New book: DAIM - his first 25 years of work now in print

Mirko Reisser (DAIM) [book]: 1989 – 2014

DAIM's new book is a retrospective covering this graffiti master's first 25 years of work. Daim's 3D graffiti styles continue to amaze viewers worldwide.

320 pages! And just in time for the holidays.

English and German text and full-color artwork.

Read more about this book, and find out where to buy it, on Daim's website.


Also, if you'll be traveling to Bern, Switzerland soon, check out his Monomania exhibition there -- up until January 10, 2015.

Delta does concrete

Asphalte; Biennale d'art urbain - Charleroi Belgium

10k kg concrete and metal piece by Delta


Asphalte #1 - Le Teaser from BPS22 on Vimeo.

France, Saint-Ouen: June 8, 2013: Grand opening of ArtLoft Store

Sur 350 M2, le ArtLoft Store vous accueille à partir du 8 Juin 2013 au

45 rue Anselme 93400 Saint-Ouen, France

Vaste showroom à 2mn des puces et du Marché Paul Bert Johnny Grizot et Damien Delcroix, vous proposent leurs coups de coeur. Marc Appart, présenté en france dans les années 90 à la FIAC, né au Zaïre, Belge, peintre, sculpteur.

Impalpable poésie, instaurant un dialogue de matière et de forme, son mobilier présenté est un impressionnant, bouillonnement de culture, maitrisé et construit, induisant, confort et sens usuel, beauté et simplicité, poésie et un sens inné.

Jean Touret et les Artisans de Marolles (1950-60).

Mobilier rare , à l'intention unique ,fait de chêne et de fer battu.

Futura 2000, Bill Blast, A-One, Rammellzee, Dondi White, pionniers du Street Art Américains. Ainsi que des oeuvres de Teurk (France) Gen Atem (Suisse), Joys (Italie), et autres artistes contemporain trié sur le volet.

Peinture contemporaine et sculpture .

PA, Pittsburgh: Oct 6-27, 2012: Michael Walsh

CA, Los Angeles: September 8 - October 6, 2012: Mare139, Rae Martini, Rough, Sixeart

Disambiguation - Carlos Mare, Rae Martini, Remi/Rough, Sixeart.

Carmichael Gallery, Los Angeles, September 8 - October 6 2012.

http://carmichaelgallery.tumblr.com/ more info.

http://www.mare139.com/
http://www.raemartini.org
http://remirough.com/
http://sixeart.net/

Holland, Amsterdam: August 10–30, 2012: Peeta

ArTicks Gallery is pleased to announce
PEETA - A SOLO SHOW
new paintings and sculptures by the Italian artist Peeta.

10th August – 30th August, 2012
Vernissage: Friday 10th August from 18:00 – 21:30

http://www.articksgallery.com/exhibitions/peeta-a-solo-show/

ArTicks Gallery Singel 88 Amsterdam, Nh 1015AD
+31 (0)20 737 1505
http://www.articksgallery.com/
                                                       
Peeta endeavours to realize the sculptural quality of individual letters, namely the ones that spell out his own name. Being aware of the Greco-Latin origins of today's modern alphabet which give it a certain abstract, rather than figural, quality, his task departs from this graphical history to follow the formal methods of Chinese and Islamic calligraphy. With his works, the artist always selects the specific letters "P-E-E-T-A" and breaks them from their generic typographical form, stylizing them with shape and volume beyond their mere semantic function. Thus his lettering is brought into the fluidity of the urban, where words are continuously ruptured from their own histories, readapted into idiom and gestures learned from the street.

And it is this urban terrain that Peeta is always drawn to: street walls, trains, abandoned factories. In a way, his work is record of evolving inscription—not in its traditional sense, but in terms of a fluency acquired through the urban vernacular. Peeta calls this a "geometry of writing", where the rules are changeable and words are modified, deconstructed and regenerated as they intersect with convention and the new.

Peeta, also known as Manuel Di Rita, has been active as a graffiti artist since 1993 and is currently living in Venice. He is a member of the EAD crew (Padova, Italy), FX and RWK crews (New York City) and has participated in graffiti jams and Meeting of Styles events in Europe and the Americas. His work explores the potential of sculptural lettering, both in painting and in three dimensions. Peeta has exhibited at the Santorini Biennale (2012); Megastore Gallery - The Hague (2007); Magazzini del Sale - Venice (2007-2008); Edgeart Gallery - Manchester (2008); PrettyPortal Gallery - Düsseldorf (2009); Baron Gallery and Ayden Gallery - Vancouver (2010-2011); Da Baker Gallery - New York (2010); and H+ Gallery - Lyon (2011), among many others.

