Friday, 30 April 2010
T.WAT "HUNG PARLIAMENT"
Loving this new piece from rising Uk stencil don T.Wat. Had the pleasure of bombing through Palestine in a beaten up taxi with T.Wat not too many years back. Good days.
More from T.Wat here
BANKSY FOR TURNER PRIZE-MAYBE
Who should be nominated for the 2010 Turner prize?
Last year I wrote that Banksy should make the Turner shortlist – with no standout candidates for 2010, have things changed? asks the Guardian's Art Critic Jonathon Jones.
Last year I wrote that Banksy should make the Turner shortlist – with no standout candidates for 2010, have things changed? asks the Guardian's Art Critic Jonathon Jones.
Well yes, both The Bristol Museum Show and Exit Through the Gift Shop have eclipsed all UK art events in the past 12 months. As Jones says, It's a no brainer really. But would he accept, that's the interesting question.
The nominees are announced this Tuesday.
Full Guardian Article here
About the Turner Prize.
The Turner Prize is a contemporary art award that was set up in 1984 to celebrate new developments in contemporary art.
The prize is awarded each year to 'a British artist under fifty for an outstanding exhibition or other presentation of their work in the twelve months preceding'.
More on : Turner Prize
Thursday, 29 April 2010
DOLK & PØBEL GO LARGE
We've been working with "Rom for Kunst" for sometime getting this together, yesterday Trondheim Station opened the project and today Oslo central station opened. Many boring debates in media, both TV and print about how this will increase "Tagging".. zzz. Heard it all before and the debate simply serves to show how ignorant those trotting out this line really are. Sadly, this seems to include both news presenters and NRK's art critic Mona Phela Bjerke. Someone at NRK should be taking a close look at Mona's contribution and knowledge about contemporary art if her quoted words were indeed in context.
Article Here (Norwegian Only)
News Program here
Article Here (Norwegian Only)
News Program here
BANKSY MAKES TIME 100
BANKSY LISTED AS ONE OF THE 100 MOST INFLUENTIAL PEOPLE.BY SHEP FAIREY
Many people recoil at the thought of a guy in a hoodie with a spray-paint can and something to say. Others foam at the mouth when they see the same guy's artwork auctioned off for hundreds of thousands of dollars. Banksy just laughs at all of it. He has a gift: an ability to make almost anyone very uncomfortable. He doesn't ignore boundaries; he crosses them to prove their irrelevance.
People usually see art as an abstract emotional vehicle, lacking the direct impact of language. Banksy paints over the line between aesthetics and language, then stealthily repaints it in the unlikeliest of places.
Many people recoil at the thought of a guy in a hoodie with a spray-paint can and something to say. Others foam at the mouth when they see the same guy's artwork auctioned off for hundreds of thousands of dollars. Banksy just laughs at all of it. He has a gift: an ability to make almost anyone very uncomfortable. He doesn't ignore boundaries; he crosses them to prove their irrelevance.
People usually see art as an abstract emotional vehicle, lacking the direct impact of language. Banksy paints over the line between aesthetics and language, then stealthily repaints it in the unlikeliest of places.
His works, whether he stencils them on the streets, sells them in exhibitions or hangs them in museums on the sly, are filled with wit and metaphors that transcend language barriers.
Banksy's work embodies everything I like about art. It's accessible, public, not locked away. He makes social and political statements with a sense of humor.
His latest exploit is Exit Through the Gift Shop, a film about a filmmaker who left off making a film about Banksy to become an art star himself. It sums up the art world perfectly — the authentic intertwined with the absurd.
Read More Here
Read More Here
Wednesday, 28 April 2010
JR "WOMEN ARE HEROES" FILM
Source: Juxtapoz
This is big news. JR's (Juxtapoz #97) highly anticipated debut feature film Women Are Heroes will have it's world premiere at this year's Cannes Film Festival. The legendary French photographer has been working on the film for the past two years.
From Rio’s shanty towns to Kenyan slums, through Indian and Cambodian streets, JR pays tribute to those women who, in spite of the hurdles, keep smiling, keep fighting and keep hoping for a better life.
