Christina Empedocles "As Evidenced..." at David B. Smith Gallery

Christina Empedocles
As Evidenced...

October 1st - October 30th 2010

Opening Reception: this Friday, October 1st, 7pm - 10pm
Artist in attendance
Free and open to the public

The David B. Smith Gallery is very pleased to present As Evidenced..., a solo exhibition by Christina Empedocles. As Evidenced... will feature Empedocles' highly realistic two-dimensional drawings as well as new three-dimensional work and a site-specific installation. Empedocles is currently featured in the October issue of American Art Collector Magazine, and her work has been recently acquired by very influential and important collectors. We invite you to take this opportunity to see, enjoy and acquire her work.

The exhibition will open Friday, October 1, 2010 and run through Saturday, October 30, 2010. Please join us for a reception with the artist on Friday, October 1, from 7 to 10pm.


These drawings and paintings combine the very best of traditional naturalist art with surprising touches of pop art and contemporary postmodernism. Empedocles draws from a background and love of geology and ornithology, and tries to be as realistic as possible. She captures images from photographs and memorabilia, placing the images in kaleidoscope patterns and juxtaposing them against white space, bent pages and tape - so realistic you could almost reach out to remove them from the paper. And yet, it is the disconnect between the representation of the image and the understanding of reality that makes her work so unusual and so distinctive. Here is a masterful artist whose reflection of reality exceeds our expectations, and she invites us to contrast that reality with idealized representations and images.


Empedocles uses images of birds, animals, people and personal memorabilia in her work. From comic strips to concert tickets to images of celebrities, Empedocles, herself, describes her work as "obsessive realism," mixing idealized images and reality in a unique perspective. By folding and cutting images, using sculpture, painting and collage, she records personal moments and impressions with both a photographic and impressionistic quality. Her work is the result of hours of looking. As Colorado art critic and writer Leanne Haase Goebel writes in an essay prepared for this exhibition, "Drawing allows her to record these artifacts with more detail than can be captured in a photograph. Her documentation is as exact and purposeful as she can make it, and serves to monumentalize the moments that they represent." Empedocles' work is personal and visually inviting, and represents a unique perspective that challenges the viewer to separate the rendered image from the real.


Christina Empedocles was born and raised in Ann Arbor, Michigan. She earned her BA in studio art and geology from Oberlin College, Oberlin, Ohio and her MFA in painting from California College of the Arts, San Francisco, California. In 2008, Empedocles was awarded a public commission at the University of California, San Francisco for the Mission Bay Campus Community Center Mural. Her work has also been featured in Manifest's International Drawing Annual, Studio Visit Magazine, Color & Color, and American Art Collector Magazine. She currently shows in Denver, San Francisco and New York.

David B. Smith Gallery
1543 A Wazee Street Denver, CO 80202

CAMPER EXTRA Madrid Aggtelek opening

OPENING: Inauguración
19:30 / Luís de Góngora 3 / Aggtelek

Durante la jornada inaugural de Camper Extra se presentarán los elementos que Aggtelek recombinarán y darán nueva forma a lo largo de las dos siguientes semanas hasta componer la escenografía en la que se desarrollarán sus performances. Será, por tanto, una exposición ante los mismos ojos del público de los materiales que compondrán su particular work-in-progress, un muestrario de las partes integrantes de su obra artística; por así decirlo, los engranajes de la máquina en construcción.

Espacio 3 Góngoras
Calle de Luís de Góngora 3
28004 Madrid, Spain

CARHARTT X UDG DJ Bag

CARHARTT X UDG

Since the digital revolution came up, for a long time the DJ world was divided into strictly analogue and strictly digital advocates. However, today more and more DJs are making use of the advantages of both formats not just because digital media are less heavy than their analogue counter parts, but also because they are very convenient to work with. Yet, with the wonderful new diversity of setup options, one tiny problem arises: how to best stow away and carry around the holy trinity of music storage formats the record, the disc, and the notebook computer? After all, who wants to haul three different bags to a club or, even worse, have to check in three different bags at the airport?



Carhartt and UDG have now come up with a great all in one solution that will help you avoid all this hassle. It is a compact DJ bag that can hold your laptop, your vinyl collection, and your CDs, all at the same time. Sounds great on paper, but how does it play out in real life?


