Lori Earley is a contemporary surrealist figurative artist who began exhibiting her work in 2004.  She describes her work, “My oil paintings are a combination of classical realistic rendering with a  personal element of distortion” This distortion comes from an innate desire to transform her  emotions into tangible planes that express what she feels, not what she sees.   Read the full article at https://beautifulbizarre.net/2014/01/25/lori-earley/

The artists in question are Malik Roberts, Paul Insect and Stickymonger, who will, each in their own fashion, commemorate the legacy of Bast, the fourth of the 4. Bast was best known for his collage art that portrayed mutated characters and scenes.   Read the full article at http://www.somewhere-magazine.com/nycs-allouche-gallerys-star-studded-4-in-la-pop-up-group-show-commemorates-late-artist-bast/

British street artist Paul Insect, who has worked with the likes of Banksy and calls Damien Hirst a collector, has opened his latest exhibition, ‘Reflective Minds’. Running now until 8th October at the Allouche Gallery, New York, he combines all the absurdism of Dada with the sleekness of modernism, yielding surreal renderings that point playfully at the deep dark underbelly of adult life.   Read the full article at https://www.forbes.com/sites/felicitycarter/2017/10/01/paul-insects-reflective-mind/?sh=6c076d3847f1

This collection is all about exploration of the familiar – looking at the relationship between solitude, independence, and the spaces we inhabit. “The main inspirations I’ve been taking from are interiors that are familiar to me. I have a really deep connection with spaces and the way that humans interact inside a home…the figures are meant to embody the viewer and stand as something we can see in all of us”   Read the full article at https://www.forbes.com/sites/felicitycarter/2018/02/01/ben-evans-opens-his-latest-exhibition-kink-today/?sh=1a7868d04742

See how pages of discarded printed words are transformed into meaningful art. Nick Georgiou began crafting a weekly series of monochromatic portraits that were created using issues of the Sunday New York Times. His inspiration stemmed from the way the media had been, and still is, portraying the news in a dark light.     Read the full article here https://dujour.com/culture/art-exhibit-turn-the-line-nick-georgiou-allouche-gallery-nyc/