2010

Fun Friday 11.19.10

November 19, 2010 Artists, Brooklyn, Events, Gallery, London, Manhattan, new york, NYC, On the Street, Opening, Performance

Hush “Found” Show – New York Debut Tonight

“I’ve always been an artist in some form, or certainly always creative – it’s a lifestyle, I don’t think you choose art, its something you do, it is life. Well my life,” Hush explains to BSA. This week he’s been putting work up in the Lower East Side of Manhattan and tonight is his NYC solo exhibition debut at The Angel Orensanz Foundation For Contemporary Art. We’re not missing it.

172 Norfolk Street
New York, NY 10002
Tel: 212.529.7194

And there is a free print giveaway- read the details here: http://hushstudio.blogspot.com/

Rae McGrath at Brooklynite Saturday: Unconventional Conviction

The gallery is completely re-painted and Rae is standing on his head waiting for it to dry. Unconventional is right – the last two years as a ringmaster and co-proprietor of Brooklynite Gallery have put him squarely in the middle of a tornado of punchy Street Art and a panoply of personalities – always with a very defined focus, high level of quality, and total conviction. As a curator, marketer, and host, this modern carny is a font of new ideas and angles, backed up with straight up elbow grease.

Now Rae is taking a minute or two to let people see what snaps his elastic mind when it comes to making art. You can see how the curator and the artist merge in this poppy geometric collection; Bast, Miss Bugs, Dain, Ana Peru Peru Ana, Various & Gould and others each have a shout out. It’s all here; the dense graphic punch, the vibrant blue collar reverence, the deliberate slicing and refracting off a funhouse mirror ball. Always a surprise and always a reward, artist Rae MaGrath’s debut is bound to be a funkadelic bootilicious jam.

‘UNCONVENTIONAL CONVICTION” this Saturday November 20 6 to 9 pm at Brooklynite Gallery on 334 Malcom X Blvd, Brooklyn, NY 11233. Tel 347 405 5976

Bushwick Block Party Saturday

Tacos! And freshly painted street art by some of your favorite names on a street in Brooklyn. What’s not to like?

Factory Fresh and app maker All City Street Art are throwing a party for you and all you have to do is show up on the block Saturday afternoon.

Brooklyn Street Artists Paint a 200 foot wall and the Burning Candy Crew debut their new film!

• Live painting
• Calexico taco cart
• DJs
• Art for sale from participating artists
• Burning Candy’s Dots film premiere

More info at the Factory HERE

Richard Hambleton New York — in London

James Brown was the Godfather of Soul, Aretha is the Queen of Soul, Michael was the King of Pop, and Jennifer Lopez is a judge on a TV talent show. Now we learn that one of New York’s first recognized street artists, having blanketed the L.E.S. with disconcerting shadow figures in the 1980s, is actually called “The Godfather of Street Art”. Thank Allah you don’t have to be the one in charge of handling these honorariums because you know that has got to be a thankless task. On the occasion of “Richard Hambleton New York”, The Dairy Gallery released this video.

Richard Hambleton. Image Courtesy of the Dairy Gallery

And Speaking of Dairy, Have You Seen the new Ron English Cow Painting?

C215: Show Pics of “Community Service”

November 18, 2010 Artists, France, Gallery, Paris

Stencil Street Artist Hits Both Floors of Parisian Gallery

Last minute touches at “Community Service”. (photo © Roswitha Guillemin courtesy the gallery)

Last Friday C215 played host at Galerie Itinerrance as he debuted many new pieces across various surfaces using the stencil technique he is known for. His addition of color variations over the last year or so has opened a door into more possibilities for dimension and emotion in his portraits. Fans of the monochromatic style he established his name with were pleased to see the black/grey/white stencils also continue to capture his interest.

C215 Photo Courtesy Galerie Itinerrance

The show is accompanying the release of a book of the same name “Community Service”, featuring photography by 12 artists behind the camera, an interview with Steven P. Harrington of Brooklyn Street Art (who also wrote the introduction), and a preface by Marc and Sara Schiller with Thierry Froger. More on the book and show HERE.

