Shepard Fairey and crew are in NYC in preparation for the final exhibit that will be held at Deitch Projects. The gallery is shutting it’s doors following the exhibit as proprietor of the gallery, Jeffrey Deitch moves on to work as the Director of the Museum of Contemporary Art, in California. The exhibit will be running from May 1 - May 29. To coincide with the showing, the OBEY Posse installed the enormous “May Day” Mural at the corners of Houston Street and Bowery Avenue in NYC.
In the true spirit of fun and mayhem TrustoCorp. spent this past weekend installing some modified product packaging around NYC. As stated on it’s website, “TrustoCorp is a New York based artist (or artists) dedicated to highlighting the hypocrisy and hilarity of human behavior through sarcasm and satire. TrustoCorp. targets areas in the public domain typically reserved for messages of trust and authority and abuses them with visual messages of mayhem and absurdity hijacked from the visual style of our authorities.” Next time you go to the market, be sure to keep an eye out for these life changing products!
Given that your chances of running into one of these products around NYC is going to be fairly difficult, might I suggest you check out the TrustoCorp. exhibit opening on April 15 at Brooklyn Brothers Gallery. The gallery is located at 18 East 17 Street, 6th Floor.
As I sit here listening to Starships “We Built This City”, watch as NYC gets trashed in yet another video. This time the demolition is at the hands of vintage arcade taking their aggression out on the streets of NYC, in this strangely uplifting demise of our city. The video was produced by Patrick Jean at One More Production.
Artist Greg Lamarche has an upcoming exhibit of new works at Show and Tell Gallery, Toronto. While it may be a far drive from NYC to Toronto, about 8 to 9 hours, if you’re like me you’ll already need a break from these 80+ degree temperatures. So let’s rent a van and head on up to The Great White North for some great art works and 20+ degree cooler weather!
This veteran collagist channels the bold energy of graffiti and his experience of growing up in New York City during the 1980’s to create a unique style of hand cut paper collages. Lamarche’s work incorporates an array of typography to create original artworks which blur the line between graphic design and fine art. Each piece takes a painstaking amount of time to create as Lamarche strictly uses reclaimed vintage paper that is often collected years before the final piece is created. The outcome is dynamic pastiches that feature abstracted letterforms, vibrant color, bold wit, and always fresh style. Greg Lamarche was born, raised, and still lives in New York City.
In 1984 Steve Powers started climbing rooftops in his neighborhood and painting his alias ESPO as a dues paying member of the ICY graffiti club. 25 years later he returned home to Philadelphia in the summer of 2009 to write a love letter across the same rooftops facing the Market-Frankford line. The letter, meant for one, with meaning for all, encompasses 50 walls on a 20 block stretch of market street. Drawing input, inspiration, and work from the community Powers created a letter to and from west Philly. This unprecedented public art project was a collaboration of Powers, The Mural Arts Program, and the Pew Center for Arts and Heritage. It required 1200 cans of spray paint, 800 gallons of bucket paint, and the skilled hands of 20 of the finest spray painters in America, who Powers put into the legendary ICY club.
“A Love Letter For You - Brick Valentines On The Philly Skyline” documents the art and the neighborhood that inspired this ambitious public art project.
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