January 2013

Images of the Week: 01.13.13

January 13, 2013


Here’s our weekly interview with the street, this week featuring Bored, Defs, Faile, Lädy, Mr. Toll, Nick Walker, Penny, Plata, Smells, and Verb

Top image Nick Walker (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Nick Walker. Detail. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Mom’s Little Helpers. Artist Unknown. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

JC “Penny” (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Animal Smells, Verb, Plata (photo © Jaime Rojo)

DEFS in in Rizal, Philippines. (photo © DEFS)

A one-liner from Bored.  (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Artist Unknown with some Swoon and Gaia influences. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Mr. Toll (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Lädy (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Faile. Along with their recent announcement of their partnership with the New York City Ballet Arts Series came a marketing campaign blitz that saw the New York City transit system and streets blanketed with the promotional posters. So once again Street Artists see their work in place it was previously, but because a fee has been paid, this time it is legal.

Says Faile: “It’s pretty crazy to see that work on the subways and streets and not to have been the ones to put it up there. Quite ironic” (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Faile (photo © Jaime Rojo)

 

Faile. Detail. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Faile (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Untitled. Hudson River, NYC. January 2013. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

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Daze and a Second Wall in Miami

January 12, 2013

Brooklyn born graffiti/street/fine artist DAZE completed two walls while in Miami during Art Basel 2012. The first wall done in conjunction with Wynwood Walls has been extensively documented, including a couple of great shots from Martha Cooper here on BSA.

Favoring illustration and symbols in a muralist style, Daze, who was hitting trains in the late 70s and early 80s, brings some of that New York flavor to this wall. Here are a few images along with a new timelapse video from Daze in quieter spot outside the buzz of Wynwood Art District.

DAZE. Detail. (photo © Daze)

DAZE (photo © Daze)

DAZE. Detail. (photo © Daze)

 

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BSA Film Friday 01.11.13

BSA Film Friday 01.11.13

January 11, 2013

 

Our weekly focus on the moving image and art in the streets. And other oddities.

Now screening: A debut from UR New York, Cola de Farinha, Pigeon in the Venice of the North, En Masse in Miami MMXII, and a promo for “Working Class”.

UR New York Spends 10 Days in Miami

In this video debuting today on BSA, 2Esae and Ski Mst of UR New York spray, stencil, wheatpaste, play with kids from the Children’s Bereavement Center, flirt and give the finger at openings, cavort in front of the camera, and otherwise act a fool in pursuit of the one thing that made these trouble makers who they are, art.

Cola de Farinha – Brazilian Wheat-pasting

A small documentary interviewing some wheat-pasters in São Paulo, that gives an idea of how the scene takes on the personality and style of the culture. A unique opportunity to learn what it means to artists and how it is perceived as a means of communication.

Pigeon Wheat-pasting in the Venice of the North

Follow Street Artist Pigeon on an icy river in a canoe.

En Masse: Miami MMXII

The great collaborative feeling of working together on the streets is epitomized here with En Masse in Miami last month. Featured artists in their two week roll-through were;

Mke Maxwell, OverUnder, NDA, Omen514, ASquidCalledSebastian, Jason Botkin, Fred Caron, Melissa DelPinto, LezaOne, Alan Ganev, Dustin Spagnolia, Mas Paz, Optimo, Pat Lazzo, Marc PaperScissor, Carmelo Blandino, Five Eight, Pixel Pancho, Never 2501, Sam Parker, Samson Contompasis, Linsey Carron, Anne Preece, Victor Cox

“Working Class”

A brief taste of the new film about the work of artists Mike Giant and Mike Maxwell.

 

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Brazil is Now. Jetsonorama in Rio.

January 10, 2013

Rio is today. And tomorrow. A dagger sharp contrast of rich and poor, it is a model that grows throughout the rest of the world wherever the middle class is being attacked and steadily whittled down to a thin whisper.

When Brazil takes the world stage for the 2014 World Cup and the 2016 Olympics, most of Rocinha will miss the events. A slum that houses 200,000 people on the hillside in Rio, people there are borrowing electricity from the neighboring rich São Conrado and Gávea communities and figuring out how to meet their most basic needs. According to Mundoreal “Residents subsist in conditions of abject or near abject poverty, residing in small shanties stacked one on top of another, sometimes as many as 8 stories high.”

Jetsonorama (photo © courtesy Jetsonorama)

Street Artist Jetsonorama was in Rio de Janeiro to visit with friend Lea Rekow as part of Green My Favela (GMF), a more formal structural approach to bringing social and environmental remediation to Rocinha, one of the 10 largest slums in the world. “GMF was formed to reclaim degraded land and to create more productive green spaces inside Rocinha. GMF works with Rocinha residents to green what we can through collaborations with individuals, families, NGOs and schools.”

While there to learn about GMF and study how to offer support Jetsonorama also installed a few wheat-pastes he made to sort of lend a figurative hand. One of them appears as a symbolic way of reactivating a decidedly run-down site. He explains, “I had a chance to visit Lea’s project and to meet some of the Rocinha community members who are working with her to develop the site into a community garden space.”

Jetsonorama installing in Rocinha (photo © Lea Rekow)

Jetsonorama installing in Rocinha (photo © Kate Mytty)

Jetsonorama in Rocinha (photo © Jetsonorama)

Rocinha resident Carlos with a view behind of the .5 square mile area the slum is located in. (photo © Jetsonorama)

Carlos tending to one of the gardens on reclaimed land in Rocinha. (photo © Jetsonorama)

Children playing in Rocinha (photo © Lea Rekow)

Jetsonorama (photo © Jets0norama)

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Kosbe “Borrowed Time” At Woodward Gallery Project Space

January 9, 2013

The four panels across from Woodward Gallery have provided an ongoing gallery show on the street for a handful of years now, exhibiting the work on a fine line of gallery and urbanity. The exhibit space on the Lower East Side has featured the likes of near legends Stikman and Lady Pink, and also has played host to newer players along the Street Art/ graffiti continuum including Moody, Skewville, Cash4, DarkCloud, and a number of others well known to New York scene watchers. The space itself is a little more polished than it used to be and there are no dumpsters or the rancid stench of urine to accompany your viewing pleasure, but that’s what you have to put up with as Manhattan continues it’s descending transformation into maul of America.

