News — Hand-Painted Sculptures

Mark Jenkins just opened his newest solo exhibition, Still Life, here in Los Angeles. While here, the artist also created a limited edition series of tape sculptures for Freeway Editions! 

"In Still Life Jenkins presents an all-new body of work. The collection features an evocative series of site- specific installations, including three-dimensional canvases, incorporated taxidermy, and a human birdhouse. Akin to traditional notions of the “still life,” his sculptures capture moments that conjure their own realities, presenting tableaus that challenge one’s sense of what is real...

Today Freeway Editions is focusing on the whimsy work of THTF, a street art duo from France.

These two young street artists met in 2008 while attending art school in France. After a few collaborative drawings and paintings, they decide to form the artistic duo now known as THTF in November of 2009. They began to create a signature style: simplistic large black & white characters the couple is known for today. These large, minimal, line pieces were created specifically to be wheat pasted throughout the streets in France but soon their cartoonish street art began...

The art fair season has slowed down here on the west coast but this week the frenzy starts in NYC. Despite the freezing temperatures and feet of snow, everyone is headed east for a variety of art showcases in New York City. Because it is such a hectic week and there are so many fairs to choose from, Freeway Editions has chosen a few to focus on, here is our art fair break down for this week. 

From the press releases: 

The Armory Show

"The Armory Show, a leading international contemporary...

Today we are promoting a new product of the week by the epochal Los Angeles based street artist RISK.

 "In a career spanning 30 years, RISK has impacted the evolution of graffiti as an art form in Los Angeles and worldwide. RISK gained major notoriety for his unique style and pushed the limits of graffiti further than any writer in L.A. had before; he was one of the first writers in Southern California to paint freight trains, and he pioneered writing on “heavens,” or freeway overpasses."

Take a look at these two unique artworks by the artist. A handmade neon sculpture and a...