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Student DocumentaryA university senior from the US wants to interview writers in Spain (they would receive copies of the video and pics). This is part of her final project on cross-cultural graffiti, for a Bachelor's degree in sociology. If you would like to send her informnation about walls or interviews, please email Mandy Bunting Amb23@hood.edu or shakirapelirroja@live.com . Hurry, she will be in Spain Jan 1-15 only. Una universidad altos de los EE.UU. quiere a entrevista escritores en España (que recibir copias del vídeo y fotos). Esto es parte de su final de los proyectos culturales en materia de graffiti, para un Licenciado en sociología. Si a usted le gustaría enviar su informnation sobre paredes o entrevistas, por favor envíenos un email Mandy Bunting Amb23@hood.edu o shakirapelirroja@live.com. Date prisa, ella estará en España en 1ra-15ta solamente.
Gatto and Mr.Wany
Titolo GATTO & Mr.WANY. “Kome Quando Fuori Piove”
HousepaintPhase 2: ShelterThe Institute for Contemporary Culture presents Housepaint, the first exhibition on the subject of street art in a major Canadian museum. Drawing attention to issues of poverty and homelessness, this ground-breaking exhibition is a collaboration between ten street artists in memory of the former residents of Toronto’s Tent City. STARSHIP / GENE PENDON (HVW8) | SPECTER / GABRIEL REESE | ROYAL / DIXON / JUAN CARLOS NORIA | OTHER / DEREK SHAMUS MEHAFFEY | LEASE / LISA MANSFIELD | FAUXREEL / DAN BERGERON | EVOKE / PATRICK THOMPSON | ELICSER ELLIOT | EGR / ERICA GOSICH ROSE | DSTRBO / DAN BULLER (HVW8) | CASE / RYAN MACKEEN | CANT 4 / AMANDA MARIE
Institute of Contemporary Culture
"THE PIECE PROCESS"an exhibition featuring artwork from artists including Andy Warhol, Keith Haring, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Richard Hambleton, Robert Indiana, Dennis Oppenheim, Ray Johnson, Todd James, Bast, Elbow Toe, AIKO, Kenji Hirata, Greg Lamarche, Aakash Nihalani, Erik Foss, Deven Marriner, Michael De Feo, Logan Hicks, Judith Supine, Dan Witz, Maya Hayuk, Daniel Joseph, Ripo, Skewville, Brandon Friend, Dark Cloud, MOMO, Dan Funderburgh, Ellis Gallagher, Matt Siren, The Clayton Brothers, and MORE! Anonymous Gallery is proud to combine three generations of prolific artists whose work has been influenced by, or has directly influenced popular culture, design, and the urban environment. The Piece Process will unite relevant artists with their contemporary counterparts through artwork that serves as a reference or an impetus to something larger or more complete. Anonymous Gallery will exhibit unique pieces of art in the form of sketchbook drawings and original works on paper or found objects from over 30 established and emerging artists exhibiting in New York. The exhibition intends to create discourse in regard to artists who have not only influenced one another, but society through their use of iconography, collage, pen, paint, and print. In conjunction with the exhibition, Anonymous Gallery, will also be hosting weekly workshops for children. Artists Todd James, Leon Reid, Michael De Feo, Maya Hayuk, Ellis Gallagher, among others, will teach the workshops. In the spirit of giving, portions of the proceeds raised will go to benefit Public Art for Public Schools. For additional information, workshop schedules, or to make a reservation, please contact - events@anonymousgallery.com
From Back Alleys to Industrial Wastelands: The Distinctive Art of San FranciscoMark Batty Publisher, a leader in distinctive books covering the graphic and communication arts, has released "Bay Area Graffiti" by noted San Francisco photographer Steve Rotman. It is the first book to focus on how this explosive cultural phenomenon runs rampant throughout the region. With more than 700 photographs and personal descriptive commentary from over 50 of the featured artists, "Bay Area Graffiti" is an unrelenting documentation of the graffiti culture that evolved between 2004 and 2008 in the region, and how it blended into the urban and natural landscapes. Rotman, better known in the cyber world as Funkandjazz--he was a jazz disc jockey and public radio announcer for many years--has been photographing Bay Area graffiti for more than a decade, posting much of it online. His personal desire for a more permanent record of his work was met with similar requests from many of his online followers. The result is "Bay Area Graffiti." Born and raised in Minneapolis, Rotman moved to San Francisco to work in radio and, while there, became fascinated with the graffiti scene, which to him seemed to match the city's energetic and continually shifting cultural revolutions. "I love color, and graffiti is full of great, brilliant combinations of color, as well as fascinating shapes and an undeniable vibrancy. I wanted the book to convey and celebrate the considerable dedication and creativity within the Bay Area graffiti culture," Rotman explains. "It is very gratifying to preserve the art and perspectives of these extraordinary graffiti writers."
