If you are a fan of New York based artist Jeremyville and are in the city, head to 176 Spring St at Thompson in SoHo, from 2-5pm this Saturday and meet the artist in person.

Check out the flyer for more details after the fold.

It you didn’t make it to the show when we had posted a story about the preview here, take a look at the video that recaps the show after the jump.

Above Second Gallery is pleased to present East West Connect, a group exhibition curated by Arrested Motion (www.arrestedmotion.com) featuring the work of Luke Chueh, Faile, Shepard Fairey, Evah Fan, Stella Im Hultberg, Tat Ito, Akino Kondoh, Travis Louie, Tomokazu Matsuyama, Brendon Monroe, Edwin Ushiro, Nick Walker, and Yoskay Yamamoto. The exhibition will run from November 25^th until January 12^th with an opening scheduled for Friday November 25h (6-10 pm).

“East West Connect”

November 25, 2011, January 12, 2012

Above Second Gallery

31 Eastern Street, Hong Kong

+852.3483.7950

More looks after the jump.

If you thought you couldn’t fall anymore in love with Swoon, here is another chance. The Music Box, her interactive musical shanty town collaboration opened in New Orleans October 22nd. A second performance will happen on the 19th of November. And a third will take place on December 10th. A press release from the show sums it up as such:

Visitors can interact with this musical shantytown’s singing walls, heartbeat-triggered percussion machine, organ staircase and weather sensitive oscillators. Three monthly live performances are bringing together stellar groups of local and international musicians to play orchestrated works on these “instruments.” Quintron, the musician and local legend, conducts this experimental shantytown orchestra.

The Music Box is an important and exciting prelude to the building of Dithyrambalina, an interactive sound sculpture in the form of a permanent three-story house. This project is being led by the influential street artist Swoon, who is known for her community-driven collaborative endeavors. Swoon has designed the house, but will rely on collaborating artists to bring the Dithyrambalina to life. via: Juxtapoz.

See other images as well as a video from the Dithyrambalina project, which is absolutely amazing, after the fold.

Matt Haber has a show opening at LeBasse Projects in Chinatown.  The opening reception is Saturday, November 19th, 7-10pm and it will be showing November 19th – December 10th, 2011.

To see previous works, click onward, past the fold.

Over the past week Marina Abromović, or the center pieces and rotating heads she unveiled on the tables at the 2011 MOCA Gala in Los Angeles, had stirred up quite the controversy. Mostly from legendary dancer Yvonne Rainer.

While Abramović was in Los Angeles this week auditioning performers to become living centerpieces of sort at the gala dinner tables (they will be kneeling beneath tables, poking their head through holes in them), Rainer has been circulating a letter, addressed to MOCA Director Jeffrey Deitch and signed by such art-world luminaries as critic Douglas Crimp, calling the work “exploitative” and a “grotesque spectacle.”

But in its report on the controversy, Artinfo.com published long quotes from one version of the letter, and got a response from Abramović: “I hope the performance itself will bring some kind of dignity, serenity, and concentration to the normal situation of a gala, and actually change the energy of the space and bring the performance into an everyday life situation.” via: Culture Monster – L.A. Times

As with most reaction to a performance or piece of art before it is actually unveiled, it was mostly hyperbole (go figure) and the performers left the event with their dignity in tact.

Some images from the event after the jump.

Cope 2 is presenting a solo exhibition during Art Basel. Open Reception is December 1st. It will run through the 4th. Video after the fold.

The Circleculture Gallery Berlin will be back in Hamburg for the second time this year opening a new art exhibition November 25th entitled The Old Casino. It will run through December 22nd. Five different solo shows will be presented. Works from Katrin Fridriks, Stefan Strumbel,  XOOOOX will be show. As well as a world premier presentation of the complete set of the print edition “Saint Nimmerlein“ by Various & Gould. And Berlin based calligraphy-graffiti artist Stohead will be bringing an installation along with his new artwork.

Along with the solo shows there will also be a group show, it will include new works by Jaybo aka Monk, conceptional painter Cornelia Enderlein, former Baselitz student and Princeton teacher Christian Awe. Italian artist Marco “Pho” Grassi. And last but not least, Kevin Earl Taylor.

There a more images after the fold from the artists. It’s an impressive lineup for a huge space. I’m sure the show will not disappoint.

Opening November 17 at West Berlin Gallery and as the title suggests, it will showcase modern day dissidents.

A dissident, broadly defined, is a person who actively challenges an established doctrine, policy, or institution. By acknowledging the social and political unrest of this year, West Berlin Gallery cordially invites you from 18:00 until 22:00 on November 17th, 2011 as we debut Dissidents, a Group Show featuring: ALIAS, SP38 , Prost, Emess, Rallito X, BR1, Linda’s Ex, Niark1, Jakob Tolstrup, and Giacomo Spazio.

Images from the artists after the jump.

If you are in Los Angeles, I’d highly recommend coming out for this show. It opens November 12th at Known Gallery.

Traditionally oil and water do not mix. The surf, hot rod and motorcycle cultures that grew out of Southern California from the 50’s-70s however, were all connected by the idea of personal freedom and expression-not conforming to the standards of the societies they existed in. For this show we are bringing together dozens of artists and craftsmen from these respective backgrounds and beyond-from legends to rookies. Each artists will be provided with a particular canvas: a blank board from City Fog Surfboards, helmets from Biltwell, gas tanks from Lowbrow Customs among other items.

Via: Oil and Water

Video of Wes Humpston after the jump. And if it doesn’t get you excited about the show, I don’t know what will.