Taken from the ‘New Horizons & Future Love Songs’ exhibition catalogue. Also featuring written contributions by Steve ‘Fly Argaric’ Pratt, Pride (TCA) and Poesia from Graffuturism over 40 pages.
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Icy and Sot “Made in Iran” At the Openhouse Gallery (Manhattan, NYC)
IBUG 2012: Festival of Urban Art and Culture (Glauchau, Germany)
Mighty Tanaka Gallery Presents: Chris Stain and Joe Iurato “Deep In The Cut” (Brooklyn, NYC)
Deep In The Cut
Featuring the artwork of Chris Stain & Joe Iurato
With a steady hand, precise cuts are dutifully made, revealing the negative space that lies beyond. Like a virtual roadmap, these incisions dictate the direction and flow of the artwork, building layers of corresponding imagery. Through patience and grace, the art of stenciling goes far beyond the final outcome of the artwork, as it incorporates a delicate and intricate process that elevates the artwork into something more than meets the eye. Mighty Tanaka is honored to present Chris Stain and Joe Iurato, two predominant stencil artists who are taking their art form to a whole new level with their highly anticipated show, Deep In the Cut. Together, both artists exemplify very different yet highly technical approaches to stencil art through their individual processes and results.
Deep In The Cut is the first time Chris Stain and Joe Iurato have been paired together for a two-person gallery show. Highly influenced by each others artwork, they share a mutual respect for one another that encourages them to constantly push the boundaries of their individual interpretation of stencil work, redefining the limits of expectation.
Both Chris Stain and Joe Iurato’s artwork exemplifies the art of the process, as they use a myriad of tools and techniques to create their individual expressions. Deep In The Cut exhibits a highly unique and identifiable approach to their work, ripe with social statements, that causes the viewer to reflect on the world around them while enjoying the intricate details and beauty of their art.
OPENING RECEPTION:
Friday, August 10th, 2012
6:00PM – 9:00PM
Mighty Tanaka
111 Front Street
Suite 224
Brooklyn, NY 11201
Train: F Train to York St
(1st stop in Brooklyn)
Monsters of Art Gallery Presents: Kings Moa (London, UK)
PRIVATE VIEW 27 SEPTEMBER 2012
Continues until 27 October
Monsters of Art Studio and Gallery
112 Mill Lane
London
NW6 1NF
0207 435 3433
info@moasgallery.com
www.moasgallery.com
Mishka Presents: Numskull “Dance Like a Video, Sting Like a Gif” (Brooklyn, NYC)
Numskull has a very distinct aesthetic, full of strong line work, collage elements, and a flurry of pop culture influences that he magically melds together into a cohesive style. His show, Dance Like A Video, Sting Like A GIF, will be opening with a bang next Friday, August 10th, at 350 Broadway in Brooklyn. We can’t wait for you to feast your eyes on more of this elusive artist’s striking pieces. For the truly charmed, we’ll also be selling a t-shirt at the even that you can see above.
Carmichael Gallery Presents: “Primeval” A Group Exhibition. (Culver City, LA)
Primeval
Emol, Stinkfish, Zio Ziegler
Opening reception
Saturday, August 11, 6-9pm
Carmichael Gallery
5797 Washington Blvd
Culver City, CA 90232
Please RSVP to rsvp at carmichaelgallery dot com
Exhibition open to the public August 11 – September 1, 2012
Carmichael Gallery is pleased to present Primeval, a group exhibition featuring works by Emol, Stinkfish and Zio Ziegler. The exhibition will be on view from August 11 to September 1, 2012. Zio Ziegler will be in attendance at the opening reception on Saturday, August 11 from 6-9pm.
Cities and their streets put the three artists in daily contact with the urban elements that in turn influence their work. Be it architecture and propaganda for Emol, the texture of old walls for Stinkfish, or the color of pavement after a rainy afternoon for Zio, inspiration for these artists is inextricably drawn from the outdoor environments they encounter in their respective cities. Their individual mastery of line, sources of form, and choice of color share a compassion for and understanding of history and humanity. Such honest and considered motives translate into works that are powerfully evocative and, though indigenous, universally approachable.
Emol finds the connection between art, artist and city crucial to his practice. He believes that to paint outside is the best way to grasp what is happening at the moment and to know how one’s art affects communities. Emol considers his work an embodiment of antenna to roots, capturing that which is current, but with a strong link to the past and ancestry. He achieves this largely through his color choices, which symbolize Brazil’s wealth of distinct cultures. Through traveling the various regions of his home country and closely observing their different traditions, Emol combines the tropical colors he encounters, each offering a different vibration, with lines and forms to infuse sensorial joy into urban landscapes.
