All posts tagged: Jaime Rojo

Brooklyn Street Art Presents: “Street Art Saved My Life: 39 New York Stories” in collaboration with ThinkSpace Gallery at C.A.V.E. Gallery in Venice (LA), California

July 20, 2011 Artists, California, Events, Gallery, Los Angeles, Opening, Venice Beach

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Street Art Saved My Life : 39 New York Stories heralds the new highly individual character of stories being told on the streets of New York by brand new and established Street Artists from all over the world. Steven P. Harrington and Jaime Rojo, founders of BrooklynStreetArt.com focus on this flashpoint in modern Street Art evolution by curating a strongly eclectic story-driven gallery show with 39 of the best storytellers hitting the streets of New York.

Street Art Saved My Life : 39 New York Stories, the gallery show, accompanied by an LA street wall series by selected artists and a public panel lecture and discussion, intends to stake out the New Guard in street art while recognizing some powerful near-legendary forerunners.

The mainly New York lineup exhibits talent from other parts of the US and internationally (Australia, France, UK, Canada, Israel, Germany) and it is as steely, idiosyncratic and storied as the New York scene itself, including Anthony Lister, Adam Void, Broken Crow, C215, Cake, Chris Stain, Clown Soldier, Creepy, Dan Witz, El Sol 25, Ema, Faile, Futura, Gaia, Gilf!, Hargo, Hellbent, How & Nosm, Imminent Disaster, Indigo, Judith Supine, Kid Acne, Know Hope, Ludo, Mark Carvalho, Miss Bugs, Nick Walker, NohJColey, Over Under, Radical!, Rene Gagnon, Skewville, Specter, Sweet Toof, Swoon, Tip Toe, Troy Lovegates AKA Other, Various & Gould, and White Cocoa.

The staunch individualists in Street Art Saved My Life : 39 New York Stories give voice to the evolution of the Graffiti, Mash-Up, and D.I.Y. movements that birthed them; creating an eccentric, highly individual, and raucous visual experience on the street. With widely varied backgrounds, techniques, and materials at play, “The Story” is the story. With truths as diverse and difficult as the city itself, each one of these artists is a part of a fierce, raw, new storytelling tradition that is evolving daily before our eyes.

Show Name: Street Art Saved My Life : 39 New York Stories
Location: C.A.V.E. Gallery, 1108 Abbot Kinney Blvd, Venice, California 90291
Date: Opening reception Friday August 12, 2011
Duration: August 12 – September 4, 2011.

Presented by Brooklyn Street Art in collaboration with ThinkSpace and C.A.V.E
Curated by Steven P. Harrington and Jaime Rojo of BrooklynStreetArt.com

Chris Stain “Back Talk” Conversation

July 20, 2011 Artists

To introduce readers to some of the Street Artists in the upcoming show “Street Art Saved My Life: 39 New York Stories”, BSA asked a number of the artists to take part in “Back Talk” with one of our most trusted and underground and sweet sources for modern art, Juxtapoz.

Today we hear from Chris Stain.

Something you want the world to know about you: “Baltimore born. Mixed breed. House broken. Got two kids I love. Get along with punks and skins, b-boys and b-girls. Like to cut stencils. Spray paint. Write my name on sh*t. Member of justseeds.org, Out to Live, and In the Dream. Been vegetarian for 22 years goin’ on 23. Wish I could still skateboard like it was ’87.”

Chris Stain (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Read “Back Talk: A conversation with Chris Stain” on Juxtapoz: http://www.juxtapoz.com/Features/back-talk-a-conversation-with-chris-stain

Steve “ESPO” Powers: “Flight of Genius” (VIDEO)

July 19, 2011 Artists

Steve ESPO Powers is a man of letters and he likes to play with them like other kids play with Legos. Informed with a rich commercial vintage signage vocabulary and a sharp eye, and armed with buckets of paint and brushes Powers has created bold messages in a number of cities that play on and satirize meanings and advertising jargon.

Under the watchful eye of Jesus, Street Artist Steve Espo and associate paint. (Still from video)

To celebrate adman David Ogilvy’s birthday and his command of the language in service of fooling people to buy things, Ogilvy & Mather New York and Joshua Liner Gallery commissioned a series of murals by ESPO interpreting quotes of their revered agency founder. ESPO nails it.

