On April 30th the new David Benjamin Sherry exhibition, entitled ‘Form Forming Formation’, opening its doors at OHWOW Gallery in Los Angeles. The exhibition is made up of color prints and collage work of the artist.

“With his photographically based collages, Sherry explores specified geometric formations, based on the mathematical design of our planet and solar system. Also referencing crop circle phenomenon, these rectilinear configurations aim to address the varied changes Earth undergoes. The work also serves to chronicle this moment in history, and to raise awareness of the natural world around us, through a visual combination of minimal form and complex pattern.

Sherry’s series of highly saturated chromogenic prints, depicting expressive rock-like structures, continue the dialogue between object and interpretation. Sculptures painstakingly created over time, then later photographed as in Royal Ruin Ultramarine Umbilical Fiend Fallen Cobalt Core, 2011, provoke an explanation of how and why these seemingly figurative forms evolved into abstracted artifacts, and are now frozen in a moment. The anthropomorphic imagery deals with ideas of evolution and shift – the systematic process of alteration and the aesthetic conclusion of transformation.

These contrasting bodies of work create a tension between each other, while they simultaneously begin to draw parallels between Earth’s properties and human existence. Sherry not only uses photography as a documentation of fact, but also as an expression of an unknown future. Each monochromatic image is then both an examination and a certainty, questioning the genesis of how thoughts become reality and illustrating the result of that action into form.”

DAVID BENJAMIN SHERRY
Form Forming Formation
April 30 – May 27, 2011
937 N. La Cienega / Los Angeles / CA / 90069

Photography: Brandon Shigeta

A full recap of the opening follows after the jump.

OHWOW opened their new gallery space in Los Angeles over the weekend with the “Noblesse Oblige” exhibition by artist Scott Campbell. Next to his usual impressive dollar cut-out pieces, the artist also presented works using new materials, including ostrich eggs, copper and black lights. The overall turn out is a fantastic range of works, showing impressive artistic development by Scott Campbell. We can clearly say that this is one of the best shows we have come across in recent time, so make sure to pass by on your next LA visit.

A full recap of the exhibition follows after the jump.

In an interesting collaboration OHWOW teams up with Supreme to present the latest chapter in OHWOW’s “Fuck This Life” series.

“For their first combined effort, OHWOW and Supreme teamed to present the third installment of OHWOW’s popular cult-publication FUCK THIS LIFE. The two iconic brands united to produce a printed collaboration between skateboarding veteran Jason Dill and artist Weirdo Dave, titled DILL WITH FUCK THIS LIFE. This latest image compilation delivers the same raw content, unapologetic attitude, and irreverent take on the humor of everyday headlines; DW/FTL maintains the classic Weirdo Dave aesthetic, accented with Dill’s twisted, but complimentary, contributions. A scrapbook, of sorts, DW/FTL reveals a grittily tinted world and the oddities of life seen from the duo’s distinct perspective.”

The book can now be purchased here.

Take a look inside the book after the jump.

Today we come across a trailer, announcing the forthcoming exhibition of artist Neckface in Los Angeles, entitled “Into Darkness”.

“A homecoming of sorts for the California native, Into Darkness will feature Neck Face at his nastiest – meaning of course, at his best. Following up 2009’s now legendary performance-cum-exhibition in Miami, the artist sets his sights on Hollywood and brings with him the same energy and originality that has made him a cult favorite. Lock your windows and close your doors. He’s on the loose and there’s no telling what surprises he’ll have in store this Halloween.”

NECK FACE
Into Darkness
October 31 – November 20, 2010
OHWOW
101 S. La Brea / Los Angeles / CA 90036

Via Freshngood.

OHWOW presents TV Baby, the self titled debut from Brain McPeck and Matt McAuley from A.R.E. Weapons. More than a feature length album, TV Baby comes packaged in a genre defining 52 page book with artwork from Jim Jarmusch, Leo Fitzpatrick, Nate Lowman, Agathe Snow, Rita Ackermann, Spencer Product, Tom Jarmusch, Hanna Liden, Adam Greer, Aaron Bondaroff, Paul Sevigny, Ry Fyan, Aaron Young, Spencer Sweeney, Alan Vega, Dan Colen and Dash Snow plus many more.

