Ed Templeton 'Synthentic Suburbia' @ Roberts & Tilton

“Synthetic Suburbia is a culmination of years of looking at the place where I live and the peculiarity of it. I have travelled all over the world and there is no place as strange as Huntington Beach.” Primarily known as a photographer documenting the people and culture surrounding the iconic pier in Huntington Beach, California, Ed Templeton’s Synthetic Suburbia is a survey of new paintings and drawings directly inspired from this emersion into his coastal suburban environment. Synthetic Suburbia extends Templeton’s diaristic observances into a compelling visual analysis of the concrete experiences, perceptions, and idiosyncrasies of this hyper-local existence.  Synthetic Suburbia will be on view until May 30, 2015 at Roberts and Tilton, 5801 Washington Boulevard, Culver City, California. photographs by Oliver Maxwell Kupper

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10 Must See Art Shows On View Now in New York

1. Lisa Yuskavage gets dark and seductive at her amazing exhibition on view now at David Zwirner gallery 2. Rosson Crow's Hysteria: Spatial Conversations with Florine Stettheimer is on view at Sargent's Daughter's 3. Elgreen and Dragset Past Tomorrow is on view at Galerie Perrotin 4. Jeppe Hein All We Need Is Inside on view at 303 Gallery 5. Eikoh Hosoe's dark photographs are on view at Howard Greenberg Gallery 6. Nina Leen Lenslady is on view at Daniel Cooney 7. David Shrigley at Anton Kern Gallery 8. Mike Kelley: Pansy Metal/Clovered Hoof at Carolina Nitsch 9. John Giorno Space Forgets You at Elizabeth Dee 10. Peter Saul last chance to see From Pop To Punk at Venus Over Manhattan.

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[Looking Forward] Simon Hantaï @ Mnuchin Gallery in New York

In Paris in 1960, at a time when the avant-garde was mourning the death of painting, Simon Hantaï  (1922 – 2008) chose not to abandon or destroy the medium but rather to reinvent it. Triggered by Jackson Pollock, Hantaï began by laying his unstretched canvas on the floor. He went on to fold and knot the material before painting its crumpled surface, causing the folded areas to remain unpainted.  When unfolded and stretched, the canvas revealed fragmented planes of pure pigment glinting and winking among scattered fields of negative space. Starting April 28th, Mnuchin Gallery presents an exhibition of paintings by Simon Hantaï. Simon Hantaï | Pliage: The First Decade will present a focused look at the 1960s, his first mature decade. 

'Slamsection' Curated by Leo Fitzpatrick @ Steinsland Berliner

Stockholm’s Gallery Steinsland Berliner presents their latest show curated by Leo Fitzpatrick. Entitled SLAMSECTION, the exhibition brings together some of the artist, curator and actor’s favorite East Coast artists including Dave Sandey of Fuck This Life, the late great Dash Snow, Mark Gonzales and Richard Kern. One of Norway’s most aspiring artists is featured too in the form of Gardar Eine Einarsson, alongside the colorful Eddie Martinez and iconic skateboard photographer, Tobin Yelland. So is the outsider musician Daniel Johnston. SLAMSECTION will be on view until May 16, 2015 at Gallery Steinsland Berliner in Stockholm. 

5 Must See Solo Exhibitions at Paris Photo Los Angeles 2015

Paris Photo Los Angeles returns to Paramount Pictures Studios where the photographic medium will be celebrated among the famous backlot movie sets, sound stages and classic replica's of New York City storefronts and streets. Here are some of the most exciting, must see solo exhibitions that will be on display: 1. Ren Hang presented by Capricious 88 (Stage 14 - Stand 4) 2. Cole Sternberg presented by MAMA (NYB / Stand H3) 3. David Benjamin Sherry presented by OHWOW (Stage 32 / Stand 15) 4. Guy Bourdin presented by Louise Alexander (Stage 31 / Stand 5) 5. Juergen Teller presented by Suzanne Tarasieve (NYB / Stand G5)    

[MUST SEE] June Culp @ Freddy Gallery in Baltimore

Freddy Gallery presents a solo exhibition by Baltimore-based artist, June Culp. There is a compelling psycho-sexual violence embedded in Culp's paintings that is reinforced by the large scale and reductive imagery. The paintings are limited to mostly black-and-white depictions of what the artist describes as everyday preoccupations. These everyday preoccupations include fist-fights and strip clubs. On view until May 2 at Freddy Gallery, 510 West Franklin Street, Baltimore, Maryland

Vincent Lamouroux White Washes Iconic L.A. Roach Motel

Los Angeles has a fondness for obliterating it's architectural history, by bulldozing old classic motels, hotels, and culturally significant residences, like they did back in January when a real estate developer tore down science-fiction writer Ray Bradbury's home in Cheviot Hills. This time around, the city gave the go ahead to French artist Vincent Lamouroux to completely white wash the classically seedy Sunset Pacific Motel - along with an adjacent billboard and all the surrounding palm trees. Don't worry, no palm trees were hurt in the making of this public art exhibition - the artist used a white lime wash (not paint) that is ecologically sound. You only have a few more weeks to few the project until the lime wash wears away. photograph by Lord Jim

David Shrigley @ Anton Kern Gallery In New York

In his sixth solo show at Anton Kern Gallery, British artist David Shrigley presents 78 drawings, two sculptures and one animation. The drawings, ink and acrylic on paper in two distinct sizes, depict a variety of situations involving humans, animals, parts of their bodies and other stuff. The sculptures are of two oversized objects, a subtractor (a calculator with limited function keys), and a working telephone that is hooked up to the gallery’s main phone line. The animation in the back gallery is a drawn and slightly altered version of the Sega arcade game, Out Run. The exhibition will be on view until May 23, 2015. photographs courtesy the artist and Anton Kern Gallery, New York

