. Slowness in music, literal and figurative.
– Todd Goldstein

Photo via rcrdlbl

Arms is the lo-fi, solo project from indie-rock Harlem Shakes guitarist/half of folk duo, The Sea & The Gulls, Todd Goldstein. Recorded in his bedroom, Goldstein played all the parts and then layered them to form the absolutely charming, romantic album, Kids Aflame. Uber-catchy tracks, Whirring and Shitty Little Disco, are easily my favorites from Kids Aflame.

You can download them here:
+ Whirring
+ Shitty Little Disco

Enjoy,
Ninja

Related links
+ Find tour dates and more information on Arms’ website
+ For more tunes, visit Arms’ myspace

Purchasing link
+ Kids Aflame

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Tags: Arms, Brooklyn, Downloads, Folk, Free, Harlem Shakes, Indie, Kids Aflame, Lo-fi, mp3s, New York, Shitty Little Disco, Solo, The Sea & The Gulls, Todd Goldstein, Whirring

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Ninja December 31st, 2008

James Jean Kindling
Jonathan LeVine Gallery (map)
January 10th—February 7th, 2009
Opening Reception: Saturday, January 10th, 6 PM–9 PM

For his first show at the Jonathan LeVine Gallery in New York, Jean has created a collection of original large-scale mixed media paintings and drawings on canvas, linen, and paper. Kindling will be Jean’s debut solo fine art exhibition.

Incorporating traditional symbolism and dynamic narratives, Kindling introduces finely rendered imagery created with Jean’s unique aesthetic, extraordinarily kinetic style, and sophisticated color palette. The subjects, as the artist explains, glide through the tableaux, tracing a narrative of thwarted desires.

His work explores the themes of metamorphosis, mortality, and sexuality. Several of his paintings are divided into multiple panels, echoing motifs from Chinese silk scroll paintings and Japanese wood block prints; two traditions which are sources of inspiration for the works in this show.

To give you an idea of what’s in store, James recently uploaded these showcards for Kindling:

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Tags: Exhibitions, Illustration, James Jean, Jonathan LeVine Gallery, Kindling, New York, Painting, Solo

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