SHOW: Move Over Kidrobot - Rob Tarbell's Struggles @ Second Street Tonight in CVA

There are lots of graphic artists and painters out there bridging the gap between "low-" and "high-brow" art, but sculptors are a bit rarer. Enter cross-media artist Rob Tarbell, who's come up with my favorite liminal artworks yet, The Struggles, on display tonight at Second Street Gallery...

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SHOW: Takashi Murakami @ MOCA LA

There is an AMAZING retrospective of Takashi Murakami going on right now at the LA Museum of Contemporary Art. This international traveling exhibition features more than 90(!!) works in various media created since the 1990s....

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SHOW: Ben Tour @ Fifty24 SF

Looks like a great art show opening at the dependably dope Fifty24SF in the Lower Haight. From 7-9:30 Vancouver artist Ben Tour will be on the scene for his opening, "Underbelly"...

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SHOW: Stan "The Man" Lee Tribute @ Gallery 1988 LA Tonight

"Under the Influence: A Tribute to Stan Lee" opens tonight at Gallery 1988 in LA and some of you may want to check it out. 100 artists have paid tribute to Lee by creating original pieces of their......

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SHOW: Justin Lovato @ Art Whino in Alexandria, VA

Art Whino is an Alexandria, VA gallery that looks like my kind of place. If you check out their artist roster, it seems weighted towards people who make great lines, love patterns and character-driven narratives mixed with tasty bits of pop surrealism and urban graffiti; all elements of the West Coast Pop Surrealist community I so dearly love. It's no coincidence then that the current show features the amazing work of Sacramento artist Justin Lovato...

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PRESS: Ben Capozzi in 16 Blocks Magazine

Blacksburgers!

(And fans across the globe!)

I'm really stoked to announce that I'm the Artist Spotlight for the December issue of 16 Blocks! A whole page featuring the work of yours truly...

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VINYL: Gary Baseman's White Hot Cha Cha Cha

What has three legs, 7 inches, and comes in his own black Coffin Box? Gary Baseman's latest Hot Cha Cha Cha figure! This iteration is made of white pearlized vinyl and looks great! Very rare, this...

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EVENT: ? the War @ Corey Helford, Culver City, CA

FOR ONE NIGHT ONLY, Corey Helford Gallery hosts “? the War,” an anti-war show with paintings by artists you might recognize including Buff Monster, Attaboy, Gary Taxali, Luke Chueh, Joe Ledbetter, and Gary Baseman...some 21 artists total, and there will be FREE...

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