December 2011
4 posts
What's in Holly Farrell's Toolbox? →
Dr. Treffert on Savant Syndrome and ART, featuring... →
Seattle native Gregory Blackstock sees fame beyond... →
Blackstock is back in Sheboygan! →
November 2011
8 posts
E.ast A.ustin S.tudio T.our in the New York Times! →
Art Brut Day- Saturday November 19th, 2011!
Silent Auction tomorrow from 11-6 for featured piece by Eddie Argos, Mr. Art Brut himself!
Check it out on GRG’s home page www.garde-rail.com
Reserve is $40. Send your bid to gallery@garde-rail.com. The winner of the auction will be notified by mail on Sunday. Good luck!
Garde Rail Garage opens tomorrow at 11:00am! I’m in phase one otherwise known as the grunt phase- loading out, settting up, hanging and tagging-shew! I’ll have work by the usual GRG art darlings such as Gregory Blackstock, Rebecca Shapiro, Pooneh Ghana, Terry Turrell, Lloyd Benjamin and brand new paintings by Holly Farrell. If you’re in or around Austin please stop in! 1911...
Garde Rail GARAGE
GRG is taking on a whole new meaning the next two weekends in Austin.
Garde Rail Gallery will inhabit a GARAGE in East Austin debuting work by some of the artists on our roster for the first time ever in Capital City.
If you’re on the East Austin Studio Tour please stop by, we’re #17 on the map and you can find us at 1911 Garden St, Austin, 78702.
Days+Hours- November 12th and 13th...
I was intrigued some years back when I heard about...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=myA1pagPG58
October 2011
5 posts
On November 2nd, The Collection De L'Art Brut will... →
Marcus was in New York last week and stopped by an interesting store in Soho near his hotel.
KISAN-Concept Store
www.kisanstore.com- Their other location is in Reykjavik, Iceland!
KISAN carries clothing, toys, housewares, AND a few choice books.
I don’t see Blackstock’s Collections on the site but if you’re in Soho, stop in to have a browse around.
November 2010
1 post
October 2010
2 posts
Introducing Pooneh Ghana!
Garde Rail Gallery is proud to be the first gallery to represent the photography of Austin, TX artist Pooneh Ghana. After seeing a photo of the band Art Brut (ironically enough) taken by Ghana, GRG perused more photos to discover a mountain of incredibly candid Polaroids of musicians at close range. These photographs are untouched and unfiltered, a real and fresh perspective in the digital age....
September 2010
2 posts
Gregory Blackstock on NPR today, Friday Sept 3! →
Artist Gregory Blackstock Savors Success Despite Hardships
Amy Radil 09/03/2010
Will broadcast today, read the transcript at KUOW.org.
Gregory Blackstock to meet the Mayor of Seattle!
Bumbershoot is celebrating its 40th festival this year and Gregory Blackstock has been commissioned to create the official fine arts poster. Now he gets to visit with the mayor. You can too - Noon, Friday September 3rd, Seattle Center Courtyard. More info.
2010 Bumbershoot Fine Arts Poster artwork, 40 Memorable Seattle Joys to Go For by Gregory Blackstock.
June 2010
1 post
Gregory Blackstock in Paris!
Ooh La La! Gregory Blackstock is going to PARIS! The most famous English speaking/print bookstore in the world, Shakespeare and Company on Paris’s Left Bank, has invited Greg to sign copies of Blackstock’s Collections at their annual literary festival. This will be Greg’s first trip abroad! He is learning conversational French at rapid speed and X’ing off the days until his...
March 2010
2 posts
New work by Rebecca Shapiro →
New work now online by Seattle embroidery artist Rebecca Shapiro
Coming soon: New work by Rebecca Shapiro
Hey fans of GRG! We have new work by our beloved Embroidereer Extraordinaire~ Rebecca Shapiro!!!! Coming online soon…Stay tuned!
December 2009
3 posts
Gregory Blackstock in (another) new book
Drawing Autism features a number of artists with autism, of which Gregory Blackstock is included as one of the ‘established’ artists. Here’s a review from the San Francisco Chronicle, and here’s more info about the book from Mark Batty Publisher.
New work by Mr. Hooper just posted →
We have three new pieces by Nashville’s own Mr. Hooper.
Gregory Blackstock Winter 2009 Show →
New work now online.
November 2009
4 posts
Gregory Blackstock on TV
King5 TV in Seattle will re-air the Evening Magazine episode featuring Gregory Blackstock on Tuesday December 1. Not in Seattle? Not to fear, the video will also be posted online….will send an update once posted.
New work by Mr Hooper
We’ll have a few new pieces by Nashville’s own Mr. Hooper in the next few days. If you wish to be notified, send us an email. Stay tuned!
Gregory Blackstock exhibit in the UK →
Gregory Blackstock is featured in a new exhibit at the Sunderland Museum & Winter Gardens in the UK.
Collected Fragments brings together eleven international contemporary artists who share an interest in collecting. Their art reflects an urge to create order and make sense of the world. Some of the artists are on the autistic spectrum and the relationship between this and their interest in...
Gregory Blackstock in new book →
Einstein’s Watch: Being An Unofficial Record of a Year’s Most Ownable Things is a new book published by the owners of 20LTD in London. A Gregory Blackstock drawing is featured as one of ”a year’s most ownable things”, alongside such items as Gandhi’s glasses, Steve McQueen’s motorbike licence, the Space Shuttle Endeavour, Michaelangelo’s first ever painting,...
