2010

STREET ART NEW YORK BENEFIT AT FACTORY FRESH FOR FREE ARTS NYC

March 27, 2010 Events

Street Art New York at Factory Fresh

“Street Art New York” Silent Auction Benefit for Free Arts NYC

For more information please contact:
Email: info@StreetArtNewYork.com; Web: www.StreetArtNewYork.com

“Street Art New York” Silent Auction Benefit for Free Arts NYC
Saturday, April 24, 2010
Event Time: 7-11 pm

Auction Time: Promptly 7 pm to 9:30 pm EST
Absentee bidders please register with Bernadette DeAngelis at bernadette@freeartsnyc.org or call 212.974.9092.

Location: Factory Fresh Gallery
1053 Flushing Avenue
Bushwick, Brooklyn, New York 11237
between Morgan and Knickerbocker, off the L train Morgan Stop

SILENT AUCTION BENEFIT BY STREET ARTISTS FOR “FREE ARTS NYC” AND A PARTY TO MARK THE RELEASE OF NEW BOOK
“STREET ART NEW YORK”.

To celebrate the release of the new book “Street Art New York” and to benefit the programs of Free Arts NYC, original artworks by a stellar array of today’s Street Artists from New York and beyond will be featured in a silent auction to take place on April 24, 2010, from 7 pm to 9:30 pm at Factory Fresh Gallery in Bushwick, Brooklyn.

The Benefit and the Artists

The Benefit, to be held at one of New York’s epicenters for the thriving new Street Art scene, Factory Fresh Gallery, will feature an incredibly strong selection of today’s Street Artists joining together for one night as a community to benefit NYC kids from disadvantaged backgrounds as the numbers of poor and low-income children in New York continues to rise. Representing a renaissance in modern urban art at the dawn of a new decade, this artists will very likely be the largest collection of 2010’s street artists in one location.

With exciting new work by 60 of today’s Street Artists

Abe Lincoln Jr., Alex Diamond, Anera, Avoid Pi, Billi Kid, Bishop 203, Blanco, BortusK Leer, Broken Crow, C Damage, C215, Cake, Celso, Chris RWK, Chris Stain, Creepy, Dain, Damon Ginandes, Dan Witz, Dark Clouds, Dennis McNett, Elbow Toe, EllisG, FKDL, Gaia, General Howe, GoreB, Hargo, Hellbent, Imminent Disaster, Infinity, Jef Aerosol, Jim Avignon, JMR, Joe Iurato, Jon Burgerman, Keely, Know Hope, Logan Hicks, Mark Carvalho, Matt Siren, Mint and Serf, Miss Bugs, NohJColey, Nomadé, Peru Ana Ana Peru, PMP/Peripheral Media Projects, Poster Boy, Pufferella, Rene Gagnon, Roa, Royce Bannon, Skewville, Specter, Stikman, Swoon, The Dude Company, Tristan Eaton, UR New York (2esae & Ski), Veng RWK

About the Book

Street Art New York, by Steven P. Harrington and Jaime Rojo, with a foreword by Carolina A. Miranda, published in April 2010 by Prestel Publishing (Random House).

The authors of the successful Brooklyn Street Art book (and founders of BrooklynStreetArt.com) expand their scope and take readers on a fast-paced run through the streets of New York, along the waterways, on the rooftops, and up the walls of today’s ever-morphing vibrant Street Art scene as only NYC can tell it.

With an introduction by noted cultural journalist Carolina A. Miranda (C-Monster.net) putting Street Art in the context of the personal experience of a New Yorker, readers will be taken aback by this compelling portrait of the state of urban art featuring work on the streets of New York from 102 artists from around the world. With a collection of aproximately 200 images by exciting new comers as well as beloved “old masters” such as New Yorkers Swoon, Judith Supine, Dan Witz, Faile, Skewville, WK Interact, LA’s Sphepard Fairey, Brazil’s Os Gemeos, Ethos, Denmark’s Armsrock, France’s Space Invader, C215, Mr. Brainwash, Germany’s Herakut, Belgium’s ROA, London’s Nick Walker, Connor Harrington, and the infamous Banksy.

