September 13, 2003
Johnny Cash - Rest In Peace
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| Call For Stickers: Half Empty
Marty Spellerberg is hard at work on the next issue of his terrific mag/zine Half Empty. If you got the first issue, then you remember that with each issue he includes some terrific artists stickers in the bag. So forst the next issue he's currently putting the sticker packs together. If you want your stickers included, here's what you have to do:
From Marty: "Here's the deal: Send us your stickers and we'll drop them in the bag with the 'zine. Stickers of any kind -- hand made or slick, commercial or not, we want them all!
If you've made artist's trading cards or other mail-art projects, or photos of your work, or slides, or temporary tattoos, or anything else like that, they're cool too.
Please include a return address so we can send you a copy of the issue your stickers are included with.
Please, nothing larger than 8x10. Send as many as you can, up to 1000. Deadline for Issue 2 is October 15, 2003.
Send to:
HALF EMPTY
334 Heartwood Dr.
Austin, TX 78745
U-S-A!
Also, keep a look out for the next issue of Half Empty. We've just completed a killer rountable discussion with a group of artists including Andy Howell, Michael DeFeo, Kenn Sakurai, Garrett Chow, PMH, Craig Metzger, and Patrick McNeil. The subject: Corporate Commissions - The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly
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What I Did On My Summer Vacation... by
"being a
school teacher has enabled me to look forward to each summer with the same
enthusiasm I had as a kid...i love it!"
some of what i did this
summer...let's see...
1.) kristen and i are getting ready for the
baby
2.) i moved my painting studio into a kick-ass space in the
basement
3.) worked on my children's book...(i'm almost done!)
4.)
went to cape cod and while there, i experienced an incredible sunrise...i spent
two hours on the beach by myself...it was incredibly cleansing (see photo)
5.) participated in some exhibits
6.) danced to some great, live, jam-
band music
7.) grew a beard
that last one was a little scary...i
shaved it not too long ago!
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Profile: The Ape
the ape platoon
- The Vitals
Age: 20 years young
Hometown: a small city in the midlands
Where do
you now live?: 123 fake street
How long have you been
creating street art?: about 2 years
What did you do last
night?: got an early night!
What is your favorite thing to
eat for dinner?: roast beef and yorkshire pudding, toad in hole and
fish and chips!
Who is your favorite fictional character?:
moe from the simpsons
What do you currently have in your
pockets?: wallet, phone and some fluff
If you were given
"more time," what would you do with it?: probably waste it! definately
travel more, meet more people and spread the love!
Who do you
love?: all the women in my life.
the ape platoon
- The A's to Our Q's:
Wooster: How did you get
started in creating art for the street?
Ape Platoon:
used to be involed in conventional graffiti but lost interest,
something about stickers just appealed to more.
Wooster:
What other street artists do you most admire and why?
Ape Platoon: solo one for the ridiculous amount he's up. and
all the other usual suspects.
Wooster: What's your
favorite city, neighborhood, or block, to post and/or to see street art?
Ape Platoon: hmm london,amsterdam,rotterdam.im not
fussy though any flat surface anywhere is fine. as long as it sticks.
Wooster: What inspires you now?
Ape
Platoon: music,drinking and just wondering about streets keeping an
eye out!
Wooster: What are you currently working on?
Can you give us a sneak peek?
Ape Platoon: just
keeping grazinginthetrash.fuckthebuff.c
om updated and keeping council street cleaners in work.
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5 Tips From... CUM
1. Don't
hesitate, always run
2. If you take a shit in a public place, drop some
toilet paper on the
bottom of the toilet to avoid (more) nasty sounds.
3. Stay creative no matter what
4. Remember tip one
5. Keep the
dream alive!
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Seen On The Streets Of Milan... by
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September 12, 2003
NYC | Sept. 25 | Control Chaos a :phunk Exhibition
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New Tees by Cheba
Via email from Cheba: "Cheba jeans are on there way, hold tight. . .
"
Price: B#21.99
Sizes: small, medium, large
,and extra large
Colors: Various
Available At: BS8 in Bristol and
other shops around europe that stock Road Clothing
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San Francisco | Now | Modern Thought 2
While the opening for this show has already passed, this is definitely a show you should check out before it closes
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New Jersey | Sep 20th | Gnarly: A B/D Skate Jam
Gnarly: A B/D Skate Jam " A Hybrid of Graffiti art, skateboarding, and music "
Beautiful/Decay Magazines Issue Release party featuring:
Site Specific wall paintings/installations by : Zine, Sigh, Lapse, Dyer, Glue, Rate, Swoon, Xrae, Tofer, Eulogy, Aest 2, Penis, Expert, Logan Hicks, Colt 45, Gosh, Buff Monster, Pastor, Scan 53, Eye, Savior, Dos, MDS, SG, FH, TFO, WCB, DCM, TKO, BFK, 2DX, WH and many more.
* Skate Demo by the Dirty Jerz Team, Stimulus Skate Team, and Division East Teams at 8pm
* All night Giveaways of Stickers, CDs, Magazines, and shirts
* Complimentary copies of Beautiful/Decay Issue: E
* Limited edition event t-shirts
* View the all new Scion model XA and XB cars
Sponsored by: Scion, Stoked, Dirty Jerz Skate shop, Palm Pictures, Jakprints, and American Apparel
When: Saturday September 20th 6-10pm
Where: Drop In skate park
107 Pleasant Ave.
Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458-2408
ph: 1.201.760.9955
RSVP:
URLs: Beautiful/Decay
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Netherlands | September 19 | PUNCT 10 : RECOGNIZE | Exposition
Artists: Ewos & Wood, Gulp, Apetown, Thrashkit, Ephameron, Herr Don Wardo, Fia, Paul Spandex, Blinkie Bill, Jesic, Lastplak, Echt nie, Edding, Acab, Olès, L. Tonnie, Helikopter, Low Lita, Son 103, Aroma, Lief, Mackplackt
When: 19 september till 12 oktober
Where: Gallery Punct in the Netherlands
A Spoorlaan 340
5038 CC Tilburg
RSVP:
URLs: punct
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Austin, TX | September 13 | Camp Fig and 55DSL present: Raw Stitches
Camp Fig and 55DSL present: Raw Stitches
2'x2' paintings on denim
When: Saturday Sep. 13th, 7-10PM
Where: Camp Fig in Austin Texas.
