UK, London: Deadline Feb 21: Graffiti artists wanted for popup gallery

[Sorry for the late notice, they sent this on Saturday for a Tuesday deadline.]

Looking for Street / Urban / Graffiti artists 

Somewhereto_ have got Graffik Gallery in Portobello road in Nottinghill for a week in April and have asked us to curate the show.

We need to see examples of your work,

Send JPGs to popupbrighton@gmail.com with the
subject: 'street art'

DEADLINE TUESDAY 21st FEBRUARY

Website // http://www.popupbrighton.com
Twitter  // @popupbrighton
Facebook/popupbrighton

video: Eskae interview by Daniel T Wood

Bright Moments –– Ezra Li "Eskae" Eismont Interview, AS - Oakland CA 1996

David Choe: "I cannot buy my privacy back" "I did everything I wanted to do when I had nothing"

RIP, Adam Adamowicz - game concept artist for Fallout 3 and Skyrim

As far as I know, Adam was not a graffiti artist, but many of you have enjoyed the characters and worlds he helped create. You might be interested to know he often drew them on paper.

http://www.awesome-robo.com/2012/02/farewell-adam-adamowicz-visual-mind.html

Scotland, Glasgow: February 10-March 4, 2012: Lyken solo show

Mark Lyken: The Loneliness Machines

"Abstract Meditations on the Digital World" - a series of original paintings for his first solo exhibition.

Opens 7-10pm on the 10th February, runs until March 4

Recoat Gallery
323 North Woodside Road Glasgow G20 6ND

www.recoatdesign.com

"As our interactions and communications become progressively more mediated and facilitated by technology, our connections to one another seem increasingly fragile. As we become increasingly connected through personal technology and social networks are we becoming alienated from each other and ourselves?"



Lyken is compiling experiences of online life to use in the exhibition. Get involved and post anonymously http://www2.spillit.me/loneliness_machines

Lyken is a motivated artist and musician. His work has developed dramatically over the last few years. 2011 saw him become a Collective member at Recoat, the release of his "Bit Rot" album on Gamma Proforma Records, and a solo print show at XOYO, London. He also curated the hugely popular Rudimentary Perfection exhibition at Recoat, participated in 9 group shows across the UK, including showing at the Royal Festival Hall, London, participated in the Sublime Project with IOTA, and was selected to represent Scotland by Moniker Projects for the Wagamama Art and Eat Project. 



He will also create a mural in the space and compose a piece of music that will be available for free download from the Gamma Proforma record label from the opening night onwards www.gammaproforma.com/lonelinessmachines

info@recoatdesign.com

NYC: Fun for artists and animators - flip books!

NYC-based artists and animators: Do you like making doodley flip book animations? Do you like science? If so, email: john@smallmammal.com

In some situations, those with dyslexia are actually the superior learners

“Anonymous” Reveals Close Ties Between Ron Paul And Neo-Nazis

February Art Crimes update will be delayed

My apologies, but it will be a week or two before I can get it done because of my workload for my day job. Good things are on the way though! It will probably turn out to be a February/March issue as a result, which sometimes happens this time of year.

New collectible for a cause: Blade I bobblehead figure

      [GrafKing Shadow]

JOIN TOGETHER ENTERPRISES (BROOKLYN) The Golden Age of Graffiti ("GAG"), a subdivision of Join2Gether Enterprises (J2G), announces the release of a first-ever Bobblehead Doll of the renowned Graffiti artist Blade I.

The creation of the bobbleheads is a collaboration between Blade I and GrafKing Shadow, a member of The Rebels (Graf Crew 1973-1979).

[approximately 8 inches (20 cm) tall]

Shadow is featured in Stations of the Elevated, Manny Kirshner's groundbreaking graffiti documentary, and in the recent "Graffiti 365" (p. 167) at the most famous Graf high school ever -- Art & Design.

J2G is a community-based organization in the Fort Greene/Clinton Hill area of Brooklyn. We are merchandisers of retro/Americana clothing and items of memorabilia, blending old and new elements into a fashionable statement with a nostalgic note. Through sales of the bobblehead dolls, we plan to raise funding for youth-oriented (anti-felony) art programs. A part of our goal is to give graf a positive image.

