The Zoo York guys made tiny stencils of their logo, slapped em on the backs of a bunch of cockroaches, and freaked out the squares on Wall St. Check out the video.
Wednesday, April 30, 2008
Flex Yr Nuts/ Judith Supine's "Dirt Mansion"
Chances are if you've walked the streets of New York over the past year you've witnessed Judith Supine's out-of-skull creations first hand: A figure, 50' in scale, clinging to the Manhattan Bridge, in all its oft-neon glory; another, rounded and menacing bobbing along the East River on an inner-tube, grinning as on-lookers stop to point and gawk; and their peers--a veritable army of colorfully contorted caricatures staring down passers-by through a thin layer of wheat paste. The renowned street artist's growing catalogue of mangled collage-based beings, and his reputation for doing some seriously balls-all-the-way-out-the-fly-of-your-jeans guerilla installations (Supine tossed a piece up on the window of the U.S. army recruitment office in Time Square!) have unsurprisingly provoked a ton of buzz for his first NYC solo exhibition.
In early April, at the opening of "Dirt Mansion," English Kills Gallery in Bushwick was transformed into a funhouse, where Supine's quintessential large-scale creations wound attendees through a small UV soaked maze. Like other street artists, Banksy and Faile, Supine chose to open his one-man show at a small warehouse, as opposed to a well-established gallery. This gave him the ability to utilize every inch of space. The black-light brought his flourescent giants to life, as they glared down on the crowd from every angle. A huge set of neon hands at the back of the space held a pair of scissors and snipped away at its own digits, which was demonstrative of Supine's own unique style. He puts his own twist on the age old art of d.i.y. cut and paste collage work (in the vein of punk rock flyer art). he pulls his material from the bowels of city dumpsters--tossed out magazines and newspapers, which he arranges to his liking, enlarges via a photocopier, paints, and then what pastes to his chosen canvas.
For the show, he also built a series of warped miniature-scale haunted houses (dirt mansions, I suppose). Tiny windows on the houses served as peep-holes into nightmarish dioramas--scenes that featured fat cats and their pearl-studded trophy wives enjoying an after diner cocktail alongside grim-faced soldiers sporting head-wounds. His rearrangement of texts has an eerie satirical quality. Supine pokes at the doughy physique of contemporary American culture, and a generations complete disaffection to real suffering that exists outside of the general poor sap's concept of a bad day (The train took forever this morning, and so-and-so got eliminated from American idol!). Supine's "Dirt Mansion," which is a perfect transition from the artist's usual arena of the streets to a gallery show, will echo in the heads of its viewers, a few choice words from E.E. Cummings, who he quotes by saying, "there is some shit I will not eat."
Spotted (NYC): Amadeo and Simone Pace enjoying the newest issue of Overspray...
Ya know, from that band Blonde Redhead... Get with it!
stencil festival in LONDON
The Cans Festival is an all day street party celebrating Stencil Art.
The exact location will be released 10:30am on Friday, some already confirmed artists are Vexta, Prism, Bandit, Roadsworth, Faile, and Banksy.
It's an open event, people are welcome to come and put up their own work- if you're in London this definitely can't be missed!
Tuesday, April 29, 2008
Monday, April 28, 2008
Shepard Fairey Threatens to Sue Artist For Parodying His Work
Shepard Fairey recently sent a cease and desist letter to self proclaimed "Propaganda Re-Engineer" Baxter Orr. The 26 year old based out of Austin, Texas has been parodying some of Fairey's work, including the well known Andre The Giant image, and allegedly has been reselling prints of Fairey's work on Ebay. The threat has kicked up a lot of discussion over Fairey's artwork and his right to be calling someone out on copyright infringement.
"I'm pursuing this out of principal. I have principals and Orr does not. A gross over-simplification of the situation could lead a lazy person to think that I'm a hypocrite for pursuing Orr because, in basic terms, we both use reinterpreted appropriated imagery. The key difference is in our motivations and my willingness to take responsibility for the things I do."
"Baxter maintains that Shepard's always been a big inspiration, and that his recreations are not malicious, but rather ironic, "I wanted to parody the guy who parodies everything. He's based his career off this. If he gets mad at this, he's become just like Tide detergent or Coca-Cola."
(Resource: www.animalnewyork.com)
Check out these two links for more information:
Link 1
Link 2
"I'm pursuing this out of principal. I have principals and Orr does not. A gross over-simplification of the situation could lead a lazy person to think that I'm a hypocrite for pursuing Orr because, in basic terms, we both use reinterpreted appropriated imagery. The key difference is in our motivations and my willingness to take responsibility for the things I do."
