All posts tagged: REVS

Images of the Week 06.26.11

June 26, 2011 Artists

Our weekly interview with the street, this week featuring Anthony Sneed, El Mac, Elle, Goata, Joshua John, JR, Katsu, Leba, Obey, R. Robots, Retna, REVS, Reskew ACC.

Joshua John. Detail (photo © Jaime Rojo)

“The piece is called “Moon Mask” and it’s ink and acrylic on paper. The concept of the piece is based on the idea of revealing one’s true self and letting go of masks that blind us” Joshua John

Joshua John. Imminent Disaster old piece serves as a background for this beautifully rendered and hand painted wheat paste (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Joshua John. Detail (photo © Jaime Rojo)

French artist and Ted Prize winner JR on the Houston Street wall. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Obey…interrupted. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

R. Robots (photo © Jaime Rojo)

R.Robots (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Leba at the Fringe Show in LA (photo © Carlos Gonzalez)

Elle and Goata (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Elle (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Revs…here today… (photo © Jaime Rojo)

…gone tomorrow:-( (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Katsu (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Retna and El Mac in LA (photo © Carlos Gonzalez)

Unknow. Reskew ACC (Thank you Luna Park) Tag painted on wood and then screwed into the wall (photo © Jaime Rojo)

After a bit of power washing, this wall was cleared of any remnants of Nick Walker, Lister, and Goons to make way for the abstract minimalism of Anthony Sneed (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Photo © Jaime Rojo (No worries. These two baby birds didn’t end up on the dinner table of a rat. A kind New Yorker scooped them up to nurture them at her home until they learn how to fly)

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Getting High on Public Space: Old Rollers and Urban Planning

June 23, 2011 Artists, Features, Manhattan, NYC, On the Street

Seen from the perch of the Highline, surrounded by a carefully curated urban wilderbush and postmodern biosculpture, the boisterous cacophony of the honking screeching streets below fades into a minimalist Phillip Glass plain, peppered with sharpened and sweet Sufjan Stevens sonnets and Nina Simone longings. Sometimes NYC is best viewed and enjoyed from its high points. Most of the city is up here anyway.

Revs and Cost. This tag by these legendary duo echoes despite power washing (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Summer streets are a swirling gritty brew of culture and commerce, happenings and happenstance. To have the opportunity to go to heaven without leaving earth or NYC for that matter is what a well designed public space like the Highline is successful at. Of course it took years of fostering, finagling, financing. A melding of vision and vitriol, the outcome has been an astounding urban oasis. Opened in June of 2009 it has been an instant success, attracting thousands daily.

Ceptr (photo © Jaime Rojo)

A once abandoned carcass winding through this lower west side swath of Manhattan, the reclaimed former elevated freight railroad once connected factories and warehouses. Unused for nearly 30 years except by youthful graffiti artists and couples in love, it has debuted as on open pedestrian thoroughfare, a private and public place for citizenry, born from the vision of people and planners. As the second section opened last week the talents of so many are on display : architects, landscape designers, furniture designers, lighting designers and engineers all continue to work on its development (a 3^rd phase is in the works) exhausting the limits of their talents and imagination to make this urban gem; a work of art in a city famous for being a difficult place to make things happen.

Photo © Jaime Rojo

Here is a taste of the visual experience on the new section and some of the neighborhood it rises above and amidst; Blending the architecture with a bit of archeology, you can see old graffiti that was on the walls of the buildings next to it. It ads relevance, and interestingly, a sense of history, complimented by new commissioned public art installed along the park’s pathways and today’s Street Art below. Despite efforts to pressure wash some of these burners and rollers, one can still appreciate the outlines of the tags and the remnants of the paint on the brick walls; strains of an eroded and beautiful decay rising from the orchestra.

