Beyond The Streets on Paper
Opening on July 17, 2021, in Southampton, BEYOND THE STREETS on PAPER, is a new exhibition featuring over 500 works from over 100 artists. The exhibition brings together an alternative perspective on the shifting dialogues in contemporary art. Hosting the show is the Southampton Arts Center, a non-profit in an historic 150 year-old building with over 6,000 square feet of exhibition space and over three acres of grounds.
We are excited to share these 500 new works this summer in an immersive floor to ceiling environment complete with an entry installation painted directly on the walls by Steve ESPO Powers and drawing tables for guests to sit down and be creative.
Featuring over 100 artists who were trained in, and were inspired by graffiti, street art, hip-hop, punk rock, zines and underground art. The exhibition explores that, with a democratization of materials and surface, the intricateness of the ever-growing movement is both unique and revolutionary.
In the past, in two massive shows in Los Angeles and Brooklyn, BEYOND THE STREETS has helped create an entirely new historical lexicon for which to look at contemporary art. In our conversations with artists and friends over the last 16 months, a sentiment we continued to hear was both the desire to, and obligation, to create more intimate and immediate artwork. The idea of going back to the drawing board spawned this exhibition dedicated to paper. From emerging artists to some of the most influential names in art, this is about studying a centuries old practice and allowing the generations to speak to each other on equal ground.
BEYOND THE STREETS on PAPER will feature over 100 artists from around the world, some of which have never shown works on paper. The exhibition will be free and open to the public thanks in part to our partnership with Vistaprint, the design and marketing partner for small businesses around the world.
Additional support from Ingrid Arneberg and Will Marin
Gallery hours: Thursday – Monday, 12pm - 5pm each day
Artists include: Action Bronson, Addam Yekutieli / Know Hope, AIKO, André Saraiva, Andrew Schoultz, Andrew Thiele, Andy Rementer, ARYZ, Bert Krak, Brandon Breaux, Broken Fingaz, Bryant Giles, Camille Walala, CES, Cey Adams, Charlie Ahearn, Chloe Early, Chris FREEDOM Pape, Clark Fox, Cody Hudson, Conor Harrington, Craig Costello, CRASH, DABSMYLA, Daniel Rich, David “Mr StarCity” White, DAZE, DEFER, Emily Manwaring, Eric Haze, Ermsy, Escif, FAILE, Faith XLVII, Fucci, Greg SPONE Lamarche, Gustavo Zermeno, Hilda Palafox, House 33, HuskMitNavn, Ian Reid, Icy & Sot, Jaime Muñoz, Jamilla Okuba, Jane Dickson, JEC*, Jeremy Shockley, Jillian Evelyn, JK5, John Konstantine, Julian Pace, KATSU, KC Ortiz, Kelsey Brookes, Khari Turner, Kime Buzzelli, LeRoy Neiman, Linas Garsys, Liz Flores, Lucy McLauchlan, Lujan Perez, Maripol, Mark Mothersbaugh, Martha Cooper, Marshall LaCount, Matt McCormick, Maya Hayuk, Michael Vasquez, MIKE 171, Mister CARTOON, Neena Ellora, Nehemiah Cisneros, Nettie Wakefield, NUNCA, Otto183, Paije Fuller, Paul Insect, POSE, Rebecca Morgan, Reko Rennie, Rello, Richard Colman, RISK, Ron English, Ryan McGinness, Sage Vaughn, Saladeen Johnson, Scott Campbell, Sean from Texas, Senon Williams, Shantell Martin, Shepard Fairey, SJK 171, Sofía Enriquez, SNOEMAN, Spacebrat, STASH, Steve ESPO Powers, SWOON, TAKI 183, The Perez Bros., Timothy Curtis, Todd James, Troy Lamarr Chew II, Umar Rashid, Victor Reyes, Wasted Rita, Wulffvnky, Yarrow Slaps, Yusuke Hanai, ZESER, ZOER and 45RPM
Click HERE for more info.
Ghostly Playlist
Put together a playlist of music i listen to in the studio for Ghosty International. You can find it on their page on Spotify or Apple Music.
You can check it out HERE.
New capsule of goods on the Ghostly International site
CS
photo of me hanging out in the studio and talking about social media in the new issue of CS magazine out now….
Backyard Weekend Drawings
Louis Buhl Webstore
in good company on the Louis Buhl editions page….
