Monday, January 31, 2011
NEW URBAN ART PROJECT IN MADRID
The “Oficina de Gestion de Muros” (Walls Management Office) is an independent Spanish project that wants to fill the empty spaces around the city of Madrid with art.
It was at an art event “La Noche En Blanco, 2010” in Madrid that the Walls Management Office announced their intentions to put the best street artists on the planet in touch with Madrid locals, neighbors, shopkeepers, and businesses who had walls waiting to be painted.
For their first projects “Medianeras de Madrid” (Joint Walls of Madrid) they worked with two renowned street artists: Blu and Sam3.
Now, they are putting together a listing of artists to collaborate with other wall-owners. This effort to provide legal walls for artists to work on is a welcome initiative in a city where the penalty for graffiti is a 3,000 euro fine.
Instead of risking arrest working alone, street artists can work with WMO to create pieces that involve the community and cooperate with rather than subvert joint ownership of public space.
Saturday, January 29, 2011
Friday, January 28, 2011
STREET ART COMMUNICATION FESTIVAL
Street Art Communication presents progressive street culture, shifting it to presentation forms with function & quality.
Connects new sorts of art with human society by specific activities.
Public community have unique chance to meet with the Top-ones of worlds contemporary street and other visual art with a closer look to creation process.
Introducing street-art in whole different intensity and quality upon what is common observer accustomed.
Destroying old opinions on our culture - changing its own public space - building respect and acknowledgement by its artistic value.
SITE HERE.
Scrap of Shepard Fairey
Is the human being a mad being ? Sell a scrap of Shepard Fairey's mural is a stupid thing. The OBEY store sells very beautiful multiplieds and paints ...i really don't understand !
Read the story on Huffington Post.
Thursday, January 27, 2011
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
OBEY (Shepard Fairey) in Rome !
SHEPARD FAIREY (OBEY)
A Private Collection
dal 29/01/2011 al 24/02/2011
Mondo Bizzarro Gallery, as a platform for the hyper contemporary arts of the twenty-first century, is proud to present the first exhibition in Italy dedicated to Shepard Fairey.
Over sixty works from this american artist – known worldwide for the Obama election poster, which in 2008 appeared on walls across America announcing simply «HOPE» – will be exhibited, including screen prints and unique pieces, many of them rare and never shown before in Italy.
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
BREAKING NEWS - BANKSY gets a nom for Oscar's prize
Banksy's Exit Through The Gift Shop gets an Oscar nom for best documentary feature!
Ups against Gasland, Inside job, Restrepo and Waste Land.
URBAN LIVE PAINTING
URBAN LIVE PAINTING
Sabato 29 gennaio alle ore 21.00 - 03 febbraio alle ore 21.00
SPAZIO CONCEPT - MILANO
VIA FORCELLA, 7 (MM2 Porta Genova)
ASSOCIAZIONE CULTURALE SPAZIO CONCEPT IN COLLABORAZIONE CON
URBAN PAINTING PRESENTANO:
URBAN LIVE PAINTING
Mostra di Street Art & Live Painting
Inaugurazione & live painting
sabato 29 gennaio 2011 dalle ore 21 alle 24
Spazio Concept, via forcella 7 - Milano
INGRESSO LIBERO
LIVE PAINTING DI:
PIXEL PANCHO, CRISTIAN SONDA, ZED1, SEACREATIVE
MOSTRA DI STREET ART:
Pixel Pancho, Erik Hikups, Cristian Sonda, Sea Creative, Zed1, Orticanoodles, Guildor, Marco Teatro, Mambo......
ORARI LIVE PAINTING E MOSTRA:
inaugurazione e live painting - sabato 29 gennaio 2011 dalle ore 21 alle 24
orari mostra:
domenica 30 gennaio 2011: dalle ore 15 alle 18
lunedi 31 gennaio : dalle ore 18 alle 20
martedi 1 febbrario: dalle ore 18 alle 20
mercoledi 2 febbraio: dalle ore 18 alle 20
giovedi 3 febbraio dalle ore : 18 alle 21
INFORMAZIONI:
URBAN PAINTING - http://www.urbanpainting.info/ - urbanpainting@ymail.com
SPAZIO CONCEPT - http://www.spazioconcept.org/ - spazioconcept@fastwebnet.it
Monday, January 24, 2011
SCRIVERE LA CITTA'
"Scrivere la città - Dal segno metropolitano al muralismo artistico" è un convegno internazionale sul muralismo artistico, momento conclusivo di una ricerca effettuata da CIRCE (Centro Interdipartimentale di Ricerca sulla Comunicazione dell'Università di Torino) sull'evoluzione decennale dei graffiti/writing relativa al progetto MurArte, promosso dal Settore Politiche Giovanili della Città di Torino.
