Even with the San Francisco fine art fairs in full swing (Spoke will be participating at both ArtPadSF and artMrkt San Francisco)  our ongoing series at the historic Castro Theatre continues with Tim Doyle’s take on Robocop. A long time fan favorite (his solo show with us in February broke all sorts of records,) Doyle was the perfect candidate to tackle this 80s tech noir classic.

Prints will be available in person to attendees at the Castro Theatre on Friday, May 18th, with remaining copies going for sale online Monday, May 21st at 3pm PST.

Learn more about the artist here: http://www.mrdoyle.com/

View our Castro series here: http://store.spoke-art.com/collections/the-castro-theatre-series

Spoke Art is very proud to announce the first in our ongoing series of fine art prints with Dutch collage artist Handiedan. Fresh off her highly successful solo show at the esteemed Roq la Rue gallery, Handiedan has partnered up with Spoke Art once again to release two brand new fine art prints in conjunction with the SF art fairs this weekend (May 17th-20th.)

For our inagural release with Handiedan, Spoke Art wanted to offer a diverse range of her works to our fans and as such will be releasing a highly limited large format print (32″x40″, edition of 6, seen below) as well as a more general release (18″x21″ edition of 100, seen above.)

Any remaining prints left over from this weekends fairs will be made available in our online store on Friday, May 25th.

Learn more about the artist here: http://handiedan.com/

Spoke Art Gallery presents:
Scott Scheidly: “Portraits : a series of “fabulous” depictions of tyrants, dictators and popes”

On view May 17th – May 20th at the ArtPadSF fine art fair

Spoke Art Gallery is proud to announce the debut of Scott Scheidly’s “Portraits : a series of “fabulous” depictions of tyrants, dictators and popes” debuting this weekend at the fine art fair, ArtPadSF in San Francisco, CA.

Since debuting Scheidly’s first portrait in the series last year at ArtPadSF, Spoke Art Gallery in San Francisco returns for a second year and an expanded continuation of Scheidly’s shocking, offensive, and utterly hilarious series of portraits.

From Hitler’s pink armband to Chairman Mao’s heart shaped glasses, Scheidly’s work casts some of history’s most notorious characters in a new light rife with suggestion and commentary on masculinity, power, and satire.

Unlike many contemporary artists working today, Scheidly’s work is not just provocative, but also technically well done. The artist’s use of oil on panel is brings to mind any number of Classical portrait painters and if it weren’t for the jarringly hot pink frames in which the paintings themselves reside, one could easily assume the work to be that of a traditional master.

For the debut of “Portraits : a series of “fabulous” depictions of tyrants, dictators and popes” Spoke Art gallery will be presenting three new oil on panel works featuring a Pope, a Chairman and a Soviet Premier.

Additionally, Spoke Art will also be debuting the first in a series of print editions of Scheidly’s work at the fair, starting with a fine art edition of the artist’s previous Hitler painting. This limited edition Hitler print measures 11” x 14”, comes in a custom painted hot pink frame, and is limited to a signed and numbered edition of 20.

If you would like to be placed on our collector’s preview for Scheidly’s “Portrait” paintings and limited edition print, please contact us immediately at spokeartgallery@gmail.com

More info on our participation at the SF fine art fairs can be found here.

Detail views and more information available on request.

On Thursday, May 3rd 2012, Spoke Art and Thinkspace Gallery joined forces to present ‘Synergy’ a dynamic exhibition featuring artists culled from the Thinkspace roster, presenting for the first time in San Francisco at Spoke Art.

The show is now available for viewing in it’s entirety via our online store.

Here’s a look at the opening night festivities, all images courtesy of Shaun Roberts, view the full set on our Facebook Page.

Spoke Art x Thinkspace

Erik Siador

Stephanie Buer

Jessica Hess and LC

Aaron Nagel, Andrew Hosner, Kelly Allen and Sandra Chang

Serge Gay Jr.

Such a great night, thanks to everyone who came out!

Nashville, TN-based designer and musician Sam Smith has been on the Spoke Art radar since we first saw the young artist’s work on the cover of the Japanese cult classic film ‘House.’ You may also know him as the drummer for Ben Folds and My So Called Band, or from his numerous designs for the Criterion Collection.

