Thursday, December 31, 2009

Tuesday, December 29, 2009

Banksy painted over Robbo's 24-year-old piece

"Graffiti artist Banksy was today embroiled in a tit-for-tat row with another street artist after deliberately spraying over a 24-year-old work.

"The elusive aerosol painter has caused outrage by covering up a piece of graffiti that had remained untouched since it was painted in 1985.

"Its creator, Robbo, a hugely respected graffiti artist, immediately retaliated by spraying his name over Banksy's painting of a workman on a wall in North London."





Saturday, December 26, 2009

CA, Oakland: January 1, 2010: The Graff Show

The Graff Show
January 1st, 6 - 10pm

at

Terminal22 Gallery
2443 Telegraph Ave
Oakland, CA 94612
(510) 761-5822
www.terminal22.com

Abys, Adee, Anti, Atlas, Aware, Axis, Bees, BizR,
Blame One, Bugs, Chez, Chip, Defie, Destroyer, Dment, Dytch, Esel,
Faze, Gena, Haste, Hex, Kasl, Match, Naka, Newa, Nicnak, Obses,
Pastime, Quake, Romes, Sarrow, Sibl, Style, Task One, Timber, Tunks,
Vows, Werm, Wesk, Zone, and more ...

CA, San Diego: starting Jan 9, 2010: Graffiti art classes

Pose2 and Crol - Graffiti, the art form
Classes start January 9


The Copenhagen Zoo Bus

New York: Dec. 30, 2009: New York State of Mind

New York State of Mind



Thursday, December 24, 2009

CA, Los Angeles: Feb 13, 2010 - THE MAC AND RETNA

THE MAC AND RETNA



Texas, Houston: Feb 6, 2010: 1000 Faces - Skeez181

1000 Faces


Switzerland, Bursins: 23 Jan. – 20 Feb. 2010: Jazi

Swiss Graffiti Artist JAZI " Eclectik Realism "




Peintures / Paintings
Dessins / Drawings

Opening saturday 23 january from 4 till 7 pm - artists reception

Horaires de la gallery: Le vendredi et samedi de 13 à 18 heures.
Gallery’s Opening Hours: friday and saturday from 1 to 6 pm.

http://www.speerstra.net/
For information: info@speerstra.net


GALLERY SPEERSTRA / BURSINS
Chemin des Cerisiers 1
CH-1183 Bursins
Switzerland
Telephone: +41 (0) 21 824 20 10

China, Shanghai: Feb 2 - Mar 2, 2010: ZHANG DALI

ZHANG DALI  - solo show


18 Gallery is proud to host famous Zhang Dali solo show. Zhang strated working in portraiture as one of Beijing's first graffiti artist, spraying and carving head into the walls of buildings schedules for destruction.

For his first exhibition at the 18Gallery, Zhang Dali presents a very intense project. Gigantic painted portraits facing up the visitor as soon as he comes into the show.

Press preview on Monday February 1st, 2010, from 4 to 6 pm.
  
18Gallery : 18 Zhongshan East Road (E1), 4F, Shanghai     

Opening :  Tuesday February 2nd, 2010 from 6 to 9PM 
Venue: 18Gallery, 18 Zhongshan East Road (E1), 4F, Shanghai 

18Gallery is proud to host famous Zhang Dali solo show with a very intense project (born in 1963 in Harbin, China and based in Beijing). As the visitor comes into the show he is facing Zhang Dali's gigantic, almost four meters high, painted portraits.

When asked why AK-47 written all over the paintings. One will discover that this was Zhang Dali's tag back in the days. « It comes from a gang's name. I use this to stand for the violence. This sort of violence doesn't just mean one person hits another person. »

Zhang Dali's work actively engages with the rapidly changing environment in China. Zhang started working in portraiture as one of Beijing's first graffiti artists, spraying and carving heads into the walls of the hundreds of buildings scheduled for destruction. Working across a wide variety of media - from urban art, to archiving photographs of Mao, and large scale installations - Zhang's portraits document a contemporary social history of a culture in radical development and flux.

