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Fuzion Gallery Presents: “Flipn’ the Bird” A Group Show (Santa Barbara, CA)
August 28, 2011
Artists, California, Events, Gallery, Opening, Santa Barbara
Opening
Inoperable Gallery Presents: ROA “Decomposition” (Vienna, Austria)
ROA
August 26th, as of 19h
The Viennese Art Gallery INOPERAbLE presents works of one of the most highly regarded artists of the street art movement, ROA.
INOPERAbLE gallery will show the latest work of the Belgian artist, including installations, paintings on found objects, and original drawings. ROA will also present his limited edition hand bound book “ROA: An Introduction To Animal Representation” (Mammal Press). A limited number of copies of the books, which include his first ever print, will be available at the opening.
ROAs work indoor is just as fascinating and innovative as those created outdoors in urban and suburban areas. The artists original works have solidified him as an undisputed key figure in the Urban Art movement. Recently a work of ROA was scheduled to be removed by the Hackney city council, however an overwhelming reaction from the local citizens helped save the work. Similarly numerous works by Banksy were “rescued”, again marking ROAs signifigance in the contemporary art scene. Animals are the central theme in ROAs artistic universe. His monumental rabbits, birds, rats or fish, usually in black and white, can be found in cities like New York, London, Paris, Berlin or Mexico. Hefocuses on the fauna of the region, merging them naturally and seamlessly into the environment. Often the decompossing creatures reflect the artists critical view of society around the walls where he works. The bold and large scale murals of ROA confrontﾊ viewers and provide a break in their hectic everday lifestyle, if only just for a moment.
Over the last half decade, ROAs work has been exhibited internationally in solo and group exhibitions. Most notably ROAs work was shown in the internationally acclaimed exhibition “Art in the Streets” at the Museum of Contemporary Art (Los Angeles) alongside Banksy, Swoon, Barry McGee, Space Invader, Basquiat, JR, Os Gemeos and many more. ROA spends much of his time traveling the world, visiting cities and villages of all sizes. This summer he was invited to Gambia along with a handful of active Street Artists to paint murals in small villages, which are usually ignored by tourists. The project was meant to encourage “whites” to stop in these towns to admire the works and support the local businesses, rather than just throw candy out of the window to the children.
ROA will spend the month of August in Vienna as Artist in Resident at Museums Quartier. With the help of the MQ and INOPERAbLE, ROA will spend much of his time creating awe inspiring works around the city. Keep your eyes open for new works as he hits up the capital of Austria, and prepares for his solo exhibition at INOPERAbLE.
INOPERAbLE
Nathalie Halgand & 401RUSH (aka Nicholas Platzer)
Burggasse 24
1070 Vienna, Austria
Operable Hours: Tu-Fr 13-18h, Sa 13-17h
Crest Arts in Collaboration with BSA and MaNY Present: The Grassy Lot Show (Manhattan, NY)
Grassy Lot
We’re proud to announce the “Grassy Lot Show” coming this Thursday presented by Crest Arts at the Timeshare Backyard. It’s been a little whirlwind of activity with 15 artists putting up brand new work on the walls of this oasis on the Lower East Side for you to come visit. With Keith Schwietzer and us helping Crest out here and there, and of course with Franklin doing lawn roomba duties, it is a bit of a community event. All it is missing is you! What are you doing Thursday?
Crest Arts invites you to the TimeShare Backyard for
“The Grassy Lot Show”
Thursday August 25, from 6-8 pm
145 Ludlow Street between Stanton and Rivington
145 Ludlow Street between Stanton and Rivington
Admission is free.
Take off your shoes and walk in the grass and do a cartwheel while looking at brand new outside work on the walls by Bishop 203, Creepy, Gaia, General Howe, Jake Klotz, Laura Meyers, Nanook, Over Under, QRST, Quel Beast, Shandor Hassan, Travis Simon, Veng, XAM, and Yok.
Check the event out on Facebook
The project is made possible with the help and support of partners Brooklyn Street Art and the MaNY Project.