Displaying their portraits via huge montages on their neighborhood’s walls, JR sublimates those extraordinary destinies and sheds light on those strong and moving personalities too rarely given the recognition they deserve.
Women Are Heroes invites you to travel and discover those women who day by day, each in their own particular way, struggle to make their world a better place. Above all, this film is a message of hope, delivered via an extraordinary journey around the world of JR’s art.
More information on JR at http://jr-art.net
and on the project at: http://www.28millimetres.com/women
Women Are Heroes invites you to travel and discover those women who day by day, each in their own particular way, struggle to make their world a better place. Above all, this film is a message of hope, delivered via an extraordinary journey around the world of JR’s art.
More information on JR at http://jr-art.net
and on the project at: http://www.28millimetres.com/women
Tuesday, 27 April 2010
JR "WOMEN ARE HEROES" SHOW
Some terrific images here from JR's opening night at Galerie Springmann.Varol in Dusseldorf. For me, one of the worlds leading contemporary artists right now.
Images best viewed as a flickr set here
Monday, 26 April 2010
KAWS MUSEUM SHOW
KAWSJune 27, 2010, to January 2, 2011
Exhibition Reception: June 27, 2010
This first solo museum exhibition of the work of well-known artist and designer KAWS will include his most recent paintings, sculptures, and drawings, as well as a survey of apparel, product and graphic designs, and limited-edition toys. Originating at the crossroads of art, design, popular culture, and street savvy, KAWS’s output is quite unique. By playing off the different disciplines–namely street art, design, high art–and using each as an element in the other, the artist is revolutionizing the art world and widening the straightforward definitions of “high art.” With wit, irreverence, and even affection, KAWS takes infamous iconic entertainment characters and subversively reinterprets their appearances and personalities. He also creates his own cartoon characters of serpentine physical forms with signature X-ed out eyes. These highly charged characters, recognizable by and accessible to everyone, are cute and humorous artworks that ultimately both serve and criticize contemporary consumer culture.
THE ALDRICH CONTEMPORARY ART MUSEUM
BANKSY AT AUCTION
A very nice Banksy piece coming up for auction at Philips next sale.
BANKSY
Untitled (Toxic Marys), 2003
Spray paint on panel in two parts. 74 x 70 3/4 in. (188 x 180 cm) overall. T
ESTIMATE $150,000-250,000
PROVENANCE Private Collection, Los Angeles
EXHIBITED New York, The Vs. Project: Banksy vs. T5S, May 21, 2003 – July 15, 2003
C215 SOLO SHOW, MILAN
Urban Painting is proud to present …
C215 Solo Exhibition in Milan!
Coming back from three years of intense activity across the streets of the world, Christian Guemy aka C215 arrives in Italy. His first major Italian retrospective is powered by Urban Painting and it will take place in Milan, at Spazio Concept (Zona Tortona area), from April 29th to May 5th 2010. Press Release on link below...
Urban Painting
Check out C215's flickr set here
C215 Solo Exhibition in Milan!
Coming back from three years of intense activity across the streets of the world, Christian Guemy aka C215 arrives in Italy. His first major Italian retrospective is powered by Urban Painting and it will take place in Milan, at Spazio Concept (Zona Tortona area), from April 29th to May 5th 2010. Press Release on link below...
Urban Painting
Check out C215's flickr set here
DOLK & PØBEL AT OLSO AND TRONDHEIM STATION
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Ok, here we have it. This is a project we've been working on for sometime with Oslo's "Rom for Kunst", Dolk and Pøbel will be showcasing some enormous new works at both Oslo central station and Trondheim station. Works spanning over 30m are currently being placed at both venues as well as original wall works from Pøbel.
Below is the press release, Norwegian only for now. Will post images and English text shortly. The top image gives you an idea of the scale of the works going up.
Keep an eye on "Rom For Kunst" for more news.
Press Release
Rom for kunst presenterer to av Norges fremste gatekunstnere:
DOLK og PØBEL
DOLK og PØBEL
på Trondheim og Oslo Sentralstasjon 28. april – 28. september 2010.
Utstillingen har kommer i gang gjennom samarbeid med gatekunstfestivalen Nuart i Stavanger.
