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Galerie Itinerrance Presents: Jana & Js “Jeux de Constructions” (Paris, France)

February 14, 2011 Artists, Events, France, Gallery, Opening, Paris

Itinerrance Gallery

Jana & Js
Solo show “Jeux de constructions”
February, 25 – March, 26
Opening on Friday, February, 25 from 6 pm
Deserted factories, parking lots being demolished, low rise apartment blocks : these elements – among many others – surround and inspire Jana & Js. Their work is nourished by the city they live in, together with its inhabitants and its ever changing architectural landscape. The paintings created by this couple of artists make use of extremely detailed and scrupulously prepared stencils..
Jana & Js raise the question of the individual in large groups of buildings and more widely in the cities, combining portraits and architectural views.
Their street paintings (in France, Austria, Russia, Slovakia, Romania and Spain) also led them to develop an interaction with the environment in which they operate and the public – passerby or spectator – using sets of mirrors as a game in order to create infinities of ways of seeing the city.
Jana & Js are young artists whose work began to take shape only in the mid-2000, and who are today among the most talented of their generation. After having lived and worked together in Paris, they are today between Austria and France.
Jeux de Constructions is the second exhibition in Itinerrance Gallery devoted to them. Combining their love for woodworking, rebuilding their own materials and images composition from their cuts, this exhibition will present for the first time a wide range of their work volume initiated a few months ago.
Galerie Itinerrance.

Art Director
00 33 6 58 05 56 01
samantha@itinerrance.fr

7bis, rue René Goscinny – 75013 Paris
FRANCE

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Ambush Gallery Presents: Project 5, Volume 3 Group Show And Live Art Event (Sydney, Australia)

February 14, 2011 Artists, Australia, Events, Fundraising, Gallery, Opening, Performance, Sydney

Ambush Gallery

Cockle Bay Wharf &
aMBUSH Gallery for Project 5

A thrilling three day outdoor sensation of live street art
and cranking tunes.

For the 3rd time, Project 5 is bringing street art to Sydneysiders.

See international and home grown street art legends KID ZOOM, GHOSTPATROL, JAMES JIRAT PATRADOON and DEB hard at play letting loose on four mural panels spurred on by Sydney’s very own Future Classic Deejays

Project 5 proudly supports Information & Cultural Exchange (ICE) in a public art auction for charity at aMBUSH Gallery on 3 March 2011.

Live Art Event

Where: The Promenade Level, Cockle Bay Wharf, Darling Harbour
When: Opening night Friday 25 February, 6-9pm then
Saturday 26 and Sunday 27 February, 12noon-3pm

Live webcast on www.cocklebaywharf.com.au

Auction Event
Where: aMBUSH Gallery, 4A James Street, Waterloo Sydney
When: Thursday 3 March, 6-9pm

More info: www.project5.com.au

aMBUSH Gallery
4A James Street Waterloo
A Sydney NSW 2017
T 02 8399 0707
E info@ambushgallery.com

New Heart City Gallery Presents: FKDL “Scènes de Vie” (Paris, France)

February 14, 2011 Artists, Events, France, Gallery, Opening, Paris

FKDL

> The New Heart City Gallery is honored to host from February 18th to
> March 31st 2011 the urban artist who established himself these
> recent years in the Paris Street Art scene and now internationally
> recognized: Franck Duval (FKDL).
>
> The artist with the emblematic urban landmark has opted for his new
> solo show to use essentially the transparent scotch-tape collage
> technique.
>
> From pictures of 1950’s life scenes, he reinvents history. He
> removes the smooth side of idioms, boring scenes of perfection and
> innocence to lead the images in his time and modernity. Under his
> scotch-tape, the material is revealed, only the color goes through
> the ages, the mark of a new era.
>
> The female silhouettes, provocative inadvented, assert this sudden
> reality marked by rhythm and movement. Only characters’ ornaments
> are survivors of the Old Time and bear faces and attitudes of actors
> and actresses of the 50’s movies.
>
> The normalized and fixed scenes of life and the glossy paper stars
> have crossed through time to give way to a real live show.
> New heArt citY Gallery
> 11 rue de Picardie 75003 Paris
> +33 (0)1 43 55 03 95
> du mardi au samedi de 11h à 19h
> newheartcity@gmail.com
> http://newheartcitygallery.blogspot.com
>

Art Bazaar Presents: Fumero and Mario Pena Art Show (Manhattan, NY)

February 14, 2011 Artists, Events, Gallery, Manhattan, NYC, Opening

Art Bazaar

Happy Valentines From BSA : Street Art Love

February 14, 2011 Artists, Brooklyn, Manhattan, NYC, On the Street, Valentines

Whether it’s a stencil, a wheat-pasted drawing, or even a framed photo glue-gunned to a wall, Street Artists show us that it is all about love, as you know. Here are a number of different takes on the theme from Street Artists around New York. It’s our Valentine to you, because you are beautiful.