After Party at the Fresh Up Club
916 E. Springdale Rd. Austin, TX 78702
RSVP:
URLs: Camp Fig
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NYC | Sep 16 | Andrew Pommier "Whale Rider"
Artist Andrew Pommier, the young Canadian illustrator, painter, and doodler, today presents his exhibit "Whale Fighter" at 55DSL Flagship Union Square.
Andrew Pommier has been working closely on idea's that were inspired by Herman Melville's "Moby Dick" and are the basis for the current exhibit, "Whale Fighter." It is the particular passage describing a crewmember's discovery of what he believes is the great white whale [long searched for by Captain Ahab] that serves as the foundation of the artwork. As the story reveals, on closer inspection, the sea creature turns out to be a giant squid that has floated to the surface. In Pommier's view, the giant squid symbolizes the strength of such sea creatures and the battles thought to take place between the great whales and giant squids. Pommier is also challenged by the creatures' awkward and mysterious ways that make them intriguing to draw.
"I work with themes that are always in a state of flux," Pommier said. As many in the art community know, he draws constantly with his sketchbook always at hand. Anything and everything inspires Pommier -- from television to books to travel to other artists. Oddity is always central to his work.
Please join 55DSL at the New York flagship store on 1 Union Square West for the "Whale Fighter" Exhibit, which runs from September 16 - November 16, 2003.
When : Tuesday, September 16, 7-10pm
Where : 55DSL Flagship at 1 Union Square West (NYC, USA)
RSVP : rsvp55dsl@yahoo.com
URLs : andrew pommier | 55DSL
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Super APE Stars
So it looks like this coming Monday,
September 15th, may be the day when the Bathing Ape/adidas
remixed Superstars I's (now called, appropriately "Super APE Stars") have
finally cleared US customs and will go on sale at the adidas Soho store. (At
least that's what the manager of the store has been telling us so if they don't
go on sale Monday, don't blame us, okay?). If you haven't seen them yet, it's
definately some of Nigo's best work to date. We've been eyein' the Remix camos
in the plexi cases at the adidas store for a couple of weeks now. When they do
go out on Monday, the whole thing will last the blink of an eye, as there's only
500 pair of three different styles. That's 500 pair per style worldwide! So
don't expect more than 50 pair or so at the Soho store. The Superskate remix's
are set to launch in October.
The BAPE shoes are part of the adidas
!s!gned (I-signed) series, an on-going collaborative project between adidas and
emerging artists and designers. Past collaborations have included Bless, Saskia
Van Drimmelen, Kostas Murkudis, NOKI, Stella McCartney, OWN, Jeremy Scott and
ALIFENYC.
So if you head over to the store on Monday, look out for a
dude and his dog (a brown Weimie named Hudson) We'll be out there on line with
the rest of you guys.
Each comes in a custom adidas/BAPE camo box, with
special BAPE tissue paper and a leather hang tag. Each box also includes 3
different pair of custom BAPE extra fat laces.
Price:
Probably around $150 if I remember correctly, but again, don't quote us.
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CUE's (from So Fuzzy Crew) First Toy
If you haven't figured it out yet from reading the Wooster site, we fuckin'
love So Fuzzy Crew. So when CUE told us he had just finished producing his
first toy, we couldn't wait to see it.
From Cue: "I've just
filled one of the black rabbits' mouths with red paint and its fangs are now
dripping blood _ it looks pretty sweet. Im going to photograph it tomorrow... BE
VERY AFRAID... the next step is to make the roadkill rabbit, which will also
probably have lots of blood on it... sweet."
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Profile: Sadhu
sadhu - The
Vitals:
Age:27
Hometown:
perpignan, south of france
Where do you now live?:
paris
How long have you been creating street
art?: not for a long time,about 1 year and a half
What did
you do last night?: would have liked to find courage to go out, but
stared at photoshop with a friend til 5 am..
What is your favorite
thing to eat for dinner?: no aperitive before?
Who is
your favorite fictional character?: rabbit in the Quest Of The Graal
What do you currently have in your pockets?: my camera, my
travelcard for subway. i am not outlaw. and my key. i like when i can go back to
my house
If you were given "more time" what would you do with it?:
i would cut out more polypropilene, i'd work harder drawings, i 'd get
up at 4am to go out from time to time, i would try more things with
paintings...i would travel!!!
Who do you love?:
the"oldserbclub", my brother, my godson,
Sadhu - The
A's to Our Q's:
Wooster: How did you get started in
creating art for the street?
Sadhu: first time it
was with very large posca, i had found a very smooth wall and really enjoyed
trying big calligraphies..few months later i took out some stencils from old
drawingboard made years ago,for tee shirts and tried them on a wall. arrived in
paris i began making some posters, but not as much as i would like!
Wooster: What other street artists do you most admire and
why?
Sadhu: blek
le rat for the choice of drawings, places and sizes of the pieces -- but my
favourite is banksy, the Brain and the
Hand, completly respectfull! but there's many others
Wooster:
What's your favorite city, neighborhood, or block, to post and/or to
see street art?
Sadhu: paris 20eme
arrondissement
Wooster: What inspires you now?
Sadhu: the" art nouveau" not only for the design and
the ornaments, because it doesn't make difference between art and artcrafs,
architecture, advertissements...specially Mucha, whom i use sometimes drawings;
but my work uses old photographies, lot of populary pictures from differents
ages and places..and everything i see outside makes me think
Wooster: What are you currently working on? Can you give us
a sneak peek?
Sadhu: i m working on an exhibition
that should be in november, le pravda gallerie in paris, thanks to aurelie, so i
works on canvas, watercolourpapers, kraft.... in deepth, i think how to make my
work go on..you can go and see http://bloodymariehell.free.fr/
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The Art of David Horvath at
GIANT ROBOT
Magazine will be celebrating Issue 30 in New York later tonight, Friday
September 12th, with a release party at ESSEX at 120 Essex Street in LES (on the
corner of Essex & Rivington) 11PM - 4AM
The best part of the night
for us, will be that Brooklyn based artists David Horvath will be showing art from his new character line of UGLYDOLLS. Giant Robot was the first shop to
carry his first toy project released in the US, the Uglydolls, which he co-
created with Sun-Min Kim in 2001. All new Uglydolls and an Uglydoll figure line
will premiere at Toy Fair 2004 in New York City, and a special limited ICE BAT
Uglydoll will be exclusive to Giant Robot this winter.
