Eric Firestone is pleased to announce a summer group show, Nose Job, curated by Carlo McCormick, running July 15 to August 21, 2011 in East Hampton, NY.

With a sly wink to Warhol’s iconic early Sixties image “Before and After” in which he appropriated and altered a plastic surgery ad for a nose job to comment on our culture’s ideals of beauty, Nose Job is in fact a tribute to the old vernacular folk art form of nose art dating from both World Wars in which soldiers painted images and slogans on the noses of military aircraft.

Participating artists include Aiko, Dan Colen, Peter Dayton, Viejas Del Mercado, Jane Dickson, Shepard Fairey, Futura, How & Nosm, Juan James, Ryan McGinness, Tara McPherson, Raymond Pettibon, Richard Prince, Lee Quinones, Carlos (MARE 139) Rodriguez, Retna, Saner, Kenny Scharf, Shelter Serra, Swoon, JJ Veronis and Aaron Young.

Eric Firestone Gallery
4 Newtown Lane
East Hampton, NY 1193

Kenny Scharf has completed his latest mural in Philadelphia. Photgraphy by Living Proof.

Full looks after the jump.

My friends over at Living Proof caught Kenny Scharf in the act of painting his latest mural – located at 13th and Samsom in Philadelphia, PA. Two of the artist’s signature creatures form the start of the project, with much more to come as the week closes out.

More photographs of the new Scharf mural in Philadelphia after the jump.

Before JR installed on Houston, the Kenny Scharf wall got one last moment of glory in the form of a visit from Chinese artist Liu Bolin.

“On June 20th, 2010, world-renowned Chinese contemporary artist Liu Bolin camouflaged himself into a popular Kenny Scharf mural for his first live painting/ performance piece in the United States. The performance was conceived by the New York based curatorial group Wooster Collective and Eli Klein Fine Arts with support by Goldman Properties, the owner of the property and longtime supporters of public art throughout SoHo.” – Wooster Collective.

Nathan Meier and Malia Scharf’s new film “Kenny Scharf: More, Newer, Better, Nower, Funner!” is part of the Levi’s Film Workshop’s Meet the Artists series, which pairs three exhibiting Art in the Streets artists with renowned filmmakers to create film shorts. (Nathan and Malia’s film is the second installment in the series).

Animal New York reports, “Kenny Scharf returned to his defaced mural on Houston Street earlier this evening and began renovating it with spray paint. Last week, the artist told a reporter who doesn’t credit others properly, that he would fix the wall, despite the high probability that it will be repeatedly vandalized, ‘If it gets hit once, it’s all downhill after that. If there’s another blizzard, they’ll just do it again.’”

Naturafutura, featuring new works by Kenny Scharf inspired by the surroundings of his Coastal Brazilian studio, opened last night at Paul Kasmin Gallery. The exhibition is complemented by a second showing, of Scharf’s iconic doughnut paintings entitled Three Dozen!, on display at Kasmin’s 511 W. 27th Street, NY location.

Full information about the exhibition can be found here.

PAUL KASMIN GALLERY
293 Tenth Ave.
New York, NY 10001

The full scope of Naturafutura, as captured by Jacob Breinholt for Curated, after the jump. Some doughnuts in the mix too.

Kenny Scharf will run two concurrent exhibitions at Paul Kasmin Gallery (both spaces) from January 27 to February 26, 2010. (via Arrested Motion).

Full press release after the jump.

Kenny Scharf’s Houston Street mural is swiftly evolving. These photographs were taken for Curated by Jacob Breinholt yesterday at midday.

Look out for final shots later this week. In the meantime, many more photographs after the jump.

Photographs by Jacob Breinholt for Curated.

Many more after the jump.