Photo © Jaime Rojo

A view of the old rail tracks and the possible future Section 3 (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Sarah Sze. An installation entitled “Still Life With Landscape (Model for Habitat)” Photo © Jaime Rojo

Ms. Sze’s sculpture is for birds, butterflies and insects wtih perches, feeding spots and birdbaths. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Sarah Sze. Animal dwellings against the backdrop of their fellow human dwellings (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Photo © Jaime Rojo

An old Skullphone wheat paste (photo © Jaime Rojo)

The Park has been successful for business below with some new impresarios bringing amusements for children and adults (next to these balloons there is the beer garden). (photo © Jaime Rojo)

The view looking south (photo © Jaime Rojo)

The view looking East (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Gaia installed this piece right below the park on the 20th St. entrance (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Kenny Scharf right below the park near the 30th Street entrance (photo © Jaime Rojo)

For information about The High Line Park click on the link beow:

http://www.thehighline.org/

Red Hot and Street: “Art in the Streets” Brings Fire to MOCA

April 15, 2011 Artists, California, Events, Little Tokyo, Los Angeles, Museum, Opening

Banksy’s Reliquary (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Yes, Banksy is here. The giant “Art in the Streets” show opening this weekend at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles gives a patch of real estate to the international man of mystery who has contributed greatly to the worldwide profile of this soon to be, maybe already, mainstream phenomenon known as street art. A smattering of his pranksterism is an absolute must for any show staking claim to the mantle of comprehensive survey and an excellent way to garner attention. But “Streets” gets it’s momentum by presenting a multi-torch colorful and explosive people’s history that began way before Banksy was born and likely will continue for a while after.

Os Gemeos Untitled. Detail (photo © Jaime Rojo)

To continue reading about this exhibition go to The Huffington Post ARTS by clicking on the link after the image below.

Direct link to article on HuffPost Arts

Images of the Week 04.10.11

April 10, 2011 Artists, Brooklyn, NYC, On the Street, Queens

Here’s our weekly interview with the street, this week featuring Bast, ChrisRWK, Creepy, ECB, OverUnder, Peeta, Ress Arts, REVS, RID, RWK, VengRWK, and YOK.

Veng of RWK, Overunder and Chris of RWK new wall in progress. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Veng and Chris from RWK gathered their paint tools and called a couple of their friends over to hang out and paint on their spot in Bushwick, BK. The results have been like chocolate and peanut butter together – you are not sure how it works, but it does. Overunder, ECB, Peeta and Never collaborated on this brand new wall, still in progress.

Sorry, baby, not tonight. Can’t you see I’ve got a lot on my mind? Veng of RWK and Overunder. Detail. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Hello, I’m looking for da right kitchen. OverUnder re-creates pull-down grates commonly seen around the city after businesses close for the night, or because of the recession. After arranging them in a cluster, graffiti tags and pieces are applied in a mind-twisting reinvention with random human limbs sprouting out. We’re not smart enough to know what he’s getting at, and Veng’s character is keeping tight lipped about it. Veng of RWK and Overunder. Detail. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Chris of RWK (in progress), Peeta and Overunder (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Never and Peeta (photo © Jaime Rojo)

ECB brings on the parade of mournfully serious men (photo © Jaime Rojo)

ECB. Detail. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Manny the Buddah mechanic in the urban brush. Still Life with a plaster sculpture (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Nothing that a coat of paint couldn’t help. We had previously published this REVS sculpture but someone gave it a new fresh coat of paint for the spring. REVS is looking pretty sharp and full of hope these days. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Just thought I’d chair my feelings with you. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

An Aussie collab in 5Ptz with Yok and Creepy (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Yok. Detail (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Creepy. Detail (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Parts of 5 Pointz have gotten slap happy. Notice the large sticker robot made of stickers by RID. The plea to “Save 5 Ptz” refers to this hallowed block-long spot that is slated for development by it’s owner. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Phun Phactory’s new walls in North Williamsburg. Detail. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Ress Arts (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Veng RWK is the friendly face of the new headquarters of Curbs & Stoops (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Bast has game (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Your Billboard Has Been Adjusted: Desire Obtain Cherish

March 16, 2011 Artists, California, Los Angeles, On the Street

Billboard Hijack in Hollywood

With projections and QR codes capturing the fancy of the out of door advertising world, it’s kind of retro to see subtle repurposing of messaging via good old wheatpaste and paint. In the tradition of Billboard Liberation Front, (a collective old enough to be their parents probably), LA Street Art collective Desire Obtain Cherish did a bit of message adjusting recently that actually ran for weeks in Los Angeles. Rather than culture jamming or anti-corporate messaging in an activist vein however, the billboard features their name – in effect making one ad into another.

