I was hunting around a little while ago for pictures of Herakut’s new mural, painted for ARTotale in Luneburg, and, just when I stopped looking, my friend Sebastian put some up on Unurth!
We did a little preview of ARTotale back in August and were pretty impressed by the line up. Just, who took these photos of Herakut’s work, has documented the week long festival on Ekosystem. Check out his awesome photo stream.
Pedro Matos is an artist from Lisbon Portugal, and this is a piece he did recently in Santarem, Portugal. I’m really enjoying how he has brought together all these different styles into one piece without coming across as another artist pandering to the street art fad.
Well it’s official. You can now buy my book, The Thousands: Painting Outside, Breaking In, on Drago’s website.
I am ecstatic. This is a street art book with all the artists I’ve always wanted to see in a book together. Plus, it’s not just me writing standard bios for the artists (though there is a bit of that), a lot of the book was written by other contributors. Mike Snelle from Black Rat Press wrote the forward (did you know he is an amazing writer?), Panik ATG wrote about Burning Candy, Know Hope wrote about Chris Stain, Gaia wrote about Know Hope… the list goes on. Also, instead of just having photos of art on the street, many of the photos are of artwork that is now in people’s homes. That’s something I’ve always felt was lacking in street art books. In short, I think it’s a good book.
Until November, the only place you buy The Thousands: Painting Outside, Breaking In is on Drago’s website, but eventually it will be in stores and, of course, available for purchase at The Thousands the exhibition from November 18th to the 22nd.
For a little peak into how this book came to be and the panic of finishing it by deadline, check out this post I did for Drago’s blog.
Just a few weeks ago, Banksy painted this piece in Croydon. Well turns out he painted that on council owned property. Of course, if the council just went and buffed the piece, you’ve got to think that people wouldn’t be happy. So the council asked for community feedback about the piece. Here’s what happened (from The Guardian):
Since inviting people to email in last Thursday, the council has received more than 100 emails, with 85% ruling that the graffito should stay.
Colin Hall, executive member for environment on Sutton council, said the piece had “caught the imagination”, and that the decision to retain or remove it should be a public one.
“We don’t tolerate graffiti in Sutton, and have a pair of dedicated teams who go out daily to remove it,” Hall said.
“But we’re well aware that many people see a difference between mindless tagging and work such as this.”
Read the rest of the article on The Guardian’s website.
Herakut are doing some live painting this Thursday in Berlin. I’ve always wanted to see what it looks like when they paint, so if anybody gets some video feel free to send me a link.
Herakut & Style and the Family Tunes from stylemag on Vimeo.
This is a show I’ve been looking forward to for quite a while now. case has his first US solo show, called The L.A. case, opening on Thursday at Carmichael Gallery in LA. I’ve got a nice piece from case sitting in my room and I can’t get enough of his style. Some of the pieces look like plenty of other photo-realistic graffiti painters, but the best pieces has that slight disturbing twist that only case can bring.
From Carmichael:
The L.A. case
Opening Reception: Thursday October 8 2009 / 7.00pm – 10.00pm
Exhibition Dates: October 8 – October 29Carmichael Gallery is pleased to announce The L.A. case, an exhibition of new works on canvas by German artistcase. This is case’s first US solo exhibition and the second time he has exhibited at Carmichael Gallery.
case’s new body of work references imagery from elaborate, self-staged photo shoots using spray paint on canvas. Combining exacting technical expertise with an innovative hint of liberation and irony, he investigates the parallels that exist between the conflicting states of convention and controversy, manipulating beauty in a dark, thrilling and provocative manner.
case is widely recognized as one of the best photorealistic spray paint artists in the world. His groundbreaking technique, detailed in the book Ma’Claim: Photorealistic Graffiti, Falk Lehmann and Steffen Petermann, Publikat Verlags und Handels GmbH and Co. KG, Germany, 2006, has set new standards and established a strong international collector base and fan network.
Born in Erfurt, Germany, in 1979, case has exhibited his fine art in galleries in the UK, Germany and US. He achieved his Diploma in Art Restoration and Conservation from Erfurt University Of Applied Sciences. case is also a founding member of graffiti crewMa’Claim, a group of artists renowned throughout the world for their striking photorealistic murals. He currently lives and works in Frankfurt.
So this is actually a couple of weeks old but worth mentioning. Drago (who just so happen to be the amazing publishers behind my upcoming book The Thousands: Painting Outside, Breaking In) have relaunched their website.
Drago has published a quite good collection of books. I’ve only got Nick Walker’s, Dalek’s and Logan Hicks’, but I’m looking forward to buying Young, Sleek and Full of Hell about the history of the Alleged Gallery.
Probably one of the best spots that I have ever seen. The piece is indistinguishable from its placement. I really do questions whether he in fact wrote everything on that sign or just applied the piece. Anyways, he care and application is always generous and heartfelt.
Peace to Sabeth718 for the photo!
Still more than a month to go before Hush’s London solo show Innocence at Urban Angel, but already the images are leaking out. Here’s one of the prints:
Nimbus Vapor is a Ron English curated show at the Opera Gallery in New York. It opened last Thursday and includes some big names like Keith Haring, Basquiat, Banksy, Shepard Fairey and Logan Hicks. Plenty of pics can be seen on the show’s website.
