Artists

“Know Hope” Depicts Conflict in Israel

Know Hope’s figures are frequently in conflict with one another or with themselves, with no one appearing to win, and everyone damaged – sometimes with copious blood dripping and limbs askew or missing .  After a visit by Irish street artist Conor Harrington, who did a new piece with him a couple of weeks ago, it looks like Know Hope got inspired to do some new solo wall pieces.  Both of them are quite moving.

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This one is particularly well placed in a context of a dilapidated structure – as if the history of the room bespeaks a conflict of it’s former inhabitants, who obviously ran out of time.

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This larger scale piece is accompanied around the corner with a poem that some how gives voice to the piece.  I’d rather let the piece speak for itself this time.

(both images courtesy the artist)

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99% Gallery and Art Center : Debut and Fundraiser

OPENING RECEPTION: JUNE 11TH, 7-11PM

FUNDRAISER PRINT GROUP SHOW SILENT AUCTION for the new…

99%
Gallery and Art Center

99 North 10th (between Berry and Wythe)
Brooklyn, NY  11211

$5 COVER

The first opening will be a print group show fundraiser, to benefit the new space.  All prints will be available for purchase via a silent auction.  First bid MUST be half of the retail price of the print.  Each bid thereafter must increase my increments of $20.  Cover: $5

If you are unable to physically be at the gallery, but would like to bid on prints from the show, e-mail: info@ninetyninegallery.com

Participating artists for the print show so far include:
Chris Mendoza
Cycle
Doze Green
Ellis G
Eric White
Esao Andrews
Gaia
Ian Kuali’i
Jose Parla
Kenji Hirata
Martha Cooper
Mel Kadel
Morning Breath
Nathan Lee Pickett
Orlando Reyes
Rage Johnson
Rostarr
Ryan Humprey
Skewville
Swoon
Tara McPherson
Tono Radvany
Voodo Fe
Xiaoqing Ding
Yuri Shimojo

ABOUT 99%

99% perspiration, 1% inspiration.  This old adage still makes sense in 2010.  We at 99% Art Space produce the 99% perspiration, allowing the artists we work with to focus on the final 1% inspiration.  We want to do the work to create a space which will be conducive to not only art exhibiting, but also to art appreciating, art learning and in the end art creating.  We believe in the artist and the artwork they produce.  This is the reason we, or any other art space for that matter, even exists.  It’s about the artist and the inspiration and enlightenment their final art embodies.

99% is dedicated to doing everything in our power to support the artist and the work they create.  We are also dedicated to art learning, through our upcoming series of lectures, classes, workshops and so much more.  Of course we also are dedicated to working with the artists we want believe in to produce a regular schedule of exhibitions throughout the year.

Lastly, 99% is dedicated to underdogs.  We will exhibit artists who been inspired by the worlds of comic books, animation, new media, graffiti, tattoos, illustration, folk art and many other forms of pop, subversive and outsider imagery.

99% perspiration, 1% inspiration.  We like the way that sounds.  We like the idea of working hard to create an environment for our artists to engage with comfortably, as they change the world one idea at a time!

P.S. Oh, and it doesn’t hurt that the number on our building is 99!  😉

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Electric Windows (Beacon, NY)

Participating artists include: Avic Tchernichovski, Big Foot, Buxtonia, Cern, Chris Stain, Chris Yormick, Depoe, Elbow Toe, Elia Gurna, Ellis G, Erik Otto, Eugene Good, Faust, Gaia, Joe Iurato, Mr Kiji, Logan Hicks, Michael De Feo, PaperMonster, Peat Wollaeger, Rick Price, Riiisa Boogie, Ron English, Ryan Bubnis, Ryan Williams, Skewville, and TC.

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BSA GIVEAWAY: “FOR YOUR EYES ONLY”

Name Every Piece and You Win an Original Artwork from Chris (RWK) and BSA !

Okay BSA Readers: Now’s your chance to show you know your street art!

This is what the winner gets by Chris from RWK acrylic on wood 8 x 8 signed
YOUR PRIZE: This cool piece by Chris from Robots Will Kill!  8″ x 8″, acrylic on wood, signed by the artist.

Since the devil is on the details, here is a set of images that focus on the EYES of the artists’ subjects. The first reader that correctly identifies all the artists will receive this original painting on wood by street artist Chris from Robots Will Kill.

The Winner will be announced on Fun Friday, along with the answers.

Please email your answers to info @ brooklynstreetart.com with BSA GIVEAWAY in the subject.

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(all photos © Jaime Rojo)

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Arts in Bushwick Presents: Bushwick Open Studios (BOS) June 4-6 2010

BOS

About BOS

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Our Mission

Arts in Bushwick is an all volunteer organization that serves and engages artists and other neighborhood residents through creative accessibility and community organizing. It is our goal to create an integrated and sustainable neighborhood, and to bring together all Bushwick residents and stakeholders to counter development-driven displacement.

