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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Steve Powers’ A Love Letter For You book

Steve Powers aka ESPO recently put together an amazing project in Philadelphia called A Love Letter For You where he made a series of beautiful large scale murals (previously mentioned Vandalog, twice). Now you can buy the entire series of murals in book form from Gingko Press, so that’s exciting. I’m ordering my copy tonight. This totally makes up for his recent print release at Pictures on Walls (I think the image is less than awesome and only relevant to New Yorkers)

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You can buy the book at Gingkopress.com for $14.95

Correction, this book unfortunately does not seem to be for sale just yet but it should be out soon.

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Green Day’s The Art of Rock

The latest video from my series RJ’s Urban Art London on Babelgum’s Metropolis channel. This one is of the opening for Green Day’s The Art of Rock at Stolenspace Gallery in London. While the space was really loud and I had to scream to be heard in my own mic and that doesn’t sound great, the video is definitely worth watching for the interview with Logan Hicks who curated the show.

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BrewDog’s Equity for Punks

As of November 1st, BrewDog is the beer sponsor of The Thousands. They will be providing everybody at the opening with plenty of great beer. Otherwise my plan was to buy a bunch of cheap beer and put up a donation bucket, so I’m very thankful I won’t have to resort to that. Since BrewDog is majorly helping out me with The Thousands, it’s only right that I repay the favor.

BrewDog is a different kind of brewery. They’re independent, and they do things like brew an 18.2% beer and then make a 1.1% beer when people get mad at them. One of their latest projects is Equity for Punks. At Equity for Punks, BrewDog is looking for 10,000 investors to invest £230 each to own a piece of the brewery.

Here’s their video pitch:

Equity for Punks from BrewDog on Vimeo.

And here’s BrewDog talking about Equity for Punks on the BBC:

Equity for Punks is an opportunity for people to support something they love. If you like beer and you like the environment, then why not invest in an environmentally friendly brewery which is only two years old and growing quickly?

Here are the benefits of investing (from the BrewDog blog):

Benefits of Being a BrewDog Shareholder:

· Full Dividend Entitlement, equal to that of existing shareholders

· 20% Lifetime online shop discount

· Owning your very own part of BrewDog

· Owning part of our awesome new energy self sufficient brewery

· Owning part of our new BrewPub in Aberdeen and subsequent BrewPubs

· Sell and trade your shares on www.equityforpunks.com or at a potential later listing

· Share in our future growth

· Having your say in how the company is run and vote on key decisions online

· Being able to buy your own beer in shops and bars

· Literally become richer with every BrewDog beer you drink

Oh yeah, did I mention the 20% lifetime discount? Not bad.

To learn more, check out Equityforpunks.com

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Street art in the gallery

Mark Holsworth is apparently a much more eloquent writer than I am. On his blog, he makes some great points about why the misconception that street art cannot be brought into a gallery is just that: a misconception.

Here’s my favorite point:

Walking through W.E. Kennick’s imaginary warehouse of all the objects in the world and trying to pick out the art you may be confused by Duchamp’s readymades but not by the street art. (Kennick, Journal of Philosophy, v.81) Street art is designed to appear as art without the museum, you would know that it is art anywhere.

Read the rest of the article (and please, do read it, it’s great) at Melbourne Art & Culture Critic

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The Good, The Bad and The Ugly

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Alexandros Vasmoulakis

Some great news from Gallery Nosco:

We are pleased to announce
The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
Private View: Friday 13th November from 6 to 8pm.
EXHIBITION OPEN: Saturday 14th November – 25th November 2009,
From 10am – 6pm.
133-137 Westbourne Grove, W11 2RS, London

Artists:
 Naomi Doran, Dran and Alexandros Vasmoulakis

The work that Dran had at Pure Evil Gallery earlier this year were exciting, so I’m glad to see him back in London. And while I usually don’t like Alexandros Vasmoulakis’s work, it should be nice to see him come to London and maybe he will surprise me.