“Marxist Glue” At Hold Up Art Gallery in LA

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The young Hold Up Gallery in the Japantown section of Los Angeles currently has a sleek and smart-alec show that shouts for attention.  Drawing a clear connection between today’s graphic design-savvy Street Artists and their anti-corporate fascist/ punk rock/ culture-jamming roots, this show is a delicious collection of disgusted discontent.  Thanks to its relative proximity to the Museum of Contemporary Art, which is assembling an inaugural Street Art spectacular next spring under it’s new director, Jeffrey Deitch, the show has an added dimension of interest. A collection of polished pungency, “Marxist Glue” heralds the smooth collection as a survey of current LA street artists.

Artist and Columnist Gordy Grundy says the show is “Sticky” in his Huffington Post article:

“Marxist Glue, a new street art show curated by Toks Shoyoye, redefines the Los Angeles community and challenges MOCA. Curator Toks Shoyoye has stomped his foot and the earth has quaked. Marxist Glue is a group show, actually a historical gathering, of 13 Los Angeles artists. This show covers an epoch and illustrates the motivations of a movement. Los Angeles street art shall be redefined”

Continue reading and see images of the show at Huffington Post Arts here…

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Images of The Week 11.14.10 : Dude Company Special

Images of The Week 11.14.10 : Dude Company Special

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Photo © Jaime Rojo

Our weekly interview with the street narrows this week to show you photos of a visit to Brooklyn from French Street Artist “The Dude Company” and a cool shot of Lister at the end.

A glorious autumn day and room to experiment a bit on a rooftop in Brooklyn. BSA invited The Dude Co. to put up an installation on a rooftop in Brooklyn and he happily and giddily obliged.  The space was open to his interpretation and he decided to try out a repetition across the middle expanse as tribute to one of the best American actresses this country has given to the world, Gena Rowlands, who turned 80 this summer.

The repetition of her head in the installation is a nod to her depiction of a person unglued and in turmoil as her life swirls nervously beyond her control; Rolands’ emotional, Academy Award-Nominated performance in the movie “A Woman Under The Influence” in 1974, directed by her husband John Cassavetes?

Providing a bookend effect are his skater boy (created from a photo by Brooklyn artist Carlito Brigante) from earlier this year and an old favorite, his stencil of singer Erikah Badu.

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And to end this week’s selection we offer a bonus image of a Lister we found while window shopping in Manhattan. Think there were some masks by the artist inside too.

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Alt97, MRF E UNO Presents: “Strike The Street 3” (Rome, Italy)

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Il 20 novembre riparte una nuova stagione di “STRIKE THE STREET”, progetto nato nel 2008 da un’idea di Alt97, MRF e UNO all’interno del centro sociale Strike, spazio pubblico autogestito.
Il mondo della Street Art, per quanto variegato e distinto al suo interno, ha una caratteristica che lo distingue da altri tipi di arte: come forma di espressione nata nella metropoli, è difficile, se non impossibile, esportarla in un contesto diverso dalla strada e dall’ambiente urbano, senza corromperne l’essenza stessa. Graffiti, stencils, posters, stickers, installazioni e qualsiasi altra cosa abbia a che fare con l’arte urbana sono i suoi “segni” e il tentativo di portare tutto questo mondo in gallerie, o luoghi dell’arte istituzionale, finisce con svuotarla di significato e capacità d’impatto.

Proprio dall’idea di dare visibilità a questa forma d’arte, rimanendo al di fuori del mercato, nasce “STRIKE THE STREET”: condividere, valorizzare e promuovere la street art riportandola nel suo contesto naturale, attraverso la pratica delle esposizioni gratuite in uno spazio (il pub dello strike) aperto e vivo nella sua quotidianità, e al tempo stesso, scenario urbano e naturale.

Lo Strike, infatti, è un capannone industriale nel quartiere di Casalbertone immerso tra i lavori della tav e la tangenziale est, strappato all’abbandono 8 anni fa, con l’intento, fra gli altri, di ridare visibilità alla cultura e all’arte, senza per questo diventare un luogo di mercificazione della stessa, o un’asettica galleria.
Un binomio perfetto per non “denaturalizzare” la street art da quello che è il suo habitat.
Il 20 Novembre riapre la terza stagione di Strike The Street, nel suo consueto spazio espositivo.
Si parte dal pomeriggio con dei live paintings che riguarderanno gli spazi interni ed esterni dello Strike e a cui parteciperanno vari tra gli artisti italiani e stranieri che faranno parte, dopo le ore 19, alla mostra collettiva di apertura del 2010, il tutto accompagnato dal dj set dei Junglabeat.