About the Publisher, Prestel Publishing (Random House):

With its impressive list of titles in English and German, Prestel Publishing is one of the world’s leading publishers in the fields of art, architecture, photography, design, cultural history, and ethnography. The company, founded in 1924, has its headquarters in Munich, offices in New York and London, and an international sales network.

The Silent Auction

Commencing at 7 p.m. and ending at 9:30 p.m., the silent auction will be administered by Free Arts NYC, and all proceeds from the auction go directly to the non-profit. Highest bidder wins!

Street Artist Royce Bannon Writing for Source Mag

March 27, 2010 Artists, Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, NYC, Queens

Two New Interviews with TooFly and RWK

NO surprise to find that Street Artists have multiple talents aside from art, and Royce Bannon has been developing some of his other interests over the past year at the SOURCE magazine.

TooFly’s work in a recent Brooklyn Mural with the Younity Collective (photo © Jaime Rojo)

In the new issue of The Source Royce has an interview with well-known and respected TooFly,

who paints from the the graffiti and muralist tradition in New York, is a founding member of the Younity Collective, and is continually involved in a number of entrepreneurial ventures:

“Royce: YOU’RE A JILL OF ALL TRADES, FROM TOYS TO CLOTHES. ARE THERE ANY OTHER MARKETS YOU WOULD LIKE TO VENTURE INTO

TooFly: In the last few years I have been intrigued by large video projections. Especially these days with all the new forms of laser technology that allow you to display graphics and live video on the sides of buildings and structures. I’ve been scoping out a few companies who use the urban environment to do this kind of stuff, and it’s definitely something I want to tap into. I think I have a production type of heart from curating and organizing large painting productions, as well as community events.” Read the full interview HERE at The Source

Additionally, Royce has been writing on their blog, including this new interview with Chris and Veng from Robots Will Kill

A Robots Will Kill Mural from Bushwick (courtesy Royce)

In the brief interview we learn from Chris what the origins of the name “Robots Will Kill” were,

“The name comes from the idea of people becoming stuck in place in life, whether its work or something else, becoming robotic and it killing off the creative and productive part of their life.”

(read the RWK interview here)

Luckily for us, neither Royce nor TooFly nor RWK look like they’re becoming robotic.

BROOKLYN BROTHERS GALLERY PRESENTS: TRUSTOCORP

March 26, 2010 Events

BROOKLYN BROTHERS GALLERY PRESENTS

This is the debut show at the Brooklyn Brothers‘ new gallery space.

“TrustoCorp is a New York based artist (or artists) dedicated to highlighting the hypocrisy and hilarity of human behavior through sarcasm and satire. TrustoCorp targets areas in the public domain typically reserved for messages of trust and authority and abuses them with visual messages of mayhem and absurdity hijacked from the visual style of our authorities.”

Brooklyn Brothers Gallery

18 East 17th Street 7th floor NYC

AD HOC ART IS PRINTING LIVE AT BROOKLYN BOWL

March 26, 2010 Events

AD HOC AT BROOKLYN BOWL

“Local X Local”, this Sunday immediately following the Southern Graphics print conference madness in Philly!

Sunday, 7-11pm, there will be screens on rotation along with the tunes of Vivian Girls and German Measles. Free!

That’s right! While Sunday is a great day for doing laundry, brunchitos, working, & whatever you want to do, top it off with some bowling, tunes, community, and goodness.

PURE EVIL GALLERY PRESENTS: ROA FIRST SOLO SHOW IN LONDON

March 26, 2010 Events

PURE EVIL GALLERY PRESENTS ROA

R O A

Solo Exhibition at Pure Evil Gallery 8^th APRIL – 2^ndMAY 2010

ROA’s eagerly anticipated UK solo debut opens in London this spring to exhibit his unique portrayal of large scale urban wildlife, disquietly cohabiting city streets, hand painted in his distinctive black and white style.

ROA started painting abandoned buildings and warehouses in the isolated industrial outskirts of his hometown – Ghent, Belgium. Fixating on the animals he found there; the wildlife became the central subject matter of his work, inspired by their clever ability to adapt into scavengers in order to survive. He used the dilapidated, coarse interiors and exteriors of the unyielding landscape as a canvas to portray his large-scale creatures.

