Ashely : New Paintings At Galerie Claude Legrand Paris

Ashley Ashford-Brown, an English painter who has long lived and worked in Ivry-Sur-Seine, France is exhibiting some of his most recent works – large canvases that echo ancient Celtic poems and iconography. The artist's work can be seen at: Galerie Claude Legrand, 49 Rue de Seine, 75006 Paris. March 31 - April 20, 2011.  (Click the invitation to enlarge).

We took the photo above at Ashley's studio in Ivry-Sur-Seine, in front of one of his massive canvases, during the annual portes ouvertes.  See see more of the artists work, click: Ashley Ashford-Brown.

New & Improved: Jumbo-Sized Viagra

New & Improved: Jumbo-sized 6-liter bottle of Viagra (Only You), 2011 by MATTHEW ROSE.  Indeed: Six ways to have fun, on view at La Cave des Papilles, Paris. 

European Spiritual Film Festival Paris: March 25 - 27

Mei Ling, an idle young Chinese woman, lives alone in her flat, waiting for her lover. One day, she finds a little octopus in the kitchen sink. She decides to adopt it to avoid boredom. The octopus grows up...

Mei Ling by Stephanie Lansaque and Francois Leroy, is an animated film, produced in France (2009), and runs 15 minutes.  It is one of hundreds of films entered into the European Spiritual Film Festival, held in Paris – and on the Internet.  The final selections will be held in Paris from March 26th to 27th, 2011.

For the full program see: EUROPEAN SPIRITUAL FILM FESTIVAL.

Japanese Girl : Defense d'Afficher Project

Japanese Girl by One Little Bird, Leanda, a British artist, for the DEFENSE D'AFFICHER PROJECT.

Leanda is also selling signed prints to help support the people of Japan during this difficult time.

Download Japanese Girl and see other works from the DEFENSE D'AFFICHER PROJECT.

Wolfe Contemporary By Alexis Mackenzie

Alexis Mackenzie produced this hand-cut collage on antique paper – "Wolfe Contemporary", 2011 – for the Wolfe Contemporary art gallery in San Francisco.  Look closely.

FluxFest Chicago

Cecil Touchon, Director, The Ontological Museum, directed this photograph of participants of FluxFest Chicago, held recently in Chicago's Museum of Contemporary Art.

Many participants of this festival also participated in and hosted ABAD exhibitions. The Fluxfest was spearheaded by artist Keith Buchholz. Click the photo to enlarge full screen. (It's a fisheye!). PHOTO © 2011 CECIL TOUCHON.

FLUXUS: ENGLISH, HEBREW, ARABIC

GENERAL IDEA: 1969 - 1994

AA Bronson's Website with the history of the art trio.

STEPHEN COLBERT'S ART SPEAK

Give it a minute, then listen carefully. Stephen Colbert deconstructs art speak in a way that is thrilling, accurate and a piece of performance art.

Julie Sadler's: MagikGlasses

The wonderful kinetically kollaged world of Julie Sadler: MagikGlasses.

See her very animated Aviaria: Singing birds angling for your attention.

Cutting Edges: James Gallagher On Collage

GESTALTEN's new book CUTTING EDGES, a big fat book on contemporary collage, edited by James Gallagher.  Price: €39,90 | $60,00 | £37,50.

Cutting Edges documents the new heyday of collage in current art and visual culture. Today’s artists, illustrators, and designers are increasingly drawn to this artistic technique by the challenges of seamlessly melding traditional craftsmanship with skilled computer montage. They are not only composing a wide variety of visual elements, but are also deliberately omitting, deleting, and destroying them. This book is an inspiring collection of these unique examples of contemporary collage.

Artists include: Clara Mata, Cless, Jelle Martens, Matthew Rose, Paul Burgess, Dani Sanchis, David Plunkert, Molokid, Eduardo Recife, Lisa Eisenberg, Aprile Elcich, David Wallace, Free Fred, Max-o-Matic and many many other collage artists working across the planet.   MORE INFO HERE.

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