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Judith Supine solo at New Image Art this month

Judith Supine is one of my all-time favorite street artists, both for his indoor and outdoor work, which is why I am overjoyed to write this post. Supine has a solo show opening next week at New Image Art in LA. I’ve never been to a Supine solo show before, but by all accounts they have been something very unique. I expect this to be the case once again. Ladyboy opens on April 13th and runs for a month. While most people will say that the highlight of art in April will be MOCA’s street art show, I think Ladyboy may turn out to be almost equally unmissable.

Last time I was in NYC, I had the chance to speak with Supine, and he’s definitely got a few things up his sleeve for this event… One thing I saw when I met with him was an unfinished work that had me simultaneously laughing my ass off and absolutely disgusted, but in a good way. Arrested Motion has a preview of Ladyboy which I highly suggest checking out in full, but I’ve taken one image from their post because it is the completed version of the image that I found so interesting. It’s called “Cream Pie in the Sky”…

Photo coutesy of Arrested Motion

Photo courtesy of Arrested Motion

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Tats Cru with Revok on the Lower East Side

Members of the legendary Bronx-based Tats Cru have been painting legal murals on a huge wall off Avenue A and 2nd Street for the past few years. I haven’t loved all of them. The previous two were too cartoonish and gimmicky for me. But the latest one — that I passed today — is working. My favorite segments are those by How and Nosm and the tribute to Sace IRAK Irak painted by Revok who joined the Mural Kings for this wall.

How and Nosm of Tats Cru; photo by Lois Stavsky
Revok Pays Tribute to Sace IRAK, photo by Lois Stavsky

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Indelibly Ephemeral: Ellis Gallagher in Miami

Have you seen this great short film of Ellis Gallagher doing his 120 Seconds for Friends We Love? If not, it’s definitely worth a watch, as are all of the docs in FWL’s multi-series web tv station (Doze Green, Aakash Nihalani, Kenny Scharf, Poster Boy and Jeff Soto are just some of the artists they have profiled to date who may be of interest to you.)  Whilst the Friends We Love team and I are stuck in LA, however, Ellis is flying down to Miami in a couple days to begin prep for his upcoming solo show, Indelibly Ephemeral, at Adjust Gallery. The April 9th opening is conveniently timed to coincide with the Wynwood Second Saturdays Art Walk.

The show will remain up through April 23rd, but I recommend stopping in at the opening if you can; in addition to the works, which span a broad range of media, that will be on display, Ellis will be there in person creating installations throughout the night. I’m not sure if he’s planning to fire tag, but I hope he does – it’s cool to watch.

On a more personal note: Ellis will probably ask me to take this down when he reads this, but recently we were having a drink near the back of a bar somewhere in Bushwick and he suddenly jumped up and started setting the wall on fire. It looked really good, too (until someone came toward us on their way to the restroom and he had to blow it out.) Seriously, though, it’s moments like this that underline the spontaneity I love about his process and the fact that it can manifest itself in so many different forms. Here’s a more classic piece below.

Show Info:

Saturday, April 9 | 5:00pm – 11:00pm

Adjust Gallery

150 NW 24th St
Miami, FL

– Elisa

Fire photo by me, chalk photo by Ellis.

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Resplendent Semblance Part 2: Maxwell Colette and Pawn Works Openings

After a solid two weeks of getting up in Chicago, a slew of commissioned projects and a wonderful preview at Pawn Works gallery in Ukraine Village, Resplendent Semblance was finally concluded at Maxwell Colette to a tremendous turnout. Here are some pieces from the show and photos from opening night.

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David Ellis speaking at muraLAB in Philadelphia

Photo by Lord Jim

David Ellis is going to be Philadelphia soon for a talk at muraLAB, “an experimental creativity hub” within the Mural Arts Program. The talk, Thought Experiments, will take place on April 14th at 6pm. I wis I could be in two places at once, because I’ll be in LA then, but Philly residents should definitely check out this event. I’ve only met Ellis once, but it was one of my most memorable conversations of my life. Make sure to RSVP though by emailing muraLAB@muralarts.org. More info on the muraLAB website.

Photo by Lord Jim

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Luna Park shoots Dan Witz

Sometimes a good photo can really make a piece of street art, as silly as that sounds. After all, so much of the street art that most people see these days is what they see online. Anyway, this photo of a piece by Dan Witz is by Luna Park, and I really like it.

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Installation Underway for PANTHEON: A history of art from the streets of NYC

As I passed by the former Donnell Library at 20 W. 53rd Street earlier today, the installation for tomorrow’s 5pm opening of PANTHEON: A history of art from the streets of NYC was underway. Huge pieces by Royce Bannon and Celso were beginning to capture the attention of the crowds across the street lined up for MoMA’s free Fridays. Joyce Manalo who curated the exhibit with Daniel Feral shared images of other featured artwork. Among these are the following pieces by Faro and Cake, photographed by Kat Amchentseva. This 24/7 windows exhibition of New York City street art — past and present — will continue through April 17.

Photo by Lois Stavsky
Faro, close up, photo by Kat Amchentseva
Cake, close-up, photo by Kat Amchentseva

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Weekend link-o-rama

Ripo for the LA Freewalls Project

Before I head out to Vincent Michael Gallery for the opening of the Robots Will Kill show in a few minutes, here’s what’s been going on that I haven’t mentioned on Vandalog…

Photo by Ripo

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RJ and Steph’s Big Announcement

As some of you may know already, RJ and I have some really big news for you. We will be adding someone new to the Vandalog family! We figures since Marc and Sarah Schiller (of Wooster Collective) have a kid, we should too. I’m only a few months along, and yes it has been difficult having my future baby daddy in the States, but we are determined to make this work. Instead of showing you my sonogram pictures, because I am sure most of you have to see your friends/coworkers/people you hated from high school’s pictures on Facebook pop up and don’t want to see mine, we are using this picture from Sweet Toof instead. Fitting right?

Thank you all for the continuous support and RJ and I welcome all name possibilities. I am thinking Munko if it is a boy and Poupee if it is a girl.

 

Photo courtesy of High Roller Society