May 2010

Arts in Bushwick Presents: Bushwick Open Studios (BOS) June 4-6 2010

May 30, 2010 , ,

BOS

About BOS

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Our Mission

Arts in Bushwick is an all volunteer organization that serves and engages artists and other neighborhood residents through creative accessibility and community organizing. It is our goal to create an integrated and sustainable neighborhood, and to bring together all Bushwick residents and stakeholders to counter development-driven displacement.

To keep reading about Arts in Bushwick go here:

http://bos2010.artsinbushwick.org/about/

To see the map and participating artists for this year’s BOS go here:

http://bos2010.artsinbushwick.org/directory/

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Images Of The Week 05.30.10 on BSA

Images Of The Week 05.30.10 on BSA

May 30, 2010 , , , , , ,

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Our weekly interview with the street, this week featuring Sweet Toof, Robots Will Kill, Ludo, Clown Soldier, Swoon, NanooK, Gaia,  Faile, ROA, Shepard Fairey, Sting, Aakash Nihalani

Sweet Toof and Veng
Sweet Toof moves in next to Robots Will Kill (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Ludo
Don’t pull that thing! (Ludo) (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Clown Soldier's many talents
Clown Soldier’s many talents (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Swoon
Swoon (photo © Jaime Rojo)

NanooK
NanooK (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Swoon
Over the shoulder Swoon (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Gaia
Gaia (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Roa, Celso

Roa, Celso ( Photo © Jaime Rojo)

Faile
Amidst all these troubles and anxieties that befell Trixie, she still remembered to wear her pumps.  (Faile) (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Roa
ROA (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Don't Stop Aakash Nihalani! (Photo © Jaime Rojo)

Don't Stop Aakash Nihalani! (Photo © Jaime Rojo)

Look Ma, Sting is coming out of Shepard Fairey's riffles!
Shepard Fairey and Sting (a street art collabo) (photo © Jaime Rojo)

And Now This Briefs Message:

NanooK
NanooK (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Sweet Toof, Clint

Sweet Toof, Clint (Photo © Jaime Rojo)

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Carmichael Gallery Presents: “Booked” ( Culver City L.A.)

May 29, 2010 , , , , , ,

Carmichael Gallery

Nick Walker Photo Courtesy Carmichael Gallery

Nick Walker Photo Courtesy Carmichael Gallery

For Immediate Release-

Carmichael Gallery is proud to present “Booked”, a group exhibition featuring over 35 of the  leading figures in contemporary art.
The gallery’s rooms will showcase a wide selection of original works from artists including:
Aiko, Banksy, Beejoir, Blek le Rat, Boxi, Bumblebee, 215, Henry Chalfant, Martha Cooper
C, D*Face, Brad Downey, Eine, Ericailcane, Escif, Faile, Shepard Fairey, Stelios Faitakis, Gaia, Hush,  Mark Jenkins, Dave Kinsey, Know Hope, Labrona,
Anthony Lister, Lucy McLauchlan, Aakash Nihalani, Walter Nomura (a.k.a. Tinho), Other
Steve Powers (a.k.a. ESPO), Lucas Price (a.k.a. Cyclops), Retna, Saber,
Sam3, Sixeart, Slinkachu, SpY, Judith Supine, Titi Freak, Nick Walker,
Dan Witz, and WK Interact.

Books and magazines will be available from a range of publishers,
including Drago, Gestalten,
Gingko Press, Murphy Design, Prestel, Rojo, SCB Distributors,
Studiocromie, Very Nearly Almost,
Zupi and more.

There will be an opening reception for the exhibition on Saturday,
June 5th from 6 to 8pm. The
gallery will be open for viewing from 12pm that day to coincide with
Culver City Art Walk. The
exhibition will run through July 3rd.

Carmichael Gallery
5795 Washington Blvd
Culver City, CA 90232
June 5 – July 3, 2010

Additional and/or high resolution preview images available, please do
not hesitate to contact me!

Best,
Lauren Licata
PR Associate
Carmichael Gallery
www.carmichaelgallery.com

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The Dude Company Special: New Pieces: Big Ups To BKLN

May 28, 2010 , , ,

Dude’s Got Skillz

Damn, Son, some street arts artists in BK are seriously bringing it this spring, and the results are there for anybody to see in this gallery of the street.