Bay Area Graffiti
U5:The Truth Behind The Lives
by J. B. Torres
This book is written to provide insight on the lives of a group of inner city youths known as U-5. Hopefully it will provide enough of the insight needed to truly understand the type of lives they led, the way they were perceived by others, and the repercussions of events set in motion by the actions of individuals within the group. Furthermore, it will focus on two individuals within the group (Daniel Gomez and Rubin Fernandez aka Soni and Slick), the mystery surrounding their deaths and the repercussions that affected various members of U-5 up until this very day. It will take a look at how graffiti writers were/are portrayed by what we call ‘society’ and go into what I believe are inconsistencies depicted within the book "Subway Lives." It will take you into the heart of Bushwick, Brooklyn where it all started and twenty years later, today. It will follow them into some of their many escapades, some incomprehensible to believe, yet true. You'll get a true sense of the type of people they were, as friends, family and professionals tell us a little about them. Then you will be introduced to U-5 as not only a crew, but as a concept. More info and buy online at: Xlibris or via paypal, ask bedesman@hotmail.com for details.
ISBN13: 978-1-4363-3666-6 (Trade Paperback)
Studio Amour: One Thousand and One NightsPonk . Aimee . Pref . Nylon . Dora . Paris . Dibo
Metamorphosis 2Following the success of the art book titled 'Metamorphosis' which presents the work of 50 contemporary Surreal, Fantastic & Visionary Artists (including Alex Grey, Ernst Fuchs, Kris Kuksi and Chet Zar,) beinArt Publishing has published a second book, 'Metamorphosis 2.' 'Metamorphosis 2' features another 50 Contemporary Artists. The participating artists include H.R. Giger, Ron English, Michael Hussar, Robt Williams, Chris Mars, Lori Earley, Tiffany Bozic, Paul Booth, Shawn Barber, David M Bowers, Heidi Taillefer, Octavio Ocampo, David Stoupakis, Travis Louie, James Zar and Greg 'Craola' Simkins. By publishing the work of established artists alongside that of relatively unknown – though extraordinary – artists, beinArt Publishing has brought host of new artists into the public eye. 'Metamorphosis 1' and 'Metamorphosis 2' are both Limited Edition Hard Cover Art Books, 112 A4 pages, with 122 plates. For additional information, to view images from 'Metamorphosis 1' and 'Metamorphosis 2,' or to purchase a copy of the books, visit beinArt Publishing's online shop:http://beinart.org/shop/ metamorphosis.php 'Metamorphosis 2' is also available through Last Gasp distribution.
Keag
AN EXHIBITION OF TITLES - BY NIELS SHOE MEULMANShoe's new Calligraffiti expo at Rush Hour Records in AmsterdamThe artist known as Shoe, aka Niels Meulman (1967, Amsterdam) is the inventor of Calligraffti - calligraphy and graffiti merged into one art form. Shoe began tagging when he was 13 years old and now he's a locally and internationally renowned artist, designer, art director and owner of Unruly, a brand of designer silk scarves. RUSH HOUR - SPUISTRAAT 98 AMSTERDAM OPENING THURSDAY 18 DECEMBER - 18:00
ETNIK & SERA
From the 13th of December until the end of February 2009, two street artists from Italy, ETNIK and SERA from KNM crew, will have an exibition at the Carhartt Gallery in Weil am Rhein in Germany. These are the first Italian artists to exhibit at the Carhartt Gallery, and they will show some latest works on canvas and in toy design. ETNIK and SERA have painted together since the early 90s, doing very big and elaborate walls, being invited all over Italy to exhibit, and collaborating in commissioned works. Their two different styles form a perfect symbiosis in graffiti art.
