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BSA Images Of The Week: 02.02.25

BSA Images Of The Week: 02.02.25

Welcome friends to BSA Images of the Week. Happy Year of the Snake—feels oddly appropriate, doesn’t it?

This frigid week brought us the news that  DEI programs caused a American Airlines regional jet and a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter to collide over the Potomac River, Why, you ask? “Common sense,” says the president. Also, China’s open source and cheap AI Deepseek pulled down the pants of ChatGPT, The White House plans higher prices for us with tariffs, and there were no eggs at the Brooklyn Trader Joe’s this week. According to the latest NYPD statistics, murder and other crimes are down – just don’t tell that to Fox News. In art news, the Chelsea artists building drama continues, graffiti artists appeared in The New Yorker with a rappelling piece about XSM and QZAR (they are not alone), and The Post has a new piece about subway dancers at the 49th Street N/R/W station.

Here’s our weekly conversation with the street, this week featuring Homesick, Degrupo, BK Foxx, Werds, EXR, Manuel Alexandro, Great Boxers, Wild West, Fred Tomaselli, Mr. Mustart, Imok, and Sokem.

BK Foxx for East Village Walls. Chinatown, NYC. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
MustArt. Chinatown, NYC. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Degrupo. Manuel Alejandro. Chinatown, NYC. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Illustration © South China Morning Post
Homesick (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Wild West (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Fred Tomaselli. “Wild Things”. MTA NYC. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Fred Tomaselli. “Wild Things”. MTA NYC. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Fred Tomaselli. “Wild Things”. MTA NYC. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Fred Tomaselli. “Wild Things”. MTA NYC. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Fred Tomaselli. “Wild Things”. MTA NYC. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Fred Tomaselli. “Wild Things”. MTA NYC. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Great Boxers (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Werds. EXR. SOKEM. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
EXR (photo © Jaime Rojo)
REFS (photo © Jaime Rojo)
IMOK (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Unidentified artist (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Unidentified artist (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Untitled. NYC Ballet. Lincoln Center. January 2025. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
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BSA Film Friday: 11.08.13

BSA Film Friday: 11.08.13

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Our weekly focus on the moving image and art in the streets. And other oddities.

Now screening:
1. José Parlá: Nature Of Language
2. Eno and Shida in New Zealand
3. The Hours present “Neon Golden” in Hong Kong
4. Element Tree / Art Primo: For The City By The City

BSA Special Feature:
José Parlá: Nature Of Language

A great new video of José Parlá as he creates a site-specific mural for a modern library in North Carolina. You can get a real sense of the gestural mark making process as well as his thoughts and intentions while building this wall full of character.

Here is a brief description directly from the artist “Although illegible at first sight, the juxtaposed characters, gestures, hieroglyphs, and words become readable through feeling, as it is my hope that the work evokes the language of your own inner voice – of your own history. In an era when technology is taking over as the driving force of communication, art reminds us of our roots and our need for face-to-face communication. This Nature is our mirror, as art allows this bridge to be possible through the language of calligraphy, I pay homage to this Nature and the history of languages, which are the mirrors of our present condition.”

Eno and Shida in New Zealand

Using only rollers and brushes these two fellas from the north island of New Zealand show off a quick collection of their recent murals together behind a soundtrack by Whanganui local music celeb Jack Michell-Anyon. Choice, bro!

The Hours present “Neon Golden” in Hong Kong

An unusual visitors diary of a group trip to Hong Kong, via the streets and the tunnels and the gallery. In September the Australian based creative group The Hours had a show at Above Second Gallery in Hong Kong’s Central and Western District entitled ‘Neon Golden’. With peeps from graffiti, street art, and the contemporary art world, the video shows a coalescing of interests and skills and a few thrill-seeking scenes like being suspended from the roof and relying on a harness to paint. Aside from the painting scenes the video provides an open window into modern day Hong Kong – full of cranes and high rises and traffic and character.

From the Vimeo page, the artists included are Fintan Magee, Shida, Rone, Kyle Hughes-Odgers, Beastman, Yok, Sheryo, Numskull, Vans The Omega, Roach, Phibs, Twoone, Jumbo and Thomas Jackson.

Element Tree / Art Primo: For The City By The City

Featured artists DISTORT, MR MUSTART and THEN ONE

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