Zhang trained at the Beijing Central Academy of Art & Design. After studying painting in China, he went to Italy, where he discovered graffiti art. He was the only graffiti artist in Beijing throughout the early 1990s, and is the first artist since Keith Haring and Jackson Pollock to be given the cover of Time magazine.

From 1995 to 1998 he spray-painted over 2000 giant profiles of his own bald head on buildings throughout Beijing, placing the images alongside 'chai' characters painted by the city authorities to indicate that a building is scheduled for demolition. The appearance of these images became the subject of media debate in Beijing in 1998.

He has shown work internationally in many exhibitions including the International Center for Photography in New York, Courtyard Gallery in Beijing, Institute of Contemporary Art in London, Kunstnernes Hus in Oslo and the 2006 Gwangju Biennale in Korea. He is represented by Kiang Gallery in Atlanta, Eli Klein Fine Art in New York and Base Gallery in Tokyo. 



China, Shanghai: Dec. 24, 2009 - Jan. 21, 2010: From Style Writing to Art

18Gallery, 18 Zhongshan East Road (E1),
4F, Shanghai
China


With legendary artists as Futura, Seen, Crash, Quik, Jonone, Blek Le Rat, Shepard Fairey, Miss Van, West, Space Invader, Zevs, Zhang Dali, Cise...

On the occasion of the publication of the book, From style writing to art, a street art anthology by Magda Danysz, the gallery organizes a Graffiti and Street art exhibition which get together the masters of the 70s as well as their most important successors and the renovators of street art.

Thanks for all the holiday good cheer

And may we all have a much better 2010.

I know it's been tough for many of us lately ... but onward and upward!

Here's a little seasonal joy for you from Smack and Lunar in Zagreb, Croatia:














And some more snowbound goodness from Chuck, Esone, Beast, and Juice in the The Netherlands:

Thursday, December 17, 2009

New York: Dec 20, 2009: Life on Mars



"Life on Mars" 
Graffiti Art Show at Mars Bar presented by Grimace & Mad-Era

(25 1st St. @ 2nd Ave) - F/V Train to 2nd Ave.

DEC. 20 - 4-8PM

A graffiti and abstract art show featuring a diverse group of artists in NYC's most eclectic LES bar.  Since 1984, Mars Bar has been hangout for downtown artists such as Basquiat, Keith Haring, and Lee and still maintains its "Old New York" gritty authenticity which is rare to find today.

GRIMACE * TROOL22 * MR. BLUNT * WAAAK * JAMES.TOP * JESUS SAVES * BINHO (Brazil) and a dozen + other artists will be presenting their works.  In addition to canvases, the ENTIRE BAR and interior walls will be custom painted by the artists on a never-seen-before-scale making MARS BAR a classic New York City living art piece of its own.  A must see to believe this Sunday December 20th!

Tuesday, December 15, 2009

Dalek prints: affordable for the holidays

New York: Dec. 17, 2009 - Graffiti New York book release



December 17, Thursday, 7pm

The book release party for
"Graffiti New York"

146 W. 26th Street
between 6th & 7th Ave.
212-691-3345


TX, Houston: Dec 18, 2009: Naughty or Nice

Holiday Party and Art Show!
"Naughty or Nice"

Friday, December 18, 2009
7 pm - 12 am

FREE, Family Friendly

Aerosol Warfare Gallery & Boutique
2110 Jefferson @ Hutchins
Houston, Texas 77003
www.aerosolwarfare.com  

Attire: Naughty or Nice or both
Dance grooves provided by Iron Chic, Bradley McClintock and more!
Performances by local spoken word group META-Four Houston!

Cold beverages provided by Lonestar and Sweet Leaf Tea, Hot beverages sponsored by CKC StART Street & Urban Arts, lite bites and dance floor! also... Snow Dog Ice Cream on-site donating % of sales to The Gallery!
Live Painting the Snow Dog Truck Ceiling!

Artwork featured by our very own GONZO247!