Cyrcle Crew : A Sneak Peek at “We Never Die” Show (LA)
August 24, 2011
Artists, California, Events, Features, Gallery, Los Angeles, Opening
Davey, Devin and Rabi Ponder Life Eternal At Design Matters
Life is a mystery, we all know that. In fact, that may be the only thing we know.
In preparation for their new show “We Never Die” at Design Matters, the art collective Cyrcle Crew is letting you get the essence of their take on life and death and the continuum of experiences. With a little levity and a less than heavy heart, sometimes it’s possible to revisit this stuff we all are affected by.
Photographer and BSA contributor Carlos Gonzalez took a peak to their installation and offers some tantalizing views of the preparations for this unusual show with the CYRCLE crew.
Cyrcle (photo © Carlos Gonzalez)
Cyrcle (photo © Carlos Gonzalez)
Cyrcle (photo © Carlos Gonzalez)
Cyrcle (photo © Carlos Gonzalez)
Cyrcle (photo © Carlos Gonzalez)
Cyrcle (photo © Carlos Gonzalez)
Cyrcle (photo © Carlos Gonzalez)
Cyrcle (photo © Carlos Gonzalez)
Cyrcle (photo © Carlos Gonzalez)
Cyrcle (photo © Carlos Gonzalez)
Cyrcle (photo © Carlos Gonzalez)
Cyrcle (photo © Carlos Gonzalez)
The reception for this show is open to the public on Thursday from 7:00pm – 11:00pm. The show continues through October 8th, 2011 @ Design Matters – 10590.5 West Pico Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA. You will need to RSVP .
Please visit the CYRCLE site for more information:
CYRCLE Presents: “We Never Die” at Design Matter (Los Angeles, CA)
August 23, 2011
Artists, California, Events, Gallery, Los Angeles, Opening
CYRCLE
WE NEVER DIE!
OPENING RECEPTION THURSDAY, AUGUST 25 7:00-11:00 PM
DESIGN MATTER 10590.5 PICO BLVD, LOS ANGELES, CA
For further information visit the CYRCLE site:
Dabs and Myla Create Their Own “Best of Times” at ThinkSpace Tonight
August 13, 2011
Artists, California, Culver City, Events, Features, Gallery, Los Angeles, Opening
Australian Fine and Street Artist duo Dabs & Myla have been living in LA for a little while and this much will be evident at their fun packed solo show tonight at ThinkSpace Gallery in Culver City. Their love of architecture and words mashed up with 50’s and 60’s hues and artifacts as realized on their works in the gallery travel around a cartoonish camp land.
With this installation, not restricted at all to framed works, they show why they are masters of a vernacular and astute observers of today’s geopolitical realities. When they ask you to breathe as they welcome you in their “Best of Times” world it is not a command as much as it is a cue to prepare yourself to experience their world of vignettes with a little nostalgia.
Dabs and Myla “The Best of Times” (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Dabs and Myla “The Best of Times” (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Dabs and Myla “The Best of Times” (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Dabs and Myla “The Best of Times” (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Dabs and Myla “The Best of Times” (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Dabs and Myla “The Best of Times” (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Dabs and Myla “The Best of Times” (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Dabs and Myla “The Best of Times” (photo © Jaime Rojo)
For more information about this show and reception details click below:
Fun Friday 08.05.11
August 5, 2011
Artists, Beacon, California, copenhagen, Denmark, Gallery, L.A., Los Angeles, new york, Opening
Check out the Flaming Cacti in Astor Place (NYC)
A bunch of light posts around the periphery of Astor Place have been tied with eye popping colors as part of a project by Animus Art. “Cable ties (or “zip ties”) are linked together in order to go around the circumference of the lampposts. This done thousands of times creates a brightly colored lamppost with thousands of little “hairs” (the ends of the cable ties), just like a cactus.”
This is a quick cell phone photo shot during this mornings wandering rush.
