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."
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Showing posts with label artist. Show all posts
02 September 2013
06 May 2013
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
02 May 2013
David Shillinglaw
My Idea of Fun opens on April 26th at
Stolen Space Gallery,
The Old Truman Brewery
91 Brick Ln, London E1 6QL
article
http://i-donline.com/2013/04/my-idea-of-fun/
Interview
http://www.hungertv.com/feature/get-to-know-david-shillinglaw/
VIEW CATALOGUE / PRICE LIST
Closing Day
"SUNDAY IS FUNDAY. To celebrate the end of My Idea Of Fun I will be at Stolen Space Gallery on Sunday 5th May. 1-7pm. drawing, doodling and drinking coffee. come by and say hello and join in the drawing fun. A drawing will be randomly selected at the end of the day and the winner will receive a limited edition KAPOW screen print. All are welcome."
Artists website
http://cargocollective.com/davidshillinglaw
Images on Google
on Facebook
on Twitter
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David Shillinglaw - Paradise Fools: Art Exhibition @ Sunshine (Art, Books & Coffee)
Hove, Brighton, UK - Opening 14th September 2012
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Gambia article
08 November 2012
Contentious: Blakkbyrd
Contentious
17 - 20 Parr Street, London, N1 7ET
15th - 17th March 2013
Curators: Robert Ford, Blair Zaye, Lyn Blackburn and Tracy Allen
"The first one in the series, CONTENTIOUS ONE will be an eclectic mix of London based painters, printmakers, photographers, performance artists & makers. London has proven itself to be one of the hubs of the art world.Participating Artists with links
This series of shows aims to build on a reputation by showing the new, the unknown, the emerging, the daring, the collectable artists of tomorrow!"
Tracey Allen
Amber Anderson
Lyn Blackburn
Blakkbyrd
Mandy Brannan
Simon Burbridge
Jan Crabtree
Robert Ford
Brian D Hodgeson
Ursula Kelly
Tony Lee
Gareth Morgan
Blair Zaye
The first in a series of self curated exhibitions showing a mix of painters, printmakers, photographers and makers. As well as visual artists there will be several bands and performers delivering their special and exciting music and entertainment over the 3 days!
Check our facebook page for more details
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Contentious/221135021366413
Facebook Event Page
https://www.facebook.com/events/174082902740649/
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Blakkbyrd
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Performances
Friday 15th 6:30pm-11:00pm
Opening night performances from Uru-Ana and Spiritwo Solo 7:30pm to 10:30
Photos of Opening Night: here
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Saturday 16th 2pm-11pm Evening musical performances from Sinah and NoamiKo 7:30pm to 10:30pm
Photos Day2 here
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Sunday 17th 2pm-6pm
Physical theatre ‘Natives’ directed by Andrea Ling
Performance ‘Like Foxes’ with Gwen Bajon &
Yasmin Moghaddan
Bjorn Hatleskog performing Romvelope
Dance Circuits
Photos of Day3 plus exhibition hang here
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17 June 2011
Abner Preis - Superheroes
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.
16 June 2011
17 May 2011
EMESS @ Candyland - Stockholm
There is no doubt that street art has become part of our everyday lives. Invasive, ...poetic, destructive, provocative, illegal, political, abstract or beautiful, street art has gradually infiltrated urban areas around the globe. It continues to challenge the idea of ownership of the public space and has given itself the right to use it for expression alongside the monopoly held by corporate entities for advertising. In the past decade, street artists have gained respect from communities all over the world and have been exhibited in the most prestigious museums – with or without invitation.
Emess’ work is most often motivated by political questions. Confronting the viewer with issues that would rather be swept under the rug, for which there are perhaps no clear answers or solutions but that need to be addressed. The use of humor and his sense of aesthetics catch the viewer off guard for a moment allowing attention to be drawn to the subject. Emess sees no difference between the street or the gallery space, his work is designed to reach an audience and adapts itself to the situation. His range of media goes from sculptural objects or large scale murals to woodcuts and delicate prints.
