2016 NEWS
November
Paintings by both Tristan Eaton and Ron English are on display in Dresden, Germany at the “Magic City” exhibition. (Source)
November
The Georgia Straight beautifully reports that “Cute meets grotesque in surreal irreverence” at the Juxtapose x Superflat exhibit in Vancouver. Top photos are Christian Rex Van Minnens’ Coat of Arms and Mark Ryden’s Anatomia. Robin Laurence continues to describe Coat of Arms:
Christian Rex van Minnen’s painting Coat of Arms—so sleekly detailed and tightly rendered that it resembles a Photoshopped image—conflates a raft of alluring and repellent images and motifs, including brilliantly coloured gummy worms that take on unexpected organic and sexual shapes.
This coat of arms also includes a hideously morphing death’s head, sharply pointed spears, and, yes, more viscera. Much more viscera.
November
Vancouver Magazine reports the Juxtapoz x Superflat exhibit: “This eclectic mix of artworks gives the exhibition a vibrant, dark-yet-colourful energy”. A perfect description of Van Minnen’s “Coat of Arms.”
October
AVL is thrilled to announce to the acquisition of Christian Rex Van Minnen’s “Coat of Arms”, currently part of the Juxtapoz X Superflat exhibition in Seattle and traveling to the Vancouver Art Gallery in November 2016 through February 2017. Read an interview with Van Minnen in Juztapoz this summer.
October
West Palm Beach: Tristan Eaton has completed another 6-storey mural on the outside wall of the Alexander Lofts
September
Tristan Eaton featured in pilot of Blache and Black on Art. Watch it here:
September
Ron English’s latest solo show, Guernica, opens at Allouche Gallery in New York
September
Both Tristan Eaton’s and Greg “Craola” Simkins’work can be seen this month in Las Vegas as part of the “Life is Beautiful” street art show.
July
A new mural by Greg ‘Craola’ Simkins can be seen on a Long Beach patio!
July
Jean Labourdette (Turf One) will be featured as part of the LBMA exhibition “Vitality and Verve” from July 15, 2016 – October 16, 2016.
July
Photos of the Coney Island Art Walls
Notice Tristan Eaton’s “The Monster Within” and “Fool that Follows” which were inspired by his acrylic paintings. The Monster Within was recently acquired by AVL International.
July 5 Montreal, je t’aime!
AVL International just returned from a delightfully perfect trip to Montreal for Matthew Namour‘s Grand Opening of the new gallery on St. Laurent in the old Port. It was so wonderful to meet Matthew, to see Yves Laroche again and all the work Alexis put into the show. (How wonderful to meet Jon Todd, Gary Taxali and later in the Village at the Street Art Festival, Tony Taylor, Jason Botkin, Mort by Wolves and Zoltan Veevaete.) We flew out with the possibility of another Ron English but were sidetracked and transfixed by Jean Labourdette‘s jaw-dropping piece, Time. Although they missed the opening, the next day we had the pleasure of watching Alexis unpack Tristan Eaton‘s two pieces which inspired his Coney Island mural, The Monster Within and The Fool That Follows. With the Jazz Festival in full swing, we wandered Montreal and saw incredible murals from Mural Fest in June by Chris Dyer, Melissa Del Pinto, Xray, House of Meggs, Felipe Pantone, and D*Face Art. Alexis, Matthew, Thank you! Montreal, we love you! See you next year!
June
Ron English featured in this article about a new Street Art book!
May
This Spring AVL International commissioned a portrait of our son by Kalum Teke Dan. He has been accepted into the Calgary Stampede Western Showcase for July 2016! Be sure to visit the Artist Studios to see Dan’s beautiful work.