Here are very recent stencils and wheat-pastes by one of the more enterprising new talents on the scene, The Dude Co. 
In this new series The Dude continues to pay homage to BROOKLYN, some of its distinctive landmarks, skater kids, and hip-hop musicians from all over.
Despite the subjects, none of it is POP, rather it can be startlingly sincere. In color, composition, and context you’ll have to admit he’s killing it.
It’s evident that The Dude Co. is a fan of New York, and with this new collection, some New Yorkers will undoubtedly be a fan of The Dude.

The Dude Company celebrates Brooklyn
The Dude Company celebrates Brooklyn (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Cake and The Dude Company Collaboration
Street Art Mashup: “Ballade De Cake Nelson” He even did a duet with Cake – like Serge Gainsbourg mashed with Katy Perry Cake and The Dude Company Collaboration (photo © Jaime Rojo)

The Dude Company
The Dude Company (photo © Jaime Rojo)

The Dude Company (Version 2)

The Dude Company with a skater boy out front (photo © Jaime Rojo)

The Dude Company
The Dude Company (photo © Jaime Rojo)

The Dude Company
Ahmir Khalib Thompson known professionally as ?uestlove (The Dude Company) (photo © Jaime Rojo)

The Dude Company
The Dude Company in Black and White (photo © Jaime Rojo)

The Dude Company Ode to Brooklyn in yet another version
The Dude Company in an Ode to Brooklyn (photo © Jaime Rojo)

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Signal Gallery Presents: Armsrock Solo Show “Drawn Towards The Present” (London)

May 28, 2010 , , ,

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Armsrock Signal Gallery

Armsrock Signal Gallery

“Drawn Towards the Present”

The exhibition consists of an installation made out of monumental charcoal drawings on rice paper. The imagery represented in the drawings is based on a collection of press-clippings, which have been reworked and juxtaposed to create a labyrinth of fragments from contemporary history, standing as a tragic prologue to our future hopes and fears.

For additional information please see attached flyer or go to:

www.armsrock.blogspot.com

“Drawn Towards the Present”

3rd -19th of June. 2010.

Opening on the 3rd of June, 6-9 pm.

Signal Gallery

96a Curtain Road

London EC2A 3AA

UK


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BSA EXPANDS Inexplicably – Like those moving platforms at the14th St. Subway Station

May 28, 2010

I’m expanding, and not always in a good way, truth be told.

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Too much time spent slaving over a hot keyboard and mindlessly eating is part of it.  Besides that, BSA has been really inundated with fun and your new ideas and we’ve decided we are going to make a ‘lil more room for everybody over the next few months. We need more room!  There’s more stuff to see and do!
Already you can see that the space for pictures is bigger, right? GIGANTO!  And as we move forward, we’ll be a little lighter on on our paws, with more options for you to participate with us and each other and with the biggest growing street art scene this side of the oil spill.
And in the interest of transparency (and because we’re clueless about how to do it behind the scenes), we’ll be making the improvements to the site right in front of you, like open heart surgery on your coffee table.  NICE.  So sometimes it may get a little messy, there will be blood spattering about.

It may look like HOLY HELL once in a while, but stick with us, kid, and you’ll have potatoes as big as diamonds.

Did I say that right?

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Stuck in Love With New York’s Stickers

May 27, 2010 , , , , ,

One of New York’s Visiting Photographers Shows His Collection of Sticker Pics

New York is blessed with thousands, maybe millions of visitors every year.  Some come for Broadway, The Naked Cowboy and Nathan’s hotdogs. Others come for the street art.  Richard Skinner from Ireland shows us the cool stickers he shot while here.

~with images and text by Richard Skinner

When I arrived in New York, although I already knew how big street art was, it still amazed me and made me happy to see it in person.

Richard Skinner

(Image © Richard Skinner)

As I looked at all the art I noticed the mass amount of stickers covering the posts and traffic lights all over the city, and I had not really seen it documented properly before, so I started.  Walking the city for hours capturing the stickers that a lot of people in one of America’s biggest city’s fail to notice.

Richard Skinner

(Image © Richard Skinner)

A lot of these stickers are very well designed graphically, and I try to capture them in a way that the background compliments this. Some are just plain funny.  Sometimes they can be in awkward places so to document them I took a close up. I find it interesting to spot these stickers all over the city and see the length some artists go to have themselves recognized.

Richard Skinner

(Image © Richard Skinner)

I have much respect for all the artists involved and it’s a pleasure to document it.  I hope my photographs can make these pieces of art last longer than they might normally.