Kosbe “Borrowed Time” (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Saturday night during the print show opening at Woodward that features a number of Street Artists, guests were sure to step across Eldridge to check the new installation by the emotional expressionist Kosbe, an artist whose biography and practice encompass graff, stickers, Street Art, fine art, and increasingly, Jackson Pollack. Like we said last year on BSA and Huffington Post, dude is one to watch, and if you were looking for an opportunity to dig through the layers, here’s a chaotic psycho-graphic in 4 parts splashed across the public promenade for you. Free.

Kosbe “Borrowed Time”Detail. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Kosbe “Borrowed Time”Detail. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Kosbe “Borrowed Time”Detail. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Kosbe “Borrowed Time”Detail. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

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Jonathan Levine Gallery Presenets: Aakash Nihalani “Portal” (Manhattan, NYC)

January 8, 2013

Aakash Nihalani
Portal
Solo Exhibition

January 12—February 9, 2013
Opening Reception: Saturday, January 12, 7—9pm

Jonathan LeVine Gallery is pleased to present Portal, a series of new works by New York-based artist Aakash Nihalani, in what will be his first solo exhibition at the gallery.
Known in the street art community for his fluorescent tape interventions, Nihalani combines a bright color palette with geometric abstract shapes, resulting in striking contrasts within the context of the urban landscape. Expanding on his exploration of form and space, the artist continues to build upon this body of work in his studio practice, through works on canvas and wooden panels.

Nihalani’s bold, flat shapes continue to evolve into complex multi-dimensional patterns, often producing intricate optical illusions that challenge the viewer’s relationship with their surrounding environment. The imagery appears to extend or recede from the surface of the picture plane through the artist’s carefully developed variations on color theory and architectural elements with influences of Op art and Mathematical perspectives.

http://jonathanlevinegallery.com/

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Mighty Tankaka Gallery Presents: “Vis-á-Vis” A group exhibition. (Brooklyn, NYC)

January 8, 2013

Mighty Tanaka presents:
Vis-á-vis
Featuring the artwork of Tony DePew, Toofly & Quelbeast

Everyone is unique. From the moment we take our first breath to the moment we take our last, there resides a remarkable spark of individuality that exists in each and every one of us. The ways in which we each choose to outwardly express ourselves may vary greatly, yet we all must embrace the differences that separate us all. It’s been said that the eyes are the gateway to the soul, however, it is the expressions of the face that communicate another’s thoughts and desires. Therein lies the magic of portraits, a method that provides a visual communication with the subject, who has been captured within a moment in time. The viewer has the unique opportunity to study those feelings and emotions which have been forever captured on the face of the subject. Mighty Tanaka is pleased to bring you our next show, Vis-á-Vis, featuring the artwork of Tony DePew, Toofly & Quelbeast. Each artist represents a different interpretation of the way they choose to create portrait work.

Mighty Tanaka presents: Vis-á-Vis, featuring Tony DePew, Toofly & Quelbeast

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Don’t Fret Captures NYC

January 8, 2013

Chicago based Street Artist Don’t Fret has new stuff up in New York, and we’re all having a chuckle. His acute eyes and poignant observations as an artist enable him to put everyday pedestrians on the wall for everyday pedestrians to look at.  He captures what he sees and transfers his musings into wittily drawn characters that are hand colored and wheat pasted – you’ll definitely recognize these people, and probably can write your own caption for each scene.

Don’t Fret (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Don’t Fret (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Don’t Fret (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Don’t Fret (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Don’t Fret (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Don’t Fret (photo © Jaime Rojo)

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Signal Gallery Presents: RAE “Nocturnal Trips” Solo Exhibition. (London, UK)

January 7, 2013

Introducing the up and coming street artist RAE, born and raised in Brooklyn, NY. This will be his first show in London. The artists says:
‘Nocturnal Trips’ means everything and nothing about how art relates to my existence. In a literal sense, it deals with the the “trips” I take to install the work I put up on the streets at night and how the city seems a lot different when your scheming as opposed to getting a latte.

http://www.signalgallery.com/events

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Shooting Gallery Presents: Winter Group Show. (San Francisco, CA)

January 7, 2013

Shooting Gallery is pleased to present the last Winter Group Show to be held in the current gallery at 839 Larkin, before our big move to a newly renovated building. Helping us go out with a bang will be a great lineup of many of our beloved artists, including Ferris Plock, Casey Gray, APEX, Michael Page, Aaron Nagel, John Felix Arnold, Hugh Leeman, Jet Martinez, C215, Ernesto Yerena, Morgan Slade, Spencer Keeton Cunningham, Lauren Napolitano, Adam Rozan and Bryan Schnelle.

https://www.facebook.com/events/402304229850922/

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White Walls Gallery Presents: D Young V “The New Race” A solo Exhibition. (San Francisco, CA)

January 7, 2013
White Walls is pleased to present “The New Race,” new works by D Young V. The show will be a culmination of the themes Young has been working on for several years, portions of which were shown at Gallery 3 in late 2010 and at White Walls in the summer of 2011. The opening reception will be Saturday, January 12th, from 7-11 pm, and the exhibition:
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