Durante il convegno interverranno studiosi nazionali ed internazionali di semiotica, storia dell'arte, filosofia e sociologia, che presenteranno i risultati della ricerca ed il nesso esistente tra street art, graffiti/writing, arte pubblica, immaginario urbano, riferiti in particolare all'esperienza torinese.
Ingresso libero fino ad esaurimento dei posti disponibili.
Saturday, January 22, 2011
Friday, January 21, 2011
Thursday, January 20, 2011
The Urban Art as a business
The word on the street: Urban Art is making a scene in the art world, with works by top artists exceeding expectations on the auction house floor.
“Street art is art at its most accessible available in the public arena for universal appreciation,” explained Bonham’s Urban Art Specialist Gareth Williams, in a recent interview with MutualArt.
“However, by definition it is also an ephemeral art form, disappearing as quickly as it appears. Urban art is an attempt to redress this by leaving a more permanent legacy”.
Wednesday, January 19, 2011
PIXEL PANCHO - Cenio di uno cane
Pixel Pancho re-interpretation of ENI's brand - Cenio di un cane (Romolo&Remo).
Practice SAFE ART !
In response to the whitewashing of a mural nearly completed by Blu on an exterior wall of the MoCA by museum Director Jeffrey Deitch in December 2010, a "Deitch" brand condom was conceived.
The mural which depicted a series of coffins draped by one dollar bills was removed by Deitch as a friendly gesture to the surrounding veteran community who may be offended and disrespected by such a powerful message speaking of the cost of war, the loss of human life and the reasons behind it.
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
WHO IS BANKSY ?
He is perhaps the most famous, or infamous, artist alive. To some a genius, to others a vandal. Always controversial, he inspires admiration and provokes outrage in equal measure.
Since Banksy made his name with his trademark stencil-style 'guerrilla' art in public spaces - on walls in London, Brighton, Bristol and even on the West Bank barrier separating Israelis and Palestinians - his works have sold for hundreds of thousands of pounds
Monday, January 17, 2011
RAE MARTINI
Self-taught artist.
At the age of 12Rae started to make his first sketches on paper followed by the earliest Tagson the streets.
His daily street and train bombing activity lasted 12 years, from 1990 to 2002, without interruptions.
Ever since he did his first piece, he handled cameras to photograph them and kept on taking pictures, also of the urban landscapes and street details which gave him energy and inspiration.
He painted his first canvas in 1992 and did his first one-man exhibition in 1998.
In 2004, he joined the Rebel Ink collective with Marco Klefisch and Luca “Bean One” Barcellona, giving birth to a live performance focusing on the study and practice of the freestyle fusion involving live Calligraphy, Writing and Illustration on large-sized canvases.
Over the years, his canvas painting got close to informal abstract painting, tracing a development path which is manifest in specific painting periods, from Steel Burners to Zen Minimal, then from Street Elegant to the last one: the Ghetto Landscapes.
Rae held solo and collective exhibitions both in Italy and abroad.
He works and live in Milan, Italy.
Sunday, January 16, 2011
Friday, January 14, 2011
"BN POST IT UP!" INTERNATIONAL URBAN-ART EXHIBITION - CALL FOR ARTISTS2011
"Post it up" is back! All artists are invited to participate with their art (posters, stickers, stencils, prints, canvas, toys, decks, vynils, photos and more... ).
There are no restrictions about subject, size and technique.