Stinkfish is equally indebted to the street, having spent his childhood playing soccer and going for bike rides around his neighborhood. He is drawn to bringing his work to as many people as possible, favoring busy crossroads and streets as locations for his murals. The texture of highly trafficked, decrepit areas gives Stinkfish the feeling that he is continuing the history of a wall, mixing his story into a larger narrative of crumbling paint, grit and wear. Stinkfish also remembers having an affection when he was young for the cameras his father would buy and sell, spending hours “playing” with them, discovering their mechanisms and teaching himself techniques of framing and focusing that would become essential to his art form. His transposition of photo to mural enhances the fleeting moments of human nature he captured with his camera, leaving the final interpretation up to the public.
Zio too finds that the balance of working publicly and privately assists his entire creative process in a symbiotic way. The open source template of the streets serves as a constant reminder to him of the democratic yet organic nature of art. Though influenced by classical philosophy, literature and art, Zio constantly reminds himself of the paradigm shift towards the digital age. To be aware of this ephemeral state of painting assists the visceral encouragement of instinct in the studio. And so, with the balance of both studio and street, instinct and patience, comes Zio’s paintings.
Jonathan Levine Gallery Presents: “Détournement: Signs of the Times” A Group Exhibition Curated By Carlo McCormick. (Manhattan, NYC)
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Pandemonium on the Walls at Pandemic
Brooklyns’ Pandemic Gallery recently invited a sort of painted pandemonium to fill all the walls of their space for a summer art party. Shoulder to hip and head to toe, this mixture of artists is actually emblematic of this moment in Brooklyn history and representing the raucous variety of styles that are mashing and mixing on the graffiti/street art/fine art continuum throughout the world.
But no one likes to be labelled and if you ask them and probably each of these artists would prefer not to be called graffiti artists or street artists or fine artists because each title has too many limitations or insulting inferences. One thing everybody agrees on is they like to paint on walls and while we have seen our share of bring-all-your-friends wall smashing that somehow goes awry, this indoor installation is one of the most cogent mashup derby style groupings you are likely to see this year.

Darkclouds and David Pappaceno (photo © Jaime Rojo)
UFO 907 (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Keely, Matt Siren, Don Pablo Pedro, Cost, Royce Bannon (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Don Pablo Pedro, Cost (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Keely, Matt Siren (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Swampy, Deeker, Cost (photo © Jaime Rojo)
The Yok and Shyro (photo © Jaime Rojo)
SET (photo © Jaime Rojo)
COST (photo © Jaime Rojo)
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Images of the Week: 08.05.12
New York was smacked upside the head this week by fresh work by Faith 47, DAL East, and ROA. BSA was lucky enough to catch all three, even as photographer Jaime Rojo was bouncing from spot to spot like a silver pinball to see as much of the action as possible. Here in the thick of summer, there was a lot more happening on other walls through the week too and we’ll be showing those images to you in the coming days.
Today we’re just going to bring you some of the live action, first with ROA, fresh from his controversial double bear portrait in Rochester for the Wall/Therapy project, which apparently alarmed some unfulfilled observers because it reminded them of a “69” position. Either a) they never experienced this personally or b) it’s been a really long time or c) things are kind of slow going in Rochacha right now, but clearly they may want to do some research before growling about these two sleepy bears. God only knows WHAT they would say about ROA’s new piece with three animals stacked on top of each other. Clearly what this Belgian hellion has created is an orgiastic scene of furry debauchery!
ROA (photo © Jaime Rojo)
ROA (photo © Jaime Rojo)
ROA (photo © Jaime Rojo)
ROA (photo © Jaime Rojo)
ROA (photo © Jaime Rojo)
ROA (photo © Jaime Rojo)
ROA (photo © Jaime Rojo)
ROA (photo © Jaime Rojo)
ROA (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Faith 47 (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Faith 47 (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Faith 47 (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Faith 47 (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Faith 47 (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Faith 47 (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Faith 47 (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Dal East (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Dal East (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Dal East (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Dal East (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Dal East (photo © Jaime Rojo)
The Faith 47 project was produced by Keith Schweitzer of MaNY Projects in conjunction with Fourth Arts Block (FAB).
The Dal East wall was procured by Joshua Geyer.
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Göla Busts Out of a Moscow Wall
In Moscow last month Street Artist Göla popped out of the wall into a third dimension with this topiatastic sculpture that appears to contain as much exuberance and life as it’s creator. In town for a large festival that concentrates on sneakers and other lifestyle products, the ever fertile artist mind clearly is unencumbered creatively, letting his imagination off on a tear, with Göla gleefully running after it.