"Rom Eiendom AS er glade for å kunne presentere nye og eldre arbeider av DOLK og PØBEL på Oslo S og Trondheim S i tidsrommet mai – september 2010. Arbeidene representerer høydepunkter i begge kunstneres produksjon, og flere av arbeidene er spesiallaget til denne utstillingen." - sier Signe Horn, Direktør samfunnskontakt og kommunikasjon i Rom Eiendom AS.
Åpning onsdag 28. april kl 16.00 på Trondheim S (bandet Gode Ord Dør Siste åpner utstillingen inne på stasjonen)
Åpning torsdag 29. april kl. 16.00 på Oslo S, hovedinngangen
Gjennom å sette visuelle avtrykk på gaten og husvegger og lignende bidrar denne kunstformen til å rette søkelyset på eierskap til de offentlige rom, retten til å uttrykke seg offentlig, samt en mer kunstorientert diskusjon om hva kunst er, og hvor og hvordan den kan presenteres.
Utstillingen er sammensatt og består av motiver trykket og foliert på fasadene, arbeider på boards, samt nye arbeider av PØBEL malt med sjablong på vegg inne på stasjonene i begge byer. Som en del av utstillingen viser vi kortfilmen ”Living Decay” av Davide Fasolo, som dokumenterer prosjekt ”Ghetto Spedalsk” som DOLK og PØBEL samarbeid om i Lofoten i 2008.
Kort om kunstnerne:
DOLK fra Bergen er lenge blitt regnet som Norges mest lovende gatekunstner. Han blir ofte sammenlignet med kunstnere som Banksy og Blek le Rat i internasjonal sammenheng og har de siste årene også blitt vist i en rekke land. I disse dager åpner DOLK en ny utstilling på Brooklynite Gallery i New York hvor han skal stille ut seks nye arbeider sammen med streetartist M-City.
PØBEL fra Stavanger tok kunsten fra gaten og flyttet den ut i ”ingenmannsland”, og dermed endret folks oppfatning og definisjon av ”gatekunst”. Han jobber ofte med særnorske motiver og ideer. Hans mest kjente prosjekter er ”Terra Nullius” (gatekunst i ”ingenmannsland”), ”Ghetto Spedalsk” (fraflyttning i Lofoten) i samarbeid med DOLK. PØBEL er sikkert den første artisten som har malt kunstverk på en død spermhval.
Verkene og arenaer:
Oslo S
På fasaden til Oslo S vises to nye verk ”Ungkaren” av PØBEL og ”Fangemaler” av DOLK, mens Flytogets fasade viser verket ”The song remains the same” av PØBEL som i tillegg har fått en vegg inne på stasjonen til sin disposisjon hvor han vil jobbe frem et verk.
Trondheim S:
I avgangshallen har vi en 11 meter lang vegg til PØBELs disposisjon som han skal arbeide på i tiden før åpning. Inngangspartiet til Trondheim S viser følgende verk: ”Hereos”, ”Riot Kid” av DOLK og ”Sound of Music” og ”Pluto” av PØBEL. I tillegg har vi plakatplasser på perrongene med verk av begge kunstnerne.
Videoverk: ”Living Decay” av Davide Fasolo, forteller historien om prosjekt Ghetto Spedalsk som DOLK og PØBEL gjennomførte i Lofoten i 2008. Vises i gallerirommet Trondheim S og i avgangshallen (NB! ny visningsarena) og nedgang t-banen inne på Oslo S.
Utstillingen har kommer i gang gjennom samarbeid med gatekunstfestivalen Nuart i Stavanger.
"Rom Eiendom AS er glade for å kunne presentere nye og eldre arbeider av DOLK og PØBEL på Oslo S og Trondheim S i tidsrommet mai – september 2010. Arbeidene representerer høydepunkter i begge kunstneres produksjon, og flere av arbeidene er spesiallaget til denne utstillingen." - sier Signe Horn, Direktør samfunnskontakt og kommunikasjon i Rom Eiendom AS.
