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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New Faile Website and Prints

Faile‘s website was relaunched today and now it makes much more sense.

In addition to the relaunch of the website, Faile is releasing three new prints in the Faile store. All three are from their new set of Native American themed images first seen on the Tate Modern and then at their London solo show in 2008. They are all editions of 20 and priced at $2800. And don’t worry if you’re afraid these have already sold out. Faile are once again using the FairQ ticketing system which gives anybody an equal chance at buying their prints.

My favorite has to be the Man Finds Faile image.

Eat With The Wolf

For those who want something more unique, there are also “originals” for sale (aka, these same prints, but with unique touches that make them 1/1) at $8000.

Buy the new Faile prints and originals here.

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Bortusk Leer’s Street Monsters on CBBC

Bortusk Leer‘s “street monsters” have brightened up the streets of London for a while now. Starting tomorrow, you’ll also be able to find them on your television. Street Monsters has transitioned into a series of animated shorts mixed with live action backgrounds. Just last week I posted the teaser video that turned into this show. For now, Street Monsters is a series of 20 shorts each 2-minutes long and you can catch them on CBBC weekdays at 2:15.

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Neo Con Collective Show This Week

Okay, one last press release post today.

Expect another PosterBoy arrest this weekend, because the Neo-Con collective (Aakash Nihalani, Ellis G, and PosterBoy) have their first proper show opening on Saturday evening. Neo Con New York is at 17 Frost Gallery (can you guess the address?) in New York City and will have multiple installations by the collective.

Neo Con New York

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Remi/Rough and System’s Installation Show

This tweet from Remi/Rough earlier today is now making sense. He and System have a show opening this Thursday at Nancy Victor Gallery, but its just paintings on the walls. No work for sale. I’ll be there. Will you?

Nacy Victor Gallery

Check out this wall they’ve painted there. Looks beautiful, though at least in jpeg I don’t think System can pull of random colors for a portrait as well as say Adam Neate.

Remi System Wall

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The Krah and Cyclops in Thailand

The Krah

The Krah was recently in Thailand, so if you’re in the area, be on the lookout for some new street art there. Also there was Cyclops, and they collaborated on the piece in the photo below. Check out more of the trip at behance.net

The Krah and Cyclops
The Krah and Cyclops

Also, this Thursday is the opening of BAZAART, a group show in London with artists like The Krah, Pure Evil, Snub, and many others. More info at Snub’s website.

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Boxi at Carmichael Gallery

the embrace

Next month Boxi has a solo show at Carmichael Gallery. “Grey Area” is Boxi’s first solo show in the states. The exhibition is open from April 9th to the 30th.

From Boxi

“I am drawn to the incongruous narrative in figuration. My works aspire to polarize the stability of what is at first perceived to be harmless or sweet but in reality turns out to be pathetically desperate or tragic or vice versa.  A dark disillusioned romanticism pervades though out… (along with) confrontational themes such as paranoia, disappointment, expectation, grief, mistrust and other upbeat reflections of our times.

“It is in this state of reflection, this ‘grey area’ of ambiguity and blurred truth that I have found myself in, a place where trends and crashes in the market aggressively threaten and pressurize social behavior. Making life sized figures that articulate this uncertainty is a way for me to come to terms with the phrase ‘of our time’.”

Check out the amazing detail on Boxi’s work:

the embrace detail

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Phillips Update: Swoon Piece Withdrawn

Looks like lot 393 at tomorrow’s Phillips de Pury auction may have been withdrawn, as the Phillips’ website has removed the lot’s estimate within the past few hours. That lot number is the beautiful Swoon on Mylar that everybody has been talking about. The work had been listed with an extremely low estimate of only £2,000-£3,000 and no reserve. Can you say 11th hour? I guess we’ll know for sure tomorrow though.

Swoon