Relative Street Art startups, the DOC have been outdoor wallpapering with blocked bold lettered black and white wheat pastes a la Revs/COST, a Marilyn wigged gas-masked militia officer, and staged public “installations” roped off on the street with branded police tape. This custom color-matched billboard takeover is just the kind of work that makes advertisers nervous because of it’s subtlety. As street art and advertising techniques continue to go mainstream and become arrows in the quivers of a generation of artists, it’s going to be even more confounding to know what the message really is, and who it’s from.

Desire Obtain Cherish

All images copyright Desire Obtain Cherish

Images Of The Week 11.07.10

November 7, 2010 Artists, Brooklyn, Manhattan, new york, NYC, On the Street

Our Weekly Interview with the street, this week featuring Chelsea Girl, ECB, Faile, Frog, Radical!, REVS, Think Fly, and Tono

Revs continues to get up. (Photo © Jaime Rojo)

Faile in the gallery (Photo © Jaime Rojo)

Faile. (Photo © Jaime Rojo)

This richly textured wall is in continuous transition. Here’s a Chelsea Girl with a camera (Photo © Jaime Rojo)

Urban Fossil “Frog Upside down” (Photo © Jaime Rojo)

Faile “Brighton Beach Ave” (Photo © Jaime Rojo)

Glass reflection (Photo © Jaime Rojo)

Radical! does a tribute to The Situation. (Photo © Jaime Rojo)

ECB (Photo © Jaime Rojo)

Think Fly (Photo © Jaime Rojo)

“I’m just a booty star”; Tono’s homage to Richard Pryor (Photo © Jaime Rojo)

Faile (Photo © Jaime Rojo)

Images of the Week 05.09.10 on BSA

May 9, 2010 Artists, NYC, On the Street

Our weekly interview with the street, this week featuring:Urban Arts Projects, Swoon, REVS, Dolk, General Howe, QRST, Shepard Fairey, Nomade

A newly painted REVS “Super Sport” (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Swoon’s “Konbit Shelter” sculpture in the East River Park in Williamsburg, Brooklyn to raise awareness for her building project in Haiti. The installation was presented in conjunction with the Urban Arts Projects.

SWOON (photo © Jaime Rojo)

“The Boxer” by Dolk (photo © Jaime Rojo)

General Howe (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Nomade (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Hi my name is Norm and this is Rex. We like to go for walks over to the park and visit with our other dog friends. (QRST) (photo © Jaime Rojo)

General Howe (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Shepard Fairey (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Images of The Week 04.18.10

April 18, 2010 Artists, On the Street

Our weekly interview with the street, this week featuring Aakash Nihalani, Jaime Rojo, REVS, Banksy, Celso, Woodward Gallery, El Sol 25, Veng (RWK), QRST, Emma, Lattice Crow,

A geometric box flower blooms for 70’s power rock. (Aakash Nihalani) (photo © Jaime Rojo)

REVS is in the soup. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Could this be Bansky checking out the poster for his “documentary”? YOU decide what the truth is. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

See the BSA review of “Exit Through the Gift Shop”

Celso pays homage to a Modern Master at Woodward Gallery’s outside installation (photo © Jaime Rojo)

“I give up. How many times do I have to tell you: Don’t leave your shoes outside!” (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Edwin Von Hopper strains to remember the rules about mixing stripes with plaid. (El Sol 25) (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Veng RWK (photo © Jaime Rojo)

QRST (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Emma has beef on her face (Emma, Buildmore (?)) (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Lattice Crow with Sword (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Fool in Love, yeah (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Images of Week 02.28.10

February 28, 2010 Artists, Brooklyn, BSA Images Of The Week, Manhattan, NYC, On the Street, Week in Images

Last Day of FEBRUARY! Make Snowmen while you still can!

