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Dan Witz “Dead Serious” : “Back Talk” Conversation

July 16, 2011 Venice Beach

To introduce readers to some of the Street Artists in the upcoming show “Street Art Saved My Life: 39 New York Stories”, BSA asked a number of the artists to take part in “Back Talk” with one of our most trusted and underground and sweet sources for modern art, Juxtapoz.

Today we hear from Dan Witz.

Something you want the world to know about you: “Originally, back in the late 70’s, when I first started painting on the street, even though I was dead serious about it, I thought of street art as a sort of hobby, as something enjoyable I did for myself on the weekends. This is the real reason why I kept at it for all those years before street art became fashionable: not because I thought of myself as some kind of pioneer or anything, but because I was having so much fun.”

Dan Witz (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Read “Back Talk: A conversation with Dan Witz” on Juxtapoz: http://www.juxtapoz.com/Features/back-talk-a-conversation-with-dan-witz

Fun Friday 07.15.11

July 15, 2011 Artists

Fun Friday stories this week:

1. Multicolored Disappearing Horizon on Williamsburg Bridge
2. CAKE on Juxtapoz : New “Back Talk” Conversation
3. Street Artist TES One Gets Down with Ice Cube for a Print

Multicolored Disappearing Horizon on Williamsburg Bridge

It’s summer and people are taking to the streets with their art. If you have taken a stroll or skateboard ride across the Williamsburg Bridge recently, you’ve seen a public art installation entitled “Baji Lives!”.

(VIDEO STILLS)

In this short film by Danielle Barbiari, five friends show how a collaborative project can also come alive with very modest resources and some elbow grease.

“During the wee hours of a warm summer night, several friends conspired to bring color to the Williamsburg Bridge. Inspired by the unique vantage point offered by this public space, Baji Lives! responded with a site-specific composition that accentuates the spatial dynamics of the pedestrian pathway. This piece is an offering to those who use the bridge”

CAKE on Juxtapoz : New “Back Talk” Conversation

Today we hear from CAKE.

Artists you admire:
“Tomma Abts, Jenny Saville, Olga Romashuk, Kathe Kollwitz, Herakut, Polina Soloveichik, Alice Neel, and Edvard Munch are my tops.”

CAKE (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Read “Back Talk: A conversation with CAKE” on Juxtapoz:http://www.juxtapoz.com/Features/back-talk-a-conversation-with-cake

Street Artist TES One Gets Down with Ice Cube for a Print

Tes One has done a new print with Ice Cube to raise awareness and funds for The Minority AIDS Project.The proceeds from the limited edition artwork will benefit the project.

Tes One Signing his print of Ice Cube (copyright Tes One and Rareink)

Ice Cube (photo © RareInk)

RareInk and ICE CUBE partner to deliver music fans original, authentic autographed works of art from their favorite recording artists created in conjunction with a collective of fine artists from around the world.

“Expanding the interaction with fans of my music by offering limited edition, signed artwork that they are able to share and enjoy with their friends and family is something I feel my fans deserve,” said Ice Cube, who in addition to being the RareInk’s first artist will serve as the company’s strategic advisor.

Click on RareInk’s site for more information regarding the sale of the prints and how to purchase the art.

http://www.rareink.com/

Tes One’s Site http://www.tesone.com/

C215 “Back Talk” Conversation

July 14, 2011 Artists

Today we hear from C215.

A few words that sum up your philosophy on life: “Trying to turn ugly sh*t into art when possible.”

C215 (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Read “Back Talk: A conversation with C215” on Juxtapoz: http://www.juxtapoz.com/Features/back-talk-a-conversation-with-c215

How & Nosm “Back Talk” Conversation

July 12, 2011 Artists

Today we hear from How & Nosm.

One reason you make art: “When we started out as Graffiti writers in 1988 it kept us busy and productive instead of just getting into trouble and being street kids. Then eventually we did it for the fame and to become one of the best in our little city in Düsseldorf, Germany. Over the years this has changed and now it is an everyday thing that is part of our lives. We make art because it gives us an inner calmness and relaxes us when we paint and see the outcome of each created piece of art, yet another reason might be the urge to have to do it. At the same time it is the habit after so many years that gives us the constant drive to evolve our art work.”

