I will be in a group show On February 24th At the ABB gallery located in Austin,TX. The show title pretty much sums up what you will see. Lots of animals,people,and probably some animal people. My mural partner Kristopher Kotcher will also have some great work as well as a premier of his new video project How to Paint a Self Portrait.

Here is the event page on Facebook if you would like to RSVP. The opening is from 7-10 pm on Friday the 24th. ABB gallery 1601 east 5th st Austin,TX

Hope some friendly faces can make it out for the evening!

-Adrian

Starting this month we will be selecting artists from all over to contribute to a new collective here at black swan. Each series released will have 3 artists work printed at Black Swan. These will be very limited prints on paper and shirts. We are looking at this endeavor as a way to make affordable pieces of art and show what can be done with the right artists and printers at work. Silk screening is a lot less limited than some might think. The options are limitless!

I am happy to announce that we have picked our first 3 artists whose work will be printed in the coming weeks…

First up is the talented Mark Cross.

Mark cross is a tattooer from San Francisco; currently based in Brooklyn and working out of East River Tattoo. Focusing primarily on old-world American traditional tattoo and folk art, his tattoo style is simple and bold; comprised of hard lines and heavy black shading. In addition to tattooing, Mark has been making art and photographs for several years and has shown his work in galleries and museums in New York, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Los Angeles and Amsterdam and curates the photo website muddguts.com.You can contact him at mark@muddguts.com.

Next up is EYESORE.

EYESORE reigns from the Houston streets and is probably one of your favorite artists if you live in TX. The beautiful and often bleak imagery leaves you wanting more, as the line work has a perfect mix of hard lines and delicate texture. This artist is a true gift to the Houston streets. Drive around and take advantage of the free gallery show because I have a feeling EYESORE is going somewhere. See more at My Coffin Hands.

Last but not least is DUAL…

DUAL is an anonymous Houston-based street artist with a specialty in wheat paste and a noteworthy presence for over a decade. His work takes on a variety of different backgrounds, gracing everything from rundown buildings to gessoed canvases. With blatant graffiti influences, DUAL brings a fresh face to the city be it with a paint brush, squeegee, marker, or computer mouse. Follow him along on his lifelong city beautification project by keeping an eye on his blog at www.dualstreets.com.

These three champs will have prints available exclusively on our brand new web store. Each design being released was especially made for black swan and will be printed in very limited amounts. Keep checking Black swans blog and Facebook for updates!

-Adrian Landon Brooks

I am excited to tell you that we are just hours away from launching the online store on Black swans site! It has been a challenging task to get it all up and running but with the amazing help from Cole Michael at www.avant-media.net we have succeeded.

I also wanted to take this time to mention that I will be personally taking submissions to work with us in the coming months. The store is going to act as a collective to bring artists together through high quality prints and merchandise. If you are interested in participating or would like more details please email me at adrian@adrianlandonbrooks.com 

I will be back shortly with more details and to announce the first set of new shirts and prints we will have for sale in the coming month.

-ALB

The show was amazing and I feel lucky to have shown with such a talented eyesore of a person - www.mycoffinhands.blogspot.com

My lovely girlfriend and pro photographer was nice enough to do a photo booth during the opening and this is  the final product. Check out more work at www.photodalyce.com

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