One of the original displays of public/urban/street art – the Snowman (photo ©Jaime Rojo)

For the most part winter can be a bit barren of new street art in New York. But these days the street art explosion continues no matter what the weather! Despite the crushing snow and black ice, BSA’s Images of Week keeps finding new stuff. This week’s crop includes a new-for-us REVS and a bunch of El Sol 25 with HAND PAINTED surrealist paper collages. Enjoy!

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Where’s your REVS? Sculpture is HOT!

February 24, 2010 Artists, Auction

THE TEN MOST EXPENSIVE PIECES OF ART EVER SOLD

You would think that the current doldrums with bear markets worldwide, discussions of entire countries in imminent bankruptcy, the banker-induced housing crisis here and unemployment rolls hitting record heights, the appetite for buying art might have dried up. Um, nope.

Apparently for art collectors with big pockets, a keen eye, and good intuition there’s no such a thing as a recession. Art continues to be made, bought and sold regardless of the economic environment, if the recent record sale of Alberto Giacometti’s “Walking Man I” for a whopping $104.3 was any indication. It was the most expensive artwork ever sold at an auction.

The 1961 “L’Homme Qui Marche I,” a life-size sculpture of walking human figure is 72 inches (183 centimeters) tall. According to Sotheby’s auction house, it “represents the pinnacle of Giacometti’s experimentation with the human form” and is “both a humble image of an ordinary man, and a potent symbol of humanity,”

Here’s a chart of the ten most expensive pieces of art ever sold throughout booming economies, bull markets and financial crisis regardless.

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Image Courtesy of GOOD

Year In Images 2009 from Jaime Rojo

January 2, 2010 Artists

Street Art photographer Jaime Rojo captured a few thousand images in 2009 to help document the wildly growing Street Art scene in New York.

A veteran of 10 years shooting the streets of New York, Rojo has amassed a collection of images that capture the scene with the appreciation of an artist. To celebrate the creative spirit that is alive and well on the streets of New York, this slide video gives a taste of what happened in ‘09, without pretending to present the whole scene or all the artists, known and anonymous, who add to the ongoing conversation.

Included in this collection of images (in no particular order) are pieces by Skewville, Specter, The Dude Company, Judith Supine, C215, WK Interact, Anthony Lister, Miss Bugs, Bast, Chris from Robots Will Kill (RWK), Os Gemeos, Cake, Celso, Imminent Disaster, Mark Cavalho, NohJ Coley, Elbow Toe, Feral, Poster Boy, Bishop203, Jon Burgerman, Royce Bannon, Damon Ginandes, Conor Harrington, Gaia, JC2, Logan Hicks, Chris Stain, Armsrock, Veng from Robots Will Kill (RWK), Noah Sparkes, Robots Will Kill, Heracut, Billy Mode, Revs, Skullphone, Spazmat, Mint and Serf, Roa, Aakash Nihilani, Broken Crow, Peru Ana Ana Peru, & Cern

Images of Week 12.13.09

December 13, 2009 Artists

Our weekly interview with the streets.

It’s a Faile Christmas. The Faile Collective found their stolen Prayer Wheel, painted it white, and now re-painted it for Christmas (photo ©Jaime Rojo)

“Yow-sah! Did you see those furry boots on her?” “I know! …But are you sure those were boots?” (Invader and Stikman) (photo ©Jaime Rojo)

Oh, I don’t know, Doc, I just can’t concentrate. It’s like all my thoughts go straight and then turn at sharp angels and radiate — I don’t know, it’s hard to describe. (Over Under) (photo ©Jaime Rojo)

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