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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Just yesterday we presented a video interview with Kenny Scharf and Kaws about the Stages exhibition, which will re-open in a couple of days in Miami Beach, in time for Art Basel Miami. To make an even louder impact this time around, Nike has invited some more artists to create works for the exhibition. Stages calls in Los Angeles based Christian and Rob Clayton, aka the Clayton Brothers, the furious paintings from Erik Parker and the black and white portraiture genius of artist Tomoo Gokita for a high energy show full of talent and spirit. All artwork on display as part of Stages will be available for purchase with proceeds directly benefiting Livestrong.

STAGES Miami will be open to the public at O.H.W.O.W. Gallery, from 4th to the 6th of December 2009.

O.H.W.O.W. 888 Biscayne Blvd, Miami, FL 331132 TEL: 305-633-9345 Gallery hours: Fri-Sat, 12-8pm, Sun 12-6pm www.oh-wow.com

Take a detailed look at the new works that will be on display after the jump.

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For several weeks already the Neckface solo show “Devil’s Diciple” at the O.H.W.O.W. space in Miami has been announced with creations of the artist being placed around the city. With much anticipation the show opened yesterday and we can already give you an extensive recap of the exhibition.

The show offers the most extensive look at the artist’s work to date. From paintings to sculptures and installations, Neckface worked on a large and impressive line-up for Devil’s Diciple. The artist also used his own hair on a sculpture and some of his family was hiding in a house created by the artist to scare the invited guests upon entrance, making the exhibition a real experience. Also a giant skatepark has been integrated into the exhibition, with everything covered in Neckface tags. One can definitely say that no artist before Neckface made such good use of the space that the gallery offers.

Neckface makes a big step in his artistic career with Devil’s Diciple and we already look forward to see his work in the future. Should you be in Miami in the near future, make sure to pass by.

Neck Face – Devil’s Disciple

O.H.W.O.W Gallery
3100 NW 7 Avenue
Miami, Florida 33127

Take a more detailed look at the Neckface exhibition after the jump.

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After recently participating in the New York Minute Exhibition in Rome, Aaron Bondaroff reports about the release of the New York Minute Book and T-Shirt by O.H.W.O.W. The book comes limited to only 100 copies and each copy comes with the t-shirt. The exhibition, that was curated by Kathy Grayson still runs at the Macro Future Museum in Rome until November 1st. The book can only be purchased online in the O.H.W.O.W. bookstore.

More views of the New York Minute Book and T-Shirt follow after the jump.

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O.H.W.O.W. participates in an upcoming show at the Macro Future Museum in Rome. They will also set up a pop-up store inside the exhibition, where they will offer the “New York Minute” Poster Pack. The 10 individual posters are by Aurel Schmidt, Dash Snow, Dan Colen, Barry McGee, Chris Johanson, Evan Gruzis, Kon Trubkovich, Tauba Auerbach, Ben Jones and JD Samson. Each poster is 12 x 18 inches and was executed for the New York Minute Exhibition.

100 Poster packs will be made available for purchase exclusively through the pop-up bookstore. Posters will also be on display in Rome throughout the length of the exhibition.

Take a detailed look at some of the posters of the pack after the jump.

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Aaron Bondaroff and O.H.W.O.W teamed with Terence Koh on their latest release: I Want A Little Sugar In My Bowl. Documenting the “weirdos and characters” that make up the downtown New York City scene, over one hundred artists were curated by Terence Koh, Anat Ebgi, and Jenny Schlenzka. The curatorial premise was, as Koh bluntly noted, “people we’d want to fuck.” And as such, the softcover, 100 page book presents black and white portraits of eclectic NYC artists such as Rita Ackerman (pictured) and Nate Lowman among many others. Now available at O.H.W.O.W.

Check out more flicks from Terence Koh’s A Little Sugar In My Bowl after the break.

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Following up on a stellar showing by Michael Genovese, Aaron Bondaroff and Al Moran’s O.H.W.O.W. invades Athens to presents The Greasy Spoon pop-up shop. Designed by Rafael de Cardenas of Architecture at Large, the venue echoes the design features of the O.H.W.O.W. space in Miami and showcases objects, books, ‘zines, art, clothing and all kinds of paraphernalia derived from the O.H.W.O.W. community of artists, photographers and musicians. The space will run for five weeks and feature a constantly rotating mix of goods and products throughout the summer. We highly recommend you stop by if you’re in Greece!

The Greasy Spoon
Myllerou 27, Keramikos
10436 Athens
Wed-Sun 17:30 – 21:30

More images from O.H.W.O.W. & A.M.P. Present The Greasy Spoon after the jump.

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For his premiere solo exhibition in Miami, Chicago native Michael Genovese released a body of work that includes site-specific installations, sculpture, and paintings. Genovese’s technical handling of type and unorthodox use of industrialized media exemplifies his focus on community and its influence, but also digs inward and begins the process of reconciling his public works with his personal journeys. The show opened last Saturday, June 13th and runs until July 25, 2009 at O.H.W.O.W. in Miami, Florida.

Check out a recap of the Michael Genovese “It’s Not The Heat, It’s The Humility” opening after the jump.

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Japanese photographer Keiichi Nitta teams up with O.H.W.O.W. to release the “Bowery Boys” book. The 120-page hardcover book will be coming out on April 15th and creative direction was done by Al Moran and Aaron Bondaroff. Certainly something to be looking out for. Via Glob.

A little preview of the “Bowery Boys” book follows after the jump.

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The New Grand Tour is an episodic art project featuring revolving guest artists with hyphenated cultural and geographical backgrounds. The artists and documentary crew travel together to different parts of the globe and express through art exhibitions, the subject matter of towns and cultures they visit.

The goal of The New Grand Tour in the early 21st Century is to bring together the diversified voices of artists and communities from around the world by bridging cultural divides through art and the moving image as the common grounds for communication, education, discovery, exchange, philanthropy and collaboration.

This book chronicles the travels of Suitman (aka Young Kim), Jose Parla, Romon Kimin Yang, Deanne Cheuk and Davi Russo as they embark on a journey through China and engage in a cultural exchange that impacted their life and work forever.

The book is now available from O.H.W.O.W.

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Start 2009 with a great new poster from NYC artist Neckface. Produced in collaboration with O.H.W.O.W. the poster is 2-sided and entitled “Burn Bitch/Bitch Burn”. It is now available for 35 USD here.

Detailed images of both sides follow after the jump.

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