FUJITA!!!

Gajin Fujita's exhibition opens tonight at LA Louver. The much anticipated show opens at 6 pm and goes till 8 pm. this will be his 3rd exhibition at LA Louver.

Click to visit LA LOUVER for details about Fujita's work and video of his process.

Wes Lang at V1Gallery , Copehagen

"The Whitman Variations" 2011 mixed media on paper

Wes Lang will be opening a new exhibition at V1 Gallery in Copenhagen, Denmark Oct. 14th. Check out his blog for other paintings that will be exhibited.

Dark + Dawn

Tyler Durtschi, who runs and owns Dark + Dawn from is place in Echo Park, made this amazing Slayergram pinky ring for me about a month ago. He started out by making jewelry for himself out of paperclips when he could find inverted cross necklaces. From there he studied about how to melt down silver and make moldings and began Dark + Dawn. He has a great selection of rings and necklaces you can order from his new site here or message him on facebook if you have a custom order. http://www.facebook.com/darkanddawn

End of the day Goodness from MAKR

. I have been going back to MAKR Carrying Goods blog daily for inspiration and just look at their hand crafted products. Here are just a few of the pictures from there that have brought some joy through out my day. Check out there site and blog here for more.

Wes Lang For Stumptown & "Sittin on a Rainbow" at Chateau Marmont

Thursday, June 23rd, Wes Lang will be having a one night exhibition at the Chateau Marmont entitled, "Sittin on a Rainbow". He will be exhibiting the drawings he produced during his one month residency there last month. Hosted by OH WOW, click here for more details.

Wes also just released this set of Limited edition mugs for Stumpton Coffee in Portland. They will be available on their website sometime next week. Click here for more details.

William Binnie's New Site Makeover and New Piece

UNTITLED (SATAN PISS), 2011, BLEACH ON DENIM, 50 X 84 INCHES

William just did a nice makeover on his sight as well as finished this FINE piece done with bleach. Fucking magic!

Check out his sight here

Dan Colen's New show

DAN COLEN'S NEW SHOW DEDICATED TO DASH SNOW: COME OUT, COME OUT, WHEREVER YOU ARE AT THE CARLSON GALLERY, LONDON

Photo by: Bella Howard

Check out more photos at Purple diary

Until July 29th at Carlson Gallery, 6 Heddon Street, London

Random Inspiration

DANG WES LANG

This past month Wes Lang had been staying at the Chateau Marmont, where is had been working on a series of drawings done on their paper stock. This series is one of my favorite bodies of work of his. A mixture of detailed illustration with a great punch line to sum up the whole piece. He will be having a sow at the hotel in June sometime. Will post the dates as soon as I hear.

I got a chance to meet up with him a couple of times while he was here. On my second visit I had him tattoo this death hand I had seen in one of his new drawings he had hanging on his wall. Had a great experience checking out his work environment and just hanging out with him, his lady and a couple of friends. One of the most down to earth people and all around great person. You can check out his blog here

Good Times
In the chair

...And A Thousand Miles Away" 2011 pencil and acrylic on paper

"Whiter Shade Of Pale" 2011 acrylic on paper

"I Wonder What They Do In There" 2011 acrylic and pencil on paper

All Images © Wes Lang "The High And Low And In Between" 2011 mixed media on paper 38x50 inches

William Binnie

I went to Dallas last week for the Dallas Art Fair and got a chance to meet up with William Binnie. We met this year at the L.A. Contemporary show and was blown away by his spider-web drawings that were on display. Each are hand painted with walnut ink on vellum, which makes them look so delicate and precious, yet dark and haunting with phrases etched into them such as "Welcome to Hell" and "Night Cometh". Great work and ended up taking one home with me.

He and his friend John Mitchell showed me a great time while i was visiting and took me to some amazing watering holes and BBQ spots. Double Wide for drinks and Mama Fayes for BBQ. Thanks you guys had a blast.

You can check out his other works at http://williambinnie.blogspot.com/

UNTITLED, OIL ON CANVAS, 72 X 96 INCHES

PRIVATE COLLECTION, DALLAS

NIGHT COMETH, WALNUT INK ON VELLUM, 14 X 17 INCHES

WELCOME TO HELL, WALNUT INK ON VELLUM, 14 X 17 INCHES

PRIVATE COLLECTION, LOS ANGELES

NARWHAL, INK ON PAPER, 10 X 18 INCHES

UNTITLED (FLAMMULATED OWL), OIL ON CANVAS, 12 X 16 INCHES

MEMENTO MORI, OIL ON CANVAS, 20 X 24 INCHES

All Images © William Binnie

RICKY SWALLOW

Ricky Swallow By: Heidi Slimane

Longeron
Jelutong, 2009
35 x 120 x 43 cm

The First One Now (detail)
Pigmented resin, 2000
scale 1:1
Come Together
Jelutong, 2002
66 x 64 x 81 cm
photo: Fredrik Nilsen
The Exact Dimensions of Staying Behind
English Limewood, 2005
70 x 110 x 105 cm
photo: Andy Keate
Everything is Nothing
Jelutong, Epoxy Putty, 2003
21 x 32 x 14 cm
photo: Fredrik Nilsen
Younger than Yesterday
English Limewood, 2006
20 x 20 x 20 cm
photo: Fredrik Nilsen

I remember reading about Ricky Swallow in an old issue of ARTNEWS back in college in my dirty studio. I was blown away with his sculptures and the amount of detail he put into each one. True talent and craftsmanship.

All images from www.rickyswallow.com