Celso – Vandalog – A Street Art Blog

July 20, 2014

Woodward Gallery  Project Space  Retrospective

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For several years now, the Woodward Gallery Project Space on Eldridge Street has been one of the Lower East Side’s visual highlights, showcasing works by an impressive range of artists from veteran graffiti writers to street art-stencil masters. Through July 26 a handsome retrospective of these works can be seen indoors at Woodward Gallery, directly across from the Project Space’s outdoor wall. Here are a few images:

L'Amour Supreme, Moody Mutz, NohJColey w/ Darkcloud and David Pappaceno on floor. Photo by Dani Reyes Mozeson — L’Amour Supreme, Moody, NohJColey and Darkcloud & David Pappaceno on floor. Photo by Dani Reyes Mozeson.

Moody Mutz, Chris RWK, Faro and JMR. Photo by Dani Reyes Mozeson — Moody, Chris RWK, Faro and JMR. Photo by Dani Reyes Mozeson.

Chris RWK and Royce Bannon in center. Photo courtesy of Woodward Gallery.

Clockwise: Celso, Kenji Nakayama, Cassius Fouler, Visions Scmisions, Moody, UR New York and Buildmore. Photo by Dani Reyes Mozeson.

Located at 133 Eldridge Street, Woodward Gallery is open Tuesday through Saturday 11-6pm, Sunday 12-5pm and by private appointment.

Photos by Dani Reyes Mozeon and Lois Stavsky and courtesy of Woodward Gallery

October 6, 2012

Weekend link-o-rama

Here’s some stuff I missed this week while sitting under a giant stack of books and papers to read, mostly stuff I was supposed to read for school but avoided because I was at Nuart last weekend.

The British Zeus recently had a solo show in London. Sandra Butterfly got the photos.
These throw-ups by CES mixing letters and characters are fantastic.
White Walls Say Nothing is hopefully about to be a film about street art in Buenos Aires, but they are doing a Kickstarter project to raise the last $32,000 needed to finish it.
A great quick video interview with Ron English. Must see for his fans.
Sowat, Lek and John Giorno painted two walls at the Palais de Tokyo in Paris.
This mural festival in Puerto Rico includes Jaz, Ever, Roa, Aryz, Celso, La Pandilla and others.

Photo by Colin Chazaud

January 2, 2012June 25, 2013

Rather Unique

For Woodward Gallery‘s first show of 2012, they’ve brought in Royce Bannon as their first guest curator. His show, Rather Unique, will bring together a group of artists including Cassius Fowler, Celso, Chris RWK, Darkcloud, Veng, Infinity and NoseGo. Rather Unique opens on January 7th from 6-8pm and runs through February 19th.

October 13, 2011October 14, 2011

Quel Beast x Reka x Skullphone (kinda) x Infinity x Royce Bannon x El Celso

Quel Beast and Reka. Photo by Quel Beast

Keith Schweitzer and Joyce Manalo organized getting these shipping containers painted for MaNY and Fourth Arts Block. Forth Arts Block got permission for the site, the like-up was solidified over a weekend and painting began almost immediately. It’s amazing how easily things come together sometimes. They brought in Infinity, Royce Bannon, El Celso and Quel Beast from New York, plus Reka from Australia while he was in New York for a bit. Since Skullphone already had a poster on the container, Infinity kept it and blended it into his own piece a bit (with Skullphone’s okay). Here’s a video of the process (Quel Beast’s piece was later changed after this video was filmed):

REKA x Quel Beast x Infinity – NYC from MaNY Project on Vimeo.

And here’s photos of all the finished work:

6194083588_311e317cd4_z — Skullphone and Infinity. Photo by Mike Pearce

6194072602_4b2ccb52f5_z — Reka. Photo by Mike Pearce

6194081340_3d2e295db6_z — Skullphone. Photo by Mike Pearce

6194080460_02006b575d_b — Infinity. Photo by Mike Pearce

6225917713_635d36ddab_z — Quel Beast. Photo by Mike Pearce

6226440984_d1cb809b90_z — Royce Bannon and Celso. Photo by Mike Pearce

Photos by Quel Beast and Mike Pearce

September 12, 2011September 11, 2022

Fragments from the Streets of Chelsea: Elbowtoe, Celso, Sti(c)kman, Lorenzo Masnah & more

When I last visited Chelsea in late June, the streets were almost devoid of street art. There were a few worn stickers and paste-ups, but not much else. It’s getting better. Here are a few images I saw this afternoon:

Lorenzo Masnah, huge collaged paste-up; Stinkfish on the upper right

Photos by Lois Stavsky

April 2, 2011

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.