Artist Kris Kuksi (Vol 19) opened his latest solo exhibition ‘Triumph’ last night at NYC’s Joshua Liner Gallery to a packed crowd, all clamoring for a closer look at his intensely detailed sculptures. For his third solo show with the gallery, Kuksi stunned with several impressively large pieces, including a life-size milk skinned woman atop a long snouted gator, highlighting a departure in scale for his signature tangled cosmos. Furthering his narratives of war and love, the monochromatic pieces featured a hybrid of hubris, satire and romance. View more images of the new work as well as opening night photos after the jump, here on Hi-Fructose.

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Oakland, CA based artist Brendan Monroe continues his visual research with a new body of work. These new works were gleaned from ideas he has been experimenting with over the last year, leaning towards physics and astronomy to stimulate his influences. His current works, a combination of paintings and sculptures, are currently on view at Cooper Cole Gallery in Toronto, Ontario.

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Through pastel colored shanty towns and sun faded depictions of barren, long lost urban landscapes Amze Emmons' illustrations provide a disparate view of what may be.  Emmon bases his work off of visual stimuli collected from various news sources and filters them through his imagination dissecting them into socially rich comments on ruin and the future of society.  Emmon lives and works in Philadelphia. - Zach Tutor

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Attaboy has just made some great limited edition prints, custom sculptures, and original art pieces from his archives available to support his new Kickstarter campaign. Take a look at the project and have a better view at some of the art here.

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Photographer Carlie Armstrong took a trip to the studio of one of the lynch pin's of Portland's Art Community, the endearingly enduring Bwana Spoons. Bwana is known for creating eye-peeling cell vinyl paintings, resin cast sculptures, curating powerfully humorous shows with artists like Martin Ontiveros, Skrappers, J.Otto Seibold, and Tim Biskup. Spoons is a dynamic force in the art world and we're happy to show you an exclusive look at where so much of that black magic happens.

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Recently opened at NYC’s Last Rites Gallery was the large annual group show, ‘Dark Pop 4’ (previewed here) curated by Gary Pressman. Within the dimly lit gallery space, the participating artists shared darker visions in their respective mediums, from sculptures to paintings to hinged paper dolls. View more opening night photos after the jump.

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