TO JOIN US SEND YOUR ARTWORKS AT:
ROBERTO BALESTRIERI VIALE PRINCIPE DI NAPOLI, 17
82100 - BENEVENTO (BN)
ITALY
DEADLINE: FEBRUARY 22nd, 2011
bn_postitup@rocketmail.com
www.myspace.com/bn_postitup
www.flickr.com/photos/bn_postitupwww.flickr.com/groups/bn_postitup_group
www.twitter.com/bn_postitup
www.vimeo.com/bnpostitup
www.piun.org/
STAY UP! ;-)
TO JOIN US SEND YOUR ARTWORKS AT:
ROBERTO BALESTRIERI VIALE PRINCIPE DI NAPOLI, 17
82100 - BENEVENTO (BN)
ITALY
DEADLINE: FEBRUARY 22nd, 2011
bn_postitup@rocketmail.com
www.myspace.com/bn_postitup
www.flickr.com/photos/bn_postitupwww.flickr.com/groups/bn_postitup_group
www.twitter.com/bn_postitup
www.vimeo.com/bnpostitup
www.piun.org/
STAY UP! ;-)
SK8 like Canvas 2011 (II)
SK8 LIKE CANVAS Vol. II -22.02.2011- 19.00, originally uploaded by Mr.Klevra - www.klevra.com.
Thursday, January 13, 2011
SKATEISTAN - A history of Peace
Skateboarding in Afghanistan?
Absolutely. As soon as Australian skateboarders Oliver Percovich and Sharna Nolan dropped their boards in Kabul in 2007, they were surrounded by the eager faces of children of all ages who wanted to be shown how to skate. Stretching out the three boards they had brought with them, they developed a small skate school.
A group of Afghan friends (aged 18-22) who were naturals at skateboarding shared the three boards and quickly progressed in their new favourite sport—and so skateboarding hit Afghanistan.
The founders’ success with their first students prompted them to think bigger: by bringing more boards back to Kabul and establishing an indoor skateboarding venue, they would be able to teach many more youth, and also be able to provide older girls with a private facility to continue skateboarding.
CONTINUE TO READ.
The Associated Press case update
The Associated Press, Shepard Fairey, and Mr. Fairey's companies Obey Giant Art, Inc., Obey Giant LLC, and Studio Number One, Inc., have agreed in principle to settle their pending copyright infringement lawsuit over rights in the Obama Hope poster and related merchandise.
Mr. Fairey used an AP portrait photograph of Mr. Obama in making the Hope poster.
Mr. Fairey did not license the photograph from the AP before using it. The AP contended that Mr. Fairey copied all of the original, creative expression in the AP's photograph without crediting or compensating the AP, and that Mr. Fairey's unlicensed use of the photograph was not a fair use.
Mr. Fairey claimed that he did not appropriate any copyrightable material from the AP's photo, and that, in any event, his use of the photograph constituted a fair use under copyright law.
In settling the lawsuit, the AP and Mr. Fairey have agreed that neither side surrenders its view of the law.
Mr. Fairey has agreed that he will not use another AP photo in his work without obtaining a license from the AP.
The two sides have also agreed to work together going forward with the Hope image and share the rights to make the posters and merchandise bearing the Hope image and to collaborate on a series of images that Fairey will create based on AP photographs.
The parties have agreed to additional financial terms that will remain confidential.
"The Associated Press is pleased to have reached resolution of its lawsuit with Mr. Fairey," said Tom Curley, president and CEO. "AP will continue to celebrate the outstanding work of its award-winning photographers and use revenue from the licensing of those photos to support its mission as the essential provider of news and photography from around the world. The AP will continue to vigilantly protect its copyrighted photographs against wholesale copying and commercialization where there is no legitimate basis for asserting fair use."
"I am pleased to have resolved the dispute with the Associated Press," said Mr. Fairey. "I respect the work of photographers, as well as recognize the need to preserve opportunities for other artists to make fair use of photographic images. I often collaborate with photographers in my work, and I look forward to working with photos provided by the AP's talented photographers."
The AP's copyright infringement lawsuit against Obey Clothing, the marketer of apparel with the Hope image, remains ongoing.
Wednesday, January 12, 2011
SK8 like Canvas 2011
More than 100 custom skateboards from the hands of more than 65 artists from around the world, including writers, street artists, illustrators, graphic designers and tattoo artists from all over the planet.
SK8 LIKE CANVAS is back in Rome. After last year's success,this collective exhibition, which sees skateboards turned into works of art, is making its debut in a gallery space for the second edition. More than
sixty-five artists from around the world - selected by Mr. Klevra - will show hundreds of custom skateboards: not ones created by graphic designers of a commercial series, but true works of art hand painted for unique pieces.
