Hanksy Artshow
Seit rund einem Jahr geistert Hanksy durch Streetart-Blogs. Der Mann mancht Banksy-Parodien mit Tom Hanks und hat jetzt seine erste Ausstellung in der Krause Gallery in New York (via Vandalog). Bowerie Boogie hat ein kleines Interview:
BOWERY BOOGIE: Describe your ultimate mission.
HANKSY: To win an Academy Award in Hollywoodland for a cinematic ruse which details out the artistic charades of a certain mustached eccentric. Exit Through The Gump Shop will feature myself and Mrs. CerebralCleanse and the escalating Charlie Wilson’s Turf War between the two of us.BB: What was the spark or inspiration behind mashing Hanks and Banksy?
HANKSY: I’m known to be a huge fan of the late Bronx rapper Christopher Lee Rios.
Nach dem Klick ein paar meiner Favorites.
Bank of Americas Truth Machines
Schöner Prank von Aktivisten in San Francisco, wo sie alle (!) Geldautomaten der Bank of America mit Stickern überklebt haben, die ein neues Menü anboten, auf denen man gegen Klimawandel lobbyieren, Kohle verfeuern, Familien aus ihren Häusern rausschmeissen und sich selbst natürlich fette Bonusse ausschütten konnte. Hätte man hierzulande schon längst mit der Deutschen Bank machen sollen.
The activists used special non-adhesive stickers designed to look exactly like BoA’s ATM interface. But instead of checking and savings accounts, these new menus offered a list of everything BoA customers’ money is being used for, including investment in coal-fired power plants, foreclosure on Americans’ homes, bankrolling of climate change, and paying for fat executive bonuses.
Bank of America ATMs In San Francisco Turned Into Truth Machines (via Boing Boing)
Anamorphic Peanuts-Abbey Road
Jemand hat anamorphische Peanuts auf einen Zebrastreifen gemalt, leider nicht auf der Original-Abbey Road. (via Wooster)
Clemens Behrs Fake-Polygon-Structures from Wood and Cardboard
Clemens Behr baut mit Holz, Pappe, Stoff und Schnüren polygonartige Skulpturen in die Landschaft. Das macht er auch indoor, ich finde die Arbeiten aber dann am beeindruckendsten, wenn sie mit ihrer scheindigitalen Form ‘nen schicken Kontrast zu alltäglichen Orten bilden. Nach dem Klick noch ein paar seiner Skulpturen und ein Clip mit seinen 2011er Arbeiten.
An error has occured in your Brain
Schöne Arbeit von Streetartist und Designer Kong aus Mainz: „An error has occured in your Brain. This process has caused fatal boredom and therefore will be closed permanently. Please save all thoughts in progress and reboot your brain. [error code |-(42]“
Justs Streetart-Portfolio
Just schreibt mir: „Ich habe die letzten Tage damit zugebracht ein kleines Portfolio mit meinen Fotos zu basteln. Die Bilder sind von 2007 – 2011 und zeigen Kuenstler wie: ZEVS, BOXI, DAIM, Marc Jenkins, BLU & JR, ESCIF, 1010, DOMA und Faith47. Ich glaube die Bilder spiegeln ganz gut diese Zeit von Streetart in Berlin.“
PORTFOLIO: Randomly picked Photos from 2007 – 2011 – We are the 1% of JUST´s Hard-Drives (ganz unten die Pagination nicht übersehen!)
WK Interacts Wired-Cover
WK Interact hatten ursprünglich das Cover für die Dezember-Ausgabe der Wired gestaltet, aus irgendeinem Grund hat man die Illu dann aber für den titelgebenden Artikel verwendet und hat sich für ein langweiligeres Cover entscheiden. Schade. Der Artikel ist aber trotzdem sehr, sehr nett: #Riot: Self-Organized, Hyper-Networked Revolts—Coming to a City Near You. (via Vandalog)
Lushs Jesus vs Satan-Backyard Wrestling
Streetartist Lush hat seine Ausstellung in der Backwoods Gallery in Melbourne mit einem Cagefight zwischen Jesus und Satan eröffnet. Oben der erste Teil mit ein bisschen Outdoor-Gerangel, die zweite Runde gabs zur Vernissage und die kann man sich hier ansehen. Ist aber tatsächlich relativ gewalttätig und auch blutig.
