Shepard Fairey Talks

The thing that is interesting about Fairey is the mechanism of his career's success. How he integrates his commercial and personal art practice, his influences and his history are the topics of this talk at the Art Center. In the following question and answer session he also comments on his actions in the Hope case.  From March 2012.


"Should art be profitable? Shepard Fairey says yes. The famed L.A. street artists reveals his success and failures -- including the Obama Hope poster -- at Art Center Graphic Design Department's 3x3 lecture series featuring creative entrepreneurs."

The London Police

'It's All Fun & Games Until Someone Gets Hurt'
By The London Police

Stolen Space
The Old Trueman Brewery Brick Lane
London
10.05.13 - 26.05.13

They're comin' home, They're comin' home, They're comin', TLP is comin' home!
And so it's back to East London again for UK exports: 'The London Police,' for their first solo art show in England since 2009.
This time around, the Amsterdam based lads have themed their show around sports and games... And although they have totally mistimed their sterling effort of jumping on the Olympic bandwagon, the Essex born duo have produced a slick show of considered artworks and designer sport products.


'It's all fun and games until someone gets hurt' by The London Police from bob gibson on Vimeo.


Stolen Space

artists website
http://www.thelondonpolice.com/NewTLP/News.html

facebook

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previously on blakkbyrd, from early days until I left Amsterdam in 2009


January 2006
http://blakkbyrd.blogspot.co.uk/2006/01/london-police.html

@ Go Gallery 2006
http://blakkbyrd.blogspot.co.uk/2006/06/london-police-amsterdam.html

@ Dutch Masters 2006
http://blakkbyrd.blogspot.co.uk/2006/07/street-art-hague.html

Slovenia 2006
http://blakkbyrd.blogspot.co.uk/2006/08/street-art-slovenia.html
http://blakkbyrd.blogspot.co.uk/2006/03/street-art-exhibition-slovenia.html

With Galo & Logan Hicks 2006
http://blakkbyrd.blogspot.co.uk/2006/11/los-angeles.html

with Galo 2009
http://blakkbyrd.blogspot.co.uk/2009/12/galo-tlp.html

In Miami 2007
http://blakkbyrd.blogspot.co.uk/2007/12/primary-flight.html

Streetlab 2007
http://blakkbyrd.blogspot.co.uk/2007/09/oxfamnovib-auction.html

Melkweg 2007
http://blakkbyrd.blogspot.co.uk/2007/11/melkweg-art-battle.html

Mikosa #4 2008
http://blakkbyrd.blogspot.co.uk/2008/02/mikosa-04.html

Mikosa Mural 2008
http://blakkbyrd.blogspot.co.uk/2008/06/mikosa-mural-amsterdam.html

Interview 2009
http://blakkbyrd.blogspot.co.uk/2009/09/london-police-interview.html

CARTRAIN @ Graffik

CARTRAIN: This Way Up

Press Launch Thursday 16th May
Open 17th May - 30th May
GRAFFIK GALLERY
284 Portobello Road, LONDON W10 5TE

Notorious offender of all things art Cartrain returns with a provocative solo show THIS WAY UP. At age 20, Cartrain has been painting his iconic street art on the streets of London since he was 14. His artwork is collected by everyone from the rich & famous to the police officers and judges. In 2008 Damien Hirst attempted to prosecute Cartrain for creating a series of artworks that "infringed" Hirst's copyright. In 2009 Cartrain responded by "borrowing" a packet of pencils from Hirst's "Pharmacy" installation at Tate Britain. Cartrain was later arrested for theft valuing £500,000. His satirical images have been parodied by Royal Mail and influential artists including Mr Brainwash, Gilbert and George, Jamie Reid, and James Cauty. In 2012 Cartrain walked into the House's of Parliament and smoked a spliff during Prime Ministers Questions.

From the east London streets to the markets of Portobello Road Cartrain has left his mark on the city of London. This Way Up is a glimpse into the insights of an urban art legend. Pop culture, conceptual guerrilla performance, and collage based urban memes all play a part in Cartrain's palette. You never know what you expect when Cartrain's is involved.

Cartrain describes his artwork as "random."

