Leif McIlwaine

Images of Week 06.14.09

June 15, 2009 Artists, Brooklyn, On the Street, Week in Images

Black Heart in the Sun (Bishop 203) (photo Steven P. Harrington)

Yo, check out the color! (JMR) (photo Jaime Rojo)

Department of Parks Pool Rules: No. 4: Please check that there is water before you dive into the pool. (Judith Supine) (photo Jaime Rojo)

Portrait of a barmaid. (Noah Sparkes and?) (photo Jaime Rojo)

Department of Parks Pool Rules: No. 7: Inspect pool for sharks (Shark Toof) (photo Jaime Rojo)

“Why you haven’t changed a BIT. You look just as good as when we graduated. How do you do it?” (Sol 25) (photo Jaime Rojo)

It's an upside down world we are living in. (Spector & Bishop203) (photo Jaime Rojo)

Waiting for something to fall out of your burrito (Tian) (photo Jaime Rojo)

Cracking a smile? (Veng RWK) (photo Jaime Rojo)

Hunny, there’s a bear on the roof! (Gaia) (photo Jaime Rojo)

A tribute, to say the least (Leif Mcllwaine) (photo Jaime Rojo)

Images of the Week 06.07.09

June 7, 2009 Artists, Brooklyn, NYC, On the Street

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

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

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

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

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

A needed Herakut (photo Jaime Rojo)

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

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

Nomade keeps good company (photo Jaime Rojo)

Roof Pork (Pork) (Photo Jaime Rojo)

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

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)

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

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 flies the friendly skies (photo Jaime Rojo)

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

A great dislocation (Hellbent) (photo Jaime Rojo)

Don’t Call it a Comeback

March 28, 2009 Artists, Events, NYC, Opening

Thursday night it was a true gathering of the tribes –

Old Skool, Art Skool, Graff Crews, Street Art, Hipsters, Hip-Hop, Electro, Blue-haired, Blue themes, Critics, Kids, Collabo’s, Lolitas, Lotharios, Murals, Markers, Canvasses, Cans, Wheatpaste, Stickers, Sculpture, and Script. This might just be what community looks like. Every where you turned, the senses were flooded, and cellphones and electronic gadgetry were revealed for what they lack in the competition for connectedness and D.I.Y. inspiration.

Surpassing many of the street art group shows of the past few years, this one was obviously very organic and full of love, rather than hype.

When Afrika Bambaataa and Soul Sonic Force finally picked up their mikes and Martha Cooper broke off from signing books with Henry Chalfant to expertly weave with her camera, the crowds’ momentum was already in full swing. No one can doubt that this scene, whatever label you care to give it, is on fire right now and the creative spirit is at work in the belly of the people.

Good luck tracking it’s trajectories.

Thanks to the Combine and the talented Jazz Beaulieu for the images below:

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Other shots from the show……

Royce Bannon

Super K8

Sabeth718

Luna Park

Becki Fuller

“Work To Do” is at 112 Greene Street in Soho, NYC, and runs through April 16.

More info – Endless Love Crew

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