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Booker/Read More Books/Reader/Boans/Oye Crushing New Orleans

For the past couple of weeks, the writer Read More Books has been absolutely crushing New Orleans. Here are a couple photos from Anthonyturducken and Skeletonkrewe who are both based down in Louisiana. Booker’s energy and pace is absolutely astounding and he consistently delivers a crisp style that is always recognizable despite his various monikers. Whichever city he visits, he always makes quite an impression. Now that it seems he’s been in one place for a while, the amount of work he’s been putting out there is just exhausting to watch.
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Very Best
Gaia

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This Week On The Street (July 1 – July 8)

Hey everyone, Elisa here again with my weekly street art calendar. There are some really interesting events going on this week! If you’re in London, please enjoy the Christie’s auction, Black Rat Press show, and Vhils‘ long-awaited Laz solo for me! I’m really jealous!

Wednesday July 1

NY: WK Interact Book Signing and Artist Talk @ Jonathan Levine Gallery, 6-9pm

London: Post War and Contemporary Art Day Auction @ Christie’s, from 2pm

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(Before the auction begins, make sure you check out this guide to some of the pieces to watch on Arrested Motion)

Thursday July 2

San Francisco: Word To Mother @ Fifty24SF Gallery, 7-9:30pm

London: Swoon, Matt Small, Brian Adam Douglas @ Black Rat Press

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London: Summer Group Show @ Stolenspace Gallery, 6-9pm

Friday July 3

London: Vhils @ Lazarides Gallery, Rathbone Place

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Saturday July 4

Paris: Choque Cultural Group Show @ Galerie LJ Beaubourg, from 7pm

Paris: Jonone Solo & Book Signing @ Galerie Magna Danysz, 6-9pm

Sao Paulo: Alex Hornest @ Galeria Thomas Cohn, 12-3pm

Sao Paulo: Group Show @ Choque Cultural, from 4pm

Sunday July 5

Berlin: Urban Affairs – Contemporary Urban Art and Street Art Festival

This is only a sample of what is on, so if you know of anything you think should be added, please email me at elisa @ carmichaelgallery.com. Thanks!

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Exquisite Attention to Detail – Specter

Specter has been recently putting up some incredible hand painted posters out on the streets of New York. His mastery of paint and courage to put such remarkably well rendered pieces on the street is overwhelming. Its been a pleasure to have him contributing to New York’s scene as of late. 3555195702_52e9cf59ef3669171902_999201b31c3519962387_69b77cb9783665383603_5cdd6d06e8

He also has some great prints that have been designed to reflect the work on the street at the Show and Tell Gallery and the Brooklynite Gallery

Props to Jake Dobkin for the photos
Best, Gaia

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Willoughby Windows Preparation

Here are some photos from an amazing two days of preparation for the Willoughby Windows Project. Beautiful photos and on point documentation from the omnipresent Luna Park and Rebecca Fuller. Check out Luna’s flickr set for the in depth coverage. 

Garrison at Ad Hoc writes:
Ad Hoc Art presents 
“Willoughby Windows”
Friday, July 10th, 2 – 7pm 
An ambitious creative venture featuring 12 storefronts on an entire block (89-106 Willoughby) of downtown Brooklyn which will highlight installations by 15+ artists. The opening will be a street party on Friday, July 10th, from 2-7pm. 

Some of New York’s artistic finest will be representing to the fullest. (DO I feel a Biggie Smalls homage here?) Some of the artists included in this event will be Ad Hoc Art staff/interns, Cannonball Press, Chris Stain, Cycle, Dennis McNett, Ellis G, Gaia, Greg Lamarche, John Ahearn, Josh MacPhee, Lady Pink, Logan Hicks, Mare139, Michael De Feo, Morning Breath, and Tom Beale. 

The party will be featuring entertainment by DJ $mall Change, DJ Painted, Lady Circus, and Mickey Western and food from local vendors.

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More pics coming soon as the project unfolds,

Very Best, Gaia

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Posters in the Navajo Nation

Edit: The artist is Jetsonorama.

Hey guys, Gaia here. This is my first post on Vandalog and I really must apologize for taking so long to write an entry. I found these photos of these incredible posters apparently near Tuber City, AZ in the Navajo Nation on the photostream of Yote. I was most struck by their remote location and the trust the artist had that someone would chance upon them who was attentive and appreciative. I think Yote’s documentation of these pieces affirms such determination. Unfortunately I cannot credit the artist because I have no idea who put them up, but thank you anyways.
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This Week on the Street (June 25 – July 1)

Forgot to introduce myself with my first guest post. My name is Elisa Carmichael and I co-own and run Carmichael Gallery in LA. Over the next few weeks I’m going to be providing a weekly mini calendar of street art-related events opening around the world, plus little updates on things I hear about in the art world.

Here is a taste of what’s coming up this week. If you know of anything else that’s going on, please email me at elisa (at) carmichaelgallery.com and I will add it to the list. Thanks!

Thursday June 25

NY: Aakash Nihalani, Cui Fei, Minette Margahas @ Arario Gallery, 6-8pm

Friday June 26

NY: Gaia and Imminent Disaster @ Ad Hoc Art, 7-10pm

NY: Plenty Of Room On The Couch @ Eastern District, from 7pm

NY: Fundraiser for India Street Mural Project @ Gallery 1889, 7-11pm

NY: Visual Slang 2009: The Modern Urban Imagination @ Abrons Arts Center, 6-8pm

AZ: David Choong Lee @ Joseph Cross Gallery, 5-7pm

London: 25th Anniversary of Subway Art @ Black Rat Press, 7-9pm

Bristol: Urban Art Auction @ View Gallery, from 6:30pm

Stuttgart: Case, Satone, Smash137 @ Galerie ABTart, from 8pm

Vienna: Connect 4 @ INOPERAbLE, the Sixxa Store and the Street Art Passage in the Museums Quartier, from 7pm (continues Sat June 27)

Sat June 27

LA: Park Life: The New Utopia @ Subliminal Projects, 8-11pm

NY: WK Interact and Invader @ Jonathan Levine Gallery, 7-9pm

Mon June 29

Paris: Street Art Auction @ Art Curial, from 2:30pm

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Alex Hornest at Galeria Thomas Cohn

This is a guest post by Elisa Carmichael. Elisa also writes for Slamxhype and works at The Carmichael Gallery.

You may know Brazilian artist Alex Hornest better as Onesto, the name he first used when painting on the streets with Os Gemeos and Vitche over a decade ago. Alex tends to use his real name in gallery shows these days, where he displays his amazing sculpture, canvas, and mixed media work. His next solo show opens in Sao Paulo on July 4th at Galeria Thomas Cohn. Judging by the flyer and what he’s done in the past, this is a show worth paying attention to.

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While it’s tough to understand if you don’t speak Portuguese, the clip video below is definitely worth a watch to learn more about Alex. The interview is interspersed with clips of him painting a street piece as well as examples of other work around Sao Paulo.
Alex is also featured in this month’s issue of Juxtapoz.