“Twenty Years Under the Influence of Juxtapoz” Opens at Barnsdall

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“Twenty Years Under the Influence of Juxtapoz” Opens at Barnsdall

February 22 celebrate two decades of groundbreaking art, celebrated with a mega show featuring over 100 artists popularized through the genius of Juxtapoz Magazine. Founded in San Francisco Robert Williams, Craig Stecyk, Greg Escalante, Eric Swenson and Fausto Vitello as a West coast nose-thumb to the New Your art establishment, Juxtapoz slammed contemporary street culture,…

Cartwheel Art at ArtExpoSD: Pop, Goth, Prints, and Dark Progressivism

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Cartwheel Art at ArtExpoSD: Pop, Goth, Prints, and Dark Progressivism

  ArtExpoSD starts in less than two weeks–we do our load-in on opening day, July 24 at 7am–well, we can start at 7am, but since Dahlia Jane and I driving down the day before with our art installer from @ColdFireArtCo to see the Latin Lovers play, we might be at the Wonder Bread Factory at…

Isabel Samaras on ArtPadSF, aka “Fun In The Sun”

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Isabel Samaras on ArtPadSF, aka “Fun In The Sun”

  ArtPadSF, now in its third year, pulled in about 9,000 attendees who all seemed to realize the same thing: it’s a great place to spend a sunny afternoon.  Unlike the giant fairs where you’re locked inside a huge, windowless Thunderdome of art, ArtPadSF allows you as many mini-sanity breaks as you need while you…

Intellectual Property to Debut New Prints at Venice Art Walk!

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Intellectual Property to Debut New Prints at Venice Art Walk!

Daniel Rolnik and Ryan McIntosh are dangerous enough on their own, but now that they are combining their tireless forces, we should all tremble. Art world domination is close at hand. Oh sure, they seem all cute, and nice, and friendly but think about it. How could anybody work as hard and fast as these…

Art is a MiXTAPE

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Art is a MiXTAPE

Jessicka Addams (formerly of the underappreciated band Jack Off Jill) had an idea. What if she gathered together iconic giants of Pop Surrealism and asked them each to pick a song, then asked them to create art inspired by that song. It’s such a simple idea, yet so pre-loaded with emotional resonance.