Kenny Scharf

The Bowl Project by PAWS/LA

November 16, 2010Arts1 comment3 Views
PAWS/LA are participating in the upcoming Made in California art project with a series of artist dog bowls. The roster of painters contributing their own respective painted bowls include David Hockney, Ed Ruscha, Robert Longo, Ross Bleckner, Chuck Arnoldi and Kenny Scharf....

“WALLWORKS” @ The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas

November 1, 2010Arts7 comments37 Views
The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas recently commissioned several prominent contemporary artists to decorate their parking garage. The works collectively known as “WALLWORKS” includes pieces from Kenny Scharf, Retna, Shepard Fairey, and Shinique Smith. If the rumours are to be...

Art Shack Exhibition Recap

June 18, 2010Arts10 comments4 Views
Last weekend, the Art Shack exhibition enjoyed its debut at the Laguna Art Museum as it brought together a talented mix of artists each enlisted with the task of creating their own installation. The exhibition was curated by Greg Escalante with notable artists including Mike...

Kenny Scharf Video Interview

February 18, 2010Uncategorized4 comments3 Views
Whitney Museum of America Art recently conducted an interview with American painter, Kenny Scharf. In this video, he speaks about the painting that he created in the studio of his friend Keith Haring which was titled 'When the Worlds Collide' from 1984. The video gives us a...

MINDstyle x Kenny Scharf Hanna-Barbera Figures Announcement

February 1, 2010Uncategorized4 comments53 Views
Creative label MINDstyle have announced an upcoming collaboration with American artist Kenny Scharf on a set of Flinstones and Jetsons figures ATC figures. Scharf should prove an excellent partner for this project, not least because he has already produced several celebrated...

Kenny Scharf “Barberadise” Exhibition Recap

September 15, 2009Uncategorized4 comments95 Views
Honor Fraser proudly presented an exhibition of new works by Kenny Scharf over the weekend. The exhibition, entitled Barberadise, showcased new paintings that integrate familiar icons from Scharf’s visual lexicon and implies a utopian world that is at once nostalgically...

Kenny Scharf Barberadise Exhibition

September 10, 2009Uncategorized9 comments38 Views
With an accessible aesthetic due to its strong pop-culture undertones, Kenny Scharf opens his latest exhibition, "Barberadise", later this month. The show features a series re-appropriations of cartoon franchises created by the legendary Hanna Barbera including the...

Kenny Scharf “Cosmic Cavern”

June 5, 2009Uncategorized19 comments832 Views
Stepping into Kenny Scharf's Bushwick warehouse in New York you're instantly transformed into a distinct and almost mini-putt-like "Cosmic Cavern". Known for his partying ways and his close associations with New York's influential artists, his latest work is "alive with the...

Shepard Fairey & Kenny Scharf for Lance Armstrong’s Giro D’Italia Bikes

May 5, 2009Uncategorized56 comments182 Views
Lance Armstrong has dabbled extensively into the art world beyond his cycling exploits with Shepard Fairey and Kenny Scharf, the latest contributors to the bikes soon to be ridden by Lance Armstrong. With one of Italy's premier races taking place in the Giro D'Italia, the...