In order to find that out, we asked a select circle of DJs to test the Carhartt X UDG bag for us. They used it in their daily businesses, jam-packed it with their gear, gadgets, and record collections, hauled it around on flights, from continent to continent, from club to club, and exposed it to all sides of a DJ’s life. From the 27th of September onwards you can read the experiences of Cosmin TRG, Benji B, and Modeselektor each week at www.carhartt-wip.com/music.

Mike Friedrich and Timrobot "NOW IN 2D" at West Berlin Gallery

West Berlin Gallery proudly presents Mike Friedrich and Timrobot - NOW IN 2D* from September 30th to October 30th 2010 at the West Berlin Gallery.

The 3D trend is rising and everything is jam-packed with 3D effects, new products flood the market everyday, everything gets a 3D facelift. It's like Botox for the media. Even the art world is not safe from this trend. But do we need all this? Mike Friedrich and Timrobot - both members of The World Organisation, a Berlin based art collective- say «NO!» At least not yet.

At the West Berlin Gallery they will show a potpourri of illustrations and paintings dealing with the 3D theme in a humorous and satiric way. Watch as 2D collide when Timrobot's cute characters enter Mike Friedrich's underworld. Coming from a background of comics, Saturday morning cartoons and a time where 3D was more like blue and red lines than hightech effects, the artists want to set a statement and present their artworks in a maybe not so serious way – completely in 2D.

* Special 2D-glasses will be provided at the Opening at 7pm on the 30th of September. The evening will be completed by music and drinks to make it a date.

West Berlin Gallery
Brunnenstr. 56, 13355 Berlin
Public transport: U8/M10 Bernauerstr.

The Don gallery presents HELLO BRO!

HELLO BRO!!

30th of September

The Don gallery is proud to present a big retrospective show with more than 40 artists. A big selection of Graffiti art, Pop Surrealism and Lowbrow. Prints, Originals, Sculptures and Urban Toys.

Ron English, Doze Green, David Ellis, Shepard Fairey, Chaz Bojorquez, Jonone, Futura2000, Tara McPherson, Mike Giant, Phil Frost, Evan Hecox, Jeremy Fish, Bo130, Microbo, Dalek, Sam Flores, Jason D'Aquino, AJ Fosik, Mark Dean Veca, Barry Mcgee, Travis Millard, Anthony Lister... and many more....

The Don Gallery
Via Cola Montano 15 (ISOLA)
Milano, Italy.

Jaybo Monk “Hazardous Brushstrokes” New Paintings at Circleculture Gallery

"Hazardous Brushstrokes"
New Paintings by Jaybo Monk

October 01, 2010 to November 06, 2010
Opening September 30th 2010 7pm

New works by Jaybo Monk at Circleculture Gallery. With the solo show "Hazardous Brushstrokes", Jaybo Monk explores how the process of painting becomes uncontrollable and takes on a life of its own. The success of the paintings is not dependent on the artist's will, but rather on his intuition and pure accident.

Jaybo Monk is a runaway, setting out and wandering along in a physical as well as in a creative sense. In his youth, he ran away from his house in southern France, settling in Berlin-Kreuzberg at the beginning of the 1980’s, where he busied himself as a graffiti writer, street actor and hip-hop musician. When he founded the streetwear label “Irie Daily” and the cultural magazine “Style” at the beginning of the 1990’s, his influence on Berlin’s youth culture could be clearly seen. Even today, urban subculture is the driving force behind his artistic activities.

This is especially true of his paintings; they are erratic and chaotic as they directly quote various fragments of urban subculture. They often plumb great psychological depths, thematically speaking, with lightness meeting existentialistic melancholy, aggressiveness meeting passion and a seemingly standard romantic streak and visionary dimension.

Circleculture Gallery

Gipsstrasse 11
10119 Berlin Mitte

Feiyue X ANDRÉ at colette

Feiyue X ANDRÉ at colette

FEIYUE invited the artist ANDRÉ to design a model for the new Feiyue collection. For this exceptional collaboration, FEIYUE and ANDRÉ have chosen a highly selective and very qualitative distribution system, with availability in only one point of sale per country. Naturally, colette was given the exclusive distribution rights for France.

The artistic project involved Feiyue’s first model, the FE-LO, and resulted in the creation of an understated white fabric tennis shoe enhanced by the now-famous ‘Mr A’ and a pair of matching laces.

