Primary Flight is the art organization which has put on an amazing show of street art at Basil Miami for the past few years. This year, in addition to their outdoor murals, Primary Flight have organized an indoor show as well. Blue Print for Space has an impressive and diverse line-up ranging from Augor and Revok to Know Hope and Stormie Mills. Very excited to see how this goes.
I don’t know how I’ve neglected to mention this before now. Tomorrow night is the opening of Conor Harrington’s solo show, Headless Heroes, at Lazarides Rathbone. I’ve seen some images from the show and there are a few pieces that have caught my eye, but I’m curious what I’ll think after seeing everything in person.
Headless Heroes runs from October 30th until November 26th. Expect some photos posted after the opening.
Juxtapoz have put together a stunning line up for their online charity art auction. Over 100 artists including Swoon, Ron English, Josh Keyes, Anthony Lister and Mudwig. The bidding starts today and runs until November 20th on Charitybuzz.com.
And the whole thing is of course a charity auction:
Proceeds from “The Big Payback” auction will support the goal of purchasing five homes and employing local Detroit contractors, electricians, plumbers, and carpenters to perform the renovations. Selected artists will also be invited to participate in the remodeling. The event aims to raise the consciousness of both the problems of people disenfranchised by the nation’s economic crisis, as well as encourage a sense of community in the art world and inspire people to effect positive social change in their own communities.
Here’s my take on this year’s MuTate Britain: Correction: I’ve got a video about MuTate coming up on Babelgum soon, and when I saw this on the Babelgum site, I thought this was it. I only saw the title, because the computer I was blogging from wasn’t working well and wouldn’t show me the video. 20 hours later, I’ve gone back to check out the video, and turns out this isn’t the one I made. Still a very cool video though.
There are street artists who are really just unskilled designers with nothing better to do at night, there are street artists who are good within this small genre of art, there are great street artists who make some interesting pieces indoors, and then there is Os Gêmeos. These Brazilian twins are without a doubt two of the most talented artists in Brazil (or anywhere I can think of for that matter) today. A few days ago they had a show called Vertigem open at the Museu da FAAP in São Paulo, Brazil. This might be the best art I’ve seen all year; it’s definitely up their with Swoon in Venice and Banksy versus The Bristol Museum. Here are some images:
Photos by Lost.art.br
I know I just mentioned Logan Hicks yesterday, but I’ve been looking at a lot of stencil work lately and realized that when it comes down to it, there are three kings of using stencils, and Logan is one of them. The three categories that I’ve come up with for stenciling are impact, beauty and technical ability. So this is the first of a three part series looking at the best artist in each of those categories. Logan has perfected and pushed the technical side of stenciling further than almost anybody else, and most of the other artists out there using 15 or more layers of stencils to create a photo-realistic image were inspired by Logan.
Thursday night was the opening of Green Day’s The Art of Rock at StolenSpace Gallery. It would have been easy for Green Day to put together a street art show full of random artists that street art fans would hate but Green Day fans would like because it has the Green Day name on it. Instead, The Art of Rock was curated by Logan Hicks and he got some really talented artists involved.
My personal favorite was this piece by Chris Stain, one of his best I think:
And I think you really have to see Logan Hick’s laser etched pieces in person, but this shot should give you some idea. The background is laser etched.
Each piece in the show (other than Logan’s portraits) is based on the lyrics from a song off of Green Day’s latest album.
If you ever liked Green Day, you need to check out this show. The lineup is solid, the art is great and the connection to music is different.
Photos by S.Butterfly
A great piece by Run.
Tomorrow Jim Houser has a solo show opening at Jonathan Levine Gallery in New York, and next week he also has a beautiful new screen print being released by The BLDG.
From The BLDG:
This print, published in conjunction with The Jonathan LeVine Gallery, is entitled, “Make room for the Emptiness” It is an 11″x14″, 6 color hand pulled screen print, edition of 200 on 100% Cotton Rag Stonehenge paper. It goes on sale on www.BLDGrefuge.com at 11a.m. on Thursday, Oct. 29th for $75.
Great price for something so cool.
Also, check out this video of Jim working in his studio:
A Day In The Studio of Jim Houser from Art In The Age on Vimeo.
In a very important test for Faile, they seem to have passed with flying colors. FIAC, the major art fair currently open in Paris, has a booth from Faile’s new New York City gallery: Perry Rubenstein Gallery. Perry Rubenstein is a contemporary art gallert, not a “street art” gallery, so that puts their work in front of a very different set of collectors. Artinfo is reporting that the below Faile has sold for $50,000 to a French collector. A beautiful piece with imagery spanning Faile’s career, and perhaps evidence that Faile can break into the larger contemporary art scene.
