Matthew Palladino, the San Francisco-based artist who has seen much success over the past few years, just opened a new body of work, Sweet Relief, at Eli Ridgway Gallery in SF this past weekend. Normally creating work in a unique, flat aesthetic, Pallandino's new work features enamel coated plaster casts made from commercial chocolate molds. A gif to explain is after the jump . . .

As another part of our adventures through the three art fairs in San Francisco this weekend, we went to artMRKT on Friday afternoon to check out what Gallery Paule Anglim, SF Electric Works, Catherine Clark, Baer Ridgway, LeBasse Projects, and Rena Bransten Gallery had on display.

We wrote last year that we felt Matthew Palladino was one of the more exciting and emerging artists to come out of San Francisco, and the artist will be exhibiting at New York City's Fredericks & Freiser Gallery 2 starting this Thursday, May 5, 2011.