Swoon needs our help funding her latest Swimming Cities project, so she’s organized a raffle. I’ll definitely be buying a ticket (or two), and hope you will too. From Black Rat Press and Swoon: When we first worked with Swoon in 2007 she spoke vaguely of wanting to do a project in Venice involving floating …
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Two really enjoyable street art videos hit the blogosphere today. The first is from Pure Evil. He’s been in Brazil for a show, and it looks like he’s having a great time checking out the street art there. Some really cool work by extremely talented artists, most of whom I’ve never heard of. C00l Pure …
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From The Brick Lane Gallery: CHEER UP YOU ROTTERS 5th – 16th February 2009 Private View Thursday 5th February, 6-9pm Artists BORTUSK LEER and FIVE FOUR are united for the first time by Brick Lane Gallery to fill the space with the cheeky day-glo madness of their street-art inspired works and chaotic colourful lifestyles for what promises …
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So I saw this article on Trendhunter, but their site is a bit disorganized, and I can’t even seem to find the correct photo gallery. So I went out looking for Obama street art pieces on my own. Here’s 16 of my favorite Obama pieces (in no particular order). Only nine more days 🙂 Check …
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Next Tuesday the London Art Fair opens, and the world is watching. Bloomberg, Animal New York, The Art Collectors Blog, Artbleat, and others have all been talking about Black Rat Press’ print release Tuesday evening at the private opening: Nick Walker’s latest “Morning After Series” print. this one feature’s New York city and the Empire …
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Mike Marcus has started a great new project where he’s painting red dots on pieces all around London (galleries put red dots next to pieces that have been sold). Here’s an excerpt from Mike’s blog post on the project, which makes some very valid points on the state of street/urban art: Like many fine artists …
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Gaia‘s just sent me some new info and photos for his previously mentioned Uroboros Project. Uroboros Project is a collaborative effort between artists Rachel Lowing and Gaia. Spawned from a mutual interest in articulating the inexorably intertwined relationship between people and nature, we examine the act of consumption and its implications on contemporary life. The …
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(Another Vandalog Art Market Post) Well, the inevitable pricing shakedown seems to have begun. Before the second wave of street art can start, there needs to be a time when prices drop a bit. Right now, nobody knows what anything is worth, so nobody is willing to buy all but the very best work. Just …
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Yesterday, I posted part one of this interview with Mike Snelle, owner of The Black Rat Press. Part one focused on Black Rat at the present. This half has more on street art in general, and what’s ahead for the gallery. RJ: Time and time again, art critics say that street art is a fad, …
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Update: Part Two is now online here. This is the first in a series of interviews with directors/curators/whatever-they-wish-to-be-called of art galleries. To start it all off, I’ve got Mike Snelle, the owner of The Black Rat Press. BRP is one of London’s premier galleries specializing in street art. In the past year, the gallery has …
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