One year and an exhibition tour of the states later, we were glad to be present “Another Shithouse “Art” Show” by Lush. The opening night featured round two of the eternal struggle between good and evil, as expressed through the delicate art of backyard wrestling, original illustrations, a video premier, installations and a series of cartoon commentaries on graffiti culture which were also available as a limited edition signed risograph zine.
Skateboard built from Anti-Skate-Materials
Tolle Idee from französischen Streetartist The Wa (die Website spuckt mir grade nur einen 403-Fehler aus), der Anti-Skate-Vorrichtungen in Berlin abgeschraubt und daraus ein Skateboard gebaut hat: Skate-anti-Skate. (via Interweb 3000)
Adelaides Forgotten Outlaws
I love love love this one. Peter Drewards hat alte Fotos Kleinkrimineller aus Adelaide ausgedruckt und Prints davon in seiner Stadt aufgehängt. Ich hab’ ja sowieso ‘ne romantische Ader für Outlaws und streng genommen bin ich selber einer. Nicht nur deshalb: Awesome!
I began pasting up the posters at night before I realised it would be much safer during the day dressed as a legitimate worker. This approach also seemed more fitting to the theme of questioning the criminality of street art. So when I donned the high vis vest and went about my business I didn’t feel like a criminal, I felt as thought I was performing a public good.
Each paste up stood 2.5 meters tall and included the criminal’s full name, conviction, sentence and date. Overall I pasted up 42 individual mug shots (21 sets of 2) to the cost of AU$1170 in printing alone. The project was entirely self funded.
Aboves Passport: A Streetart Travelog in Bookform
Streetartist Above hat mir letzte Woche sein Buch Passport geschickt, eine Retrospektive über sieben Jahre eines Künstlers auf Weltreise. Das Buch steigt ein mit seiner USA Tour 2004, seit dem ist der Bub’ quasi nonstop auf Reisen und malt die Welt voll, mittlerweile in über 90 Städten in 60 Ländern. Seine Arbeiten habt ihr hier oder woanders garantiert schon gesehen. Oben das Cover und ein Video zum Dings, nach dem Klick noch ein paar Fotos, die ich eben auf die Schnelle geknippst habe. Mehr Infos und Previews zum Buch gibt’s hier und hier.
ABOVE: PASSPORT examines the street artist that has blanketed the world with art covering over 90 cities in 60 countries. The book includes hundreds of plates and quotes from artists across the globe and introductory statements by Shepard Fairey, FAILE, Wooster Collective – Marc and Sara Schiller and Tristan Manco.
“I first encountered ABOVE’s art on the streets of Paris in early 2003. His large scale trademark arrows were painted on roll down gates, trucks and storefronts with impressive coverage throughout the city. ABOVE is extraordinarily driven. To paraphrase Radiohead, “ambition can make you look pretty ugly,” but in ABOVE’s case, his ambition makes the streets look very engaging. I am very impressed by ABOVE’s diligence, but after I got to know him and his artwork more, I began to realize that his output is not evidence of selfish ego, but of a lust for life, a utopian life, where his generosity, and curiosity, and his pursuit of creativity and social-consciousness have led him around the world making more friends than enemies.
ABOVE made the time to act as tour guide for me and my wife and our two young daughters in a city he knows well and we didn’t. The gesture made me greatly value ABOVE’s friendship and reinforced my belief that what you give is what you get. The Karma Police are not coming for ABOVE even if the police vandal squad is.” —Shepard Fairey, Los Angeles, California
Evol in London
Just hat grade einige Bilder von Streetartist Evols erster Ausstellung in London gepostet: EVOL Show @ POW in London und EVOL in London – Smithfield Market. Hier kann man einen schicken (und nicht ganz billigen) Print von ihm kaufen, hier ein kleines Interview aus dem Pictures on Walls-Newspaper (PDF) zur Ausstellung:
What’s your favourite smell? Well I guess… Ah, no, let’s say – coffee.
What superpower would you have? I hate energy drinks.
What’s your favourite painting? A child’s drawing explaining to me how volcanoes work.
How do you get paint off your hands? Patience. What doesn’t come off by washing, does while eating.
What’s your funniest painting story? Setting myself on fire while checking the coverage of the paint with a lighter.
Have you ever been
arrested while painting? No.
What’s the most important lesson life has taught you? Things may be very different than they appear.
Who’s your favourite artist?
None, but to quote a friend, ‘It’s hard not to like Martin Kippenberger.’
What’s your favourite music to paint to? It would change every 5 seconds. Right now: Mulatu Astatke, Éthiopiques 4, Tied & Tickled Trio, Observing Systems, Slayer, Undisputed Attitude.
If you could change anything about yourself, what would it be? Most of it. And the need to do that.
The Underbelly Underground-Streetartshow comes to Paris
Vor einem Jahr hatte ich was zum Underbelly-Project, einer Underground-Streetartshow in einer verlassenen U-Bahn-Station, die nirgends angekündigt wurde und sich nur durch Mund-zu-Mund-Propaganda verbreitete… bis die New York Times davon Wind bekam. Das schöne: Deshalb sind sie nicht an die Öffentlichkeit gegangen, stellen nun aber auf der Art Basel in Miami aus und haben eine Underground-Show in Paris auf die Beine gestellt. Unter den Künstlern für die Ausstellung in Miami sind Dutzende, die ich bereits hier auf NC hatte, hier nur ein paar: TrustoCorp, Revok, Ron English (Bild oben), Jeff Soto, Anthony Lister, Meggs, The London Police, Dan Witz, Swoon.
Zum Underbelly in Paris hat die Huffington Post einen ziemlich langen Artikel über das komplette Projekt inklusive Interviews:
Taking place over just 24 hours instead of 18 months, and featuring around 10 mainly European artists instead of more than 100, it was a quicker and more intense process.
“The execution of the project took less than 24 hours, yet the logistical planning took months. 10 artists, three organisers, two photographers and one writer from five countries descended on Paris for a few days to take part,” said Workhorse, one of the curators of the NYC and Paris shows, in a statement about the project.
As for location all we can reveal is that it’s somewhere beneath Paris, involves a long walk and possibly a climb.
“The drab grey subway shell quickly took shape, artists working side by side in near darkness, applying their creative vision to the surfaces of the abandoned hull,” Workhorse described.
“The consistent hiss of spray paint was the backdrop of the project, a shuffling of feet and murmuring of voices that broke the silence. In less than 24 hours the walls were covered and we emerged above ground. The entrance was closed and as quickly as we arrived, we left to fly back to our respective homes.”
HuffPo: Underbelly Paris: How To Bury An Art Gallery – And Get Away With It
Vandalog: Underbelly resurfaces: The Underbelly Show, Preview of The Underbelly Show (and NEW LOCATION)
Vorher auf Nerdcore:
The Underbelly Project: Graffiti-Artshow in an abandoned Subway-Station
Streetart-Doku: Here comes the Neighborhood – Trailer
Vimeo Direktmiami, via Winkelsen
Netter Trailer zur kommenden Streetart-Doku „Here Comes the Neighborhood“, die in Episoden im Netz veröffentlicht wird. In der ersten Staffel geht’s um die Wynwood Walls in Miami:
In 2009, Urban Visionary and Placemaker Tony Goldman partnered with Jeffrey Deitch (Deitch Projects Soho and now director of MoCa Los Angeles) to create the Wynwood Walls. What began with a series of parking lots, loading docks, and drab rundown factory buildings, became a curation of high caliber murals from Futura, Shepard Fairey, OS Gemeos, Kenny Scharf and others in its first year. The Walls opened for Art Basel 2009, and now two years later the collection has expanded to include over thirty artists from around the world, becoming a “Town Center” in a district that has grown into one of the largest concentrations of commissioned public art murals in the World.
HERE COMES THE NEIGHBORHOOD explores a unique juncture in history as a new community emerges and evolves. A progressive urban revitalization campaign is examined in the first person, using this year’s new Artists and their commissions as a lens to explore a neighborhood in transition. The Series is framed by colorful overview and concluding episodes, providing the scope of past, present and future. Each episode is accented by images from legendary Documentary Photographer Martha Cooper, who has been capturing The Walls since they began in 2009.
