December 2010

Happy New Year! BSA Highlights of 2010

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As we start a new year, we say thank you for the last one.

And Thank You to the artists who shared their 11 Wishes for 2011 with Brooklyn Street Art; Conor Harrington, Eli Cook, Indigo, Gilf, Todd Mazer, Vasco Mucci, Kimberly Brooks, Rusty Rehl, Tip Toe, Samson, and Ludo. You each contributed a very cool gift to the BSA family, and we’re grateful.

We looked over the last year to take in all the great projects we were in and fascinating people we had the pleasure to work with. It was a helluva year, and please take a look at the highlights to get an idea what a rich cultural explosion we are all a part of at this moment.

The new year already has some amazing new opportunities to celebrate Street Art and artists. We are looking forward to meeting you and playing with you and working with you in 2011.

Specter does “Gentrification Series” © Jaime Rojo
NohJ Coley and Gaia © Jaime Rojo
Jef Aerosol’s tribute to Basquiat © Jaime Rojo
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January

Imminent Disaster © Steven P. Harrington
Fauxreel (photo courtesy the artist)
Chris Stain at Brooklyn Bowl © Jaime Rojo

February

Various & Gould © Jaime Rojo
Anthony Lister on the street © Jaime Rojo
Trusto Corp was lovin it.

March

Martha Cooper, Shepard Fairey © Jaime Rojo
BSA’s Auction for Free Arts NYC
Crotched objects began appearing on the street this year. © Jaime Rojo

April

BSA gets some walls for ROA © Jaime Rojo
Dolk at Brooklynite © Steven P. Harrington
BSA gets Ludo some action “Pretty Malevolence” © Jaime Rojo

May

The Crest Hardware Art Show © Jaime Rojo
NohJ Coley © Jaime Rojo
The Phun Phactory Reboot in Williamsburg © Steven P. Harrington

June

Sarah Palin by Billi Kid
Nick Walker with BSA in Brooklyn © Jaime Rojo
Judith Supine at “Shred” © Jaime Rojo

July

Interview with legend Futura © Jaime Rojo
Os Gemeos and Martha Cooper © Jaime Rojo
Skewville at Electric Windows © Jaime Rojo

August

Specter Spot-Jocks Shepard Fairey © Jaime Rojo
“Bienvenidos” campaign
Faile studio visit © Jaime Rojo

September

BSA participates and sponsors New York’s first “Nuit Blanche” © Jaime Rojo
JC2 © Jaime Rojo
How, Nosm, R. Robots © Jaime Rojo

October

Faile “Bedtime Stories” © Jaime Rojo
Judith Supine © Jaime Rojo
Photo © Roswitha Guillemin courtesy Galerie Itinerrance

November

H. Veng Smith © Jaime Rojo
Sure. Photo courtesy Faust
Kid Zoom © Jaime Rojo

December

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Wish # 11 : LUDO

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Wish-11

For 11 days we’ve presented 11 artists and BSA readers and their wishes for the new year, 2011, in no particular order. Together, they are a tiny snapshot of the people who are creators and fans of street art. Individually, each has added their expression of the creative spirit to the year now ending.

And our final wish for 2011 comes from Parisian Street Artist LUDO, who has gained a great following with his merging of the natural and the man-made world in his creations, like the circuit board butterfly he is in the middle of drawing below. Here is LUDO’s wish for the new year;

“I wish for more and more uncontrolled, simple and fresh moments.”

brooklyn-street-art-Dec 31-Ludo-12-10-webLudo (photo © Ludo)

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Wish # 10 : Samson

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Wish-10

For 11 days we’re presenting 11 artists and BSA readers and their wishes for the new year, 2011, in no particular order. Together, they are a tiny snapshot of the people who are creators and fans of street art. Individually, each has added their expression of the creative spirit to the year now ending.

Today’s wish comes from BSA reader and Street Artist Samson from Albany, New York, who won in the BSA Holiday Giveaway, with this photo of his best friends and with this wish:

I wish to change the world around me for the better, to brighten people’s worlds and to sharpen their minds. I wish for oneness.

brooklyn-street-art-Dec- 30-samson-12-10-webSamson (photo © Samson)

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Wish # 9 : Tip Toe

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Wish-9

For 11 days we’re presenting 11 artists and BSA readers and their wishes for the new year, 2011, in no particular order. Together, they are a tiny snapshot of the people who are creators and fans of street art. Individually, each has added their expression of the creative spirit to the year now ending.

Today’s wish comes from Brooklyn based Street Artist Tip Toe, who is originally from Chicago, and who regularly does battle on the street with beasts of mythology and metaphor;

I wish those wounds will finally heal and that there are brighter futures ahead for all of us.

brooklyn-street-art-Dec 29-TIPTOE-WOUNDS HEAL-12-10Tip Toe “Wounds Heal” (photo © Tip Toe)

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Wish # 8 : Rusty Rehl

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Wish-8

For 11 days we’re presenting 11 artists and BSA readers and their wishes for the new year, 2011, in no particular order. Together, they are a tiny snapshot of the people who are creators and fans of street art. Individually, each has added their expression of the creative spirit to the year now ending.