"Baxter maintains that Shepard's always been a big inspiration, and that his recreations are not malicious, but rather ironic, "I wanted to parody the guy who parodies everything. He's based his career off this. If he gets mad at this, he's become just like Tide detergent or Coca-Cola."
(Resource: www.animalnewyork.com)
Check out these two links for more information:
Link 1
Link 2
"NoNewEnemies - BM2" featuring microbo, BO130, Morcky & TheBoghe at HeliumCowboy Artspace
Our good friends Microbo and BO130 recently showcased some of their work at the HeliumCowboy Artspace in Hamburg, Germany. Check out the pics below (click HERE to see more!):
Seen..
On a water tower on the border of (piece facing towards) the lower 9th ward in New Orleans, LA. There is a giant heart just to the right of the words, visible from the bridge crossing from 8th to 9th wards. The lower 9th is the neighborhood that was hit the hardest by Katrina, and obviously the neighborhood most in need of positivity and love (of one's boo or otherwise). There was a shocking lack of street art in New Orleans in general..
Saturday, April 26, 2008
Wednesday, April 23, 2008
Bomb it! The Movie
Bomb It, the global graffiti documentary, coming to NYC:
Fri. April 25 - Thu. May 8, 2008
Cinema Village
22 East 12th St.
New York, NY 10003
212-924-3363
PREMIER PARTY!!
Friday, April 25th
"Bomb It Premiere Party"
The Plumm
246 W. 14th Street
New York, NY 10011
9:00pm - 2:00am
FREE
Entertainment TBA
Open Bar 9:30 ñ- 10:30
sponsored by AriZona All City NRG, Bombin' Magazine
For more info go here
Justin Bua at the Limited Addiction Gallery
Justin Bua at the Limited Addiction Gallery
825 Santa Fe Drive • Denver, CO 80204 825 Santa Fe Drive • Denver, CO 80204
04.26.08 through 05.24.08
Opening reception Saturday, April 26th, 7-10pm
Artist in attendance
Limited Addiction Gallery presents an exhibition of Justin BUA’s work entitled "BUA Musicology".
Tuesday, April 22, 2008
Outland Records, Amsterdam
Hello world.
I just made it out of a trip to Amsterdam last weekend where I dropped by Outland Records. The name is sort of misleading since they've been selling art supplies for at least five years, and they've recently taken the big step into hosting a gallery space. But the roots lie in tweaked out house music and it shows when you step inside.
They've got a DJ booth where a seemingly endless mix of micro house and minimal techno rolls on day and night. I talked to the guy at the counter, Jerome, and it was clear, house music is what propels these guys through daily life.
It's a nice to hang out and stare at some paintings in a gallery that isn't cavernous and echo-laden sometimes. In Amsterdam galleries are a bit more inviting than a lot of other cities. Prices are relatively low and you get the feeling that there are a lot of artists who actually make money selling their work, and in the case of Outland you can also get some rare LP's, DVD's, books, markers and paint... you name it, really. Check out their blog if you want to keep up with new arrivals at the store or just cop some goods over the interweb.
Saturday, April 19, 2008
Big Thangs Poppin' at Ad Hoc
The good folks at Ad Hoc in Bushwick keep the awesome events coming. Tomorrow, at 6 p.m., there will be a talk with Lady Pink and Aiko to celebrate the culmination of their Brick Ladies of NYC exhibition-- check it before it closes! The talk will be followed by a screening of 'Spraymasters', a new documentary featuring Pink, Futura 2000, Lee Quinones and Zephyr.
Then, on April 25th, Ad Hoc is hosting a sick street art auction:
Then, on April 25th, Ad Hoc is hosting a sick street art auction:
Thursday, April 17, 2008
Check for Zuek
Our boy Alesandro Zuek has been doing his damn thing. He scored an artist visa and has been tearing up the photography world all over the world. Since painting trains in Rome back in the day, he's come a long way as documentarian du jour of everything downtown, skate, art or otherwise. We love him, you should too. He just launched his new website and you need to check it out. www.zuekphotography.com
Big things kids. Big things.
The 5Boro team:
Fetish:
Portraits:
Our town:
You've probably seen this sticker around NY:
The Japanese rockabillys:
Big things kids. Big things.
The 5Boro team:
Fetish:
Portraits:
Our town:
You've probably seen this sticker around NY:
The Japanese rockabillys:
Wednesday, April 16, 2008
Monday, April 14, 2008
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