GRAFFIK GALLERY
284 Portobello Road
LONDON W10 5TE

www.graffikgallery.co.uk

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previously on Blakkbyrd

http://blakkbyrd.blogspot.co.uk/2009/09/cartrain-hirst-part-2-pencils.html

http://blakkbyrd.blogspot.co.uk/2009/07/cartrain-and-hirst.html

http://blakkbyrd.blogspot.co.uk/2009/01/lekay-hirst-and-cartrain-copyright.html

http://blakkbyrd.blogspot.co.uk/2011/05/bin-laden-spotted-at-tate-modern.html

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Interviews




http://noctrl.org/post/12649181380/cartrain-ufos-over-leytonstone-rsh-brought-to


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On wikipedia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cartrain

Black Books

"In the graffiti underground, Piece Books—or sketch books—have been a secret weapon for the mysterious artists who pioneered the culture back in 1970s New York. Reebok explores this history through the eyes of graffiti legends like Cope 2, Erni "Paze" Vales, West, SP.One, Wane COD, Rime MSK, Chino BYI, Ewok 5MH, PEZ, How and Nosm. "

When Rembrandt went bankrupt in the C17th, one of the things he hid from his creditors was his blackbooks.  Interesting to see an artist's sketchbook presented as a new concept or practice.  It speaks volumes about the presenters and their targeted audience.

Abner Preis - Superheroes

Abner Preis Kickstarter from Harlan Levey Projects on Vimeo.

I picked Abner Preis as an upcoming talent to watch back in 2007, and his name keeps cropping up throughout Amsterdam events blogged here on Blakkbyrd.
Abner on Blakkbyrd

Now he's off to the States with his Superhero Project.

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“Trained as a painter, Abner Preis has been making waves over the past several years. In a three year period, he has been invited as a featured artist to prominent art fairs such as Art Rotterdam, Art Brussels and the Scope Art Fair (Art Basel Miami Beach) as well as to exhibit works in respected cultural institutions and museums like the MU in The Netherlands, the Marta Hereford Museum in Germany and Austria’s Kunsthalle amongst others. The Superhero Project has featured at Brussels Fashion Week, Istanbul Design Week and the Rotterdam International Film Festival, providing a body of work that successfully walks the tightrope between art as activism, fine art, fashion, design and entertainment. Compared to artists as diverse as Joseph Beuys or Charlie Chaplin, Preis builds on the history of art to challenge it, using optimism, joy and imagination as the tools of his tender assault.

“Basically this project is about me going out in the streets dressed up like a Superhero, meeting strangers and asking them; If you had three super powers what would they be? Then I turn them into Superheroes like me.

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/977354012/the-hero-in-all-of-us-portrait-of-america-2011

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Interview on Warholean

Warholian had the pleasure of meeting Abner Preis and his Superhero Project at the 2010 Scope fair during Art Basel Week in Miami Florida. At Scope, Abner was asking everyday fair goers to imagine themselves as superheros. His goal: “to surprise, transform and empower people he meets as he travels the world.”

We sat down with Abner to discuss how this project came to be…

1. Tell us the history of “The Superhero Project”, how did you come to start this project?

“I was invited to do a video presentation at a class for severely handicapped people. The teacher invited me to give a talk about my work and discuss ideas about a video project that they had planned to do.

Every child was really handicapped… a class full of Stephen Hawkings, but all were super cool. Their idea for a movie was to make one of the kids a super hero who could fly… a slow motion smile settled on my face… “Fuck it! Why not? Yes, we can all be heroes!”

That’s when I realized my magical equation of “I equals S”.

I = imagination
S=superheroes

If you have Imagination, then you can be an Superhero.

(Incidentally, we still visit the Handicapp class every year, it is still a very special project)”

more
http://warholian.com/2011/06/13/abner-preis/

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If you would like to donate to “The Superhero Project” through Kickstarter.com, you may do so here:

To stay updated with Superhero Project, “Like” them on Facebook here.

Reverse Graffiti - Moose

http://www.reversegraffitiproject.com/



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5lX-2sP0JFw




http://fora.tv/2010/04/28/Paul_Moose_Curtis_The_Art_of_Reverse_Graffiti#fullprogram


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The street artist Moose visited Aarhus on 27 February to demonstrate his technique of using stencils to clean dirty surfaces.

Sydney Street Art Tour & Book

Melinda Vassallo: author of Street Art of the Inner West

http://www.finelinedesign.com.au/books-street-art.html

Sydney’s inner west is uniquely rich in street art and has some of the best examples in Australia. This is despite the fact that many landmark pieces have disappeared due to high-density housing construction and increased renovation of buildings.

Street Art of Sydney’s Inner West a pictorial reference book is a celebration of 30 years of street art and the artists who create it.

Meet the artists and their crews in their own words and art.

