As mentioned last week, Wednesday is the opening of a show at Opera Gallery in New York with Logan Hicks and Anthony Lister. Logan has made this video teaser for the show:
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.
MOMO’s public art in private spaces
MOMO‘s latest project, Public Art in Private Spaces, looks awesome. MOMO is one of those artists that I like some times and other times I’m completely indifferent too. But he’s also one of the artists most-loved by the people whose tastes I trust. So I’m probably wrong about sometimes being indifferent to MOMO. It’s entirely possible that he’s a genius and I just don’t always see it. This project is one of my favorite this that he’s done though. MOMO went to Key West and painted murals inside people’s homes for free.
MOMO describes Public Art in Private Spaces like this:
An experiment to take “Public Art” deeper; right into peoples homes and intimate spaces.
I was curious to try creating artwork for a sampling of “the public” for free and with no obligations, like I’d do in the street, but more directly. I really don’t know the public I’m working for when I make things anonymously, and often the idea of public becomes mythic and hazy. This seemed like a way to learn what different people thought of my work, and to experience some pressure from the close contact.
Urban/Street/Outdoor/Public Art not urban street or outdoors, just very public.
And he made this video documenting the project (so far):
Public Art in Private Spaces from MOMO on Vimeo.
Photo from MOMO
Roa at Factory Fresh teaser
Roa’s show at Factory Fresh opens on Friday evening, and he’s just made this short video teaser:
Saber – Peppers World
California based graffiti artist Saber was recently inspired to make a new short documentary entitled Peppers World about a homeless man who embraces the culture of street art. Pepper is a true street artist in the purist sense. He’s known to some by his altar ego; the Mayor of Skid Row, and he’s proud to proclaim that he’s the last homeless person on the forefront of downtown LAs gentrification.
“Pepper has a habit of decorating his immediate surroundings, wherever that might be, with multi-colored paint splats, piled on discarded toys, and other purposefully arranged found objects.” says Saber “You can frequently catch him running around the city with his red shopping cart full of freshly discarded trinkets. The print Peppers World, and the mural I painted on 7th and Mateo that it inspired, is in homage to his existence. I have enormous respect for those who can survive in such extreme conditions yet still be able to express themselves creatively”.
Pretty cool how David Choe just turns up in this video out of nowhere!
Drunk Tories by Giles Walker
Warning, this video contains some strong language (and robots).
This robotic artwork by Giles Walker is part of the Now’s The Time show currently on at Black Rat Projects. Good stuff.
(this video is a Babelgum video, so those reading by RSS or email may not see it embedded but can view it here)
Time lapse video of Roa in London
I was fortunate enough to watch Roa paint The Foundry in London a few weeks ago. He had just finished this piece and had some paint left over. There was a spot around the corner where he could paint, so, naturally, he couldn’t leave without making a quick bird (this is a Babelgum video, so those reading via RSS readers may not see this video unless you visit the website):
Roa’s headed to New York City soon for his show at Factory Fresh, so be on the look out for some outdoor work there.
Astoria Scum River Bridge
This is such an amazing project showing the power of art and activism. I could have sworn that I posted about it months ago, but now I can’t find that post. So I guess I didn’t. But if I did, sorry to be repetitive.
Posterchild and Jason Eppink built Astoria Scum River Bridge to draw attention to a 20-year-old leak in a drainage pipe in New York City. Check out the video to see what happened as a result of their project:
Astoria Scum River Bridge from Jason Eppink on Vimeo.
Video: Escif’s Around The Wall show at POW
Escif’s solo show Around The Wall opened at Pictures on Walls in London a few weeks ago. I haven’t really mentioned it since the opening because I’ve been waiting until I could post this video. I guess the video pretty much sums up my thoughts on the show, so I won’t write too much, but I really enjoyed it and if you’re in London, it’s definitely worth checking out.
So here’s my video walk-through of the show (some people reading this post through RSS readers may have to go to vandalog.com to view this video):
Around The Wall runs until May 30th.
News from the world of David Choe
Two bits of news from David Choe today.
1. Giant Robot has just released two limited edition skate decks with Choe’s artwork on them. Personally, I absolutely love the black one.
Each deck is a limited edition of just 50 and is for sale at Giant Robot’s online store for $150 (so don’t try skating on these). You can get the red deck here and the black deck here.
2. WalrusTV has posted a deleted scene from the documentary Dirty Hands: The Art and Crimes of David Choe. Check it out here: