Art We Love :: Aakash Nihalani – Boxing in India
Aakash Nihalani, a most definite artist + friend we love recently to a trip back to his Motherland of India. Thankfully while their he taped the town red, so to speak, by adding his unique fluorescent geometric flair to the urban landscapes of New Delhi and Mumbai. Happy to see his art and ideas expanding further and further each time we check in. Great job Aakash!
Aakash Nihalani, Artist :: 120 Seconds
Aakash Nihalani recounts the path that lead him to the aha! moment where he birthed the technique of his tape-based geometric street art.
Art We Love :: Poster Boy Ain’t Playing
This weekend I had the pleasure of catching up w/ one of my favorite characters I’ve come to consider a friend, Poster Boy. It had been a minute since our last game of catch up with so much happening on both sides of the table. Before you know it laptops are out and new work is being shared, and man the shit I was seeing was straight bananas!!!
Videos We Love :: Poster Boy NYC / Al Jazeera Artsworld
Poster Boy NYC has been described as a kind of anti-consumerist Zorro with a razor blade. Preferring to remain anonymous Poster Boy NYC is said to be a group or movement who use razor blades to cut out and re-arrange elements of billboard images on the New York Subway to make both political and satirical statements about contemporary issues.
Poster Boy, Artist + Vigilante :: Axis
Limited to the subway ads at any given station, NYC’s most controversial artist Poster Boy, cuts, splices and reworks these images into pieces of free public art full of social commentary and humor for commuters to enjoy.
Poster Boy, Artist + Vigilante :: 120 Seconds
Poster Boy explains the vision behind this persona, the importance of regaining control of your environment and generating change through creative expression.
Artists We Love :: Neo Con New York
NEO CON NEW YORK
17 Frost presents NEO CON NEW YORK, an exhibition of collaborative installations by the Neo-Con collective [Aakash Nihalani, Ellis G., Poster Boy]. The collective consists of artists that utilize ephemeral mediums to create public art, focusing on neo-contextualizing the mundane. Their works, on and off the street, possess urgent relevance to modern societal contradictions and conflagrations, confronting the humanness of discomfort and dissatisfaction with typical, routine, existence.
Opening Reception for NEO CON NEW YORK will be March 21st, 2009, 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm at 17 Frost Gallery, located at 17 Frost Street between Union Avenue and Lorimer Street in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.
Prints for sale.
Updates available at www.neo-con.net
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