How & Nosm (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Read “Back Talk: A conversation with How & Nosm” on Juxtapoz:http://www.juxtapoz.com/Features/back-talk-a-conversation-with-how-and-nosm

Anthony Lister “Back Talk” Conversation

July 12, 2011 Artists, Venice Beach

Today we hear from Anthony Lister.

Artists you admire: “The ones that do it for love and discovery.”

Anthony Lister (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Read “Back Talk: A conversation with Anthony Lister” on Juxtapoz: http://www.juxtapoz.com/Features/back-talk-a-conversation-with-anthony-lister

Galerie Magda Danysz Presents: “Shadows and Reflections” (Paris, FR)

June 21, 2011 Artists, Events, France, Gallery, Opening, Paris

Shadows and Reflections

C215 (photo © Jaime Rojo)

SHADOWS & REFLECTIONS

with / avec :

Jef Aérosol, Blek le Rat, C215, Miss.Tic,

Kris Trappeniers & VHILS

Saturday June 25th 2011 / Samedi 25 juin 2011

from 6 to 9pm / de 18h à 21h

GALERIE MAGDA DANYSZ

78 rue Amelot

Paris 11 (France)

M° Saint Sébastien Froissart

The exhibition Shadows & Reflections emphasizes the variety of stencil’s artistic forms. First, by the variety of supports ranging from walls to installations including canvas and then by the diversity of techniques used by the artists.

Shadows and reflections, presents works on canvas, totally new installations, video, etc. The exhibition confronts the variety of expression of the stencil and proves the richness of this major movement of Street-Art which offers the artists infinite possibilities of creation…

L’exposition Shadows & Reflections montre la diversité des formes artistiques que prend le pochoir. D’abord, par la variété des supports, du mur à l’installation en passant par la toile. Surtout par les différentes techniques utilisées par les artistes.

Shadows and reflections, présente des œuvres sur toile, des installations inédites, de la vidéo, etc. L’exposition confronte les différents modes d’expression du pochoir et prouve la richesse de ce mouvement majeur du Street-Art qui offre d’infinies possibilités de création aux artistes.

Jef Aérosol, Blek le Rat, C215, Miss Tic, Kris Trappeniers, Vhils,

The show Shadows & Reflections goes on from june 25 to July 30, 2011

L’exposition Shadows & Reflections a lieu du 25 juin au 30 juillet 2011

BSA Debut: C215 Tells It Like It Is (Video)

June 6, 2011 Artists

French stencil artist C215 has just released this video, a stylized manifesto of sorts giving his view on his art, his work, and the current state of Street Art.

We are pleased he is participating in “Street Art Saved My Life: 39 New York Stories” this August in LA, and this short but powerful video shows why the stories behind C215’s very personal portraits are some of the most impactful and resilient on the street today.

“I prefer the poetry of small paintings instead of big walls, which are very popular right now in the graffiti scene, but a bit fascistic.”

Images of the Week 06.05.11

June 5, 2011 Artists

Our weekly interview with the Streets, this week including images from New York, Detroit, and Amsterdam, and work by C215, Dan Sabau, El Sol 25, Gilf!, Goons, Karma, Nice-One, and Specter.

C215 (photo © Jaime Rojo) C215 says he has put more than 90 stencils in Williamsburg in the last three years…we just found another.

Street Artist Gilf! has been trying something new by adding to her stencils a bit of toule, which is a departure from earlier work and a hard word to try and pronounce.

Gilf! (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Unknown (photo © Jaime Rojo)

El Sol 25 (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Dan Sabau (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Goons meditates and levitates (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Nice-One continues with his series of fantastic space ships (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Nice-One has suddenly appeared in many places in BK, including this large wall directly over a long running Lister (photo © Jaime Rojo)

A portrait on a postal mailing sticker in marker, cut out. Unknown (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Specter on a flash trip to Detroit managed to paint this stark black portrait on a boarded up building (photo © Specter)

Specter (photo © Specter)

Karma in the Chinatown section of Amsterdam (photo © Courtesy of the artist)

Karma in Amsterdam (photo © Courtesy of the artist)

Derek Dipietro Re-Imagines C215

May 25, 2011 Amsterdam, Artists, On the Street, Santa Cruz

College student Derek Dipietro fell for some stencils by French Street Artist C215 on his recent trip to Amsterdam. The stenciled images are most likely of people who live in the area, as C215 likes to photograph neighborhoods’ residents, frequently the marginalized among them. The artist considers his stencils to be a gift to the community, and a way for a locality to retain its individual character. Dipietro was so impressed by what he found that he began to play with and alter his photos using image software called Aperture, and in the process began to create new interpretations.