Alvaro Campo
EMESS 1971 born in West-Germany, 1992–93 German Navy, 1994–99 Fine Arts UdK Berlin, 2000 Meisterschüler, Lives in Berlin. Exhibitions at Berlin Art Projects, 30works Galerie, Köln, Jarmuschek & Partner, Berlin, ATM Gallery Berlin, Circleculture Gallery Berlin, Galerie Zimmermann & Heitmann, Düsseldorf etc.
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City Music Berlin is a public accoustic project in urban space by Emess, 2010.
Who says Meccano is for nerds? German design puts a whole new slant on wind chimes.
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@ ATM Gallery
15 May 2011
14 May 2011
Goin - France
Goin, a French stencil artist with a deep-rooted punk legacy, introduces the atmosphere and values of his artistic domicile, the famous Abode of Chaos, near Lyon. He mixes graphics and typography with violent and chaotic panache to produce stunning results. According to the New York Times the Abode of Chaos is 'one of the most important and most emotional artistic adventures of the 21st Century'.
Goin describes his work as being 'a subversive bomb, an initiation into the critical spirit and the approach of a new type of abrasive and denunciatory art'. At the French location, over 3,123 works of art express the alchemical chaos of the 21st Century in a free, open air museum. The unique venue has been the subject of an on-going law suit for over a decade and is set to continue in the European Court of Human Rights.
In perpetual mutation, Goin creates militant-powered pictures seen through the prism of a possessed graphic art.
Goin describes his work as being 'a subversive bomb, an initiation into the critical spirit and the approach of a new type of abrasive and denunciatory art'. At the French location, over 3,123 works of art express the alchemical chaos of the 21st Century in a free, open air museum. The unique venue has been the subject of an on-going law suit for over a decade and is set to continue in the European Court of Human Rights.
In perpetual mutation, Goin creates militant-powered pictures seen through the prism of a possessed graphic art.
"Goin dont je découvre le travail a clôt récemment son expo solo à Genève, DON’T RUST ME! dont mon choix de la semaine est issu. / I discovered Goin’s work a few days ago through this artwork which was on display in his solo show DON’T RUST ME!."
11 May 2011
ARYZ - Spain
http://www.aryz.es
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Video documental del viaje realizado en el mes de febrero del colectivo
MIXED MEDIA, con motivo de la exposición de prints en Gko Gallery (Tolosa)
ARYZ - GRITO - KIKX - POSEYDON - ROSTRO - RGTD.
Special thanks to:
GKo Gallery
www.gko-gallery.com
(Aritz, Gari, Gabi, Ibai, Kizkitza, Xavi ... ,)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-6DX1W31uc&feature=player_embedded
"Mixed Media" exhibition
http://www.gko-gallery.com/en/Expositions/Current/index.html
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01 May 2011
Armsrock - Denmark
Armrock restates the qualities of artistic drawings and transfers them into urban contexts. Known for his life-sized drawings of humans at the edges of societies, he glues or projects his drawings onto buildings and walls in city environments. As observations and statements they become ephemeral part of public space and community.
cv
http://www.kunstdk.dk/kunstner/armsrock/tekster/cv
website
http://www.kunstdk.dk/kunstner/armsrock
blog
http://www.armsrock.blogspot.com/
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this video is from an earlier post on Armsrock in 2009
http://blakkbyrd.blogspot.com/2009/12/armsrock.html
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.
25 April 2011
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.
Saber paints over the American Flag
Saber was a finalist in President Obama's Health Care Reform Video Challenge with his controversial entry.
http://youtu.be/PJdbIALsMYQ
January 25, 2010. Artist and Outspoken Health Care Reform Activist, Saber, is interviewed on The Dylan Ratigan Show. In this video, Dylan Ratigan allows the artist to express his motivations and influences in exploring the flag artistically for this project.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jRa4A8WIj6s&feature=player_embedded
more on google
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"Mr. Fairey invited me to paint this wall on Melrose right across from Fairfax High. Of course I was exited about the challenge. It seemed perfect considering we both have been playing with the image of Old Glory. Next Flag will be ten times bigger. The American Flag as an abstract image has endless possibilities…………….."
