Kevin Van Aelst

The subjects in Kevin Van Aelst's color photographs are every day foods and objects. The simple materials are arranged into complex scientific and technological influenced shapes and patterns. Truly amazing conceptual work. Kevin will be showing his work at Art Space's Open Studios coming up in October

Fakes and Forgeries

Fakes and Forgeries: The Art of Deception is currently going on at the Bruce Museum in Greenwhich. The show features Western painting and sculpture forged and faked from all periods of art history. Forgery techniques are explored and revealed as are the techniques and steps used to detect these forgeries.

The image shown above is Han van Meegeren’s legendary forgery, Christ and His Disciples at Emmaus, in the style of Johannes Vermeer, is possibly the most famous forgery in the world.

We Love Munny

In addition to great tattooing, the Hope Gallery (mentioned in the previous post) has wall space where the artists exhibit their fine art. Most of the work on the walls is usually for sale. On June 29th, the Hope Gallery will be hosting the "We Luv Munny" show. "We Luv Munny", is a show featuring art work about, and done on the Beloved Munny. If you don't know what a Munny is, check out kid robot for more on that!


*Munny featuring the art of Julio Rodriguez.

Hope Gallery Tattoos

Body art has always been an interest of mine, however I am always way to indecisive to decide on what I'd like to be inked on my skin permanently. When I do get my first tattoo I know its going to be at the Hope Gallery in Downtown New Haven. The above image was some work that my friends (twins) got done by artist Tim Harris at the Hope Gallery last week. Tim is one of four artists (Tim Harris, Joe Capobianco, Julio Rodriguez, and Eric Merrill) at the gallery. Make sure to call and make an appointment because they get booked really really quickly.

Helvetica The Film

Helvetica is a documentary film about one of the most widely used typefaces of our generation. Helvetica encompasses the worlds of design, advertising, psychology, and communication, and invites us to take a second look at the thousands of words we see every day; with interviews from some of the most important desiners in the field. The film will be making it's way to Connecticut this month. The movie will screen at UConn in Storrs on April 18th and at Yale in New Haven on the 19th. This is a must see for all designers and anyone who likes good design in everday life.

Joe Smolinski

New Haven artist Joe Smolinski draws cell phone trees with very unique personalities. The details are really amazing that it's hard to believe you can get such great results from a graphite pencil. You can check out some of his drawings exhibited from April 10th - 28th at Artspace New Haven and even bid on an original at the Annual Gala Benefit Art Auction on Arpil 28th.

Bizarregoylz™

Bristol CT sculpter Jared Gagne came across the idea for his Bizarregoylz™ series while playing with clay on his kitchen table one day. The bizzaregoylz are all fully customized by Jared. It must be real sweet having an army of bizzaregoylz around the house.

Jeff Slomba

The Seton Gallery at the University of New Haven will be showing the mind altering surrealist sculpture's of Jeff Slomba. The opening reception is tommarow Wednesday March 28th from 4:30 - 6:30pm. The exhibition will go on until April 20th. Also there will be a lecture from the artist on April 18th from 3:00 - 4:00pm.

Welcome.

Well this is the inaugural post. First of all, thank you for taking the time to check out this blog. Im going to do my very best to update this daily and provide some really really fascinating links and information. This blog is all about the art scene in Connecticut. While many people might think of Connecticut and totally dismiss the idea of a large and thriving art scene existing, the constitution state has some really amazing contemporary artists, illustrators, and graphic designers in the world. So that being said, keep checking back for lots and lots of posts to satisfy your art needs. If you live in Connecticut and want to contribute or even post on the blog just drop me a line: . Thanks for checking us out and we hope to see ya soon!