Göla (photo © courtesy Göla)
Göla (photo © courtesy Göla)
Göla (photo © courtesy Göla)
Göla (photo © courtesy Göla)
Fun Friday 08.03.12
Yo what’s up Neeeewwwww Yawwwwk! You mean aside from brand new work on the streets this week in NYC from Faith 47, DAL, ROA, and JR? Oh, nothing really, just a normal boring summer. Street fairs, skateboarding, popsicles, public drunkeness, and I think the Olympics are still running but apparently only Michael Phelps is in them this year according to the TV. Also, something about VISA I think. Anyway, here are some fun activities for your weekend!
1. OS Gemeos Solo at ICA Boston
2. Fairey / Hecox / Houser at Black Book (Denver, CO)
3. “Public Works” at LALA Gallery (LA)
4. Faring Purth at Anno Domini (San Jose, CA)
5. Brett Amory and Adam Caldwell “Dirty Laundry” at ThinkSpace (LA)
6. “Cause and Effect” Group Show (BK)
7. “Eye in the Sky” Group Show @ Stolen Space (London)
8. Summer Exhibition at Joshua Liner Gallery (Manhattan)
9. Snyder’s ART HUNT in Carlsbad, CA
10. “Dead Meat” Conor Harrington By The Baron (VIDEO)
11. Does Anyone Care About the Olympics (VIDEO)
OS Gemeos Solo at ICA Boston
The first USA solo exhibition of Os Gemeos enjoys it’s first opening weekend at ICA Boston and you can see the first piece before you even enter the museum because they have just completed a large outdoor piece on a ventilation building over the Big Dig. The Brazilian Twins began their artistic career since 1987 doing graffiti and and have been painting all manner of imaginative pieces and murals non-stop on the streets of the world ever since. Along the way they have garnered the respect of their peers and thousands of art fans across all continents.
Os Gemeos mural in progress in the Green Way in Boston (photo © Geoff Hargadon)
For further information regarding this exhibition click here.
Fairey / Hecox / Houser at Black Book (Denver, CO)
The Black Book Gallery in Denver, Colorado new Group Show includes Shepard Fairey, Even Hecox and Jim Houser and it opens today. The gallery is also organizing mural installations at the Metropolitan State College of Denver.
Shepard Fairey in Miami (photo © Jaime Rojo)
For further information regarding this show click here.
“Public Works” at LALA Gallery (LA)
“Public Works” is the title of the second show that is opening today at the still smelling-like-new LALA Gallery in Los Angeles, CA. Contributing artists include How & Nosm, Insa, Push, Revok, Risk, Ron English, Seen, Shepard Fairey, Trustocorp, WCA Crew, Uglar, and Zes.
How & Nosm in Miami (photo © Jaime Rojo)
For further information regarding this show click here.
Faring Purth at Anno Domini (San Jose, CA)
Portraitist Faring Purth spent a year or so traveling from city to city last year finding abandoned places to mount giant faces, full of character. “I will be sharing a body of work I’ve been preparing since my return from that insane journey last year and I will be taking over their entire space with pieces scaling from 10′ x 12′ to 3 “x 5”.
“This Snow Rising” opens at the Anno Domini Gallery San Jose today.
Faring Purth in Brooklyn (photo © Jaime Rojo)
For further information regarding this show click here.
Brett Amory and Adam Caldwell “Dirty Laundry” at ThinkSpace (LA)
“Amory and Caldwell each mobilize their unique representational strategies to invoke the modern day disconnect between time and space, self and other, and present and past,” which is exactly what I was gonna say.
“Dirty Laundry” features very cool work by Artists Brett Amory and Adam Caldwell’s opening Saturday at the ThinkSpace Gallery in Culver City, CA. Feel free to show up and air some of your own.
Brett Amory at the Studio (Photo courtesy of ThinkSpace © Shaun Roberts)
For further information regarding this show click here.
Also happening this weekend:
“Cause and Effect”, a group show curated by URNew York and Tone MST at a Greenpoint Pop Up in Brooklyn is now open to the general public. Click here for more details on this show.
In London at the Stolen Space Gallery the ATG Collective project “Eye in the Sky” is now open to the general public. Click here for more details on this show.
In Manhattan the Summer Exhibition at the Joshua Liner Gallery is now open to the general public. Click here for more details on this show.
Snyder has a solo show and a fun ART HUNT in Carlsbad, CA opening on Saturday. This event is all day or until supplies last. Click here for more details on this event.
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