Hustler of Culture

NYC - Young Kim, Deanne Cheuk, Jose Parla, Rey Parla, Rostarr, and Davi Russo's "The New Grand Tour" (06.04.10 - 07.17.10)

THE NEW GRAND TOUR

Young Kim a.k.a. Suitman
Deanne Cheuk
José Parlá
Rey Parlá
Rostarr
Davi Russo

June 4 – July 17, 2010

Opening Reception:  Thursday June 3, 6-8pm

LA - Mark S. Meadows' "Tea Time with Terrorists" Book Event (05.29.10)

For a chance to win a copy of my pal, professional journeyman, Mark S. Meadows'  "Tea Time with Terrorists", leave a comment about an adventure you'll never forget. The contest ends Monday, May 31, 2010 at midnight. Two winners will be randomly selected, good luck!

NYC - "NEGATION, SUBTRACTION, DISSOLUTION" (05.24.10 - 06.28.10)

NEGATION, SUBTRACTION, DISSOLUTION

arranged by Front Desk Apparatus
May 24 - June 28, 2010

Opening: May 24, 6-8PM

Artists: John Cage, Jesse Cohen, Quentin Curry, Phillipe Decrauzat, Matias Faldbakken, Amy Granat, Gareth James, Jacob Kassay, Jutta Koether, Amir Mogharabi, Steven Parrino, Seth Price, Josef Strau, Andy Warhol

NYC - adiCup (05.22.10)

LA - "Palate" (05.22.10 - 06.12.10)

LA - Mark Licari's "The Finishes That Stand The Test" (05.22.10 - 07.02.10)

ENVISION : Step Into The Sensory Box

This immersive experiment was showcased by Alcatel-Lucent to its customers at the last Mobile World Congress. An experiment containing video mapping conceived by Superbien and the new media department of l'Agence\Auditoire, the public was invited to enter a cube to discover an artistic vision of the event's tagline: Transforming the mobile experiment.  [Big ups to Brandon for the link!]

SM - Anthony Friedkin + Stephanie Ramer's "Making Waves" (05.20.10 - 06.27.10)

NYC - Avenue of the Americas at LentSpace (05.19.10 - 11.19.10)

Avenue of the Americas at LentSpace
LentSpace at Canal, Varick, Grand, and Sixth Avenue
Open to the public May 19, 2010 – November 19, 2010
FREE, open daily 7AM to dusk

Avenue of the Americas is a site-specific sculpture exhibition, which literally sits at the gateway of Sixth Avenue, and features artists from North and South America tackling themes related to the social and political issues confronting American societies.

Video: Iceland, Eyjafjallajökull

Nature rules! This video of Eyjafjallajökull is exceptional. [Big ups to Kathryn for the find!]

LA - Carmina Escobar's "The Cave" (05.15.10)

The CAVE by Carmina Escobar

Saturday May 15th, 2010
8pm

The CAVE is a speleological sonic scenic exploration of human resonant cavities; for solo voice, objects and electronics. Join us for this special performance by singer Carmina Escobar.

BIO:
Carmina Escobar is a singer and multimedia artist from Mexico City that has collaborated in many different projects which explore a diversity of sonorous languages such as medieval music, opera, contemporary music, folk music, electronic music and experimental trends involving interdisciplinary collaborations and multimedia. As a soloist she has performed concerts of contemporary repertoire for solo voice, the premieres of works by young composers and performances of her own compositions. She has appeared in diverse forums and festivals all around the Mexican Republic as well as California, collaborating with artists of diverse disciplines. She is an active improviser, as much in a solo context as in a group context, in which she involves, as part of her sonorous vocabulary, real-time processing of her voice and the use of concrète elements through electronic media. At the moment she resides in Los Angeles CA where she is studying for her mastesrs degree in Vocal Performance at CalArts. She is currently a beholder of the schoolarship program Estudios en el Extranjero sponsored by FONCA.

