Graffiti, Post-graffiti and Street-art
‘Rise above’ solo show in Miami
Above’s first U.S.A. solo show titled ‘rise above’ was a sold out show at his booth at Miami’s Scope art fair.
Here are a look at the new canvas works he made for the show and a few outdoor murals.
http://goabove.com/
http://www.ekosystem.org/tag/above
Here is a preview of “AFTER THE LAUGHTER –This is the 2nd book of Herakut. The 1st one was focused on their work from 2004 to 2008. The new one is about Hera & Akut collaborations from 2009 to 2011.
The book looks like a hand-made scrapbook with sketches & photos. It is a must have for their hardcore fans.
Your parents and grand-parents certainly dreamt about sport-cars, your old brother or your uncle probably dreamt about sneakers & skateboards. Today’s young generations are more likely to dream about bike (& smart phones) especially if they live in San Francisco or Berlin.
The evolution of bicycle is one that is not well known, but the results are apparent throughout the world. There have been many improvements on it and technology has helped a lot. Websites like ScooterAdviser have reviewed the best bikes made by many manufacturers. There is no shortage of options when it comes to choosing one and kids have loved it since.
Publikat & Kiriakos Losifidis from Carpe Diem who published previously the Mural Art series (vol 1 – vol 2 – vol 3) probably think the same way, and they made that big book about bicycles in art. I just hope they don’t plan to make a book about smart phones :-)
I may sound a bit sarcastic but the book is -much to my surprise- extremely good.
There are several chapters in that book to celebrate bicycle: Urban Art (aka street/graffiti-art), Paintings, Illustrations, sculptures…
The 1st one about Urban art is not the most interesting, it looks a bit artificial to me, like a random selection of photos of graffiti where a bike has been painted, nothing more. I’m also a bit disappointed that Erosie work about bikes is not even mentioned.
The main part of the book consists of an amazing selection of paintings & illustrations of bike in very different styles. Honestly I’m often tired of watching illustrations books & Tumblr, but I must confess I really enjoyed this book, and last days I regularly took a moment to enjoy a few more pages.
The last pages of the book are devoted to sculptors and bicycle designers who present their original creations.
I do ride sometimes, but I rarely watch ‘Le tour de France’, I’ve never thought about ordering a fixie or even replacing my mtb pedals with a new one, nevertheless I would definitely recommend this book for anyone loving good illustrations.
Bike Art Hardcover, 256 pages Format: 21cm x 29cm Text: english/Greek ISBN: 978-3-939566-37-3 29.90€ (Release 11/2011)
SUSO33 done the art direction and realization of the video “Los Elegidos“, taken from the last album “Mejor que el Silencio” by Nach.
Suso33: “They offered me the possibility to produce a simple video for Nach´s latest record, a band I admire and who makes my emotions arise. The song was “Los Elegidos” (The Chosen ones) featuring Talib Kweli and Akhenaton. When offering total freedom of creation I assumed it as an entirely personal project to get totally involved in and I started working on it, experimenting and researching, not to solve issues but to suggest different possibilities.
Instead of one hand I used both of them, and instead of drawing I did… I don´t know, I can´t tell you as it still is a “painting in progress” and when you rub it off, you are creating part of the next painting, so you can´t not tell by just the drawings as it is a piece of art created to be seen entirely, only in movement and this is what provides its own identity.
In this audiovisual creation the hands are a plastic element that appears in a choreographic manner, as if they were a dance or paint themselves in that sort of sequence shot that does not leave space for regrets. It had to be done basically in just one shot, therefore it increased the difficulty of creation, however the edition ended up more developed. Finally we included sound effects to create a dialogue between the image and the sound towards the image, in a way that it wasn´t just the image illustrating the sound, that is, it was the creation of a piece and not simply a musical video clip.
In general, in my work, process and actions are much more important than the resulting object; it is something that I have been developing for a long time, as in the “PinturaEscénicaenAcción” (ScenicfPaintinginAction) or the different videos that I have produced in the past years. Therefore I have felt very comfortable carrying out this work with the possibilities offered by this type of equipment; also I have been lucky to work and create things with SaotST and Nach, to whom I thank for the trust they put in me regarding this risky proposition.”
I can understand you don’t really like the highly sexual & vulgar graffti work from Lush. But come on, these comics are just too good !!
Lush on flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/mercyfulfate/
Lush on ekosystem: http://ekosystem.org/tag/lush
Klebstoff sticker magazine & ekosystem.org collaborated to offer you 3 issues of Klebstoff magazine and some additional stickers.
1 magazine will be offered for the most interesting comment posted on ekosystem photo gallery before the 5th of October, 1 magazine for the funniest comment and another magazine for the most active commenter on ekosystem in the next 10 days.
Deadline October November the 5th at 12PM
Use a real e-mail on your comments if you want to be contacted to receive a magazine.
Klebstoff is a magazine completly printed on vinyl sticker material and the kiss-cuts make it possible to peel off the content from inside. From cover to end everything is a sticker.
Artists featured:
Matthias Müller, Peekasso, Erosie, Knudzich, Hobby176, Mr. Talion, AGHN, Ernst Markus Stein & Lucy F., Jorge Chamorro, Gregor Körting, Katz & Goldt, Christophe Lambert, Fuzz!Gun, Scores out of ten by Joseph Ernst, Mape, Resto, Paul Barsch, Harthorst, Kevin Carpio, Mr. Kern, Tilman Hornig
Kid Acné & Ema du 4 au 29 Octobre 2011 à Niort au Pilori dans le cadre du festival “Le 4ème mur” organisé par la galerie Winterlong.
Brad Downey experimented graffiti restoration in Wien, last year.
He did it again with the restoration of a piece Banksy painted for the 1st Backjumps festival in Berlin.
The squares on the wall were the spots where Banksy painted. Where are those paintings ? Extracted by Brad Downey to be sold on ebay ? Already stolen by someone else ? Time will tell…
Brad Downey
Year: 2011
Title: “What Lies Beneath”
Materials : restored/extracted “Banksy” Installation (originally painted in 2003 for the exhibition Backjumps- Volume:1), red paint
Dimensions: 4meter X 6meter 70cm
La RuedaIt is probably the biggest tag in the world. And it’s -surprisingly- made by a wealthy sheikh. He has written his name on the surface of his own private island (United Arab Emirates ) so big it can be seen from Google map. The letters seem to be a full kilometer tall in some places.
Jim Denevan is an American artist who creates temporary land art. He makes drawings on sand, earth and ice that are eventually erased by waves and weather.
On 8, 9 and the 10th of July 2011, the first edition of the international street art event
takes place in the old Schellens textile factory
( schuilplaats=hiding place/refuge)
