Allison Schulnik + Grizzly Bear = Mind-Blowing

Allison Schulnik’s music video directorial debut for Grizzly Bear’s “Ready, Able” is – in a word – incredible.

The 4 minute and 30 second stop-motion animated piece was meticulously crafted out of clay by the artist, and uses the beloved Hobo Clown character oftentimes seen in her paintings.

Pitchfork calls it “mesmerizing,” but see it for yourself either on the Grizzly Bear website or YouTube. Round of applause for Allison…now for the VMA nom….

Allison Schulnik in Brooklyn

Flatbush Ave Extension opened their group show, “Too Big to Fail: Big Paintings” on October 23 – featuring new work by MMG’s Allison Schulnik alongisde Erik Parker, Liz Markus, Kenny Scharf, Brian Faucette and several others.

On view through January 23, 2010, the show is sponsored by Lamontagne Gallery and New Art Dealers Alliance, and was recently a PICK on ArtCat! Jump on the subway and head over to Brooklyn to check it out…

Collecting Calfornia Exhibition at LBAM

The Laguna Beach Art Museum will be featuring some of the most significant works of art created in California over the last 150 years in their upcoming exhibition, Collecting California: Selections from Laguna Art Museum.

Mark Moore Gallery’s Allison Schulnik is among the featured artists, alongside Kendell Carter, Peter Alexander and others. Collecting California will be on view November 8, 2009 – January 17, 2010.

Allison Schulnik in Border Crossings Magazine

Border Crossings Magazine dedicated eight pages to their recently published interview with MMG’s Allison Schulnik! Pick up issue #111 (on newsstands now) to read about her “Brilliant Rejects,” or visit her press page on the Mark Moore Gallery website to download a PDF of the feature article.

Allison Schulnik á Paris

Planning on heading to Paris in the next few days? We’re jealous, but strongly encourage you to check out new works by Allison Schulnik and Kim Dorland featured in Galerie Polad-Hardouin’s exhibition, Holy Destruction, opening September 12, 2009 at 4pm.

On view through October 31, 2009, the show will also feature works by:

André Butzer
Armen Eloyan
Stefanie Gutheil
Jonathan Meese
Bjarne Melgaard
Nicolaï Huch
Marcel Hüppauff
Wu Xiaohai
Fred Kleinberg
Cristina Lama
Orlando Mostyn-Owen
Humberto Poblete Bustamante
Eva Räder
Dawn Mellor
Emmanuelle Renard
Raphaëlle Ricol
Jo Robertson
Lucy Stein

Details and further information can be found here.

Brand Spankin’ New Works by Allison Schulnik on View!

Allison Schulnik will be unveiling four new large works at two concurrent exhibitions – both opening this month!

First up:

Psychic Hearts, also featuring Angela Dufresne, Kristine Moran and Max Presneill.

Harris Art Gallery at the University of La Verne

1950 Third Street, La Verne, CA 91750

Opening reception: September 8, 2009, 5-7pm

On view through October 8, 2009.

Followed by:

Baker’s Dozen, also featuring Ann Diener, Mark Dutcher, McLean Fahnestock, Aragna Ker, Chuck Moffit, Jared Pankin, Matthew Picton, Tia Pulitzer, Nathan Redwood, Keith Walsh, Augusta Wood and Eric Yahnker.

Torrance Art Museum

3320 Civic Center, Torrance, CA 90509

Opening Reception: September 19, 6-10pm

On view through November, 7, 2009

We’ve seen the works created specially for these shows, and can attest to their awesome factor! Don’t miss these shows!

Fecal Face Interview with Allison Schulnik

Ryan Christian of Fecal Face sat down with Allison Schulnik to discuss confident fools and pathetic misfits, her upcoming solo show at MMG (January, 2010) and her preference for Indian headwear. Check out the full length interview on the FF website, here!

Bravo TV’s “NYC Prep” features MMG

In Bravo TV’s most recent episode of “NYC Prep,” teen prepsters Sebastian and Camille take a spin through PULSE New York Contemporary Art Fair and wind up – where else? – in our booth.

Within the first five minutes of the show, Allison Schulnik’s work gets a glorious TV debut, and we are reminded why we mustn’t touch the art!

The status of Kelli’s singing career is still TBD, but check out Allison’s foray into TV-land here, in the “Ivy League of Their Own” episode.

Allison Schulnik on Daily Serving

Allison Gibson of DailyServing.com wrote a fantastic piece on Allison Schulnik’s screening of Hobo Clown (2008) at Marty Walker Gallery (Dallas, TX). The video is on view through July 18th, so run – don’t walk – to go see it if you’re in the area! You can read Ms. Gibson’s article here.

Allison Schulnik in Israel

If you’re going to be in Israel July 18th – be sure to check out Allison’s work featured in “Wild Exaggeration” at the Haifa Museum of Art. Curated by Tami Katz-Freiman.