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Report From The London
Have you
recently peeped the London Police's website? If not, check it. All new
stuff. (The photo above is from the guys current trip to Tokyo.
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What I Did On My Summer Vacation... by
"Well
technically speaking I didn't take a vacation till the summer was over. I went
to St. Thomas last week. Its really great not having to commute into NYC. I
didn't miss the smell of body odor mixed with gyros in the NYC subways system on
my daily commute. I also had a number of shows this summer. So i was cranking
the work out. I was interviewed by the fine folks at Art Prostitute (Now that my vacation is
over its time to crack the whip. Wiiitchya!)
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Fresh Stuff From... St.Arsky
... new
designs from St.Arsky for the Spanish magazine ROJO
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5 Tips From.... 3ngine
001::
if you go to the toilet make sure that 1) the door lock properly 2) there's
toilet paper and 3) you can escape without using the door.
002:: make sure
to get more then 3 adrenaline kicks a day, it will keep the doctor and some
other stuff away.
003:: always wear sneakers so you'll be able to run away
from anything anywhere....
004:: wake up ,look in the mirror and say:
wauw, don't i look pretty today, this is my lucky day! (do this every morning).
005:: think big... and when you have that tought, then multiply it.
and...
006:: surf to the woostersite everyday to be up to date with da
streetart thingies... yeah
now go boogie
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September 11, 2003
Name That Artist
This shirt was hand-screened at the 55DSL booth at the
ASR convention last weekend in San Diego. The first two to name the artist who
created the print will be hooked up with one of these limited edition DiK vs Wooster shirts.
one of a kind -- don't hate.
note: folks affiliated with 55dsl or the artist aren't eligible, duh
:P
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What I Did On My Summer Vacation... by Oles
"Hi there
Woosters. Together with two friends from Lisboa, I went up north to escape the
summer heat. In case someone doesn't recognise the map, it's the north of
Europe, Scandinavia in general. Despite the fact that I'm now the only Dutch
without a sun-tan, I had a really good time there and I'd like to say thanks to
all the people who let us sleep in their houses and showed us around town,
especially the guys in Stockholm!"
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5 Tips
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Seen On The Street... by Adam
"I just
had to send you this image. It never fails to surprise me when so many so called
"street artists" end up doing Boutique/ Gallery exhibitions. Here's one guy I'm
hoping this will never happen to. A couple of years ago I heard about an artist
who went around London drawing on the dusty backs of trucks. The guy's work was
a complete enigma to me, until yesterday I finally spotted one of his creations,
my jaw dropped..THIS IS TRUE STREET ART."
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Fresh Stuff From... Influenza
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September 10, 2003
The Bronx Soundwalk
This morning we got to peep the latest edition of Soundwalk - the
super cool CD based "audio guide for insiders" that you may have seen at Urban
Outfitters in NYC. (That is if you're the Urban Outfitters type) After creating
tours of New York's Chinatown, the Lower East Side, Times Square and Dumbo, the
guys over at Soundwalk/Oversampling have now teamed up with adidas to produce a
kickass hip hop inspired audio tour of the Bronx. Yes, the fuckin' Bronx.
'about time the Bronx got some respect. This time out the Soundwalk team has
spared no expense, blowing the thing up to three CD's. Each CD tackles a
distinct Bronx neighborhood: Yankee Stadium, Hunts Point and Soundview. One of
the CD's features Hunts Point killer graffiti scene, with emphasis on the TATS
CRU, CRASH, CHAIN3 and the artwork of John Ahearn and Rigoberto Torres. The
narrator is none other than BG183 of TATS CRU. Another CD centers on the
Soundview/Bronx River area that's the home of Afrika Bambaataa and the Zulu
Nation and is known as the birthplace of hip-hop. It includes interviews with
Afrika Bambaataa, GrandWizzard Theodore, Kool DJ Red Alert, and GrandMaster Caz.
Narrator is the legendary DJ and producer The Original Jazzy Jay, who started
playing in the streets of the Bronx under the guidance of Afrika Bambaataa.
He's worked with Fat Joe, Brand Nubian, A Tribe Called Quest, and many others.
Pretty dope, right?
Availability: You gotta wait until
the 16th of this month. Then you can get it at places like the MoMa Design
Store, Tower Records, The Apartment, and other places
Price: Around 20 bucks, but don't quote us if it's more
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WC facelift
hi faithful wc readers.. expect some growing
pains while we tweak the page for newness and improvedness. suggestions welcome;
throw it in "shouts"...
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STRANGEco presents Scary Girl Mini Treehouse by Nathan Jurevicius
based in san francisco, STRANGEco produces figures to
satisfy the most hungry of collectors. their latest is the Mini Treehouse
figure series, designed by Australian artist Nathan Jurevicius. the series
features 12 distinct characters that can be morphed into alter egos
(transformer! more than meets the eye...). and true to blind-chase
form, there are two super rare figures--Naal the mushroom patch guard and Scary
Girl in painter's attire-- and even one secret one!
via
email from jim, on 9/10 : Mini Treehouse retails for $5.95 each,
and is available now. We hope to add a lot more to this list. many of these
retailers will also carry our other products, starting with Dorbel by Jim
Woodring (which will retail for $40).
Availability: Atomic Comics : 1310 W.
Southern #3, Mesa, AZ 85202, (480) 649-0807
Diamond Comics Distributors :
October Previews catalog
Dr. Tongueb s 3D House of Collectible Toys
Portland, OR
Fingerprints : 4612-B East 2nd St, Long Beach, CA 90803,
(562) 433-4996
Forbidden Planet, Ltd. : UK
Giant Robot : Los
Angeles, CA
Just Be Toys : Portland, OR
Meltdown Comics : Los
Angeles, CA
Ningyoushi's Workshop: online store
Therapy: 545
Valencia St, San Francisco, CA 94110, (415) 861-6213
Things from Another
World : Portland, OR, San Francisco, CA, Los Angeles, CA
Tower Records:
everywhere
Toy Tokyo: New York, NY
Yes Anime: San Francisco, CA
Retailers interested in carrying Mini Treehouse figures may request
wholesale information by contacting sales@strangeco.com or (415) 643-3113.
