Monday, 31 May 2010
JR & VHILS IN LA
Some great shots of the collaboration piece in LA between JR and Vhils.
From Lazinc
Ahead of 'EuroTrash', Lazarides four-man group show in Beverly Hills, JR and Vhils have begun simultaneously decorating and deconstructing the walls of Los Angeles. Here's a few snaps of their work-in-progress, more to come soon...
From Lazinc
Ahead of 'EuroTrash', Lazarides four-man group show in Beverly Hills, JR and Vhils have begun simultaneously decorating and deconstructing the walls of Los Angeles. Here's a few snaps of their work-in-progress, more to come soon...
Photo's by Rick Rodny
Sunday, 30 May 2010
BANKSY IN TIMES SQUARE
This one made me smile. Check out the US works, including a couple I hadn't seen documented.
http://banksy.co.uk/
Friday, 28 May 2010
STREET IPHONE APP
This looks like an interesting app for street art lovers everywhere. An iphone app that allows users to to tag an upload images based on their current location. In an unfamiliar city and wanna check out the local street art, just pull up the app and see what's in the neighbourhood.
Press Release
All City is your hand-held guide to street art from around the world. Easily tag and upload street art spots you find and discover new ones you haven’t seen yet. Check out artist bios and share your favorite artwork with friends. Quickly locate nearby galleries for inspiration and find art supplies for when it strikes. Put your scene on the map with All City for the iPhone.
Marcus White and Kayce Thompson-Russ started this project a year ago, backed by a passion for street art and a desire to connect street art communities across the world. Living in Bushwick, Brooklyn, the lively outer-borough mecca for street artists, inspiration for their project comes daily. More often than not, street art is something stumbled upon by chance and its presence, while exciting and visceral, is temporary. All City makes the best of these chance encounters and offers a simple, well-designed experience that allows every user to be a contributor, letting people locate and share street art from anywhere in the world. The wiki-based platform allows users to identify unknown artists, share, rate and comment on pieces and send alerts if a piece has been buffed. Whether you want to see art within a few blocks of your house or check out the newest, top-rated street art abroad, All City gives you instantaneous electronic and physical access to our constantly-updated, ever-evolving database. All City puts eyes on every street and generates the freshest selection of street art available.
Press Release
All City is your hand-held guide to street art from around the world. Easily tag and upload street art spots you find and discover new ones you haven’t seen yet. Check out artist bios and share your favorite artwork with friends. Quickly locate nearby galleries for inspiration and find art supplies for when it strikes. Put your scene on the map with All City for the iPhone.
Marcus White and Kayce Thompson-Russ started this project a year ago, backed by a passion for street art and a desire to connect street art communities across the world. Living in Bushwick, Brooklyn, the lively outer-borough mecca for street artists, inspiration for their project comes daily. More often than not, street art is something stumbled upon by chance and its presence, while exciting and visceral, is temporary. All City makes the best of these chance encounters and offers a simple, well-designed experience that allows every user to be a contributor, letting people locate and share street art from anywhere in the world. The wiki-based platform allows users to identify unknown artists, share, rate and comment on pieces and send alerts if a piece has been buffed. Whether you want to see art within a few blocks of your house or check out the newest, top-rated street art abroad, All City gives you instantaneous electronic and physical access to our constantly-updated, ever-evolving database. All City puts eyes on every street and generates the freshest selection of street art available.
OS GEMEOS & BLU IN LISBON
Amazing collaborative piece from Brazillian twins Os Gemeos and Italy's Blu, at least one of whom will be at this years Nuart. This perhaps the best wall we've seen all year. Loving the character sucking the world dry.
From Os Gemeos Blog
CHOE BOX SET
Staying with Choe for a minute, just got news of this awesome portfolio of prints that's to be released shortly through Trapezeeditions. Gold and Silver editions at $888 a set and each with a unique hand drawn work on the inside cover.
Keep an eye on David's Blog for release date and further details.