Cody Hudson — Forever Mountain Meaning (Redux)
Louis Buhl & Co. is pleased to present a new diptych edition titled Forever Mountain Meaning (Redux) with artist Cody Hudson. Hudson’s use of graphic lines and bright colors inspire a story of longing and hope, while also finding context within contemporary abstract painting. The artist is interested in the elemental use of shape as a signifier, but goes further by allowing the forms to be direct extensions of the painting’s poetic content. ⠀
In Forever Mountain Meaning (Redux), Hudson extracts elements from the natural world and reimagines them into simplified geometric shapes that work together to form a harmoniously expressive composition. Employing bold blocks of color, the works are mutually informed by Hudson’s external environments and his internal reflections. Complete with abstract figuration illuminating nature’s impact on the mind, Forever Mountain Meaning (Redux) captures the artist’s vacillating feelings throughout the prints’ period of creation.
3-color Hand-Pulled Screen Print on Stonehenge Cream 250gsm.
Deckled, numbered, and signed by the artist.
Each print is 16h x 12w inches
Edition of 35
Asterisk* Chronic Fog
Graphics for Juicy J’s new signature strain Chronic Fog. Worked on graphics for the Asterisk strain, a collection of clothing, and graphics for a limited drum and loop kit.
PBS American Portrait Mural
I was recently asked to be a part of a mural project inspired by submissions to the PBS American Portrait website and show. My mural based on a quote about Hope from Dana S. is currently in Dallas. Big thanks to the PBS and to James and the crew at Radical Media for asking me to be a part of it. Check out www.pbs.org/american-portrait/murals for more info.
Hotdog Energy Fruit
The first object released by Hotdog Energy Fruit is a wearable ceramic sculptural piece entitled Earth Planet Archive by Chicago artist Cody Hudson. The piece is fired on white clay with speckled blue glaze with subtle hints of green and measures 2 3/4" in diameter. Each piece is packaged in a hand-stamped clam shell box containing a sticker and risograph print by the artist. Three color-ways were produced in this small run.
Please note that there are color and crackle variations on each and every piece as is the nature of ceramics.
Available HERE.
Closed-Eye Hallucination Zine from Caboose
A series of drawings based on the visions one see's when when one's eyes are closed.
28 Pages
3 Color Riso
First Edition
2021
Available HERE.
SEE SAW at THESE DAYS LA
This weekend Louis M Schmidt and Nathaniel Russell’s exhibition SEE SAW opens at These Days in Los Angeles, California. It’s been interesting, challenging and everything else communicating from afar while making work for the show and we decided to ask some of our friends to send us a piece for a group show within our two-person show, in the spirit of the see saw: rising and falling, high and low, our connection and dependency. we are glad so many people could participate and are pleased to present our show-within-a-show-that-is-also-part-of-the-show.
participating artists:
Michelle Blade @michelle_blade
Erin Bowers @homecomingspirit
Thomas Campbell @thomascampbellart
Kris Chau @chaufacetime
CJ Coccia @cjcoccia
Michael Dumontier @stoppingoffplace
Kyle Field @regularlittlewings
Cody Hudson @struggle_inc
Rich Jacobs @movezine
Chris Johanson @chrisjohansonart
Johanna Jackson @goody_jackson
Tim Kerr @movetk
Michael Krueger @michael_krueger_studio
Lookout & Wonderland @lookoutandwonderlandstudio
Brian Lotti @brianlotti
Bill McRight @bill_mcright
Tucker Nichols @tuckernichols
Casey O'Connell @mscaseyo
Shaun O’Connor @shaun_oconnor
Lydia Maria Pfeffer @lydiamariapfeffer
Joel Rockey @joeldavidrockey
Andrew Scott @andrewmartinscott
Johanna St. Clair @little_sketchy
Ruben Ortiz Torres @desmothernista
Chris Vorhees @chrisvorhees
opens saturday April 3rd
contact @thesedays.la to schedule a viewing appointment
@bridgethevoid
The Ecology Center Journal
Did a little interview with the friends at The Ecology Center on their blog. Check it out here and also check out some of he new t-shirts i designed for them below as well.
ONDO
Logo design for ONDO Holistic Sound based in Hong Kong.
ONDO sessions are a natural gateway toward meditative states and cell stimulation, the ONDO holistic sound sessions are specifically designed with an aim to trigger the body and mind’s innate self-healing capabilities through aural stimulation and physical vibration.
More info HERE.
Photography: Shane Aspegren
Isolation Tank
Cody Hudson, Isolation Tank (online Exhibition)
January 30 – February 26, 2021
Andrew Rafacz Gallery
All of these numbered days that settle in to us, as we glean bits of hope from the perseverance of our continued routines. We find solace in these rituals; we push against the madness of the day.
The sun on our sky’s dome has reached its farthest southward point. The days are getting longer again.