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What I Did On My Summer Vacation... by Meet 'N Greet
"I did not do that much this summer, (except for
working ) But last weekend i visit the Notinghill carnival in London, England,
wich was really wicked, hard-core, sleeping on the floor etc. I shot some
footage of street actions, with some multiply actions, i hope the quality is
bright enough, because i was drunk like a dogg, can't even remember shooting the
movie...... Meet 'n greet"
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Shit We're Diggin' In A Major Way.... The Street Art of
Many months ago we fell in love with a project by
Joystick in Barcelona. The other day in a Joystickers email to us, there was a
link to the "Airport" section on the Joystick website. Airport profiles new young
artists each month. We came across the work of Juan Lopez and our jaw dropped.
Stunning work. Truly stunning. Be sure to check out the Joystick website. It's fucking amazing.
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Influenza's 5 most popular tips
Influenza's 5 most popular tips (in random order)
Tip 3.
Be in the field as much as you can. Keep on pushing it!
Tip 4. Make it
stick on all surfaces.
Tip 2. Try to get maximum fun out of what you're
doing
Tip 6. Have an enemy (or two) to project your fanatism on. (cause
thats what you need if you want to be out there every single day) Here some to
choose from: The power of architecture over our daily urban lives; Egoism in
society (blame it on the neighbor); Bad design in general; Graphic design more
specific! Aah , what are those people doing! Do they not have any better
ambition that to make shit for others like that?!; The unstoppable and even
expanding influence of money in our life (wished i had some of that stuff
though..); oh yea, and uniformed people, the corporate business look, the
security guy and on top of course the cop..
Tip 4. Get ill to get better
(cause somehow everything works like a child disease)
Tip 5. Love your
neighbor. Hate her boyfriend..
Tip 8. Treat life as one big IQ-test. It
helps relativating a lot..haha
Tip 5. Don't care about the rest but try
always to surprise yourself
Tip 1. Being the best sounds good but second
best is good enough.
Tip 9. Share the fun. There are a million reasons
for but friends are the best.
Tip 4. Never do what you are told.
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Create Random Acts of Public Art - The Vitals
Age: 29
Hometown: Ann Arbor, MI
Where do you now live?: Chicago
How long have
you been creating street art?: I started painting walls in 1992, I
started installing work from the studio in 1999.
What did you do
last night?: A late night bike ride through the streets of Chicago.
What is your favorite thing to eat for dinner?: Burritos
Who is your favorite fictional character?: Ignatius J. Reilly
from A Confederacy of Dunces
What do you currently have in your
pockets?: A whole lot of nothing
If you were given "more
time," what would you do with it?: Spend more time creating work.
Who do you love?: My wife and my family
C.R.A.P
Art - The A's to Our Q's:
Wooster: How did you get started in creating
art for the street?
C.R.A.P Art: I first started
experimenting with wheat pasting in 1996, but I didn't get serious until 1999
when I was living in New Orleans. I wanted a way to balance the work that I was
showing in galleries, and a way that people could collect free work and take it
for themselves if they desired.
Wooster: What
other street artists do you most admire and why?
C.R.A.P
Art: I admire all the usual heavyweights, Banksy, WK, Invader, etc. I
really enjoy the work that I have seen by Fosik and RotGut. A nice, dirty feel.
Here in Chicago, Silva and friends has installed some terrific images lately.
And the work of the FMK crew who taught me alot as I got started a long time
ago.
Wooster: What's your favorite city,
neighborhood, or block, to post and/or to see street art?
C.R.A.P Art: I would have to say Chicago is great to see
work in because I appreciate the effort that people go through to install here.
The shelf life can be pretty short. Frenchman St. in New Orleans was always fun
as well.
Wooster: What inspires you now?:
C.R.A.P Art: The possibilities that are around each corner.
Wandering around the city with no destination point.
Wooster: What are you currently working on? Can you give us
a sneak peek?
C.R.A.P Art: Drawing on found
blueprints, scrap metal, and the like.
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Any show Mackplakt is in
Any show Mackplakt is in has gotta be
good. This one looks exceptional:
opening september 19th
streetart expo tilburg netherlands
with Mackplakt, Codex, Apetown,
Dennis tyfus, Herr wardo, Ephameron, Gulp, Honore, Prutpuss, Paul Spandex,
Prutpuss, Jelle Crama , Eurotrashkit, Michelle Matyn + performances
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Limited Edition Tee From D*Face
We've known for a while that anything East London's Low
Wage Crew (PMH, D*Face, Mysterious Al, Chimp) lends their talents to is
definitely gonna be top notch. These guys don't fuck around. If you attended
the Finders Keepers shows in London then you know that quality is paramount for
LWC. So when D*Face let us peep his new tee before it hits stores, we knew it
was gonna be great. And it is. From the handscreened boxes to the individually
numbered labels, no expense is spared.
A clarification
from PMH regarding LWC: "right sir, there are two crews - LOW WAGE CREW
and FINDERS KEEPERS (FKC).....low wage started ages ago and is very loose, like
the wu tang, it includes ronzo and anyone who keeps it dirty, wheras FKC
(finders keepers) is super serious, THE collective, and is me, mysterious al, d
face and dave the chimp.....we be FKC -- i told you we got a halloween show at
jag shoes, our first ever group show and its gonna be hella sick!"
Sizes: Small, Medium,
Large.
Colors: Powder Blue (as shown), Dust and Steel.
(D*Face: What color is dust? Dust is a color? Is this a British thing?)
Method: Each tee comes in a hand screen printed and painted
box. Each one unique.
Limited Edition: Each shirt is
limited to a run of 100 and has a sleeve embroidered label and the inside neck
is printed with a limited edition number and detail.
Available: Nowhere. Yet!! To get one, email D*Face at dface@stolenspace.com
Price: B#30.
Notice to stores: If
anyone out there wants to stock them, please let D*Face know.