Bristol - "Art From The New World" (05.15.10 - 08.22.10)

COREY HELFORD GALLERY
in collaboration with
BRISTOL’S CITY MUSEUM & ART GALLERY
present

Art From The New World
A Big Brash Exhibition of the New American Art Scene

***EXHIBITION OPENS TO PUBLIC SATURDAY 15 MAY-SUNDAY 22 AUGUST, 2010***
Bristol’s City Museum & Art Gallery
Queen’s Road, Bristol BS8 1RL
Free entry. Open daily 10am-5pm

Mother Nature and British Aviation law will not stop the arrival of a shipment of America’s most exciting Urban and Contemporary Art, which is UK-bound to form ART FROM THE NEW WORLD, the ground-breaking exhibition from Los Angeles’ noted Corey Helford Gallery. The world-class, and as yet unseen collection of work from a formidable group of 49 of the finest emerging and noted American artists will now open to the public on SATURDAY 15 MAY. Originally scheduled to be air freighted from the USA, this priceless collection will now arrive from the New World by sea, thanks to the intervention of Iceland’s Eyjafjallajökulle volcano.

1-2-1 With jeffstaple: Futura

1-2-1 w/jeffstaple feat. Futura from jeffstaple on Vimeo.

Two of the hardest working men, Leonard McGurr aka Futura and jeffstaple sit down for a tête-à-tête. Favorite Futura quote, "I haven't survived this long by being an asshole or irresponsible. So just my contribution and what I would perceive to be is the perception people have of me, maybe not my work because that's objective.  But in the people that have gotten to know me as a person. They probably think I'm a decent person. And I like to think I'm a decent person. You know what I mean? So, so, if I've made a success of myself, it hasn't been because I sold out. It's just been because I'm ultimately talented."

LA - "Aftershock LA" (05.10.10 - 05.14.10)

Brooklyn - Spring Fling (05.09.10)

Spring Fling

Sunday, May 9, 2010, 10:30 AM - 1:00 PM

Join the Brooklyn Bridge Park Conservancy, in partnership with the Brooklyn Bridge Park Development Corporation, for the 5th Annual Spring Fling celebration in Brooklyn Bridge Park -- this year on the newly-opened Pier 1. This Mother's Day event will feature musical guest AudraRox playing a rocking set for kids and adults. Children's book author and illustrator Betsy Lewin, will read from "Click, Clack, Moo," and offer a drawing demo. The Transit Museum will be on hand with arts and crafts and will offer discounted family memberships. The Brooklyn Children's Museum will be hosting a special eco-friendly arts and crafts activity and the opportunity to get up close and personal with our friends from the Museum's collection of living animals, and Karma Kids Yoga will lead parent-child yoga workshops. Children will make special Mother's Day cards courtesy of The Moxie Spot.

NYC - Ryan Humphrey's "Early American" (05.08.10 - 06.20.10)

RYAN HUMPHREY
Early American                                             
May 8 – June 20, 2010
 
Opening Reception:  Friday, May 7, 6-8pm
 
DCKT Contemporary is pleased to present Early American, RYAN HUMPHREY’s third solo exhibition with the gallery.  HUMPHREY explores duality through an altered, customized version of an 18th century American interior.  The installation hijacks the format of a formal and affluent interior, infusing it with cast-offs and objects more likely found in a rural garage than an antique shop.  Class and taste are called into question and the hierarchy of materials associated with social stratification is discarded.
 

LA - Luke Chueh's "Beginnings / Endings (And Other Worthless Epiphanies)" (05.08.10 - 05.29.10)

CoproGallery  presents Luke Chueh's "Beginnings / Endings (And Other Worthless Epiphanies)" which bears all the stylistic stamps Chueh's fans have come to love. Employing minimal color schemes, simple animal characters, and a seemingly endless suite of ill-fated situations, Chueh balances cute with brute, perched on the fine line between comic and tragic.

Chueh studied graphic design at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obipso where he earned a BS in Art & Design (Graphic Design concentration). Employed by the Ernie Ball Company, he worked in-house as designer/illustrator creating award-winning designs, and was featured in the design annuals of Communication Arts and Print Magazine. As if this were not enough, Chueh also created, produced, wrote, designed, edited and published "E.X.P.", a 'zine dedicated to the "Intelligent Dance Music (IDM)" genre. In 2003, Chueh moved to Los Angeles to further pursue a career in design, only to join the ranks of the under-employed. He resorted to painting as a way to keep both his edge and his sanity. When the Los Angeles underground art show, Cannibal Flower, invited him to exhibit at their monthly events, Chueh began his ascent into the LA art scene. Chueh has since established himself as the arbiter of disarmingly benign menace. Ever the designer, Chueh also has a new toy coming out through Munky King.

LA - Marc Johns and Steven Weissman's "Butter and Blood" (05.08.10 - 06.02.10)

London - Maria Nepomuceno's New Works (05.07.10 - 06.12.10)

Philly - "Deck Heads 3" (05.07.10 - ?)