The venerable printing establishment Pressure Printing is releasing a special print by Travis Louie entitled "Sarah and Emmett" based on a painting of the same name. Owner Brad Keech has built up a stellar reputation as a publisher of gorgeous hand printed and embossed prints that offer up something a little more special, detailed and handcrafted than the standard giclee or lithograph, so much so that he was picked by artist Mark Ryden to run Ryden's own imprint Porterhouse.

For "Sarah and Emmett", Pressure Printing has teamed up for the second time with historical fantasist Travis Louie, known for his immaculately painted daguerrotype-style images of kindly monsters in Victorian garb. Each print is additionally hand titled by Louie, who arguable has the best handwriting of any artist working today! More images after the jump.

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The dream worlds of Jung-Hyoun Lee are alternate universes even unto themselves. They are bits and pieces of cold rooms and figures that linger on the bent horizon of a silent nightmare long forgotten. Jung-Hyoun is somehow able to conjure up the remnants of these voided dreamscapes and piece them back together, presenting them to us as beautifully mysterious pen and pencil drawings. Currently Lee is at work on a melancholic graphic novel completely void of words. It's about twin brothers and is drafted completely in light gray pencil. Lee lives and works in South Korea. - Zach Tutor

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China based artist Zhou Fan bases most of his artwork on a recurrent dream he had when he was a child of jellyfish floating in the sky. This poignant inspiration is evidenced in the gelatinous and colorful stacks that balance on the heads of obscured figures. These aquatic growths or headdresses appear to be alive, their tentacles reaching out in space while their hosts blindly carry their weight. View more of the strange and vividly colored works after the jump.

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Corey Helford Gallery started off the new year with Eric Joyner's 'It's a Jungle Out There' (previewed here) last weekend. The show is an emotional journey for the artist, known for his robot subjects based on his real life collection, now venturing deep into Thailand. "I wanted to get away from everything after my parents divorced, so I chose Thailand. I got to experience riding elephants and hiking in the jungle," Joyner told Hi-Fructose at the opening. The trip had a proud effect on Joyner, who returned to his studio in San Francisco and began painting his robots in not only a new environment, but with newfound strength. In "All Wrapped Up," Joyner's robot dominates over a huge jungle python. Characters such as Ultraman also make an appearance, seen battling a doughnut flying saucer.

The energy of the show is matched by PURE EVIL's 'Pure Evil Goes Pop!', with Warhol-inspired work crying tears of paint onto the gallery floor. "It's A Jungle Out There" by Eric Joyner exhibits at Corey Helford Gallery, January 21 - February 8, 2012.- Caro

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Find the best in New Contemporary Art coverage in our print magazine, event photos here on hifructose.com, and now get an onslaught of New Contemporary Art images from Hi-Fructose now on our new Tumblr feed here! 

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We have been long time fans of artist Vania Zouravliov’s (Vol. 16) darkly poetic and richly detailed works so when we recently asked if the artist would be willing to allow us a coveted peek in his sketchbook for our new 'Inside the Sketchbook Series' (view the first in this series here), we were excited to see what would be revealed. In stark contrast to his finished pieces, many of his sketches appear looser; yet still retain familiar themes and the signature features of his figures. Read a short interview and view more images of his sketchbook after the jump, here on Hi-Fructose.

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