POSTER BOY: THE WAR OF ART - BOOK RELEASE AND SIGNING The International Poster Boy Celebration
Reception: Saturday, August 28, 2010, 6-8pm
Art Fans and First Amendment advocates unite! Carmichael Gallery is proud to present the Los Angeles launch of POSTER BOY: THE WAR OF ART, the debut monograph from the notorious New York City-based Poster Boy.
The 96 pages of this attractively designed, compact book from Mark Batty Publisher showcase some of the most eye-catching and controversial subway mash-ups created by Poster Boy to date, including his infamous attack 2009 on the Museum of Modern Art’s advertising campaign. Many of the featured works have never been seen before and include a number of collaborations with Aakash Nihalani and a selection of witty homages to fellow artists, including Keith Haring, Damian Hirst, Invader, Princess Hijab, Decapitator, MOMO and Booker.
ABOUT THE BOOK
Dubbed by the New York Times as an “anti-consumerist Zorro with a razor blade, a sense of humor and a talent for collage,” Poster Boy deftly rearranges the text and images of subway posters, reclaiming walls from the ad industry one slice of vinyl at a time. This artful and clever repurposing of advertising has been hailed by the Guardian UK as “witty, web-savvy and economical… the only materials it requires are chutzpah, imagination and a 50-cent blade,” and, though the work exists only in New York City, Poster Boy has garnered a worldwide following.
“Poster Boy: The War of Art” is the first book to feature Poster Boy’s renegade mashups—corporate copy slashed and re-pasted as sharp, playful puns and turns of phrase rich with innuendo and political punch. Under the edge of Poster Boy’s blade, beautiful models turn ghastly and iconic spokespeople become mouthpieces for guerrilla slogans. Poster Boy proves no ad is safe from art’s incisive interventions.
Join the Poster Boy Collective at four different parties in four different cities on the same night to get your copy of THE WAR OF ART, view a series of videos featuring Poster Boy’s work to date and celebrate the launch of K.A.R.A.T.E, a legal defense fund created to support artists in times of need.
“Art does change the world, but only for those who have the imagination to realize it.”
– Poster Boy
Signed books and limited edition prints by Poster Boy will be available for purchase on the evening. A portion of book and art sales will be contributed to K.A.R.A.T.E.
If you can’t attend the LA launch but live in New York, Miami or London, you can meet Poster Boy and pick up your copy of THE WAR OF ART at 17 Frost Gallery, AE District Gallery or Pure Evil Gallery, respectively.
“Poster Boy: The War of Art” is the first book to feature Poster Boy’s renegade mashups—corporate copy slashed and re-pasted as sharp, playful puns and turns of phrase rich with innuendo and political punch. Under the edge of Poster Boy’s blade, beautiful models turn ghastly and iconic spokespeople become mouthpieces for guerrilla slogans. Poster Boy proves no ad is safe from art’s incisive interventions.
Join the Poster Boy Collective at four different parties in four different cities on the same night to get your copy of THE WAR OF ART, view a series of videos featuring Poster Boy’s work to date and celebrate the launch of K.A.R.A.T.E, a legal defense fund created to support artists in times of need.
“Art does change the world, but only for those who have the imagination to realize it.”
– Poster Boy
Signed books and limited edition prints by Poster Boy will be available for purchase on the evening. A portion of book and art sales will be contributed to K.A.R.A.T.E.
If you can’t attend the LA launch but live in New York, Miami or London, you can meet Poster Boy and pick up your copy of THE WAR OF ART at 17 Frost Gallery, AE District Gallery or Pure Evil Gallery, respectively.
This one night only event is not to be missed!
Poster Boy is an anonymous New York City-based street art collective whose only utensil is a razor. Poster Boy is known for collaged works created by cutting out sections of the self-adhesive advertisement posters in the platforms of New York City subway stations and pasting them back in different positions. Garish corporate communications become bold, satiric, socio-political statements at the hand of Poster Boy.
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