Google stickers businesses with QR codes. You have stickers too. Hmm.



"What if every store had a bar code sticker on its window so that you could pull out your iPhone (Android) wave it in front of the bar code and get all sorts of information about that business—the telephone number, photos, customer reviews?" 

It's just a way of encoding Web addresses.

You can make your own for free at places like QR Stuff and delivr. Also Kaywa lets you encode text, SMS, etc. 

Here's one for Art Crimes:



Italy, Milano: Dec. 17-28, 2009



UPXS – URBANPAINTING XMAS SHOW


It’s time for italian street art to gain visibilty in the rest of the world.
We know we have some of the most amazing street artists and we want to share them with you.
Be ready for one of the most exciting italian street art group show ever.

35 original artworks made by some of the most talented Italian street artists.

Lineup:

OZMO
TVBOY
ORTICANOODLES
BR1
PEETA
NEVE
LUCAMALEONTE
MR WANY
PHO
DEM
ZIBE
JBROCK
STEN&LEX
PAO
IVAN
RYAN SPRING DOOLEY
SONDA
KNORE
ASKER
WEIK
SEA
GATTO NERO
TERMINE
SENSO
MAMBO
2501
KOES
DILDO SOCIETY
AIRONE
TAWA
and DOME (Germany)
M-CITY (Poland)
CONOR HARRINGTON (Ireland)
C215 (France)

CURATED BY: luigi Mauri and Tatiana Belluzzo (URBANPAINTING)

TESTI: Lorenzo Mazza

Dates: 17th december – 28th december 2009

Location: SPAZIO CONCEPT
Via Vincenzo Forcella, 7 -Milano

opening: 17th december 2009 at 7 p.m.


HOW TO REACH THE URBANPAINTINGXMAS SHOW:
TUBE STATION: P.TA GENOVA FS (GREEN LINE)


Ask for free admission sending an e-mail to urbanpainting@ymail.com, subject “invitations xmas show“

UK and online: December 2009: Xenz new work




XENZ
Famed for his beautiful landscapes depicting the natural world, British spray can artist, Xenz is back with a new body of work, which goes on sale today. Adding to his stunning portfolio, this is a collection of original works on canvas, paper, and discarded objects found on streets of London. 

CA, Los Angeles: Dec. 10-23, 2009: Chile Estyle





Chile Estyle
Group Exhibition – Los Angeles
December 10 –December 23, 2009
Carmichael Gallery of Contemporary Art
Curated by Pablo Aravena
For the first time in North America, Chile Estyle will showcase work from a comprehensive selection of the top tier of Chile’s contemporary urban muralists. The Chile Estyle featured artists, Cekis, Inti, Horate, La Robot de Madera and the duos Aislap and Agotok, are representative of the first and second generation of artists that started working on the streets in the Post-Pinochet era. The exhibition will consist of new works on canvas as well as site-specific individual and group mural installations in the gallery.

Italy, Genova: Dec. 12 - February 6, 2010: Incursioni Quotidiane



INCURSIONI QUOTIDIANE

Dal 12 dicembre 2009 al 6 febbraio 2010

con lavori di:

108, Andrea Guerzoni, Elena Rapa, Etnik, Oscar Colombo.

A cura di: Elisa Scuto.

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

OpenLab art gallery

Via San Vincenzo 102 – 104r

16121 Genova

www.compagniaunica.com

openlab@compagniaunica.com

010 565652 – 340 7652181

Orari d’apertura:

Dal mercoledì al sabato

h. 15.30 – 19.30

France, Paris: December 4 - 31, 2009: Darco




Brazil, Rio de Janiero: Dec. 19, 2009 - Expograffiticampestre


Thursday, December 10, 2009

SCAM ALERT: "American Graffiti" book

This just in from a reliable source:
SCAM ALERT / "American Graffiti" book 
Parkstone Press / Sirrocco Publishing has published a book containing ripped off famous graffiti photographs, among them work by Martha Cooper and Henry Chalfant. The print is very poor quality, probably resulting from the practice of just scanning other books, which is becoming all too common in Asia. 
The author, Margo Thompson, reportedly also got scammed, giving away her work for free ("Art Books don't make money"). She relied on Parkstone / Sirrocco to clear the copyright materials used in the book. 
Parkstone / Sirrocco are also apparently famous for cheating translators who simply do not get paid for their work, then recruiting new translators for the next job. The same thing seems to have happened to the translator of the German version of "American Graffiti." (Even the title is a bite!)
Unfortunately the book is widely distributed. Don't buy it!