Available at Better Read than Dead, Berkelouw Books Newtown +

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ABC article
http://www.abc.net.au/local/photos/2011/03/11/3161910.htm?site=sydney

audio file
Walking tour of Newtown street art

Altered Egos - London

Graffiti documentary - London part 1

A unique insight into UK grafitti culture/art. By letting some of the most respected artists speak for themselves, the film explores what drives 'writers' to go to such lengths to get their work out to the public, how it feels to take such risks and ultimately, what grafitti means to each of them.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2e_mdBaxygM&feature=related

part 2

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJKinf2r50M&feature=related

Roadsworth - Canada

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xZsNemvhDc

we present an excerpt from the National Film Board of Canada feature "Roadsworth: Crossing the Line" a documentary which follows the work of Canadian street artist Peter Gibson, aka Roadsworth.

Gibson integrates provocative art with government traffic signage, questioning the ownership of public space.

film website

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website
http://www.roadsworth.com

more videos
http://www.roadsworth.com/main/video/video.html

article 2006
http://spacing.ca/art-roadsworth.htm

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October 2009

"The Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, Winston-Salem State University (WSSU) and the Diggs Gallery have worked with the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) and the City of Winston-Salem to present the work of street artist Roadsworth. He is the sixth artist in Inside Out: Artists in the Community II, and has drawn inspiration for his paintings from streets and crosswalks on Martin Luther King Jr. Drive and the WSSU campus. This project is the latest in Roadsworth's international series of street paintings. In these projects the artist critiques car culture and reinvigorates the pedestrian experience by altering existing street markings to create a humorous array of signs, images and symbols."

more (lots of pics)
http://www.secca.org/exhibitions7.html

download a time-lapse video of Roadsworth's project at The Enrichment Center during his in-residence workshop.
http://www.secca.org/Movies/Roadsworth%20at%20EC.m4v

Click here to download an essay by SECCA Curator Steven Matijcio.

on flickr
www.flickr.com/photos/secca/

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On Blakkbyrd

Roadsworth was first featured on Blakkbyrd in August 2006

http://blakkbyrd.blogspot.com/2006/08/roadsworth-montreal.html

Swoon @ Space Gallery

http://www.youtube.com

In October 2009, NYC artist Swoon and five friends travelled to Portland, Maine, and transformed SPACE Gallery into a playful, dreamlike, earth-hued environment. This video shows the installation process... fabulous and insightful film. Artists were Swoon, Ben Wolf, Greg Henderson, Conrad Carlson, Monica Canilao and Ryan Doyle.

(from Nuart)

photoshoot
http://todseelie.com/distancedontmatter/

Zevs in Hong Kong

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8BG8v4sZnk

In the aftermath of street artist Zevs' "liquidation" of Giorgio Armani's store in Central this week, the Frenchman has had to deal with his arrest and subsequent court case in which he pleaded guilty to one count of criminal damage.

Representatives of Giorgio Armani demanded nearly HK$6.7 million in damages. They say because they could not remove the paint from the store's facade because of its sandstone nature. Zevs said he deliberately used a water-based paint that ought to have been easily removable. But professional cleaners hired by Armani claim otherwise.

The case has been adjourned till 14th August pending both sides' assessment of the damage. Without prior knowledge to his planned stunt, the Post interviewed Zevs days before the incident and introduced us to some of his previous art work.

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Interview
http://artradarasia.wordpress.com/2009/07/29/street-artist-zevs-detained-in-hong-kong-for-defacing-chanel-logo-interview/

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the exhibition was at

Art Statements Gallery
G/F, 5 Mee Lun Street
Central, Hong Kong
http://www.artstatements.com/index.php

Zevs' artist page at the gallery
http://www.artstatements.com/artist_dtl.php?id=55

"ZEVS was arrested by the police in Hong Kong during the night of July 13th after having affixed a giant Chanel sticker on the Armani building wall and liquidated it with black water paint. Armani claimed first that the cost of damage was HK$6.8mio. The artist was forced to hand over his passport and stay in Hong Kong until August 14th, judgement day. In the meantime ZEVS is trying to clean the wall with the expertise of a company in Denmark with a Karcher and some special chemicals. "

Zevs' website
http://www.gzzglz.com/

(R)Evolution of Urban Art

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(R)Evolution of Urban Art
21 November 2009 - 13 March 2010
Large Art Gallery

Urban Art has its origins in street graffiti, spray-paint and stencils, but now it can also be seen on canvas and limited edition prints, making it a mainstream movement. This exhibition explores how Urban Art references the history of art. Through observation, research and discussion with some of the artists, similarities in styles and ideals are highlighted.

