Adam James Turnbull wants us to be mindful of everyday objects.

I started working on this series of illustrations just to observe my day a little differently. Most days are spent getting to the studio, drawing, and thinking about briefs, and I just wanted to look at things in another way.

It’s the kind of mindfulness, for example: you can look at a tree and think ‘that is a tree’ or you can look at the shape of the tree, the colours of the leaves, the texture of the bark and the life forms that use it for a home. I wanted to try and apply this to everyday things.

More illustrations after the jump.

Born in Bixby, Oklahoma, COOP is gearing up for his second solo showing in Culver City. As follow to his 2009 exhibition at Corey Helford Gallery, COOP’s “Idle Hands” shows a refinement of previous work and what the artist calls “hillbilly sex crime pop art.” Influenced by pulp magazines and pushing boundaries of deliberate provocation, COOP also shares his process through a series of sketches and drawings. These compliment 8 large scale paintings, each designed to push his signature pop style.

On view from July 15 to August 3, 2011.

Corey Helford Gallery
8522 Washington Boulevard
Culver City, CA 90232

More COOP painting follows after the jump.

Opening today, new works from Chris Booth hang in Metro Gallery through June 11, 2011.

A mixture of painting and sculpture, Booth’s works extend into visitors’ space like the pop-up illustration books of our childhood. Distancing himself from the “high art” pop-art genre made famous by Warhol and Lichtenstein, Booth embraces the “low brow”. Describing his work as “Lichtenstein goes to Osaka”, the artist relives the art of Japanese anime, inspired by the “super-flat” movement led by artists such as Takashi Murakami.

Metro Gallery
1214 High Street,
Armadale,
Victoria 3143

A full look at Booth’s art after the jump.

The Great Shark Hunt, a show of new work and classic prints by Double D’s, runs through February 2, 2011 at Los Angeles’ Hold Up Art. The team toys with popular culture high and low and rifts on sex and violence throughout.

Hold Up Art
358 E. 2nd St
Los Angeles, California 90012

Photographs by Brandon Shigeta. More after the leap.

Watch out Costa Mesa, Ron English is coming.

Status Factory Opens Friday Nov 12, 6:00 pm at OCC’s Frank Doyle Arts Center, 2701 Fairview Road, Costa Mesa CA.

Max’s Kansas City, a photography exhibition celebrating the legendary New York hotspot, has been extended through October 16, 2010. The presented material – some 120 photographs and sculptures – brings to life the place where “Pop Art and Pop Life came together.”

The exhibition coincides with the release of Max’s Kansas City: Art, Glamour, Rock and Roll (Abrams Image, Sept 2010), a vibrant chronicle of the venue.

Steven Kasher Gallery
521 West 23rd Street New York, NY 10011

Select images from Max’s Kansas City follow.

Dezeen shares images of Takashi Murakami’s installation at the Chateau de Versailles. The exhibition includes 22 pieces, half of which are new for the space. Readers will remember Jeff Koons’ similar exhibition at Versailles, a moment that spurred some controversy but also opened the potential of showing contemporary art in the historic location.

Murakami’s work goes on public view on September 14 and runs through December 13, 2010.

Full look after the jump.

Laura Keeble produces some of the most inventive art dealing with popular culture and branding. Gestalten gets her thoughts and story in their latest podcast.

Portraitist Jonathan Yeo tours Pop Life (closing this weekend at Tate Modern), and takes special interest in pointing out the pornographic.

While Pop Life has had no shortage of coverage here and on other sites, the worthiness of Tate’s videos on the exhibition still stand almost two months into the run. Above is a overview of the exhibition with curator Alison Gingeras. After the jump, videos of Hirst’s Twins Jeff Koon’s Rabbit (which was erected in Covent Garden at the beginning of the exhibition run.

Admittedly, these videos do rehash old themes. However, they are engaging in as much as they are about process – both from a museum and artistic process.