Åpning onsdag 28. april kl 16.00 på Trondheim S (bandet Gode Ord Dør Siste åpner utstillingen inne på stasjonen)
Åpning torsdag 29. april kl. 16.00 på Oslo S, hovedinngangen
Gjennom å sette visuelle avtrykk på gaten og husvegger og lignende bidrar denne kunstformen til å rette søkelyset på eierskap til de offentlige rom, retten til å uttrykke seg offentlig, samt en mer kunstorientert diskusjon om hva kunst er, og hvor og hvordan den kan presenteres.
Utstillingen er sammensatt og består av motiver trykket og foliert på fasadene, arbeider på boards, samt nye arbeider av PØBEL malt med sjablong på vegg inne på stasjonene i begge byer. Som en del av utstillingen viser vi kortfilmen ”Living Decay” av Davide Fasolo, som dokumenterer prosjekt ”Ghetto Spedalsk” som DOLK og PØBEL samarbeid om i Lofoten i 2008.
Kort om kunstnerne:
DOLK fra Bergen er lenge blitt regnet som Norges mest lovende gatekunstner. Han blir ofte sammenlignet med kunstnere som Banksy og Blek le Rat i internasjonal sammenheng og har de siste årene også blitt vist i en rekke land. I disse dager åpner DOLK en ny utstilling på Brooklynite Gallery i New York hvor han skal stille ut seks nye arbeider sammen med streetartist M-City.
PØBEL fra Stavanger tok kunsten fra gaten og flyttet den ut i ”ingenmannsland”, og dermed endret folks oppfatning og definisjon av ”gatekunst”. Han jobber ofte med særnorske motiver og ideer. Hans mest kjente prosjekter er ”Terra Nullius” (gatekunst i ”ingenmannsland”), ”Ghetto Spedalsk” (fraflyttning i Lofoten) i samarbeid med DOLK. PØBEL er sikkert den første artisten som har malt kunstverk på en død spermhval.
Verkene og arenaer:
Oslo S
På fasaden til Oslo S vises to nye verk ”Ungkaren” av PØBEL og ”Fangemaler” av DOLK, mens Flytogets fasade viser verket ”The song remains the same” av PØBEL som i tillegg har fått en vegg inne på stasjonen til sin disposisjon hvor han vil jobbe frem et verk.
Trondheim S:
I avgangshallen har vi en 11 meter lang vegg til PØBELs disposisjon som han skal arbeide på i tiden før åpning. Inngangspartiet til Trondheim S viser følgende verk: ”Hereos”, ”Riot Kid” av DOLK og ”Sound of Music” og ”Pluto” av PØBEL. I tillegg har vi plakatplasser på perrongene med verk av begge kunstnerne.
Videoverk: ”Living Decay” av Davide Fasolo, forteller historien om prosjekt Ghetto Spedalsk som DOLK og PØBEL gjennomførte i Lofoten i 2008. Vises i gallerirommet Trondheim S og i avgangshallen (NB! ny visningsarena) og nedgang t-banen inne på Oslo S.
Sunday, 25 April 2010
BLEK LE RAT & ABOVE
ABOVE X WHITEWALLS MAY 1st, 2010 from ABOVE on Vimeo.
Blek le Rat at White Walls | May 1, 2010 from White Walls Gallery on Vimeo.
Interesting idea to put these two artists together, Above, more known for his "Arrows" has for the last couple of years been producing some excellent stencil work, Blek of course you all know, he's graced Nuart three times and left his mark all over our pleasant little city. We'd urge any of our SF readers to head on over to the opening.
From White Walls
White Walls is proud to present a joint show: Faces in the Mirror by Blek le Rat and Transitions by ABOVE. This exhibition brings together the original pioneer stencil artist and his younger counterpart utilizing stencils to create public art in over 40 countries around the world. Please join us for the opening reception on Saturday, May 1st 2010, from 7-11 pm.
This homage to stencil art marks Blek le Rat’s first show in San Francisco as well as the debut indoor exhibition of ABOVE. The meeting of these two artists is a passing of the torch from the original stencil artist to a younger generation of urban artists following in his legacy. Blek let Rat first pioneered stencils in the early 80s as a bold, attention grabbing form of street art that was never before seen. ABOVE is the prominent stencil artist of the new generation, drawing on Blek’s methods to project a social message into the urban environment.