FEIYUE x ANDRÉ – 36 pairs
Available exclusively from colette from October 1st
213 rue Saint- Honoré 75001 Paris

Anno Domini presents "Better Than 2009" solo exhibition by MOMO

Anno Domini presents

"Better Than 2009"
solo exhibition by MOMO (USA)

Artist's Reception: Friday, October 1, 2010 from 8 p.m. 'til late
Free and open to the public

MOMO is known for thoughtful post-graffiti: tagging his name the width of Manhattan, creating over-sized collage, a fake New Yorker magazine cover, tide powered sculpture, a computer script which makes his art for him, and prints, paintings, and videos that rely on chance for fun and substance. In 2009 Rojo published his first monograph “3am-6am” and Y-3/Adidas created the MOMO shoes. In 2010 his art and installations were hosted by museums in Spain and Brazil, a residency in Florida and Fame Festival in Italy.

“Better Than 2009” at Anno Domini continues his recent experiments in paint with some support materials demonstrating his previous outdoor and system based art.


MOMO grew up in the East Bay but traveled most of his life before settling in New York. He joined a graffiti crew in 1999 while living in Spain, found his use of color while employed in the Caribbean, and fell for outside art while living outside: in a cave for a year, in a truck for a year, and in a tent for a year.

Read the recent NY Times article on MOMO:
MOMO's Painted Downtown Line

Exhibition Dates: October 1 - November 20, 2010

Part of the South FIRST FRIDAYS monthly art walk, October 1, 2010. View the full schedule of exhibitions at participating venues: www.southfirstfridays.com

Anno Domini
366 South First Street
San Jose, CA

ROBBO - New Paintings at Pure Evil Gallery

ROBBO

NEW PAINTINGS

September 30th preview evening 6-9

RSVP for guest list

October 1st writers evening 6-9

Show runs until October 10th

Pure Evil Gallery

108 Leonard St

London EC2A 4XS

United Kingdom

INSA "High Heels & Low Lifes" at Extrabold Gallery

INSA
High Heels & Low Lifes

For his second show at Extrabold, UK artist INSA has opened up his photo archives! Opening/vernissage: friday 01.10.2010 from 19h00

Exhibition: 02.10.2010 – 20.11.2010
Opening hours
Mo-Sa 10h00-18h00

Extrabold
24, avenue de la Liberté
Luxembourg – Gare

IAM Gallery presenta “Tarot Sans Queue ni Tête” 3ttman

“Tarot Sans Queue ni Tête”
3ttman

Con este trabajo, compuesto por 9 impresiones, 3ttman representa su particular reinterpretación de algo tan "sagrado" para ciertas personas como son las cartas del tarot.

El artista francés afincado en Madrid, 3ttman (o 3 cabezas para los íntimos...), fiel a su estilo gamberro, nos ofrece unos dibujos muy espontáneos y a la vez cargados de simbologia. Cada una de los papeles antes de ser impresos serán previamente pintados por el artista con la intención de añadirles un valor único.

Como novedad para esta vuelta del proyecto una vez terminada la temporada de verano, nos encontramos con un cambio en lo que al espacio expositivo se refiere. IAM Gallery aterriza en Monkey Garden, donde desde este mes de Octubre, y en adelante, llevaremos a cabo mensualmente la puesta de largo de nuestras exposiciones.

Y como ya es todo un clásico de cada una de nuestras inauguraciones, podremos disfrutar del trabajo del artista, acompañados por los acordes musicales que nos ofrecerán los componentes del Ink&Muzik Team.

1 de Octubre de 2010
Inauguración 20h.

Monkey Garden
Calle Barco 38
Madrid, Spain.

ON THE WALL International Street Art Group Show at Metro Gallery

On The Wall International Street Art Group Show
27 September - 12 October 2010

Metro Gallery is proud to present 'On The Wall' an exhibition that has united the work of the most sought after street artists the world over to showcase the diversity of the artistic movement.

Featuring works by Banksy, Blek Le Rat, Shepard Fairey, Nick Walker, Swoon, D*Face, Above, Faile, Hush, Stormie Mills, Anthony Lister, Ha Ha, Vexta, Rone, and more.

Metro Gallery
1214 High Street Armadale
Melbourne, Australia, 3143

CAMPER EXTRA Madrid

CAMPER EXTRA

MADRID 30/09-14/10/2010

Luís de Góngora 3

Tres ciudades europeas: Madrid, Berlín y Milán. Tres artistas de renombre internacional: Aggtelek, Dirk Bonn y TBS, respectivamente. Tres instalaciones, en las que todo puede pasar. Camper crea un punto de encuentro para diversas disciplinas artísticas y propuestas de ocio creativas inspiradas en su último modelo de calzado, diseñado en colaboración con Bernhard Willhelm. Para que la experiencia sea completa, se programan además un sinfín de actividades tales como talleres, conferencias, mesas redondas, películas, performances, conciertos y fiestas. Desde el 24 de septiembre hasta el 21 de octubre, el triángulo Madrid–Berlín–Milán se convertirá, pues, en el escenario perfecto para un feliz encontronazo entre el arte, el diseño y la diversión.

