Here are the highlights a few shows I haven’t properly covered here on Vandalog. One in New York, one in Germany, and one in Paris.
1. Herakut at Red Flagg in New York (Photos by Joe Russo):
2. Nunca at Galerie Le Fleuvre in Paris:
3. The Reinking Urban Art Collection at the Weserburg Museum in Bremen, Germany:
Time Bomb at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Sydney is an interactive piece of graffiti. Film maker Lukasz Karluk (Holler) and artists KissKiss, DMOTE, Kid Zoom, Numskull, Ben Frost, Roach, John Doe, Bennet and Creon are involved in the work. What makes the project interactive, just watch the video to find out…
Via Artbleat
Just got these photos in my inbox. Some photos from Know Hope‘s upcoming show “the times wont save you (this rain smells of memory)” at the Carmichael Gallery in LA. I can’t wait to see more.
More photos after the jump… Continue reading “Teaser Photos from Know Hope in LA”
I touched on this issue the other day, but I thought there was more to be said and some examples to be given.
There are a few graffiti writers who are blurring the line between graffiti and street art by painting trademark characters or symbols instead of, or in addition to, their names. Of course, painting characters has been around since the earliest days of graffiti, but in recent years, certain crews and writers have taken that a step further.
Here are a few examples of writers who I think are really pioneering a new form of character based graffiti. I think it could, and should, be one important direction for graffiti and street art in the coming years.
More after the jump… Continue reading “From letters to logos”
Circleculture Gallery’s next show is “Self-Portraits.”15 artists including D*face, Best Ever, JR, Jaybo, Charlie Isoe, Judith Supine, and Word To Mother will be exhibiting their self-portraits from June 5th.
Here’s the PR:
SELF-PORTRAITS
by contemporary urban artists from five continentsD-FACE / ANTON UNAI / JR / JAYBO AKA MONK / JUDITH SUPINE / XOOOOX / KILLPIXIE / DTAGNO / :PHUNK / STEFAN HIRSIG / AARON ROSE / MAROK / DALE GRIMSHAW / OSKAR / BEST EVER / NOMAD / WORD TO MOTHER / MYMO / STEFAN STRUMBEL / SOPHIE REINHOLD / CHARLIE ISOE / RUTGER TERMOHLEN
The idea of this exhibition is to approach the historical theme of self-portraits and to bring it into a contemporary art context. A self-portrait is a representation of an artist, drawn, painted, photographed, or sculpted by the artist. Although self-portraits have been made by artists since the earliest times, it is not until the Early Renaissance in the mid 1400s that artists can be frequently identified depicting themselves as either the main subject, or as important characters in their work. With better and cheaper mirrors, and the advent of the panel portrait, many painters, sculptors and printmakers tried some form of self-portraiture… In this respect it will be an interesting and new experience to show the vision of the “self-portrait” by contemporary urban artists from all over the world.
Opening reception: friday june 5th, 7-10 pm
until july 4th 2009 / tue-sat 2-6 pmCircleculture Gallery
Gipsstrasse 11
Berlin Mitte / Germany
Circleculture Gallery has a history of doing shows with the best street artists before they are known as the great street artists. Examples? JR, Shepard Fairey, and Steve Powers to name a few. Okay, Shep and Powers were probably already known as great, but they are definitely much more popular today.
That’s what I was presently suprised to see Best Ever on this lineup for this show. Apparently, some people over on the Banksyforum have been dissing Best Ever for looking too much like Herakut. I think this is some evidence that Best Ever isn’t just some Herakut rip off. A German gallery is asking them, a UK duo, to exhibit alongside artists like Shepard Fairey and JR (Herakut is from Germany).
Check out this recent video from Posterchild (no, not PosterBoy). It’s meant to be a modern take on stained glass windows, with the video from an advertisement providing an ever changing combination of colors.
The Toaster probably has the most random logo possible. He/they just paints the same image of a toaster everywhere, and it’s been going on for years. Sometimes it’s a sticker, other times simple and tiny stencil, and other times they go big (like at Cans Festival), but it’s always the same toaster.
Next week is the opening of The Toaster’s show at Nelly Duff, which includes collaborations with artists like Dicy and Mr. Jago.
Now, it is entirely possible, maybe even likely, that this show will make no sense and it could be very boring, but I’m giving it a shot. If it works, it could be great fun.
Some updates from from Swoon’s Swimming Cities of Serenissima project.
The team posted this facebook update earlier today: “We’re En Route! Never seen such a clear blue like the blue of the adriatic and the phosphorescent algae that sparkles in the dark black of the night”
Just found these photos yesterday:
And finally, the team has posted an update today of their journey so far, which can be read on their blog.
Photos by Tod Seelie and via Sucka Pants
System, who has been writing graffiti since before I was born, has his first big solo show next week, and it’s in Spain at Galería Nuble. He’s also working with Remi at the Museum of Fine Art in Santander.
