Greg Gossel’s collection Make Believe opens at The Shooting Gallery on June 14th. This colorful series infuses deep political and cultural inferences with pop art and comic book illustrations to create a world wrapped in a make believe state of mind, where mass media has stolen the innocence with advertisements and war propaganda. Gossel’s Make Believe series is filled with diverse social and cultural issues. With a creative mixed media of various words, images, posters and newspaper the pieces become a matter of control. The collection is layered with a constant state of transformation illustrating a visual history of change, process, and expression. Pushing his art further, Greg Gossel has put this show in a different context and meaning where war propaganda, morality and American culture are questioned. With profound meaning of gender roles, stereotypes and emotion, this exhibit is thought provoking and attention grabbing. Using pop-culture iconography, graffiti and street art techniques his work has been called “a mix between that of Shepard Fairy and Roy Lichtenstein.” Come play Make Believe with Gossel on June 14th at San Francisco’s Shooting Gallery. Details at www.shootinggallerysf.com

Greg Gossel recently finished up four new canvas pieces for next week

Up in Seattle tonight, Suite 100 Gallery opens its Sweet 100 group show of one hundred works of art by thirty-six artists. From oils and acrylics to gouache and ink, from photography to screen prints, The Sweet 100 draws from the best in a variety of mediums. Featuring 2H, Aaron Bagley, Andre Martin, Andrea Heimer, Andrew Hem, Anika Wilson, Counsel Langley, Deth P. Sun, Douglas March, Greg Gossel, James Hannibal, Janette Cavecche, Jeremiah Hammer, Jeremiah Ketner, Jessixa, Jonathon Kimbrell, Jose Torres, Jr., K.E. Alexander Jr., Kerry Smith, Kim Sciarrone, Leanne Biank, Lisa Basher, Marianne Maksirisombat, Mensen & ZeeS, LBP, Ninjagrl, Noferin, Parskid, Patrick Fatica, Sarah Coleman, Saratoga Sake (seen recently in our Reader Art), Soso, Thaneeya, Thylacine Graphics, Todd Karam, Tracy Curley, Troy Gua. The show runs November 9th through December 21st.

Hey remember last week when there were a million art shows? This weekend there are only about half that. After the jump, our short list.