(R)Evolution of Urban Art brings together work from 15 internationally acclaimed artists: Banksy, Blek le Rat, Gavin Turk, Adam Neate, David Choe, Faile, Lorraine Robbins, Antony Micallef, Ron English, José Parlá, Elbow-toe, Sam Taylor-Wood, Candice Tripp, Swoon and Takashi Murakami.

Image: 'Beggar' © 2006 Blek le Rat.

Click here to read the essays and interviews with the artists.

http://museum.warrington.gov.uk/exhibitions/

Armsrock

This week we bring you a brand-new video directly from Armsrock's studio in Bremen Germany, as he prepares for his upcoming shows this month at the Black Rat Press Gallery in London and Ad Hoc Art Gallery in Brooklyn. This is part 1 of 2. Stay tuned for Part 2!

from jetset graffiti
http://www.youtube.com/user/JetSetGraffiti



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uu2Hrfm5zzk


Interview Walrus TV



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8mR2EYdVb8





These were done with a series of 18 x 18 cm photo-slides, which had been developed black and then etched with an etching needle. The slides were then projected with Pani projectors through out the city of Eindhoven.

The project was conducted with the assistance of Kai- Uwe Schwenck of Panirama, as part of GLOW 09 – International Forum of Light in Art and Architecture.

from Unurth
http://unurth.com/142875/Armsrock-Light-Works-Eindhoven

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If you are observing a similarity with Swoon's work ..

Book from Wooster Collective
"All My Friends Are Made Of Paper" - A Survey of The Work of Armsrock"
http://www.woostercollective.com/2007/07/announcement_new_wooster_on_paper_book_a.html

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Exhibition at Ad Hoc Art Gallery


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYG1hiHPXIU

Chris Stain, Armsrock (in the front gallery) and Ezra Li Eismont

http://adhocart.org/site/tag/armsrock/

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(in the project room) at Ad Hoc Art Gallery! The show will be open during regular gallery hours from August 7th – Sep 6th 2009.

Shepard Fairey - Obama discussion

Interesting discussion from the Intellectual Property Colloquium on the Shepard Fairey v Associated Press Obama Poster case.

Of special interest to any street artist re-mixing media images.

full details/listen online/or download podcast here

http://www.ipcolloquium.com/Programs/8.html

GS38 - Melbourne Old School

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8fO2YP7xDys

The Grand Sorcerer Thirty-Eight (GS38) was the original Hip Hop graffitist in Melbourne, Australia. Painting from 1984 to 1986, with a brief comeback in 1988, he was the author of The Future Four and Wild Boyz crews. WildStyle inspired 'GS38' was the first piece in inner Melbourne.

Drewfunk - Melbourne

http://www.flickr.com/photos/drewfunk/

http://drewfunk.com/

http://www.myspace.com/drewfunkyou

"Melbourne is considered the capital of Australian graffiti art ...  Several alleyways are now declared public art spaces. Melbourne is particularly rich in laneways and the ones off Bourke Street Mall and Collins Street are now popular tourist attractions. These were the subject of a French documentary, Melbourne Ink, which featured the work of several local artists who are now starting to be collected.  One of the most prominent is Drewfunk.

Born in Malaysia, he studied multimedia and design at RMIT University, working as a professional designer before he decided to become a full-time artist. His style reflects his Asian heritage as well as his background as a graffiti artist, although he is now recognised enough to hold exhibitions in serious galleries."

full article at the Age 

more 

Coming up

Julius Popp

The brilliant bit.fall by Julius Popp at the Design and the Elastic Mind exhibition in the Museum of Modern Art, New York, 2008--bit.fall artistically reveals internet-based information generated by a statistics algorithm via controlled drips of water that create a waterfall of words and images.

bit.fall features a horizontal module with computer-controlled valves hung from the ceiling. Water droplets are released at precise times to form predetermined shapes. The result is a word or message that seems to magically rain down from the ceiling and then disappear upon impact with the floor.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHMsOwaeOkA


Julius Popp’s work has received numerous international distinctions. His interdisciplinary projects are not only recognized in the art world but also in the field of scientific research. Presently, MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory as well as the Fraunhofer Institut in Bonn are studying Julius Popp’s realizations in the laboratory: he developed, as a part of his artistic work, robots that introduced new forms of artificial intelligence.