From Europe to Japan, the United States to Argentina, passing through Israel and Brazil, the artists give life to a melting pot of stories and symbols through different means owning to their individual backgrounds (from writing to graphic design, illustration to tattoo art, from street art to neopop) but remainunited under the common denominator of their passion for the arts, skateboarding and its subculture.
The project began in 2008 on the pages of the social network Flickr, which saw the collection of more than 700 images of custom skateboards from every corner of the planet. From this group, sixty-plus artists were invited to submit original works that will travel Italy for expos and events held under the name "SK8 LIKE CANVAS" and that will open 2011 with an exclusive exhibition at the Gallery Club Ex Rome Monti in Rome. During the opening night scheduled for Saturday, January 22, 2011, a selection of artists will perform in a collective performance of live painting, customizing a few skateboards to be added to the works already selected and displayed during the exhibit.
In addition, there will be screenings of skateboarding video, a DJ set, and toast.
curated by Mr.Klevra, and Marco Dionisi.
Galleria espositiva Ex Roma Club Monti
Via Baccina 66 – 00184 Roma
06.6796318
facebook: “ExRoma ClubMonti”
New Art@CircleCulture Gallery
Urban artist paying homage to innovators from the history of Art
January 21, 2011 to March 05, 2011.
Judith Supine / Christian Awe / Jonathan Yeo / Helle Mardahl / XOOOOX / Kevin Earl Taylor / Anton Unai / Jaybo Monk / Adriana Ciudad / Stefan Strumbel / Marco "Pho" Grassi.
VS.
Gustav Klimt, Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, Pablo Picasso, Damien Hirst, Andy Warhol, Pierre Soulages, Henri Matisse, Théodore Géricault, James Ensor.
In this exhibition artists from all over the world take referrence to some ground breaking artists of the past. An hommage to the spirit of innovation, non-conformity and alternative thinking of the older days.
Art looks back on a history that is as multi-faceted and fascinating as our own time. Among the illustrators, designers, sculptors, painter, calligraphers, fashion designers and architects of the past millenia, new avant-gardes constantly emerge, establishing themselves to be replaced soon enough by the next generation craving innovation. A process of creation that naturally builds upon preceding aesthetics, concepts and techniques, that deconstructs them in order to create a contemporary art-remix. Many artists eschew this conscious connection to history.
Freely and radically, they create new approaches: the new Art.
Tuesday, January 11, 2011
TASJ out now !
The first issue of Tasj for 2011 is now out! In addition to our regular distribution, copies of tasj will be available at two great art fairs this week - Art Stage Singapore and photo l.a. + artLA projects
Our longest issue yet, it features: an article on Yoshitomo Nara (our cover artist), a conversation with Slinkachu (including collectible pull out center spread!), reviews of Rachel Whiteread at Galerie Nelson-Freeman, John Baldessari at The Metropolitan Museum of Art Sixeart at A.L.I.C.E. Gallery, Will Barras at StolenSpace Gallery, Massimo Vitali at M+B and Block Party at Carmichael Gallery.
Don't forget to check out tomorrow's Urban Art auction at Bonhams in London for orignal work by Banksy, Eine, Faile, Shepard Fairey, Mark Jenkins, JR, Labrona, Roa, Remi/Rough, Zeus and more!
Monday, January 10, 2011
NewPapers !
Group exhibition: 108, El Euro, Kurz, Mrfijodor, Peio, Ufo 5.
From 14 January to 20 febbario 2011.
New papers are meeting in six artists connected to the world of graffiti and street art, which will show their latest experiments on paper.
The paper is the main theme of the exhibition, which inspired the name of the event interesting and imposes a limitation to our six.
The paper is an ancient instrument, the sheet is covered by a limited two-dimensional and clearly. Who works in the road and is accustomed to dealing with the walls of the city, however, has provided large three-dimensional surfaces that allow different creative solutions.
For this reason, New Papers is a challenge: the goal is to break the boundaries of the sheet and wrap it up the flavors of the urban street.
MeltinPOP , which as the name suggests, promotes a fusion between genres, styles and forms – with the vocation to be always “pop”, targeting, therefore, to all people – is the appropriate space to accommodate 108, El Euro, Kurz, Mrfijodor, Peio and Ufo 5.
Opening: Friday, January 14 hours 18 / dj-set by 22 hours with “RISI RAIDER”
With artists: 108, El Euro, Kurz, Mrfijodor, Peio, Ufo 5.
