Saturday, May 21, 2011

Wisconsin Mural Project Complete

Oceanside, CA May 21, 2011 In only 10-days, Taylor Gallegos completes mural on the east wall of the Wisconsin Market Building, 608 Wisconsin Street.  The new mural reflects the diverse community that is Oceanside from the perspective of Wisconsin Street’s famous strand access point. Absolutely beautiful! Taylor is definitely making his mark in the San Diego art scene.



Taylor Gallegos has been exhibited in solo and group shows in art galleries and businesses throughout the western United States and abroad. His work is in public and private collections from Hawai’i to New York City, with hundreds of originals and commissions already cherished. In recent years, Gallegos has been extending his work off the canvas into the realms of large scale murals, Surfboards, and live painting at public venues for shows and events. His work can be found on his website TaylorGallegos.com or on his business page, TayloredARTS Inc. on Facebook.


Taylor has always loved, created and studied art—drawing every dinosaur, superhero and athlete he admired since he was a three-year-old in Boulder, Colorado. Gallegos attended Colorado State University in Fort Collins, CO, where he received a Bachelor’s Degree in Fine Arts with a double concentration in both Painting and Drawing. To expand on his formal education and artistic practice, he went abroad in 2004 to study, paint and draw in Castiglion Fiorentino, Italy. Since then Gallegos has worked in art galleries, studios and custom frame shops, developing his understanding of the professional art world. Taylor Gallegos now lives and creates in Oceanside, California.


Tuesday, May 10, 2011

Mary Jane Ansell, Sean Cheetham, Ron English, Benjamin Bryce Kelley, Miles 'MAC' Macgregor, Ann Marshall, Stephen Wright, Jonathan Yeo - New Masters

Los Angeles, CA May 10, 2011 - Vida Marquesa stops by Subliminal Projects Gallery to see New Masters, a group exhibition of works on the classical figure by contemporary artists Mary Jane Ansell, Sean Cheetham, Ron English, Benjamin Bryce Kelly, Miles 'Mac' MacGregor, Ann Marshall, Stephen Wright, and Jonathan Yeo.

The New Masters exhibition focuses on today's leading contemporary artists and their approach to the classical figure.  These exceptional artists are considered the "New Masters" of today's figure painters, printers and sculptors, invoking the feeling of the Old Master's technical virtuosity with a contemporary approach.   


The classical figure has been admired throughout history and mastering the depiction of the human figure has long been considered the cornerstone of artistic practice.  To perfect their representation of human anatomy, musculature, and proportion, artists throughout the ages turned to ancient Greek and Roman sculpture.  By imitating ancient precedents, the Old Masters of art developed a classical figure type that remained the predominant mode of representation for centuries.  Following, the 16th and 17h centuries of the Renaissance took the classical figure to a higher level through the use of perspective, the study of human anatomy and proportion, and through their development of an unprecedented refinement in drawing and painting techniques. 


In the present day, these leading contemporary artists have a heightened ability to understand and interpret their subject, while emphasizing the mind-set and methodologies that have guided artists for over five hundred years.  Their figures are influenced by characteristics of today - feelings, surroundings, beliefs, and relationships, incorporated with new techniques and mediums, while still holding true the fundamentals of the classical form, thus becoming the New Masters. www.subliminalprojects.com

Miles "Mac" Macgregor http://elmac.net  

Ann Marshall

Ron English http://www.popaganda.com  

Sean Cheetham http://www.seancheetham.com



Mary Jane Ansell www.maryjaneansell.co.uk  Sculpture: Benjamin Bryce Kelley http://benjaminbrycekelley.com
  

Benjamin Bryce Kelley http://benjaminbrycekelley.com

Stephen Wright http://stephenwrightart.com


May 7, through June 4, 2011.
SUBLIMINAL PROJECTS GALLERY
1331 W Sunset Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90026

Wednesday, April 20, 2011

The Washington St. Mural Project Fundraiser

Oceanside, CA April 22nd, 2011 from 5 – 10 PM, the Cup Coffee Bistro, 206 Wisconsin Street, Oceanside, CA is hosting a community driven fundraiser to pay for the new mural, generate aid to send to Japan, and help support a local family dealing with tragedy.

This event is being held to raise money to fund a new mural by Taylor Gallegos (www.TaylorGallegos.com), to grace the east wall of the Wisconsin Market Building on Wisconsin Street in Oceanside. The new mural will reflect the diverse community that is Oceanside from the perspective of Wisconsin Street’s famous strand access point. There will be large scale artwork by Gallegos on display. Entertainment will include live music from local bands and performance poetry by Oceanside artists. There will be no cover and this event is free to the public.

