Work in progress

Since early April I've been in residency at A Word of Art in Cape Town, South Africa.

From top to bottom: Catherine Howard and Jalani Morgan in lower Woodstock; Shawn Henderson (Bikes) and Scott Sueme in Hout Bay; Jabari Elliott (Elicser) in Cape Town; the view from the bottom of our street; backyard terrace; inside studio, me on the left, Scott on the right; works.

RIP Jim Marshall

Jim Marshall passed away yesterday, he was 88. Here's from the Guardian.

Recent

Paco Pomet

Here are beautiful and quirky oil paintings by the Granada-born artist Paco Pomet. Loads more here.

From top to bottom: Half Moon Inn (2009); Internacional (2008); Bañista (2010); Bañista (detail, 2010); Sin Título (2009); Truce (2010).

NOW (2 of 2)

From top to bottom: NOW AGO window installation in progress; Open/Opine lightboxes; Brian and Angelo installing NOW at Infinitum; NOW AGO window completed; Now fire extinguisher tag; Now Service Bureau installation; Still from Now Up. All works by Sean Martindale and myself.

Ron Loranger

I visited Ron's place earlier this week to hang and catch up on his work. He's installing this series of large-scale ink drawings and water colour "blobettes" at Glendon Gallery, York University, in Toronto. Minimal in content yet intriguing and inviting in narrative, these new works are beautiful. Follow this link for info on his exhibition. It opens Tuesday, February 7th.

RIP Mike Kelley

American great Mike Kelley ended his life yesterday, he was 57. Here's from the LA Times.

Horizontal Tracking Shot of a Cross Section of Trauma Rooms, 2009. Image Gagosian, NY.

NOW (1 of 2)

Since July of last year, Katherine Dennis (curator), Sean Martindale (artist) and myself have been working towards NOW: A Collaborative Project With Sean Martindale and Pascal Paquette. We got to lots of fun stuff. Here are a few images of it coming together. The show is open and runs until April 1st. More here and here.

From top to bottom: Sean's pile of goodies; The NOW Up video set; ShopAGO's window panels in progress showcasing an all-range of graffiti styles; Katherine working in the studio; Sight painting our Kensington wall for our Whitewash video; Murat installing the large red NOW for our piece Now Ago.

14 Widmer

Here are progress shots of a wall I started in November. Find it behind 14 Widmer Street in Toronto (near Adelaide and Peter).