Also on exhibit: Carhartt Gallery
MONDAY - FRIDAY : 11.00 h - 19.00 h
No New Enemies
Mastering the HeightsThe current incarnation of the peripatetic Martinez Gallery is an apartment in Washington Heights that is more artwork than art gallery. Amsterdam-based designers Kaptein Roodnat have altered the apartment’s basic structure, and redefined its integrity and boundaries, slicing into walls, opening rooms into one another and incorporating outdoor spaces. In staging such a dramatic intervention in a rented apartment, the designers have transgressed against private property to create a space for public speech. Just as graffiti seeks to bring art into working-class urban neighborhoods, this new project brings street art indoors, showcasing affordable art in the context of affordable housing. The space’s spirit of transgression, intervention and re-construction has been carried forward in the contributions of a dozen graffiti artists, with several taking on an iconic masterwork of art history. Kez5 domesticates Rodin while remodeling all doorways, and contributing to the sculptural reliefs of the baseboards of the apartment, always inspired by the French sculptor’s seminal Gates of Hell. NOXER maps the European continent via the modernist fascination with African art, while vampirizing Picasso, Modigliani, and “supervillains” in his guise as “Blackman.” CASE 2 riffs on Pollock, replacing drips with cartoon splashes and patterns on the floor. And, with punk sensibility, BRAIl chops up Aztec art, carving bas relief figures that dance apart from their static surfaces to tunes composed by Wifredo Lam. Even RATE takes on the role of connoisseur, curating a selection of drawings that are displayed in heavy museum frames left leaning against the wall: the drawings are by graffiti writers and kings including TyKE, BRAIl, MÖSCO, EARSNOT, COCO 144, VFR, SKUF, FlINT 707, gIZ, MICO and TRACy 168. All surfaces and masterworks are either assaulted or re-invigorated by the artists. Nothing is left untouched. And, as result, both in the place and in the artists works, we are gradually exposed to conflicting notions of space and time that reflect the ongoing preoccupations with history and novelty, memory and experimentation, repetition and difference. This apartment-cum-museum also includes a study center of books by
artists and critics.
An Italian Street Art Retrospective
The Brick Lane Gallery is proud to present "Via Brick Lane E1", an exhibition showcasing works by a selection of Italian Street Artists, reunited for the first time in a London gallery. The exhibition will showcase nine of the most established Italian artists, some of which are represented in major collections worldwide and have a regular presence in international exhibitions and biennales. Inspired by various art-historical movements as well as cultural references, these artists bridge the gap with the previous generation of Street Artists by developing new and innovative techniques of production and creation. Continuing an affinity with the traditions of graffiti and stencils, the works are also intricately linked to the urban environment which the artists use to present subtle critical comments of today‚s society. Their aim is to create a guerilla-based freedom of expression which can compete with the market forces and their commercial visual impressions. Using the city‚s landscape, content and design as a source of inspiration to create a new global language, they attempt to make their works as visible as possible in our current jungle of endless signs, logos and commercial advertising. Artists include: 108 from Alessandria, El Gato Chimney, Orticanoodles, Ozmo, Pho, Santy and Termine Growth from Milan, Lucamaleonte and the Sten/Lex duo from Rome. The Brick Lane Gallery info@thebricklanegallery.com
MOSTRA COLLETTIVAAncora. Street ArtCANO, DEDE', KAYONE, LED, LEO, MINELLI, PHO, POGLIAGHI, RAE MARTINI, VERBO, WANY INAUGURAZIONE SABATO 6 DICEMBRE 2008 DALLE ORE 18,00 IN POI sarà presente GIANLUCA GAUDIO Per l'occasione verrà presentato in anteprima il nuovo volume sulla "Street Art" testi critici di Vittorio Sgarbi e Gianluca Gaudio edito dalla Telemarket Communication LA MOSTRA SI PROTRARRA' FINO AL 10 GENNAIO 2009 Allegato CMS completo e copertina catalogo Spettabile Redazione, siamo ad informarvi della mostra che sarà inaugurata presso il nostro Show-Room sabato 06 dicembre al 10 gennaio alle ore 18, con l'occasione porgiamo i nostri migliori saluti, Giovanni Bolognini - Telemarket s.r. Bologna Show room TELEMARKET Orari: INGRESSO LIBERO Ufficio Stampa Telemarket s.p.a.
Graffiti: Spirit of an Age 40x10
Opening Reception - Wednesday, December 3rd, 2008 5-9pm CES, CEY, DR.REVOLT, EZO, KET, KLASS, MARE139, SHARP, SP, REVS Curated by EZO Longwood Arts Gallery@ TAKE THE 2, 4, 5 TO 149TH AND THE GRAND CONCOURSE Hours: Monday - Saturday 10 Am - 6pm
Corpo Imunidade
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