The video below by Jun Lee gives a brief introduction to ESPO’s work:

Curated by Joshua Liner and Jun Lee

Nick Walker “Back Talk” Conversation

July 18, 2011 Artists, California, Venice Beach

Today we hear from Nick Walker.

A few words that sum up your philosophy on life: “Treat people how you would like to be treated – what goes around comes around.”

Nick Walker (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Read “Back Talk: A conversation with Nick Walker on Juxtapoz:

http://www.juxtapoz.com/Current/back-talk-a-conversation-with-nick-walker

Images of the Week 07.17.11

July 17, 2011 Artists, Bronx, Brooklyn, Chicago, Manhattan, NYC, On the Street, Paris

Our weekly interview with the street, this week featuring Adri, Banksy, Dan Witz, Deform, Demon, Gaia, Jon Burgerman, Ludo, Nick Walker, Olek, Rambo, Slayers, and XAM with dispatches from Paris, Dubai, and Chicago.

Rambo, Gift, Demon, Slayers. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Gaia. Detail (photo © Jaime Rojo)

“This new piece on the streets of NYC is an extension of some of the past work I have done connecting various concepts of catastrophe. I have found the imagery depicting the horrors of the plague especially pertinent to the state of our environment. Humanity has weathered and lived through various crises that have shaken our imagination and dramatically changed the way we organize our lives moving forward” Gaia

Gaia. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Now is this called a sidebust? Street architect to contemporary birds, XAM, is atop a faux sign by Street Artist Dan Witz (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Ludo. The Future of Fashion in Paris. (photo © Ludo)

“Banksy” in Da Bronx. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Jesus does a skateboard trick in this highly offensive image from Adri. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Deform in Dubai “My Grant” (photo © Deform)

Olek (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Street Artist Olek is a participating artist at The Crest Hardware Art Show currently on view in Williamsburg Brooklyn. Click on the link below to get full details on this show and go check out some imaginative interpretations:

More about the show here http://www.brooklynstreetart.com/theblog/?p=22007

Nick Walker. This is the remainder of an old piece from 2008. In the original the figure is remote controlling a very tall Giraffe to who is writing “Vandal” in red spray paint. The building got a fresh coat of paint recently but they decided to save him. We like that. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Rocking cans in Chicago (!), world famous doodler Jon Burgerman hits up a wall. (photo © courtesy of Pawn Works Gallery)

Jon Burgerman in Chicago (photo © courtesy of Pawn Works Gallery)

Untitled (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Dan Witz “Dead Serious” : “Back Talk” Conversation

July 16, 2011 Venice Beach

Today we hear from Dan Witz.

Something you want the world to know about you: “Originally, back in the late 70’s, when I first started painting on the street, even though I was dead serious about it, I thought of street art as a sort of hobby, as something enjoyable I did for myself on the weekends. This is the real reason why I kept at it for all those years before street art became fashionable: not because I thought of myself as some kind of pioneer or anything, but because I was having so much fun.”

Dan Witz (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Read “Back Talk: A conversation with Dan Witz” on Juxtapoz: http://www.juxtapoz.com/Features/back-talk-a-conversation-with-dan-witz

Fun Friday 07.15.11

July 15, 2011 Artists

Fun Friday stories this week:

1. Multicolored Disappearing Horizon on Williamsburg Bridge
2. CAKE on Juxtapoz : New “Back Talk” Conversation
3. Street Artist TES One Gets Down with Ice Cube for a Print

Multicolored Disappearing Horizon on Williamsburg Bridge

It’s summer and people are taking to the streets with their art. If you have taken a stroll or skateboard ride across the Williamsburg Bridge recently, you’ve seen a public art installation entitled “Baji Lives!”.

(VIDEO STILLS)

In this short film by Danielle Barbiari, five friends show how a collaborative project can also come alive with very modest resources and some elbow grease.

“During the wee hours of a warm summer night, several friends conspired to bring color to the Williamsburg Bridge. Inspired by the unique vantage point offered by this public space, Baji Lives! responded with a site-specific composition that accentuates the spatial dynamics of the pedestrian pathway. This piece is an offering to those who use the bridge”

CAKE on Juxtapoz : New “Back Talk” Conversation

Today we hear from CAKE.