On Saturday, May 12th, Spoke Art will once again be teaming up with the historic Castro Theatre, this time around to present a double feature of Wes Anderson films, ‘The Life Aquatic’ and ‘The Royal Tenenbaums.’

For this fun screening, Sam has created two brand new images (plus two variants!) exclusively for Spoke Art, both of which will be made available to attendees on Saturday and online on Monday, May 14th.

Get acquainted with the artist here – http://www.samsmyth.net/

Check out our online store here – http://store.spoke-art.com/collections/the-castro-theatre-series

Check out the Castro Theatre here – http://castrotheatre.com/

As an added bonus, the first 50 attendees of Saturday night’s screening will receive a complimentary limited edition Lobby Card to help commemorate the night! See you at the Castro on Saturday night, or visit our online store on Monday!

Our buddies from Thinkspace Gallery in Los Angeles swung by last night to install their curated exhibit, ‘Synergy,’ which opens later this evening (Thursday, May 3rd) here at Spoke Art.

They’ve put together an amazing selection of artists all culled from their formidable roster and we couldn’t be more honored to host them for the entire month of May here in San Francisco.

Photog extraordinare Shaun Roberts was on hand last night to capture some of the install in process, view more photos here. Enjoy!

More info on the show and RSVP here –

https://www.facebook.com/events/157032324423380/

San Francisco residents, get excited! This May 17th to the 20th the fine art fairs return to the Bay Area and Spoke Art is honored to be exhibiting at both ArtPadSF and ArtMrkt.

For our second showing at the SF fairs, Spoke will be bringing a vast selection of new and recent works by artists such as Handiedan (pictured above), Jessica Hess, Scott Hove, Scott Scheidly, Ron Ulicny, Casey Weldon, Jonas Lofgren and Serge Gay Jr. to name a few.

If you would like to receive an advance collectors preview of the fair, please contact us immediately at spokeartgallery@gmail.com

Learn more about the fairs and view all the exhibiting galleries here:

ArtPadSF - http://artpadsf.com/

ArtMrkt - http://www.art-mrkt.com/sf

Visit our Facebook Event Page to learn how to redeem our complimentary fair passes: https://www.facebook.com/events/359149467479976/

Max Dalton fans rejoice! This past weekend (April 20th-22nd) Spoke Art debuted Max’s latest fine art print, produced in conjunction with the Castro Theatre, for their James Bond 50th Anniversary Commemorative screenings!

Both prints were available first to attendees of the weekend movie marathon, and all remaining copies are now available online via the Spoke Art store. – http://store.spoke-art.com/collections/the-castro-theatre-series

Contest is now closed! Big congrats to Steven Cook on Facebook, KATATAT on Tumblr and Cliff on Twitter, your complimentary Max Dalton print sets will be headed your way soon!

Earlier this month, Nimit Malavia’s “Finding Together Again” opened to a packed crowd at Spoke Art Gallery. The artist’s signature fluid, emotive and gestural style is a sight to be seen in person and we couldn’t be more proud to display the award winning artist’s work.

Get a look at Shaun Robert’s opening night photos here.

After many months of meetings and emails, Spoke Art is proud to announce the debut of our official and exclusive partnership with the historic Castro Theatre in San Francisco.

The Castro is one of the country’s grandest original “movie palaces,” originally built in the 1920s and lovingly restored to its original grandeur and beauty. Their cutting edge programming of classic and contemporary films has made the theatre a top destination for movie buffs and an ideal candidate for our partnership.

To celebrate the beginning of a new chapter in the Spoke Art history, we will be releasing a brand new limited edition screen print by artist Joshua Budich on Friday, April 6th at the theatre to celebrate the Jean Paul Gaultier exhibit at the De Young Museum of Fine Art.

Making this event even more special will be the release of not just a City of Lost Children print, but also an exclusive lobby card, which will be given away to the first 50 attendees of the night!

“City of Lost Children” will first be made available at the Friday night screening, and online the following Monday, April 9th at 3pm PST via the Spoke Art online store.

Get a look at the glow in the dark variant as well as the complimentary lobby card, below!

More info on the theatre can be found here. More info on the artist can be found here.

Glow in the Dark variant – limited to 50 copies