Wednesday, December 2, 2009

Tuesday, December 1, 2009

London UK: Dec. 3-24, 2009: Pic + Mix - Chu, Disco Teck

Pic + Mix - Chu, Disco Teck





New York: Dec. 3, 2009: XMEN Benefit for homeless kids

Laugh for Toys


Well folks, our charity event to benefit The Children of a Coalition for the Homeless is this Thursday the 3rd at 8pm @ naked lunch Lounge 17 Thompson Street NY, NY  (corner of Grand)  A train to Canal Street.

I hope you all can attend, if you can't make it but would like to donate a toy, please know we can arrange a pickup some how.

Remember  this is the season for giving, imagine yourself as a child and how excited you were on Christmas day awaiting to open your gifts in the comfort of a warm home, imagine your children opening gift, and the smiles upon their faces. Now picture a child with no home, and no expectation of a gift from anyone, that has lost everything opening a gift that you provided, and you being responsible for making that child smile.

If this doesn't motivate you to help, I don't know what will a child smiling because of you, a child that no longer has anything to smile about smiling because of you is wow. I know times are hard all around but sometimes, we must step outside of ourselves, and realize others have it much worse. Lets reflect collectively, lets laugh together at the comedy charity event, so that a child can smile. Hope to see you all on Thursday. Please feel free to forward this email and help promote this event.

Free food, free comedy at the event, raffles ... have a blessed day!!!!!

TATU XMEN

Miami FL: Dec. 3-6, 2009: Scope Miami

Carmichael Gallery of Contemporary Art

Invites you to meet us at

Scope Miami 2009
Booth # 127

Simon Birch, Boxi, Case, Hush, Mark Jenkins, Nunca, Sixeart

and daily site specific installations by

Aakash Nihalani

Also limited edition prints available from The London Police and Ellis G

VIP Preview Wednesday, December 2
11am - 6pm
Please RSVP to
rsvp@carmichaelgallery.com
subject=RSVP Scope VIP Preview

2136 NW 1st Ave. Miami, FL 33127

Open Daily December 3-5: 11am - 7pm
December 6: 11am - 6pm

to enquire about available work, please email
art@carmichaelgallery.com

Los Angeles CA: Dec. 12, 2009-Jan. 9, 2010: Creeping Behind Shadows




(21 and over!)

Miami FL: Dec. 3-6, 2009: BKMIA

BKMIA - Brooklyn Miami

AE DISTRICT (MIAMI, FL), EASTERN DISTRICT (BROOKLYN, NY) AND AD HOC ART (BROOKLYN, NY) TEAM UP TO BRING THE BEST OF BROOKLYN TO THE HEART OF MIAMI DESIGN DISTRICT

December 3, 2009 at 7PM - Opening Night Reception with Artists

Miami-based conceptual gallery AE District is proud to partner with Brooklyn-based galleries Eastern District and Ad Hoc to bring you over 40 artists ranging from all mediums and styles that best represent the aesthetics and vision of the Brooklyn art scene.

With Miami serving as the perfect backdrop for this diverse group of artistry, BKMIA shines the spotlight on the unique alliance between the two cities as well as showcase the similarities of both cultures in relations to the contemporary art world.