Derek’s orginal photo of some stencils by Street Artist C215. Below are two re-interpretations of the boy stencil he made using Aperture. (photo © Derek Dipietro)

From working with C215 to create his most recent monograph, we know that the artist encourages photographers to interpret his work in any way they wish, so he no doubt would be pleased to see this youth from North Carolina State University learning how to tweak photos of his work. Since we like to celebrate the creative spirit, we’re excited anytime somebody wants to share his or her creations too.

C215 (photo © Derek Dipietro)

It’s also part of technological and cultural literacy for us all to understand the new tools that are employed to alter imagery throughout the world today, and to appreciate and respect the power that we all wield with creative mouse clicking. Similarly, we have to consider our responsibility to attribute authorship and how to protect it, and when. In the wrong hands, an artist’s work can be abused or appropriated for profit, which is where the grey areas get defined.

Keep up your studies Derek and thanks for sharing your work and your interpretations of the work of C215.

C215 (photo © Derek Dipietro)

Dipietro’s original photo above and his re-interpretation of the image below. (photo © Derek Dipietro)

C215 (photo © Derek Dipietro)

Derek also sent this photo of a house he took in Santa Cruz, CA. By using the same process he used for the C215 images, the house is quickly transformed. © Derek Dipietro

BSA Presents “Street Art Saved My Life : 39 New York Stories”

May 16, 2011 Artists

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

May 15, 2011

Brooklyn Street Art Presents Street Art Saved My Life : 39 New York Stories in collaboration with ThinkSpace Gallery, an art show to exhibit at C.A.V.E. Gallery in Venice (LA), California on Friday, August 12, 2011.

Street Art Saved My Life : 39 New York Stories heralds the new highly individual character of stories being told on the streets of New York by brand new and established Street Artists from all over the world. Steven P. Harrington and Jaime Rojo, founders of BrooklynStreetArt.com focus on this flashpoint in modern Street Art evolution by curating a strongly eclectic story-driven gallery show with 39 of the best storytellers hitting the streets of New York.

Street Art Saved My Life : 39 New York Stories, the gallery show, accompanied by an LA street wall series by selected artists and a public panel lecture and discussion, intends to stake out the New Guard in street art while recognizing some powerful near-legendary forerunners.

The mainly New York lineup exhibits talent from other parts of the US and internationally (Australia, France, UK, Canada, Israel, Germany) and it is as steely, idiosyncratic and storied as the New York scene itself, including Anthony Lister, Adam Void, Broken Crow, C215, Cake, Chris Stain, Clown Soldier, Creepy, Dan Witz, El Sol 25, Ema, Faile, Futura, Gaia, Gilf!, Hargo, Hellbent, How & Nosm, Imminent Disaster, Indigo, Judith Supine, Kid Acne, Know Hope, Ludo, Mark Carvalho, Miss Bugs, Nick Walker, NohJColey, Over Under, Radical!, Rene Gagnon, Skewville, Specter, Sweet Toof, Swoon, Tip Toe, Troy Lovegates AKA Other, Various & Gould, and White Cocoa.

The staunch individualists in Street Art Saved My Life : 39 New York Stories give voice to the evolution of the Graffiti, Mash-Up, and D.I.Y. movements that birthed them; creating an eccentric, highly individual, and raucous visual experience on the street. With widely varied backgrounds, techniques, and materials at play, “The Story” is the story. With truths as diverse and difficult as the city itself, each one of these artists is a part of a fierce, raw, new storytelling tradition that is evolving daily before our eyes.

