Fun Friday 01.27.12

January 27, 2012 Arizona, Artists, Brooklyn, Events, London, Manhattan, Museum, NYC, Opening, Tucson, U.K.

Today on Fun Friday:
1.”Making Faces” at Opera Gallery (Soho, NY)
2. “Nostalgia” at Rook & Raven (London)
3. “Bone Yard Project” at Pima Air & Space Museum (Tucson, AZ)
4. Phlegm at Nuart (VIDEO)
5. Official Trailer for “Getting Up” (VIDEO)
6. The Big Egg Hunt: Baku Magazine x Secret Wars (VIDEO)

“Making Faces” at Opera Gallery (Soho, NY)

An unusual collection of portraiture is on display starting today in Soho that knocks your head for a spin because of it’s loose theme that can stretch to embrace a century or two, a few continents, and about 30 schools of art.

Favorite pairing from last nights opening: Picasso next to Judith Supine. If he only knew.

BAST in the wild. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

“Making Faces” throws a cocktail party for old masters along with contemporary fine and Street Artists, including Judith Supine, Bast, Paul Insect, Rostaar, B., Zhang Xiaogang, Ron English and Kid Zoom sharing wall space with Chagall, Matisse, Miro and Basquiat among others.

For further information regarding this show click here

“Nostalgia” at Rook & Raven (London)

At the Rook & Raven Gallery in London the group show “Nostalgia” opens todaywith new works by Various & Gould, Dain, David Shillinglaw and Stinkfish, among others.

Various & Gould in Brooklyn, NY (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Dain in Brooklyn, NY (photo © Jaime Rojo)

“Nostalgia” participants: Terry O’Neill, Dave White, DAIN, Rosie Emerson, David Shillinglaw, Various and Gould, Alex Daw, James Mylne, Stinkfish, Charlie Masson

Here is a video of David Shillinglaw, who prepared his piece for the “Nostalgia” show over the course of a week:

For further information regarding this show click here

“Bone Yard Project” at Pima Air & Space Museum (Tucson, AZ)

Another mind-blowing project – curated by Medvin Sobio and Carlo McCormick and conceived by Eric Firestone – opens tomorrow in Tucson, where there is a lot of space. Carcasses of planes lovingly wrecked by artists you love; The Pima Air & Space Museum in Tucson, Arizona announces the opening of “Round Trip: Art From The Bone Yard Project” this Saturday January 28.

The Retna Plane (photo © courtesy of Medvin Sobio)

More than 30 artists have participated in Round Trip including DC Super 3 planes painted by graffiti artists How & Nosm, Nunca, and Retna, and a C97 cockpit by Saner, and C45 planes by Faile and Andrew Schoultz.

For further information regarding this show click here

The Bone Yard Project 2012 by Viejas del Mercado (Medvin Sobio & 塚本清市) Featuring Retna, Nunca, Saner and How & Nosm.

Also happening this weekend:

At the Urban Folk Art Gallery in Brooklyn founder Adam Suerte has curated a show that includes ten years of work from his personal collection. Click here for more information.

Phlegm at Nuart (VIDEO)

Official Trailer for “Getting Up” (VIDEO)

“After being diagnosed with ALS and rendered almost completely paralyzed, legendary L.A. graffiti artist Tony “Tempt” Quan gets his voice back through technology that reads the movement of his eyes and enables him to create art and write once again.”