[LAST CHANCE] Joseph Beuys Multiples @ Mitchell-Innes & Nash

This is your last chance to catch a large-scale exhibition of Joseph Beuys multiples from the collection of Reinhard Schlegel. Consisting of over 500 works spanning from the early 1960s to his death in 1986, this exhibition is the most significant collection of Beuys multiples to be shown in New York to date. This exhibition will be on view until April 18, 2015 at Mitchell-Innes & Nash, 534 West 26th street, New York

Carol Bove 'The Plastic Unit' @ David Zwirner London

David Zwirner presents the gallery’s first exhibition with Carol Bove. On view at our London location, it features recent works by the New York-based artist, known for her simple yet intricate assemblages of found and made objects. Carol Bove 'The Plastic Unit' will be on view at David Dwirner London until May 30, 2015. photographs by Flo Kohl 

Last Chance to Catch Nicholas Cheveldave's Exhibition in Milan

Nicholas Cheveldave’s new body of work takes as its point of departure aspects of contemporary “café culture” and blends it with various forms of mundane life, homogenizing these identity constructs through forms of mediation such as digitally animated collage, painting and sculpture to make visceral and fleshly objects that gravitate towards the grotesque. Check out The Mortician's Athlete and the Dreaded Barista on view until April 18, 2015 at popup exhibition gallery Emalin, Via Fiena 3, Milan, Italy. 

H.R. Giger's Dark World Explored In New Documentary

Surrealist artist H. R. Giger (1940–2014) terrified audiences with his Oscar-winning monsters in Ridley Scott's Alien. Sci-fi, horror, music, album covers, tattoos and fetish art have been influenced by his dark, intricate paintings and sculptures depicting birth, death and sex. Both a mesmerizing introduction to Giger's oeuvre and a must-see for Giger devotees, Belinda Sallin's definitive documentary DARK STAR: H. R. GIGER'S WORLD shares the intimate last years of the artist's life and reveals how deeply he resided within his own artistic visions. Click here to see local listings. 

Artists Reimagine the Work of Le Cobusier @ Maison La Roche

Heidi Wood "You Win Some, You Lose Some, part of the series Serving Suggestion"

Fascinated by modernist ideals and the creativity under­pinning them, a great many artists in the past two decades have notably looked to architecture and design as particular sources of inspiration. Through techniques of re-use, quotation, and imitation, they have invoked leading twentieth-century designers and architects, Le Corbusier foremost among them. Organized upon the fiftieth anniversary of Le Corbusier's death, the Re-Corbusier show will feature some sixteen artworks from the 1990s to the présent-paintings, sculptures, installations-that explicitly allude to Le Corbusier's oeuvre. Re-Corbusier will be on view until July 16 2015 at the Maison La Roche. 

10 Art Shows To See In Los Angeles Right Now

1. Forbidden Fruit, a solo exhibition of neon and sculptural works by Patrick Martinez at New Image Art 2. Rainbow Body, a solo exhibition of rainbow splashed canvases by Millie Brown on view at 8473 Melrose Place 3. A Lil Taste of Cheeto in the Night, Parker Ito crams in canvases and sculptural renderings at Chateau Shatto 4. Grounds and Figures, Diana Al Hadid shows her mylar sculptures at OHWOW 5. Jerry Hsu presents some of his 'Nazi Gold' for A Love Like Mine Is Hard to Find at Slow Culture 6. Tomoo Gokita shows some of his strange and beautiful portraits for Besame Mucho at Honor Fraser 7. Andrew Gbur shows some of his Face Paintings at the Team Gallery bungalow in Venice Beach 8. Alien Flowers, an exhibition of exciting works by Joseph Arthur at Gallery Go 9. Glen Ligon says goodbye figuratively and literally at his exhibition ending this week at Regen Projects 10. Eric Stanton and foot fetishist Elmer Batters (long dead) get weird at the Taschen Books gallery 

Bjarne Melgaard at His New Exhibition in Helsinki

His first solo exhibition at Galerie Forsblom, entitled Puppy Orgy Acid Party, Norwegian artist Bjarne Melgaard, engages viewers with the rich colors and forms of his strange, macabre and heartbroken worlds. The new paintings’ compositions are dominated by organized chaos, which he has materialized via the momentum of creation: acrylic paint is poured on the floor and splashed directly onto the canvas. photograph by Rio Gandara

Dallas Art Fair 2015 Highlight: Harlan Levey Projects

Brussels, Belgium based gallery Harlan Levey Projects shined at the 2015 Dallas Art Fair with a booth that explored American nostalgia and the dark under pinnings of memory and the soul. For instance, T.R. Ericsson's haunting silkscreen images of his mother and his childhood are silkscreened on canvas with ink, cigarette nicotine, and ash to represent the gritty minutiae and detritus that add up to the sum of our earthly existence. Other artists included Radek Szlaga, Willehad Eilers and Abner Preis. photographs by Whitney Loren 

'Fatal Dad' @ Brand New Gallery In Milan

Brand New Gallery presents Fatal Dad, a two-person exhibition featuring a new installation of works by Brian Kokoska with sculptures by Zack Davis. For this presentation, Kokoska has altered the gallery in shades of baby purple and incorporated Davis’ sensitive, achromic sculptures that are both bodily and diagrammatic in their exploration of space and form. Davis’ works press into the carpeted floor surrounded by purple, a non-spectral color that demands psychophysical efforts in the human brain to differentiate from violet. Fatal Dad will be on view until April 25 at Brand New Gallery in Milan.