17 Frost Gallery Presents: The Infamous Dint Wooer Krsna Solo Show (Brooklyn, NY)

November 17, 2010 Artists, Brooklyn, Events, Gallery, new york, NYC, Opening

17 Frost Gallery

the Infamous dint wooer krsna Solo art Exhibition at 17 Frost Gallery. with a live performance by The Phonometricians on Cosmic Fire, & street art photography by Diana Trent. opening reception is December 4th (7-10pm) & runs until January 8th. 17 Frost Street (between Union & Lorimer), Williamsburg, Brooklyn. L train to Lorimer, G train to Metropolitan, or B48 bus to Frost Street. for more information please visit:

http://jmamarella.com/jason_mamarella.html

ROA Gifts A New Zoo to The City Of Los Angeles

November 17, 2010 Artists, California, Gallery, Los Angeles

Belgian-born Street Artist ROA is back in The US, this time on the West Coast. On the occasion of his debut solo show in Los Angeles presented by the indefatigable Andrew Hosner (of ThinkSpace) at the pop-up “New Puppy”, ROA has brought a modest zoo’s worth of wild friends.

Here are exclusive set-up pictures of ROA’s prep for the show.

ROA Image Courtesy of Think Space Gallery

ROA’s animal kingdom contains singular images, realistically depicted with influence from fairy tales, biology books and urban decay. Using discarded materials (sometimes in new constructions) as his canvas in the white box setting, the surfaces can be rusted sheets of metal, abandoned cabinetry doors, discarded window panes and wooden planks. The materials lend context, dimension and texture while summoning old animal biology plates from veterinarian school books.

When he works on the street ROA paints large, sometimes even monumental portraits of birds of all kinds, rodents, squirrels, hogs, skunks and myriad animals that are often not in the graces of their fellow earth inhabitants: The Humans. All cans, this dude keeps true to his graff roots even as he perfects a style that lands him in the street art catalog.

ROA Image Courtesy of Think Space Gallery

To the artist, these animals are survivors. “I think it is fascinating that certain animals really did not die out because of humanity but instead they use humanity to survive. I think it is interesting to see birds making nests in old buildings,” says ROA.

ROA Image Courtesy of Think Space Gallery

As he told us on an interview when he was in Brooklyn for his solo show at Factory Fresh this year in May, difficult surfaces are an inspiration. “I like when a wall, or an area, or a building tells a little bit of a story. It is sometimes really boring to paint on a wall that is just one color. It is always better to start from something that is interesting,” he explains. He likes to create “lenticulars”, rigid surfaces, geometrically organized, that play with perception and angles to bring a level of wit and discovery. Mostly monochromatic, his palette adds occasional vivid reds and blues to highlight the inner working of subjects.

ROA Image Courtesy of Think Space Gallery

To experience ROA’s art, first hand, please visit the gallery if you are on the West Coast or go to the gallery site to see his new work. ROA’s show is currently on view at the pop-up shop space “New Puppy Gallery” located just outside downtown Los Angeles at 2808 Elm Street (at Cypress Ave).

http://www.thinkspacegallery.com/

If you are interested on reading more about ROA please click on the links below for our two part interview with him:

ROA Part I: http://www.brooklynstreetart.com/theblog/?p=10286

ROA Part II: http://www.brooklynstreetart.com/theblog/?p=10322

Faile Prints and Wooden Blocks Release Going On Now

November 16, 2010 Artists

Faile has just released three prints and wooden blocks sets today and they are available for purchase now. Below is a description of the prints and set of blocks from their site:

“The prints are being released in conjunction with the Bedtime Stories show featuring some of the new processes involved in the wood paintings. These are 18-color silkscreen prints on an archival Coventry Rag 290gsm, deckled edge paper. Based off 3 new images from the show. It was quite a journey to try and convey the wood block paintings as works on paper though we couldn’t be more pleased with the results, we hope you enjoy. Prints are $800.ºº”

