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East coast skateboarding meets West coast comic booking as the Secret Headquarters welcomes skate rag Born Ugly creators James Callahan and Mickael Broth to their Silver Lake comic book park for their show Drawings, Photos and Drawings of Photos as well as the release of the latest issue of Born Ugly.

From SHQ:

“Brewed in the bars and backyard ramps of Richmond Virginia, Born Ugly Magazine is the voice and visual of
the everyday skateboarder. With content focused on the lives of people that skateboard for the
love of it, and not a paycheck, Born Ugly sets itself apart from the homogenized glut of skateboard mags
currently saturating skate shop counters. Add to that layouts infused with illustration soaked in Masonite dust and beer sweat, and you’ve got Born Ugly.

James Callahan. Mickael Broth. Skateboarding. Comics. Toilet Humor. Drawings. Barf. Some other stuff that we are not aware of. Get into it. They will be at Secret Headquarters Friday August 6th starting at 7pm with the newest issue of BORN UGLY as well as a slew of drawings and paintings. Crack a beer with these east coast powerhouses.

There will be drinks. We hope that there will not be actual barf.
Be sure to ask about karate chopping a toilet that has been set on fire…”

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With summer in full swing, our fine friends at Family on Fairfax bring you the Summer Drawing Show featuring Geoff McFetridge, Ben Jones, Meryl Smith, Richard McGuire, Denise Kupferschmidt and C.F.

Also…the special summer night opening party will feature tunes provided by DJ Juan Velasquez (Abe Vigoda) and Katie Byron (Dublab).

From the fam at Family:

“Summer Drawing Show presents a varied group of artists: each utilizing the drawn line in their own highly personal way, each with an aesthetic instantly recognizable as their own.

Ben Jones’ work is fundamentally about form and geometric shapes, but also cranky, bedridden wizard-kings, oven pizza, and the nuclear apocalypse. Meryl Smith’s immaculately rendered zoo animals bear expressions oozing with emotion and pathos, and are very funny looking. Geoff Mcfetridge’s hyper-sensitive line forms images of supreme comedic wit. Denise Kupferschmidt’s still lives and elegant abstracts are so striking, they could be religious icons from a lost culture. Richard McGuire lends a masterly, tension-filled emotion to each pen and brush stroke. C.F. has a clear, seemingly effortless rendering virtuosity without losing a naive joy; whether offering sexy, psychedelic, horrific, or pretty drawings with a distinctive touch.”

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Always on the lookout for emerging talent, the ever vigilant Jonathan LeVine Gallery presents their Annual Summer Invitational group show featuring 13 upcoming artists as well as the Brazilian street art themed Two-Way Street which features a new generation of artists making their New York City debut.

Click here for a preview of the Annual Summer Invitational…

and here for a peek down Two-Way Street.

From Jonathan LeVine:

“Jonathan LeVine Gallery is pleased to announce the 2010 Annual Summer Invitational, a group exhibition featuring a fresh array of new work by thirteen emerging artists, exhibiting together for the first time at the gallery.

Participating artists include:
Alex McLeod, Andrew Hem, Becca Midwood, Evol, Judith Supine, Lola, Morgan Slade, Marco Mazzoni, Nate Frizzell, Nicoletta Ceccoli, Oliver Warden, Oscar de las Flores, and Tran Nguyen.

As with summer group shows in previous years at Jonathan LeVine Gallery, the 2010 installment offers a wide range of artistic styles, imagery, and International influences. Works featured in the exhibition include a variety of mediums ranging from traditional paintings and drawings to pieces created with elements of photography, collage, stencil, and digital media.”

Also…

“Jonathan LeVine Gallery in association with Choque Cultural gallery is pleased to present Two-Way Street, a group exhibition featuring work by four Brazilian street artists: Alexandre Tadeu Alves (aka Chivitz), João Paulo (aka NOVE), Márcio Penha (aka Presto) and Ramon Martins, in what will be their debut exhibition in New York.

