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

March 27, 2010

Street Art New York at Factory Fresh
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“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!

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Street Signals 10.03.09

October 3, 2009 , , , ,

Street Signals -News Off the Wires from Brooklyn Street Art

Madonna’s Latest Released this Week with new cover artwork by Street Artist Mr. Brainwash (MBW)

Cover art by MBW for a re-packaged collection of songs.

Cover art by MBW for a re-packaged collection of songs.

Calling it a collection of music that “changed the world”, McDonna uses the the energy and irony of real world street art splatter to re-face past hits. The 3rd greatest hits collection appropriates street artist MBW’s recent campaign of Andy Warhol “Marilyn”-inspired large pasteups which appeared on New York streets this spring and summer.

A 19 year old image of the performer during the height of her popularity is photoshopped inside the 1967 image of pop artist Andy Warhol’s silkscreened series of Marilyn Monroe.  Warhol had appropriated a publicity photo of Monroe for the 1953 movie “Niagara”, revolutionizing the art world by employing a mass-production technique that simultaneously cheapened the image and canonized it.

MBW pieces this spring in New York featured Madonna and Angelina Jolie-like faces inside a Marilyn Monroe hairdo (photo Jaime Rojo)
MBW pieces this spring in New York featured Madonna and Angelina Jolie-like faces inside a Marilyn Monroe hairdo (photo Jaime Rojo)

In his own satiric twist on the modern icons of celebrity culture, the French street artist had similarly placed competitors for the Marilyn throne such as Britney Spears and Angelina Jolie alongside others clearly not in the running such as Larry King and Leonard Nimoy.  The large scale of the pieces drove home the comedic effect and simultaneously elevated and parodied the meek contributions of pop fame.

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Quick Reader Technology: Deal directly from the gallery on the Streets with your iPhone

Will this knock out the bricks and mortar gallery middleman?

Example QR Code

In a development in Street Art that may have ramifications previously unthinkable, some online re-sellers of street art are testing QR two-dimensional codes that can be read by your cell phonte as a way of connecting with your favorite street artist’s work. A two-dimensional bar code (like the one above) is intended to contain information which can be scanned quickly and easily by electronic devices.

Street Art Dealer is one of the first online re-sellers (but not the last) to use QR technology.

Of course this will not stop taggers from going over the little QR code carefully placed on or near your piece, and it may make it easier to track you down by law enforcement if your work is illegal, so no one expects a fool-proof employment of this technology.  But imagine going on a gallery-of-the streets tour with your headphones on, listening to an online tour that is triggered by scanning the QR code.  Or imagine doing some holiday shopping and never walking into a store.

Using your phone and a QR reading software, you could find out where to see Dain's show! (image Steven P. Harrington)
Using just your phone you could get an artist bio, price list, a GPS map to see more examples at a gallery, order a piece directly… (image Steven P. Harrington)

In London, street artists C6 and Steal From Work have already begun testing the idea. This innovative use of QR code technology was be showcased during an exhibition on the streets of Bristol in July.  Read more HERE.
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Rain for Dain but everything is Copesetic: Brooklynite Gallery opens with first Solo Show of Street Artist Dain

September 14, 2009 , , ,
Funny sculpture of a street sign overhangs the entrance to Brooklynite Gallery (photo Jaime Rojo)

Funny sculpture of a street sign overhangs the entrance to Brooklynite Gallery (photo Jaime Rojo)

The dance floor was wet, some of the work in the back yard had to come off the walls to protect it, but the orchestra played “In the Mood” brightly and the guests gamely took a twirl for the fun of it at street artist Dain’s first solo show of his fine art at Brooklynite Gallery .

Umbrellas on the dance floor (photo Steven P. Harrington)
Umbrellas on the dance floor (photo Steven P. Harrington)

Saturday’s show hinged itself on the theme of 1940’s glamour in old Brooklyn, and the gallery was quite literally transformed into a middle class apartment with flourishes and pitch-perfect detail enough to make you think that maybe it always looks like this.

(image Steven P. Harrington)

(image Steven P. Harrington)

The work showed a graduated movement forward by the artist from his street art work, with greater layering and collaging, finer detail, thoughtful splattering of color, and a thick coat of lacquer. Despite the weather, the mood inside Brooklynite was warm, congenial, and celebratory.

