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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The London Police showing soon at StolenSpace

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The London Police are due to show in, well, London next month at StolenSpace Gallery. It’s All Fun & Games Until Someone Gets Hurt centers on theme of sport. As the press release notes, “they have totally mistimed their sterling effort of jumping on the Olympic bandwagon,” but hey, those works are complex things and a show around sport is better late than never.

It’s All Fun & Games Until Someone Gets Hurt opens on May 9th (6-9pm) and runs through May 26th. I’m headed to London in late May, so while I’ll miss the opening myself, I’m looking forward to seeing the show in person.

Photo courtesy of StolenSpace Gallery

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Weekend link-o-rama

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It’s a shortish link-o-rama this week, but with some really good stories and great walls…

Photo by Awer

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Henrik Haven’s Copenhagen – Part 4

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In the last week, I’ve posted part 1, part 2, and part 3 of our 4-part series of Henrik Haven‘s photographs of Copenhagen graffiti (and a bit of street art). Here is the final post in the series, which I am really loving. Throughout this series, rather than mention some artists in the photos and neglect others, I’m just going to leave the photos without artist credits.

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sz zs play with paper

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Pretty much the most amateur thing you can do if you want to wheatpaste a giant poster is to print it out on a bunch of 8.5″ x 11″ sheets and paste them up in a grid. It’s gonna be complicated and probably look terrible. Unless you are part of the Italian street art duo sz zs. They make that 8.5″ 11″ grid work work amazingly well by playing with the possibilities it provides. I’m not artist, but I must say, in my experience as an observer, playing with the constraints you are given rather than staying within them or foolishly trying to ignore them is a one very important secret to successful artwork.

sz zs have been getting up in Venice for a little under a year, and I very much look forward to seeing where they take their project next.

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Preview: Dennis McNett show show in Copenhagen

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The fantastic Dennis McNett has a solo show opening on Friday at MOHS exhibit in Copenhagen, Denmark, so Henrik Haven went over to get some photos as McNett set up and worked on an installation. The show runs April 19th through May 18th, and is pretty much guaranteed to be killer if you have any interest in linoblock or woodblock prints. McNett is an absolute master. Check out more of Haven’s extensive preview photos after the jump… Continue reading “Preview: Dennis McNett show show in Copenhagen”

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Henrik Haven’s Copenhagen – Part 3

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Last week I posted part 1 and part 2 of our 4-part series of Henrik Haven‘s photographs of Copenhagen graffiti. This week I’ll post the second half of the series. Here’s part 3. Once again, Haven has captured some really amazing pieces. Throughout this series, rather than mention some artists in the photos and neglect others, I’m just going to leave the photos without artist credits.

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