Info and contacts: info@refreshink.net
Sunday, January 9, 2011
Hal0Hal0 solo show !
Madness Wall is pleased to announce the Hal0Hal0 solo show at Circolo Culturale Amantes.
The italian artist is one of the best promises of Street Art scenario in Turin.
Saturday, January 8, 2011
Banksy's Oscar chances !
Banksy -- elusive street artist, graffiti demi-god, controversial cultural rebel ... Oscar nominee? Thanks to his reflexive meta-documentary "Exit Through the Gift Shop," the British artist known as Banksy has a good chance of seeing his name mentioned when the nominations for the Academy Awards are announced Jan. 25.
Amazing BLU !
SOLD OUT * SIGNED BY THE ARTIST * BLU - 2010 -DVD LIMITED EDITION 100 numbered copies the first dvd published by Blu Containing a collection of the videos made during the last 10 years including: wall painted animations, time-lapse documentation of many murals, other hand drawn animations and over 40 minutes of extra contents technical details: ° video format: PAL 4:3 ° running time: 105 min. ° disk: dvd5 - region free ° language: no dialogues.
Friday, January 7, 2011
After the Rain
Carmichael Gallery is pleased to present After The Rain, a group exhibition featuring Boogie, Guy Denning, Aakash Nihalani and Pascual Sisto.
After The Rain merges and contrasts the palettes of four artists who work in a range of media.
The precise neon color sculptures and abstract mixed media canvases of Aakash Nihalani highlight the raw, candid nature of Boogie’s black and white photographs, while Guy Denning’s dark portraits, built with indulgent layers of oil paint, situate Pascual Sisto’s video and sculptural works in a new contextual light.
There will be an opening reception for the exhibition on Saturday, January 8 from 6 to 8pm with Pascual Sisto in attendance.
The exhibition will run through February 5, 2011.
Wednesday, January 5, 2011
BLU in Los Angeles - hold protest
A crew of street and graffiti artists, together with a handful of war veterans, gathered Monday night in the dark, empty parking lot of MOCA's Geffen Contemporary in Little Tokyo to stage a guerrilla protest performance against the museum's director, Jeffrey Deitch.
Tuesday, January 4, 2011
IRVINE CONTEMPORARY - SATURNALIA
To celebrate the New Year with a festival of new art, Irvine Contemporary is pleased to present Saturnalia, a group exhibition of new works by gallery artists. The exhibition will include works by Teo González, Melissa Ichiuji, Hedieh Javanshir Ilchi, Akemi Maegawa, Alexa Meade, Susana Raab, and Nicholas Kahn & Richard Selesnick.
Monday, January 3, 2011
"Flintshire Banksy"
To some, it's modern art.
To others, it's nothing more than graffiti.
But like them or loathe them, a series of paintings across Flintshire have certainly got people talking.
And they have also had people wondering... just who is the "Flintshire Banksy?"
The Banksy of Flintshire reignites the question of is it street culture or vandalism pure and simple?”
The artist - or culprit as some might term him - calls himself Random, but he has been likened to the Bristol-based Banksy whose political and satirical graffiti on street walls has made him famous - if anonymous.
Kosta-Thèfaine@Galerie Jeanroch Dard
8/01/2011>19/02/2011
Paris - France
A groupshow with :
Samuel François,Olivier Kosta-Théfaine, Renato Leotta,Justin Morin,Olivier Sévère,Eric Tabuchi.
For the occasion a catalogue will be edited by the gallery.
Sunday, January 2, 2011
Mucho Fusion@Galo Art Gallery
First of all we would like to wish everyone all the best wishes for 2011.
The Galo Art Gallery has invited two well know artists from Spain for the next show on 07/01/2011.
Pez and Kenor have a long history, both having a passion for painting and loud colors, the show “Amigo Mucho Fusion” will bring them together once again. Kenor famouse for his abstract landscapes, and futuristic lines and Pez with his positive charachters full of bright colors have created works that are “Mucho Fusion”.
We hope to see you at the opening to inaugurate the Pez and Kenor show at the Galo Art Gallery.
This opening will be held on Friday the 7th of January from 17:30 – 21:00.
Galo Art Gallery, Via Saluzzo 11/g, Torino, Italy, www.galoartgallery.com, 0117900074
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