Artists you admire:
“Tomma Abts, Jenny Saville, Olga Romashuk, Kathe Kollwitz, Herakut, Polina Soloveichik, Alice Neel, and Edvard Munch are my tops.”

CAKE (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Read “Back Talk: A conversation with CAKE” on Juxtapoz:http://www.juxtapoz.com/Features/back-talk-a-conversation-with-cake

Street Artist TES One Gets Down with Ice Cube for a Print

Tes One has done a new print with Ice Cube to raise awareness and funds for The Minority AIDS Project.The proceeds from the limited edition artwork will benefit the project.

Tes One Signing his print of Ice Cube (copyright Tes One and Rareink)

Ice Cube (photo © RareInk)

RareInk and ICE CUBE partner to deliver music fans original, authentic autographed works of art from their favorite recording artists created in conjunction with a collective of fine artists from around the world.

“Expanding the interaction with fans of my music by offering limited edition, signed artwork that they are able to share and enjoy with their friends and family is something I feel my fans deserve,” said Ice Cube, who in addition to being the RareInk’s first artist will serve as the company’s strategic advisor.

Click on RareInk’s site for more information regarding the sale of the prints and how to purchase the art.

http://www.rareink.com/

Tes One’s Site http://www.tesone.com/

C215 “Back Talk” Conversation

July 14, 2011 Artists

Today we hear from C215.

A few words that sum up your philosophy on life: “Trying to turn ugly sh*t into art when possible.”

C215 (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Read “Back Talk: A conversation with C215” on Juxtapoz: http://www.juxtapoz.com/Features/back-talk-a-conversation-with-c215

Miss Bugs in Brooklyn: Girls, Sex and a Car Crash in the Forest

July 13, 2011 Artists, Brooklyn, Events, Features, Gallery, NYC

A horrendously stunning car crash, windshield smashed in by a wooden stump, a shard of white light cutting sharply through a smoke cloud which rises to eerily announce the arrival of UK Street Artists Miss Bugs in Brooklyn. In “Parlour”, their first solo on view right now in Bed Stuy, the backyard diorama is a plastered paper perimeter of gnarled and murky indigo off road forest, a haunting backdrop to the cut-out distorted and riveting forms who break the 4^th wall toward you with intent.

Miss Bugs. Detail (photo © Jaime Rojo)

The curvaceous ladies are cousins of the street pieces Miss Bugs places with great care publicly, cut outs that fade into their surrounding and pop out from it, undulating and teasing and riveting, a perfectly charged counterweight of sex to the violent metal and glass carnage before you. Throughout the inside gallery and backyard installation, Miss Bugs plays with a scale slightly larger than life, giving imperious and distantly cool figures a personal, almost intimidating immediateness.

The front room of “Parlour” at Brooklynite Gallery with Miss Bugs (photo © Jaime Rojo)

The distortion of the forms and come hither stand-offishness is softened and sweetened by saturated pop colors and cleverly patterned replications of art you have seen somewhere else. Always willing to take appropriation to new heights, Miss Bugs gladly incorporates signature elements of other artists works into their distorted and sensuous forms, weaving them into the hair, tattooing them across the skin, wrapping their ladies with a body conscious knitted brocade.

Miss Bugs (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Speaking with the royal “we”, the very anonymous Miss Bugs talked with Brooklyn Street Art about “Parlour”:

Brooklyn Street Art: What was the genesis for “Parlour” in general and this outdoor installation in particular?
Miss Bugs: We wanted it to be a place that unsettles you… The concept of the ‘Parlour’ exploits the idea that the art establishment plays on people’s desires, whether for money, beauty, sex or ownership. We’ve always looked at these themes within our work, so here we continue to question them. However, this time, we wanted to extend the ideas beyond the work and have the pieces viewed in their own theatrical space making us see the works’ symbolism in a different, darker light. We place our own fictional characters in the middle of the space. ‘The Madam’ is here with her open eyes; to convey ourselves as part of this sometimes strange and seedy world.

The outside installation grew from the concept that the parlour is being protected by a few souls and that this can be a twisted place, full of contradiction… We suppose it’s a nightmare or maybe just a bad dream! Comparisons can be made throughout the show between our ‘Parlour’ and the real world of the art establishment. Just depends how deep you want to scratch!