Faile "Launch Tonight"

Faile "Save Stilettos"

Faile "Brighton Beach"

“We are also releasing an edition of blocks from the show. As seen in the Faile Tower at the gallery, these are bits and pieces from the process. Each box contains 8 – 2 x 2 x 2 inch wooden blocks. Each block six-sided painted, printed and hand-finished. These are all random assortments of the blocks. They come in a custom letterpress box with the edition number and stamp. Block Sets are $150.ºº “

Click on the link below to go to their store

http://store.faile.net/

Faile block set

Broken Crow, “When Trust Is the New Money”

November 16, 2010 Artists, Events, Gallery, Minneapolis, Street Talker Interview, Twin Cities

A neighborly nod to the Minneapolis Street Art duo Broken Crow for this successful indoor show, “When Trust Is the New Money” at The XY and Z Gallery in South Minneapolis. Now extended to November 30th, this is an opportunity to see a large indoor installation that evokes the mural work they usually do on the street, transforming the interior of the white box and enabling you to buy part of the mural directly off the wall.

In an ongoing evolution of their stenciling realism style, John and Mike are again meditating on the preposterous value system that allows man to destroy the natural world with impunity, with a dose of gentle humor. Their archetype animals depict integrity, puzzlement, and whimsy. Like many artists developing a vocabulary, they re-employ their favorites again and again in different configurations and tableaux.

BSA had the pleasure to meet these gents in Brooklyn last year and they had us at “Hello”. With a sweet disposition and effortless-looking execution, their priority is painting. No drama, no gossip, no classist kid stuff; They won’t blather or diss and what-not, what-have-you, or whats-for-supper. Well, maybe whats-for-supper. Painting is what they like and that’s what keeps them focused. Proud fathers and loving husbands, these guys juggle their time so they can fulfill family obligations and have plenty of time to stop and smell the aerosol along the way.

If you find yourself in The Twin Cities run to catch the show. XY and Z Gallery is located at 3258 Minnehaha Ave South in Minneapolis. Below is a recent interview Broken Crow did –

P.O.S. on Broken Crow

Doomtree Rapper Interviews Two of His Favorite Local Artists

By Stefon Alexander Wednesday, Oct 27 2010

If you’re not familiar with the work of Twin Cities-based art team Broken Crow, it wouldn’t be too difficult to get up to speed. In the last few years they have managed to paint walls on four continents, everything heavily documented. A quick Google search pulls up tons of images and time-lapse video clips of their signature style: massive and intricately detailed stencils covering urban structures, barns in the middle of nowhere, and everything in between.

Click here to continue reading

Images courtesy and copyright of Broken Crow. See Broken Crow’s Flickr page here:

“Marxist Glue” At Hold Up Art Gallery in LA

November 15, 2010 Artists, California, Events, Gallery, Little Tokyo, Los Angeles

The young Hold Up Gallery in the Japantown section of Los Angeles currently has a sleek and smart-alec show that shouts for attention. Drawing a clear connection between today’s graphic design-savvy Street Artists and their anti-corporate fascist/ punk rock/ culture-jamming roots, this show is a delicious collection of disgusted discontent. Thanks to its relative proximity to the Museum of Contemporary Art, which is assembling an inaugural Street Art spectacular next spring under it’s new director, Jeffrey Deitch, the show has an added dimension of interest. A collection of polished pungency, “Marxist Glue” heralds the smooth collection as a survey of current LA street artists.