Richard Skinner

(Image © Richard Skinner)

Richard Skinner

(Image © Richard Skinner)

Richard Skinner

(Image © Richard Skinner)

Richard Skinner

(Image © Richard Skinner)

Richard Skinner

(Image © Richard Skinner)

To see more of Richard’s work go HERE

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Factory Fresh Presents: Skewville “Shift Work Disorder”

May 27, 2010 , , ,

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SHIFT WORK DISORDER
Skewville’s Illist Art
Opening June 5th & 6th, 1-7pm during weekend.
Beverages & Snacks will be served.
The brothers of Skewville change their work habits frequently, having worked long days on
unregulated shifts to maintain their status. As a result, in the last decade, the twin brothers
have created many projects on the streets and in galleries. Their aesthetic has been deemed
“Next levelism” in both arenas. Skewville’s newest body of artwork disrupts our visual
perception of maintaining a routine and average lifestyle. Such a recurrent interruption
of regular life patterns may result in stimulus overflow and excessive awareness.
Further Studies Will Be Done at Factory Fresh, till June 20th.
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This is the final week to view ROA.
We are open this week  Wednesday Thru Saturday 1-7pm.
For more info on Factory Fresh and it’s upcoming shows go to www.factoryfresh.net or email info@factoryfresh.net
Factory Fresh is located at 1053 Flushing Avenue between Morgan and Knickerbocker, off the L train Morgan Stop

Factory Fresh

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Gaia In Town: New Work is Large!

May 26, 2010

Suddenly GAIA is everywhere! Here are some recent pictures from around town.

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Gaia (Photo © Jaime Rojo)
This huge wheat paste in LIC got ripped sort of quickly which makes it more wildly disconcerting in a rageful way. (Photo © Jaime Rojo)

This huge wheat paste in LIC got ripped sort of quickly which makes it more wildly disconcerting in a rageful way. (Photo © Jaime Rojo)

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But a lone, weathered wolf from an old Gaia wolf pack still has that look in his eye. (Photo © Jaime Rojo)

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Last summer it was a GAIA Cow Parade. This is the first cow we've seen this season. MOOOOOOOOO. (Photo © Jaime Rojo)

Gaia (Photo © Jaime Rojo)

Gaia (Photo © Jaime Rojo)

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Pandemic Gallery Presents: “Shock Therapy”

May 26, 2010 , , ,

Shock Therapy!”

Sat. June 19th 7-11pm
featuring works by:

Thomas Buildmore
Morgan Thomas
Kenji Nakayama
Enamel Kingdom

Shock therapy is an attempt to regain control. while everything may seem to be spiraling towards disaster, there are methods to shock it all back in place. Over the years the term has been used to describe methods of medical, financial, and economic rebound, as well as psychological molding.  As we see it, Shock Therapy through art is a way to Instill upon others an instant sense of our passion and our desire to create. But also a way to overcome any subconscious hang-ups, to let go and be released from mental confines. A way to control the chaos, while still pushing the envelope. Shocking ourselves and the viewers straight and askew in tandem with a visual onslaught, so that they may see as we do the perplex, all encompassing world we live in.

ENAMEL KINGDOM

Enamel Kingdom is Artist/Designer Ryan Lombardi
Born in Indianapolis Indiana in 1980, Ryan’s family then moved to the Boston area when he was one year old and that’s were they decided to stay. With strong interests in Commercial Art, Graphic Design, and illustration, he headed for the “City of brotherly love” to attend Art Institute of Philadelphia. Through the introduction by a mutual friend, he hooked up with the international Artist collective Project SF in 2005.

Now Ryan lives in Boston, paying the bills with design and painting on the side. His works consist of various enamels applied to found objects such as: wood, metal, fiberglass… and any surface with normally underestimated aesthetic potential. Mainly influenced by urban settings, wild life and hip-hop culture, Ryan continues to draw from any other elements exposed from day to day life for inspiration.

KENJI NAKAYAMA
Kenji Nakayama is an artist originally from Hokkaido, Japan…

Documenting the environment that surrounds him, he spends weeks to hand craft his hand-cut multi-layer stencil work. Kenji flawlessly captures significant moments in his daily life. Serving as a diary from start to finish, his work is deeply personal.

Kenji is currently working and residing in Boston, Massachusetts. Showing his work both inside and outside of Boston.