Show Name: Street Art Saved My Life : 39 New York Stories
Location: C.A.V.E. Gallery, 1108 Abbot Kinney Blvd, Venice, California 90291
Date: Opening reception Friday August 12, 2011
Duration: August 12 – September 4, 2011.
Online Press Release: http://mim.io/692a11
Contact: Info@BrooklynStreetArt.com

Presented by Brooklyn Street Art in collaboration with ThinkSpace and C.A.V.E
Curated by Steven P. Harrington and Jaime Rojo of BrooklynStreetArt.com

Brooklyn Street Art is proud to collaborate with ThinkSpace Gallery and C.A.V.E. Gallery. Please note that the show will be at C.A.V.E. Gallery. Thank you.

Thinkspace Art Gallery www.thinkspacegallery.com
6009 Washington Boulevard, Culver City, CA 90232 (310) 558-3375
Wed – Fri 1PM-6PM Sat 1PM-8PM contact@thinkspacegallery.com

C.A.V.E. Gallery (location of the show) www.cavegallery.net
1108 Abbot Kinney Boulevard, Venice CA 90291, (310) 450-6560
Wed – Sun 12PM-6PM or by appointment info@cavegallery.net

Steven P. Harrington and Jaime Rojo are founders of BrooklynStreetArt.com and co-authors of Brooklyn Street Art and Street Art New York, both by Prestel Publishing (Random House). Harrington and Rojo are also contributing writers on street art for The Huffington Post.

Happy New Year! BSA Highlights of 2010

December 31, 2010 Artists

As we start a new year, we say thank you for the last one.

And Thank You to the artists who shared their 11 Wishes for 2011 with Brooklyn Street Art; Conor Harrington, Eli Cook, Indigo, Gilf, Todd Mazer, Vasco Mucci, Kimberly Brooks, Rusty Rehl, Tip Toe, Samson, and Ludo. You each contributed a very cool gift to the BSA family, and we’re grateful.

We looked over the last year to take in all the great projects we were in and fascinating people we had the pleasure to work with. It was a helluva year, and please take a look at the highlights to get an idea what a rich cultural explosion we are all a part of at this moment.

The new year already has some amazing new opportunities to celebrate Street Art and artists. We are looking forward to meeting you and playing with you and working with you in 2011.

A very special thanks to Kimberly Brooks and the team at Huffington Post for seeing the value of Street Art and for encouraging us to be a part of the HuffPost Arts coverage in 2010. It has been a great honor and we look forward to more great stuff in ’11.

Specter does “Gentrification Series” © Jaime Rojo

NohJ Coley and Gaia © Jaime Rojo

Jef Aerosol’s tribute to Basquiat © Jaime Rojo

Imminent Disaster © Steven P. Harrington

Fauxreel (photo courtesy the artist)

Chris Stain at Brooklyn Bowl © Jaime Rojo

Various & Gould © Jaime Rojo

Anthony Lister on the street © Jaime Rojo

Trusto Corp was lovin it.

Martha Cooper, Shepard Fairey © Jaime Rojo

BSA’s Auction for Free Arts NYC

Crotched objects began appearing on the street this year. © Jaime Rojo

Interview on the street with Shepard Fairey doing tribute to Martha Cooper
BSA & Street Artists Give to NYC KIDS: A gift of Art and Self-Confidence
With 60 artists, 73 artworks, over 600 guests, and a happy vibe created by the mad-scientists Sifunk & Garmunkle at music mission control, the Street Art New York Silent Auction Benefit for Free Arts NYC raised $20K.

See the art from BSA’s Auction on Flickr
Banksy Hits San Francisco
BSA Review; New York preview of Opening of Banky’s “Exit Through the Giftshop” – Review

BSA gets some walls for ROA © Jaime Rojo

Dolk at Brooklynite © Steven P. Harrington

Pop Surrealism? Aisle 2. French Realism? – Check the Shovels Art Show in a Hardware Store: If you are not too suspicious or jaded, this may be one of the best shows of the season. (Crest Hardware Store)
Phun Phactory 10 Years Later, a Reunion on The Street
NohJColey Advances The New Guard of Street Art
Street Artist Gaia: An “Urban Romantic” Re-combines History and Myth
Apolo Torres – “Tempestade” in Sao Paulo
New York is a Zoo! Street Art and the Animal Kingdom
Street Artists Faile Talk About the Social & Political
A Visit to Stroke02 Festival in Munich, Germany
“Know Hope” Depicts Conflict in Israel