Saber
http://saberone.com/blog/2010/11/02/shots-of-completed-melrose-flag-wall-saber-shepard-fairey/
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Using the American Flag in art clearly attracts media attention. Ed
23 April 2011
Camper Bike
On the road with a camper bike. from Gallery Hijinks on Vimeo.
Kevin Cyr built this Camper Bike for his show in April 2011 at 941 Geary.
The Camper Bike is a functioning sculptural piece, built in 2011 in San Francisco, CA. The stand alone piece was made from scrap metal, painted and inspired from his recent series of paintings and drawings.
To see his new works visit his website at kevincyr.net.
04 April 2011
28 March 2011
The Graffiti Subculture - Book
The Graffiti Subculture
Youth, Masculinity and Identity in London and New York
Nancy Macdonald
The Graffiti Subculture
A theoretical approach.
This is the embed code as provided, I can't find any way to full screen or enlarge it. Read it an the original site.
27 March 2011
Stockholm Street Art Tours
Stockholm Street Art Tours 2007
Our guide is Tobias Barenthin Lindblad, an editor who has worked on several books on Scandinavian street art.
Because street art in Stockholm tends not to last too long, it’s in the dark caverns of the city, under bridges and underground stations, that walls become the artists’ galleries. Some, such as Hop Louie, known for his overtly political stencils, Klister Peter and Akay have built up reputations and followings.
http://www.hoplouie.com/
http://www.akayism.org/
Communications consultant Benke Carlsson recently published a book entitled “Street Art Stockholm”. He became interested as an observer rather than a participant, and sees his book more as a view from the outside. “Many people’s first reaction to street art is that it’s vandalism, but I feel that we need to have something more than advertisements decorating our streets,” he says. “Street culture is a means of expression and doesn’t necessarily have to be pretty. It’s about who has the right to public space.”
full article
http://www.sweden.se/eng/Home/Lifestyle/Art-architecture/Reading/Street-art-in-all-corners/
Stockholm City Museum is apparently no longer running these tours.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pap7hZOgb0g
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The Girls in Sweden
http://streetart.twoday.net/
Our guide is Tobias Barenthin Lindblad, an editor who has worked on several books on Scandinavian street art.
Because street art in Stockholm tends not to last too long, it’s in the dark caverns of the city, under bridges and underground stations, that walls become the artists’ galleries. Some, such as Hop Louie, known for his overtly political stencils, Klister Peter and Akay have built up reputations and followings.
http://www.hoplouie.com/
http://www.akayism.org/
Communications consultant Benke Carlsson recently published a book entitled “Street Art Stockholm”. He became interested as an observer rather than a participant, and sees his book more as a view from the outside. “Many people’s first reaction to street art is that it’s vandalism, but I feel that we need to have something more than advertisements decorating our streets,” he says. “Street culture is a means of expression and doesn’t necessarily have to be pretty. It’s about who has the right to public space.”
full article
http://www.sweden.se/eng/Home/Lifestyle/Art-architecture/Reading/Street-art-in-all-corners/
Stockholm City Museum is apparently no longer running these tours.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pap7hZOgb0g
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The Girls in Sweden
http://streetart.twoday.net/
18 March 2011
Copyright Infringement
Article: Is a Cease and Desist About Irony, Hypocrisy or Legal Strategy?
"Indeed, a quick Google search will show that doing IP and trademark research, and sending out cease-and-desist letters, are a regular part of a legal intern’s job description. These letters are sent out with no greater strategy in place than to cast a wide net in hopes of catching all potential offenders. ...
Sometimes an artist may very well file a suit only to stake a claim — to pee on the post that marks the artist’s territory. As the ability to poach artwork with ease grows, so, along with it, does the necessity of producing, what is now being termed, a “chilling effect” to strike fear into the hearts of would-be offenders. ...
The thing to keep in mind in many of these cases is that what looks like hypocrisy in the broad view, may also be good business when it comes to trademark and copyright maintenance. An artist (or corporation, or artist run corporation) must keep the brand in the forefront of people’s minds, clear and unsullied by distractions."
More on Hirst, Koons and Fairey
full article
http://hyperallergic.com/20398/cease-and-desist-strategy/
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