Go See: Adult Swim’s Block Party

The Adult Swim Block Party and Ragbag of Jollification is bringing its own brand of revelry to Lawrence, KS on Monday April 19. The block party will be located at 8th and New Hampshire and will feature live music by The Whigs, a variety of carnival-themed games inspired by Adult Swim original series, raffles, prizes and lots of free swag. Attendees can also interact with all-new products from tour sponsors T-Mobile and Capcom, which will be featured in custom areas at each stop on the tour. The events are free and open 6 pm – 10 pm to anyone ages 18 and older.  If aren’t familiar with The Whigs or their polished version of garage rock have a listen to three tracks from their new album In the Dark below.

For more info on Adult Swim’s Block Party click here

posted by: Brent Carter

Go See: Scion Installation 6 Video Tour in Wichita, KS

Scion launched the sixth edition of its art tour Installation 6: Video in January at its own 4,200 square foot Installation L.A. Space gallery in Culver City. Having visited Austin, TX in February, the tour now moves to Wichita, Kansas – that’s right Wichita, or the Ta if you’re nasty. The show opens at Tangent Lab (143 N Rock Island, 3rd floor, Wichita, KS 67202) on March 26 with a reception from 7-11 pm and runs through April 10.

The annual tour, designed to expose established and emerging artists and their work to audiences across the country, features a distinctive selection of international talent and will also visit New York and Minneapolis.

For 2010, the tour focuses on the video medium, which emerged in the 1960s and has since expanded galleries into more experimental, kinetic and interactive spaces. Installation 6: Video challenged 10 artists to create non-narrative video installations that will transform five unique galleries. Artists include: Dust la Rock (Brooklyn, NY), Eric Nakamura (Los Angeles, CA), Saelee Oh (Los Angeles, CA), Funeral Fog (French + Alan Glass) (London, England), Ill-Studio (Paris, France), Josh Graham (New York, NY), Monihan Monihan (New York, NY), Mark Mothersbaugh of Devo fame (Los Angeles, CA), PMKFA (Tokyo, Japan) and Sage Vaughn (Los Angeles, CA).

Below is a video trailer for the show:

Watch an interview with Mark Mothersbaugh here

posted by: Brent Carter

Artist Shout Out/Go See: Lamar Peterson

“Rope”, 2008 34.5 x 40 inches, acrylic and spray paint on paper

“The Playfulness of Some”, 2003 19.5 x 22 inches, acrylic and gouache on paper

“The University of Kansas – Printmaking Area is pleased to present visiting artist Lamar Peterson. Lamar will be in residence the week of Feb. 22 – 26. While he is visiting he will give a public lecture, critique student work and collaborate with students and faculty to create an original limited edition lithograph.

“Lamar Peterson is an international recognized artist. He has had recent solo exhibitions at Richard Heller Gallery, LA, Fredericks & Freiser, NY and Dietch Projects, NY.

“Please join us for this lecture Feb. 24th (Wed.) @ 2:30, Art & Design Bldg. Room 421.” (via: KU Professor Micheal Krueger)

“Nearly Naked”, 2008  26 x 20 inches, acrylic on paper mounted on found Man Ray poster

“Posing the Daisies”, 2003 23 x 22.5 inches, acrylic and gouache

posted by: Brent Carter

Go See: “Welcome to Asteroid Head Land…Dude”

Exhibition Info: (by Alaska Noyes)
Asteroid Head Art Club is at it again. Their upcoming show at the Lawrence Arts Center (940 New Hampshire Lawrence, KS), Welcome To Asteroid Head Land… Dude, is a tacit invitation to escape everydayness, at least momentarily.

The group has been doling out such invites since they formed in the spring of ‘09. Clad in matching uniforms they have set aside the lone artist in the studio art production model for something a little more tribal, a little more exuberant. Collaboration is at the heart of their work, often a multitasking of painting, sculpture, printmaking, and performance.

This is an outlet with a healthy dose of optimism and no dearth of absurdity. There is potential energy when Asteroid Head gets together, energy greater than the sum of its parts. It is in the interactions, the exchanges, the sharing of information, dreams, anecdotes, theories, and whims. It is in having things to do, not because you have to, but because you want to and you can. Nothing is too silly, too weird, or too ambitious to talk about, laugh about, consider, attempt. Asteroid Head Art Club, for its ragtag members, has become a site for experimentation, trials, tribulations, and camaraderie.

Asteroid Head Land is a physical embodiment of this group spirit. It is an unpredictable installation full of collaborative energy, absurdity, and papier-mâché. Welcome to Asteroid Head Land… Dude.

Opening Reception: Friday, February 12th, 7-9pm

Exhibition Dates: February 12 – March 13, 2010

posted by: Brent Carter

Go See: Aakash Nihalani and Mark Jenkins at the Carmichael Gallery

artwork by Aakash Nihalani

In January 2010, Carmichael Gallery (1257 N La Brea Ave in West Hollywood, CA) presents On & Off (Often On), the first West Coast solo exhibition of Aakash Nihalani. In addition to a characteristically arresting site-specific installation comprised of  brightly colored tape, Nihalani introduces a new artistic direction by using metal and plastic to create sculptural objects.

There will be an opening reception for On & Off (Often On) Thursday, January 21 with Nihalani in attendance.

“Spokes” by Mark Jenkins

In January 2010, Carmichael Gallery also presents Meaning Is Overrated, a solo exhibition of new hyper realistic conceptual works and site-specific installation pieces by Mark Jenkins that reconsider the aesthetic and practical qualities of the human body. Works range from those in which the human is recast as a specialized object, such as “Spokes” which features a tape cast sculpture of a girl fashioned to function as a bicylce, to those in which human posture is contorted to resemble that of another animal. Each piece is “an exploration of evolution within the realm of the absurd,” says Jenkins.

The opening reception for Meaning Is Overrated is also Thursday, January 21 with Jenkins in attendance. Both exhibitions are on display through February 18, 2010.

See more work by Nihalani here
See more work by Jenkins here

posted by: Brent Carter