Thursday, 27 May 2010
EUROTRASH
Now this is one we'd love to attend ! After the storming success of David Choe's show in the same venue, Lazarides are back with what's sure to be a blockbusting event.
Hailing from France, JR will bring his unsurpassable unique vision to Beverley Hills. Immersing himself within cultures where struggle and conflict are rife, he presents his monochromatic photographs, often over 20 feet high on unconventional exhibiting arena’s to highlight humanist matters that are often overlooked.
Cork born painter Conor Harrington goes against the grain of the fast pace of graffiti art preferring to opt for the slower process of oil painting yet never forgetting his street roots. Interested in opposing elements, illusion of power and the emotional side of masculinity, soldiers and conquerors exist within colorful abstracted landscapes.
London based Antony Micallef’s energetic work both celebrates and despises contemporary society. The world portrayed by Micallef is one of contradictions as Barbie becomes the Virgin Mary adorned with a Chanel necklace and cutesy paraphernalia, Angel’s wield guns and Soldiers wear flower power printed uniforms.
Portuguese artist Vhils aka Alexandre Farto is the youngest artist on Lazarides books. Working with manipulating surfaces, whether it is the brick façade of buildings with masonry equipment or layered fly posters that he peels away, he transforms these varying planes to reveal mystifying, striking portraits that explore a cities dimensions.
Event address is
320 N. Beverly Drive | Beverly Hills | Los Angeles | California
9th – 27th June 2010
Saturday, 22 May 2010
BEYOND THE STREET LAUNCH. DEITCH PROJECTS
Very proud to be included in this project, an absolute future bible for Urban Art scholars that has already staked it's claim as being the best book out there that covers this subject.
Beyond the Street at Deitch Projects
Gestalten and Jeffrey Deitch cordially invite you to the special presentation of the book Beyond the Street: The 100 Leading Figures in Urban Art.
Reception: Thursday, May 27th, 6 - 8 pm
Deitch Projects
18 Wooster Street
New York, NY 10013
Gestalten and Jeffrey Deitch cordially invite you to the special presentation of the book Beyond the Street: The 100 Leading Figures in Urban Art.
Reception: Thursday, May 27th, 6 - 8 pm
Deitch Projects
18 Wooster Street
New York, NY 10013
Though public, the event is still only accessible to those that RSVP on or before May 26th.
Guests are recommended to show up early -- the gallery has a strict policy of a maximum of 189 people on its premises at any one time.
There'll be a Book signing with featured contributors including 12ozProphet / Allen Benedikt, Dzine, Elbow-Toe, Faile, Gaia, Henry Chalfant, Jonathan LeVine, José Parlá, Labrona, Logan Hicks, Martha Cooper, MOMO, Patti Astor, Pedro Alonzo, Ron English, Saber, Sweet Toof, WK Interact and Wooster Collective / Marc and Sara Schiller.
Guests are recommended to show up early -- the gallery has a strict policy of a maximum of 189 people on its premises at any one time.
There'll be a Book signing with featured contributors including 12ozProphet / Allen Benedikt, Dzine, Elbow-Toe, Faile, Gaia, Henry Chalfant, Jonathan LeVine, José Parlá, Labrona, Logan Hicks, Martha Cooper, MOMO, Patti Astor, Pedro Alonzo, Ron English, Saber, Sweet Toof, WK Interact and Wooster Collective / Marc and Sara Schiller.