(photo Steven P. Harrington)
(photo Steven P. Harrington)

Smaller works were framed like photos and hung salon style in a family room manner (photo Steven P. Harrington)
Smaller works were framed like photos and hung salon style in a family room corner (photo Steven P. Harrington)

(photo Steven P. Harrington)
(photo Steven P. Harrington)

(photo Steven P. Harrington)

(photo Steven P. Harrington)

And the band played on (photo Jaime Rojo)
And the band played on (photo Jaime Rojo)

The captain ran a tight ship with her watchful eye all night. (photo Jaime Rojo)
The captain ran a tight ship with her watchful eye all night. (photo Jaime Rojo)

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My Name is Dain, Everything is Copasetic

September 11, 2009
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Rose Alba Caruso, the aunt of Anthony from WhiskeyGoneBad, in Boro Park Brooklyn, 1947 (family photo) (links below)

When people get nostalgic for a time period, it’s usually for the era when they were kids or teens. Boomers have the Beatles, Gen X’ers have the Clash, Y’ers have Biggie, Millenials have …….. Guitar Hero?  Anyway, who do you know that is nostalgic for Benny Goodman?  Me either.

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Ready for the big show? (courtesy of Brooklynite Gallery)

In his first solo gallery show, DAIN has fixated on figures and fashions and the formality of a time when Swing was King and he’s installing it throughout Brooklynite Gallery for this Saturday. In fact, there will be a 12-piece orchestra. So it’s Brooklyn Night at Brooklynite, 65 years ago.

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A new Liz (DAIN) (courtesy of Brooklynite Gallery)

“The work for the show manages to tell stories from 1940’s. Fun times, glamorous times, working class people, Brooklyn and specifically Coney Island,” says Rae McGrath, owner of Brooklynite Gallery with his wife Hope.  Makes me think of Italian Ices, Devildogs, Drakes Cakes, Hot Dogs, Potato Knishes, Pickles.

The street artist DAIN has been spinning these 33 1/3 long-plays for a while on the street now too, with colorized glamour shots of movie queens like Betty Davis and Audry Hepburn. More recently he’s been breathing life into black and white portraits of “everyday” men and women with sensible getups and nifty haircuts and a year like “1943” painted on them in a shakey hand.  It’s almost like Dain wants you to be nostalgic for a time very few of us knew.

Dain 1943

Dain 1943 (photo Jaime Rojo)

Looking at the signposts of the era that followed a long depression in the country does cause comparisons and some longing. There was a certain feeling of connectedness in a homogenized society that had been engendered by common economic suffering during the Depression, utter distrust of the banks, and an all consuming world war. Post-Depression, Post-War government worked hard to establish stability and growth through investment in a solid middle class; education (the GI Bill), health care (the dawn of Social Security), employment (the Work Projects Administration; WPA), a booming economy, a chicken in every pot…. I’m nostalgic already.  But before we clamour for glamour of our nostalgic view, we remember that African Americans were conspicuously annexed from large swaths of the booming new era, as were a host of others who weren’t white, heterosexual, and religious…

altar Ready for the big show? (courtesy of Brooklynite Gallery)

An Altarred First Communion? (DAIN) (courtesy of Brooklynite Gallery)

Looking at Dain’s new work, we’re reminded that people used to be modest in their appearance, and it looked kind of cute too. Modesty that is attractive in a reassuring sort of way, and if you let your mind wander, it smolders beneath.  Unlike the rockers of the 50’s and hippies of the 60’s, there isn’t shock value for it’s own sake. Walking up Bedford Avenue in Wiliamsburg on a Saturday night you can see a newfound romance for this tamed form of expression, as long as we can still have our “D.I.Y.” take on the subject and equality across the board is in full effect.  Dain is feelin’ it, and it’s making a certain sense.

(courtesy of Brooklynite Gallery)

A beautiful day at Coney Island from DAIN (courtesy of Brooklynite Gallery)

The gallery opening and show bring home some of the Brooklyn 1940’s, and the space has never been so fully utilized to evoke a theme.  Rae says, “the installation and redesign for this exhibition is the biggest undertaking the gallery has done to date. Working closely alongside DAIN we have managed to really bring out his vision for the look and feel of the 1940’s.”

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(DAIN) (Brooklynite Gallery)

Photo of Rose Alba Caruso, and more information about WhiskeyGoneBad can be found here.

COPASETIC – DAIN at Brooklynite September 12 – October 10, 2009

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DAIN at Brooklynite Gallery: “Copasetic”

August 19, 2009 , ,

This just in over the teletype wires….

