NoseGo has been quite a jetsetter this month. The above mural was painted in LA thanks to Branded Arts and Thinkspace Gallery, and then he headed off to Newcastle, England for his show at Unit 44, where he painted this piece:

Photos by NoseGo

LA’s Thinkspace Gallery was just in Philadelphia guest-curating a show at Gallery 309. Looks like the opening was absolutely packed, and with good reason. The show, LAX/PHL, includes installation from NoseGo and work by La Pandilla, Pixelpancho and many more. It’s open now through June 21st. I can’t wait to stop by myself as soon as I finish my exams.

Alexis Diaz of La Pandilla

NoseGo

Pixelpancho

Photos by Daniel Weintraub

NoseGo is in Newcastle this week for his very first UK solo show. The Marvelous Clash opens tonight at 7pm at Unit 44. I’m so glad that the UK is finally getting some NoseGo.

Photos courtesy of NoseGo

Smells, Cash4, Don Pablo Pedro and Keely

Last class of the school year yesterday. Now for finals. Can’t wait… Here are some distractions in case you’re in a similar boat:

• NoseGo has some new prints available today with Unit44. These are not giclee prints, but rather archival pigment prints, a significant step up in quality as I understand it.
• The fantastic ceramic street artist Carrie Reichardt is organizing this show in London.
• Great sculptural installation and indoor mural by Pixel Pancho in Mexico City.
• Loving this collaboration between Kofie and El Mac.
• S.butterfly has photos of the Bom.K show in Paris. Wish I could see this one in person.
• And Kaws has a solo show in Tokyo at the moment. It’s Kaws, so feel free to check out the photos, but you pretty much knows what’s coming.
• JR and José Parlá collaborated on a mural on the outside of Bryce Wolkowitz Gallery, where they have a two-man show opening next week. Glad to see Parlá working outdoors, but it always strikes me as a bit odd since he tries to distance his work from graffiti. I guess when there’s a show to promote… Although to be fair, the show is about a series of collaborative murals that JR and Parlá made together in Cuba.
• JR’s Inside Out project booth in Times Square is a huge hit. He’s been covering the street with photos of people who stop by his little photobooth, and it looks awesome. The billboards in Times Square were even (briefly) given over to JR for the project. The whole thing is a fight against outdoor ads and for public spaces for the public, but JR manages to make his point without beating people over the head with politics. Instead, JR just shows people a better world and makes them smile. I’m not a JR fanatic, but I absolutely love this project.

Photo by Hrag Vartanian

Dabs Myla

LA’s Thinkspace Gallery is coming to my city of Philadelphia soon for a show they’ve curated at Philadelphia’s Gallery 309. LAX / PHL will include work from dozens of artists including Dabs Myla, Gaia, Ghostpatrol, La Pandilla, and Pixel Pancho, but the highlight is likely to be an installation by NoseGo. Thinkspace Gallery is suggesting that this show includes artists from the “New Contemporary Art Movement.” I call it that movement “The artists that Juxtapoz might cover,” but whatever. The point is, there’s gonna be a lot of really impressive artwork at this show.

LAX / PHL opens on Saturday, May 11th from 6-10pm, and runs through June 21st. There will be a second opening reception on June 7th from 6-10pm to coincide with Philadelphia’s First Friday art events.

Photo courtesy of Thinkspace Gallery

Yis Goodwin aka NoseGo has a solo show opening this week at Philadelphia’s James Oliver Gallery. Colossal The Small opens on Saturday from 6-10pm. Should be a good one. Fecal Face has a preview of the show.

I can’t wait to get my copy of Very Nearly Almost issue #21. This time around, VNA have spoken with Miss Van, Faith47, Dal, Rone and others, but I’m most looking forward to their interview with NoseGo, which was conducted by Vandalog’s Caroline Caldwell. You can pick up a copy of VNA here.

Okay Christmas and new years are over. Let’s get back to real life.

• Blanco uses water to freeze a poster to a wall in Mongolia.
• Some great new tiny work by oaKoaK and Slinkachu.
• NoseGo has a show at Slingluff Gallery’s new Honesdale, Pennsylvania location.
• If you’ve never seen Evan Roth give a talk before, here’s a good one to start with.
• Aakash Nihalani has a show coming up in NYC at Jonathan Levine Gallery.
• Looks like the Living Walls team had a good time in Miami.
• A show with two members of DRUGS Crew (Panda Sex and Mark Cross) just opened at New Image Art in LA. Sounds really interesting.

Photo by Jake Dobkin

Liqen. Click to view large.

Well, it’s a slow week, but not completely silent. Here’s a bit of what we missed:

• Nice little Horfe.
• And then there’s this new Roti with a few of his friends combining street art and graffiti in a great way.
• Biserama is new to me, but definitely interesting.
• I don’t usually enjoy light installations (usually they’re just so corny, like thankfully temporary plop art), but these are an exception.
• Ever wondered about NYC’s mosaic light posts?
• Finally, Nosego has been brightening up Philadelphia’s walls.
• Steve Powers is a “studio gangster”.

Photo by Liqen

Nosego (left) and Swoon (right)

Both Swoon and Nosego are involved in active Kickstarter projects that are fundraising right now.

Swoon is headed back to Haiti for the latest iteration of the Konbit Shelter Project. That Kickstarter is looking to raise $30,000 to build their third building in a small town in Haiti. The money will primarily go to purchasing building materials and paying community members to help the Konbit Shelter team with construction. This time around, the hope is that the team will be able to use building techniques that are more affordable and sustainable than ever before. After the third building is finished, a book will be published explaining the techniques that Konbit Shelter has been honing for the past three years so that they can be used by others. You can contribute to that project here. Rewards include lots of beautiful artwork. And here’s a video about the project:

Nosego’s project is a sort of followup to the highly addictive iPhone game Catball Eats It All, a game which extensively features artwork by Nosego. The new game being developed is Rusty the Rainbow Whale. Again, all the graphics will be based on paintings by Nosego, and the plot of the game sounds a lot like him too: Rusty the Rainbow Whale can make a giant rainbow by eating tasty hamburgers, and he waits to make a rainbow so large that it makes everyone in the world smile simultaneously, so he has to eat a lot of hamburgers. The project needs $5,000 to help fund the game’s development. You can help fund the game and learn more by going here. Rewards include lots of Rusty-related products and artwork, or even your very own Nosego mural.

Photos by RJ Rushmore