Category: Gallery/Museum Shows

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Trains of Thought

Graffiti on trains has always been a controversial medium. It’s certainly one of the reasons why the movement became so popular with the train quickly becoming the medium of choice for the Graffiti Writer. It is something that has always been a vital part of the New York transit history and often spoken about by many of those who have had the experience to witness the works displayed on the subway system itself. It makes perfect sense, therefore, that Dirty Pilot’s current show, Trains of Thought, pays homage to those classic train cars NYC graffiti writers love.

It’s widely known that the vibrant New York City graffiti scene would not be what it is without the metropolis’ miles of train and subway tracks. The maze of pathways provided a moving billboard for writers to make themselves and their crews known. Trains of Thought has re- captured the true attitude of graffiti once again, by placing original art form on trains.

The project started when Dirty Pilot distributed an archival pigment print of a railcar out to some of their favorite and most infamous writers. Each artist then created an original artistic rendition of wherever their thoughts took them.

These train cars are beautifully adorned with mixed mediums and have been creatively hand embellished by the most talented New York Graffiti masters of yesterday and today.

See more at Dirty Pilot.com

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Roa does it again: the Factory Fresh show

Photo by C-Monster

It looks like Roa’s first solo show in America, at Factory Fresh in NYC, is going to be as successful has his recent shows in London and Paris. The show opened on Friday night, and the people I’ve spoken to have loved it. This is definitely an event to check out if you haven’t seen Roa’s artwork in person before.

Photo by Jacob Heftmann
Photo by C-Monster

In addition to works similar to what Roa has been producing for his other shows this year, he made one piece in a crazy new style: A lenticular. Roa first made a lenticular painting on Curtain Road in London last year, and it’s probably been one of his most popular pieces to date, but this is (to my knowledge) the first time he’s made a similar painting indoors.

Photo by C-Monster
Photo by Jacob Heftmann

Photos by Jacob Heftman (via Unurth) and C-Monster

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Os Gêmeos in Lisbon

Os Gêmeos (who by the way recently launched a website) have an exhibition at Museu Colecção Berardo in Lisbon opening on Monday May 17th. I’m sure it will be mindblowingly fantastic. Target posted this short video teaser for the show on his blog:

Target really has been the one with all the info about this show, so I’m sure he’ll also be the first with photos on Tuesday. Keep an eye on his blog for those updates.

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Conquistadores

Boasting an impressive team of over 30 artists, Strychnin Gallery‘s up coming show Conquistadores brings a fusion of fresh contemporary talent from both Spain and Latin America to Berlin. With globalization affecting both the Spanish and Latin American art scene, recent art contributions from both these countries seem to have dwindled and become nothing more then a footnote in the global art history books. Featuring artists whose work deals with local and national issues, Conquistadors will display a variety of traditional disciplines such as painting, installation, sculpture and photography; representing the common values of  today’s global artistic community.

Conquistadors will see works from the likes of – Basco Vazko, Herbert Baglione, Rene Almanza, JazzIzolag, Vitche, Yuske, Rodez, Gabriel Moreno, San, Dixon and Saner.

Rene Almaza

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New prints and originals from Bast

Bast has updated his website with some new artwork. These are some of my favorite pieces I’ve seen by Bast recently.

This looks like it could be a print or an original. Not sure which, but it’s my favorite of this bunch:

American Nitemare

Bast’s website doesn’t say if these works are for sale or for a future show or anything. He just posted the images.

There’s also this new print called Ghost Town. It’s an edition of 4 and was available for $600, but they’ve all sold out already:

Via Hooked and Feed Your Wall

Photos from Bast

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New from Logan Hicks for Opera Gallery

Logan Hicks has sent me images of some new paintings that will be in a show opening May 19th at Opera Gallery in New York. The style is a bit different for him, but something that I’m looking forward to seeing more of.

The show at Opera is a 3-person show and one of the other artists is Anthony Lister, so I’m looking forward to seeing his work as well.

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Adam Neate at Hong Kong International Art Fair

Forward Struggle, 2010

Adam Neate has at least one painting at Hong Kong International Art Fair. His artwork will be at Schoeni Art Gallery‘s booth. The fair runs from May 26th-30th.