MORGAN THOMAS


Hailing from Philadelphia, PA, Morgan Thomas has spent the majority of her life in observation of the people around her. She has studied art and art history around the world and graduated in 2007 from Williams College with two degrees (in studio art and sociology). Thomas’ main subject is human but she strives to examine human action, emotion, history and communication further than the classic portrait. Utilizing a semiotic vocabulary built up through the existence of the human race, Thomas records the world around her as she perceives it visually and spiritually. She aims to communicate to her audience the honest image and heartfelt meaning of a moment in time as it can be understood through form, color, and symbolic imagery. Thomas’ work is sociological, allegorical, and historical record. It does not try to comment on an event, but rather represent it for the audience to bring judgement to.

THOMAS BUILDMORE

Thomas Buildmore received his diploma from the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in 2004. Since then, Buildmore has taken part in and/or curated many fine art installations in a variety of arenas, receiving acclaim from publications such as The Boston Globe, The Boston Herald, The New York Daily News, And the Philadelphia Inquirer. In 2007 Buildmore established Overkill Studio in South Boston, Massachusetts. In 2008, Overkill Studio relocated to Philadelphia with Thomas Buildmore and Morgan Thomas at the helm. They are enjoying the lively and energetic Philadelphia Arts Community.

Also on display, the amazing video work of

DONALD O’FINN
“I appropriate samples from disparate TV media sources. I re-purpose, re-contextualize, effect, alter,
and weave these constructions into the dreams a television may have”
 www.donaldofinn.com

gallery hours:
mon. – fri. 11-6
sat. – sun. 10-7

andemic Gallery

“Shock Therapy!”
Sat. June 19th 7-11pm
featuring works by:

Thomas Buildmore
Morgan Thomas
Kenji Nakayama
Enamel Kingdom

Pandemic Gallery

37 Broadway
Brooklyn, NY 11211

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Braddock Street Art: A Town Ready for Renaissance

May 26, 2010

A Small Town Mayor Invites Street Artists to Revive His Abandoned Town – Swoon and Others Heed the Call.

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By Salome Oggenfuss

An abandoned church now referred to as "Transformazium" by Street Artist Swoon and some friends who recently purchased it for renovation in Braddock, PA. (photo © Salome Oggenfuss)

An abandoned church now referred to as "Transformazium" by Street Artist Swoon and some friends who recently purchased it for renovation in Braddock, PA. (photo © Salome Oggenfuss)

Artist and photographer Salome Oggenfuss recently took a trip from Bushwick, Brooklyn to visit the town of Braddock, Pennsylvania. She invites us to take a look at the beautiful work she found on the streets there, and to consider moving.

Braddock is a small town about a half hour drive outside of Pittsburgh in the Pennsylvania “Rust Belt”. In its heyday in the 1970s, the town used to boast about 20,000 residents, but when the steel industry started collapsing soon after, people moved away. The crack epidemic in the 80s further diminished the town’s population, and nowadays only about 3,000 people are left in Braddock and almost half of the town’s buildings are unoccupied.

A view inside an abandoned house. (photo © Salome Oggenfuss)

A view inside an abandoned house. (photo © Salome Oggenfuss)

A long view of Braddock with a mural by Noah Sparkes on the building on the right. (photo © Salome Oggenfuss)

A view inside an abandoned house. (photo © Salome Oggenfuss)

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Galerie Itinerrance Presents: Logan Hicks Solo Show (Paris)

May 25, 2010

Logan Hicks

Logan Hicks

Logan Hicks

Logan Hicks (US, New York)

Opening June 10th, from 6pm
Supported by Malibu

Solo show June 10 – July 3

Logan Hicks lives in New York and works within the artistic pool of Brooklyn. His relationship to the city is passionate and his fascination has remained unchanged over time. That led him to keep photographing facades, streets, subway tunnels he reproduces through so hyperreal.istic stencils. He is a pioneer in this field, he has created without being emulated but never equaled.

Today, he develops a new very graphic direction. His new works are going towards the treatment of more pronounced lines, with a smoothness and clarity unrivaled in the world of stencil art, as if the tool did not count anymore.
With a career spanning more than ten years, Logan Hicks has emerged as one of the most important artist in the international street art scene.


Galerie Itinerrance

7 bis, rue René Goscinny
75013 Paris
M° Bibliothèque François Miterrand
http://www.itinerrance.fr

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Galerie Itinerrance
7bis, rue René Goscinny - 75013 Paris
M° Bibliothèque F.Mitterrand
du mercredi au samedi de 14h à 19h
http://itinerrance.fr

Samantha Longhi

Directrice artistique
00 33 6 58 05 56 01
samantha@itinerrance.fr
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