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Skateboard Wheels From Nylon
Not too long ago we featured the artist Nylon on the Wooster Collective
site. His latest project is a limited edition series of skateboard wheels
featuring his abstract graphics, old school clouds, and the zippo lighter in a
bubble pack.
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Sickboy's Ladies Handbag for Amour
When we first heard that the U.K based street artist Sickboy had lent
his artistic talents to a lady's handbag, our initial reaction was - "What the
fuck??" But then we saw how cool is was and we were hooked. We are indeed
diggin' the handbags. Each one is hand printed, hand painted, hand sewn.
Limited Edition of 250
Availability: At one time they were available at Handbag.com. Also check for them at Artomatic in London
With
Artomatic being closed for the next few weeks, the best thing to do is email
Sickboy at amour@sickboy.uk.com.
He'll hook you up. For more Sickboy goods, go to his website
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September 9, 2003
Wooster Collective vs. Design is Kinky Tee
The Wooster Collective hooked up with Design Is Kinky and American Apparel to produce a limited
edition Wooster Collective x DIK tee. This one-of-a-kind tee
was given exclusively to the guests at last Saturday's opening of "A Celebration
of Street Art" in Brooklyn. We're diggin' Andrew (of DIK's) off-centered map
graphic.
Availablily: Non-retail item which means that you
gotta know someone to get one
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Kozyndan : Urban Myths
The latest and second imprint on Giant
Robot's press is kozyndan's Urban
Myths book, a collaborative duo operating out of LA. Known for their mind-
blowing panoramas, kozyndan produce some of the most original and creative
illustrations I've seen.
Available: Buy it at the Giant Robot store, either in person or online
Price: $18.
Softcover, 96 pages
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via our friend, Vinnie Ray
via our friend, Vinnie Ray --
"Creative Time is delighted to announce Chinese artist Cai Guo-Qiang's Light
Cycle, an explosion event that will illuminate Central Park on Monday, September
15, 2003, at 7:45 p.m. for a duration of 4 to 5 minutes, in celebration of
Central Park's 150th anniversary. Signifying renewal and wholeness, the event
has been specially commissioned as the denouement of a summer-long celebration
of the vitality brought to our City by Central Park. Light Cycle will highlight
the Park as the heart of Manhattan, rendering it the brightest point of the City
for one festive night. Light Cycle is curated by Creative Time, presented in conjunction
with The City of New York and the Central Park Conservancy, and sponsored by
Haagen-Dazs as part of their Art of Pure Pleasure initiative. Designed to
provide a variety of experiences, Light Cycle will unfold in three stages from
five firing locations in the Park, taking as its central motif a 1,000 foot high
colossal halo of fire and light. Cai Guo-Qiang, world renowned for his explosion
projects, in which he uses gunpowder as an artistic and expressive medium, has
collaborated with Fireworks by Grucci, America's oldest fireworks company, to
develop state-of-the-art technology that employs programmable microchips in each
shell, allowing the artist to draw in the sky. The total duration of Light Cycle
will be approximately 4 to 5 minutes."
Wow. Sounds amazing! --
Wooster
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"Wooster Collective's
Over the last few weeks we've
realized that we've seriously slacked off in featuring all the cool new shit
that is out there - artist's tees, design books, vinyl figures, and everything
in between. To fix this, we decided to launch a new webpage called - "Wooster Collective's Cool Shit
We're Diggin" which will be updated each week with new stuff from around the
world. Check it out and let us know what you think. Also, if you're interested
in getting the cool merch shit features by email, sign up for the "Cool Shit Mailing
List"
Here's a sample:
Veronique Vienne' New Book On Designer Chip Kidd
We've been a huge fan of Chip Kidd's book jacket designs since first
seeing his work on Donna Tart's THE SECRET HISTORY in 1992 (a collaboration with
Barbara de Wilde). Yale University Press' Monographics Books now gives Chip the
full on star treatment he deserves with a well illustrated book that examines
Kidd's design work and the context behind it. If you are a designer or artist,
this will be a book that you will return to time and time again for inspiration.
The Essentials:
Available on Amazon for $13.97
Book is Paperback and 112 pages
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Veronique Vienne' New Book On Designer Chip Kidd
We've been a huge fan of Chip Kidd's book jacket designs since first
seeing his work on Donna Tart's THE SECRET HISTORY in 1992 (a collaboration with
Barbara de Wilde). Yale University Press' Monographics Books now gives Chip the
full on star treatment he deserves with a well illustrated book that examines
Kidd's design work and the context behind it. If you are a designer or artist,
this will be a book that you will return to time and time again for
inspiration.
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Submit - The Vitals
Age: 16
Hometown: orlando fl
Where do you now live?: nashville tn
How long
have you been creating street art?: about a year
What did
you do last night?: argued with girls, ran from the cops
What is your favorite thing to eat for dinner?: vegan
pizza
Who is your favorite fictional character?: barney
fife
What do you currently have in your pockets?: stickers
and a clogged fat cap
If you were given "more time," what would you
do with it?: paint, travel, spend more time with old friends
Who do you love?: Rebecca
Submit - The
A's to Our Q's:
Wooster: How did you get started in
creating art for the street?
Submit: i saw alot of
pictures from around the world....and thought we needed something to brighten up
the city here
Wooster: What other street artists do
you most admire and why?
Submit: DA!, wk interact,
meek, and of course Banksy and Shepard fairey. Because always have new art to
impress me with.
Wooster: What's your favorite
city, neighborhood, or block, to post and/or to see street art?
Submit: downtown nashville
Wooster:
What inspires you now? nocturnal show print, local
artists, everything on stencil
revolution, everyone and everything downtown.
Wooster:
What are you currently working on? Can you give us a sneak peek?
Submit: basicaly pushing my posters as hard as humanly
possible and i'm coming out with merchandise soon.
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What I Did On My Summer Vacation... by Mouffiko
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Excellent Archive of Street Art
Excellent Archive of
Street Art From Sankt Pauli (Hamburg), Germany via Heiko
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Seen On Venice Beach, Ca
Seen On Venice
Beach, Ca (Thanks, Joshua!)
