New Image Art Presents: David Ellis “Mola Salsa” (Los Angeles, CA)

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OPENING RECEPTION SATURDAY FEBRUARY 5, 2010

7 TO 10PM

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David Ellis’s newest exhibition, Mola Salsa explores process with 15 new works on paper and a new motion painting. Reflecting on images from his childhood in rural North Carolina, David draws animals, trees, clouds and images dear to him. For this exhibition Ellis engages the idea of the animal spirit to depict his ideas of transformation. Ellis also makes imagery derived from plumes of smoke and steam originally inspired by witnessing an active volcano. These linear works he calls “flow” also describes rivers, both above and below the surface. This language embodies his belief that no condition is permanent.

In the project room Ellis will show his most recent motion painting “Animal.””Animal” is a 10-minute, high-definition, edition of 6, commissioned by Landmarks in Austin, Texas in 2010. Motion painting is a time based media technique that renders the process of painting into a cinematic experience.

In ancient Roman religion, mola salsa (“salted flour”) was a mixture prepared by the Vestal Virgins and used in every official sacrifice. It was sprinkled on the forehead and between the horns of animal victims before they were sacrificed, as well as on the altar and in the sacred fire. It was a common offering to the household hearth.[1]

In his explorations of movement, change, and rhythm David Ellis effectively combines his talent for visual representation. By utilizing various elements of music making-collaboration, improvisation, timing, and repetition- Ellis enlivens his creative process and thus his viewer’s experience through intricate experimental videos and complicated kinetic sound sculptures. David Ellis has exhibited at the Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, PS1, and the MOMA, New York to name a few. He looks forward to a forthcoming solo show this June in New York City, a solo booth project at Pulse, NY in March 2011, and an exhibition with Agnes B. before the end of 2011.

Tues – Sat / 1-6pm

New Image Art

7908 Santa Monica Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90046
323.654.2192
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Winners! BSA Giveway for “Eloquent Vandals”

Congratulations!

“I love art a lot, its a hobby that takes a lot of my time, and helps me being positive and keeps my mind off the more serious things in life,” says prize winner Martin C. from Denmark. Congratulations to him and to Marco C. from Italy who was stoked to win the big prize, “You made my day.” Finally, there is Mika A. from Washington, DC, who is a young street artist there and who sent us a cool pic.

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Hello My Name is TY

Stickers keep coming up in conversation and on the street as a popular option for the time pressed or weather oppressed street artist who wants to get up and outy ASAP. Last week when we were getting pummelled by our weekly winter storm, this batch of stickers suddenly popped up all over the place by somebody named TY. They are fresh and haven’t achieved that weathered patina yet so they popped out in SOHO in front of passers by who dared to look up from icy sidewalks. Simple shapes and poppy colors are all it takes for TY to mix up a batch.

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brooklyn-street-art-ty-jaime-rojo-02-11-1This reminds me of a guy at work. Ty (photo © Jaime Rojo)

brooklyn-street-art-ty-jaime-rojo-02-11-2A ruby in the rough. Ty (photo © Jaime Rojo)

brooklyn-street-art-ty-jaime-rojo-02-11-3What’ s that you say about Salvia? Lemme check.  No, that’s s-a-l-i-v-a.  Now I need a napkin. Ty (photo © Jaime Rojo)

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brooklyn-street-art-ty-jaime-rojo-02-11-5We are so in love. Sometimes I don’t know where you end and I begin. Ty (photo © Jaime Rojo)

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brooklyn-street-art-ty-jaime-rojo-02-11-8Damn, son whatchu been smokin’? Ty (photo © Jaime Rojo)

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BSA Giveaway: Win “Eloquent Vandals” and NuArt Stuff

Answer 3 Simple Trivia Questions from last nights Brooklynite  LIVE chat with Martyn Reed

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Man, that was a blast! The Chat Pub over at Brooklynite was pretty crowded last night with an international crowd of beer swilling NuArt fans all yelling and climbing over each other to grab the ear of the guest of honor. Peeps who logged online to see the World Premiere of “Eloquent Vandals” were happily peppering affable bad boy Martyn Reed with questions ranging from his experiences with the NuArt artists (95% good) to how his little Norwegian town became known for amazing Street Art over the course of a decade (work and talent and luck). All that chatter made it hard to hear the movie and if you were like us, you missed most of the show because of all the excitement.

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But, as promised, we’re giving away the movie today to you. Just answer these three questions and send them to us at Eloquent@BrooklynStreetArt.com.  The first three people who answer the three questions correctly win 1st, 2nd, and 3rd prize.

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No family or pets or employees or landlords of BSA are eligible. All complaints about the hardness of the questions should be addressed directly to Martyn Reed at thesequestionsaretoohardyousuck@nuart.no. Good Luck! We’ll tell you who won tomorrow.