Blek le Rat resides outside of Paris, the very city he claimed 30 years ago as a platform for social commentary. He was the first of his time to employ stencils and spray paint for fast, high contrast images on city walls. Faces in the Mirror is a collection of Blek’s iconic imagery of beggars, sheep, rats, and Michelangelo’s David with an AK-47, combined with never before seen images such as Mona Lisa. These forms open conversation about consciousness, social relation, mass media, and commodity fetishism. Known as the godfather of stencil graffiti art, Blek le Rat has been the great inspiration for artists worldwide including Banksy, Shepard Fairey, Space Invader, WK Interact, and ABOVE.
ABOVE has devoted the past 8 years to creating street art in 45 countries around the world, refusing to take his focus off the streets even for gallery exhibitions. It is only because of Blek le Rat’s strong desire to show alongside him that ABOVE finally conceded to his premier indoor exhibition. Transitions is based on three themes from his outdoor works: sign language arrow mobiles, wordplay murals, and colorful figurative stencils. The overarching sentiment is one of optimism, honor, overcoming struggle, and a desire to rise above.
Please join us for the opening reception of Faces in the Mirror by Blek le Rat and Transitions by ABOVE on Saturday, May 1st, 2010, from 7-11pm. The exhibit will be on view through June 5th, 2010, and is open to the public.
Saturday, 24 April 2010
PRE ORDER "EXIT THROUGH THE GIFT SHOP"
Banksy's "Exit through the gift shop" in now available for pre order through amazon. Click link for details
BANSKY'S 5TH SF HIT
Yet another new Banksy piece appears in San Francisco.
See the others on Banksyprints below.
SHEEP FAIREY
Ok, so it's not exactly street art and it's a corporate commission by Samsung, nevertheless, I think it's one of the maddest and brilliant things we've seen all year.
Friday, 23 April 2010
CHOE VIDEO
DAVID CHOE Nothing to Declare promo from viejas del mercado on Vimeo.
Today marks the opening of David Choe’s highly anticipated exhibiton “Nothing to Declare”. With the show billed as Choe’s return to Los Angeles after a long six years, a short promo video is short on dialog but abundant in colorful and captivating visuals.
CHECK THE INTERVIEW WIOTH HYPERBEAST HERE
SHEPARD FAIREY, MAY 01ST
Special NYC Print Release
The MAY DAY show will be the first opportunity to pick up these new screen prints based on paintings I did for the show. There will be a very limited release of each of the Iggy Pop and Debbie Harry prints signed by them at the show… extra special. The prints will be only sold in person and night of the opening. A future release of the prints will be available on OBEY. There will also be small quantities of many of the prints that already sold out over the past year. Don’t worry the prices will be reasonable.
-Shepard
The prints are of course in support of his upcoming show at Deitch projects.
SHEPARD FAIREY
May 01, 2010 — May 29, 2010
18 Wooster Street, New York
Deitch Projects is pleased to present May Day, an exhibition of new work by Shepard Fairey, as its final project. Titled not only in reference to the day of the exhibition’s opening, the multiple meanings of May Day resonate throughout the artist's new body of work. Originally a celebration of spring and the rebirth it represents, May Day is also observed in many countries as International Worker's Day or Labor Day, a day of political demonstrations and celebrations coordinated by unions and socialist groups. “Mayday” is also the distress signal used by pilots, police and firefighters in times of emergency.
With energy and urgency befitting the title May Day, Fairey captures the radical spirit of each of his subjects, using portraiture to celebrate some of the artists, musicians and political activists he most admires. Says Fairey, "These people I'm portraying were all revolutionary, in one sense or another. They started out on the margins of culture and ended up changing the mainstream. When we celebrate big steps that were made in the past, it reminds us that big steps can be made in the future."
Many of the steps Fairey refers to involve the advocacy of the working class, put forth in the songs of Joe Strummer and Woody Guthrie and the writings of Cornel West, and among the works of other heroes portrayed in May Day. International Worker's Day celebrated in nearly 100 countries throughout the world, commemorates the 1886 Haymarket Massacre in Chicago when a peaceful rally supporting workers on strike was disrupted by a bomb, and then a barrage of police gunfire. Because of negative sentiment surrounding the incident, U.S. President Grover Cleveland decided it was best to avoid celebrating the day, but it is precisely such sentiment that Fairey believes must be voiced: "It's a day to express frustration with the powers that be, but also a day for activists to pursue ideals." In May Day, he does both, with images supporting free speech and bemoaning the U.S. two party political system, pushing for renewable energy and critiquing corporate propaganda.
