Dennis McNett just got back from Milan, Italy where he did a collaborative show with Swoon and Monica Canilao at the Patricia Armocida Gallery. Looks incredible and runs through July 20th.

Cigarettes, Phone Cards & Hip Hop Clothing
Works by Tom Betthauser, Kelsey Brookes, Ryan Travis Christian, Scott Greenwalt, Robert Hardgrave, Hiro Kurata, Mildred, Pacolli, Marco Zamora, and Alex Ziv
April 20 - May 12, 2012
@FFDG, San Francisco

Alex Ziv
Study 2 "Meat Bait" 12"x16"
12" x 16"
pen and ink on paper, framed

Ryan Travis Christian
Hey, You Should Stick Around for a Little While
10" x 12"
Graphite on Paper, 2011, framed

Hiro Kurata
Portrait of a Slugger
36" x 36"
Acrylic on panel, 2012

Works by Robert Hardgrave

Tom Betthauser
Untitled
22" x 18"
Graphite on Paper

Marco Zamora
Deconstructed Pink
24" x 24"
Ink and screen print on Paper

Artist Russ Pope's solo show 'Tax Included' opened on April 5th at AR4T Gallery in Laguna Beach, CA. Winner of Best Visual Artist of 2010 from OC Weekly, Russ's show fits right in tax month, providing his own social commentary through various new ink works on paper, paintings, sculptures, book pieces, and a one-of-kind print in his signature brush stroke style, characters, and color ways. As known for his involvement with skateboard companies such as SMA and Creature Skateboards (started that one), Russ has spent the last year dedicated to his art. Opening night was a blast with tons of folks and a live set by Indian Wig (Hagop Najarian, Neil Blender & Lance Mountain). The show opened April 4th and closes April 28th, so cruise down and check it out.

Tax Included
Solo Works by Russ Pope
April 5 – April 28, 2012
AR4T Gallery
210 North Pacific Coast Highway
Laguna Beach, CA 92651

Pull the trigger Jim.

Dana and Brian from AR4T Gallery. Super nice folks down there.

This photo rules. . . check out Lance.

Shawn Whisenant emailed over a few pics from Saturday's Barry McGee and friends show at Contemporary Arts Centre here in SF. Thanks for the pics, Shawn.

Music

Qubert

Speedo

Margaret

Barry Mcgee (right) chatting with an officer about... loud noise? A speeding ticket? Graffiti task force finally catch up to Barry?

Artist Pedro Matos is director and curator of the new London gallery, Ivory and Black. Thier first show with photographer Cheryl Dunn runs another week. The gallery looks great and their next show is with Pedro Matos.

Here are a few photos from the March opening. Congrats on the great looking space, guys.

Cheryl Dunn

Pedro Matos

As promised, Gerald Anekwe (aka Kid Yellow) emailed over a few photos (better than mine below) from Saturday's art jumble. He made his way to Dreamers & Make Believers for Jesse Pollock's zine release photo show. Then over to Needles and Pens for the group show curated by Austin McManus. Follows it all up with a trip to the Luggage Store and finally to wish Fish a happy birthday. Just like my post, except his photos weren't shot using telephone camera technology.

Jesse Pollock with his new zine Hotel Party at Dreamers & Make Believers on 14th St... Actually in the old Low Gallery space for you long time Fecal Face readers.

Austin from Juxtapoz curated the show EVERYTHING EVER AND NOTHING NEVER at Needles and Pens.

Spencer Keeton Cunningham at his group show at The Luggage Store.

We tried to make our way around SF on Saturday to check out some great shows and one benefit for Adobe Books with a cap for friend's birthday.

Done forget the proper camera but was a equipped with the camera phone machine. We should have better photos this week from Gerald, but for now: Needles and Pens for the group show curated by Austin McManus. Then down 16th St for the Adobe Books benefit at the Lab. With timing running out we made it to the Luggage Store for the group show Me and May ___ featuring works from Rye Purvis, Erlin Geffrard, Henry Gunderson, Spencer Keeton Cunningham, and Chad Hasegawa.

TO BE ANNOUNCED
ANDREW SCHOULTZ & RICHARD COLMAN
MARCH 23.2012 - APRIL 21.2012
V1 Gallery, Copenhagen

SF based Colman and Schoultz each present new bodies of work that diverge in artistic style from what they have become known for.

Andrew Schoultz

Andrew Schoultz

Richard Colman grew up skating and, in this show, creates works out of grip tape.

Richard Colman

Last Friday, March 10th Space 1026 founder Jim Houser (Philadelphia) new solo show, "As Quiet As It's Kept," opened at LeBasse Project's Culver City space.

Houser's show in Los Angeles featured new canvas paintings, mixed media installations as well as his signature panel/paintings. Houser has spent a week putting together his beautifully pieced installations from creating the music playing out of his hand-crafted cabinet speakers to birdhouses and wooden tables. In addition to his installation, Houser's new paintings featured some collaged elements –paper cutouts and shapes–which really can only be seen in person. "As Quiet As It's Kept" opened March 10th and runs through April 7th at LeBasse Projects in Culver City.

You should buy it dude.

Lots of Houser's panel paintings have text and a story behind them.

Another wall by Houser. Really loved the simplicity and colors of this one.

Douglas Harrison Neill emailed over some photos from the recent show at NYC's Marlborough Chelsea gallery featuring the curated group show Blind Cut by Jonah Freeman and Vera Neykov... The show has concluded, but the images can live on.

This collection, spanning several generations from Dada to the present, poses questions regarding identity, authorship, originality and reality. The practices and methodologies range from: depictions of fictional places, imagined personas, inaccurate histories, invented language, urban utopias and complex, unrevealed material gestures.