BEYOND THE STREET
Edited by Patrick Nguyen, Stuart Mackenzie
International release: May 2010
WITH 12ozProphet. Aaron Rose. Agnès B. Akay. Alexandre Farto (a.k.a. Vhils). Alëxone Dizac. A.L.I.C.E. Gallery. Andipa Gallery. Anthony Lister. Bast. Beejoir. Black Rat Press Gallery. Blek le Rat. BLK / MRKT Gallery. Blu. Boris Hoppek. Boris Tellegen (a.k.a. Delta). Brad Downey. Carmichael Gallery. Christie’s. Circleculture Gallery. Conor Harrington. Dan Witz. Dave Kinsey. David Choe. Deitch Projects. D*Face. Dolk. Doze Green. Dzine. Eine. Elbow-Toe. Ericailcane. Escif. Faile. Futura. Gaia. Galerie L.J. Galerie Magda Danysz. Galleria Patricia Armocida. Herakut. HuskMitNavn. Iguapop Gallery. Invader. Jonathan LeVine Gallery. José Parlá. JR. Judith Supine. Juxtapoz Magazine. kennardphillipps. Know Hope. Labrona. Lazarides Gallery. Logan Hicks. Lucas Price (a.k.a. Cyclops). Lucy McLauchlan. Mark Jenkins. Martha Cooper & Henry Chalfant. Matt Small. Miss Van. Mode 2. Momo. N2 Gallery. New Image Art. Nick Walker. Nuart Festival. Nuria Mora. Os Gêmeos. Other. Patti Astor. Pedro Alonzo. Phillips de Pury & Company. Retna. Ron English. Saber. Sam3. Shepard Fairey. Sixeart. Slinkachu. Sotheby’s. Souled Out Studios. Speto. SpY. Stelios Faitakis. Stephan Doitschinoff (a.k.a. Calma). Steve Powers (a.k.a. ESPO). StolenSpace Gallery. Studio Cromie / FAME Festival. Subliminal Projects Gallery. Sweet Toof. Swoon. Tate Modern. Titi Freak. Todd James. Tristan Manco. V1 Gallery. WallKandy Art Forum. Walter Nomura (a.k.a. Tinho). WK Interact. Wooster Collective. Zevs.
Thursday, 20 May 2010
Wednesday, 19 May 2010
LOGAN HICKS SHOW
Love this quite introspective vid of Logan, really shows you the man behind the work and is a refreshing change from the usually hip hop heavy soundtracked promo vids. Logan's work has taken a new direction of late, something we saw taking shape during last years Nuart and I for one think it's a really solid, mature and thoughtful progression.
Logan has a new solo show at the Opera Gallery Spring Street, NYC, which opens tonight. Check out the link for some terrific images of the new work.
Press Release
Logan Hicks is a New York-based stencil artist whose work explores the dynamics of the urban environment. Originally a screenprinter, Logan's work has gained notoriety due to his ability to capture the sometimes mundane cycle of city life in a haunting, yet refined way with his hand-sprayed stencils.
Stenciling started as a substitution for screenprinting, but quickly morphed into Logan's medium of choice. A perfect union was conceived by spraypainting stencils his subjects: the dirty and gritty nature of the spraypaint thoroughly depicted the decay of the city while the muted shine of metallic paint mirrored the faint glimmer of hope and life within it. It is this symbiotic relationship with the city that fuels his work.
With his photorealistic style, Logan draws a parallel between the cold, harsh city and a warm, vibrant organism. It is alive; a breathing creature where the ebb and flow of people washing over its sidewalks act as cells circulating through its veins. Buildings block passageways, walls block views, doors hide openings. The outside world is effectively shut out while the city creates its own reality. Confined spaces on subways, honeycomb living structures; it is a labyrinth of working systems limited only by its border, its 'skin'.
Logan uses his art to explore the microcosm in which he is a cell, just part of a whole. The nuances of city life that epitomize the urban existence are what he dwells upon.
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Tuesday, 18 May 2010
Monday, 17 May 2010
Friday, 14 May 2010
ROA IN NYC, FACTORY FRESH SHOW
Belgian Artist Roa is absolutely smashing it at the moment, check his new work above and if in the vicinity of NYC, get down to this evenings opening at Skewville's Factory Fresh gallery.
Our friends over at Brooklynstreetart sent us the first video whilst Roa dropped us the second. BSA have a great little interview with ROA over on their site.