Fecha/hora/artista
30 Septiembre / 19:30 / AGGTELEK / Opening
30 Septiembre / 23:00 / SILVIA PRADA / Opening
1 Octubre / 19:30 / NICO CASAVECCHIA / Conference
1 Octubre / 20:30 / CARLA FUENTES / Conference
2 Octubre / 20:30 / AGGTELEK / Performance
3 Octubre / 19:00 / ART TALK / Video_projection
5 Octubre / 16:00 / AGGTELEK / Work_in_progress
6 Octubre / 16:00 / AGGTELEK / Work_in_progress
7 Octubre / 20:30 / AGGTELEK / Performance
8 Octubre / 20:30 / ALEX BRAHIM / Conference
8 Octubre / 21:30 / EMILIO JOSE / Live
9 Octubre / 21:30 / EDREDON / Live
10 Octubre / 19:00 / PRACTICE SPACE / Video_projection
12 Octubre / 16:00 / AGGTELEK / Work_in_progress
13 Octubre / 16:00 / AGGTELEK / Work_in_progress
14 Octubre / 00:00 / MONTAÑA SAGRADA / Closing_day
14 Octubre / 19:30 / AGGTELEK / Closing_day

www.camperextra.com

LTD Tee "Legs" T-Shirt & Signed Print by Lady Love

Legs by Lady Love T-Shirt & Print
Available for presale 9/27 - 10/3!

If LTD were on Supermarket Sweeps, we'd run straight past the cereal and toss the model chicks into our cart! Next time you go to the grocery store, make sure to pick up some legs too. I heard they got a two for one deal going on!


This box set is available for presale at LTD Tee from September 27th until october 4th. MSRP is $27.99, with a 5% presale discount. Save 20% using coupon code donutchocula! Available in men's and women's sizes.


The Legs Box Set includes:
• High quality, screen printed t-shirt
• 8.5” x 11” art print
• Certificate of authenticity
• Artist bio on the neck label
• LTD Tee Sticker pack
• Custom LTD Tee Box


Lady Love: LTD Tee partner Mike met BABS two years ago in Mexico City’s burgeoning Condesa art scene. They became fast friends and have since shared many adventures together. BABS has been published in Dia Siete and Energia Hoy, and her Lady Love line of prints and clothing represents the plight of working women around the world. Hopefully you find her work as inspiring as Mike has.

Download Legs by Lady Love wallpapers.

LTD Tee

Sickboy "Busted Parachute" Collector's Box Set

Busted Parachute: Collector's Box Set

"The aptly-named 'Busted Parachute' hardcover book celebrates the most defining moments from my last ten years of painting, travelling, solo exhibitions and generally freefalling through life. These amazing times and experiences, including photography projects with elusive photographer, Viktor Vauthier, and classic street actions from across the world, have now been bound in a glorious limited edition book for collectors to enjoy. In fact, this book release grew into something so special, I decided to work with P.O.W to create a collector’s box set which includes the book and limited edition screen-prints."



Busted Parachute Box Set is available from October 1, 2010 at thesickboy.com, (click here to pre-order).

For further info on release dates etc visit the homepage www.thesickboy.com

Published by Save the Youth
Prints by picturesonwalls.com

Carhartt Brand Book Volume 4

THE CARHARTT BRAND BOOK VOLUME 4

Celebrate with us the latest Carhartt Brand Book!

Volume 4 presents a significant mix of the brand’s history and its current state of mind: while remaining true to its heritage and traditions it doesn’t shy away from innovation.

An extensive part of the Brand Book Nr. 4 is dedicated to the French director and actor Mathieu Kassovitz. He attained international fame with his movie La Haine, which won him Best Director at the 1995 Cannes Film Festival. In an indepth interview Kassovitz talks about his love for the cinema, his work with directing legends such as Steven Spielberg and his longtime relationship with the Carhartt brand. The bold Frenchman exclusively presents Carhartt classics in an impressive photo series shot by Alessandro Zuek Simonetti. The detailed and caring portrait coincides with a feature on La Haine in the new Brand Book division Carhartt In The Movies.




