Collage artist Michael Anderson has unveiled his latest works at Claire Oliver Gallery in New York City. The Street is My Palette takes advertising posters off the street and employs them in fresh compositions.

The exhibition is on view through December 30, 2010.

Claire Oliver Gallery
513 West 26th Street
New York, NY 10001

On Friday, Tiffany Bozic opened her latest Confiding to Strangers at Joshua Liner.

Spanning the gallery’s two exhibition areas, Confiding to Strangers features thirteen medium-sized works in acrylic on maple-wood panel and eighteen watercolor-on- paper works. All showcase Bozic’s meticulous, realist rendering of plant and animal subjects that recasts nature as fable. “Each painting is about the intimate struggles we share with other living creatures,” says Bozic. “I use examples from nature to help me describe these increasingly complex emotions, expanding my own metaphorical language. These works are small reminders that we are nature; connected to everything.”

Open to December 11, 2010.

Joshua Liner Gallery
548 West 28th Street
3rd Floor
New York, NY 10001

Photographs by Jacob Breinholt for Curated.

We’ve interviewed Hush. We’ve also shown his outdoor work in New York. Now, we can finally give you a look inside the pop-up exhibition, Found, presented by White Walls. Found is held at Angels Orensanz Foundation, For Contemporary Art on Friday, November 19, 2010 from 7–10PM. The exhibition will be on display through November 21, 2010

Check it all out after the jump.

Photographs by Jacob Breinholt for Curated.

Down in Atlanta, Saltworks is gearing up for the opening of Brian Dettmer’s New Worlds to Conquer. The artist’s highly anticipated Atlanta solo exhibition will run from November 20, 2010, to January 15, 2011.

Sculpting traditional hard-cover books into artworks of intricate beauty, their richness and depth is uncovered and re-contextualized. Taking inspiration from the book “New Worlds to Conquer” by Richard Halliburton (1929) the exhibition harkens back to a time when exploration of new lands fueled the fire of imagination and intrigue.

Between WWI and WWII transcontinental flight first became possible but was still only accessible to an elite few with the drive and the means to explore the world. Far-away lands were at once within reach and a new quest for knowledge and adventure began. Adventurers returned from their explorations with exotic novelties and eye-opening stories of what they discovered on the other side of the globe. Museums exploded with the proliferation of newly discovered artifacts found around the world. The quest for knowledge boomed; ideas developed into books and encyclopedias expanded. The hunger for knowledge of the unknown fueled the quest and books became the perfect vehicle to spread the stories and discoveries made around the world.

Saltworks
664 11th Street NW
Atlanta, GA 30318

A selection of Dettmer’s sculpture follows after the jump.

Currently on view at William Baczek Fine Arts, as part of Non Objective, Jaq Chartier’s painting takes inspiration from science and its look from layers of paint and acrylic gel.

About the artist -

Jaq Chartier’s paintings explore scientific methods through experimentation with paint and process. All of her works are “tests” to discover something about materials and what they do. Inspired in part by images of DNA gel electrophoresis, Chartier investigates the migration of various stains through layers of paint and acrylic gels.

Jaq’s paintings  feature intimate views of materials as they react to each other, to light, and to the passage of time, including notes written directly on the paintings. Through experimentation, observation and notation Chartier creates sensuous paintings that provide commentary on both the visual culture and everyday practice of scientific investigation by highlighting similarities between artistic and scientific practice.

Non Objective runs to November 27, 2010.

William Baczek Fine Arts
36 Main St.
Northampton, MA  01060

Roa has taken his act inside for a gallery showing at LA’s New Puppy. What I love is the texture and the use of multiple surfaces for single paintings. Both things give Roa’s work an extra dynamic that implies a reaction to space (key to good street art). In short, I’m impressed.

The exhibition, labeled as a special event, is presented by ThinkSpace and runs to November 23, 2010.

New Puppy Gallery
2808 Elm Street
Los Angeles, CA

Images of the show, via Unurth, after the jump.