Roa filled a vast abandoned warehouse complex of different chambers and exteriors with a menagerie of large-scale animals, creating an impressive spray painted zoo of city scavengers.

His obsession went global when he took to the streets of New York, London, Berlin, Warsaw and Paris, prolifically painting his trademark cross sectioned animals wherever he went, locating them where they naturally invade the main city streets with their quiet yet powerful presence.

Pure Evil Gallery is proud and extremely excited to present a new body of original artwork by ROA this spring, complete with street works in the local area. Look out for a new ROA city fox appearing on a street near you.

Pure Evil Gallery

108 Leonard st

London EC2A 4RH

http://www.pureevil.eu

Phone 07805 420771

cue@sofuzzycrew.com

Gallery Hours:

10am – 6pm daily

or by appointment.

TRUSTO Corp Culture Jamming and Political Critique Continues

March 26, 2010 Artists, Brooklyn, Manhattan, NYC, On the Street

One version of Street Art has as it’s mission to articulate opinions, truths, half-truths, subversive rants, and utterances of a political nature.

TrustoCorp, which so far has been nibbling around the edges with satiric plays on words, has gotten a lot more focused recently with some of these metal signs as well as their placement. Maybe it’s these polarizing times calling for clarifying amidst the smog machines…. but TrustoCorp is a bit more ‘on-message’ in these recent postings on the streets of Gotham.

Now there’s a MAD COW – outside a certain fast food establishment in Greenpoint, Brooklyn (Trusto Corp)

Our SELF-REGULATING friends could find this offensive (Trusto Corp)

A bit more vague and wide-sweeping, but we get the point (Trusto Corp)

"Thanks Madge, so do you!" - Who doesn't appreciate a positive affirmation once in a while? (Trusto Corp)

Living WALLS: Atlanta Conference on Street Art and Public Space looking for Artists for August

March 26, 2010 Artists, Atlanta

Street Artists GAIA, KNOW HOPE, SWAMPY, CHRIS STAIN, FERAL CHILD among others to show work, Jordan Seiler to speak.

An exhibition and conference focused on street art and its role in engaging public space.

We are bringing in the works of an international selection of artists who typically make use of the streets to showcase their work. We have also sought artists that re-appropriate the public realm, attempting to take charge of their media space.

An exhibition and conference focused on street art and its role in engaging public space.

ADD YOUR VOICE – Submit YOUR Work – Poster Submission

They are calling for street artists to submit posters with no constraint on quantity or size.

Public Walls

Art work will be put up on various walls around the city of Atlanta.

All posters will be thoroughly documented with all artists credited.
Events will be scheduled locally around the city of Atlanta in order to give the public notice about the international poster exhibition which has taken place.

Deadline for Submission: 07.13.2010

From Street Artis GAIA on Vandalog: The artwork of 18 influential street artists from around the world will food the streets of Atlanta as part of a coordinated effort to engage the public via street art. Living Walls, The City Speaks, a conference set to take place on the weekend of August 13, 2010 at Atlanta’s Eyedrum Gallery, has put out an international call for artists to submit posters to three locations on three continents. These posters will ultimately be sent to Atlanta to be wheat-pasted on public walls and at Eyedrum. With many more artists expected to take part in this event worldwide, come August, Atlanta’s urban landscape will have a more vibrant, international feel. – READ MORE at VANDALOG.

So far the lineup includes the following artists and speakers:

Artists
Swampy	Miso
Know Hope	Gaia
Feral Child	Faber
The Paper Twins	Doodles
Shaun Thurston	Xomatok
Tereza De Quinta	Loaf
Jason Kofke	Jerm IX

Speakers
Jordan Seiler
Jeff Ferrell
Sabir Khan
EVEREMAN
Nathan Piazza
Blacki Li Rudi Migliozzi
Liam Rattray

Learn More About the Event Here

Work In Progress 3: “Robots Will Kill” finish “Superior Windows”

March 25, 2010 Artists, On the Street

RWK/BSA “Superior Windows Project” COMPLETED

Locals and visitors snap pictures of new windows with fervor!

