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DIE LIKE YOU REALLY MEAN IT

October 1, 2011 – 11:28 am

Die Like You Really Mean It:
Curated by Paul Brainard and Frank Webster
October 26 – December 03, 2011
Opening reception: October 26, 6-9PM
Allegra LaViola Gallery
179 East Broadway
New York, NY 10002
T: 917 463 3901
Featuring the work of:
Erik Benson, Paul Brainard, Pia Dehne, Hiroyuki Hamada, Elizabeth Huey, Erika Keck, Emily Noelle Lambert, Frank Lentini, Eddie Martinez, Brian Montouri, Bryan Osburn, Kanishka Raja, Erika Ranee, Tom Sanford, Christopher Saunders, Kristen Schiele, Ryan Schneider, Oliver Warden, ... CONTINUE TO POST »

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The Decline of Western Civilization (Part III) at Gallery Poulsen

August 16, 2011 – 10:32 am

Gallery Poulsen
Flæsketorvet 24, Kødbyen
1711 Copenhagen V
Vernissage September 2nd from 5 – 8 pm
The show runs until October 1st, 2011
“2011 is fast, painting is slow. I am interested in history, but I work
in a post-historical period. I make paintings about the time I live
in. By the time I finish the paintings, their subjects are history. I
am an American, living at the end of the American Century. Things are
happening all the time. ... CONTINUE TO POST »

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My involvement in POWHIDA at Marlborough Chelsea.

July 22, 2011 – 10:45 am

About three weeks ago I received a late night phone call from Powhida. Some of you may know Powhida as the quasi-fictional alter-ego of William Powhida, I know Powhida as what replaces William after about 3 hours at Iona, the bar across the street from his Williamsburg studio.
Powhida didn’t seem to be where I normally find him, at Iona, but instead somewhere in the Hamptons. Actually he didn’t seem ... CONTINUE TO POST »

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Custom Zombie Mao Zedong Sanford Skateboard Deck only $95!!

July 22, 2011 – 10:08 am

My Custom Zombie Mao Zedong decks are now available at i-20. The show MAKE SKATEBOARDS opened yesterday and there was an incredible turnout in un-imaginable heat. The show looks great and all of the skateboards, editions as well as unique decks are really amazing.
If you dig my deck and want one, i-20 gallery selling the first 25 for the low low price of $95. I understand that after the first ... CONTINUE TO POST »

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MAKE SKATEBOARDS @ i-20 gallery

July 13, 2011 – 6:24 am

Scott Ogden and Jonathan Lavoie asked me to be in this skateboard show and were able to help me produce a TOM SANFORD SKATEBOARD DECK. Needless to say, I am thrilled to be involved, not only because i spent a bit of time skateboarding (poorly) as a youth, but also because this allowed me to make my first piece of true art merch. The very cool thing about this is ... CONTINUE TO POST »

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Town & Country

June 19, 2011 – 8:29 am

Curated by Jason Patrick Voegele of Republic Worldwide, Samson Contompasis of The Marketplace Gallery, Keith Schweitzer of M.A.N.Y. and Tyler Wriston of The B.A.C.
Hosted by 320 Studios at 320 West 37th Street FL 14
June 28 – June 30, 2011
6 to Midnight with VIP After Party
Concept by Jason Patrick Voegele
Much of what we know and how we learn comes through the study of explicit or subtle comparisons and ... CONTINUE TO POST »

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the BLACK KEYS Coachella Festival Poster by Tom Sanford

April 14, 2011 – 8:13 am

I made this concert poster for THE BLACK KEYS performance at the 2011 Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival. It was pretty fun as I have never done anything like this before (ie. a band poster, or for that matter any type of quasi*-commercial art). Although the band’s people encouraged me to not be too literal about the project, i did what i tend to do, and make what I ... CONTINUE TO POST »

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SICK! curated by Meghan Carleton and Max Wolf

March 25, 2011 – 8:16 am

This will be a very cool group show. It is pretty much a list of my favorite artists, so i am just honored to be in it. Because it is such a f-ing great group of artists, I felt that I better bring my A-game. So,  I am finally showing a piece that I have been sitting on for a couple of years, one of my all time favorites: “Black ... CONTINUE TO POST »

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Tom Sanford prints from Nowhere Limited

February 23, 2011 – 11:35 am

My good friends at Nowhere Limited have recently released limited edition prints of two of my favorite recent paintings. I think that the prints came out really well, and I was so happy with them that I signed all 30 in each edition.
I think that “Gasoline Goddess (Sarah Palin)” (2010) might make the perfect gift for one’s bat-shit crazy, tea bagger uncle, or a more sane friend or relative with ... CONTINUE TO POST »

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Pornucopia at Allegra LaViola Gallery

January 26, 2011 – 12:38 pm

Last year i received a google alert informing me that my Dimebag Darrell painting was featured on the blog of a periodical called Jailbate Magazine. Admittedly a dubious honor, but I will take what I can get. With that endorsement from the world of hardcore porn, it seems only right and proper that I was curated into a show on porn and related decadence by Allegra LaViola at her ... CONTINUE TO POST »

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