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Escif, from paper to walls

This wall by Escif was just painted for San’s Insitu Festival. What I find really cool about it is that I’d seen this design from Escif before. At his recent show at Pictures On Walls. This wall is based on the largest work on paper from that show. You can see it in the video I made there. Most street artists would paint something on a wall, wait for it to be popular and then reproduce it as a screenprint or painting inside. Escif has said before that his indoor work is really just preparation for walls he wants to paint outside. I guess he’s just provided some evidence to support that claim.

Via Unurth

Photos by Escif

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Ekundayo & Dabs Myla in Silver Lake

Australian duo Dabs Myla recently teamed up with Ekundayo to collab on a sick mural out in Silver Lake on the backside of Static Medium’s headquarters. Check out some pics of the mural coming together below.

Dabs Myla have number of mural projects coming up between now and then and we hear there’s a special print addition coming soon from Static Medium, so keep your eyes peeled. Ekundayo is currently gearing up to invade the UK this October for a show alongside Morning Breath and Fernando Chamarelli at London Miles Gallery. Between now and then there are plans for more outside mural action too, so stay tuned.

Via (and photos by) Sour Harvest

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New Wall By JAES,ASKEW,ENUE & Tatiana Suarez

ENUE x TATIANA SUAREZ x ASKEW x JAES from Askew One on Vimeo.

NY based graffiti artist Jaes recently invited a handful of his friends to paint a schoolyard in Manhattan. Askew, Enue, Miami born/Brooklyn based artist Tatiana Suarez, and Jaes wrapped up this intricate wall with a video to go along with it. Jaes, Askew, and Enue’s crisp lettering is complimented by Tatiana’s softer figurative imagery for a final piece that came to life from more than your average painting session.

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New Book: Anthony Lister and Other

I really do love art books, and not just because they look pretty on my shelves, but they are usually the only artist works I can actually afford to purchase. First up, is Aussie Anthony Lister, whose book release is the thirteenth installment of publisher Macmillan’s “Mini Art Series.”  With gallery shows popping up left and right internationally from one of my favorite artists, Lister’s latest release comes out a perfect time. To buy it visit Metro Gallery

Photo via Metro Gallery

On a different note, the other new release this month is from Canadian graffiti artist Other.  Experimenting with wheat pasting, photography, and collage, Other put together an incredible collection of his best work in one of the prettiest bound covers I have ever seen. To purchase, visit Anteism. To see a video flipbook preview visit Senses Lost.

Photo via Anteism

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Printing Process Workshops Presented by High Roller Society

High Roller Society will be offering free workshops over the next three weekends in monoprinting, linocutting, and screenprinting. In conjunction with their latest show “Press and Release,” these workshops will be open to the public and will teach you in depth techniques from featured artists in the exhibit. The following descriptions are taken directly from the site to explain each workshop.

Monoprint: Saturday, 10 July 3-6pm
Monoprint (or monotype) is often thought of as “the painter’s printmaking”, referring to the painterly qualities that this printing technique can achieve.  Invented by Castiglione, monotype “served to break down boundaries between painting, printmaking and drawing”. Using thick layers of water-based printing ink, Perspex sheets, and ear buds, all are invited to drop by while artists Martin Payne and Martin Lea Brown get their hands dirty.  Anyone is free to join in and experiment with this easy and versatile printing method that has captivated great masters such as Picasso, Degas and Gauguin.

Linocut: Saturday, 24 July 3-6pm
Relief printing is one of the simplest and oldest forms of printmaking, for which the linocut is attributed.  Known for revealing a more raw look, linocutting requires a range of rudimentary-looking tools, such as U-shaped and V-shaped gouges, to carve images into linoleum sheets. Join us as several artists from our current exhibition demonstrate various techniques in linoleum mark-making. THEN, try your hand at inking and printing the linoleum plates of artists such as Nylon, Cyclops, Sweet Toof and more….  This is an opportunity to get a hand-on approach to printing the works of these acclaimed artists yourself, and a chance to get a bargain in the process.

