The vitality and intrigue that Tony DePew, Toofly and Quelbeast have brought to the streets are wonderfully captured in a series of portraits on exhibit in Vis-á-Vis, a handsome show over at Mighty Tanaka in Dumbo, Brooklyn. Here are a few more from over a dozen striking images on exhibit:
Vis-á-Vis remains on exhibit at 111 Front Street in Brooklyn through February 8th.
Photos by Lois Stavsky
Rae just put up this nice new sculptural piece in Brooklyn. And remember, Rae’s show Nocturnal Trips opens at London’s Signal Gallery on January 24th.
Photos courtesy of Rae
At first, I thought Swedish artist Michael Johansson‘s “Real Life Tetris” pieces were digital collage, but then I watched this video which shows the creation process and proves their legitimacy. These would make an awesome portfolio if Johansson ever wanted to pursue a career in professional organization, or like artsy-fartsy recycling. A few more examples of these installations can be seen here.
Photos by Michael Johansson
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HuskMitNavn has a show, One of These Days, open now through February 16th at Copenhagen’s V1 Gallery. HuskMitNavn is one of those rare and talented painters and drawers who seems to transition effortlessly between indoors and outdoors while producing both quality and quantity wherever he is working. This show seems to be no exception. The work is serious mixed with just the right amount of cookiness in the the content. Thankfully, Henrik Haven was there to capture photos of the show.
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Roa was staying with Ever in Buenos Aires recently and during that time they collaborated on this mural. As Ever explains, the mural is entitled “The people feed communism to the beast”. Ever says that the mural is a metaphor to be deciphered which he jokes that Roa explains as “the Chinese eat weird animals”.
Photos by Ever
Back to school on Tuesday. Actually, I’m okay with that. And of course, it means more time blogging because it means more time procrastinating. Here’s some of what we missed this week while Caroline and I were on vacation:
Photo by Ankles
Here’s a little video of Space Invader putting up some of his tile pieces around Paris, directed by Raphael Haddad of Extermitent Production and music by Toby Screamer. My initial impression of this was “…cooler than Kidult.”
Starting Feb. 7th at 6pm, Jester Jacques Gallery will be hosting a pop up sale in Boxpark Shoreditch. The lineup, including Philip Harris, Mighty Mo, Mister Millerchip, Shepard Fairey, Sweet Toof, Jon Burgerman, Ador, Jimmy C, Marcus Pettersson, Rosemary Cronin and others were, as Jester Jacques puts it, “chosen for their investment potential and contemporary relevance” to the street art scene. The featured prints look great, but what does that matter if they’re intended to be bought as street art stock? And if you are trying to buy some street art stock, you’re probably a couple of years too late.
Photos courtesy of Jester Jacques
During the Art Basel Miami madness, OverUnder and ND’A painted this large wall in the neighborhood of Little Haiti, so this post is a bit late but we couldn’t let this collaboration slip by us. Everything about this mural is representative of something unique about OU and ND’A’s experience. The mural features padlocks since this wall was actually a chance find on the side of a hardware store while the two were looking for another wall. The mural is filled with Haitian imagery that the local people of Haitian descent might appreciate, like hibiscus flowers, arrows found on Haitian flag, and the Liberty Cap on the main figure.
The main figure is a man that the two met on their first day, who had been living under a bridge and who spoke highly of the effect street art has had on the area.
Photos by OverUnder