You Are Beautiful (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Sixten (photo © Jaime Rojo)

The Dude Company (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Aiko (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Alec (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Banksy (photo © Jaime Rojo)

From Bishop 203 and Dirty Bandits a Special Valentines Wish to the BSA family. They also made an animated version you can send to friends. Click here to see it.

Chris Stain and Armsrock (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Chris Uphues (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Photo © Jaime Rojo

QRST (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Faile (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Imminent Disaster (photo © Jaime Rojo)

photo © Jaime Rojo

Mark Carvalho (photo © Jaime Rojo)

The Ring Please (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Stickman and Know Hope (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Swoon (photo © Jaime Rojo)

TipToe (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Waylon (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Faile (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Images Of The Week 02.13.11

February 13, 2011 Artists

This week Revok was in town and hit up a wall with Tats Cru; a new mural entitled “The Quiet Before the Storm”, providing the Lower East of Manhattan with some much need color. We also re-visited a couple of BSA favorites like the Shepard Fairey’s piece on the Cooper Square Hotel and a few WK Interacts scattered around LES. It’s great to see and photograph these pieces when imbued with February’s cold gray and blue light.

And now our weekly interview with the street, this week including Bio, BG183, GS, How & Nosm, Invader, Revok, Shark Toof, Shepard Fairey, Spazmat, Tats Cru, TMNK and WK Interact. Update. Thank you RJ at Vandalog for sending out the tweet abut the Mel Kadel (on the no loitering sign) sticker and helping our readers with the artist’s name.

Revok and Tats Cru “The Quiet Before the Storm” (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Revok and Tats Cru “The Quiet Before the Storm” Detail (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Shepard Fairey (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Shepard Fairey. Detail (photo © Jaime Rojo)

TMNK (photo © Jaime Rojo)

A poppy colored veil for Spazmat so you can’t read lips while he’s on the phone. Wait, he doesn’t have lips. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Invader (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Minotaur Stencil (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Mel Kadel..You heard it! (photo © Jaime Rojo)

WK Interact (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Seems like people are in such a rush these days, doesn’t it? WK Interact (photo © Jaime Rojo)

“For the last time, this is not 1C and I did not order a pizza!” Vintage WK Interact (photo © Jaime Rojo)

“Forgive me Father for I….erm, uh, too late buddy. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Home of the golden mustache ride! GS in Miami Art Basel 2010 (photo © Jaime Rojo)

This photo was shot mere seconds before Invader was eaten in Miami! (photo © Jaime Rojo)

God Save the Stencil: The Rise and Fall of Western Commodification

February 12, 2011 U.K.

Will and Kate as Sid and Nancy: They’re not the snooty types

The anticipated springtime royal coupling of blue bloods is reduced to playing “dress-up” at the 80’s Night Theme Party and just one more nail in the Rotten coffin of anarchy in the UK. Prince William and Kate Middleton, unborn at the time when Britain birthed the sneering Sex Pistols in the late 70s, are transformed cheerily into “edgy” punks in this new Street Art stencil by artist 24 year old Rich Simmons, surely causing Sid Vicious to roll in his grave. Then again, he might have had a good larf to see how unemployed working class youth giving the finger to an indifferent establishment eventually was mollified into a kooky “fashion choice”.

“God Save The Queen” by artist Jamie Reid for the Sex Pistols in 1977

The Sex Pistols during the shoot for the “God Save the Queen” promotional video, early 1977. The Jamie Reid poster is displayed behind the band (public domain).

Fun Friday 02.11.11

February 11, 2011 Artists

Benjamin Lozovsky at WG Gallery

Let’s hear it for supporting your local talents, like photographer Ben Lozovsky, who’s been developing his own distinctive style and has his first show tonight. We love it when he does street art, but he’s also got an eye for architecture as sculpture.

WG Gallery is very proud to present the first solo exhibition of the photographic works by Benjamin Lozovsky.

Friday, February 11
6-9pm
WG Gallery
50-52 Dobbin Street (bet. Nassau + Norman)
Brooklyn, NY 11222

Shout out to Genia Gould!

“Casual Encounters”

“Drawing conveys the artist’s id and deepest subconscious” – That’s what the press release says. I’m thinking it’s mainly about everybody’s favorite topic. Check it out because it is cold outside peeps and you might find an instant valentine.

Mighty Tanaka present Casual Encounters, as we take a look at the humorous and otherwise ridiculous illustrations of what make us human. Featuring the artwork of Lauren Asta, Jac Atkinson, Abe Lincoln Jr., Rick Midler, Reginald Péan and RTTP, this show provides an off kilter version of life.

