February 28, 2009

METAGRAFFITI - Graffiti Art Films NEW book/DVD from DOKUMENT




Metagraffiti is a book/DVD that collects more than 20 short films from all over the world. With two long essays about graffitifilm and a running time of over 120 minutes Meta Graffiti is a vibrant testimony of the development of today’s graffiti art.

Autor: Macarena Dusant - Editor: Tobias Barenthin Lindblad - Director: Akay, Andreas Johnsen.



The films on the Metagraffiti DVD

Art Less Pollution
With a rag Alexandre Orion rubbed more than three thousand skulls in the grime in one of the dirty traffic tunnels of Sao Paolo. Shortly, the city sent in a cleaning patrol that washed the tunnel for the first time in ages.
Director: Alexandre Orion


Bildberättelse från Bronx: Inspired by the book “The Faith of Graffiti”,
Director: Lars Helander, Roland Odlander

The Pen: What’s it like to be a tag pen? How fun can it be to lie in someone’s pocket most of the time and just be allowed out sometimes? The Pen tells it all from a marker’s point of view.
Director: Demenz

Pixa: A group of pixacao writers demonstrate their skills in forming human pyramids while tagging. Director: Andreas Johnsen, Teddy Goitom

BreakingE18, Cleaning Unit, The Death of The Phonetic, Dressed For Success: Akay demonstrates that he has more space than most in his getup, Hart Mops 1, History of Breakdance: With animated graffiti styles and characters, History of Breakdance shows, King of The Line, L - Eine Stadt sucht einen Schmierer, Lärdig klottra 1 & 2, Magic Colorz - Berlin graffiti writers / Blind Hazard Productions, MiniGraff: The Danish graffiti elite, Muto / Blu, Sign jam, Spag, The Subconscious Art of Graffiti Removal, Three Days in A Letters World.

Trailer.
Buy Metagraffiti here.


February 27, 2009

Morning Breath and Cycle present "ODDITIES" Ad Hoc Gallery NYC.

New Print "Finale" by REKA ONE

The SWIFTY Show at NO VACANCY Gallery



Switfy - March 5th at No Vacancy

The ever accomplished U.K artist Swifty will arriving in Melbourne next week in order launch his first international solo exhibition "The Swifty Show". The visual director of fiercely independent jazz magazine 'Straight No Chaser', master of camouflage, expert typography and pop art guru will be presenting new work, a live installation as well as limited edition prints at No Vacancy next Thursday.

We have an exclusive interview with Swifty coming out early next week, until then check this video preview by the lads at Midas Project.

via Nice Produce

Travel Chronicles with "ESPO" Steve Powers



Travel Chronicles is an editorial feature for WeJetSet's online magazine. Through an open and casual conversation it highlights how travel has shaped the talents, perspectives and experiences of creative and business professionals worldwide. This edition features Stephen Powers, artist.

February 25, 2009

LOWER THAN DIRT Rhode Island Graffiti zine issue 1







Lower Than Dirt is a collaborative effort between several Providence based artists focusing on the urban aesthetic of growth through decay.

A 28 page Rhode Island graffiti zine. Photocopied pages, hand screened red logo on gold swipe cover. Packed with work exclusively from and by writers in the biggest little state in the union. Overall a solid zine... Limited to only 100 copies.

Lower Than Dirt Rhode Island graffiti zine available here.

Jeremy Fish "The Ambush" at Fecal Face dot Gallery

Opening: Thursday, February 26, 2009 (6-9pm)
After party: The Uptown, 200 Capp St (10-2am)

Jeremy Fish
Fecal Face Dot Gallery

Photos from Guerreros exhibition by SIXE in N3 Gallery Madrid







February 18, 2009

VNA - Very Nearly Almost Issue 8 Launch Party at Stella Dore

Stella Dore
VNA - Very Nearly Almost

DANCE RIGHT Birthday Bash for *Shepard Fairey & Dj Troublemaker...


THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 19th SHEPARD FAIREY'S BIRTHDAY BASH
SHEPARD AND TROUBLEMAKER COME TOGETHER FOR THE THIRD YEAR IN A ROW TO THROW THE BIGGEST DANCE RIGHT. THIS TIME WE HAVE A SPECIAL VISIT BY RONY'S PHOTOBOOTH AND RED STRIPE for $3 TO GET EVERYONE CRAZY...
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GRAFF2K9 "Legends of graffiti" Dirty Pilot




GRAFF2K9 - group show, with Graff legends such as Crime 79, Min, Tack FBA, Part One, Fuzz One, Noc 167, cern YMI , Ces- One, Daze, Ghost, T Kid, Ket, RIFF and others.

FECAL FACE /// SHAWN BARBER INTERVIEW

February 17, 2009

IZ THE WIZ - Dirty Pilot



KAWS "The Long Way Home" Solo show at Honor Fraser



KAWS
The Long Way Home

February 21, 2009 —
April 04, 2009
Opening Reception February 21, 2009 6:00 — 8:00 PM

The Brooklyn-based artist will be presenting new painting and sculptural work in his first solo show in Los Angeles. KAWS’ technique acts as a sieve of modern culture, filtering and re-contextualizing the images and information that he comes in contact with daily. His process is all encompassing, embracing popular culture and the visual landscape of the familiar. The work can be thought of as an overarching brand; however it is also immediate and organic. This energetic immediacy can be felt in the selection of works that he is presenting.

New large paintings included in the exhibition feature his usual cross-section of familiar cultural icons painted with precise execution. The resulting pieces feature the trademark graphic quality inherent in his work. A large life-size Chum acts as a sentry in the space, watching over the works while also playing with scale and proportion.
KAWS roots began as a graffiti artist in the early 1990s, and since then he has built an identity that had its genesis in guerilla imagery added to billboards and bus shelters. He converts familiar visuals into affronting works of art. Through his company OriginalFake he has released limited edition works. He has also collaborated on design projects with Commes Des Garcons, Marc Jacobs, and A Bathing Ape. Most recently he has worked with Kanye West to create the cover art for Kanye’s current album.

This reworking of popular culture has grown KAWS into a multi-faceted, multi-pronged endeavor that has ventured into the realm of contemporary art. KAWS situates himself at the crossroads of media and art; a vanguard in the new frontier of the 21st century artistic discourse.

Born in 1974 in New Jersey, KAWS graduated with a BFA from the School of Visual Arts in New York. He has recently had a number of solo shows of his artwork, including exhibitions at Gering and López in New York, NY and Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin in Miami, FL. His work has also appeared in many group exhibitions; most recently Everything Else at Franklin Parrrasch Gallery in New York, NY and the critically acclaimed traveling exhibition Beautiful Losers, curated by Aaron Rose and Christian Strike, that opened at the Contemporary Arts Center in Cincinnati in 2004 and has made stops at San Francisco’s Yerba Buena Center for the Arts and the Orange County Museum of Art among national and international destinations.

KAWS was the winner of the 1998 Pernod Liquid Art Award and has had three monographs published about his work.

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ANIMALANIA Group Show Curated by Aliya Naumoff at Fuse Gallery

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