Veng Bird (photo ©Jaime Rojo)

Veng completed his last two windows while the last heavy wet snow was falling and the sidewalks were treacherous (Chris finished his windows weeks ago) and now that the snow has melted and the sun is shining on us again we are happy to report that with this their latest collaboration with BSA in Williamsburg, Brooklyn has been completed.

CLICK ON IMAGES TO ENLARGE

Veng front window detail (photo ©Jaime Rojo)

Work In Progress 2: “Robots Will Kill” Superior Windows

Work In Progress 1: “Robots Will Kill” Superior Windows

Robots Will Kill

RWK in conjunction with BSA.

31 Naked Men Discovered in Manhattan Park Sweep: Antony Gormley Answers Questions

March 24, 2010 Artists

Last time I was naked on a rooftop was when the neighbors’ Thanksgiving turkey caught on fire. Insert joke here.

But don’t call the NYPD if you see a naked man perched on the edge of the Empire State Building between today and August 15th unless he is waving his arms around or masturbating or something – because it’s probably just one of Antony Gormley’s 31 sculptures.

(image by James Ewing for Madison Square Park Conservancy)

This is New York, and we love our Public Art – even the sanctioned stuff. And nudity doesn’t bother us in the least – unlike Moscow, where the mayor refused Gormley’s rusty, naked iron men.

Don't Jump! - Officially "opening" Friday, Antony Gormley's figures are already positioned (image courtesy Scott at Waterside Plaza)

“Manhattan remains a living laboratory of how human beings can live together,” says the artist, whose sculptures are viewable on the ground and teetering on the edges of buildings around Madison Square Park, located between Fifth and Madison Avenues, and 23rd to 26th Streets.

Good thing spring is coming, because it's cold out here! (image courtesy artobserved.com)

Click here to see Map of ‘Event Horizon’ Installation Sites

Gormley’s Statues Stalk New York Skyline – VIDEO – Euronews

Carol Vogel’s piece in The New York Times

Pics from OPENING of “Make It Fit”, the Various & Gould/Specter show at Brooklynite

March 23, 2010 Artists

Text and photos from BSA contributor, Vincent Cornelli.

It was a pretty impressive scene at the Specter, Various & Gould opening at the Brooklynite Gallery on Saturday night. And yea, Saturday night. Why does everyone throw these parties on a Thursday evening, when you can do it on the weekend and make it a real night?

I must admit, being forced to ride an over-crowded local A train from Harlem to Utica Station doesn’t really put you in the best of moods. But, while approaching the gallery, I couldn’t help but get a little re-charged as the music got louder and more distinct. It was a cool scene to walk into a nearly empty storefront, surrounded in quality artwork, knowing that even more people were packed in and celebrating in back somewhere.

In this case it was a backyard decorated by the artists, with DJ’s spinning, Red Stripes flowing, and a performance from a musician like Jeff Kessel, a one man looping machine.

And it’s always cool running into the likes of Luna Park, Celso, Veng (RWK), Carlito Brigante, and the rest.

No doubt everyone enjoyed the art, the artists, the tunes and the event.

Various & Gould © Vincent Cornelli

Jeff Kessel, who uses his expansive voice and multiply looped music to slowly blow your mind. © Vincent Cornelli

Performing in the back yard as "Rifle Recoil", musician Jeff Kessel's music is dense, layered, challenging, and at times beautiful © Vincent Cornelli

A view from the back corner © Vincent Cornelli

Jovial guests at Brooklynite © Vincent Cornelli

Discussing the work of Various & Gould © Vincent Cornelli

One of Specter's people in the corner with his shopping cart © Vincent Cornelli

Photographer Sam Horine in attendance (photo © Vincent Cornelli)

Many hands make the work easier (Various & Gould) © Vincent Cornelli

Guests are often invited to pick up a marker and add a tag at Brooklynite (© Vincent Cornelli)

Waiting till the smoke clears after a successful performance © Vincent Cornelli

A sculpture of crates and a shopping cart careens upward toward a wheat-paste by Various & Gould. © Vincent Cornelli

Stencil duo Broken Crow in Austin Texas (photo courtesy the artist)