Furthermore, Volume 4 presents Fall/Winter 2010 by giving a comprehensive overview of all product lines, including an exclusive sneak preview of lifestyle images from the women’s collection. Moreover, it highlights our successful venture with A.P.C. and features the results of this collaboration. The established series A History In The Making gives a detailed glimpse into Carhartt’s history as a brand. The 1960s are the heart of this chapter. The era in which Carhartt Inc. completely redefined itself by entering new territory in distribution, strategies in marketing and product development. In front of The Black Curtain you meet old friends and new faces. Carhartt’s art director and graphic artist Tim Kottmann, aka Zeek & Destroy, who developed new ad illustrations for the Fall/Winter 2010 season, talks about his cultural background and his working methods. Aloe Blacc gives insight into his musical career. Pontus Alv explains his drive to produce movies and Mat Fowler from Playarea chats about the influence skateboarding had on his career. All of these artists of different origins have one thing in common: a combination of heritage and vision that makes their work stand out for us.




Enjoy the latest issue of the Carhartt Brand Book as part of a series that’s on its way to becoming a treasured collector’s item! Available exclusively at Carhartt Stores and official Carhartt dealers.

www.carhartt-wip.com

Victor Reyes "War Paint" at Known Gallery

VICTOR REYES | WAR PAINT

Opening September 25th, 2010 | 8-11pm

Runs September 25th - October 16th, 2010

‘War Paint’ is a visual commentary on the journey from Victor Reyes’ Southern California roots to present day and encapsulates his sentiments about Graffiti as a medium and a vehicle for artists. A process distilled over the last decade, these conceptual and literal images are a survey of the artist’s feelings about the potential of his community and the hidden meaning of the writing on the wall.





Victor Reyes has been painting since the early 90s; his work has been shown extensively around the world, in Bosnia, Germany, Switzerland, Taipei, Japan, and Miami. Recent shows include MISSPELLED at Robert Berman E6 Gallery San Francisco, blue.print.for.space / Primary Flight at Miami Art Basel 2009, Public Provocations at Carhartt Projects in Germany 2009, Will Rise at Robert Berman Gallery Los Angeles, and Letters First, a traveling show in Los Angeles/Tokyo/Seoul/Barcelona 2006-2008.

Known Gallery
441 North Fairfax Ave
Los Angeles, CA 90036

BEN JONES "Concept Unification" Exhibition at Loyal Gallery

BEN JONES
CONCEPT UNIFICATION
September 24 - October 24, 2010

OPENING RECEPTION FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 24, 6-8 pm

New Ben Jones Exhibition Could Bring "Concept Unification"
With a new series of painted canvases, American artist Ben Jones has today created the exhibition "Concept Unification" for the art gallery LOYAL in Malmö, Sweden.

This new group of "Concept Unification" paintings exist in rooms and spaces with multiple levels. We can see a room as a space for exploration. Tables are set forth for experimentation suggesting problems to solve before reaching the next level. A quest for advancement and lucidity. The imagery is intended to work on many levels, crossing from reality into the imaginary, or rather from one level of reality into another, much like when advancing from one level of a video game to the next.


The paintings seem to have been born in a retro-technological Tron-like computer rendering universe. Ben Jones is known to combine elements of sculpture, painting drawing, video and digital in single work. In his "video paintings" his own complex animations are projected on a static canvas of geometric shapes and morphing figures. Creating a work that on a whole creates a tension between the static and kinetic and suggests a space that exists beyond the limits of the canvas.

Jones' own color and shape shorthand developed to be consistent and define representation of a form, just enough to read it as an object, refers to the use of the object. Ladders climb between worlds. Tables, a surface for research and development of ideas. Dogs are cute and loyal companions on a journey, and also can be seen as comical symbols and willing abettors. Not to get stuck in a pattern continually. Find ways to push forms forward. Symbols are drawn from various sources, a mash up of minimalism and 80's video games, pulling in references from all over the cultural capitaL.


Ben Jones is a perfect example of the innovation, inspiration and determination that exemplify America's most successful young artists. He believes in his brainchild to the point where he is willing to work without motor for months.

Jones made the exhibition during inhabitation of studios in Providence, Rhode Island and Los Angeles, CA where he is actively pursuing a career in television.

