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/
On a cold and stormy night earlier this month in Los Angeles, heavy rain pelted the streets outside while a small mob crowded into Allouche Gallery. Heads were craning about to see the creator of the large paintings hanging on the walls—many of them landscapes verging on abstraction, and rather moody themselves. The artist, actor Sharon Stone, was holding court in the gallery’s first room, a striking figure in a black suit accented with gatherings of magenta ruffles.The show, Shedding (until 7 April), is the first solo gallery exhibition for Stone, who took up painting—in an almost feverish way—during Covid-19 lockdowns. The title references all kinds of
Artist Teiji Hayama has developed a unique creative process wherein he leverages the pop culture, digital media, and traditional painting together, resulting in images that are at once filled with highly recognizable iconography yet remain decidedly foreign. On view through February 11, 2025, Hayama’s solo exhibition “Million Eyes” is on view in New York with Allouche Gallery, offering visitors the chance to immerse themselves in the artist’s creative and uncanny world. The works featured in “Million Eyes” allow viewers to not only gain insight into Hayama’s distinctive artistic practice, but psychologically engage with and reflect on the power of images, particularly
The work in “A Mechanical Resolution” is a meditation on the process of creating art in a technically advanced society. The subjects Cid depicts are abstract cyborgian figures with complex textures and explosions of color surrounded by scribbles of text, impasto polka dots, limbs, and weapons made from silicone, graphite, spray paint, and more. For Cid, however, the focus of his work lies not particularly in the content he depicts but in the transformative process of painting itself. Felix grew up in Madrid and studied art and photography at a young age. He graduated from Yale’s MFA program where he
Patrick McNeil and Patrick Miller, known collaboratively as FAILE, are the visionaries behind Deluxx Fluxx’s floor-to-ceiling blacklight art interiors. Together they’ve blurred the boundaries between fine art, urban art, and popular culture throughout their 20+ years of practice. FAILE brings to New York elements from the golden age of arcades, punk rock, hip-hop and graffiti culture that are now synonymous with the Deluxx Fluxx experience. Read the full article at https://www.juxtapoz.com/news/installation/faile-open-a-permanent-outpost-for-their-iconic-deluxx-fluxx-installation/
“Life is not merely what it seems to be. Hidden from our eyes by the cloak of materiality is a wonderful world which only the eyes of the dreamer can see and the soul of the mystic comprehend.” Read the full article at https://brooklynrail.org/2022/06/in-memoriam/A-Tribute-to-Lance-De-Los-Reyes
