Article out on Space Invader RubikCubism:

http://www.space-invaders.com/tabloids.html

Tabloid Invasion

Eismeer by Peter Callesen

Detail of Eismeer

Human Ruin

Snowballs

Snowballs detail

Looking forward to checking out Peter Callesen’s show, Folded Thought, at Perry Rubenstein before it’s close on Jan 17!

More on Peter at his website: here.

Couldn’t pass up the opportunity to put one of Parra’s new pieces up on the blog. (actually not so new, and of course, already sold out!)

Nippletwister by Parra

More on Parra:

Arkitip + Parra + Incase from Arkitip, Inc. on Vimeo.

Local Amenities for Children - Slinkachu

Obviously taking advantage of the huge amount of traffic created from my last blog post - Slinkachu signed a bunch of books and put them up for sale.
Sorry, sold out now!
rats.
Also - check out the new site here.

Wooster Collective the A’s to our Q’s with Slinkachu: here. 

Check out Slinkachu’s site, too.

photo by Jamel Shabazz

Last night, last minute, I decided to check out the Aperture/New School panel on Street Art, Street Life. The talk was in correlation with the exhibition of the same name that is up in the Bronx Museum of the Arts now. Overall the talk was a bit dry (the woman next to me actually feel asleep for most of it!)… but there are always interesting things to be culled from any lecture.  The panel was Barbara Moore (wife and archivist of Peter Moore), Jamel Shabazz, and Martha Rosler. Most of the work discussed was much older, mostly photography, and mostly based in and around NYC.  It was more or less a history of older, alternative street photography. It was cool to hear about New York City of the different eras-  the 60’s, 70’s, 80’s, 90’s… Peter Moore’s photos of the early Fluxus movement in Soho and the destruction of the old Penn Station, Jamel’s images of the street fashion and street scenes from Brooklyn and Manhattan since the 70’s, and Matha’s various Bowery projects. 

Destruction of Penn Station photographed by Peter Moore

I picked up the exhibition book, (cover featuring Robin Rhode!) and will try to get a better feel for what’s in the exhibition. The curator touched on one of my favorites, Nikki Lee, in her intro, but we never heard more about her in the discussion.

Seems like every time I turn around there is a new article on or by the founders of the Wooster Collective, Marc and Sara Schiller. I started following the site in 2004, while I was studying abroad in Melbourne, Australia.  The stencil work in Melbourne opened my eyes to street art (i had never lived in a city before or seen much street art!)… and in trying to learn more about the culture I stumbled onto the Wooster Collective.  

What I love about Marc and Sara, is that they are so into it!  They started the site back in the day with their own photos of the street art in NYC and have since built and built and built. Now they are running and editing the site (which gets hundreds of submissions a day), publishing books and editions, giving lectures, and more.  They also seem to be able to maintain this down to earth mentality - understanding and preserving the core values of the work while also allowing for and encouraging certain growth and change. The recent articles give voice to a bit of this- the debate between art vs. commerce, seeing documentation of work vs. seeing work on the street, etc.  

Take a look at a few of the articles here:

Nov 20, 2008 - Torontoist: Sara and Marc Schiller, Street Art’s Ambassadors

Nov 16, 2008 - Format Magazine: Wooster Collective Feature

Oct 10, 2008  - Paper Magazine: For the Love of Art: Marc Schiller on Commerce

and the Overspray Royal Couples profile

Blu’s street animation, MUTO is in a category of its own…


MUTO a wall-painted animation by BLU from blu on Vimeo.

Blu recently put a high quality copy of MUTO up on his site and available for download.

Robin Rhode - Untitled, Harvest 2005 video still

Tonight I’m reading Robin Rhode’s book Walk Off.

Err… maybe just looking at the images (text is in german!)

I saw Robin’s work at MOMA in 2006 and was psyched. I had a good, silent I’m-in-a-gallery chuckle and watched his films over and over.

“Working predominantly with everyday material like charcoal, chalk and paint, Rhode started out creating performances that are based on his own drawings of objects that he interacts with. He expanded and refined this practice into creating photography sequences and digital animations. These works are characterized by an interdisciplinary approach that brings aspects of performance, happening, drawing, film and photography together. Rhode often returns to his native South Africa, creating work in the streets of Johannesburg and continuously registering the traces of poverty and social inequality. An outstanding characteristic of his works is his addressing of social concerns in a playful and productive manner, incorporating these issues into his practice without simplifying or judging them.” (Robin Rhode, Wikipedia)

Robin Rhode - Board