“Vivid Summit” Group Show at Pandemic Gallery This Saturday

More at Pandemic

RETNA Killed it Last Night. Just Sayin’

Bad cell phone pic – I’m sure there will be more online. Martha Cooper said he is shooting into the stratosphere and if you saw all the canvasses, the huge R-E-T-N-A sculpture and the hundreds of people there, you might be inclined to agree. Plus he’s going to be painting a jet.

Nick Walker “The Morning After-New York”

Nick Walker, the British artist, will releasing a print in collaboration with Opera Gallery, 115 Spring Street, New York, on Saturday, February 26th, 2011 at 3pm EST.

The print will be a signed limited edition of 150 with 18 hand-finished Artists proofs.

A lottery has been set up making 50 prints available for collectors in the UK. In order to apply for a print please email info@theartofnickwalker.com with New York TMA lottery in the subject box.

French graffiti Artist Traz documents his latest creation on canvas

Street Art And Reality on Hanbury Street. London By Shafiur Rahman

Pandemic Gallery Presents: “Vivid Summit” A Group Show (Brooklyn, NY)

February 10, 2011 Artists, Brooklyn, Events, Gallery, NYC, Opening

Pandemic Gallery
PANDEMIC gallery
37 Broadway btwn Kent and Wythe
Brooklyn, NY 11211
www.pandemicgallery.com

Gallery hours:
Tues.-Fri. 11-6pm
Sat. & Sun. 12-7pm
closed Monday

or by appointment

L train to Bedford ave, J train to Marcy ave, or Q59 bus to Broadway/Wythe

Becker Galleries Present: “Unintended Calculations” A Group Show Curated By Indigo (Vancouver, Canada)

February 10, 2011 Artists, British Columbia, Canada, Events, Gallery, Opening, Vancouver

Becker Galleries

Augustine Kofi. Photo Courtesy of the gallery

Curated by Indigo, Unintended Calculations brings together a group of internationally renowned artists – Augustine Kofie (LA), Jerry Inscoe (PDX), Remi/Rough (LDN) and Scott Sueme (VAN) – for an exhibition at Becker Galleries and two collaborative murals at Moda Hotel exploring four very different approaches to abstraction. Working in a variety of mediums, these artists have evolved the letter form building blocks of their shared graffiti background, deconstructing and rebuilding them as compositions of color, line, shape and movement.

Dates:

Mural installation @ Moda Hotel: March 1-3, 2011
VIP opening @ Becker Galleries: March 4, 2011 6-10pm
Public opening @ Becker Galleries March 5, 2011 11-3pm
Afterparty @ Red Card Sports Bar: March 5, 2011 9pm-12am
Show closes: March 26th, 2011
Becker Galleries Inc
Pier 32, Granville Island
Suite 210 – 1333 Johnston St
Vancouver, BC V6H 3R9

To learn more about this show and to see the curator and artist’s bios please click the link below:

http://unintendedcalculations.com/

Duke Riley: A Brooklyn Bomber in new Juxtapoz (Video)

February 10, 2011 Artists, Brooklyn, NYC

Graff and Street Art folks like to talk about going out and “bombing”, borrowing a military metaphor to apply to covering large areas of walls with paint or wheatpasted paper to major effect. From Red Hook, Brooklyn, Juxtapoz profiles an emerging new kind of bomber that knocks down the walls, explodes your expectations, blast the foundations of what we have become comfortable believing about ourselves and the world. Unlike the cynical campaigns of fear that propel one toward mindless conformity however, this bombing encourages you to tap into the primal, the creatively expansive, the free-thinking self. To paraphrase the artist, it’s about tolerance versus stupidity.

Duke Riley is many things; American fine artist, performance artist, tattoo artist, painter, sculptor, historian; RISD and Pratt grad, explorer, fine chef, gracious host, “son of a b*tch”. And to borrow from the street, this guy is a bomber – the new breed that we have been witnessing sprouting from the art communities and collectives re-invigorating Brooklyn since the mid-1990s. Curious, confident, and inventive; this is the gritty urban soil it grows in.

Contributing editor and videographer for Juxtapoz, Alexander Klein produced this three part profile of Duke Riley that itself is compelling and smart. We look forward to more insight like this from Juxtapoz.

Part 1

In Part 1, Duke takes a Revolutionary War-era submarine and swims it up to the Queen Mary 2.

Part 2

In Part 2, Duke organizes a full 5-Borough water invasion battle.

Part 3

Finally in Part 3, Duke goes train-hopping from New York City to Ohio.