In Fairey's mind, the persistence of difficulties across all of these arenas—political, environmental, economic, cultural—points to that third meaning of May Day: a distress signal. "By now we thought we would be in post-Bush utopia, but we're still having to call attention to these problems,” he remarks. Like any mayday call, however, the sounding of the alarm also brings hope for help on the way. "If we stay silent, there's no hope,” Fairey muses. "But if we make noise, if we put our ideas out there, then maybe we can make a change like the people in the portraits have done."
Shepard Fairey is the man behind OBEY GIANT, the graphics that have changed the way people see art and the urban landscape. Fairey’s art reached a new level of recognition in 2008, when his “HOPE” portrait of Barack Obama became the iconic image of the presidential campaign and helped inspire an unprecedented political movement. As Shepard Fairey’s body of work reached its 20-year mark in 2009, the Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston honored him with a full-scale solo retrospective, which drew a record number of visitors for the museum. Entitled Supply and Demand, the exhibition shares its name with Fairey’s career-chronicling book, now in its second edition (Gingko Press). The exhibition traveled to the Andy Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh and will move to the Center for Contemporary Art in Cincinnati, on view through August 22nd, 2010.
Thursday, 22 April 2010
ANOTHER NEW SF BANKSY
Second new Banksy spotted in SF, "This will look nice when it's framed".Click photo for larger image.
Original Source
NEW BANKSY IN SF ?
New Banksy spotted in SF.From Warholian.com
"I have to thank my sister Kat Cuffe for buzzing me early this morning…she spotted an original fresh Banksy (internationally know street artist) in Chinatown, San Francisco on her way into work this morning, took this pic, and is letting Warholian.com break the news.
Our English mate is in town fresh for the premier of Exit Through the Gift Shop his new documentary and obviously was up early this morning bombing our lovely city"
-Warholian
Wednesday, 21 April 2010
SHEP FAIREY ON BANKSY
Listen to the whole interview:
http://beta.wnyc.org/shows/bl/2010/apr/21/shepard-fairey-banksey/
http://beta.wnyc.org/shows/bl/2010/apr/21/shepard-fairey-banksey/
Tuesday, 20 April 2010
BANKSY POSTER
Order this original 12" by 18" Banksy poster for only $20.00 plus shipping and handling. All proceeds will be donated to the Partners in Health, for Haiti earthquake relief. Do your part to help Haiti and get your poster today! Supplies are limited, hurry!
CLICK HERE TO BUY NOW
Monday, 19 April 2010
DOLK & M-CITY IN BROOKLYN !
We're a little bit proud of this one, having worked with all three partners at one time or another we can assure you this will be a show to remember. The space looks ideal for this type of work and we're assured there'll be more than piece finding its way onto the streets of sunny Brooklyn. Looking forward to seeing more... Good luck chaps.
Oh, and for those print collectors amongst you... there'll be a new very limited Dolk print available in conjunction with the show. Check site for details.
"EUROTRASH"
DOLK • M-CITY
April 30 - May 29
Opening Reception: April 30, 7-10pm
Special Musical Guest: The Legendary DJ Scratch (EPMD)
"Two titans of the street art world collide when DOLK and M-CITY invade Brooklynite Gallery for what is sure to be a show for the ages.
Reclusive, Norwegian stencil artist DOLK, emerges from the shadows to showcase a new collection of cutting imagery. Often monochromatic with one precisely placed color, DOLK crafts strangely beautiful story-lines into his work, infusing a wry sense of humor into such wide ranging topics as celebrity, religion and societal pressures. As a whole, DOLK's new body of work conveys a bit more cynicism than the past, with most figures displaying enigmatic expressions as well as the inclusion of one key prop that at times will leave you scratching your head. However, what does remain consistent within the history of DOLK's work is the intrigue he manages to garner with simple, clean black lines and spot-on subjects.