Miss Bugs (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Brooklyn Street Art: How was it to install your work in Brooklyn this time around?
Miss Bugs: It’s great to show in New York especially Brooklyn, we love it… Just to spend time walking around soaking it all up is brilliant. Since we were kids we saw and heard Brooklyn in music, film and art, so it feels great when we’re here and it always makes us feel at home!

Miss Bugs. Detail (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Brooklyn Street Art: The imagery gives off sex, cars, alcohol… what are some of the messages you are working with?
Miss Bugs: All these elements we try and show in a warped way; For example, placing glamorous but distorted nudes next to a burnt-out car, which hopefully makes us question our desires and see them differently! When we got the car into the gallery and we realised just how horrific a smashed up car is, it had a sadness about it which we hope we were sensitive to with our cut out figures. The installation of the woodland clearing we wanted to be experienced at night to create a haunting and again unsettled atmosphere, but the smoke machine could have done this job by itself …

Miss Bugs (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Brooklyn Street Art: You borrow from different artists and other cultural art forms (including Shakespeare in one instance) and incorporate many of those images into your work. How do you go about selecting the images? Are they your favorite artists or is it purely aesthetic?
Miss Bugs: The list of artists that we ‘stole’ from and remixed for this show is massive…Hannah Hoch and Kurt Schwitters, Keith Haring, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Vera Lehndorff, Gustav Klimt, Picasso, Mc Escher, Man Ray, David Lynch, Mel Ramous, Takashi Murakami, Leonardo De Vinci, Banksy, Warhol, Stanley Kubrick

We’ll stop now but the list goes on! You have to look harder for some of them and others can be staring you in the face but sometimes still go unnoticed as they’re seen out of context. Playing with ideas of how we view artwork and how much of its reasoning we understand.

We look at links between the artists and their working methods throughout history. Artists that would not normally be considered to sit alongside each other are then remixed together showing just how the working style of (for example) Keith Haring can gel together with Picasso, and how artists from very different periods in time and culture are using very similar approaches, often where you wouldn’t expect to see it.

Here we’ve selected elements of artists whose work goes someway in helping us tell our own story within ‘Parlour’… Suppose we’re like some sort twisted museum curator cramming the world’s greatest artists together into a small room for an orgy, then throwing some classical writers and iconic film directors in for good measure!

Miss Bugs “Parlour” is currently on view at Brooklynite Gallery. Click below for more information.

http://www.brooklynstreetart.com/theblog/?p=21691

How & Nosm “Back Talk” Conversation

July 12, 2011 Artists

Today we hear from How & Nosm.

One reason you make art: “When we started out as Graffiti writers in 1988 it kept us busy and productive instead of just getting into trouble and being street kids. Then eventually we did it for the fame and to become one of the best in our little city in Düsseldorf, Germany. Over the years this has changed and now it is an everyday thing that is part of our lives. We make art because it gives us an inner calmness and relaxes us when we paint and see the outcome of each created piece of art, yet another reason might be the urge to have to do it. At the same time it is the habit after so many years that gives us the constant drive to evolve our art work.”

Read “Back Talk: A conversation with How & Nosm” on Juxtapoz:http://www.juxtapoz.com/Features/back-talk-a-conversation-with-how-and-nosm

Honeycomb “Ritual” Opens today at Causey Contemporay

July 12, 2011 Artists, Brooklyn, Events, Features, Gallery, NYC, Opening

UK fine artist and Street Artist David Shillinglaw prepares his panels for tonights “Ritual” show at Causey Contemporary in Brooklyn (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Artists and artwork are buzzing around one of Williamsburg’s newest hives for the creative spirit in the July heat as Causey Contemporary prepares the sweetest part of all this industry for you, a Buenos Aires based collective called The Honeycomb. King bee and artist Trystan Bates has sent out the signal to 27 artists from 8 countries to present new works within the theme of “Ritual” for this show.

Imputing the magic and mysticism of ritual has inspired art of every discipline for thousands of years: authors, musicians, dancers, auteurs, photographers, sculptors, and painters all assist in our transcending the limitations of the physical world.

This neighborhood of Brooklyn has been the site of Rites of Passage, creative Rituals, and some say, Last Rites, as a place of collaboration for a diverse artist community and a hive for Street Art for nearly two decades. Across the street from two pieces by Bristol Street Artist Nick Walker and around the corner from a huge wall by Brooklyn Street Artists Skewville, the rituals of preparation continue anew. Here are some of the preparations inside and outside for tonight’s show.