Our favorite annual art secret opened this past weekend in London – the Royal College of Art Secret Show.

All the info you need -

THE SECRET
The postcards are displayed anonymously and are signed on the reverse, so that the artist remains a secret until after the cards are purchased and their signature is revealed on the back.

THE ARTISTS
Over 1,000 artists have donated work to RCA Secret this year, including Tracey Emin, Grayson Perry, Yoko Ono, Jake Chapman, Olafur Eliasson, Yinka Shonibare, Sir Peter Blake, John Baldessari, fashion designers Manolo Blahnik, Mary Quant and Sir Paul Smith, animator Nick Park, photographer David Bailey, film maker Mike Leigh and designers Ron Arad and James Dyson, as well as up-and-coming students and graduates from the Royal College of Art.

THE EXHIBITION
The exhibition opens on Friday 12 November, then from Sunday 14 November until Friday 19 November, 11am-6pm, with a late opening on Thursday 18 November until 9pm. Please note we are CLOSED on Saturday 13 November due to Government security restrictions for the Festival of Remembrance. Free Admission.

THE SALE
The cards are sold to the public at a one-day sale on Saturday 20 November, from 8am-6pm. Each postcard costs £45 and a maximum of four cards may be purchased per person. Postcards will only be available to purchase in person at the sale. It is recommended that you prepare a list of cards in advance, as the exhibition will not be open for viewing on the day of the sale.

You must have a Collector’s Number to purchase a card. Click here to get one.

THE RAFFLE
There is a raffle for a chance to win a place in the first fifty people at the front of the sale queue. Raffle tickets will be on sale at the exhibition (with a maximum of 10 tickets per person) until an hour before closing on each day.

WHERE WE ARE
Royal College of Art, Kensington Gore, London SW7 2EU
Tube: South Kensington/High Street Kensington
Buses: 9, 10, 52, 452

A selection of wonderful postcards from the RCA Secret Show 2010 after the jump.

On view through January 2, 2011, “The Hammer Museum and the Aspen Art Museum have co-organized Mark Manders: Parallel Occurences/Documented Assignments, the first North American tour of this acclaimed Dutch sculptor’s work. Through his sculptural practice, the artist seeks to bypass language, translating his thoughts and obsessions directly into three-dimensional objects—existing and self-made—and tableaux that incorporate figures, animals, household furniture, archeological fragments, everyday objects, and architectural components. Transformed by their proximity to one another, these mundane sculptural elements collectively evoke a mysterious world of daydreams and fairy tales. In exhibition after exhibition, Manders furthers his monumental project, initiated in 1986, entitled Self-Portrait as a Building, which endeavors to map out his identity using this distinct personal iconography. For this exhibition, the artist will create a completely new body of work, encompassing sculpture and works on paper.”

A full look at the exhibition follows after the jump.

Running in tandem with Melissa Forman’s portraiture, Bristol-based street artist Andy Council presents “Parallel Evolutions” at Corey Helford Gallery. Council’s work, vibrant and playful in color, follows a firm interest in urban myths and extinct beasts. His exaggerated forms question the relationship between natural and man made worlds. “Parallel Evolutions” consists of 10 new works in total.

On view through December 8, 2010.

Corey Helford Gallery
8522 Washington Boulevard
Culver City, CA  90232

A look at the art from “Parallel Evolutions” and Council’s studio space after the leap.

Over the weekend, Corey Helford Gallery opened Ohio-based Melissa Forman’s first solo exhibition “The Keepers of Creation.” Specializing in female portraits, Forman offers 16 new works at the Culver City Gallery. She notes, ““Each painting in this series represents a different aspect of the natural world and the importance of respecting and protecting it. Nothing is taken for granted in the world of the Protectors and the goddesses, wildlife, and natural world have developed a truly symbiotic relationship.”

The work remains on view through December 8, 2010.

Corey Helford Gallery
8522 Washington Boulevard
Culver City, CA  90232

Paintings and studio shots follow.