Seattle's OKOK Gallery recently opened “Free Parking,†a collection of ink and graphite drawings by ten emerging artists. Often drawings incorporated into exhibitions are mere accents to the main attraction, however OKOK cleverly curates a group of works that explore the experiential and immediate nature of drawing. Mel Kadel's "Surrounded by Angels" (pictured, click for detail) is a humorous and playful use of the classic …
Fascinated with how many young Koreans construct lives online, Emil Goh started photographing users of Cyworld, a virtual community that allows users to create rooms using various skins and other icons of furniture and appliances. In Goh's work, these imagined universes are perfect counterpoints to explore the many different living situations in Korea. He describes "regular 3-4 bedroom family apartments to cupboard sized "goshiwons" for …
A one-night only art show, Stacks features works by 21 emerging artists all working within the same parameter—a cube. Stacked to create a collectively-curated "Exquisite Corpse meets totem poles," the cubes are made from a variety of materials, and range in style from "defiantly poetic to graphically visionary." Though there's no word on the artists yet, works are affordably priced from $50-$500. Curated by Nathan …