Artist and Columnist Gordy Grundy says the show is “Sticky” in his Huffington Post article:

“Marxist Glue, a new street art show curated by Toks Shoyoye, redefines the Los Angeles community and challenges MOCA. Curator Toks Shoyoye has stomped his foot and the earth has quaked. Marxist Glue is a group show, actually a historical gathering, of 13 Los Angeles artists. This show covers an epoch and illustrates the motivations of a movement. Los Angeles street art shall be redefined”

Continue reading and see images of the show at Huffington Post Arts here…

Images of The Week 11.14.10 : Dude Company Special

November 14, 2010 Artists, Brooklyn, BSA Images Of The Week, Manhattan, new york, NYC, On the Street, Week in Images

Photo © Jaime Rojo

Our weekly interview with the street narrows this week to show you photos of a visit to Brooklyn from French Street Artist “The Dude Company” and a cool shot of Lister at the end.

A glorious autumn day and room to experiment a bit on a rooftop in Brooklyn. BSA invited The Dude Co. to put up an installation on a rooftop in Brooklyn and he happily and giddily obliged. The space was open to his interpretation and he decided to try out a repetition across the middle expanse as tribute to one of the best American actresses this country has given to the world, Gena Rowlands, who turned 80 this summer.

The repetition of her head in the installation is a nod to her depiction of a person unglued and in turmoil as her life swirls nervously beyond her control; Rolands’ emotional, Academy Award-Nominated performance in the movie “A Woman Under The Influence” in 1974, directed by her husband John Cassavetes?

Providing a bookend effect are his skater boy (created from a photo by Brooklyn artist Carlito Brigante) from earlier this year and an old favorite, his stencil of singer Erikah Badu.

Photo © Jaime Rojo

And to end this week’s selection we offer a bonus image of a Lister we found while window shopping in Manhattan. Think there were some masks by the artist inside too.

Alt97, MRF E UNO Presents: “Strike The Street 3” (Rome, Italy)

November 13, 2010 Artists, Events, Gallery, Italy, On the Street, Opening, Rome

Strike The Streets

Il 20 novembre riparte una nuova stagione di “STRIKE THE STREET”, progetto nato nel 2008 da un’idea di Alt97, MRF e UNO all’interno del centro sociale Strike, spazio pubblico autogestito.
Il mondo della Street Art, per quanto variegato e distinto al suo interno, ha una caratteristica che lo distingue da altri tipi di arte: come forma di espressione nata nella metropoli, è difficile, se non impossibile, esportarla in un contesto diverso dalla strada e dall’ambiente urbano, senza corromperne l’essenza stessa. Graffiti, stencils, posters, stickers, installazioni e qualsiasi altra cosa abbia a che fare con l’arte urbana sono i suoi “segni” e il tentativo di portare tutto questo mondo in gallerie, o luoghi dell’arte istituzionale, finisce con svuotarla di significato e capacità d’impatto.

Proprio dall’idea di dare visibilità a questa forma d’arte, rimanendo al di fuori del mercato, nasce “STRIKE THE STREET”: condividere, valorizzare e promuovere la street art riportandola nel suo contesto naturale, attraverso la pratica delle esposizioni gratuite in uno spazio (il pub dello strike) aperto e vivo nella sua quotidianità, e al tempo stesso, scenario urbano e naturale.

Lo Strike, infatti, è un capannone industriale nel quartiere di Casalbertone immerso tra i lavori della tav e la tangenziale est, strappato all’abbandono 8 anni fa, con l’intento, fra gli altri, di ridare visibilità alla cultura e all’arte, senza per questo diventare un luogo di mercificazione della stessa, o un’asettica galleria.
Un binomio perfetto per non “denaturalizzare” la street art da quello che è il suo habitat.
Il 20 Novembre riapre la terza stagione di Strike The Street, nel suo consueto spazio espositivo.
Si parte dal pomeriggio con dei live paintings che riguarderanno gli spazi interni ed esterni dello Strike e a cui parteciperanno vari tra gli artisti italiani e stranieri che faranno parte, dopo le ore 19, alla mostra collettiva di apertura del 2010, il tutto accompagnato dal dj set dei Junglabeat.