C215 during the Urbart event in Paris at the Institut de Gestion Supérieur (IGS) (image courtesy the artist)

Orticanoodles did these stencils on a refrigerator in Vitry-sur-Seine (photo courtesy the artist)

Iranian artist SOT presents a child soldier on canvas (25 x 25 cm) (image courtesy the artist)

“It Never Rains”, artist Penny gets rid of the squid with this piece of heavy machinery (image courtesy the artist)

A good beautician always inspects carefully to ensure that no spot has escaped the Aqua Net lacquer. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

This NANOOK piece bears some resemblance to Push. Just for comparison sake, see a Push piece in Miami below. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

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“Street Art New York” Silent Auction Benefit for Free Arts NYC

SILENT AUCTION BENEFIT BY STREET ARTISTS FOR “FREE ARTS NYC” AND A PARTY TO MARK THE RELEASE OF NEW BOOK “STREET ART NEW YORK”.

The Benefit and the Artists

About the Book

About the Publisher, Prestel Publishing (Random House):

The Silent Auction

Two New Interviews with TooFly and RWK

TooFly’s work in a recent Brooklyn Mural with the Younity Collective (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Now there’s a MAD COW – outside a certain fast food establishment in Greenpoint, Brooklyn (Trusto Corp)

Now there’s a MAD COW – outside a certain fast food establishment in Greenpoint, Brooklyn (Trusto Corp)

Our SELF-REGULATING friends could find this offensive (Trusto Corp)

A bit more vague and wide-sweeping, but we get the point (Trusto Corp) "Thanks Madge, so do you!" - Who doesn't appreciate a positive affirmation once in a while? (Trusto Corp)

Street Artists GAIA, KNOW HOPE, SWAMPY, CHRIS STAIN, FERAL CHILD among others to show work, Jordan Seiler to speak.

An exhibition and conference focused on street art and its role in engaging public space.

Public Walls

RWK/BSA “Superior Windows Project” COMPLETED

Locals and visitors snap pictures of new windows with fervor!

Veng Bird (photo ©Jaime Rojo)

Veng front window detail (photo ©Jaime Rojo)

Windows on the World: View going East on N. 11 (photo ©Jaime Rojo)

Front Facade on Wythe (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Full view (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Work In Progress 1: “Robots Will Kill” Superior Windows Robots Will Kill RWK in conjunction with BSA.

But don’t call the NYPD if you see a naked man perched on the edge of the Empire State Building between today and August 15th unless he is waving his arms around or masturbating or something – because it’s probably just one of Antony Gormley’s 31 sculptures.

Specter on the left, Various & Gould on the Right © Vincent Cornelli

Specter’s dude on a bike © Vincent Cornelli

Stencil duo Broken Crow in Austin Texas (photo courtesy the artist)

C215 during the Urbart event in Paris at the Institut de Gestion Supérieur (IGS) (image courtesy the artist)

Orticanoodles did these stencils on a refrigerator in Vitry-sur-Seine (photo courtesy the artist)

Iranian artist SOT presents a child soldier on canvas (25 x 25 cm) (image courtesy the artist)

“It Never Rains”, artist Penny gets rid of the squid with this piece of heavy machinery (image courtesy the artist)

A good beautician always inspects carefully to ensure that no spot has escaped the Aqua Net lacquer. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

This NANOOK piece bears some resemblance to Push. Just for comparison sake, see a Push piece in Miami below. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Push in Miami (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Factory Fresh new patio mural by Skewville (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Primo explores the everyday superhero (photo © Jaime Rojo)

The whole IS equal to the sum of it’s parts (Stikman) (photo © Jaime Rojo)

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SILENT AUCTION BENEFIT BY STREET ARTISTS FOR “FREE ARTS NYC” AND A PARTY TO MARK THE RELEASE OF NEW BOOK
“STREET ART NEW YORK”.

A bit more vague and wide-sweeping, but we get the point (Trusto Corp)

"Thanks Madge, so do you!" - Who doesn't appreciate a positive affirmation once in a while? (Trusto Corp)

Work In Progress 1: “Robots Will Kill” Superior Windows

Robots Will Kill

RWK in conjunction with BSA.