Isolation Tank presents a series of new sculptures from the artist, utilizing forms that long for meditation, serenity and the beauty of the natural world.
The continued comfort of a horizon line. We float gently towards that which keeps us pulsing forward.
Created in the final days of 2020, this series of new powder-coated steel works dives further into the formal visual language that Cody has developed over the last few years. They also expand on that language in response to the unique time in which we find ourselves. Many of his familiar elements are present here: foliage, microdot, abbreviated landscape, and abstracted figure. A sense of longing and alienation is subtly woven into his narrative.
Seclusion, protraction, rotation, extraction.
Cody Hudson currently splits his time between Chicago and rural Wisconsin. He presented a solo exhibition, I Have No One But You, at the gallery last summer.
Every Shape is a Flower
New Riso print with the nice folks at Fisk Gallery in Portland as part of their Every Shape is a Flower project.
Basement Escape Plant (Sensory Delusions), 8.5x11", 3 color CMYK risograph print on 130lb cover. Printed by NOOR.
25% of proceeds will support the FISK Creative Work Award; a new mentorship program which provides a stipend for emerging designers and artists to collaborate with FISK on the production of new creative work.
More info HERE.
Recent Sculpture
Recent sculpture commissioned by Johalla Projects for a Chicago client.
GLASS CASE OF EMOTION w/ Guerrero Gallery
January 23rd - March 13th
Guerrero Gallery
Umar Rashid. Sofie Ramos. Nick Makanna. Maryam Yousif. Adam Beris. Adam Miller. Cody Hudson. Terry Powers. Terri Friedman. Matt Craven. Josh Reames. Craig Calderwood. Julie Henson. Johnny Abrahams. Patrick Martinez. Keith Boadwee.
Among a series of truths, the pandemic has made abundantly clear that so much of our lived days are mediated, experienced and augmented by the screens that create and insulate our realities. Our professional, social and leisurely impulses and obligations all pass through thin pieces of glass into machinery and networks far more complex than most of us can comprehend. Much like Ron Burgundy bemoans, stuck in a phone booth in the 2004 classic Anchorman, we are all essentially stuck in a glass case of emotion. Given our predicament how then do we work within the constraints in which we’ve found ourselves, how do we create art, forms and spaces for viewing that are accessible and relevant to this unending echo chamber in which we find ourselves? In an idealistic sense, art and its enjoyment has always represented a kind of freedom, even if it only be in an imaginative way, yet is that reality even possible at a time in which we are all stuck in a sense, for our own safety sacrificing so many freedoms that were once simply given?
Perhaps we must first look at the art historical underpinnings of the moment, works that provide some context to our stuckness within this glass box and to our multiple realities that live within and outside of it. A few touch points from nearly a century ago come to mind, whether it be Duchamp’s realms of abstracted figures and desire housed within The Large Glass or the meta commentary woven through Magritte’s surrealist compositions. The Large Glass or The Bride Stripped Bare by Her Bachelors, Even, Duchamp’s work completed between 1915 and 1923, consists of large panes of glass that have been altered with a variety of untraditional materials depicting separated domains, the lower portion showing abstracted figures or “bachelors” flanked by odd representations of machinery all directing their attentions to the “bride” floating in a section above these disconnected souls below, veins of broken glass incurred in a shipping accident and other alterations to the surface all heightening the cacophonous and absurdly irrational scene. Magritte’s works such as The Human Condition (1933), The Palace of Memories (1939) and The Fair Captive (1947), all landscape paintings that feature a layering of sceneries, a painting on an easel that both obstructs the landscape behind it and acts as a continuation of that same landscape or a barren topography framed by luscious theater drapes. As Magritte suggests in a letter to a friend, “This is how we see the world. We see it outside ourselves, and at the same time we only have a representation of it in ourselves”, a reality that has seemingly become all too true as our bodily and virtual realities become layered one over another.
Glass Case of Emotion as an exhibition began as a prompt to a grouping of artists spanning the US from coast to coast–choose one recent work, photograph it and place that image on another image of the artist’s choosing, be that a familiar landscape or an unknown image taken from the web, the only criteria being that it resonate and speak some truth to the artist. The exhibition is an exercise and exploration in context, hoping to create spaces for works to “live” that connect with the reality of a given maker, crafting a composite image that can add to the life of the artwork on its own. Through this exercise an all new narrative and entanglement of meaning is created, both for the artists whose work it is and the online viewer on the receiving end halfway across the country, hopefully imbuing the whole process with some of the imaginative freedoms and pleasures that we all strive for in both creating and viewing art, all mediated by the glass screen in front of you from the safety of your own home.