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So Fuzzy Crew's COLLEGE OF EVIL Baseball Tee
So Fuzzy Crew's clothing line has been a big hit here at Wooster HQ since we
first came across them at Stackhouse in our 'hood. CUE's stuff is top of the
line and a whole lot of fun. Pure Evil. Pure Evil
Available on So Fuzzy Crew's Website
Price: Hmm... We can't seem to figure that out on the site
Availability: We have no idea
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September 8, 2003
Ewos' Angry Dog mini created for Toy2R's Qee Series 3
We've been diggin' Ewos' whacked out graf
for a while now, so we couldn't have been happier to learn that Ewos' Angry Dog
character is included in the latest Qee Series from Toy2R. When the new Kid
Robot store opened on Sunday around the corner from our flat in Soho, we
immediately headed over and dropped a shit load of our hard earned money in
pursuit of getting one of Ewos' figures in the blind chase. Alas we didn't get
one, but that's not going to stop us. Payday is Friday and we're going back for
more.
Via Email from Ewos on 9/9: "Hey wooster!
hahah i laughed alot at your text on my qee daamn! well i sell them too and then
you get the red-black one in a polybag (special edition) or the black and white
one in the box. could you put this email order_gee@hotmail.com for peolpe that really want
this one ans not buy alot untill they got the one they want..."
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Thanks goes out to everyone
Thanks
goes out to everyone who turned out on Saturday night for the "Celebration of
Street Art" photography exhibit at Halcyon in Brooklyn. In the house were a ton
of artists who have been featured here on the Wooster site including: Rep1,
Michael DeFeo, MCA, Magmo, Laps1, Jet+Rubble, Thomas Egas, Linda A, Rik Catlow,
kgbe ROTGUT, Skewville, and many more. If you missed the opening, the show runs
through October 10th.
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The Ill Communication expo in
The
Ill Communication expo in Manchester looks like it's going to be off the hook.
The guys have just been given more space for the show which opens next Tuesday.
If you want to get your stickers in the show, email hookup@urbanartofficial.co.uk and then drop
them in the post to:
Urban Art Official
Contact Theatre
Oxford Rd
Manchester
M15 6JA
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What I Did On My
What I Did On My Summer Vacation by G in
Paris
"this summer i've got no money left to travel... so i've decided
to build my street art a bit more... staying in Paris among tourist and heat
waves... but with some friends (Halieutik, etc..) we're able to make a lot of
different things... sometimes sadness is energy of happiness... please find some
results with these joined files and especially the Who_Art_U file
who's a stick made of 380 A3 paper sheets ... amazing ?"
More
Amazing Images By G: Image 1 / Image 2 /
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Shit We're Diggin'... The limited
Shit
We're Diggin'... The limited edition Wooster Collective vs. Abe Lincoln, Jr.
collaborative sticker series produced exclusively for the goodie bags for
Saturday nights opening of the "A Celebration of Street Art" show
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Seen On The Streets of
Seen On The
Streets of New York... A New Snipe Sticker Campaign Teasing the Relaunch of
Napster
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From our good friend in
From our good friend in the U.K,
Mysterious Al:
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September 7, 2003
If you happen to be
If you
happen to be in the Netherlands today, be sure to stop by and check out the
Nolart Expo, 15 new paintings by Michael
Nolita. Here's the info on the show:
Time:
11:00 t/m15:00
Place: Smaak design
Ettensebaan 17A
Breda Netherlands
(The image above
was nicked from Michael's terrific weblog)
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Fresh Stuff From Girl Horsie
Fresh
Stuff From Girl Horsie
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What I Did On My
What I Did On My Summer Vacation... by Craig Metzger
"This summer has
been super hectic but at the same time great fun. In terms of art things I spent
a good part of the summer meeting artists and doing some collaborations here and
there. I've also been collecting pieces for a street project I hope to start
this fall so keep an eye out if you live in nyc. I'll keep this short and sweet
but I attached some of the collab pieces I did this summer for you to enjoy.
Have a great Fall and be safe.... craig"
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"being a school teacher has enabled me to look forward to each summer with the same enthusiasm I had as a kid...i love it!"
some of what i did this summer...let's see...
1.) kristen and i are getting ready for the baby
2.) i moved my painting studio into a kick-ass space in the basement
3.) worked on my children's book...(i'm almost done!)
4.) went to cape cod and while there, i experienced an incredible sunrise...i spent two hours on the beach by myself...it was incredibly cleansing (see photo)
5.) participated in some exhibits
6.) danced to some great, live, jam- band music
7.) grew a beard
that last one was a little scary...i shaved it not too long ago!
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Profile: The Ape
the ape platoon - The Vitals
Age: 20 years young
Hometown: a small city in the midlands
Where do you now live?: 123 fake street
How long have you been creating street art?: about 2 years
What did you do last night?: got an early night!
What is your favorite thing to eat for dinner?: roast beef and yorkshire pudding, toad in hole and fish and chips!
Who is your favorite fictional character?: moe from the simpsons
What do you currently have in your pockets?: wallet, phone and some fluff
If you were given "more time," what would you do with it?: probably waste it! definately travel more, meet more people and spread the love!
Who do you love?: all the women in my life.
the ape platoon - The A's to Our Q's:
Wooster: How did you get started in creating art for the street?
Ape Platoon: used to be involed in conventional graffiti but lost interest, something about stickers just appealed to more.
Wooster: What other street artists do you most admire and why?
Ape Platoon: solo one for the ridiculous amount he's up. and all the other usual suspects.
Wooster: What's your favorite city, neighborhood, or block, to post and/or to see street art?
Ape Platoon: hmm london,amsterdam,rotterdam.im not fussy though any flat surface anywhere is fine. as long as it sticks.
Wooster: What inspires you now?
Ape Platoon: music,drinking and just wondering about streets keeping an eye out!
Wooster: What are you currently working on? Can you give us a sneak peek?
Ape Platoon: just keeping grazinginthetrash.fuckthebuff.c om updated and keeping council street cleaners in work.
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5 Tips From... CUM
1. Don't hesitate, always run
2. If you take a shit in a public place, drop some toilet paper on the
bottom of the toilet to avoid (more) nasty sounds.
3. Stay creative no matter what
4. Remember tip one
5. Keep the dream alive!
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Seen On The Streets Of Milan... by
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September 12, 2003
NYC | Sept. 25 | Control Chaos a :phunk Exhibition
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New Tees by Cheba
Via email from Cheba: "Cheba jeans are on there way, hold tight. . .
