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Street/Studio Schedule @ Irvine

June 13, 2009

Program and Events for Street/Studio

Lineup: Shepard Fairey (LA), Swoon (NY), Gaia (Brooklyn), Imminent Disaster (Brooklyn), Oliver Vernon (Brooklyn), James Marshall (Dalek) (NY and Raleigh, NC), EVOL (Berlin), and PISA73 (Berlin).

June 17-20: On-site wall murals and installations in progress

Artists will create murals and installations in the alley and rear of the gallery at 14th and P Streets. Preview day: Friday, June 19, 1:00-4:00PM.

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Above: new works by James Marshall (Dalek). Arcylic on panel, 10 x 10 and 14 x 14 inches each

June 19: Public Program: Katzen Arts Center, American University Museum, 7:00 PM

Panel discussion on the impact of street art in the contemporary artworld with curators and artists. Panelists include Pedro Alonzo (Independent Curator, and Curator of the Shepard Fairey Retrospective at the Boston Institute of Contemporary Art), Anne Goodyear (Assistant Curator, Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery), and artists Oliver Vernon, EVOL, Pisa73, and Gaia. Moderator: Martin Irvine, Director, Irvine Contemporary. Katzen Arts Center, American University Museum, Washington, DC.

EVOL (berlin, Germany) Berlin Shroud, 2009. Spray paint, stencil on cardboard. 20 x 20 inches

EVOL (Berlin, Germany) Berlin Shroud, 2009. Spray paint, stencil on cardboard. 20 x 20 inches

June 20: Opening Reception and Alley Block Party, 6:00-11:00 PM

Join us for an opening reception with the artists and block party in the alley behind the Irvine Contemporary gallery, 14th and P Streets, NW, Washington, DC. Live music by DJs Iona Rozeal Brown and Jahsonic. New wall murals and installations by the artists will be on view.

New Image

Gaia Brooklyn, NY) Hand print on found plywood, street mural, 2009.

New print edition by Gaia for the exhibition published by Irvine Contemporary. Three-color screenprint on Kitakata paper. Edition of 30. Printed by Pyramid Atlantic, Silver Spring, MD.

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Gaia, Bear. 2009. 3 color screenprint on Kitakata paper, ed. of 30. 20 x 13.5 inches

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I’m waiting at the switch

December 18, 2008

for permission to make public all the exciting art events during inauguration week… give me a week because if you’re in DC for the inauguration, I know where you should be (I just can’t tell you yet).

In other news, while some had thought that maybe I’d jumped off the edge of my booth in Miami and that’s why I wasn’t posting, not the case. I almost did though, once I realized about 10% of Europeans from last year came and only about 50% of the New Yorkers.  As you can imagine, the art fair quickly turned into an art war, but special thanks to Belgium, Italy, Laguna Beach, Seattle and the UK for your support.

Also one of my favorite collectors has told me that on one of the forums someone was writing that the Daleks in the my booth were based on some sort of a digital process and not hand-painted. That is completely false.  This:

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and this

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are 28 x 28 inches of completely hand-painted acrylic on panel and so are the sides:

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Don’t believe everything you read on the forums, you can only trust blogs!!! (and Wikipedia).

So until I get the OK to spill on the inauguration events, mark January 15th and 19th on your calendars and while you’re waiting, here’s a great excuse to visit the Hirshhorn.

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Kanye West!

June 3, 2008

kinda blogged about our current show.  The show sold out before it opened, but call me, Kanye – I’ll have one commissioned for you : 202-332-8767 !

(West collects Murakami; James was Murakami’s studio assistant 2000-2001)

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Miami Bound

November 30, 2007

I’m sorry I haven’t written in a while but holidays + Miami prep = no posting time.

I am sitting here adding centimeters to inches in inventory and converting our price lists into Pounds and Euros (not Rubels,Yen or HK$ – which may have made it onto the score boards of Sotheby’s and Christie’s sales, but I don’t expect to see much of it in Miami) This conversion though especially freaked me out:

$10,000

€ 6800

₤ 4800

Thus, if you have a British accent, come to booth 74 for special attention and I’ll send you home with something/somethings good … I expect many foreign buyers next week and I’ll be posting info and pictures from the fair when I can.

Highlights of what we have: a new 30 x 30 Dalek, several 24karatgold on gesso Teo Gonzalez’s, Paul D. Miller aka DJ Spooky video New York is Now which is being featured at the Rubell Collection and the Scope VIP party (and video stills in C-Print to accompany) So come visit me in booth 74 and please bring me a bottle Smart Water if you can – sensory overload, dehydration and grandness!

Example of Dalek’s new acrylic on panel ………… This one is sold, the one I have is going to be a surprise! painting9june07.jpg

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Update on feelings toward the Smithsonian Institute

July 20, 2007

A while back I wrote a snarky post about the Young Benefactor’s Society of the Smithsonian asking me for a donation.

Well, I was once a young intern looking for a break and a sweet girl (who was a helluva of a follow-upper) got me to donate a framed Dalek (James Marshall) print.

Please go bid! for the good of the Smithsonian!

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