A raffle to assist in generating funds includes prizes of framed artwork by Gallegos and gifts donated by local Oceanside businesses. Tickets are $10. 10% of the funds generated will be donated directly to a Japan Relief fund to encourage involvement in our global community. There will be a unique and special painting from the tragically beautiful memorial service recently held for Oceanside’s beloved Devin Allen. This painting will be silently auctioned at the event with all proceeds going directly to the Allen family.


For more information visit www.TaylorGallegos.com 

Mural today:

Tuesday, March 22, 2011

Camille Rose Garcia - Snow White & the Black Lagoon

Los Angeles, CA March 22, 2011 - Vida Marquesa visits the solo exhibition of pop surrealist Camille Rose Garcia, "Snow White & the Black Lagoon."

I first learned of Camille in 2008.  I received my July/August issue of Art ltd. magazine and there was a story called The Surreal Girls. Garcia was one of four female artists featured as being at the forefront of the "Pop Surrealism" movement.

When I started looking into her and her art, I thought Disney meets punk rock...love it! After further digging I find it to be much darker, even better!

"Snow White & the Black Lagoon" is on display at Michael Kohn Gallery March 12-April 11, 2011 wwwkohngallery.com







Garcia received a Masters of Fine Arts from The University of California, Davis. A solo midcareer survey of her work was shown at the San Jose Museum of Art in May 2007. Three books of her work have been published, her children’s book, The Magic Bottle, 2006, published by Fantagraphics Books, The Saddest Place on Earth, 2005, published by Last Gasp Publishing and Grand Central Press, and Tragic Kingdom, 2007, published by Last Gasp Press and The San Jose Museum of Art.

Garcia’s work has been featured in Flaunt Magazine, Nylon, Paper Magazine, Modern Painters, Art Prostitute, Juxtapoz Magazine and The Los Angeles Times. Her art has been exhibited in Spain, Germany, France, and Italy, as well as numerous cities in the United States. She currently lives in Northern California.

www.camillerosegarcia.com

Saturday, January 22, 2011

Cirque Berzerk

Los Angeles, CA January 21, 2011 - Vida Marquesa escapes into the fantasy world of Cirque Berzerk.

"They gave us Sexy, Scary, Funny and Absinthe...What else does one need, really?" -LA Times...indeed! Take a dark, sexy trip into the imagination.  Think Carnivale (HBO) meets Sweeny Todd (Tim Burton).

The show takes place in the red light district of well, Hell.  Death is our guide, played by Co-Founder & Artistic Director, Kevin Bourque.   He and his troupe of sexy acrobats, contortionists and fire breathing clowns create a surreal evening that has all your senses firing off at full speed.

Cirque Berzerk will be performing at the Nokia Theater at LA Live through the end of January











www.cirqueberzerk.com

Monday, January 17, 2011

Mac & Retna Mural - "Of Our Youth"

I spotted this the other day driving on La Cienega between Washington and Jefferson. This Mac and Retna project was completed in August of 2010 and is their most recent mural to date.

It Reads:
"So today I'm trying to change a few things to rectify the situation of my past. So today I'm looking towards the future (of our youth highlighted)"


The Mac and Retna are artists who are on my list of future masters.  Each artist has his own unprecedented style and technique. Mac paints the figures, using spray paint. Retna paints the calligraphic text, using spray paint and acrylic.

They have collaborated several times in recent years, and have gained growing attention and applause for the powerful and beautiful murals they've painted in Los Angeles and several other cities around the world.



www.elmac.net
www.digitalretna.com

Sunday, January 9, 2011

Alex Pardee - Vertigo: A Decade of Hunting Nightmares.

Culver City, CA January 8, 2011 - Vida Marquesa attends opening reception for Alex Pardee's solo exhibition "Vertigo: A Decade of Hunting Nightmares."

Awesome show!! There was a line out the door and down the street, all night.  I think they even had to turn away a couple hundred people.  Not a bad way to launch 2011 for Corey Helford Gallery. Alex blew the roof of that place.

This was a huge show for California artist Alex Pardee.  Not only was it his first solo show at CHG, but this was also his first time using acrylics (he is normally a watercolor and ink guy).  Pardee was inspired by world-famous nightmare hunter, Verti Parker.  www.vertiparker.com
All laid it out on 13 wood panel paintings done in beautifully horrific Pardee style.

A definite must see! Showing until Jan 26, 2011













Check him out www.eyesuckink.com