Author: RJ Rushmore

RJ Rushmore has been involved in contemporary art as a writer, curator, photographer, arts administrator, and fan since 2008. With a focus on street art, graffiti, and public art, RJ facilitates and promotes catalytic and ambitious art outdoors, in galleries, and online. He founded the street art blog Vandalog and has worked at The L.I.S.A. Project NYC, Mural Arts Philadelphia, and Creative Time. Currently, RJ is Co-Curator of Art in Ad Places.
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Weekend link-o-rama

Sticker by Hieronymus

Wow. It’s actually Friday night already? This week went by really fast. I think I’ve been sleeping too much. Well, while I was sleeping, these things nearly slipped me by:

The week’s not up yet though, and I’ve committed to doing at least one useful thing before it is: Tomorrow I’m going to try using my kitchen for the first time since going to university. Wish me luck…

Photo by LoisInWonderland

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Primary Flight is gonna be massive in 2010

This year’s edition of Primary Flight, Miami’s original annual mural festival, is shaping up to be pretty mad. Primary Flight, now in its 4th year, is an annual mural festival that takes every year in Miami during Basel Miami. Past highlights include murals from Depoe, El Mac and Retna, Pose, Shepard Fairey, Typoe, Boxi and Ron English. Like last year, most of the painting will be going on at the RC Cola Plant in Wynwood, with other artists painting between 20th and 36th Streets, from NE Second to Biscayne Boulevard (Wynwood and the Design District I believe).

Primary Flight has put together an impressive group of artists. Here are just a few from their massive list that I’m most excited about: Anthony Lister, Augor, Burning Candy, Haze, Nunca, Remed, Retna, Saelee Oh, Skewville and Stormie Mills. Everyone will be painting from November 29th through December 5th.

Primary Flight 2010 will also mark the start of the Wynwood Mural Museum, which is something that Primary Flight, the Wynwood Arts District Association, and the City of Miami have put together. The museum is a listing of over 30 murals that have gone up since the start of Primary Flight. As I understand it, the government of Miami weren’t originally fans of the festival, so it’s pretty cool to see them change their minds and get behind it.

Keep an eye on Vandalog, as I’m sure we’ll be posting some photos from Primary Flight, and if you’re in Miami this December, this is definitely something to check out. It’s probably where I’ll be spending most of my time while I’m in town.

Photo by SFBNess

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iPhone/iPad/laptop cases from José Parlá

The awesome José Parlá has just made a series of cases with Incase through their Curated by Arkitip program. They look pretty good, but I’m curious to see how well-printed they are in person. With Parlá, I’ve always felt that the work needs to be seen in person to have the proper impact (and I know this is anti-art-blogs, but check this article for more on the topic of seeing things IRL). Still, the iPhone case is now on my Christmas list.

Admittedly, the pricing for the laptop and iPad products is pretty damn high, but I think that’s because they’re leather.

And for Parlá fans on a budget, there’s always the free iPad, laptop and iPhone desktop backgrounds from his artwork. Those are at the bottom of this page.

Here are some more images…

iPhone case
iPad jacket
Laptop sleeve
Inside of the laptop sleeve

Photos courtesy of Incase

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Faile prints and more on sale today

At noon Eastern time today, Faile will be releasing some new prints in their online shop. No images yet, but I’ll update the post later. The three prints are all 18-colors and will be available for $800. Okay. So Faile are releasing another print. What I think is really awesome is the other item going on sale today: Faile Bedtime Stories Blocks. Basically, those are a box of 8 random space wooden blocks from their current solo show. You might say that Faile are just slapping together some random stuff from their studio and selling it, and maybe they are, but it reminds me of the décollage style that Faile try to emulate in their art. In short, I think the blocks are awesome. Those are an edition of 150 and will be available for $150.

Keep an eye on Faile’s online store for these items to go live any minute.

UPDATE: Here are images of the prints and blocks…

Photos courtesy of Faile

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“Fresh Produce” from Graffiti Gone Global and Primary Flight

Graffiti Gone Global and Primary Flight have teamed up for Fresh Produce, a group show in Miami next month. I missed GGG’s exhibit last year, but I hear it was a highlight of Miami Basel week for those who saw it. Some of the artists I’m most looking forward to seeing at Fresh Produce include Skewville, Depoe, Escif, Stormie Mills and Revok, but with the long list of artists in this show, I doubt those 5 will be the only highlights. The SushiSamba sponsorship seems kind of random, but whatever. I’ll definitely be checking this show out.

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Preview: Ronzo at StolenSpace Gallery this week

Ronzo‘s second solo show at London’s StolenSpace Gallery, Crackney’s Finest, opens on Thursday evening, and Ronzo sent over a couple of photos of the show coming together…

While Ronzo may be best known for his sculptures, he also makes cool distopian dioramas

The show is going to include paintings, collages, prints and sculptures. While my favorite artworks from Ronzo are his diorama paintings, I think most people’s favorites are probably the giant sculptures like these…

Crackney’s Finest opens at StolenSpace on Thursday and runs through November 28th, so get there quick.

Photos by Ronzo

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WK Interact in Mexico City

WK Interact is in Mexico City right now working on a massive mural. The image above is just one cropped section of the 200 meter long design that WK will be installing on the General National Archives of Mexico City. The mural will be completed later this week and stay up through January 20th. Drago has more info.

Image courtesy of WK Interact