• Avoid Pi • Buxtonia {Alison & Garrison Buxton} • Cahbasmn • Cash4 • Celso • Cycle • Dan Taylor • DarkClouds • Dennis McNett • Destroy & Rebuild • Eastern District Collective • Ezra Li Eismont • Faro • Flying Fortress • Frank Russo • Fred Harper • Gaia • Imminent Disaster • Infinity • Jim Kiernan • Joe Vaux • John Breiner • John Fekner & Don Leicht • Jonathan Villoch {DEPOE} • JuseOne • Keely Brandon • Keith Haskel • Kevin Brady • Lady Pink • Logik One • Lucas • Mario Brothers • Martin Mazorra & Mike Houston {Cannonball Press} • Martina Secondo Russo • Michael Allen • Mike De Feo • Molly Crabapple • Morning Breath • NohJColey • Peat Wollaeger • Peripheral Media Projects • Pez • Poster Boy • Rafel Fuch • Robert Steel • Ronin • Royce Bannon • Ryan Doyle and UFO 930 • Scott Draves & The Electric Sheep • Skewville • The London Police • The Senator • Thundercut • Tod Seelie • Uhuru Design



Gallery Hours during Art Basel Miami Beach:

December 3, 2009 | 12PM to 5PM - Opening Party 7 - 11 PM with special performances TBA
December 4, 2009 | 11AM to 7PM
December 5, 2009 | 11AM to 7PM
December 6, 2009 | 11AM to 5PM - Closing Party 7 - 11 PM with special performances TBA

BKMIA | 4040 NE 2nd Avenue, Suite 103 | Moore Building | Miami, FL 33137

Thanks to Michael De Feo for the Miami info

Miami FL: Dec. 2, 2009-Jan. 3, 2010: Blue Print For Space

Blue Print For Space

Companion gallery exhibition to Primary Flight (Winwood).

THE WORLD’S LARGEST SITE-SPECIFIC STREET LEVEL MURAL INSTALLATION :: ART BASEL 2009

AUGOR | BASK | BLACKBOOKS | C215 | CHRIS STAIN | CRUZ | JIM & TINA DARLING | D*FACE | DOLLA | EL MAC | RON ENGLISH | SHEPARD FAIREY | LOGAN HICKS | THE LONDON POLICE | MEGGS | MIKE DE FEO | KENTON PARKER | PISA73 | PUSH | SANTIAGO RUBINO | RETNA | REYES | REVOK | SHE KILLS HE | JEFF SOTO | STORMIE MILLS | TES ONE | TYPOE | AGUSTINA WOODGATE | ZEVS

opening reception: Wednesday, December 2, 8 - 10 pm

Art Center / South Florida
800 Lincoln Road
Miami Beach, Florida
305.674.8278

Monday - Thursday from 11:00 a.m. until 10:00 p.m.
Friday - Sunday from 11:00 a.m. until 11:00 p.m.

San Francisco CA: Dec. 4, 2009-Jan. 2, 2010: AKO

AKO



Old Crow Tattoo
362 Grand Ave.
Oakland, CA 94650

(877) 206-1588
(510) 834-CROW (2769)
Oldcrowtattoo@gmail.com

Miami FL: Dec. 3-6, 2009: Aqua Art Fair

Booth 50

AJ Fosik, Aaron Nagel, Becca, Casey Gray, Ernesto Yerena, Greg Gossel, Jesse Hazelip, Jessica Hess, Kevin Cyr, Mark Warren Jacques, Mike Shine, Morgan Slade, Nas Chompas, Ron English, Shawn Barber, Timothy Karpinski, Isabel Samaras, Kill Pixie, and Lucas Soi.

General Public Hours for Aqua Art Fair - Wynwood

Thursday, December 3: 1pm - 7pm
Friday, December 4: 11am - 7pm
Saturday, December 5: 11am - 7pm
Sunday, December 6: 11am - 4pm

General Admission During Public Hours is $15

UK Sheffield: Dec. 4, 2009 - Jan 5, 2010: Silver and Black

Build / Cat Johnston / The Designers Republic / Dust / Emily Forgot / Ian Stevenson / Kid Acne / Kiosk / Martin Bedford / Phlegm / Robin Beck / She One / Susie Wright / Sylvia Ugga / TADO / Tokyo Jo / Tom J. Newell / T-Rex