Our friends over at Brooklynstreetart sent us the first video whilst Roa dropped us the second. BSA have a great little interview with ROA over on their site.
Interview here
Press Release
This May, Factory Fresh goes wild as it opens its doors to the zoetic art of Belgium-born artist ROA. The artist’s organic animal forms, huge in both their reputation and impact, will grace the walls of the gallery this May, reminding spectators of the forgotten natural world beneath the city’s streets.
Through his large-scale installations of very wild wild-life on the industrial canvas of the city, ROA produces a juxtaposition of the overtly natural against the mechanic that is both feral and nostalgic, a reminiscence of what the world used to be before cement and concrete. ROA is famous for his large black and white works that depict both the outer and inner appearance of rodents, bulls, roaches et al, who slumber on garage doors and cement blocks, copulate in abandoned alleyways and decay on brick walls. His work is sprawling and uncontainable, and will be filling Factory Fresh as such, barely pinned down to found materials, clustering in our corners and escaping out into our surrounding streets.
ROA began pulling animals out of the depths of the industrial world in his hometown of Ghent, Belgium, where he explored the area around his home and was inspired by the life that lurked in its lonely smokestacks. His resulting work snarls at you from wherever it prowls, awaking a visceral reaction that comes from seeing something familiar yet unknown, an uncanny portrayal of the animals within and around ourselves that our contemporary lifestyles have made null.
Since his Belgium beginnings, ROA’s work has hit the ground running like the animals he depicts, scattering on four legs all over major cities, showing up on the walls of galleries and abandoned factories alike. His work has been shown in London, Berlin, Warsaw, and sold out in two days in Paris. He now returns to New York, arriving at a very different kind of factory than the industrial wastelands his animals are known to inhabit, ROA’s show at Factory Fresh promises to be untamed and animated as his pieces.
On view till May 30th.
Cheers guys, and good luck tonight !
Thursday, 13 May 2010
HERAKUT SOLO SHOW
News in of Herakut's first solo show on their home turf in Germany. "Unhappy Doubleday" will run from June 11th to July 12th at Galleri Sprinmannvarol in Dusseldorf.
Tuesday, 11 May 2010
BANKSY IN DETROIT
Banksy continues his journey across the states, this time he takes Detroit.
Full story here
Sunday, 9 May 2010
BANKSY IN TORONTO
New Banksy works in Toronto ? Certainly looks like it. Direct from our friend Simon over at Toronto's fabulous Show & Tell Gallery. If you're checking out his blog, make sure you have a browse through the shop, some great works available.
Photo credit: Gary Smithson
Thursday, 6 May 2010
"BOXER" DOLK
Beautifully sourced spot for Dolk's "Boxer", looks almost site specific. Great job guys.
Wednesday, 5 May 2010
URBAN INTERVENTION. DOLPHIN
Guerrilla stunt going on in downtown Vancouver, Bristish Columbia, Canada. A giant plastic six-pack ring is tangled on a wildlife sculpture at the corner of Georgia and Thurlow st.
Simple genius idea from the Plastic Pollution Coalition.
Stay tuned for reactions, videos etc.
Source
Tuesday, 4 May 2010
DOLK IN BROOKLYN !
This is all getting a little incestuous, Nuart family members Dolk & M-City have hooked up our friends at Brooklynite Gallery to bring you one hell of an art show, Brooklynite have also hooked up with Numusic friends, the bass shredding Shocklee crew and after much grief and Icelandic ash cloud stress the event is now set to open this Saturday, 8th May.
The first Dolks have just gone up on the street and are looking great, expect to see a few more choice spots hit before the weeks out.
Find these two on
Metropolitan Ave. & Union Ave.
and a nice touch, on Bergen St. & 3rd Ave.
The first Dolks have just gone up on the street and are looking great, expect to see a few more choice spots hit before the weeks out.
Find these two on
Metropolitan Ave. & Union Ave.
and a nice touch, on Bergen St. & 3rd Ave.
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