Look closely at a satellite picture of the earth and you just might see an M-CITY mural. Listen to the echoing sounds of metal forging, pistons firing, and air compression as M-CITY, Poland's most prolific artist working in the public space, erects yet another large scale mural on any number of continents. Using his graphic brand of stencil artillery that includes images of smoke-stack factories, cogs and gears, steam ships, and repetitive city blocks, M-CITY redefines the Industrial Revolution. That same crushing imagery is transfered seemlessly to his deliberate, grey-scale canvases which could easily be passed off as Cold War propaganda.
Thank heavens half the space at Brooklynite Gallery is outdoors ---quite conducive for these two addicts of outdoor activity who also plan on leaving many gifts to the people of NYC."
DOLK • M-CITY
April 30 - May 29
Opening Reception: April 30, 7-10pm
Special Musical Guest: The Legendary DJ Scratch (EPMD)
"Two titans of the street art world collide when DOLK and M-CITY invade Brooklynite Gallery for what is sure to be a show for the ages.
Reclusive, Norwegian stencil artist DOLK, emerges from the shadows to showcase a new collection of cutting imagery. Often monochromatic with one precisely placed color, DOLK crafts strangely beautiful story-lines into his work, infusing a wry sense of humor into such wide ranging topics as celebrity, religion and societal pressures. As a whole, DOLK's new body of work conveys a bit more cynicism than the past, with most figures displaying enigmatic expressions as well as the inclusion of one key prop that at times will leave you scratching your head. However, what does remain consistent within the history of DOLK's work is the intrigue he manages to garner with simple, clean black lines and spot-on subjects.
Look closely at a satellite picture of the earth and you just might see an M-CITY mural. Listen to the echoing sounds of metal forging, pistons firing, and air compression as M-CITY, Poland's most prolific artist working in the public space, erects yet another large scale mural on any number of continents. Using his graphic brand of stencil artillery that includes images of smoke-stack factories, cogs and gears, steam ships, and repetitive city blocks, M-CITY redefines the Industrial Revolution. That same crushing imagery is transfered seemlessly to his deliberate, grey-scale canvases which could easily be passed off as Cold War propaganda.
Thank heavens half the space at Brooklynite Gallery is outdoors ---quite conducive for these two addicts of outdoor activity who also plan on leaving many gifts to the people of NYC."
EVOL'S STENCIL CITY ART
Video documentation of an installation created by EVOL in Dresden, Germany, 2009 painted in a 10 X 8m hole in the ground at the abandoned slaughterhouse area in Dresden, it's probably the former foundation of a huge boiler plant to derive soap from rendered beef fat or other utilization of carcass. The main slaughterhouse complex was built 1906 by Hans Erlwein, Kurt Vonnegut's novel "Slaughterhouse Five" also takes place here. Caspar David Friedrich painted the area called Ostragehege in 1832.
We think this is truly one of the greatest pieces of stencil art that we've ever seen. Evol has developed a style and sensibility that is all his own, not an easy thing in what is oft an overcrowded area.
Artwork: EVOL filming/editing: Bianca Schemel music: sickerman
METROPOLIS ART PRIZE ENTRY 2009
We think this is truly one of the greatest pieces of stencil art that we've ever seen. Evol has developed a style and sensibility that is all his own, not an easy thing in what is oft an overcrowded area.
Artwork: EVOL filming/editing: Bianca Schemel music: sickerman
METROPOLIS ART PRIZE ENTRY 2009
DAVID CHOE, SHOWTIME !
Lazarides Gallery is pleased to announce David Choe’s return to LA after a six-year hiatus from exhibiting in his old stomping ground. The extremely prolific Choe has been hard at work creating new paintings, drawings, and sculptures for the 8,000 sq ft space in Beverly Hills.
Driven by an unquenchable thirst for life, Choe saps every possible drop of experience - good or bad - out of his tremendous adventures. From incarceration in a Tokyo jail to hitchhiking down the Mississippi River via paddleboat, freight train hopping city to city and hunting for dinosaurs in the Congo jungle, David weaves these encounters into his work projecting a dramatic and fantastical, often sexually explicit, vision of the world.