"
Price: B#21.99
Sizes: small, medium, large
,and extra large
Colors: Various
Available At: BS8 in Bristol and
other shops around europe that stock Road Clothing
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San Francisco | Now | Modern Thought 2
While the opening for this show has already passed, this is definitely a show you should check out before it closes
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New Jersey | Sep 20th | Gnarly: A B/D Skate Jam
Gnarly: A B/D Skate Jam " A Hybrid of Graffiti art, skateboarding, and music "
Beautiful/Decay Magazines Issue Release party featuring:
Site Specific wall paintings/installations by : Zine, Sigh, Lapse, Dyer, Glue, Rate, Swoon, Xrae, Tofer, Eulogy, Aest 2, Penis, Expert, Logan Hicks, Colt 45, Gosh, Buff Monster, Pastor, Scan 53, Eye, Savior, Dos, MDS, SG, FH, TFO, WCB, DCM, TKO, BFK, 2DX, WH and many more.
* Skate Demo by the Dirty Jerz Team, Stimulus Skate Team, and Division East Teams at 8pm
* All night Giveaways of Stickers, CDs, Magazines, and shirts
* Complimentary copies of Beautiful/Decay Issue: E
* Limited edition event t-shirts
* View the all new Scion model XA and XB cars
Sponsored by: Scion, Stoked, Dirty Jerz Skate shop, Palm Pictures, Jakprints, and American Apparel
When: Saturday September 20th 6-10pm
Where: Drop In skate park
107 Pleasant Ave.
Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458-2408
ph: 1.201.760.9955
RSVP:
URLs: Beautiful/Decay
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Netherlands | September 19 | PUNCT 10 : RECOGNIZE | Exposition
Artists: Ewos & Wood, Gulp, Apetown, Thrashkit, Ephameron, Herr Don Wardo, Fia, Paul Spandex, Blinkie Bill, Jesic, Lastplak, Echt nie, Edding, Acab, Olès, L. Tonnie, Helikopter, Low Lita, Son 103, Aroma, Lief, Mackplackt
When: 19 september till 12 oktober
Where: Gallery Punct in the Netherlands
A Spoorlaan 340
5038 CC Tilburg
RSVP:
URLs: punct
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Austin, TX | September 13 | Camp Fig and 55DSL present: Raw Stitches
Camp Fig and 55DSL present: Raw Stitches
2'x2' paintings on denim
When: Saturday Sep. 13th, 7-10PM
Where: Camp Fig in Austin Texas.
After Party at the Fresh Up Club
916 E. Springdale Rd. Austin, TX 78702
RSVP:
URLs: Camp Fig
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NYC | Sep 16 | Andrew Pommier "Whale Rider"
Artist Andrew Pommier, the young Canadian illustrator, painter, and doodler, today presents his exhibit "Whale Fighter" at 55DSL Flagship Union Square.
Andrew Pommier has been working closely on idea's that were inspired by Herman Melville's "Moby Dick" and are the basis for the current exhibit, "Whale Fighter." It is the particular passage describing a crewmember's discovery of what he believes is the great white whale [long searched for by Captain Ahab] that serves as the foundation of the artwork. As the story reveals, on closer inspection, the sea creature turns out to be a giant squid that has floated to the surface. In Pommier's view, the giant squid symbolizes the strength of such sea creatures and the battles thought to take place between the great whales and giant squids. Pommier is also challenged by the creatures' awkward and mysterious ways that make them intriguing to draw.
"I work with themes that are always in a state of flux," Pommier said. As many in the art community know, he draws constantly with his sketchbook always at hand. Anything and everything inspires Pommier -- from television to books to travel to other artists. Oddity is always central to his work.
Please join 55DSL at the New York flagship store on 1 Union Square West for the "Whale Fighter" Exhibit, which runs from September 16 - November 16, 2003.
When : Tuesday, September 16, 7-10pm
Where : 55DSL Flagship at 1 Union Square West (NYC, USA)
RSVP : rsvp55dsl@yahoo.com
URLs : andrew pommier | 55DSL
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Super APE Stars
So it looks like this coming Monday,
September 15th, may be the day when the Bathing Ape/adidas
remixed Superstars I's (now called, appropriately "Super APE Stars") have
finally cleared US customs and will go on sale at the adidas Soho store. (At
least that's what the manager of the store has been telling us so if they don't
go on sale Monday, don't blame us, okay?). If you haven't seen them yet, it's
definately some of Nigo's best work to date. We've been eyein' the Remix camos
in the plexi cases at the adidas store for a couple of weeks now. When they do
go out on Monday, the whole thing will last the blink of an eye, as there's only
500 pair of three different styles. That's 500 pair per style worldwide! So
don't expect more than 50 pair or so at the Soho store. The Superskate remix's
are set to launch in October.
The BAPE shoes are part of the adidas
!s!gned (I-signed) series, an on-going collaborative project between adidas and
emerging artists and designers. Past collaborations have included Bless, Saskia
Van Drimmelen, Kostas Murkudis, NOKI, Stella McCartney, OWN, Jeremy Scott and
ALIFENYC.
So if you head over to the store on Monday, look out for a
dude and his dog (a brown Weimie named Hudson) We'll be out there on line with
the rest of you guys.
Each comes in a custom adidas/BAPE camo box, with
special BAPE tissue paper and a leather hang tag. Each box also includes 3
different pair of custom BAPE extra fat laces.
Price:
Probably around $150 if I remember correctly, but again, don't quote us.
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CUE's (from So Fuzzy Crew) First Toy
If you haven't figured it out yet from reading the Wooster site, we fuckin'
love So Fuzzy Crew. So when CUE told us he had just finished producing his
first toy, we couldn't wait to see it.
From Cue: "I've just
filled one of the black rabbits' mouths with red paint and its fangs are now
dripping blood _ it looks pretty sweet. Im going to photograph it tomorrow... BE
VERY AFRAID... the next step is to make the roadkill rabbit, which will also
probably have lots of blood on it... sweet."