“Mind Control” at Peep Show Tonight (LA)
The Site Unscene curates “Mind Control” at the Peep Show Gallery with a hypnotizing theme! Featured Street Artists are Eddie Colla, Bughouse, Destroy All Design, Insurgency Inc, and DDS
For more information on this show please click on the link below:
http://www.brooklynstreetart.com/theblog/?p=23169
VHILS New Wall in Venice, CA (VIDEO)
Carlos Gonzalez shot this great video of Street Artist Vhils as he removed parts of a building to reveal the portrait inside. The Portuguese urban naturalist was in town in conjunction with the “European Bailout Show”, a print show at the Post No Bills showspace, across the street from the BSA/ThinkSpace show at CAVE next Friday “Street Art Saved My Life: 39 New York Stories“.
Carlos Gonzalez also shot photos of the show for Arrested Motion here>>>>
LUSH Hangs with the GAYS in San Francisco Tonight
That other Australian Bad Boy LUSH “Sells His Soul” at the Fifty24SF Gallery
For more information about this show and for NSFW juicy, literally, images click on the link below:
http://www.brooklynstreetart.com/theblog/?p=23329
Shepard Fairey Posts “Your Ad Here” at V1 Gallery (Copenhagen, Denmark)
Street Artist Shepard Fairey has been in Copenhagen all week putting up gigantic murals while hanging his new show “Your Ad Here” at the V1 Gallery.
Stay tuned for more action images of Mr. Fairey and crew going big on this wall with photos from Sandra Hoj tomorrow on BSA.
Shepard Fairey installing a big mural in Copenhagen photo © Sandra Hoj.
For more information about this show click on the link below:
http://www.brooklynstreetart.com/theblog/?p=22884
“Electric Projected” in Beacon, New York Saturday Night
Dan and Kalene run the gallery Open Space in Beacon, NY. They also love to bring the art outside in the summer and for the past few years they have been inviting many artists to come and paint on the abandoned buildings in this former industrial town along the Hudson River a little north of NYC. This year they are showing films and projections on the buildings and they invite you to come and watch and dance to live music from some local talents. Sounds like a great way enjoy natural and artistic beauty.
For more information about this event click on the link below:
http://www.brooklynstreetart.com/theblog/?p=23164
Septerhead “Subversive Holiday” at Hold Up Saturday (LA)
“Subversive Holiday” features a closer examination of three of Septerhed’s most recognizable characters (The GEO-HEDs, Toxins and Wolves), explaining the existence and nuances of each style as a specific mode of design.
For more information about this show click on the link below:
http://www.brooklynstreetart.com/theblog/?p=23311
DJ MAYONNAISE NEW VIDEO ART – Interviews at Miss Bugs Show at Brooklynite – NOT SAFE FOR WORK or QUEASY STOMACHS
DJ Mayonnaise explores the existential question of the goodness of VIDEO. Insect Alert! Tooth Pulling Alert! Fun Alert!
ZILDA VS RO “L’ASSASSINAT de MARAT”
SHAFIUR RAHMAN “ITALIAN VANDAL”
941 Geary Gallery Presents: “The City We Love” (San Francisco, CA)
August 4, 2011
Artists, California, Events, Gallery, Opening, San Francisco
The City We Love
Fumero Presents: “In Your Face” At 17 Frost Gallery (Brooklyn, NY)
FUMERO
ARTIST RECEPTION/Opening:SATURDAY 8/13: 7-10pm. Fumero’s Iconic faces, TSLogo art, T-shirts, prints & more. Special presentation of “The “Table Series” paintings, landscapes and the original “Grandpa”. Serving wine and hors d’oeuvres. Open and Free to the public. AFTER PARTY & music by ONDA SKILLET 10pm-2am. Come CELEBRATE the “art” of having a GOOD-NRG time. Show/exhibit will run for 4 weeks until 9-10-11. This event is an ART AFTER DARK -FUMERO funded- PRODUCTION.
