In 10 hours, artist Vermibus removed 30 advertisements from the streets of Berlin. The anti-consumerism project is as straight forward as its name: NO-AD. Yesterday we posted about Rosh’s ad disruption in Madrid. Personally, I think that these are a part of one of the more important movements in street art.
For a lot of ad disruptors, facing the physical obstacles is just a regular part of the game. Rosh has leveled the playing field between advertisers, ad disruptors and any old pedestrian in Madrid. The open invitation may provoke passersby to manipulate their environment, or provoke them to consider their decision not to. Either way, it is simple yet powerful work by Rosh.
Photo courtesy of Public Ad Campaign
V1 Gallery in Denmark celebrates its 10th year with Tonight We Won’t Be Bored; a massive show of 100 new works by artists like André, Kenny Scharff, Futura, Faile, Lydia Fong (aka Barry McGee), Barbara Kruger, Shepard Fairey, Steve Powers, Todd James, Andrew Schoultz, Thomas Campbell, Erik Parker, André, Neckface, Eine, Wes Lang, Clayton Brothers, and many others. The show opened on November 30th and runs through January 12th.
The Copenhagen gallery got its start in 2002, in a space which had formerly been used as a bakery. With their first exhibition being with Faile, they got the ball rolling pretty quick. By 2007 they moved to a larger space and later started curating shows and participating in art fairs around the world.
Photos by Henrik Haven
Excited to announce that Paper Monster is releasing of a new COST/REVS print based on an old image. “Fuck You” -1993 is an oddly refreshing image from the legendary duo and will be available online starting sometime today. Each print is signed by COST. Merry Christmas, dad! (He doesn’t read this, it’s fine.)
Photo by Paper Monster
This video is spellbinding. Roa’s show Dominant Species ran from September 15th to November 3rd in San Fransisco’s 914 Geary Gallery and MOCAtv produced this video as one in a series of artist biopics for the Art in the Streets section. It’s cool to get some context of Roa’s work and to hear his thought process. The gallery has great photos of the show.
There’s another cool video including Martha Cooper talking about Roa’s work in South Africa for I Art Joburg and Roa himself speaking about his time there.
As a longtime fan of both Stinkfish and of Marion Bolognesi, seeing these two distinguished artists come together is exciting. Prints of the collaboration will soon be available here.
Photo courtesy of Marion Bolognesi
In collaboration with Fountain Art Fair and Samson Contompasis’ The Marketplace Gallery, the people of Living Walls have been given 175 ft. of wall space to divvy out amongst artists at Fountain. From December 6 to the 9th, 22 street artists including Rone, LNY, Trek Mathews, Jaz, Ever, Dal East, Faith47, Pixel Pancho, Never 2501, Joe Iurato and more will be painting Fountain’s outdoor courtyard.
The rise in success of Living Walls over the last 3 years has been fascinating to watch. This is their second year at Miami Basel but their first year there curating walls. Indoors they’ll have a booth, showing the works of a few international artists like La Pandilla, Interesni Kazki, and some of the artists listed above, as well as a few Atlanta favorites. Definitely looking forward to seeing their contribution.
Video courtesy of Living Walls
A 26 minute documentary called “The Wrinkles of the City” will be premiering at The Standard Hotel in Miami this Basel Week. The film follows JR and José Parlá‘s experience last year during the Havana Biennial. During which, the two collaborated on portraits of 25 elderly Havanan citizens. The elders were selected, interviewed and photographed, and put up with JR’s signature wheatpaste portraiture interlaced with Parlá’s calligraphic detailing. Along with the film, there will be a book release which features some essays and some behind the scenes shots. The results were breathtaking.
Read more about the project here.
Photos courtesy of JR
Read More Books aka The Reader always keeps us on our toes with what he’s up to. From December 6th to January 26th, The Reader’s latest solo show Affective Duplication will be open at the University of Oregon’s White Box Gallery. Along with an eclectic mix of found object sculptures, paintings, and installations, this show will debut new video work (I’d be really interested to see that). If you’re in the area, this sounds worth checking out.
Photo by Luna Park
Miss Van’s upcoming solo show “Wild At Heart” will open this weekend at the Dorothy Circus Gallery in Rome. The opening reception will be on November 17th at 7pm and the show will run until January 20th. Definitely worth checking out if you happen to be in the area over winter holiday. And if you’re not in the area, Drago published a catalogue of works from the show by the same name.
For more preview photos go to Arrested Motion.
Photo via Arrested Motion