Brooklyn born Street Artist Dain is hitting Brooklynite Gallery September 12 to revisit a time when socialism in America was WELCOMED via government work programs, the G.I. Bill, and Social Security.  Now, during a national healthcare debate when such inexplicable, intractable ignorance is on display  about the true nature of representative government, DAIN is doing his part aesthetically to usher in an era of social responsibility and community connectedness.

Dain 1943
Dain 1943 (photo Jaime Rojo)

His black and white portraits of everyday working men and women from 65 years ago have been rearing their coiffed heads all over the streets this spring and summer, usually with a pastel painted background and selected garment features highlighted in a nod to Warholian oversplash.

Describing the work of Dain, Brooklynite says, “Infusing the glamour and glitz of the 1940’s together with a Brooklyn working class edge, he seeks to turn  back the hands of time— Even if we were never there before.”

A usual phenomenon, street artists are a societal crystal ball.

Dain! There's something in mah ahh! (Dain) (photo Jaime Rojo)
Dain! There’s somethin’ in mah ahh! (photo Jaime Rojo)

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DAIN
“COPASETIC”
SEPTEMBER 12 – OCTOBER 10


OPENING RECEPTION SEPTEMBER 12,
7-10PM EASTERN (19:00 UK) SPECIAL MUSICAL GUEST:
BIG BAND SWING MACHINE

Brooklynite Gallery
334 Malcolm X Blvd.
Brooklyn, NY 11233
ph. 347-405-5976
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“Copasetic” DAIN takes us to the 1940’s this fall at Brooklynite

August 19, 2009 , , , ,

This just in over the teletype wires….

Brooklyn born Street Artist Dain is hitting Brooklynite Gallery September 12 to revisit a time when socialism in America was WELCOMED via government work programs, the G.I. Bill, and Social Security.  Now, during a national healthcare debate when such inexplicable, intractable ignorance is on display  about the true nature of representative government, DAIN is doing his part aesthetically to usher in an era of social responsibility and community connectedness.

Dain 1943
Dain 1943 (photo Jaime Rojo)

His black and white portraits of everyday working men and women from 65 years ago have been rearing their coiffed heads all over the streets this spring and summer, usually with a pastel painted background and selected garment features highlighted in a nod to Warholian oversplash.

Describing the work of Dain, Brooklynite says, “Infusing the glamour and glitz of the 1940’s together with a Brooklyn working class edge, he seeks to turn  back the hands of time— Even if we were never there before.”

A usual phenomenon, street artists are a societal crystal ball.

Dain! There's something in mah ahh! (Dain) (photo Jaime Rojo)
Dain! There’s somethin’ in mah ahh! (photo Jaime Rojo)

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DAIN
“COPASETIC”
SEPTEMBER 12 – OCTOBER 10


OPENING RECEPTION SEPTEMBER 12,
7-10PM EASTERN (19:00 UK) SPECIAL MUSICAL GUEST:
BIG BAND SWING MACHINE

Brooklynite Gallery
334 Malcolm X Blvd.
Brooklyn, NY 11233
ph. 347-405-5976
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Images of Week 08.02.09

Images of Week 08.02.09

August 2, 2009 , , ,

Our Weekly Interview With the Streets

Akash Nihalani
Ripoff, Isoceles (Akash Nihalani) (photo Jaime Rojo

Dain 1943
Serious thug back in da day (Dain 1943)  (photo Jaime Rojo)

Dissed Art
Parrot Flame Thrower Dissed  (photo Jaime Rojo)

El Sol 25
Honey I decide to put on a quilt, light up, and get off the grid! (El Sol 25, N.Y.D.F. ) (photo Jaime Rojo)

Gallerie D' BQE
Gallerie D’ BQE  (photo Jaime Rojo)

Gallerie D' BQE
Installlation (Gallerie D’BQE)  (photo Jaime Rojo)

KNF
Strong images speak for themselves (KNF)  (photo Jaime Rojo)

Lady Trapeeze
Lady Trapeeze  (photo Jaime Rojo)

OHM
The headmistress hurriedly rushed to the choking child to provide resuscitation (OHM) (photo Jaime Rojo)

Peru Ana Peru
A thin filmstrip from Peru Ana Peru  (photo Jaime Rojo)

Please Do Not Forget Me
Please Do Not Forget Me (photo Jaime Rojo)

REVS
REVS (photo Jaime Rojo)

Smile
Smile (photo Jaime Rojo)

Space Invader
Space Invader (photo Jaime Rojo)

