Recently, five of the Vertigo Graffiti artists (Gris, Cazdos, Skida, Ecksuno and El Pez) painted a boat in Taganga, Columbia called La Preciosa. Here’s a video of the process:
While David Choe and his collaborator DVS1’s contributions to Nuart 2011 were mentioned a couple of months ago, Nuart has just posted this video of all the work coming together. It’s cool to see these two talented guys at work, plus be reminded of what a great installation they put together for Nuart.
Labrona has been busy lately working on seven new screenprints. They are all available online now. As a fan of ridiculously affordable prints, my favorites have to be Bowed and Crossed, which each come in a red colorway and a blue colorway and are part of Brooklynite Gallery‘s Snub Nose series. That means, that not only are that beautiful, but they are super-affordable. Each of the Bowed and Crossed prints are a 6×8 inch edition of 30 available for just $25. These prints are available online here, here, here and here.
Back home in Canada, Labrona has his Zombie Stance and Dog Man Rides Again prints at station16. Zombie Stance is 22×22 inches and an edition of 15. Dog Man Rides Again is 22×30 inches, an edition of 13 and available in both a yellow/blue and green/pink colorway. Zombie Stance and Dog Man Rides Again are each available online here for 100 Canadian dollars.
When we returned to Williamsburg this morning, we were surprised to find some of our favorite artists framed — along with the comment, “Who arted?” Here they are:
“Delicious Droid 907” T shirts available at www.articlemethod.com.the shirt will might not make it there by christmas, but its worth a try…. and they are going fast.
And there are still some copies of the WELCOME TO THE JUNGLE , the zine that documents a west coast train hopping adventure at www.undergroundeditions.com. Not quite gifts you would pick up for the parents but its probably right up your brother’s alley so what’re you waiting for.
The Paranormal Hallucinationsshow at Pandemic Gallery, curated by Safwat Riad, opened over the weekend. As expected, there is a strong selection of extremely talented and generally underrated artists and illustrators. Below are a few of my favorites from the show, which included Ryan C. Doyle, Egyptian Jason, Charlie Marks, Peyote LLEW, Gen2, Mikey Big Breakfast, Swampy, Deuce Seven and others. For a complete set of images from the show, check Pandemic Gallery’s flickr.
Cleveland SGS is a group that goes around Cleveland documenting interesting signage. For their latest project, the group turned the tables and made some signs themselves. St. Clair’s Finest is a tribute to Winston E. Willis, once one of Cleveland’s most successful African American businessmen and now the victim on what he claims was a massive theft of his property. After speaking with Mr. Willis, Cleveland SGS turned some of the stories from Mr. Willis’ life into yellow and black signs and installed them on the outside of a building at East 72nd Street and St. Clair Avenue in Cleveland. While definitely reminiscent of some projects by Steve Powers, St. Clair’s Finest has a unique Cleveland twist.
It seems that portions of The Freedom Tunnel were recently buffed, including some of Freedom’s murals. Maybe this has something to do with our recent interview with Chris Pape aka Freedom reminding people about this graffiti treasure trove… More than likely though, it had to do with the New York Times article about Freedom and his work in the tunnel. Not all of Freedom’s work was painted over, but some was. I’m not sure how much work was painted over by other artists. Luckily, people are already back in and repainting the tunnel with fresh artwork, including Gaia. Here are some recent photos of the tunnel by Dan Solomon: