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We are pleased to announce that Jermaine Rogers is bringing his sideshow to Nederland. “The Detailed Mechanics of the Monkey Hustle” will feature concert posters, art prints, drawings and a painting (The Gorgon). Unfortunately, due to his insanely busy schedule, Jermaine will not be at the opening, rather he will be in attendance the following Saturday, September 6th at 4pm. He will be bringing with him previously unreleased art prints and extras unavailable anywhere else.

Keep your eyes on the NOWhere Limited website as we will be making available some very rare items at random times during the four weeks of the show.

Jermaine Rogers
The Detailed Mechanics of the Monkey Hustle
30 August - 28 September 2008
NOWhere Limited
Nederland, Colorado

The web store for Esao Andrews is back up. Some nice prints in small editions are available for purchase right now.

Cathy Lo is interested in what makes her Cathy Lo. In the series “Aesthetic Compounds” she has developed a complex system for defining her various states. The compositions relate to the viewer as beautiful designs culled from very personal imagery. These silk screened canvases have been organized like equations. Consistent syntax admits her audience into a show of personal material and memory that would otherwise remain inaccessible.

Be sure to check out the interview with Cathy Lo over at Scene 360.

This beautiful print has been extricated from the fantastic mind of Greg “Craola” Simkins. “Finder’s Keepers” is a 16 x 20″ giclée on velvet cotton rag. The content consists of Marcel, a mixed up sheep that lives at the bottom of a well and has a rather unusual diet. He can be found and kept over at Zero Friends.

Stef has rolled out an elegant new screen print. “Babelon” measures approximately 20 x 14″ and is available in a minuscule edition of 8. The prints exhibit slight variation due to the two color spray hand finishing. The tower keeps growing. Head over to Hoodacious and get yours before someone else does.

Ray Caesar has just completed this amazing work for his upcoming show in NYC. He’s given LIMO this exclusive first glimpse. “Metatron” exists as an edition of 10, it’s 48 x 72″ and mounted on plexiglass. Click here for a larger image. DO NOT MISS THIS SHOW.

Ray Caesar
In the Garden of Moonlight
28 June - 26 July 2008
Jonathan Levine Gallery
NYC

Ian Millard is set to release his first screen print tomorrow at noon eastern time. “0% APR” was inspired by the unreasonable amount of credit card offers that we all receive in the mail. Millard worked with Tripp over at Taboot Printing on the production. The print exists in two editions, 3 on birch and 25 on paper. Each piece is unique, they have been hand worked by the artist. The paper edition will be available via this link.

Ian Millard
0% APR
Paper Edition of 25
17 June 2008

Ray Caesar is busy preparing his solo show scheduled to debut in less than two weeks at the Jonathan Levine Gallery in NYC. Not much has been released about the show as of yet. It is safe to say that there will be plenty of doll-like girls with mutations and amazing tailors in this most recent body of work. In the meantime, head over and read the biography of Ray Caesar… did you know that he is a dog?

Ray Caesar
In the Garden of Moonlight
28 June - 26 July 2008
Jonathan Levine Gallery
NYC

Unfortunately this show slipped under the radar for me. Gladly, the magazine, “Art in America” produced an article in their current issue highlighting the exhibition that ended in February.
Emory Douglas was the visual leader of the Black Panthers from 1967-84. His politically charged artwork graced the pages of “The Black Panther” the movement’s newspaper. Douglas met up with Huey Newton and Bobby Seale when the two were trying to get the newspaper off the ground. Newton and Seale were designing “The Black Panther” with awkwardly drawn headlines in pencil. Emory Douglas stepped in and was quickly granted the title Minister of Culture and Revolutionary Artist of the Black Panther Party. For almost two decades he shifted opinion and led the movement, visually.
The impact of the Douglas designs did not stop with the decline of the movement. Today, many top artists make depictions that are obvious copies of the work of Emory Douglas. True, they may be selling something and playing at revolution, but at least the spirit of these early designs lives on. Perhaps that kid with the faux revolutionary t-shirt or sticker will be flipping through a book or looking online and find that the symbols used today actually had real world meaning. For more information about the highly influential work of Emory Douglas, please visit the LA MOCA website. Many artworks are available to view there with a bit of text on each piece from the artist.

Black Panther: The Revolutionary Art of Emory Douglas
21 October 2007 - 24 February 2008
Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art
MOCA Pacific Design Center

A very nice time-lapse of the legendary Lindsey Kuhn at work. Be sure to l00k for the animated blow up doll just shy of 2 minutes.

More shameless promotion for the gallery. This Friday, May 23rd at 3PM Eastern, Killingstar “Self-Portrait (Ardent Edition)” print will be available at this link.

Killingstar
Self-Portrait (Ardent Edition)
23 May 3PM EASTERN
NOWhere Limited

The Brooklynite Gallery is opening in grand style with a print exhibition from BAST. The show, “Nose Candy”, offers new works exploring the theme of jewelry. BAST has a love for confusion, his foray into bling will be utter chaos. I can’t wait.
BAST doesn’t offer preview images for his shows. The image above, “Video 8″ silkscreen embellished with spray paint, is representative of recent work.
This is the inaugural exhibit for the Brooklynite. The new building was designed by the gallery’s director, Rae McGrath. The manifesto for this new space gave me the impression that the folks in charge have seen enough art to be certain when something works.

BAST
10 June - 12 July
Brooklynite Gallery
334 Malcolm X Blvd.
Brooklyn, NY