Verge Art Fair (Brooklyn, NY) – Armory Week

February 9, 2011 Art Fair, Artists, Brooklyn, Events, Gallery, NYC, Opening

Verge

Verge Announces the First-Ever Brooklyn Art Fair

THE INAUGURAL ART BROOKLYN
Verge is proud to announce its return to New York during Armory Show 2011 with the inaugural Art Brooklyn, a historic first-ever art fair to take place in multiple locations throughout the DUMBO neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York, 3-6 March. Verge has partnered with Two Trees Management, Brooklyn Arts Council and the Brooklyn Borough President’s office to provide critical real estate, government and institutional support to ensure a successful Brooklyn art fair. Available spaces will be assigned on a first-come-first-served basis. Affordable and accessible for every conceivable tier of exhibitor, we expect available space to fill quickly. Applications are now being accepted for galleries and artists to participate in Art Brooklyn. There are three types of application available, as detailed below.
ABOUT VERGE ART BROOKLYN
An art fair without precedent, Art Brooklyn is the first fair of its kind to be held in Brooklyn, NY. The intention of the fair is to promote and support Brooklyn as a cultural bellwether of artistic endeavor that influences artistic practice the world over. Open to artists and galleries alike at all levels of practice, Art Brooklyn recovers the standard of an art fair as a platform for presenting the best work by living artists.

ABOUT VERGE

Verge is an international platform for the most exciting and interesting in new and emerging art. Verge exists to establish boundaries of the extraordinary as a counter to the natural compulsion towards stagnation in the way art is evaluated and delivered to the public. Staying true to this necessary state for the advancement of art requires a sustained focus on the best new ideas and practices of those marginal or newly emerging to international art audiences. The satisfaction of this fixed requirement for a healthy and competitive artistic culture is at the core of Verge as an international exposition of the highest quality artistic production and the galleries, museums and audiences who sustain it.

PUBLIC HOURS
Thursday, Friday & Saturday, 3 – 5 March, Noon to 10 pm
Sunday, 6 March, Noon to 6 pm

OPENING NIGHT RECEPTION
Thursday, 3 March, 2011, 10:00 pm to 2 am

http://www.brooklynartfair.com/

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You Are Beautiful (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Sixten (photo © Jaime Rojo)

The Dude Company (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Aiko (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Alec (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Banksy (photo © Jaime Rojo)

From Bishop 203 and Dirty Bandits a Special Valentines Wish to the BSA family. They also made an animated version you can send to friends. Click here to see it.

Chris Stain and Armsrock (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Chris Uphues (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Photo © Jaime Rojo

QRST (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Faile (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Imminent Disaster (photo © Jaime Rojo)

photo © Jaime Rojo

photo © Jaime Rojo

Mark Carvalho (photo © Jaime Rojo)

The Ring Please (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Stickman and Know Hope (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Swoon (photo © Jaime Rojo)

TipToe (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Waylon (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Faile (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Revok and Tats Cru “The Quiet Before the Storm” (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Revok and Tats Cru “The Quiet Before the Storm” Detail (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Revok and Tats Cru “The Quiet Before the Storm” Detail (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Revok and Tats Cru “The Quiet Before the Storm” Detail (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Shepard Fairey (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Shepard Fairey. Detail (photo © Jaime Rojo)

TMNK (photo © Jaime Rojo)

A poppy colored veil for Spazmat so you can’t read lips while he’s on the phone. Wait, he doesn’t have lips. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Invader (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Minotaur Stencil (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Mel Kadel..You heard it! (photo © Jaime Rojo)

WK Interact (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Seems like people are in such a rush these days, doesn’t it? WK Interact (photo © Jaime Rojo)

“For the last time, this is not 1C and I did not order a pizza!” Vintage WK Interact (photo © Jaime Rojo)

“Forgive me Father for I….erm, uh, too late buddy. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Home of the golden mustache ride! GS in Miami Art Basel 2010 (photo © Jaime Rojo)

This photo was shot mere seconds before Invader was eaten in Miami! (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Will and Kate as Sid and Nancy: They’re not the snooty types

“God Save The Queen” by artist Jamie Reid for the Sex Pistols in 1977

The Sex Pistols during the shoot for the “God Save the Queen” promotional video, early 1977. The Jamie Reid poster is displayed behind the band (public domain).

Benjamin Lozovsky at WG Gallery

“Casual Encounters”

“Vivid Summit” Group Show at Pandemic Gallery This Saturday

RETNA Killed it Last Night. Just Sayin’

Nick Walker “The Morning After-New York”

French graffiti Artist Traz documents his latest creation on canvas

Street Art And Reality on Hanbury Street. London By Shafiur Rahman

Augustine Kofi. Photo Courtesy of the gallery

Dates:

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

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