Dopo la cena, la serata si aprirà con il concerto live di “THE SOUL STREET BROTHERS”, gruppo funk, jazz, soul romano (www.myspace.com/soulstreetbrothers), e a seguire ci sarà il djset “THE BUMP”, il nuovo progetto di dj slump (Soulfood) & Viktor Uolf (Soul Kitchen), con Original Boogie & funk’70, che spazierà dalle colonne sonore alle gemme breakdance, tutto rigorosamente su vinile.

Gaia (New York / USA), El Gato Chimney (Milan / IT), JBrock (Rome, IT), X (IT), pu:RE (Rome / IT), BR1 (Turin / IT), Rub Kandy (Rome / IT), A1one (Teheran / IRAN), Diamond (Rome / IT), Hitnes (Rome / IT), Lucamaleonte (Rome, IT), Urka (IT), Hogre (Rome, IT), Izolag (Brasil), Dot Masters (London / UK), Zibe (Milan / IT), Alias (Berlin / DE), Greg Gossel (Minneapolis / USA), 999 (IT), L.e.t. (DE), DAVe (Oakland / USA), Mezzoforte (FR), Sone (Rome / IT), Hopnn (Rome / IT), Czarnobyl (Berlin / DE), Marco About ( Rome / IT), Prost (Berlin / DE), BTOY (Barcelona / ES), Sten (Rome / IT), Lex (Rome / IT), MP5 (Bologna / IT), Michael Aaron Williams (Kronxville / USA), Bortusk Leer (UK), Martin Watson (Oslo / NO), 108 (Alessandria / IT), Kozet (Teheran / IRAN), Ben Frost (Sidney / AT), Ludo (Paris / FR), zOOt (London / UK), Alto Contraste (Brasil), James Kalinda (Italy), # (Rome / IT), Michael De Feo (New York / USA), Erik Hikups (BE), R-ash (Teheran / IRAN),
Pixelpancho (Turin / IT), UNO (Rome / IT), MRF (Rome / IT), Alt97 (Rome / IT), RiotQueer (Rome / IT), Honi (Rome / IT), Pible (Italy)

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http://strike-spa.net/

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Pure Evil Gallery Presents “3” A Group Show (London, UK)

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You are invited to an exhibition called 3…

The exhibition will be happening in 3 galleries in Paris, Los Angeles and London…

Im asking artists I like to each bring 3 pieces for each show…

Theres no curation , theres no wordy intellectual press release theres just ’3’…

3 in Paris is going to open at the Lebenson Gallery in the Marais on the 25th of November and run until December 31st …

3 in London is in a HUGE space at 28 Redchurch Street, City of London E2 7DP… Its going to open on the 2nd of December and run until December 31st…

3 in Los Angeles will be later in 2011…

I will be adding more information and general vibes about the show here http://pureevilgallery.tumblr.com/archive

London space generously provided by:
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Pure Evil Gallery Presents: “3” Group Show (Paris, France)

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You are invited to an exhibition called 3…

The exhibition will be happening in 3 galleries in Paris, Los Angeles and London…

Im asking artists I like to each bring 3 pieces for each show…

Theres no curation , theres no wordy intellectual press release theres just ’3’…

3 in Paris is going to open at the Lebenson Gallery in the Marais on the 25th of November and run until December 31st …

3 in London is in a HUGE space at 28 Redchurch Street, City of London E2 7DP… Its going to open on the 2nd of December and run until December 31st…

3 in Los Angeles will be later in 2011…

I will be adding more information and general vibes about the show here http://pureevilgallery.tumblr.com/archive

London space generously provided by:
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Judith Supine: Autumn In New York

Ahhhhhhh, FALL

Brooklyn based Street Artist Judith Supine remained perfectly chilled in A/C comfort during our hot-as-hell summer sojourn in New York City and never hit the streets as far as we can tell.  But the leaves in the park have turned red and yellow and orange and Judith must have been inspired by the colors flying through the gritty air, swirling in with plastic bags and flyers for winter tires. Of course, even those natural shades are too bland and dull for Supine.

