Andreas Englund has created a series of large scale portraits imagining the daily ins and out of a superhero who is past his prime. Englund depicts the superhero’s facial expressions and mannerisms in a quasi photo realistic way that almost makes the scenarios believable.

View the rest of the set after the jump.

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Familiar Star Wars characters are the subjects of Levinthal’s most recent series. However, these epic visages are composed of Legos, as Levinthal has in his signature fashion transformed these miniature action figures into powerful action heroes. These photos mimic the cinematic style of the Lucas films, transforming tiny bricks into legendary, larger-than-life Sci Fi stars.

Contrast is central to this series, as the figures are placed in front of monochromatic black backgrounds. The lighting is sharp, resulting in even more intimidating intergalactic machines, weapons, and their famed operators. The black and white walls of the exhibition’s installation further emphasize this contrast. Levinthal’s standard use of a narrow depth of field, soft focus, and the photographic trope of enlargement seen in his close-up shots bring a sense of life to the objects in the foreground. However, he does not attempt to completely remove all traces of the Lego aesthetic, allowing his viewers to see what is at play in his creation and representation of “outer space.” The photos showcase the humanized drama such toys have to offer to the imaginative.

“Attack of the Bricks: Star Wars”

September 8 – October 22, 2011
Opening reception: Thursday, September 8, 6-8pm
Gering & López Gallery
730 Fifth Avenue
New York NY 10019

More looks after the jump.

The two shows feature Redman’s portrait prints, with Milan dedicated to leading figures from the Fashion System, and Ferrara an exploration of global and local popular culture icons. Redman’s portrait series are timely and culturally relevant, capturing the essence of the protagonist with new shapes and forms. Each piece, placed against a white background in the tradition of cubism, seeks to reinterpret these character traits in unexpected ways.

Subjects retain the stoney/pockerfaced expression associated with traditional portraiture, but it is blended with furiously bright and modern colours that create a juxtaposition between the subject and the visually confronting execution of wonky black lines and sharp pattern fills. The gravitas of a portrait sitting is removed as the reference image of the subject is based on a composite of online photos.

Aside form his portrait work, Redman is the creator of the blog Darcel Disappoints , often

working in collaboration with iconic Parisian store colette where in 2010 he opened a solo exhibition, titled ‘And a miserable day to you too’.

He has exhibited across the world, most notably at the Musée de la Publicité, Louvre, and has also worked on projects for brands like LVMH, Nike, Apple, Vogue, Converse, MTV and The New York Times.

Together with his co-partner Karl Maier, who lives on the opposite side of the world in Sydney Australia, Redman runs the studio Craig & Karl. Together they create big, bold work that is filled with simple messages executed in a thoughtful and often humorous way.

We are really proud to host the colourful irony of this talented artist, who has created this series of work exclusive for Slam Jam.

Saturday, September 24th 2011
6-8 PM
Slam Jam Milano
Via Pasquale Paoli 3/5

and

Saturday, October 1st 2011
6-8 PM
Slam Jam Ferrara
Via Cannonica 12 int. 3/5

More looks after the jump.

Freedom Park, Berlin: A handful of artists were invited to paint sections of the former Berlin Wall. The art was part of an event organized by Dudes Factory. Participating artists included the likes of McBess, Nunca and Miss Van. More looks after the jump.

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Stolenspace Gallery presents “Feral Family” by Kirsty Whiten.

A new series of large-scale paintings from Kirsty Whiten, depicting moments of family intimacy set in a psychedelic forest. Bare essential scenes with infants, beautiful and frightening in one breath, see us stripped of clothes and technology, bringing to mind apocalypse and the great ape ancestors.

The exhibit opens September 2, 2011 and runs through October 2, 2011.

STOLENSPACE GALLERY
Dray Walk, The Old Truman Brewery
91 Brick Lane
London E1 6QL
United Kingdom

More looks after the jump.

LACOSTE celebrations of the iconic L.12.12 polo shirt have been taking place in cities across the world, such as Shanghai, Moscow, Paris and Hanoi. Local artists have been invited to create a piece inspired by the shirt in a variety of forms such as paintings, sculptures and photographs. Celebrations of the L.12.12 in Singapore comes in the form of Lacoste in Motion, in which 12 Singapore-based digital story-tellers were commissioned by Lacoste to create  a piece of moving graphics that relate the values and the heritage of the L.12.12 polo. In addition, 3 musicians from the region were invited to create sound tracks to accompany the moving visuals.

Lacoste in Motion is the story of how a fashion brand wishes to celebrate a design icon through a new form of visual expression. The medium that they have chosen reflects the brand’s forward thinking attitude: allowing a 78-year old design icon to be interpreted by Singapore’s best animators, to create 12 narratives that take place in a space that is more about the future of art rather than in the context of fashion.

Watch the teaser after the jump.

Satone recently completed a large mural in Warsaw dubbed “Lungful.” Satone commented on the piece stating, “Being invited to take part in the ‘StreetArtDoping’-Festival.
Spend a couple of great & sunny days in Warsaw to do one of my latest concept-wall called ‘Lungful’.” More looks after the jump.

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TT Underground Gallery will be hosting a solo exhibit featuring the latest work by Ghost, entitled “Then and Now.” The exhibit opens on September 8th 2011.

It’s safe to say GHOST’s legendary status in the lore of NYC subway graffiti’s past was not achieved with some self-consciously plotted career path to art world success. In fact, GHOST was more concerned with the transgression than the aesthetics of letters at the time- and transgress he did. He hated the preciousness of some writers, and attributes his loose, un-planned, flowing style –that persists to this day– to needing to get up and get away. When he later took to drawing, he elaborated on his own aesthetic and dark humor by creating crazily inventive and irreverent possibilities for his letters and characters. Soon after, he merged these  ink apparitions with his street-borne skills as a colorist, and has continued to enjoy a level of facility and mastery of these forms for some time now—and without the level of risk of the old days.

TT Underground Gallery
91 Second Avenue (Below Toy Tokyo)
New York, NY 10003
September 8th-18th, 2011

British illustrator Matthew Lyons has recently published some new work on his site. We enjoy the small narratives that accompany the mid-century modernist illustrations, almost as much as the art itself. More looks after the jump.

Frieze Magazine just turned 20. To commemorate, the publication has included various “20″ themed articles in the latest issue. One such article spotlights 20 of the artists who produced cover art of the magazine, over the years. The article is titled simply “20/20.”