David Shillinglaw found this piece of wood on the street. He incorporated the blue paint and eventually it will be a part of his installation. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

For more information about this show click on the links below:

http://www.brooklynstreetart.com/theblog/?p=22430

http://www.inthehoneycomb.com/ritual_press_release.html?r=20110529143837

Anthony Lister “Back Talk” Conversation

July 12, 2011 Artists, Venice Beach

Today we hear from Anthony Lister.

Artists you admire: “The ones that do it for love and discovery.”

Read “Back Talk: A conversation with Anthony Lister” on Juxtapoz: http://www.juxtapoz.com/Features/back-talk-a-conversation-with-anthony-lister

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Chris Stain (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Under the watchful eye of Jesus, Street Artist Steve Espo and associate paint. (Still from video)

Nick Walker (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Rambo, Gift, Demon, Slayers. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Gaia. Detail (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Gaia. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Now is this called a sidebust? Street architect to contemporary birds, XAM, is atop a faux sign by Street Artist Dan Witz (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Ludo. The Future of Fashion in Paris. (photo © Ludo)

Ludo. The Future of Fashion in Paris. (photo © Ludo)

Ludo. The Future of Fashion in Paris. (photo © Ludo)

Ludo. The Future of Fashion in Paris. (photo © Ludo)

“Banksy” in Da Bronx. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Jesus does a skateboard trick in this highly offensive image from Adri. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Deform in Dubai “My Grant” (photo © Deform)

Olek (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Nick Walker. This is the remainder of an old piece from 2008. In the original the figure is remote controlling a very tall Giraffe to who is writing “Vandal” in red spray paint. The building got a fresh coat of paint recently but they decided to save him. We like that. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Rocking cans in Chicago (!), world famous doodler Jon Burgerman hits up a wall. (photo © courtesy of Pawn Works Gallery)

Jon Burgerman in Chicago (photo © courtesy of Pawn Works Gallery)

Untitled (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Dan Witz (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Multicolored Disappearing Horizon on Williamsburg Bridge

CAKE on Juxtapoz : New “Back Talk” Conversation

CAKE (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Street Artist TES One Gets Down with Ice Cube for a Print

Tes One Signing his print of Ice Cube (copyright Tes One and Rareink)

Ice Cube (photo © RareInk)

RareInk and ICE CUBE partner to deliver music fans original, authentic autographed works of art from their favorite recording artists created in conjunction with a collective of fine artists from around the world.

C215 (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Miss Bugs. Detail (photo © Jaime Rojo)

The front room of “Parlour” at Brooklynite Gallery with Miss Bugs (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Miss Bugs (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Miss Bugs (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Miss Bugs. Detail (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Miss Bugs (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Miss Bugs. Detail (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Miss Bugs. Detail (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Miss Bugs (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Miss Bugs. Detail (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Miss Bugs. Detail (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Miss Bugs. Detail (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Miss Bugs (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Miss Bugs. Detail (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Miss Bugs (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Miss Bugs. Panoramic view of the outdoor installation (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Miss Bugs. Detail (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Miss Bugs. Detail (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Miss Bugs. Detail (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Miss Bugs. Detail (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Miss Bugs. Detail (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Miss Bugs. Detail (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Miss Bugs. Detail (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Miss Bugs. Detail (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Miss Bugs. Detail (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Miss Bugs. Detail (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Miss Bugs. Detail (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Miss Bugs. Detail (photo © Jaime Rojo)

How & Nosm (photo © Jaime Rojo)

UK fine artist and Street Artist David Shillinglaw prepares his panels for tonights “Ritual” show at Causey Contemporary in Brooklyn (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Alice Mizrachi. Detail (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Alice Mizrachi. Detail (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Alice Mizrachi. Detail (photo © Jaime Rojo)

David Shillinglaw. Detail (photo © Jaime Rojo)

David Shillinglaw found this piece of wood on the street. He incorporated the blue paint and eventually it will be a part of his installation. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Adria and Sherley Freudenreich. Detail (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Adria and Sherley Freudenreich. Detail (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Tooco (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Jaz working on his installation (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Jaz. Detail (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Jaz. Detail (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Anthony Lister (photo © Jaime Rojo)

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