Here are your Trivia Questions:

1) In the film, what does Dface’s work ask us to do?
2) GRL is an acronym for what ?
3) Nick Walker is from which British City ?


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Shot and directed by Martin Hawkes, the film features work and interviews with Street Artists like Blek Le Rat, Graffiti Research Lab, Dface, Herakut, Nick Walker, Know Hope, Jimmy Cauty, Chris Stain, Wordtomother, Sten & Lex, Dotmasters, Zeus (UK) and Dolk & Pøbel.
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Special thanks to Martyn Reed and Rae McGrath.

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Fifty24SF and Upper Playground Present: INSA “More” (San Francisco, CA)

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FIFTY24SF Gallery in Association with Upper Playground presents:
“MORE” – A collection of new work by INSA

SAN FRANCISCO, CA [1.28.11] — Upper Playground and FIFTY24SF Gallery are pleased to announce London-based graffiti, conceptual, and fine artist INSA’s first solo exhibition in San Francisco opening on February 3rd, 2011. The exhibition is appropriately titled, MORE.

Within the new body of work in MORE, INSA explores themes of aspiration and expectation, wants versus needs, and happiness versus success in his most comprehensive study to date. Using exaggerated symbols of sexuality representing the commodification of both everyday life and underground subcultures, INSA examines the illusions of seduction while employing his own iconic brand of aesthetic allure to draw the audience in. INSA’s new work revels in lurid excess, embracing the insatiability of consumerism and highlighting the duplicity of morality and enjoyment.

Followers of the artist will be familiar with some of the themes displayed in MORE. INSA, constantly involved in interesting new projects, recently gained worldwide attention for his piece “Anything Goes When It Comes To (S)hoes,” (more commonly referred to as his “Elephant Dung Heels”) which were exhibited at Tate Britain in London. He has also been a pioneer in the world of graffiti on the Internet with his visually stunning, labor intensive “Gifitti.” This is all in addition to INSA”s continuing insatiable need to cover any surface with his signature “Graffiti Fetish” pattern.

MORE will feature 9 new provocative works, with INSA utilizing media such as sculpture and lights adding to the “glamour” of his work. The exhibition will also feature an exclusive SF edition of INSA’s classic “Heel” print and a selection of photographic prints.

MORE will run at FIFTY24SF Gallery from February 3rd, 2011 – February 28th, 2011.

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FIFTY24SF Gallery Contact Information:
Gallery Hours: Wednesday-Sunday from 12-6 P.M. and by appointment
Address: 218 Fillmore Street, San Francisco, CA 94117
Contact: Amanda Krampf / Phone: (415) 252-9144 / Email: Amanda@UpperPlayground.com

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Onethirty3 Presents: TitiFreak One Night Only (Newcastle upon Tyne, UK)


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Thursday, 24th Feb. 2011
The Artist will be present /////// // // / Open to the public for one night only

EACH INSTALLATION SHOW WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY ONE ORIGINAL PAINTING & LIMITED EDITIONS OF 33 SIGNED & NUMBERED PRINTS)

THE PLACES WILL BE LIMITED – email us with your name to get on the list. – info@onethirty3.com


ART / DRINKS / DJS / GOOD PEOPLE

6.30pm-9.30pm on Thursday, 24th Feb. 2011
Venue: Onethirty3, Unit 22, Hoults Yard, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom.


‘One thirty 3 – ‘Artists project space’ will host six innovative and exciting wall based painting installations a year.
The invited artists will create site-specific art installations which will provide a unique opportunity for visitors to experience large scale examples of the best in contemporary street & urban art from around the world.


2011 Roster: April/May: Sickboy/Word to Mother – June: Herakut – August: Retna – October: Gaia – December: Special Guest

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Party with Mirf and BSA at District 36 in Manhattan

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Join Mint&Serf and Steve & Jaime from BrooklynStreetArt at District 36 for this official opening to celebrate the new Mint & Serf installation.

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Return to the roots of electronic music and join Mint&Serf and BrooklynStreetArt as we celebrate the unveiling of the Mirf Room at District 36, the newly opened 14,000 square foot dance club in the heart of Manhattan.

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MUSIC BY:
LARRY TEE
CASEY SPOONER OF FISCHERSPOONER
DANCES WITH WHITE GIRLS.

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29 West 36th Street (Between 5th & 6th)
New York, NY 10018
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New Folk Hero Julian Assange Is Inspiring Artists

Pre-dating the modern “Street Art” movement, the street has traditionally been an outlet for the voice of the people and social movements have almost always gained purchase there. Posters of underground heroes are as old as “Wanted: Billy the Kid” nail-ups that people used to rip down and take home. The amount of politically motivated Street Art you see or even themes surrounding social issues seem to ebb and flow in quantity, but they are ever present. Villain to some and emerging folk hero to others, Julian Assange, the founder of Wikileaks, has already inspired a comic book in addition to some pieces on the street.

