If you like that new animation from Sam3, you’ll love his new prints at Studiocromie. I think these were available at Fame Festival, but now they are online too.
The set is an edition of 50 and is available online for 220 €. They’re a bit different from Sam3’s usually work in that they have two colors and there are lines instead of his usual drawings filled in completely in black, but I really like the first print (particularly because it reminds me of this piece Sam3 painted in San Fransisco).
On Friday, Pufferella’s solo show will open at Factory Fresh in New York. I didn’t know much about Pufferella’s art, but this video enlightened me a bit:
The London Police are headed to Kentucky. Next month they’ve got a solo show at The BLDG, a gallery that makes some of my favorite screen prints.
The London Police
“The London Police Ride Again”
Opening Reception: Friday March 19, 2010 8-11 PM
Exhibition Dates: March 19, 2010 – April 30, 2010
The BLDG Gallery is pleased to announce the opening exhibition of British art collective The London Police (TLP), March 19, 7 pm to 10 pm at 30 West Pike Street Covington, Kentucky. This show is the first of four international exhibitions planned by TLP for 2010 and will present new original works of Cincinnati and Kentucky themed paintings and videography.
Born in Chelmsford, Essex, The London Police founders, Chaz and Bob, moved to Amsterdam in 1998. Recognized for their iconic LADS characters and precision marking, TLP is universally renowned as “pivotal voices in the history of street art.” Their acclaimed works include: murals of titanic proportion, (The largest can be found in Kreuzberg, Berlin a mere 6 story outdoor installation.) coveted original canvases, short films and even shorter music quips of high regard.
TLP generates an ever growing network of loyal fans spanning Europe, Asia, North America and South America. TLP works have graced the walls of the Stolenspace Gallery, London, GO Gallery in Amsterdam, Carmichael Gallery of Contemporary Art in LA, Fresh Factory in NYC gaining resounding praise and selling out most of their original works. The artists were recently spotted in Miami, South Beach, executing an install in conjunction with the Primary Flight Collaborative.
I’ve had the chance to see a lot of TLP’s art recently, as I was in Miami for Primary Flight (see this video of TLP and Galo) and New York City for their show at Factory Fresh. The more I see, the more I like. The work is friendly, extremely well-executed and usually has clever references to whatever city they are exhibiting in.
Later this month, Eelus will have his first London solo show. You may like the content of Eelus’ paintings, you may not (personally, I’m split, some I like, some I don’t), but you can’t argue with his technique. His stencils are always some of the best cut and best sprayed in street art.
Here’s a sneak peak at one of the Eelus’ new paintings, Firestarter:
Nylon TV has just posted this video of Judith Supine in his studio. It’s pretty short, but I love just about anything Judith Supine related, so a quick look into his studio is better than not seeing it at all.
The backend of the Vandalog site is going really screwy. So this is all I can manage to post today. Hopefully this issue will be fixed soon. If anyone knows a lot about Wordpress, your help would be appreciated. Just email me (rj -at- vandalog.com).
Thursday evening was the opening of Roa’s very first solo show. It took place at Gallerie Itinerrance in Paris and was, by all accounts, a massive success. In fact, after seeing these photos, I emailed the gallery for a price list only to find out that everything except Roa’s sketches and photographs had already sold! Pretty good for his first show. I’m a big fan of Roa’s artwork indoors and outdoors, so it’s great to finally see him getting the attention he deserves. Not only did Roa produce some great pieces on found wood and metal for this show, but he sprayed a number of his trademark animals onto the gallery’s walls. The man just does not stop painting, no doubt he’s out making something beautiful for Paris right now.
It might not be the most innovative thing in the world to paint on found metal and whatnot, but I still love it. And the painting below is pretty much what everybody who likes Roa wants in their house: a life sized Roa figure exactly like you might find on the street. Hopefully it actually ends up on somebody’s wall instead of their storage facility.
Photo from Guillotine
Photo from Guillotine
Continuing in the same vein as his piece in The Thousands, most of Roa’s work in Paris transforms somehow.
Photo by Vitostreet
Photo by Vitostreet
With this particular painting, you can flip the whole thing around, or just sections of it. It really adds a layer of interactivity to the piece, something not often seen in a painting.
Photo from Guillotine
And this last piece might just be my favorite in the whole show:
Photo by Vitostreet
The element of death that you can find in a lot of Roa’s work might not be everybody’s cup of tea, but this piece looks to me more like a living bird going through an MRI or something than a dead one getting cut up, and like his sketches, shows that Roa doesn’t need a spray-can to paint something that looks nice.
Photo by Vitostreet
So yeah, Roa is awesome, and I can’t wait for his next visit to London. What do you think?
Animal New York reports “A 12-year-old girl from Queens was led out of her school in handcuffs after she was caught doodling on her desk with an erasable marker on Monday. Alexa Gonzalez wrote, “I love my friends Abby and Faith,” and even had the gall to add a menacing smiley face.” For a time, she was even suspended from school and sentenced to community service in family court, even though a spokesperson for the city’s school admitted that the situation was handled badly. By Friday, the school had decided to end her suspension which had begun earlier that week. It seems as though she will still have to do her community service though as well as write an essay about what she learned from being arrested. You know what I learned? Her assistant principal isn’t the sharpest crayon in the box.
Henry Chalfant and Martha Cooper took the photos for the legendary graffiti book Subway Art, and Blade is one of the writers featured in the book. I think these interviews with them were filmed at a show that the three of them were involved with earlier this year in Paris. It’s a cool video if you love classic graffiti (and Wu-Tang Clan’s music).
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