1. Ellis G Solo Show Tonight in Dumbo
2. Futura Rocks the New Futura Tag on a Window and His New 12 oz. Prophet Video
3. Graffiti Photographer John Naar Expounds on Video – Re-Release of “Faith of Graffiti”
4. Area Grandmother Reveals That She is Banksy
5. Shepard and DEVO: The Big Picture Tomorrow
Ellis G @ Mighty Tanaka Tonight in Brooklyn
There is only one Ellis G and he’s been banging out these hand-traced silhouettes across the city for a good run, now. With a deft hand the Brooklyn Street Artist literally draws your attention to shadow and light, using the cityscape and chalk. Over time his photos of his work have taking on a poignancy because they capture this truly temporary, almost ethereal shadowing of elongated, foreshortened, and otherwise curiously distorted urban structures – freezing them for a second before they fade into the gritty ethers. Tonight he’ll be performing live at his opening at Mighty Tanaka.
All photos Ellis G (courtesy of the gallery)
OPENING RECEPTION: Friday, January 21st, 2011, 6:00PM – 9:00PM – MORE HERE
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“This is a Message from Futura!” The 12oz Prophet VIDEO
We are really excited to see Brooklyn’s own Futura in da bloghouse! Props to the 12 oz crew for this warm and natural portrayal.
Check out this exclusive window tag by Futura that he sent for you, the BSA family…
“Condensation tagging could be the next biggest thing,” he says (photo © FUTURADOSMIL)
Check his Flickr for more goodies and read the BSA interview with FUTURADOSMIL on The Huffington Post:
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Gorgeous Insights from Photographer John Naar (VIDEO)
On the occasion Wooster Collective’s re-release of Jon Naar’s and Norman Mailer’s seminal 1970s book “Faith of Grafitti” as part of their “Special Edition” series, here’s a video of Jon Naar courtesy of Stussy.
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Area Grandmother Comes Forward As ‘Banksy’
“LONDON—At a press conference Tuesday, 89-year-old Rose Biggin, a grandmother from the Camden Town neighborhood of North London, announced that she was in fact the internationally renowned graffiti artist known only as Banksy. “Those drawings? Oh, yes, those are mine,” said the diminutive octogenarian, who admitted to scaling buildings and climbing fences in order to put up life-sized stenciled images that satirize modern society’s mores and its inherent political power structures. “It sure does help to pass the time.” Biggin then returned home, where along with some of her “dearest friends,” she sipped tea, sampled some nice ginger cake, and planned the necessary destruction of dominant capitalist paradigms.” Courtesy of The Onion
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Geniuses: Shepard Fairey and Mark Mothersbaugh
Readying for his show tomorrow for “The Big Picture” at Subliminal Projects with the ordained minister in the Church of the Subgenius, Mark Mothersbaugh, Mr. Fairey appears so relaxed and personable in this video shot for a completely different show.
Damn, these people are so busy! I’m crawling around under the bed looking for a lost sock and Shepard’s over there on the left coast making art to address “the dialogue about power and control in society” and having an art show with the King of DEVO.
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