If you are in San Francisco tonight, don't miss the newest project from Suzi Yoonessi,

Dear Lemon Lima

 

Bro Palace, a show of bros in a bro world. Featuring the work of Jay Howell, Porous Walker, Skinner, Deth P. Sun and Ferris Plock at the Park Life shop/gallery.

 

One of my friends, John Trippe, posted up some nice photos from Park Life's Bro Palace opening reception on Friday, 2/26 over at Fecal Face.com

Go See at FecalFace.com

http://www.fecalface.com/SF/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1874&Itemid=90 

COME AND MEET MY NEW FRENCH FRY BABY AT PARK LIFE THIS FRIDAY iN SAN FRANCISCO AND STAY OVERNIGHT AND GO TO THE CHINESE NEW YEAR PARADE WITH US ON SATURDAY FEB> 27

 

 

The second stop of my recent NYC trip was to the studio of Tomokazu Matsuyama.
(I recently wrote about that visit for my job at the BostonHerald.com, here it is in it's entirety...)

Normally I write about Boston based artists, but I was on the road to New York City last weekend and while I was there I got to catch up with Brooklyn based artist Tomokazu Matsuyama.

Visiting his studio in an industrial warehouse in Greenpoint, I was instantly reminded of the Fort point section of Boston where I lived for many years. The dimly lit hallways, complete with peeling paint and steel doors made me feel very much at home. While navigating the hallways, you could almost feel the energy of all the artists that have used this building as their home base. After a quick phone call I was let in from the stairwell and, while walking down the hallway to his space, Matsuyama explains to me that a lot of what I'm about to see is for an upcoming show at the Frey Norris Gallery in San Francisco.
The space was pretty typical for a building of this nature, though the art was anything but. The first sight you see is a huge floor to ceiling 180 x 100 inches triptych, below.