Today’s wish comes from BSA reader Rusty Rehl, who is a painter and a student in Idaho. He was one of the five winners of the BSA Holiday Giveaway, and Rusty sent us this wish;

I wish that BSA would put me up on their site because I once flew 2,500 miles to see a C215 piece. Also, if I were some how able to pay for my college tuition, that would be cool too.

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Rusty Rehl (photo © Rusty Rehl)

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Wish # 7 : Kimberly Brooks

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Wish-7

For 11 days we’re presenting 11 artists and BSA readers and their wishes for the new year, 2011, in no particular order. Together, they are a tiny snapshot of the people who are creators and fans of street art. Individually, each has added their expression of the creative spirit to the year now ending.

Today’s wish comes from Kimberly Brooks, a California-based artist and recent founder/editor of the Huffington Post Arts Page;

I wish for less precision and more spontaneity; less virtuality and more meals with people I care about; less talking heads and more artists exposing their work; less email and more kissing.

brooklyn-street-art-Dec 27-Kimberly-Brooks grace-12-10Kimberly Brooks “Grace” (Photo © Kimberly Brooks)

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Wish #6: Vasco Mucci

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Wish-6

For 11 days we’re presenting 11 artists and BSA readers and their wishes for the new year, 2011, in no particular order. Together, they are a tiny snapshot of the people who are creators and fans of street art. Individually, each has added their expression of the creative spirit to the year now ending.

Today’s wish comes from BSA reader and photographer Vasco Mucci from Pennsylvania, who shares with us one of his images along with a wish;

I wish I could drive away.

brooklyn-street-art-Dec 26-Vasco-Mucci-Abandon-Town-12-10Vasco Mucci “Abandoned Town” (Photo © Vasco Mucci)

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Wish #5: Todd Mazer

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

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Wish-5

For 11 days we’re presenting 11 artists and BSA readers and their wishes for the new year, 2011, in no particular order. Together, they are a tiny snapshot of the people who are creators and fans of street art. Individually, each has added their expression of the creative spirit to the year now ending.

Today’s wish comes from Los Angeles based photographer, videographer and BSA contributor Todd Mazer, who sends this image of Saber, the artist;

I wish for us to all remember, no matter how unbearable the load we find upon our shoulders, weightlessness can always be sparked by a moment of inspiration.

brooklyn-street-art-Dec 25-Saber-TODD-MAZER-12-10Todd Mazer “Saber” (photo © Todd Mazer)

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Wish #4: Gilf

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Wish-4

For 11 days we’re presenting 11 artists and BSA readers and their wishes for the new year, 2011, in no particular order. Together, they are a tiny snapshot of the people who are creators and fans of street art. Individually, each has added their expression of the creative spirit to the year now ending.

Today’s wish comes from BSA reader and Brooklyn based street artist Gilf;

If I had one wish for 2011 it would be this:

That the people of the world look not through the keyhole of religion, but rather the universal lens of humanity to understand that governments and religions do not define us nor should they cloud our minds with hostility for those who are different.

brooklyn-street-art-Dec- 24-gilf-To-Tehran-with- Love-2010-12-10Gilf  “To Tehran with Love, 2010”  (Photo © Gilf)

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Wish #3: Indigo

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Wish-3

For 11 days we’re presenting 11 artists and BSA readers and their wishes for the new year, 2011, in no particular order. Together, they are a tiny snapshot of the people who are creators and fans of street art. Individually, each has added their expression of the creative spirit to the year now ending.

Today’s wish comes from Canadian stencil artist and Street Artist Indigo, who includes a photograph she took in Solingen, Germany;

My wish is that we can all find ways to set (and reach) new milestones, discover the lessons to be learned in every challenge and appreciate the small moments that often go overlooked.

brooklyn-street-art-dec- 23-Indigo-Aether-12-10-web“Aether” (photo © Indigo)

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Wish #2: Eli Cook

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Wish-2

For 11 days we’re presenting 11 artists and BSA readers and their wishes for the new year, 2011, in no particular order. Together, they are a tiny snapshot of the people who are creators and fans of street art. Individually, each has added their expression of the creative spirit to the year now ending.

Today’s wish comes from BSA reader Eli Cook from Kentucky, who is a painter and a fan of Street Art. He shares with us his skillz and his wish;

“I wish to finish this painting by or during 2011, for my grand dad because his dad just passed and I wanted to do something for him”

brooklyn-street-art-Dec- 22-Eli-Cook-beast-within-painting-in-progress-12-10Eli Cook “Beast Within. Painting in Progress” (Photo © Eli Cook)

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