Fifty24SF Gallery Presents: LUSH “Lush Sells His Soul in San Francisco” (San Francisco, CA) Images NSFW
August 4, 2011
Artists, California, Events, Gallery, Opening, San Francisco
LUSH
Upper Playground & FIFTY24SF Gallery Presents:
Lush Sells His Soul in San Francisco
FIFTY24SF Gallery presents “Lush Sells His Soul in San Francisco” a solo exhibition and installation by Melbourne, Australia’s LUSH opening August 5th at 7pm.
LUSH is a graffiti writer who likes porn, kittens, and making people angry. His work features male and female genitalia juxtaposed with comedic messages and comic book illustrative style. He sometimes makes people, especially other members of the graffiti community, upset with his pornography graffiti, tongue-in-cheek videos, and unfiltered twitter and interview statements. When he is at his most theatrical, LUSH makes artwork inspired by other graffiti writers, created in an absurdist style demanding a call and response. Some see the work as equally offensive, equally humorous. His recent photo shoots require naked female models/strippers/porn stars to interact with his graffiti. In a recent conversation, LUSH has called Larry David an idol. Is he serious? Who the fuck does this guy LUSH think he is?
Known as both a controversial talent and grand shit talker, LUSH comes to FIFTY24SF Gallery as a much-talked about artist who has invigorated the Flickr and Twitter community over the past 24 months with the spread of his graffiti. For his first solo show in San Francisco, LUSH explores the idea that gallery shows should be events more than a place to see art. Example: If you like women naked in front of your graffiti, bring the nudity to the gallery. LUSH and team have created a real-life installation peep show, featuring models from San Francisco’s iconic nude revue, the Lusty Lady. The exhibition will also feature a new series of works on canvas. Mostly, LUSH plans on keeping up on some contemporary shit-talk.
LUSH asks that you remember to bring your $1 bills to the show.
Urban Folk Art Gallery Presents: “The Usual Suspects 2” (Brooklyn, NY)
The Usual Suspects 2
Urban Folk Art© Gallery presents “The Usual Suspects 2” an old school Graffiti Group Art Show
Brooklyn, NY- Urban Folk Art Gallery is pleased to announce their August show “the Usual Suspects 2”. Opening August 5th at 7pm, it will show a collection of Graffiti art created by artists who got their start writing graffiti in the 70’s and 80’s.
In an age where Graffiti is a widely accepted art form, used in everything from advertising to high fine art, most of the 13 artists showing began their artistic journeys in Brooklyn decades ago when Graffiti was an underground art movement started by disenfranchised youth. The artists include locally known as well as widely celebrated artists such as DANCE, REBEL, NEST, REK, SNATCH, KEO, POET, JAMES TOP, MOS ONE, BASIC, CHIEF, AND KC. These artists who began their Graffiti careers so long ago continue to help mold the contemporary Graffiti scene today. Some of the artists have been continuing to exhibit work far and wide, use their abilites for commercial and charitable ventures, and most of them continue to paint murals legal and otherwise. The First Usual Suspects show was held nearby a year ago, while the NYPD Vandal Squad was parked outside due to the notorious artists showing within.
Curated by Anthony Jehamy and Adam Suerte. Anthony and Adam grew up in the same South Brooklyn neighborhood, and began writing Graffiti as teenagers in the early 80’s. Anthony is still painting murals, curating Graffiti art shows, and working in photography. Adam is co owner of Brooklyn Tattoo®, and Urban Folk Art© studios/gallery where he tattoos, paints, curates, and works in many mediums and art realms.
Urban Folk Art© Gallery was opened in January, 2011, and shows many different disciplines, as well as different levels of undiscovered, emerging, and established artists. The type of work shown will be anything from comtemporary painting, drawing, printmaking and photography, to comic art, legendary Graffiti artists, and contemporary illustration.
“ The Usual Suspects 2” Art Show will take place at the Urban Folk Art© Gallery, 101 Smith Street, Brooklyn, NY 11201, and will be up until the end of August.
Stolen Space Gallery Presents: ‘Wild Life’ by Various Artists (London, UK)
Stolen Space
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