Elbow Toe and OHM
Elbow Toe and OHM (photo Jaime Rojo)

OHM
OHM (photo Jaime Rojo)

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Cash Cow (Gaia) (photo Jaime Rojo)

Revs
Revs (photo Jaime Rojo)

Revs
Revs (photo Jaime Rojo)

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Images of Week 06.28.09

Images of Week 06.28.09

June 29, 2009 , ,

Dain Cahbasm
Always on my mind. (Dain, Cahbasm) (photo Jaime Rojo)

Dick Chicken
Dick Chicken (photo Jaime Rojo)

Ellis G
Another untimely and senseless bicycle murder (Ellis G) (photo Jaime Rojo)

Momo
Great color matching! (Momo) (photo Jaime Rojo)

Momo
Momo (photo Jaime Rojo)

Momo
Isocoles below sea level (Momo) (photo Jaime Rojo)

Peru Ana Peru
Fiddler on the Door. (Peru Ana Peru and ?) (photo Jaime Rojo)

Pink Flamingo W Fish
(Pink Flamingo w Fish) (photo Jaime Rojo)

Ellis G
Ellis G And Dr. Wundt (photo Jaime Rojo)

Momo
Momo (photo Jaime Rojo)

Alien Nation
Illegal? (Alien Nation) (photo Jaime Rojo)

Chris Stain
Chris Stain (photo Jaime Rojo)

Chris Stain
Chris Stain (photo Jaime Rojo)

Kosbe
A lot of problems (Kosbe) (photo Jaime Rojo)

QRST
Conferring friends (QRST) (photo Jaime Rojo)

Skeville
Don’t believe it (Skewville) (photo Jaime Rojo)

Judith Supine. Who left the cage open?
Who left the cage open? (Judith Supine) (photo Jaime Rojo)

SweetToofmobile
And the winner is… the SweetToofmobile (Sweet Toof) (photo Jaime Rojo)

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Images of the Week 06.07.09

June 7, 2009 , , ,
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Summer Action Adventure Staycation (Aakash Nihalani, Poster Boy) (photo Jaime Rojo)

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Fitful growths of irregularity (Pork) (photo Jaime Rojo)

Aakash

Less boxy, more planular (I made up that word), Mr. Nihalani is experimenting with new abstractions. (Aakash Nihalani) (photo Jaime Rojo)

General Howe

On the lookout for incoming battalions of duncery approaching in their cargo shorts and Abercrombie t-shirts (General Howe) (photo Jaime Rojo)

Hellbent

Hey everybody! Come look at this new Jack Black movie! I won't bite, promise (Hellbent) (photo Jaime Rojo)

Herakut

A needed Herakut (photo Jaime Rojo)

KH1

Boy, the way Glenn Miller played.... (KH1) (photo Jaime Rojo)

Nine Flies

Its a Revolution! (Nine Flies) (photo Jaime Rojo)

Nomade keeps good company

Nomade keeps good company (photo Jaime Rojo)

Roof top art

Roof Pork (Pork) (Photo Jaime Rojo)

Space Invader

Which way? I'm always getting lost in this part of town. (Space Invader) (photo Jaime Rojo)

Sexy Blossoms

Sexy Blossoms of Wisteria only this time of year (photo Jaime Rojo)

Akash Nihalani Poster Boy Passenger Pigeon

Akash Nihalani, Poster Boy, and Passenger Pigeon become far out and psychedelic (photo Jaime Rojo)

Dein

Welcome back to the hideout (Dain) (photo Jaime Rojo)

Leif Mcllwaine EllisG

These beer-swilling men, they're all flat and grey to me. I need someone with excitement, know what I mean? (EllisG, Leif Mcllwaine) (photo Jaime Rojo)

Shark Toof

Shark Toof flies the friendly skies (photo Jaime Rojo)

Unknown

Sometimes we have no idea what is on the wall. One of the many mysteries of the street art scene. (photo Jaime Rojo)

Hellbent

A great dislocation (Hellbent) (photo Jaime Rojo)

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Images of the Week 05.31.09

Images of the Week 05.31.09

May 30, 2009 , , , ,

(photo Jaime Rojo)
Die young, stay pretty. (Shin Shin, Billi Kid) (photo Jaime Rojo)

Chris Stain (photo Jaime Rojo)
Yo, he barely cleared that post. That was close! (Chris Stain) (photo Jaime Rojo)

