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Tuneage

Real and Hyperreal, Thru Aug. 1st, San Jose, http://www.sjmusart.org/

FILM

Banksy’s “Exit Through The Gift Shop”. This is a wonderful & fun film about making street art, egos and collectors. http://www.banksyfilm.com/

“Dead or Alive”- New York, April 27-Oct.24th, Museum of Arts and Design

“Only Tenants Reside”,Chris Mars - Arizona, Mar.19-Aug.1, http://www.mesaartscenter.com/

Art From The New World, Bristol,UK

May 1st - Aug.22nd

http://www.coreyhelfordgallery.com/press/1269936179.pdf

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Lil-ee, Billy D., AllieKat,

Charles P., Martha E.

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Patricia Z.

This issue’s theme is the great outdoors; flora and fauna related art and topics. Subscribe above for new post notifications.

Artitechture: GreenHouse, Art-Of-The-Week

BookNook

“Kurt”, all art about Kurt Cobain, Seattle,  May 13- Sept.6th,

Seattle Art Museum

“Art Shack”, Laguna Beach, June 13th - Oct.3rd, Laguna Art Museum

Sneak Peek w/Laurie Hassold - LINK

“Machinations”,SF, July 14th-August 21st, 5 Claude Lane Gallery

Ernst Haeckel, zoologist and fantastic artist, was the foremost proponent of evolutionary theory in 19th-century Europe. He created an astounding library of scientific art.

VidFix: Stephen Hawking’s “Into The Universe”

“Dark Night of the Soul”, a multimedia collaboration between David Lynch, Danger Mouse, and Sparklehorse

Including the Flaming Lips, Gruff Rhys, Julian Casablancas and Iggy Pop. Lynch himself sings on two tracks, as well as contributing dozens of photographs for a companion book. Click on image below and have fun playing around with the interactive video. Via Flavorwire

Click image (left) for the current exhibit, “Outside”, flora and fauna related art

“Pao Pao Nest” , Seaside, July 9th,  The Alternative Cafe

The Garden Show, SF, July 17-Aug.15th   Modern Eden Gallery

FILM

“The Kids Are All Right”, superbly acted film about a gay family and their sperm donor. LINK

Poland based Jacek Yerka paints meticulous surrealist works that will knock your socks off. Shown here are just two out of a multitude. Click below and go get lost in  his wonderland of works.

“Mischief”, Characters,Critters & Cartoons, SF, July 21-Aug. 15th, Studio

“2010 Juried”, Group Exhibition, Berkeley, July 9-Aug.21st, ACCI Gallery

“A Summer Showcase” Group exhibition, LA, July 2-Aug.1st, La Luz de Jesus

Body Parts, Pasadena, Aug.28-Sept.25th

The Folk Tree

“Crazy 4 Cult 4” Group exhibition, LA, July 9-30th, Gallery 1988

“The Laboratory”, Amy Kollar Anderson solo show , Aug. 6th-29th, Dayton,Ohio, Gallery 510

“Innovations in Contemporary Crafts”, Richmond, June 29-Aug.21st, Richmond Art Center

“100 Artists See Satan”, Santa Ana, June 26-Aug.15th,Grand Central Art Center

“Negative Never Again”, Yosuke Ueno, LA, July 9-30th, Thinkspace

“Phantasmagoria”,  Toronto,Ontario, July 9-Aug.25th, Meta Gallery

“Compounding”, Oakland, July 10 - Aug. 8th, Compound Gallery

Sylvia Ji & Travis Louie, NYC, July 10 - Aug. 7th, Joshua Liner Gallery

From Wikipedia- “dark night of the soul” is a metaphor used to describe a phase in a person's spiritual life, marked by a sense of loneliness and desolation.

Wilderness photographer Chuck Mitchell’s “Sierra Paradise”

“Sea No Evil”, Group Exhibition, A benefit for Sea Shepherd, Riverside, Sat. July 31st, One Night Only. Tons of great artists, check it out!

“Fur & Feathers”, Chris Pugliese & Van Arno, SF, July 10-Aug. 7th, Gallery

“Suspicious Activity” Jennybird Alcantara, Solo Show,  Rome, Italy, Aug.9th-Sept.17th, Mondo Bizzarro Gallery

“As They See It”, SF, July 17-July 31st, 941 Gallery

“Creature Features”, July3rd-Aug.1st, San Jose,  diModaSalon

FloraSpot: Arabella Proffer

Featured left,  a detail from “Chill Quill” by the quill master herself,

Isabel Samaras

Zero-energy office tower by the Oregon Sustainability Center

Some very cool antler lamps made from recycled aluminum with real wood veneer shades at Nova 68

FILM: “Proteus” by David Lebrun LINK

BOOK: “Art Forms in Nature”, LINK

“The Genius, Mediocrity, and Breathtaking Stupidity That Is Nature” from bloggers Jacob Lentz and Steve Nash

Hawkings vision of what critters in the universe might look like.

Arabella recently completed some gorgeous little floating flowers with a kinda surrealist-mandala feel to them. This is a surprise twist and transgression from her usual portrait based compositions. Just love them...

Eclectix Interview

Robert Steven Connett

While working on the interview, Robert kindly sent us his newest piece, “Antagony”, a detail is shown below. For the entire image and the interview go here.

Clay Fix: Ah Leon

Ah Leon is a Taiwanese potter. His 'wooden' teapots, made from Yixing stoneware ( in China known as 'purple clay') His "Memories of Elementary School"is currently showing at the American Museum of Ceramic Art, in Pomona, California, thru Sept. 25th.

Stumbled on some cool tree-related images by Scott Greenwalt while surfing around and had to share. Scott is currently in a group show in SF, “We haven’t Felt This Way In Years” at Heist Gallery...

The Black Plague, LA, July 24th, Congregation Gallery

“Nature Preserve”, Leontine Greenberg & Lawrence Yang, SF, July 16-Aug.7th   Gallery 1988

“Dog Dreams”, Release Party, SF, July 29th, SF Center for the Book