Events We Love :: The Can Film Festival
If you’re in San Francisco this weekend and have a sweet tooth for street art + graffiti, man do we have the event for you.
Art Shows We Love :: Poster Boy – Street Alchemy
Shows We Love :: Poster Boy – Street Alchemy – It’s about freaking time that our compadre from another madre goes BIG. We have a good feeling PB is gonna come out with guns blazing- We’re just hoping it’s not in a literal sense- Ha!
Videos We Love :: Dickchicken – Street Artist
If you’re a Brooklynite whose begun noticing a massive amount of chickens with dicks for heads popping up around the neighborhood, you’re not alone. The stencils, sculptures + tags are the handy work of Dickchicken himself. A man with a soft spot for the whimsy on a mission to make people laugh, think or in some cases anger with his satirical view on art, graffiti and chickens with dicks for heads.
Events We Love :: Poster Boy The War of Art Launch
The time has come. Poster Boy’s The War of Art will launch in NY, LA, London & Miami tomorrow with simultaneous signings, screenings and overall celebrations. The release of this book will also officially kick off K.A.R.A.T.E., (Kids Are Rallying Against The Empire), a a grass roots effort that will eventually turn into a non-profit organization serving as a legal defense fund for artists.
Even at its infancy K.A.R.A.T.E. has managed to get Henry Matyjewicz, a Poster Boy participant, out of prison on appeal only two weeks after being sentenced to 11months by a superior court in New York. Mr. Matyjewicz is now being represented by world class civil rights lawyer, Ron Kuby. Because of K.A.R.A.T.E. Mr. Matyjewicz now stands a fighting chance in court.
Please join us tomorrow for a good cause, some great films, prints, signed books & tunes. Help us celebrate our ever dwindling first amendment rights!
For more info, check out our Poster Boy story, our video profile and his work.
Frost Gallery :: 17 Frost St, Brooklyn, NY 11211 :: Sat, Aug 28th 7-9 PM
Books We Love :: Street Art New York
The founders of BrooklynStreetArt.com, Jaime Rojo and Steven P. Harrington, have just published Street Art New York, a look at 102 artists from around the world who have left their art-mark on the Big Apple. The list of artists includes some of whom we’ve featured on Friends We Love – Invader, Poster Boy & Ellis G. There will also be a silent auction on April 24 to benefit “Free Arts NYC” and a party for the release of the book. Unfortunately we won’t be able to make it, so please enjoy the art and good times for us!
Books We Love :: Poster Boy -The War of Art
The best part of embarking on a web series about art is meeting new artists. About a year ago I came across an article in New York Magazine about a young crazy razor blade swinging street artist. His name was Poster Boy. Luckily for me the article included his Flickr page and away I went clicking. After seeing a pretty impressive body of work all created out of subway adverts, I decided to reach out.
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Exhibits We Love :: Poster Boy – Not For Prophet
Mighty Tanaka celebrates its Grand Re-Opening in Dumbo with Not For Prophet, a solo show by one of favorite street artists, Poster Boy.
Nov 10, 2011 | Categories: FWL BLOG | Tags: 120 seconds, advertising, art, AXIS, commercialism, dumbo, exhibit, friends we love, Mighty Tanaka, poster boy, social commentary, street art, Subway Art | Leave A Comment »