Sarah Palin by Billi Kid

“Bienvenidos” campaign

Sure. Photo courtesy Faust

and on the Huffington Post:

10 Best Street Art Moments of the Decade (PHOTOS)

Best Brooklyn Street Art of 2010 (SLIDESHOW)

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Images Of The Week 12.19.10

December 19, 2010 Artists, Brooklyn, BSA Images Of The Week, Gallery, Manhattan, NYC, On the Street, Week in Images

Our weekly conversation with the street, this week featuring Alec, C215, Cash4, DestroyRebuild, Egypt, Katsu, Kid Zoom, Kouka, KR, NohJColey, ROA, Samson, and WK Interact.

ROA had a brief stopover in Brooklyn from LA before returning home, and he had a moment to leave us a gift on the driveway gates at Factory Fresh in Bushwick (photo © Jaime Rojo)

This WK Interact piece has been on this wall for a long time. This time I liked the late Autumn light and the play between the climber and the stair case shadows against the white wall. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Kid Zoom’s Bear and Hands currently on view at the Opera Gallery Pop Up Shop in The Meat Packing District of Manhattan (photo © Jaime Rojo)

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Dan Witz (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Multicolored Disappearing Horizon on Williamsburg Bridge

CAKE on Juxtapoz : New “Back Talk” Conversation

CAKE (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Street Artist TES One Gets Down with Ice Cube for a Print

Tes One Signing his print of Ice Cube (copyright Tes One and Rareink)

Ice Cube (photo © RareInk)

RareInk and ICE CUBE partner to deliver music fans original, authentic autographed works of art from their favorite recording artists created in conjunction with a collective of fine artists from around the world.

C215 (photo © Jaime Rojo)

How & Nosm (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Anthony Lister (photo © Jaime Rojo)

C215 (photo © Jaime Rojo)

C215 (photo © Jaime Rojo) C215 says he has put more than 90 stencils in Williamsburg in the last three years…we just found another.

Street Artist Gilf! has been trying something new by adding to her stencils a bit of toule, which is a departure from earlier work and a hard word to try and pronounce.

Gilf! (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Gilf! (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Unknown (photo © Jaime Rojo)

El Sol 25 (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Dan Sabau (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Goons meditates and levitates (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Nice-One continues with his series of fantastic space ships (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Nice-One has suddenly appeared in many places in BK, including this large wall directly over a long running Lister (photo © Jaime Rojo)

A portrait on a postal mailing sticker in marker, cut out. Unknown (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Specter on a flash trip to Detroit managed to paint this stark black portrait on a boarded up building (photo © Specter)

Specter (photo © Specter)

Karma in the Chinatown section of Amsterdam (photo © Courtesy of the artist)

Karma in Amsterdam (photo © Courtesy of the artist)

Derek’s orginal photo of some stencils by Street Artist C215. Below are two re-interpretations of the boy stencil he made using Aperture. (photo © Derek Dipietro)

C215 (photo © Derek Dipietro)

C215 (photo © Derek Dipietro)

Dipietro’s original photo above and his re-interpretation of the image below. (photo © Derek Dipietro)

C215 (photo © Derek Dipietro)

Derek also sent this photo of a house he took in Santa Cruz, CA. By using the same process he used for the C215 images, the house is quickly transformed. © Derek Dipietro

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ROA had a brief stopover in Brooklyn from LA before returning home, and he had a moment to leave us a gift on the driveway gates at Factory Fresh in Bushwick (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Cash4, Egypt (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Katsu DestroyRebuild (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Alec does Twiggy, Andy, and Graffiti (photo © Jaime Rojo)

C215 with Monkeys (photo © Jaime Rojo)

KR at Monster Island (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Kouka (photo © Jaime Rojo)

NohjColey enters the street as a sculptor for the first time. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

A Holidays sentiment, and the case for Collective Consumption. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Here’s a nice lollipop. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

This WK Interact piece has been on this wall for a long time. This time I liked the late Autumn light and the play between the climber and the stair case shadows against the white wall. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

The mighty Samson has finished his mural in Bushwick (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Kid Zoom’s Bear and Hands currently on view at the Opera Gallery Pop Up Shop in The Meat Packing District of Manhattan (photo © Jaime Rojo)

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