Friday, 31 July 2009
CHRIS STAIN & ARMSROCK (BROOKLYN)
In preparation for their collaboration at Ad Hoc Gallery in Bushwick, Armsrock and Chris Stain sailed deep into the Brooklyn night not far from the huge Brooklyn Navy Yard, hoisting up ladders to put up a large mural stirring the contemplative inner currents of child's play entitled "I Know There Is Love", inspired by a Crass song of the same name. Using projections of their original work as well as improvised chalk drawings, the storytelling includes two tadpole-aged lads and a small harbor of imaginary vessels. In it one instantly escapes to a freer time of discovery when multiple dreams were easily set afloat. As if a reaction to the rough and salty seas of daily life in New York for many, the street artist co-captains hang a huge banner across the mast of this ship to announce that it is possible to right the bow and head toward hope. Summer 2009
Thursday, 30 July 2009
Hera From Herakut
Great piece from Nuart friend and regular Hera, here with Rusk from the Maclaim crew.
JOSÉ PARLA INTERVIEW
JOSÉ PARLA - STAGES PORTRAITS BY LA MJC from La MJC on Vimeo.
Terrific little interview on the Stages show with one of our all time favourite artists. Check his website here José Parla.
Tuesday, 28 July 2009
NEW BANKSY PRINT
Staying on the Banksy theme, a new print is up on picturesonwalls, you can register here until 12 noon (uk time) today for an opportunity to buy one. To avoid unscrupulous flipping, the print will be allocated to buyers through a lottery system. 299 prints of 2 colourways, pink and brown.
RONALD McDONALD AT BANKSY SHOW
Ronald McDonald makes an unscheduled stop high above the front entrance at the Banksy V's Bristol Museum show. Is that a bottle of whiskey we spy next to him ? now that's what we call a "happy meal" here a Nuart towers. Looking forward to shots of the crowd below chanting "jump, jump, jump !".
Sunday, 26 July 2009
TIME MAGS TOP TEN GUERILLA ARTISTS
Several friends make Time magazines top ten Guerrilla artist list, like all top ten's, not to be take too seriously, happy to see Graffiti Research Lab in there. Image above is of the fabulous sendamessage.nl. More info below. For the full list, go here
Graffiti-ing for Change
The barrier that separates Israel and the West Bank has become a controversial symbol of the centuries-old rift between the region's Jewish and Arab communities, but thanks to a trio of Dutch and Palestinian activists, it has become a canvas as well. In 2007, Faris Arouri, Yousef Nijim and Raji Najam launched SendAMessage.nl, a website that allows visitors to submit messages that the group will spray-paint on the wall for $40 a pop. (Words of hate or anti-Semitism are not allowed). So far, some 900 tidings have been added, including a 1.6-mile-long message by a South African anti-Apartheid activist and a falafel recipe.
Wednesday, 22 July 2009
KAWS INTERVIEW
At the occasion of Stages art show opening in Paris, La MJC had the chance to interview most of the artists. First chapter, a conversation with Brian Donnelly aka KAWS. Check the blog here
Tuesday, 21 July 2009
RACKGAKI : JAPANESE GRAFFITI
Terrific new film RackGaki - a book and dvd package courtesy of Studio Rarekwai and Laurence King Publishing. Check it here
Monday, 20 July 2009
NEW CHRIS STAIN PIECE 518 STYLE
Just received this great new image from friend and Nuart participant Chris Stain. Click on the image to enlarge. Check out his blog for more. Be sure to click on the "Love for Sale" button and see what's available.
Monday, 13 July 2009
NUART DECKS !
We still have a few full sets and individual decks as well as full print limited edition T-Shirts available at discount prices. Drop us a mail for more info: Nushit
NUART 09 : CALL FOR WALLS !
Ok, It's that time of year again. Nuart's 5th "Call for Walls". Although the city and the media's focus is generally on the static Nuart Exhibition, our main goal and focus has always been to get work on the streets. The exhibition basically working as a cultural alibi for us to hit up the city.
The annual "call for walls" has in the past given us some amazing legal spots where visiting artists have been able to take their time to produce some stunning pieces. Boats, Cars, Vans, Walls, Houses.. whatever, if you have a spot, we'd like to see and consider it.
Here's how it works. Take a photo of the spot/object along with the dimensions and location address and mail it to us here at Nuart. We'll compile a folder with all the details and send it out to visiting artists before they arrive. We can't guarantee that we'll use the space, this is up to the artists and depends on time, but as you can see from the images above, there's been some terrific work produced.
Mail.CALL FOR WALLS
SKEWVILLE, LOGAN HICK, CHRIS STAIN
Three of this years Nuart crew collaborate on a single piece. It's this collaborative spirit that we love so much about the Brooklyn Street Art scene, something we hope to invoke for this years Nuart.
Read the full interview here : Brooklyn Street Art
NEW JUDITH SUPINE
Amazing new Judith Supine work in Linden Brook sewer in Queens (after a swim through the east river). Can't wait to see what he gets up to in September here at Nuart.
From New Image Art
Sunday, 12 July 2009
BANKSY IN AFRICA !
Some beautiful new Banksy stencils just posted on his site, presumed to have done much earlier in the year.
Thursday, 9 July 2009
SPOTLIGHT ON : ELLIS GALLAGHER (BROOKLYN)
Thought we'd start a little series that focusses on a few of our favourite artists. First out in our new "Spotlight Series" is Brooklynite Ellis Gallagher.
ELLIS GALLAGHER
is a native New Yorker who creates chalk etchings of shadows of everyday, urban street objects. As a former graffiti writer, his work can be found in New York City and beyond, in Autograf: New York City’s Graffiti Writers by Peter Sutherland (Powerhouse Books 2004), as well as in numerous newspapers, magazines, on television and in films. Currently a Contemporary/Street Artist known as (C)ELLIS G., Gallagher’s work has appeared on the cover of Time Out New York, in the New York Daily News, The New York Times, New York Magazine, The Village Voice, The Brooklyn Paper, Mass Appeal Magazine, Artnet Magazine and many more.
Ellisgallagher.com
Ellisgallagher.com
Monday, 6 July 2009
NUART09 EXHIBITION SPACE
Very happy to announce that we've secured a great space for this years static show on the city harbor front. Skur 2 is a renovated dockside warehouse that was, until recently, home to the Transit Art Gallery. The external walls have been hit up numerous times by the Nuart crew, this year we move inside. We think this is as close as we can get to the actual spot that the ship "Restauration" left the dockside with the first Norwegian to New York settlers back in 1825. We thought it fitting that this years Brooklynite's arrived and worked at the same spot !
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