This exhibition demonstrates the qualities that make young artists such a powerful force for culture creation in the American scene and in international communities. It is the same qualities that will lead to artistic recovery. "We are especially proud of this dedication and resourcefulness. I applaud Jones and all of the artists we are exhibiting at LOYAL. We are grateful for their contributions to the artistic community." says Martin Lilja, who heads up LOYAL gallery along with his partner Amy Giunta.

Symbols
Stripped down
Pattern code foundation. Nourish cultural superstructure of society.
Grow beyond visible. Extend into the realm of the invisible.

LOYAL
Saltimporten
Hullkajen
211 20 Malmö
Sweden

www.galleriloyal.com
www.loyalmagazine.com

PRISM is pleased to present MISERICORDIA

PRISM is pleased to present MISERICORDIA, opening Friday, September 24th from 8-10 pm and on view through December 4th.

The exhibition brings together Masters from the Renaissance and work by contemporary artists. It juxtaposes 15th to 17th Century Old Masters with performance video from the 1970s and contemporary artworks. The works examine the treatment of Mercy as represented from devotional paintings to the use of the artist 's body as a metaphor for the suffering of humankind in contemporary works. It emphasizes how these artists explore pain, fear and penance, in the sense that today we either fail to rejoice in God's Mercy or that we are too occupied with personal matters to be merciful towards others.

In the contemporary works we might not be immediately aware of Mercy's presence. But Mercy can be found, especially in its absence, as a call to action for our society to change. Ultimately, these works demand that society be more merciful, stop suffering, and help those left outside. These artists beg the individual to come forward out of the mass, be responsible, and move to action. Mercy is an individually realized choice.


Works by the artists Marina Abramovi, Joseph Beuys, Monica Bonvicini, Louise Bourgeois, Chris Burden, James Lee Byars, Lucio Fontana, Terence Koh, Anders Krisár, Giovanni di Marco, Jonathan Meese, Giovanni Battista Naldini, Olaf Nicolai, Jen DeNike, Angel Otero, Antonio di Pietro, Sterling Ruby, Katharina Sieverding, Bill Viola, and xhafabdessemed (Sislej Xhafa and Adel Abdessemed) will assess how the artistic expression of Mercy is demonstrated, has transitioned, vanished, and in some cases persevered and reappeared through centuries and multiple artistic mediums.

The gallery is especially pleased to have three exceptional works by Emile Antoine-Bourdelle, Felice Ficherelli and Alessandro Gherardini on loan from the Haukohl Family Collection, a world-class private collection based in Houston, Texas. It is the largest private collection of Florentine painting in America.

A scholarly catalog is being published as a companion to the exhibition and features essays by academic writers David Carrier, Alex Gartenfeld and Dimitri Ozerkov, and is designed by Jonathan Zawada.

PRISM
8746 W. Sunset Boulevard
West Hollywood, CA 90069

Acclaim Magazine and Backwoods Gallery present "Shake That Ass" by Yone.

Acclaim Magazine and Backwoods Gallery is proud to present 'Shake That Ass' by Yone.

Refill and Halfsleeve will be presenting the Sydney exhibition launching the night after.

Yasumase 'Yone' Yonehare is undoubtedly one of the most dynamic and influential magazine editors and photographers in Japan.

During the 90s Yonehara’s work with the iconic Egg Magazine was instrumental in the emergence of 'kogyaru' (Japanese schoolgirl) culture into the global consciousness.

Yonehara’s signature 'lo-fi sexy' photographic style was established though a collection of erotic Fujifilm 'cheki' shots for Smart Girls with some of Tokyo’s hottest models. The unprecedented success of his first book, a folio of these Smart Girl portraits, bestowed him instant fame.

It was at this point that Yonehara’s sphere of influence became global, with brands such as American Apparel 'appropriating' his unique photographic style for use in advertising campaigns. A new genre of editorial photography was born, founded on Yonehara’s instant Polaroid style.

In 2007 Yonehara launched the online publication cexwork.com which blends erotic art with blogs by influential photographers, friends and tastemakers from around the world. Yone has spent recent years exploring themes of eroticism, continuity within discontinuity and the power of repetition in a series of acclaimed photographic exhibition. A Creative Director sought by fashion labels, music groups and advertising agencies around the world, Yonehara brings a unique aesthetic, vision and Japanese pop-culture sensibility to the world of art.

In September 2010 Backwoods Gallery is honored to be hosting 'Shake That Ass' by Yasamasa Yonehara, an exhibition of original photography and installations.

September 24 at 6:00pm - October 15 at 8:30pm

Backwoods Gallery
25 Easey Street
Collingwood,

VIC 3066, Australia.