(photo Jaime Rojo) crosby street
Crosby Street (photo Jaime Rojo)

Dain! There's something in mah ahh! (Dain) (photo Jaime Rojo)
Dain! There’s somethin’ in mah ahh!  (Dain) (photo Jaime Rojo)

(Dan Witz) (photo Jaime Rojo)
Okay, I’m going to need to see some I.D. (Dan Witz) (photo Jaime Rojo)

Oh hi (photo Jaime Rojo)
Oh hi, no I’m just looking for my contact.  I dropped it over here someplace. (photo Jaime Rojo)

Imminent Disaster (photo Jaime Rojo)
Help us out with this one if you know the name/s (Imminent Disaster) (photo Jaime Rojo)

(Mussolini) (photo Jaime Rojo)

Mussolini. The original Che (photo Jaime Rojo)

(Nobody) (photo Jaime Rojo)
Incredible new colorful sculpture by Nobody. (photo Jaime Rojo)

NYDF (photo Jaime Rojo)
Another ingenious merging of the two cities. (NYDF) (photo Jaime Rojo)

(passenger pigeon) (photo Jaime Rojo)
(Passenger Pigeon) (photo Jaime Rojo)

Peru Ana (photo Jaime Rojo)
Blowing bubbles or smoking a pipe? (Peru Ana Ana Peru) (photo Jaime Rojo)

(Tazzmat) (photo Jaime Rojo)
(Red Nose Tazzmat) (photo Jaime Rojo)

(Tian) (photo Jaime Rojo)
You mention my multicolored bike and I’ll punch your lights out. (Tian) (photo Jaime Rojo)

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Elusive Dain grants interview

May 29, 2009 , ,

Big ups to Brooklynite Gallery for getting this exclusive interview with Brooklyn street artist Dain, who has been rockin’ the starlet/portrait pasteups since before Swoon and Supine were playing with those little rounded kiddie scissors and Elmer’s glue, ya’ll.

Dudes’ been mixing wheatpaste since street artists had to make it out of mashed potatoes. This inside look at his home and studio reveals the process, the plain-spoken perspective, and it puts the pox on all those poseurs who are puttin up putrid pink powder-puff pusilanimy today.  Period.


Master Dain does iconic Audry. (copyright ) Charlie Cravero

 

Dain on Mulberry St.

Dain frequently draws upon images from his childhood. (photo credit: Noah Sussman)

Noah Sussman

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Old Skool Dain from back in the day. (photo credit: Petroleum Jelliffe)

Petroleum Jelliffe

On Driggs

Brooklyn Dain goes hard. (photo credit: Hrag Vartanian)

Hrag Vartanian



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Week in Images 05.10.09

Week in Images 05.10.09

May 11, 2009 ,
Manhandling peace (bird of peace) (photo Jaime Rojo)

Let it go. (bird of peace) (photo Jaime Rojo)

Cake (photo Jaime Rojo)

Helpfully labelled Cake (photo Jaime Rojo)

Nice Hat! (Cake) (photo Jaime Rojo)

Nice Hat! (Cake) (photo Jaime Rojo)

Data rock silver heart (Chris Uphues) (photo Jaime Rojo)

Data rock silver heart (Chris Uphues) (photo Jaime Rojo)

Dain (photo Jaime Rojo)

Dain! I got a toof-ache! (photo Jaime Rojo)

(Dain) (photo Jaime Rojo)

Come a little closer so I kin git a good look at cha. (Dain) (photo Jaime Rojo)

Fauxreel (photo Jaime Rojo)

Fauxreel (photo Jaime Rojo)

These Keith Hernandez pieces may be promoting an indie documentary (not sure), but they are pretty funny and straddle the edge of advertising and street art.  But then, what doesn’t?

Everybody say Cheese. (I'm Keith Hernandez) (photo Jaime Rojo)

Everybody say Cheese. (I'm Keith Hernandez) (photo Jaime Rojo)

Ronnie talk to Keith! (I'm Keith Hernandez) (photo Jaime Rojo)

Ronnie talk to Keith! (I'm Keith Hernandez) (photo Jaime Rojo)

Under his Ever Watchful Gaze (I'm Keith Hernandez) (photo Jaime Rojo)

Under his Ever Watchful Gaze (I'm Keith Hernandez) (photo Jaime Rojo)

passenger

(Passenger Pigeon) (photo Jaime Rojo)

smile

Smile, when you're feeling lonely. (Smile) (photo Jaime Rojo)

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