Dopo la cena, la serata si aprirà con il concerto live di “THE SOUL STREET BROTHERS”, gruppo funk, jazz, soul romano (www.myspace.com/soulstreetbrothers), e a seguire ci sarà il djset “THE BUMP”, il nuovo progetto di dj slump (Soulfood) & Viktor Uolf (Soul Kitchen), con Original Boogie & funk’70, che spazierà dalle colonne sonore alle gemme breakdance, tutto rigorosamente su vinile.

Gaia (New York / USA), El Gato Chimney (Milan / IT), JBrock (Rome, IT), X (IT), pu:RE (Rome / IT), BR1 (Turin / IT), Rub Kandy (Rome / IT), A1one (Teheran / IRAN), Diamond (Rome / IT), Hitnes (Rome / IT), Lucamaleonte (Rome, IT), Urka (IT), Hogre (Rome, IT), Izolag (Brasil), Dot Masters (London / UK), Zibe (Milan / IT), Alias (Berlin / DE), Greg Gossel (Minneapolis / USA), 999 (IT), L.e.t. (DE), DAVe (Oakland / USA), Mezzoforte (FR), Sone (Rome / IT), Hopnn (Rome / IT), Czarnobyl (Berlin / DE), Marco About ( Rome / IT), Prost (Berlin / DE), BTOY (Barcelona / ES), Sten (Rome / IT), Lex (Rome / IT), MP5 (Bologna / IT), Michael Aaron Williams (Kronxville / USA), Bortusk Leer (UK), Martin Watson (Oslo / NO), 108 (Alessandria / IT), Kozet (Teheran / IRAN), Ben Frost (Sidney / AT), Ludo (Paris / FR), zOOt (London / UK), Alto Contraste (Brasil), James Kalinda (Italy), # (Rome / IT), Michael De Feo (New York / USA), Erik Hikups (BE), R-ash (Teheran / IRAN),
Pixelpancho (Turin / IT), UNO (Rome / IT), MRF (Rome / IT), Alt97 (Rome / IT), RiotQueer (Rome / IT), Honi (Rome / IT), Pible (Italy)

http://strike-spa.net/

Pure Evil Gallery Presents “3” A Group Show (London, UK)

November 13, 2010 Artists, Events, Gallery, London, Opening, U.K.

Pure Evil Gallery

3

You are invited to an exhibition called 3…

The exhibition will be happening in 3 galleries in Paris, Los Angeles and London…

Im asking artists I like to each bring 3 pieces for each show…

Theres no curation , theres no wordy intellectual press release theres just ’3’…

3 in Paris is going to open at the Lebenson Gallery in the Marais on the 25th of November and run until December 31st …

3 in London is in a HUGE space at 28 Redchurch Street, City of London E2 7DP… Its going to open on the 2nd of December and run until December 31st…

3 in Los Angeles will be later in 2011…

I will be adding more information and general vibes about the show here http://pureevilgallery.tumblr.com/archive

London space generously provided by:

Pure Evil Gallery Presents: “3” Group Show (Paris, France)

November 13, 2010 Artists, Events, France, Gallery, Opening, Paris

Pure Evil Gallery

3

You are invited to an exhibition called 3…

The exhibition will be happening in 3 galleries in Paris, Los Angeles and London…

Im asking artists I like to each bring 3 pieces for each show…

Theres no curation , theres no wordy intellectual press release theres just ’3’…

3 in Paris is going to open at the Lebenson Gallery in the Marais on the 25th of November and run until December 31st …

3 in London is in a HUGE space at 28 Redchurch Street, City of London E2 7DP… Its going to open on the 2nd of December and run until December 31st…

3 in Los Angeles will be later in 2011…

I will be adding more information and general vibes about the show here http://pureevilgallery.tumblr.com/archive

London space generously provided by:

Indica on 11th Gallery Presents: “Dirty Little Secrets” Inaugural Group Show (Manhattan, NY)

November 13, 2010 Artists, Events, Gallery, Manhattan, new york, NYC, Opening

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