More info about this collector's item, payment options, including wholesale and international details:

www.goldgraf.com
+1 347-984-2564
shadow@goldgraf.com
info@goldgraf.com

Your artwork, on top of buses in London

NJ, Trenton and Pine Brook: Spring 2012 graffiti art classes

France, Paris: February 2012: Cope 2

Cope 2 * 18 February - 1 March * Galerie Mathgoth

Cope 2 * 11 February * Hotel Marcel Dassault

Cope 2 | Defiance | Paris 2012 from COPE 2 on Vimeo.

"Sixteen months after his first exhibition in Paris (Burning Hearts in November 2010), the famous graffiti artist Cope 2 presents New York for the second time in Paris. MathGoth proposed by the gallery, the exhibition Defiance meet from February 18 to March 1 works of an international graffiti legends whose work, not settle down, now combines the techniques of graffiti with the dexterity of brush or collages.

No denial in the work of Cope2: the king with his bubbles markers and bombs remains at the heart of each of the paintings but with new spaces and new technology investment. A real change in his work already begun in his first exhibition in Paris Burning Hearts, in November 2010, when appeared the first signs of a burgeoning style.

Now focusing on studio work, more thorough, deeper Cope2 this for a very accomplished performance. Exit the metro line 4 in New York debut, the canvas is now her favorite material, which contributes to the accessibility of the artist in the defying paradox of street art. Cope2 has become a real painter workshop with the rigor and torments involved.

Seize mois après sa première exposition parisienne (Burnings Hearts en novembre 2010), le célèbre graffeur new yorkais Cope2 expose pour la deuxième fois à Paris. Proposée par la galerie MathGoth, l’exposition Defiance réunira du 18 février au 1er mars prochain des œuvres d’une des légendes du graffiti international dont le travail, sans s’assagir, conjugue désormais les techniques du graffiti avec la dextérité du pinceau ou des collages.

Pas de reniement dans l’œuvre de Cope2 : la patte du king avec ses bubbles aux marqueurs et bombes demeure au cœur de chacune des toiles mais avec de nouveaux espaces et de nouvelles techniques investis. Une vraie évolution dans son travail, déjà amorcée lors de sa première exposition parisienne Burnings Hearts, en novembre 2010, où apparaissaient les premiers signes d’un style en pleine effervescence.

Désormais, privilégiant le travail en atelier, plus minutieux, Cope2 approfondit cette évolution pour une performance très aboutie. Exit la ligne 4 du métro new yorkais de ses débuts, la toile est désormais sa matière de prédilection, ce qui concourt à l’accessibilité de l’artiste en défiant le paradoxe du street art. Cope2 est devenu un véritable peintre d’atelier avec la rigueur et les tourments que cela implique.

Australia, Melbourne & Sydney: February-March, 2012: Mark Bode

For two generations Mark and his father Vaughn Bode have forged an artistic legacy that has had a profound effect on graffiti, street art and underground comics.

In the mid seventies, the iconoclastic Vaughn Bode's comic book characters, particularly Cheech Wizard resonated so closely with the revolutionary spirit of pioneering graffiti artist that these characters were adopted as the mascots of the movement, becoming the first used in graffiti.

In recent years Mark Bode, an accomplished graffiti artist, tattooist, illustrator and writer, has stretched the horizons of the Bode universe beyond imagination, creating several cult classic comics, perhaps the best known being Colbalt 60, which is currently slated by Zack Snyder for a live action film.

Bode is also something of a nexus for the world street art and graffiti art scene, the heir to the first graffiti characters, a genuinely positive visionary and a backbone of the community he has painted murals around the globe with an extended family consisting of the most respected graffiti and street artists.

For "Bode in Oz", In February Mark Bode will be taking a 2 week tour of Melbourne and Sydney, painting murals with Australian artists and exhibiting a collection of original work along with the performance of a Cartoon Concert in both cities.

Melbourne.
House Of Bricks
40 Budd St, Coillingwood, Vic
Opening. Saturday 18th February 6-9pm
Running from the 19th Feb - 4th March

Sydney.
China Heights
Level 3, 16-28 Foster St, Surry Hills, NSW
Opening, Saturday 25th February 6-9pm

video: El Mac in Viet Nam

El Mac Artist Statement, Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam from Viet Nam The World Tour on Vimeo. More info about the Viet Nam scene and interviews with writers on VNTWT.COM - via Matt Lucero