As one of the most technically proficient artists around today, no media is left untouched. Utilizing a combination of spray paint, oil, acrylic, watercolor, gouache and urine, Choe works his magic on wood, cardboard, polyurethane and canvas. From the artist who first exhibited in an ice-cream parlor, expect no less than a sensory melting pot of life seen through his eyes
Opening: Friday April 23, 2010
Exhibition Runs: April 23 – May 23, 2010
Location: 320 North Beverly Drive, Beverly Hills CA 90210
Saturday, 17 April 2010
CHOE'S JUXTAPOZ COVERS
Here's those limtied edition Choe covers for the May edition of Juxtapoz, curated by last years Nuart man about town, literally. David Choe.
Check out Choe at Nuart (scroll down)
Photo's by Ian Cox/Wallkandy
Friday, 16 April 2010
MBW'S "LIFE'S REMOTE CONTROL"/ IS EXIT THROUGH
Thought we'd add a little historical perspective to the "conspiracy" theories flying around Banksy's "Exit through the giftshop". The above trailer starting appearing around the then very few forums dedicated to street art back in sunny 2006. It even came with it's own dedicated high end website complete with "coming soon" end of the world countdown clock. A pasteup of the director, MBW, also started appearing on the streets of the worlds capitals, I recall seeing many of them around Paris at the time. At the same time, rumours abounded that Banksy was also involved in filmaking, little did we know that the two were related.
Whilst Banksy's no doubt made a terrific little documentary in "Exit through the Giftshop", the artist in me still yearns to see this original quickfire 1st draft of what looks like a crazy 90 minute cut up akin to the scene in Kubrick's "A Clockwork Orange", which I imagine is what MBW originally intended.
Thoughts ?
Thursday, 15 April 2010
BANKSY ART HEIST UPDATE
Art heist scoundrels take the Banksy the only route they can. Check the listing here. Can't confirm this isn't a copy, but if it is it's a damn good one.
SUICIDE DOLK
Hadn't seen this before, one of my favourite Dolk pieces so far, really shows the difference between his work and Banksy's, Dolk has always been that much darker. Produced for the club that runs during Hove Festival I believe.
Wednesday, 14 April 2010
EXCLUSIVE, BANKSY ART HEIST IN ACTION
Confirmation in through a business partner of Banksy’s that it was the infamous Doug Christmas of Ace Gallery in Los Angeles that organized the removal and impending unauthorized sale of the artwork.
Famous for treating his bills as if they didn’t exist; Since 1976, Christmas has been sued 55 times by artists, other dealers and art collectors, according to a profile in 2009 in the LA Weekly.
According to the source of the anonymous video, “I asked the workers what they were doing with it, and they said they were hired to remove it, and that it would go into a ‘big collection of art’. We all know that this piece is currently being offered for sale through Ace.”
urther evidence gathered on Google Maps also indicated that Doug Christmas likely played a part in the heist. The installation site at 410 S. La Brea Ave. yielded the following pictures at street level, a close up of that “available” sign yields the above phone number.
The phone number connects to Ace Gallery, Los Angeles. Gallery Owner Doug Christmas confirmed via phone to Daniel Lahoda that the piece was in his gallerie’s possession, however Mr. Christmas has “not decided how much to sell it for, or even if we are going to sell it at all.”
Thanks to Thebanksyforum.com
Famous for treating his bills as if they didn’t exist; Since 1976, Christmas has been sued 55 times by artists, other dealers and art collectors, according to a profile in 2009 in the LA Weekly.
According to the source of the anonymous video, “I asked the workers what they were doing with it, and they said they were hired to remove it, and that it would go into a ‘big collection of art’. We all know that this piece is currently being offered for sale through Ace.”
urther evidence gathered on Google Maps also indicated that Doug Christmas likely played a part in the heist. The installation site at 410 S. La Brea Ave. yielded the following pictures at street level, a close up of that “available” sign yields the above phone number.
The phone number connects to Ace Gallery, Los Angeles. Gallery Owner Doug Christmas confirmed via phone to Daniel Lahoda that the piece was in his gallerie’s possession, however Mr. Christmas has “not decided how much to sell it for, or even if we are going to sell it at all.”
Thanks to Thebanksyforum.com
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