The acid hued street surrealist is back and we have solid evidence here.  These collages all fluttered in and smacked up like radioactive leaves against the wall this week. Somehow the  reappearance of their disjointed magic realism is as reassuring as the change of the seasons in dirty old Brooklyn.

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Fun Friday 11.12.10

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The Community Serviced

Not to be confused with the similarly named C215 show opening in Paris tonight, “The Community Serviced” this Sunday showcases 12 uniquely produced Showpaper newspaper boxes designed by 24 artists. After the opening night, the works will be placed around the city to serve the community both as public art pieces as well as an expansion of Showpaper’s distribution network of their bi-monthly publication.

Sure to be a raw fun show free of pretension with artists: Amy Smalls , Dennis Franklin, Maggie Lee ,Jennifer Shear, Oliva Katz ,Keith Pavia, Peter, Andrew Sutherland, ADAM COST, DARKCLOUDS , SADUE, FARO, GROSER, COOLCAT, GEN 2 , OZE 108, GOYA , NSK, NET, DROID, VUDU , INFINITY,WOLFTITS , CAHBASM

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Invader Goes To Hollywood…and gets chased by the police

“Block Party”

brooklyn-street-art-BOXI-JPG-carmichael-gallery-11-10-1-webThe Carmichael Gallery is throwing a “Block Party” tomorrow (10/13) and they have a stellar line up of artists that will be showing work at the Culver City gallery. Some street art roots on display in the lineup: Boxi, Krystian Truth Czaplicki, Gregor Gaida, Simon Haas, Dan Witz and Sixeart.

Read more about the show here

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Boxi. (Image courtesy of the gallery)

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Boxi. (Image courtesy of the gallery)

Nuart 2010 Photography by Carl Fredrick Salicath

Like Martyn Reed says, this local photographer in Stavanger, Norway, where the Nuart 2010 festival of street art murals happened this fall, shows some of Street Art photography at its finest”.

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Street Artist Vhils at Nuart 2010. (Image © Carl Fredrick Salicath)

See more of Carl’s work here.

“BETA Spaces” in Bushwick Brooklyn Sunday

A free one-day festival of conceptualized and thematic group exhibitions that focuses on curatorial experimentation and collaboration. There will be over 50 shows, including the work of over 400 individual artists, in spaces ranging from galleries to studios to apartments to mobile trucks and smart phone apps.

Preview the exhibitions in the online directory, including images, curatorial statements and lists of participating artists.

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To learn more about this festival and to read the full program and juicy details please go to  http://artsinbushwick.org/beta2010/

Down on Me

Some killer hip-hop inspiration for your weekend shorty! Keenan Cahill and 50 Cent shredding it. That’s what’s up.

“She want it I can tell she want it
want me to push up on it
fore she know when I’m all on it
we get the party going liquor flowing this is fire

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Red Propeller Gallery Presents: “Back of Beyond” A Group Show (Kingsbridge Devon TQ7 4AQ UK)

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RED PROPELLER FINEST RANGE

Without doubt our ‘BEST EVER’ group show coming to a rural wonderland near you featuring the Red Propeller stable alongside an exciting selection of invited artists who have caught our eye along the way.

GUY DENNING, IAN FRANCIS, RUSS MILLS, TRXTR, ALICE WISDEN, FRAN WILLIAMS, ANGEL 41, ROBERT SAMPLE, EJAN DALAL HAHN, BEN ALLEN, JOSEPH LOUGHBOROUGH,
JAMES BAKER, MARK DEMSTEADER, GEORGE MORTON CLARK, JAMES STEWART, C. KIRK, JANE MACARTNEY, DIGGY SMERDON, CARL HAHN, KATE MARSHALL & PAUL PATRICK MORRISON.

Tune in 20th November, 2010, 7pm onwards for one of the most exciting collection of talent seen in 2010!

