In honor of Bradley Manning being nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize, here’s photo of a mural that Bamn painted in Brooklyn of Manning.
Photo by Bamn
Weekend link-o-rama
Link-o-rama. ‘Nuff said.
- As you probably know, copyright laws (particularly in the USA) are pretty screwed up. Maybe this is one solution.
- Everyone is going crazy over David Choe right now because we all suddenly learned that he might be worth a lot of money. But did you know that he is also a talented artist and he was just as talented a month ago? Thankfully, his interview with Howard Stern seems to acknowledge this, plus it’s great and honest insight into a generally interesting guy.
- Last year, Ron English took a road trip to Detroit with his family. Here’s the resulting video series.
- Nychos and Flying Fortress collaborate.
- Arrested Motion has a preview of the upcoming Os Gemeos show in LA.
- Royce Bannon has curated this upcoming show at the Mishka shop in NYC.
Photo by Troy Lovegates
Cassius Fouler’s “Unpaid Dues” — Rich with Bold Images, Social Commentary & Wry Humor
We headed down to the Orchard Windows Gallery this afternoon to check out Cassius Fouler’s solo exhibit, Unpaid Dues, a series of small works in bold colors featuring his signature characters and wry references to popular urban culture. Here’s a sampling:
Although today was the last day of the exhibit, select artworks are available through the Orchard Windows Gallery. To see more of the artist’s work, check out http://www.cassiusfouler.com/
Photos by Lois Stavsky & Tara Murray
So many shows about to open
There are so many interesting shows opening in the next week or two that I thought I’d just throw them all together into one post. Here’s what I think looks worth checking out:
- Yesterday, the Museum of Sex in New York opened a show that sounds absolutely awesome called F*ck Art. It’s on through June 10th and features artwork by Aiko, El Celso, Lush, Mode2, Cassius Fouler, Miss Van and many more.
- Love & Hate is a group show opening at StolenSpace this week and runs through March 4th. D*face, Dan Witz, Ronzo, Word to Mother, Jeff Soto, Eine, Charles Krafft and others are included.
- Chris Stain, Veng and Taka Sudo will be showing together at C.A.V.E. Gallery, beginning February 11th. Brooklyn Street Art has a preview of Chris’ work.
- Zes and Retna are together at Known Gallery in LA. LA TACO has the info.
- Nick Mann aka Doodles, Brett Flanigan, Craig Rodgers and Dan Bortz are collaborating with one another in Oakland, CA.
- Another collaborative group show will be in Da Mental Vaporz‘ (Bom.k, Blo, Brusk, Dran, Gris1, ISO, Jaw, Kan, and Sowat) show at Melbourne. That show, Le Venin, will be at RTIST Gallery from February 16th through March 4th.
- All Talk at Pandemic Gallery will include Aakash Nihalani, Cassius Fouler, Gabriel Specter, Jesus Saves, NohJColey and others and runs from February 17th through March 11th.
Photo courtesy of Da Mental Vaporz
More from How&Nosm in the South Bronx
Every time we visit the South Bronx, we discover another How&Nosm wall that we somehow missed. We came upon these about two weeks ago and revisited them yesterday. We just can’t get enough of the twins!
Photos by Lois Stavsky
Wild Style Wednesday!
Fresh futuristic.
Photos by Datachump, Etchplate, SÖKE, and Voodoodi London
OverUnder in India
El Mac, Pablo Delgado, Interesni Kazki and more in VNA 17
I was finally been able to set aside some time this past weekend to ready Very Nearly Almost‘s issue #17. As usual, VNA have confirmed why they are my favorite magazine covering street art. For their latest issue, which is admittedly not that new so sorry for the delay, VNA interview some of the most interesting figures in street art, including El Mac and Interesni Kazki. Juxtapoz also recently had an interview with IK, but I get bored with Juxtapoz’s interview and found VNA’s interview interesting, so that’s saying something. As long as you ignore the interview with Goldie, VNA has once again shown their commitment to producing a magazine which is equally timely and timeless. They speak with some of the best-known names in street art today, but the magazine will be almost just as readable in a year or more.
The interviews with El Mac and Pablo Delgado were particular highlights for me. El Mac is well-spoken and just seems like a smart guy, which is always nice to learn. And Delgado is a figure who seemed to pop up out of nowhere in London and get bloggers and photographers all wondering “Who the hell is this guy putting up awesome tiny pieces all over Shoreditch?” practically overnight.
There’s also an interview with Malarky which should act as good documentation of his work on Brick Lane given that a lot of it won’t be around for much longer.
For the most part, I read other art magazines because I have to if I want Vandalog to be any good, but I read Very Nearly Almost because I enjoy it.
You can pick up a copy of VNA #17 online.
Photos courtesy of Very Nearly Almost
Jaz speaks about his art
In this video of Jaz working in Mexico last December, Jaz shares some insights into his thoughts on graffiti, his art and why he works outdoors.
JAZ EN MÉXICO from Filmaciones de la Ciudad on Vimeo.
Photo courtesy of Brooklynite Gallery
Belated link-o-rama
Thanks to spending the weekend in NYC for Skewville’s show at Factory Fresh (on now and great), I am late with this week’s link-o-rama. Nonetheless, here it is:
- When David Choe painted Facebook’s offices back in 2005, he was given two options: He could either take a couple thousand dollars as payment, or stock in the company. He chose the stock. Assuming that Choe has held onto that stock, the New York Times estimates that Choe may be worth $200 millions pretty soon. So of course, Choe ended up on the front page of the NYTimes and is being written about all over the web, but he is also a talented artist. Here’s some of what he painted in Facebook’s offices (he just painted their new offices as well) and here’s what Choe and a few friends got up to in Denver recently.
- Eloquent Vandals, a film about the Nuart festival, is now streaming online.
- Ron English has two great new sculptures that are well-worth checking out: Fat Tony (the tiger) which will be for sale as a toy and Hulk Obama, which looks like a customization by Ron that may or may not ever be for sale.
- Another great wall by Phlegm in Sheffield.
- Dabs and Myla have a touching Christmas tradition (now let’s get a fun discussion going in the comments about the ethics/humility of making a video about that tradition).
- This collaboration between Reka, Ghostpatrol and TwoOne turned out really nicely.
Photo by El Decertor