Biography
http://www.union-gallery.com/content.php?page_id=1130

About
http://www.union-gallery.com/content.php?page_id=1128

Works
http://www.union-gallery.com/content.php?page_id=1129
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A short documentary about German artist Julius Popp while setting up his work Bit.Fall in St Louis.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AICq53U3dl8

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http://www.artreview.com/video/video/show?id=1474022:Video:267821

Julius Popp's news ticker device in action at the Dogenhaus Galerie booth at the Volta art fair in Basel. 2008

more on bit flow
http://www.artefact-festival.be/2009/099_expo_en.php?id=060

The London Police - Interview

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHbbf8W1ZYo

The London Police talk about their upcoming exhibit at Carmichael Gallery in Los Angeles and life as international men of mystery.

Space Invader Interview

Video Description:

Incognito French artist, Invader traces the birth of his signature pixelated mosaic style, his invasion of 40 cities worldwide and the concept behind his TOP 10 Rubikscubism exhibit at the Jonathan LeVine Gallery.

About Invader:

Invader’s work illustrates the overwhelming effect technology has had on contemporary culture while also critiquing it, using the ancient and traditional technique of mosaics to simulate digital pixels. Referencing the 1978 Atari video game, the artist began placing mosaics featuring Space Invaders on the streets of Paris in the late 1990s. Joined by Pac Man ghosts and other popular 8-bit characters, the works soon became a familiar sight to encounter in any urban environment. Invader’s usage of tile to create street art, rather than paint or stencil, is not only a unique choice of medium—it also emphasizes his commentary of how digital information networks have affected and transformed our society. Sightings of the work have spread over the last ten years on a global scale as the artist continues invading public spaces across five continents. Currently, Invader’s work can be found on the streets of over forty cities, worldwide. – Via Jonathan LeVine Gallery

About Top 10 Exhibit at Jonathan LeVine Gallery:

Jonathan LeVine Gallery is pleased to present Top 10, a solo exhibition of new works by the Parisian street artist known as Invader. Returning to the gallery for his first solo show in New York, Top 10 marks a highly anticipated event for this internationally celebrated artist. Known for using mosaic tiles to re-create popular characters from vintage 8-bit video games (such as Space InvadersPac-Man) on the streets of cities around the world, the artist’s individual mosaics are carefully cataloged after placement in context to their surrounding environment. Yet, since the project has grown on a global-scale, each piece also carries considerable significance from a larger perspective—populating what is now a worldwide installation that stretches across the planet. Invader’s mosaics can be found on the streets of over 40 cities, on all five (inhabitable) continents. Like the game, his mission is literally an invasion of (public) space. and

Top 10 introduces a new series of original two and three-dimensional works featuring the artist’s signature pixel-based aesthetic, created in mediums such as mosaic tile and rubik’s cubes, which clearly translate the concept of pixilation (the division of visual information in digital format). Invader is the first artist to bring pixels to life, both in the physical world and in the art world. Echoing the neo-Impressionist painting technique of pointillism, with a contemporary voice, his evolved methods bring the composite image concept into the digital age. The show title Top 10 references popular music, as the artist has selected what he believes are the top ten album covers of his generation as subjects for re-interpretation using his own innovative technique of Rubikcubism. The term Rubikcubism is used to describe an art movement of which Invader is believed to be the originator, using Rubik’s Cubes (a 3-D mechanical puzzle game popular in the 1980’s). This exhibition also includes large-scale mixed-media sculptures in bright primary colors and a video installation of projected time-lapse footage, which reveals the geometric complexity of the artist’s incredible process in creating pieces in this show. – Via Jonathan LeVine Gallery

Links:

space-invaders.com

Jonathan LeVine Gallery

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The Invasion News Letter 33 is out:
http://www.space-invaders.com/inl33.html

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More on Invader from Blakkbyrd

http://blakkbyrd.blogspot.com/2009/04/space-invader-video.html

http://blakkbyrd.blogspot.com/2007/04/invader-04-2007.html

http://blakkbyrd.blogspot.com/2006/12/space-invader.html

http://blakkbyrd.blogspot.com/2006/10/invader-skateboards.html

http://blakkbyrd.blogspot.com/2005/08/space-invaders.html

Word to Mother Interviews

interview
http://www.ukadapta.com/e/art/wordtomother.html

another interview
http://dazeddigital.com/ArtsAndCulture/article/170/1/Word_To_Mother_at_Stolen_Space_Gallery