Two-Way Street is the latest installment in what has been an ongoing cross-cultural dialog between Jonathan LeVine Gallery in New York and Choque Cultural in São Paulo, Brazil. Work by the four artists in this show represent the new generation of street art coming out of São Paulo today, as these artists are younger than those who have previously exhibited here in the US.”

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Two of my faves join forces in New York as Orange County’s master painter Jeff Soto returns to the venerable Jonathan LeVine Gallery with his robots and creatures who constantly battle beautifully over love and death in tow as he opens his solo show Lifecycle. “In conjunction with this exhibition, the artist will be painting a site-specific public mural in New York City, and releasing a new limited-edition print.”

Also…joining Jeff and Jonathan in the NYC fun is Dave Cooper with his solo show Mangle in the project room.

Read more from Soto here.

From Soto:

“This new body of work feel like a tipping point or breakthrough to me- I’ve been exploring new themes, new techniques, pushing myself out of my comfort zone and possibly breaking the surface into a new direction. I usually don’t feel like this but it’s been a rollercoaster ride, full of discoveries and failures, emotions and hard work. This show has been more personal than those in the past, as I’ve had to dive into the subjects of family and life and death. It has also been extremely rewarding and I’m excited to share them. I’m going to keep painting and exploring this new path but this will be my last solo exhibit for a while. So come by if you can!”

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Our lovely and talented friend Ingrid Allen and her sister-in-arms Elisa Saether come together with a hand from Aaron Rose to present you with their latest painted works in the LA Collection at Hollywood’s Space 15 Twenty. In addition, Ingrid and Elisa host drawing workshops every Sunday in June from 12-4.

From the Space 15 Twenty:

“The LA Collection is a series of limited edition split 7-inches representing L.A. acts released by IAMSOUND records. Painters and native Angelinos Ingrid Allen & Elisa Saether have collaborated to capture scenes of a dreamlike, yet classic Los Angeles for the record covers. All the text is hand painted by Aaron Rose. Works from this series will on display at Space 15 Twenty gallery from June 17 – July 4, 2010. Ingrid and Elisa will both be present on Thursday and Friday evenings from 4-8pm painting The LA Collection band members in real life. In addition, Ingrid and Elisa will be hosting a live drawing workshop every Sunday from 12-4pm.”

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What winning when failing looks like.

Via ZanyPickle.

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What? You didn’t know dinosaurs could do ballet? That’s because they couldn’t, instead they chased and ate each other and died a horrible asteroid death. But, if they could…

Via the “MADANDUGLY” Ross Butter.

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Giant Robot brings you some talented girl on girl art action as they proudly present Diplopia, a joint art show featuring long time friends Eleanor Davis and Katherine Guillen at GR2 on Sawtelle.

Check previews of Eleanor’s work here and Katherine’s work here.

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Attention creative types: the collaborative project Artists Wanted has come up with a self portrait contest for you. Depicting yourself through “Fine Art, Painting, Sculpting, Drawing, Installation, Print Making, Graphic Design, Glass, Book Arts, Performance, Video Art, Street Art/Graffiti, Photography, Tattoo Art” and be judged by an esteemed panel of judges (Steve Buscemi?!) The grand prize winner will receive $7007 or 6 months free living in NYC. Submissions are due by January 14th, 2010.

Read on below or click Dali for more info.

From Artists Wanted:

“You are invited to participate in “The Power of Self” an international competition celebrating the vitality of self portraiture. A panel of judges including actor Steve Buscemi, director Chris Weitz, Guggenheim curator Helen Hsu and Flavorpill founder Sascha Lewis will award one artist a package of incredible prizes including six months of free living at The Edge in New York City or $7007 in cash. The most popular portfolio as voted by the public will also receive $1,000 cash. Your images have power. Now is your moment to reveal them to the world.“

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When stop motion and a flip book meet in a dark alley, smoke acid, make bad decisions and then engage in some brutal lovemaking, 9 months later you get VIDEOGIOCO (which, from Italian, appropriately translates to “video game”).

animation and concept by Donato Sansone
sound design by Enrico Ascoli

Thanks to Justin for the late night notice.

VIDEOGIOCO by Donato Sansone from Enrico Ascoli - Sound Design on Vimeo.

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