We haven’t seen Julian Assange Street Art in person yet, but we keep hearing about pieces elsewhere as he slowly transforms into a Cause célèbre for freedom of information advocates throughout the world. Brooklyn-Street-Art-copyright-Julian-Assange-Coloring-Book

From the Julian Assange Coloring Book (©)(www.julianassangecoloringbook.com/)

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Artist Thierry Ehrmann @ the Abode of Chaos (their Flickr)

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From Melbourne, this double Assange stencil (© Regan Tamanui, Flickr)

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A new stencil on a vinyl album by Amorfart Stencils (© Amorfart)

Here is a short video showing the process for making a five layer stencil of Assange by Hungarian street art site Amorfart. Read more here:

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A Julian Assange stencil in West End, Queensland, Australia by Kamineko. (photo © Pawz)

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Images of the Week 01.30.11

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Our weekly interview with the street, this week featuring Billi Kid, Poster Boy, RG, BAST, Logik, DanWitz, Wing, Oculo, and Shin Shin.

brooklyn-street-art-billi-kid-jaime-rojo-01-11Billi goes iconic. Billi Kid (photo © Jaime Rojo)

brooklyn-poster-boy-art-artist-jaime-rojo-01-11“You Better Punch!” Poster Boy (one of many) (photo © Jaime Rojo)

brooklyn-street-art-RG-jaime-rojo-01-11A patriotic second amendment sculpture. RG (photo © Jaime Rojo)

brooklyn-street-art-bast-jaime-rojo-01-11A blast of Bast (photo © Jaime Rojo)

brooklyn-street-art-flag-jaime-rojo-01-11Insight into the class war (photo © Jaime Rojo)

brooklyn-street-art-dan-witz-jaime-rojo-01-11Logik and Dan Witz (photo © Jaime Rojo)

brooklyn-street-art-wing-jaime-rojo-01-11On a Wing and a prayer (photo © Jaime Rojo)

brooklyn-street-art-oculo-jaime-rojo-01-11Oculo surveys the street scene. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

brooklyn-street-art-lips-jaime-rojo-01-11 Read my lips, “No new jobs.” (photo © Jaime Rojo)

brooklyn-street-art-shin-shin-jaime-rojo-01-11Shin Shin leaves a patch of grass for the Manhattan cattle  (photo © Jaime Rojo)

All photos copyright Jaime Rojo

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Buff Diss and Aakash Double Bill is a Great Idea

Brooklyn-Street-Art-WEB-Aakash-Buff-DissOne of the benefits of being an artist and part of the active process of actually creating in a pool of peers is you will find that the same spirit that travels through you is evident in others.  When we were part of artist collectives in Brooklyn in the early 2000’s we would see that artists frequently manifested ideas and techniques that paralleled – without consulting one another. It was uncanny. Chalk it up to the idea that everyone drinks from the same stream of creativity that flows past us all the time.

Buff Diss uses masking tape to make incredible Street Art installations that interact with the built environment.  Separate and apart of him Brooklyn Street Artist Aakash Nihalani does something quite similar on the streets. While we have worked with Aakash – he was in our Street Crush show in ’09 – we never met Buff Diss. Wouldn’t it be cool if they were on a double bill together?

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Fun Friday 01.28.11

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Titi Freak makes print for OneThirty3

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Titi Freak (image courtesy of OneThirty3)

Titi Freak from São Paulo via Japan has created a unique voice in Street Art in the last decade. A perfect East-West mashup of all the things you kids love… fashion, pop, illustration, commix, graff, and color. He’s got a new print coming out Feb 24 with OneThirty3 and we have a sneak peak here.

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More info at OneThirty3

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Breaking: ROA and SEGO making new piece in Mexico City

From on the scene reporter Gonzalo Gag we got the news that a Street Art duet is taking place on the streets of D.F. right now.

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Sego and ROA scope out the wall (photos © and courtesy of Gonzalo Gag) – Please credit.

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Winter Wonderland in Brooklyn

These photos by Jaime Rojo give you a little idea of the magic we had this week in the BK.

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“Urban Diorama” (Photo © Jaime Rojo)

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Red Vespa (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Don’t Forget LIVE Chat on Brooklynite Monday Night

You can chat with Martyn Reed of Nuart LIVE when you log in and see the WORLD DEBUT of the film this Monday the 31st.  It’s free and you might win a copy of the film. More HERE

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Ever Wonder Why You Are Nervous All the Time?

Swearword Alert! Hilarious spoof on the predilictions of those cable news stations that tell you it’s ALL EMERGENCY ALL THE TIME!

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