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Showpaper Presents: “The Community Serviced” (Manhattan, NY)

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> SHOWPAPER presents <

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THE COMMUNITY SERVICED:

12 public space Showpaper newspaper boxes

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Sunday November 14, 2010 at 7pm – 10pm

at The Showpaper 42nd st Gallery

217 East 42nd st (btwn 3rd and 2nd ave)

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with artists:

Amy Smalls and Dennis Franklin

Maggie Lee and Jennifer Shear

Oliva Katz and Keith Pavia

Peter and Andrew Sutherland

ADAM COST

DARKCLOUDS and SADUE

FARO, GROSER, and COOLCAT

GEN 2 and OZE 108

GOYA and NSK

NET and DROID

VUDU and INFINITY

WOLFTITS and CAHBASM

Curated by: Andrew H. Shirley

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“The Community Serviced” showcases 12 uniquely produced Showpaper newspaper boxes designed by 24 artists. After the opening night, the works will be placed around the city to serve the community both as public art pieces as well as an expansion of Showpaper’s distribution network of their bi-monthly publication.

On Sunday November 14, 2010 at 7pm please join us at 217 East 42nd st (between 3rd and 2nd ave) for the send off of these public works of art.

Charlie Ahearn and Parakeets will be providing music.

Showpaper is a non-for-profit organization committed to establishing a greater network of emerging young artists and musicians throughout the tri-state area. In conjunction with providing a database of more than 50 show spaces for young performing artists and a comprehensive listing of over 300 all ages music events every two weeks, each issue has a full color print by a current and upcoming artist.

JOE AHEARN | Showpaper

\\ Managing Director

// phone: (646) 881-4397

\\ email: joe@showpaper.org

// site: www.showpaper.org

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THE SUPERIOR BUGOUT

Film / Video & Multi-Media Arts

Brooklyn, NYC

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Ernesto Yerena: Art Without Borders

Ernesto Yerena knows about borders. The Mexican-American has been crossing them since he was born on the national border in tiny El Centro, CA. Now the 24 year old is crossing the border from Obey Giant studio assistant to featured artist in his first solo show at White Walls Gallery in San Francisco this Saturday.

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For the past few months Ernesto has been at work in his garage/studio in Los Angeles preparing. With help of the talented photographer Todd Mazer, we get to see these exclusive images of Ernesto finishing his final piece for the show, “Ganas 20/20”.

For someone with an acute eye and the sensitivity of an artist, growing up in a border town 15 minutes from Mexicali, daily life in such a culturally rich and tumultuous environment can also be a wellspring of inspiration. The mundane, daily crossing over the border after school as a boy to visit with his grandmother and family in Mexicali, gave him insight into the complex lives of families who just happen to be geographically sprouted along an invisible political dotted line. Today that dotted line has razor wire that cuts everyone it touches.

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Ernesto began some cutting of his own when he received a stencil cutting set for his tenth birthday from his grandfather. During time away from his business painting cars and doing auto-body repair, his father encouraged the boys’ painting projects and showed him how to cut stencils. As a youth Ernesto felt motivated and supported by his family to go to art school and sharpen his artistic skills.

As he got older, the geopolitical realities of the harsh cultural and social landscape where he was growing awakened his intellectual curiosity and desire to better understand his social surroundings.

A teen listening to his own bi-national music collection including Public Enemy and Mexican rockers Mana, he got a better handle on the underlying racism and social inequities that plague the American landscape. When his artistic chops got him an opportunity at age 19 to work alongside Shepard Fairey, the street artist known for frequently incorporating social justice and political themes into his work, Ernesto found a stronger voice.

Ernesto’s world of two countries, difficult border life, socially conscious music, a deep interest in history and human rights have prepared him to face, as an artist, the recent fierce issue of immigration in this country and in Arizona in particular. In collaboration with Shepard he produced, at his imprint “Hecho Con Ganas” or HCG,  one of the posters that protesters in Arizona have used as a tool to denounce the racist and demonizing rhetoric coloring the immigration debate as well as SB1070, a bill that codifies racial profiling into law.

This Saturday night Ernesto crosses another invisible border as the White Walls Gallery provides a space for his new work in his first solo show.

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Click on the link below to visit Ernesto’s “imprint” HCG (Hecho Con Ganas)

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Ernesto’s solo show “Ganas 20/20” Opens this Saturday, November 13 at the White Walls Gallery in San Francisco. The gallery is located at 835 Larking Street. San Francisco, CA. 94109

Thanks again to photographer and videographer Todd Mazer for these images he shot exclusively for Brooklyn Street Art.

To see more of Todd Mazer work click here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/legenddairy/

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