About three weeks ago, I was lucky enough to see the works of two street artists, WK Interact and Invader. I’ve only recently been introduced to WK Interact’s works, although, it seems I’d seen his works throughout the city without realizing it– and thanks to a flickr buddy of mine, I’ve been caught up in snapping “space invaders” from Invader for a while.

When I walked into Levine’s Gallery, I didn’t quite expect the massive works that were in front of me. Through a couple sneak peeks, I knew what to expect from Invader’s section, but WK Interact took me by surprise. The canvasas were huge and the brush strokes were so coarse. Hit the jump to check out photo slideshows for both shows.

Photo by Moni Pineda

Last week was Gary Taxali’s first NYC solo show opening at the Jonathan Levine Gallery. I am proud to say that I finally made it to an opening night! Something always happens whenever there’s a show opening, and I’m really happy that I didn’t randomly get cast with a sickness of some sort because Taxali’s opening was something that shouldn’t have been missed [image below taken by Patrick Francisco].

Friends and myself at Taxali's opening

The abundantly talented artist debuted a generously over-sized collection of original mixed media works which filled the gallery’s white walls with pops of color. Although this is the first time I see his works in person, I’m aware that he is very explorative artist who is not afraid to work with different mediums and actually combine them in radiant ways.

This weekend, Gary Taxali will be taking over Jonathan Levine Gallery. This is the first, of an exceptional line-up of shows that Jonathan Levine will be hosting. I look forward to a great evening of new works by the man, and I hope to update this post with more information soon. Does anyone plan on attending?

Update: For his fist solo show in New York, the artist has created a series of mixed-media paintings and sculptures in what will be his largest collection of original work to date, both in quantity and in scale.