Voina Wanted makes it to Atlanta

Voina artist/activists in Atlanta recently hung the above banner in support of Oleg Vorotnikov and Natalia Sokol, who are on a Russian government list of internationally wanted persons. AnimalNY has covered the trials, tribulations and artwork of Voina well, and the NYTimes has coverage of the group’s latest action in Russia. Voina Wanted is a solidarity action organized by Alexei Plutser-Sarno, and Vorotnikov’s portrait was taken by Vladimir Telegin while Vorotnikov was in a courtroom.

Photo courtesy of Voina activists

From Alphabet City: Veng, Dain, Rae and more

I rarely walk along the blocks on and off Avenues A,B,C, and D between Houston and 14th Street on Manhattan’s Lower East Side/East Village aka Alphabet City. But I did earlier today, and discovered works by some of my favorite artists, along with some alluring legal walls. Here’s a sampling:

By Veng
By Dain
Rae Installation (photo taken at night; I will revisit in daylight)
By Jonathan Matas
by Gary Fernandez

Photos by Lois Stavsky

Rather Unique

For Woodward Gallery‘s first show of 2012, they’ve brought in Royce Bannon as their first guest curator. His show, Rather Unique, will bring together a group of artists including Cassius Fowler, Celso, Chris RWK, Darkcloud, Veng, Infinity and NoseGo. Rather Unique opens on January 7th from 6-8pm and runs through February 19th.