Viva La Revolucion: A Dialogue with the Urban Landscape

Posted: July 5th, 2010 | Author: stephanie | Category: Gallery/Museum Shows | Tags: Akay, banksy, barry mcgee, blu, date farmers, david ellis, Dr. Lakra, Dzine, faile, Invader, jr, Mark Bradford, Moris, os gemeos, Ryan McGinness, shepard fairey, stephan doitschinoff, swoon, vhils, William Cordova | 1 Comment »

I know I mentioned this show in the Invasion of San Diego post, but I figured I would go into a little more depth with it, since it is opening July 18th to the public.

The Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego (MCASD) will be hosting one of the first street art museum exhibits in the middle of July. Citing the cultural influence of art in cities, “Viva La Revolucion” brings together some of the most high profile street artists today that have made an impact on city spaces with their socio-political works. Not only will the exhibit be one of the broadest street art museum displays ever curated, but the city of San Diego will also pay host to several public works created in currently unknown locations by some of the featured artists. Invader’s pieces are just one of the public works, with more pieces surly to follow by the likes of Shepard Fairey, Os Gemeos, and Blu and David Ellis, and possibly Banksy. I cannot wait to see what comes of this.

Os Gemeos. Photo by apwbATTACK

Here is a complete list of the artists participating:

Akay
Banksy
Blu
Mark Bradford
William Cordova
Date Farmers
Stephan Doitschinoff
Dr. Lakra
Dzine
David Ellis
FAILE
Shepard Fairey
Invader
JR
Barry McGee
Ryan McGinness
Moris
Os Gemeos
Swoon
Vhils

For more information check out MCASD’s website

Photo by apwbATTACK

Some new art at Oakland Museum of California

Posted: May 4th, 2010 | Author: RJ | Category: Gallery/Museum Shows | Tags: barry mcgee, date farmers, Emory Douglas | 3 Comments »

Barry McGee

Oakland Museum of California has just opened a group show with artists like Barry McGee, Date Farmers and Emory Douglas in their Gallery of California Art. So cool. Oh and for those who aren’t familiar with Emory Douglas’ artwork (as I was until recently), Douglas did much of the artwork for The Black Panthers and is one of Shepard Fairey’s most clear influences.

Emory Douglas

Date Farmers

Barry McGee

Plenty of more photos can be found on fresh888′s flickr.

Via Arrested Motion and Hi-Fructose

Photos by fresh888

The Fiesta Resistance

Posted: December 14th, 2009 | Author: RJ | Category: Featured Posts, Gallery/Museum Shows | Tags: date farmers, pictures on walls, saner, smithe | No Comments »

Finally found some pictures from The Fiesta Resistance on now at Pictures on Walls. They’ve just released a bunch of stunning prints (Banksy, Date Farmers, Anthony Lister, Dran…), but I want to focus on just their show with The Date Farmers, Saner and Smithe.

All photos by Unusual Image, who has many more pics from the show on his flickr.

Mexico at POW

Posted: November 23rd, 2009 | Author: RJ | Category: Gallery/Museum Shows | Tags: date farmers, pictures on walls, saner, smithe | 2 Comments »

I am very excited to go to Miami in December, but I am also epically disappointed to be missing this show at the new Pictures on Walls. I don’t know Smithe but Date Farmers and Saner are great and it’s something completely different from most of the UK scene. Londoners had better go and take loads of pictures for me.

This may also be a sign of things to come for POW. Their new open-but-not-really-officially-open gallery-but-really-shop-but-really-just-an-office space on Commercial Street could become a meeting point and hang out spot for the London street art scene, like Ad Hoc Art was in NYC. It could become a gallery, a shop, a print studio, whatever! I’m hoping for something like a print shop and occasional gallery.

Artnet Urban Art Auction

Posted: July 13th, 2009 | Author: elisa carmichael | Category: Auctions, Guest Posts | Tags: artnet, banksy, barry mcgee, basquiat, date farmers, dondi, doze green, keith haring, margaret kilgallen, mr., nick walker | 1 Comment »

Artnet.com is having an online urban art auction, which began July 7^th and runs through July 23^rd. The catalogue contains works by many of the major names in the scene, from the 80s through today, such as Dondi, Crash, Haring, Basquiat, Barry McGee, Banksy, Nick Walker, Faile and Shepard Fairey. There are also some strange, albeit nice, inclusions such as Mr. and Jim Houser, as well as some weaker urban choices, but on the whole this auction is definitely worth checking out as there is a good range of pieces in it.

It is also quite well-presented and easy to use; you can either scroll the catalogue page by page or search by artist. The biographical information is nice to have and I like the inclusion of sales results for comparable work – this is particularly handy if you are considering placing a bid.

I have highlighted a few of my personal favorites. Clicking on the image will take you to the lot.