Friday Top Five:: February 10th, 2023
Each week in our ‘Friday Top Five’ segment, we feature five things we thought were interesting, notable, or culturally significant. This week we are showcasing stories on artists and the galleries that support them. This week we are diving into Jason REVOK and Detroit gallery Louis Buhl & Co., heading down south to Atlanta with Greg Mike and ABV gallery, then featuring our weekly SNKRS segment with a curation focus thanks to James Whitner and his growing empire of stores.
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Story-1:: Artist - Jason REVOK
Overview: Entirely self-taught, Jason REVOK is known for pushing creative boundaries that began in the street. Although his story begins with graffiti, the artist has spent the last decade focussing on his studio practice and the evolution of process and concept. Refusing to be limited by his early recognition, REVOK allows only certain elements from graffiti culture to transition to his contemporary work – modest materials and industrial tools, ingenuity, his name – but his proclivity towards minimalism and post-painterly abstraction has become the driving force behind his practice. Examining the question of authorship from start to finish, REVOK has developed systematic yet imperfect tools to carry out his vision and has created a number of unmistakable bodies of work. His bold, balanced, geometry is heightened by the personal and imperfect sleight of the human hand.
Story-2:: Detroit Gallery - Louis Buhl & Co.
Overview: Louis Buhl & Co. is a Detroit-based contemporary art gallery and project space that highlights unique works alongside editions and a curated selection of art objects and unique collaborative products. Since its inception, the gallery has rapidly evolved in its dynamic presentation of artists at all stages in their careers, with the goal of representing varied points of view and divergent practices. Maintaining a multidisciplinary focus on scale and medium, Louis Buhl & Co. balances its exhibition programming with the production of print editions and unique series, ultimately serving as an incubator for individuality, experimentation and artistic expression.
Louis Buhl & Co. works hand-in-hand with artists to develop their ideas, as well as provide the resources and support to explore new outlets with a demographic of accessibility and wider reach in mind. The gallery is driven by the pursuit of and creativity involved in solving problems alongside artists, and takes pride in helping them conceive unique ideas that are highly representative of their wider body of work.
Story-3:: Artist - Greg Mike
Overview: Born and raised in Connecticut, childhood trips to NYC in the mid-’80s exposed "Greg Mike" Mensching to the creative potential of reinventing public spaces through art and design. Always obsessed with the boundless energy and crisp line work of iconic American mid-century cartoons, by his early teens Greg began using the walls on the streets to fuse these two passions together. Further inspired by his deep involvement with skate culture and his intersections with the design world, he has become known for pieces that incorporate vivid explosions of incandescent color filtered through a Surrealist Pop Art perspective. Populated by gleefully twisted characters, his world is unsettling, mischievous and uniquely captivating.
Greg Mike has painted murals in Atlanta, Miami, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Las Vegas, and the Swiss Alps, to name a few. His studio work is currently on view in galleries and museums in Atlanta, Paris, Saint-Tropez, Taipei, Shanghai, New York City, and Los Angeles and more.
Currently based in Atlanta, Greg Mike is the founder and creative director of ABV AGENCY + GALLERY, a multi-platform creative studio specializing in graphic design, street art, mural installations, art direction and more. A hub for innovators, ABV also functions as a contemporary gallery space exhibiting over 500+ artists from around the world.
In 2015, Greg Mike founded OuterSpace Project, an event series that merges public art, live music, design, action sports and culture which has produced over 100+ murals throughout the city of Atlanta.
GREG MIKE Representation + Commercial / Client Work: ABV AGENCY.
Story-4:: Atlanta Gallery - ABV EAV (Coming Soon)
Overview: For the last 15 years, GREG MIKE (GM), an Atlanta-based artist and founder of ABV Gallery + Agency has traveled the globe painting murals, serving as a creative director for clients and brands and showcasing his artwork in galleries and museums nationwide. GM has a long-standing reputation in the Atlanta arts community for his forward-thinking approach. In 2023, as his biggest venture to date, he plans to expand ABV into a new creative space in East Atlanta.
GREG MIKE purchased a former church on Metropolitan Avenue and is transforming it into a contemporary art gallery, event space, art studio and retail store that will allow for more expansive creative opportunities for artists, musicians and brands alike.
The 8,500 square foot reimagined church will become an event space for a vast array of experiences and exhibitions, featuring the work of local and international artists. Featured walls throughout the property will serve as blank canvases for rotating public artwork throughout the year.
Links: Instagram | Website | Exhibition
Story-5:: SNKRS - Boutique, Social Status
Overview: Social Status’ brand mix is geared to the fashion-focused consumer: quality driven and fashion forward. Our exclusive retail experience allows our customers to be among the first introduced to the latest trends, styles, and brands from across the globe. We provide a season-to-season canvas for our elite brands in a unique retail environment. We take on the responsibility of listening, learning, and leading our consumers and communities through the ever changing world of fashion. Through our label we represent quality, sincerity, and the utmost brand integrity - Work hard so you can play harder. Social Status embodies the consistent commitment essential to continuous growth, success, and prosperity.
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