Thursday, June 30, 2011

DIVERGENCE: CATALOG











































Here is a really nice catalog put together by the team out at North Art Space in Jakarta, Indonesia.
It includes 74 color pages of the most recent stencil show "Divergence."

Artists included in the show are:
INDONESIA (Aswino Aji, Arie Diyanto, Reflect, Stenzilla, Farhansiki, UBC, Farid Stevy, JAH, Sigit Bapak)
FRANCE (Goin, Jinks Kunst)
GERMANY (Pisa 73, Czarnobyl, Leckomio)
POLAND (M-City, Glamrury Rury)
SPAIN (BTOY)
USA (Above, Mathew Curran)

Thanks again to everyone involved at North Art Space

Also, a special thanks to: Selo Riemulyadi, Frigidanto Agung & Ari Wijaya for making this show happen!

Friday, June 24, 2011

JAKARTA, INDONESIA


Farhan Siki from Yogjakarta sent me this photo he took from our recent show "Divergence" in Jakarta, Indonesia at North Art Space

Saturday, June 18, 2011

UNITED FOR ROBERT


























Learn more about Robert King here ~ My good friend Sean Kernick will be hosting "United for Robert" tonight in Downtown Raleigh - we hope you can attend ............. I will be donating one of my favorite stencils from 2008 to help support Robert King. This is the last painting I have from this stencil - I hope it goes to a good home. We look forward to seeing you tonight ~ It should be a great time for everyone to get together!

WOOTINI: LOCALS ONLY ~ CARRBORO, NC






See more from Wootini Gallery here ................. These are some photos from the opening of "Locals Only" last night out at Wootini Gallery in Carrboro, NC. The show was a great turnout, the artwork was fantastic and I ran into some great people!! .... oh yeah - and almost forgot to mention the Karaoke!!!

Friday, June 10, 2011

Thursday, June 9, 2011

NEON FOREST INTERVIEW


READ INTERVIEW HERE















A huge thanks to NEON FOREST!! I've had the opportunity to work on several projects with this gallery and the kaliber of work and projects that they do is amazing!! Check out their website: NEON FOREST GALLERY

Monday, June 6, 2011

G40: STILL GOING STRONG

G40 Exhibit Schedule:
Exhibit runs: May 19th-June 17th, 2011
Open Hours: Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursdays: 7pm – Midnight
Fridays & Saturdays: 12pm – 2am
Sundays: 12pm – 6pm
Mondays: Closed

CLICK HERE TO FIND OUT MORE DETAILS

LOGAN HICKS: PRETTY UGLY

Untitled from Logan Hicks on Vimeo.


My brother and I drove up to the Soho section of New York City last week to check out a show by Logan Hicks at Opera Gallery. It was a pleasure talking to Logan about his most recent body of work and I am amazed by his new techniques. This is not a show to be missed!!
OPERA GALLERY

MORE WORK FROM LOGAN HICKS HERE

SYMBI0SIS: ARTISTS WITH CHARACTER

SYMBI0SIS.NET


















noun (pl. symbioses) Biology an interaction between two different organisms living in close physical association,
especially to the advantage of both.
– origin C19 : mod. L. , from Gk sumbiosis ‘living together', from sumbioun ‘live together', from sumbios ‘companion'.


HERE ARE SOME WORDS FROM JUSTIN CASE:

I started making these photocompositions to censor graffiti writers and street artists who were worried about the exposure of their faces on the Internet in pictures taken while they were committing vandal acts and other criminal activities.

Not only the artists were happy with the result, but also graffiti lovers and street art enthusiasts truly enjoyed these digital collages; and both encouraged me to make more.
So I started travelling to the artists' studios and workplaces to take portrait pictures of them in their natural habitat, surrounded by their tools and weapons, and making more elaborate compositions to deeply integrate them with their characters.

I started with my friends, then friends of friends, and finally artists I had never met before but whose work I also admired; not only street artists and graffiti writers, but also painters, graphic designers, illustrators, sculptors, photographers, fashion designers, and other specimen. The type of people who are creating pieces of art behind the scenes; artists who install their work on the street without asking for permission; graphic designer who create amazing illustrations for clients without being credited in the final campaign. I believe it is important to document the existence and environment of these artists, as it is very easy to find their works around the city, but it is not so easy to find information about the person behind it.

This project could not exist without all the people who opened the doors of their houses, studios and workplaces,and let me capture a moment of their life, trusting my skills to preserve their anonymity.
Thanks to them for taking part in this experiment and for offering themselves to become mutants happily.

This is a lifetime project, I can always meet and discover some new and incredible people who deserve to be portrayed and merged with their creations to update and improve this freak show.
TAKE A LOOK AT HIS WEBSITE!!

86it RESPECT THE CAN

TAKE A LOOK AT THE WEBSITE!!












I had the opportunity to stencil a trash can with my Helping Hands! Check it out:
This is 86it.com, the concourse of Wake County’s anti-litter attack – the 86it movement. Where we Wake Countians here in North Carolina gather to rally ‘round our coveted county and keep us a #1 place to live, work and play (that’s the sort of thing magazines like Forbes and MONEY say about us). A place where every city and town in our community sees litter as a six-letter word.

To stay numero uno, we have to join together as a band of 86ers and spread the word – Respect the Can.