Peeta in concrete

Video: Seven Dimensions exhibition - Italian graffiti sculptors

Dado, Etnik, Joys, Pazo, Peeta, TomoZ, Verbo

CA, San Francisco: June 15 - July 15, 2012: IT’S A LONG WAY TO THE TOP

NYC: Streets of the World - closes May 31, 2012

May 11th – May 31st

Free admission: 11:00 – 7:00 daily

Telephone number: 212.966.6675

Email: nyc@operagallery.com

Featuring Anthony Lister, Rone, Kid Zoom, ROA, Dal East, Blek le Rat, Herakut, How and Nosm, Alexandros Vasmoulakis, b., Know Hope, The London Police, M-City, Sixeart, Hyuro, Liqen, Interesni Kazki, Paul Insect, Remi Rough, Nick Walker, Mark Jenkins, Saber, Augustine Kofie, Revok, Faile, Bäst, Swoon, Ron English, Trustocorp, Mare 139, Jose Parla, Eric Haze, Logan Hicks, Aiko.

This is a great show in New York City, on until May 31:

Opera Gallery Presents: "Streets of the World" (Manhattan, NY) : Brooklyn Street Art

Lots of photos of the artwork
http://www.brooklynstreetart.com/theblog/2012/05/10/the-streets-of-the-world-converge-at-opera-gallery-tonight/

Crucial advice for creative people - I wish someone had told me

http://nefffy.tumblr.com/post/4925301035/nobody-tells-this-to-people-who-are-beginners-i

"Nobody tells this to people who are beginners, I wish someone told me. All of us who do creative work, we get into it because we have good taste. But there is this gap. 

For the first couple years you make stuff, it’s just not that good. It’s trying to be good, it has potential, but it’s not. But your taste, the thing that got you into the game, is still killer. And your taste is why your work disappoints you. 

A lot of people never get past this phase, they quit. Most people I know who do interesting, creative work went through years of this. We know our work doesn’t have this special thing that we want it to have. 

We all go through this. And if you are just starting out or you are still in this phase, you gotta know its normal and the most important thing you can do is do a lot of work. 

Put yourself on a deadline so that every week you will finish one story. It is only by going through a volume of work that you will close that gap, and your work will be as good as your ambitions. And I took longer to figure out how to do this than anyone I’ve ever met. It’s gonna take awhile. It’s normal to take awhile. You’ve just gotta fight your way through."

Ira Glass

Germany, Berlin: November 29, 2011 - NEON

Einladung zur Ausstellungseröffnung

The Collector’s Home
am 29. November 2011 von 18 bis 21 Uhr.



u.a. mit Katharina von Dolffs, NEON und Christian Hans Albert Hoosen

Ausstellungsdauer: 30.November 2011 bis 7. 1. 2012

Raab Galerie Berlin
Fasanenstr. 72, 10719 Berlin
Telefon: 030-26192 17

Mo-Fr 10-19 Uhr, Sa 10-16 Uhr
an den Adventssamstagen 10-18 Uhr
am 24. 12 und 31. 12. bleibt die Galerie geschlossen

NC, Durham: Nov. 19, 2011: Mare139 sculpture installation opens

Car decorated entirely with beads, in traditional, psychedelic designs

NY, New York: Oct 5, 9, 2010: Mare139

FreeStyle Archityper 2
A Structural Intervention

Mare139 is a native New Yorker who began his art career by painting graffiti on trains in 1976. In 1985 he revolutionized the art form by creating a novel sculpture idiom. The first ever visual art commission for HHTF, Freestyle Archityper 2 embodies Mare 139’s vision for a series of ‘sculptural interventions’ in public & private spaces to incite community dialog about contemporary urban art and its affect on our landscape.

Opening: 10.05 | 7:30p – 10:30p

Venue: Raw Space Gallery 148 11th Ave. 21St-22nd St.

Price: FREE to the Public

Meet the Artist: 'Pioneers are the first to see it... and the last to be seen'. A Conversation with Carlos Mare139 Rodriguez

Join Mare139 in a walk around the Raw Space Gallery as he discusses his process and narrative as a sculptor. Mare will also share a series of slides spanning two decades of his sculptural work. Structured as an informal conversation, this is a unique opportunity for the general public to engage in dialogue with one of Hip-Hop’s true pioneers

Meet the Artist: 10.09 | 3p – 5p

Venue: Raw Space Gallery 148 11th Ave. 21St-22nd St.

Price: FREE to the Public

NY, New York: Oct 5-9, 2010: Mare139 at HHTF

Reso sculptures

In close cooperation with the CGI-designer Dennis Norheimer,  RESO created his very first sculpture. The first object is simply called "object one". It´s available in a limited edition of 10 signed and numbered pieces, which are made of a high-strength infiltrated synthetic material that looks like stone and feels a little bit like wood. (37 x 14 x 6 cm). Using this material is the only way to get a sculpture this filigree and solid at the same time. There will also be ONE big "object one" (3-4m long).

Shown: One image of the small object and one simulation of the big one. 

NY, New York: Aug 21-Sept 18, 2010: Peeta

Peeta solo show!

Graffiti Analysis: Sculptures

Bodycloud: 3D motion capture with capoeira dancers