Screenprint: Saturday, 17 July, 3-6pm
Grandchild of the age-old stencil, screenprinting has been gaining both popularity and speed in the contemporary art world of today.  With visual effects aplenty, a steady arm is the main ingredient for achieving the best results.  Come test your upper body strength, and create ironical wearable graffiti paraphernalia with Miss Aida of Neon-Inc and Brag Clothing.  Printing the likes of Kid Acne, Sickboy, and the entire Burning Candy crew, Aida has quickly become a master screen-printer-to-the-stars.  Pop over to see how its done– Roll up your sleeves, learn the tricks of the trade, feed the creative revolution, and rejoin the world in DIY style.

For more information visit High Roller Society

Photo by High Roller Society

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Electric Windows Public Art Project

On Saturday July 31, Electric Windows will take place in Beacon, NY. Sponsored by Open Space Gallery and Burlock Home, 30 artists well venture to the town to participate in live painting on an abandoned factory building. This year’s event will include two other installation sites in addition to the factory.

Here is a video from Electric Windows 2008

The full list of artists include:
Big Foot
Buxtonia
BoogieRez
Cern
Chor Boogie
Chris Stain
Chris Yormick
Depoe
Elbow Toe
Elia Gurna
Ellis G
Erik Otto
Eugene Good
Faust
Gaia
Joe Iurato
Mr Kiji
Logan Hicks
Lotem & Aviv
Michael De Feo
Paper Monster
Peat Wollaeger
Rick Price
Ron English
Ryan Bubnis
Ryan Williams
Skewville
thundercut

For more information visit Electric Windows

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Lucy McLauchlan’s “Together…” at Lazarides Rathbone Place

There were a fair number of new shows opening on this month’s first Thursday, but the place to be in London was the opening of Together… Lucy McLauchlan’s latest solo show at Lazarides‘ Rathbone Place gallery.

This is a really solid show. I enjoyed just about every piece except for the watercolors. It’s also a progression for Lucy. She probably could have gotten away with painting the same pieces that we’ve seen from her in the past, but instead she successfully pushed forward and has noticeably matured.

Installation detail

While there was no shortage of work for sale, Lucy also made a sizable site-specific installation and drew little bits on the walls and ceilings around the gallery.

Some of McLauchlan’s best work happens when she constrains herself by painting on found objects:

At first glance, an abstract piece. Look closer and see how many figures you can count (I can spot about 10):

Photos by artbleat and sven / a million pieces

Check out artbleat and sven‘s flickr sets of the show for more photos

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Obey X Strange Co. Present Mr. Spray

For the first time in 11 years, Obey will release his second toy to date. In conjunction with Strange Co., Mr. Spray is a physical manifestation of a 2004 print edition of Shepard Fairey’s, which he took from an advertising design from the 1950’s. The figure comes in 4 colors (black, red, silver, and gold) and will each respectively be sold through select retailers, Strange Co,, and the Obey website. To see more pictures and decide which toy you are going to buy (I want gold) head to www.strangeco.com/mrspray

Mr. Spray black
Mr, Spray gold

Photos courtesy of ObeyGiant

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The Rumor Mill: Deitch planning street art show at MOCA LA?

Jeffrey Deitch and Aiko Nakagawa

This is about a week old now, but I’ve just seen that the NYTimes has done an article on Jeffrey Deitch and his transition from running his Deitch Projects gallery to now being the director of LA’s Museum of Contemporary Art. Of course, the article is mostly about how Deitch is handling that transition and why his move from running a gallery to running a museum is so unique. Okay. Nothing new here. People have been talking about that transition for months.

There was one particularly interesting sentence though: “And he is working to put together a major exhibition about the influence of street art, a movement that was central to the identity of Deitch Projects in recent years.”

Of course, I’d heard plenty of speculation that something like that would happen, but this is the first time I’ve actually seen it confirmed and stated as fact. Awesome. There probably isn’t anyone in the world better positioned than Jeffrey Deitch to put on a major street art exhibition in a major museum. Sounds like this is still the early days of planning, so maybe the show is a long time away and maybe it won’t end up happening, but at least we now know that it might happen and that Deitch would like it to.

Photo by sabeth718