Each artist was given a page in the book and asked to develop imagery that defined their personal relationship with television. Submissions ran the gamut from Aaron Bondaroff’s logo inspired look back at the past twenty years of television to Jim Jarmusch’s classic photograph of William Burroughs from 1978. This collaborative project, two years in the making, captures the musical and visual energy of downtown culture.

The TV Baby book and CD are now available at the OHWOW store in NYC, as well as their online store.

Take a look at some of the artworks featured in the book after the jump.

OHWOW presents its first collaborative project with Brooklyn based artist Luis Gispert.

“Gispert is a filmmaker, photographer, and sculptor, addressing a variety of topics in his work such as the infiltration of subcultures on the mainstream and the fragmented American experience. Regardless of the vehicle or message, the aesthetic leans toward theatric as his seductive imagery delivers a blend of opulent artifice with clever indications of acute subtexts. From photographs of surreal landscapes viewed from elaborate cockpits to stylized sculptures of tricked-out speaker systems, the work acts as a composite, melding what is familiar with the unexpected. Gispert’s message points out the fragile balance between consummate reality and the decorated facades we tend to build around it.”

The poster is printed double-sided, offset 20 x 29 inches on 14 Point Cougar Cover Bright White Number One Sheet UV Coated. Each unsigned poster is numbered x/50 and will be shipped flat. The poster is available from today in store and online.

Take a look at the other side of the poster after the jump.

OHWOW presents their latest publication – the “Bowery Boys” book by Rosson Crow.

“Enter our ambitious newcomer to the scene: Rosson Crow. Rosson is a history painter, or rather a very exciting update to a history painter, and as such she knows all about the old Bowery and the current one, much more systematically and thoroughly than I have laid it out here, and she turns this layering of history into layered, glorious paintings. She is a “site specific painter” in the sense that she travels to and often lives for an extended time in the city she plans to make an exhibition in, taking the opportunity to immerse herself in the local scene, experience and photograph the contemporary venues of interest, and thoroughly research and archive images of its past. For Bowery Boys Rosson lived in the city for six months, researching the 1880s Bowery scene, the 1980s downtown scene, and today’s artists connection to and deviation from those precedents, in search of what makes right now so unique.

Rosson seeks to explore how “bad boys” – or lets say renegade illegal activity of either gender I suppose – have shaped the cultural history of New York, and also how the idea of “the bad boy” influences both the recent and current art scene as it gets made into art history. How has the spirit of illegality and rebellious youth shaped our experience of the city today? Gangs, graffiti, gays, drugs and illicit sex are part of the city’s spirit, the vitality of the streets, but also form a big part of the art world today. How has the New Yorker’s love for this spirit shaped recent art history and influenced the young practitioners of its tradition?”

The book can be purchased here.

Take a look inside the book after the jump.

OHWOW, your favorite book publisher these days, has opened their OHWOW Book Club Store over the weekend. Designed by Rafael de Cardenas, the store has a new wave feel to itself and combines both a store front and reading room. A must check out on your next NYC trip.

OHWOW Book Club Store
227 Waverly Place
between Perry St & W 11St
New York City

Check out more images of the store after the jump.

During the New York Minute exhibition last year, OHWOW presented first their collaboration with Giuseppe Drali, who has been building light wheight bike frames in Milan since 1923. Drali collaboration with OHWOW and No Kiddin’ on a frame, as well as on a bike cap that you can see here in more detail. The hat was made with Apis, who invented this kind of bike cap in 1957. Here above you can see Aarron Bondaroff and Jeffrey Deitch showing off the frame and the cap.

Take a detailed look at the cap and the bike frame after the jump.

OHWOW is once again at it and has released two new books. With “I Made Most Of This Shit Up” they present a book by artist Dan Attoe. The 216 page book gives an extensive look at the artist’s work and has some fantastic high quality print features. Furthermore OHWOW also presents the “Make Shit Happen” sketchbook, full with 2010 calendar in the back. Both are now available in their online store.

Take a look inside the Dan Attoe book after the jump.