So far as I can remember, Neate hasn’t really shown original paintings outside of London, so this is should be an interesting next stop for his career. Hopefully the Hong Kong collectors aren’t following the results of London auctions too carefully, as a good Adam Neate painting recently went unsold at that disastrous Dreweatts Urban Contemporary auction.

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Pop Up Solo At Gallery Heist

Gallery Heist is pleased to present The Reinvention of Nature, the San Francisco debut exhibition for Brooklyn/Baltimore based street artist GAIA. The Reinvention of Nature – Opening reception: Saturday, May 15, 2010, 7-11pm MAY 15 – MAY 31, 2010 Gaia is a Brooklyn and Baltimore based street artist with a background in Printmaking and Sculpture. He is currently enrolled in his final year at MICA (Maryland Institute of Art) with a major in interdisciplinary sculpture. At the age of 21 Gaia has built an impressive resume having exhibited in art fairs and galleries through out Brooklyn, London, D.C, Miami and Los Angeles. His work has appeared along side street art contemporary geniuses such as Blek Le Rat, Shepard Farey, Swoon, Matt Small, D*face, Sweettoof, Brian Adam Douglas, Lucas Price, Nick Walker, Slinkachu, Imminent Disaster, EVOL, Pisa 73, Oliver Vernon, and Dalek just to name a few.

Marrying the animal and the human form, Gaia conjures mysterious figures that carry a heavy sense of mythology and recall a past when man and nature were once united. These romantic creatures stand in relief to the urban environment as they lurk and beckon in the city’s forgotten and neglected spaces. The conveyance of their story relies on the chance coincidence with a passerby, and even in that intimate moment, their narrative is precarious and delicate. Gaia works with linocut prints and painted images applied to paper and then mounted as paste ups on the street or on panels for finished works.

ABOUT THE GALLERY Art is an extension of our culture and our communities and in many ways art defines our times. Art is not a luxury it is a necessity. My mission is to foster innovative artistic expression and provide sanctuary for the creative process while stressing the importance of it. The walls of Heist will house work that is representational to this generation offering a contemporary program of artists who challenge and analyze our social and cultural responsibility, traditions, and behaviors; artists who are on the forefront of a conscious art movement. To encourage and support this conscious art movement, I have opened Heist and hope that you will choose to be a part of it. Gallery Hours: Tuesday – Saturday 12:00-8:00pm Mondays by appointment. Gallery Heist is located at 679 Geary Street near the corner of Leavenworth, southeast of the intersection.

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Babel Code: AVOID pi & Infinity

This should be an interesting show. Mighty Tanaka presents Babel Code: Osmotic Transmissions, a two-man show with AVOID pi and infinity. Babel Code opens May 21st.

AVOID pi
infinity

As Brooklyn Street Art notes, AVOID and infinity are two smart guys. For me, a lot of the art AVOID pi and infinity make for galleries seems like it could, at first glance, be something drawn in a bored high school student’s notebooks during class, but the end result is much more considered and meaningful. It’s always seemed to me that there is much more going on in their artwork than what I can figure out, and that is part of while I enjoy it so much (kind of like this guy, but he’s even more out there).

The press release:

Thought provoking Street Artists AVOID pi & infinity team up for their first duo show together entitled Babel Code.  Peering through a semiotic Petri dish intermixed with sub-conscious communication, Babel Code uses primitive and mystical sources as well as runic references, which charges the works of art with a power and energy beyond the objects themselves.

Babel Code challenges the viewer to reconsider the basic notions of communication and cultural mutation, while providing a closer look into the artist’s own techniques of non-verbal interactions. Building upon a symbolic language shared by both artists, their influences range from a resonance of mixed signals and errant transmissions.

Their symbolism ranges from introverted Platonic deliberation and chemical structures to numerology and DNA; anything and everything from hobo marks and astronomy to grammar diagrams and physics equations.

Here’s some of the artwork for the show:

infinity
AVOID pi

And here’s a collaborative piece with both infinity and AVOID pi:

And lastly, AVOID pi has made this video teaser: