Brooklynite Gallery has built a solid following for its dynamic 2-person shows, pairing some of the world’s most active and sought after street artists and, in many cases, introducing them to a New York audience. Continuing with the trend of showing strong stencil artists -- the gallery featured Dolk and M-City earlier this year -- C215 and Eelus are next in the line up with an opening this Saturday, September 4th. Both artists are alumni of Banksy’s 2008 Cans Festival and both have developed their styles significantly in the meantime. C215 is no stranger to New York, having shown at Ad Hoc in December 2008 and having built an impressive street presence over multiple visits. Eelus’ New York debut follows a well-regarded solo show at London’s Blackall Studios this spring. I very much look forward to seeing what new work these two have come up with for Brooklyn and how their work plays off one another. Brooklynite will no doubt once again take full advantage of its outdoor space -- I’ll see you out back Saturday night.
C215 & EELUS: PARADISE LOST September 4 - October 2, 2010 Opening: September 4th, 7-10pm Brooklynite Gallery 334 Malcolm X Blvd. Brooklyn, New York 11233
This past Saturday, over 100 graffiti artists from more than ten countries converged upon the Patterson Hall of Fame in NJ to kick off the 2010 Meeting of Styles. This years participants includess a long lineup of legends, local favorites, and international stars such as REE, CRAINE, SNAKE, KING TWO, PART ONE, STAN, SNOW, VENG, KEZAM, DEMER, COL, CYCLE, PRISCO, MS BLESS, Joe Iurato and this year’s organizer, SUE. DJ BROWN13, DEE-SHOT and DJ CRAZE 156 provided the tunes for the artists to paint to while friends, families, and supporters enjoyed two beautiful days filled with art, sun and camaraderie.
PaperGirl-NY State rolled into the Dumbo Arts Center for its New York City debut this week. Featuring work by over 100 artists from 12 countries, the exhibit moves on to the Armory this weekend before taking Albany’s Marketplace Gallery by storm the following weekend. The exhibit includes all manner of styles and mediums and there are a number of pieces I wouldn’t mind landing on my doorstep!
Today, Steve and Jaime of Brooklyn Street Art published Part I of a two part interview with street art photographer Stephan Kloo as well as Luna Park and Becki Fuller of The Street Spot. We are humbled and honored to have been asked to provide our opinions and insights into the importance and relevance of the photographers who document, support, and follow street art and the artists who make it. We hope that you will check it out and enjoy the interview as much as we enjoyed giving it!
August 28th marks the fifth anniversary of the closing of Keith Haring’s SoHo Pop Shop, an occasion that would have no doubt passed me by if it weren’t for St. Louis based stencil artist Peat Wollaeger. Strolling up Lafayette Street on a recent afternoon, I noticed two of Peat’s Keith Haring tribute pieces pasted on building - it was only then that it suddenly dawned on me that this was the former location of the Pop Shop.
The physical Pop Shop space, which opened in 1986, was in business for almost 20 years, but now lives on virtually online. I have a very fond recollection of randomly wandering into the Pop Shop as a teenager visiting New York in 1988. Thanks, Peat, for the brief walk down memory lane! Incidentally, this is not Peat’s first tribute to Haring - in 2007 he stenciled a Haring mural as part of Primary Flight at Art Basel in Miami, the video of which you can watch below.
In recent weeks, a slew of new wheatpastes have been showing up around Brooklyn. Some old favorites are back in action (Over Under, Feral, Labrona) as well as a few new-to-me faces (White Cocoa, Gawd). I’m not quite sure how we got so lucky, as to have so many great artists in town all at once, but I’m not complaining!
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Labrona
Over Under with N D’A
Over Under
Gawd
White Cocoa
White Cocoa
White Cocoa (I kind of love how the tag interacts with this one)
Growing up in a German-speaking household, the name Momo had only one meaning for me: the little girl who is the title character of Michael Ende’s landmark 1970s dystopian novel. Now I associate Momo with the artist of that name, who recently put up a mural on the Williamsburg wall last graced by Lister. Below are images from 5 years of Momo on the streets of New York. The sly, self-referential, New Yorker cover paste-up remains one of my all time favorites.
Twin brothers How and Nosm of TATS CRU recently collaborated with Barcelona’s Aryz on some murals in the Bronx as well as the East New York & Williamsburg sections of Brooklyn. See more pictures of their walls around the boroughs (and the world!) on How & Nosm’s Flickr page.