To keep reading about Arts in Bushwick go here:

http://bos2010.artsinbushwick.org/about/

To see the map and participating artists for this year’s BOS go here:

http://bos2010.artsinbushwick.org/directory/

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Images Of The Week 05.30.10 on BSA

Images Of The Week 05.30.10 on BSA

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Our weekly interview with the street, this week featuring Sweet Toof, Robots Will Kill, Ludo, Clown Soldier, Swoon, NanooK, Gaia,  Faile, ROA, Shepard Fairey, Sting, Aakash Nihalani

Sweet Toof and Veng
Sweet Toof moves in next to Robots Will Kill (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Ludo
Don’t pull that thing! (Ludo) (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Clown Soldier's many talents
Clown Soldier’s many talents (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Swoon
Swoon (photo © Jaime Rojo)

NanooK
NanooK (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Swoon
Over the shoulder Swoon (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Gaia
Gaia (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Roa, Celso

Roa, Celso ( Photo © Jaime Rojo)

Faile
Amidst all these troubles and anxieties that befell Trixie, she still remembered to wear her pumps.  (Faile) (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Roa
ROA (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Don't Stop Aakash Nihalani! (Photo © Jaime Rojo)

Don't Stop Aakash Nihalani! (Photo © Jaime Rojo)

Look Ma, Sting is coming out of Shepard Fairey's riffles!
Shepard Fairey and Sting (a street art collabo) (photo © Jaime Rojo)

And Now This Briefs Message:

NanooK
NanooK (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Sweet Toof, Clint

Sweet Toof, Clint (Photo © Jaime Rojo)

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Carmichael Gallery Presents: “Booked” ( Culver City L.A.)

Carmichael Gallery

Nick Walker Photo Courtesy Carmichael Gallery

Nick Walker Photo Courtesy Carmichael Gallery

For Immediate Release-

Carmichael Gallery is proud to present “Booked”, a group exhibition featuring over 35 of the  leading figures in contemporary art.
The gallery’s rooms will showcase a wide selection of original works from artists including:
Aiko, Banksy, Beejoir, Blek le Rat, Boxi, Bumblebee, 215, Henry Chalfant, Martha Cooper
C, D*Face, Brad Downey, Eine, Ericailcane, Escif, Faile, Shepard Fairey, Stelios Faitakis, Gaia, Hush,  Mark Jenkins, Dave Kinsey, Know Hope, Labrona,
Anthony Lister, Lucy McLauchlan, Aakash Nihalani, Walter Nomura (a.k.a. Tinho), Other
Steve Powers (a.k.a. ESPO), Lucas Price (a.k.a. Cyclops), Retna, Saber,
Sam3, Sixeart, Slinkachu, SpY, Judith Supine, Titi Freak, Nick Walker,
Dan Witz, and WK Interact.

Books and magazines will be available from a range of publishers,
including Drago, Gestalten,
Gingko Press, Murphy Design, Prestel, Rojo, SCB Distributors,
Studiocromie, Very Nearly Almost,
Zupi and more.

There will be an opening reception for the exhibition on Saturday,
June 5th from 6 to 8pm. The
gallery will be open for viewing from 12pm that day to coincide with
Culver City Art Walk. The
exhibition will run through July 3rd.

Carmichael Gallery
5795 Washington Blvd
Culver City, CA 90232
June 5 – July 3, 2010

Additional and/or high resolution preview images available, please do
not hesitate to contact me!

Best,
Lauren Licata
PR Associate
Carmichael Gallery
www.carmichaelgallery.com

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The Dude Company Special: New Pieces: Big Ups To BKLN

Dude’s Got Skillz

Damn, Son, some street arts artists in BK are seriously bringing it this spring, and the results are there for anybody to see in this gallery of the street.

Here are very recent stencils and wheat-pastes by one of the more enterprising new talents on the scene, The Dude Co. 
In this new series The Dude continues to pay homage to BROOKLYN, some of its distinctive landmarks, skater kids, and hip-hop musicians from all over.

Despite the subjects, none of it is POP, rather it can be startlingly sincere. In color, composition, and context you’ll have to admit he’s killing it.

It’s evident that The Dude Co. is a fan of New York, and with this new collection, some New Yorkers will undoubtedly be a fan of The Dude.

The Dude Company celebrates Brooklyn
The Dude Company celebrates Brooklyn (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Cake and The Dude Company Collaboration
Street Art Mashup: “Ballade De Cake Nelson” He even did a duet with Cake – like Serge Gainsbourg mashed with Katy Perry Cake and The Dude Company Collaboration (photo © Jaime Rojo)

The Dude Company
The Dude Company (photo © Jaime Rojo)

The Dude Company (Version 2)

The Dude Company with a skater boy out front (photo © Jaime Rojo)

The Dude Company
The Dude Company (photo © Jaime Rojo)

The Dude Company
Ahmir Khalib Thompson known professionally as ?uestlove (The Dude Company) (photo © Jaime Rojo)

The Dude Company
The Dude Company in Black and White (photo © Jaime Rojo)

The Dude Company Ode to Brooklyn in yet another version
The Dude Company in an Ode to Brooklyn (photo © Jaime Rojo)

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BSA EXPANDS Inexplicably – Like those moving platforms at the14th St. Subway Station

I’m expanding, and not always in a good way, truth be told.

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Too much time spent slaving over a hot keyboard and mindlessly eating is part of it.  Besides that, BSA has been really inundated with fun and your new ideas and we’ve decided we are going to make a ‘lil more room for everybody over the next few months. We need more room!  There’s more stuff to see and do!
Already you can see that the space for pictures is bigger, right? GIGANTO!  And as we move forward, we’ll be a little lighter on on our paws, with more options for you to participate with us and each other and with the biggest growing street art scene this side of the oil spill.

And in the interest of transparency (and because we’re clueless about how to do it behind the scenes), we’ll be making the improvements to the site right in front of you, like open heart surgery on your coffee table.  NICE.  So sometimes it may get a little messy, there will be blood spattering about.

It may look like HOLY HELL once in a while, but stick with us, kid, and you’ll have potatoes as big as diamonds.

Did I say that right?

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