We Are Friends

Posted by Zach

Saturday night. Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Our good friend Dan is holding an art show at his apartment/studio.. an art house party!



We Are Friends
Opening Reception: Saturday, January 5th, 2008; 6 - 11
pm

119 North 7th Street,
Williamsburg, NY 11211

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Daniel St. George is happy to announce his moving from
his Williamsburg studio into Manhattan. To celebrate,
he will be putting together a select group show
entitled We Are Friends; made up of local New York
artists whom Daniel has the pleasure of calling his
friends and family. The show will feature photos,
videos, installations, paintings, drawings and
sculptures, as well as, drinks and music.

Featured artists:

Areya Li
Asif Mian - http://www.evaq.com
Beau Velasco
Bobby Friese - http://www.bibberbox.com
Cheryl Kaminky
Daniel St. George - http://www.danielstgeorge.com
Jeremiah Maddock
Joseph Aloi (JK5) - http://www.jk5nyc.com
Lizz Hickey - http://www.lizzhickey.com
Meena Kim - http://www.meenamade.com
Skewville – http://www.skewville.org
William Gaynor -
http://victimofamodernage.blogspot.com
Zach Johnsen - http://www.zenvironments.com

The works will be on display for approximately one
week, and appointments can be made by contacting
dan@danielstgeorge.com or calling 212.203.1412

The Space

Posted by Zach

My good friend Asif currently has a studio space in this gigantic art space in Long Island City, Queens aptly called "The Space". He has been working on a new canvas of his own and he invited me to come through and work with him. My response was, "hell yeah!" This place is huge and everybody who has a studio there works on huge pieces. I felt pretty stupid once I set up my little pieces of paper on the wall and proceeded to dab paint on them.. you can see in one pic, how tiny my stuff is. I have never wanted to paint, and paint large, more than right now..









We were there pretty late and no one else was around. While taking the opportunity to explore this behemoth, we stumbled upon this strange triangular stage type thing lined with gold and silver foil... very "Trinity" if you ask me.. an impromptu photo session ensued.

Sketchin

Posted by Zach

Been sketching a bunch for this show.. in random books, hashing out ideas what not.. thought i'd post this sketch comp - just for giggles.



and a couple sketches of works that will hang in the show..

Session 2

Posted by Zach

Tony, Marion, and myself all recently got together for another work session.. this time at Marion's home and studio in Sunnyside, Queens. I guess it was less of a work session, and more of a brainstorming on this collaborative mural we are going to be painting on the front Thinkspace gallery wall for the show. Regardless, some flix.





Tony handed me off his contribution to our collabo piece for the front wall.. just gotta tweak the color on this one a bit.. nice!

While I was there, I captured some of the work Marion has hanging around her house. See this pic below? These are some of Marion's more recent work.. See the piece on the right? That one is mine!


These 2 pieces below are collaborations with another super dope painter Stephen Holding, who also happens to be her boyfriend. I agree.. a lethal combination.

And yes this is ODB.. but what you don't know is that this is painted on velvet! Marion painted this one.

This is by a very talented painter and tattoo artist, Ben Peas, a friend of both of ours.

China, china, china

Posted by Marion

Sorry for the lack in recent posts! I was completely distracted by traveling, work & the holidays... HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Anyway, here are some pics from a quick trip to Shenzhen China- one of the craziest places I have ever passed through...

The air is so thick you can literally choke on it- regardless of that I made the best of my stay and managed to snap a few flics even through the thick, suffocating haze.

Teasers

Posted By Tony

So here's some clips of some of the new Jumpoffs and how things are lookin in the studio right now.

Early Inspiration

Posted By Tony

In late September I took a trip to Greece for 2 weeks. I can not even begin to explain the shit I saw. Really!!! But I did take pics. I stayed in Athens and on a small island about 4 hrs away by boat called Syros where my fathers side of the fam comes from. The monastaries and religious iconagraphy is just simply amazing. Lots of gold, Lots of Bling!!! Yanahmean!?













Also hit up the Museums real tight work in there ya'll. One of my faves of course is this huge portrait of Jesus which is something Like 10ft x 10 ft.