The work of Rob Sato and Joseph To (Juxtapoz #104) is now on display in a showing curated by longtime friend, David Choe. Both these artist's unique renderings are simultaneously humorous, beautiful, and bizarre. We'd expect nothing less from these guys.

A special show curated by David Choe, comes to Metropolis Gallery from September 4-30th, 2009. The work of Rob Sato and Joseph To (Juxtapoz #104) is both disturbing and beautiful, which makes perfect sense, seeing as they roomed with legendary David Choe back in their early art-making days.

David Choe (Juxtapoz cover #72) opens a simultaneous solo show in China on April 4th, Deathblossom, at PYO Gallery. This showing is a massively large body of work, and true to his raw nature, Choe is going all out on this one. See and hear more from the genius himself in messages from Choe’s blog.

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KQED’s art program, Spark, profiled David Choe (Juxtapoz cover #72) in this video segment the artist recently posted on his blog, stating, “See how skinny I was when I got out of jail in this clip, KQED just sent to me!” True, Choe is the contemporary art world’s favorite badass, having survived time in a Japanese jail, amongst many other extreme situations. We see these as fuel for his amazing artistry. ”I’ve had the door shut on my face so many times. Rejection, rejection, rejection. And I don’t really care to get my art critiqued. And I don’t really care what you think about it,” Choe states in the video. “No one goes to museums anyways, so it’s this whole attitude and I just steal a can of paint and go out and paint all this stuff of the freeway and a you know, a thousand people will see it before 8 o’clock on the 101 freeway than the 10 or hundred people that would have ever seen it over the course of a month in an art gallery.” Word. Speaking of gallery work, get all the info on Choe's upcoming solo in China, Deathblossom, at PYO Gallery here.  

David Choe has a few more of his exclusive punisher t-shirts, also known as The Punishirt. How clever.“I had these printed up for San Diego Comic Con 2009,” writes David. “These are original custom-made limited-run awesomeness.”   Read More...  

Is it any surprise David Choe likes Siamese twins? (No, not like that, you weirdo). “The Siamese twins are back!” proclaims Choe. “And bigger and badder than ever.”

“Here’s to another year of Star Wars dress-up and comic book signings,” reports Trina Calderon.  ”Comic Con 2009 hosted up to 200,000 fans in San Diego’s Gaslamp District this summer.” Among attendees were art superstars David Choe and Travis Louie, both of whom Trina caught up with amidst all the Comic Con debauchery.

David Choe (Juxtapoz cover #72) just stopped by the Upper Playground headquarters in San Francisco to sign and number two of his brand new prints, so we decided to stop by and kick it with this legendary street and fine artist for a minute. Hey, we figured he may want some company; signing and numbering a total of 400 prints isn’t exactly the highlight of an artist’s career (the numbering part was more of a challenge- wouldn’t you lose count after print number 176?) Literally in SF for 10 hours before jetting back to NYC to prepare for yet another exhibit, Choe laughs as we ask him how all the traveling has been treating him. “Shitty,” he said. “I threw up on the plane over here and I have to get back on another flight in a couple hours.” Hell, for a guy that’s been jailed for months in Japan, shot steroids in their arm to run across the border, hitch hike to Alaska, swim in a river in Africa, and paint with their own blood, what’s another cross-country flight? Nuthin’ that’s what- especially when you’re a badass like Choe. 

Unless you have been living under a rock the past few weeks, you know ComicCon kicks off tomorrow in San Diego. If you’re heading down, stop by the Upper Playground booth where they’ll be selling a Comic-Con exclusive tee featuring the art of David Choe.