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Profile: Sadhu
sadhu - The
Vitals:
Age:27
Hometown:
perpignan, south of france
Where do you now live?:
paris
How long have you been creating street
art?: not for a long time,about 1 year and a half
What did
you do last night?: would have liked to find courage to go out, but
stared at photoshop with a friend til 5 am..
What is your favorite
thing to eat for dinner?: no aperitive before?
Who is
your favorite fictional character?: rabbit in the Quest Of The Graal
What do you currently have in your pockets?: my camera, my
travelcard for subway. i am not outlaw. and my key. i like when i can go back to
my house
If you were given "more time" what would you do with it?:
i would cut out more polypropilene, i'd work harder drawings, i 'd get
up at 4am to go out from time to time, i would try more things with
paintings...i would travel!!!
Who do you love?:
the"oldserbclub", my brother, my godson,
Sadhu - The
A's to Our Q's:
Wooster: How did you get started in
creating art for the street?
Sadhu: first time it
was with very large posca, i had found a very smooth wall and really enjoyed
trying big calligraphies..few months later i took out some stencils from old
drawingboard made years ago,for tee shirts and tried them on a wall. arrived in
paris i began making some posters, but not as much as i would like!
Wooster: What other street artists do you most admire and
why?
Sadhu: blek
le rat for the choice of drawings, places and sizes of the pieces -- but my
favourite is banksy, the Brain and the
Hand, completly respectfull! but there's many others
Wooster:
What's your favorite city, neighborhood, or block, to post and/or to
see street art?
Sadhu: paris 20eme
arrondissement
Wooster: What inspires you now?
Sadhu: the" art nouveau" not only for the design and
the ornaments, because it doesn't make difference between art and artcrafs,
architecture, advertissements...specially Mucha, whom i use sometimes drawings;
but my work uses old photographies, lot of populary pictures from differents
ages and places..and everything i see outside makes me think
Wooster: What are you currently working on? Can you give us
a sneak peek?
Sadhu: i m working on an exhibition
that should be in november, le pravda gallerie in paris, thanks to aurelie, so i
works on canvas, watercolourpapers, kraft.... in deepth, i think how to make my
work go on..you can go and see http://bloodymariehell.free.fr/
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The Art of David Horvath at
GIANT ROBOT
Magazine will be celebrating Issue 30 in New York later tonight, Friday
September 12th, with a release party at ESSEX at 120 Essex Street in LES (on the
corner of Essex & Rivington) 11PM - 4AM
The best part of the night
for us, will be that Brooklyn based artists David Horvath will be showing art from his new character line of UGLYDOLLS. Giant Robot was the first shop to
carry his first toy project released in the US, the Uglydolls, which he co-
created with Sun-Min Kim in 2001. All new Uglydolls and an Uglydoll figure line
will premiere at Toy Fair 2004 in New York City, and a special limited ICE BAT
Uglydoll will be exclusive to Giant Robot this winter.
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Report From The London
Have you
recently peeped the London Police's website? If not, check it. All new
stuff. (The photo above is from the guys current trip to Tokyo.
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What I Did On My Summer Vacation... by
"Well
technically speaking I didn't take a vacation till the summer was over. I went
to St. Thomas last week. Its really great not having to commute into NYC. I
didn't miss the smell of body odor mixed with gyros in the NYC subways system on
my daily commute. I also had a number of shows this summer. So i was cranking
the work out. I was interviewed by the fine folks at Art Prostitute (Now that my vacation is
over its time to crack the whip. Wiiitchya!)
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Fresh Stuff From... St.Arsky
... new
designs from St.Arsky for the Spanish magazine ROJO
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5 Tips From.... 3ngine
001::
if you go to the toilet make sure that 1) the door lock properly 2) there's
toilet paper and 3) you can escape without using the door.
002:: make sure
to get more then 3 adrenaline kicks a day, it will keep the doctor and some
other stuff away.
003:: always wear sneakers so you'll be able to run away
from anything anywhere....
004:: wake up ,look in the mirror and say:
wauw, don't i look pretty today, this is my lucky day! (do this every morning).
005:: think big... and when you have that tought, then multiply it.
and...
006:: surf to the woostersite everyday to be up to date with da
streetart thingies... yeah
now go boogie
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September 11, 2003
Name That Artist
This shirt was hand-screened at the 55DSL booth at the
ASR convention last weekend in San Diego. The first two to name the artist who
created the print will be hooked up with one of these limited edition DiK vs Wooster shirts.
one of a kind -- don't hate.
note: folks affiliated with 55dsl or the artist aren't eligible, duh
:P
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What I Did On My Summer Vacation... by Oles
"Hi there
Woosters. Together with two friends from Lisboa, I went up north to escape the
summer heat. In case someone doesn't recognise the map, it's the north of
Europe, Scandinavia in general. Despite the fact that I'm now the only Dutch
without a sun-tan, I had a really good time there and I'd like to say thanks to
all the people who let us sleep in their houses and showed us around town,
especially the guys in Stockholm!"
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5 Tips
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Seen On The Street... by Adam
"I just
had to send you this image. It never fails to surprise me when so many so called
"street artists" end up doing Boutique/ Gallery exhibitions. Here's one guy I'm
hoping this will never happen to. A couple of years ago I heard about an artist
who went around London drawing on the dusty backs of trucks. The guy's work was
a complete enigma to me, until yesterday I finally spotted one of his creations,
my jaw dropped..THIS IS TRUE STREET ART."
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Fresh Stuff From... Influenza
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September 10, 2003
The Bronx Soundwalk
This morning we got to peep the latest edition of Soundwalk - the
super cool CD based "audio guide for insiders" that you may have seen at Urban
Outfitters in NYC. (That is if you're the Urban Outfitters type) After creating
tours of New York's Chinatown, the Lower East Side, Times Square and Dumbo, the
guys over at Soundwalk/Oversampling have now teamed up with adidas to produce a
kickass hip hop inspired audio tour of the Bronx. Yes, the fuckin' Bronx.
'about time the Bronx got some respect. This time out the Soundwalk team has
spared no expense, blowing the thing up to three CD's. Each CD tackles a
distinct Bronx neighborhood: Yankee Stadium, Hunts Point and Soundview. One of
the CD's features Hunts Point killer graffiti scene, with emphasis on the TATS
CRU, CRASH, CHAIN3 and the artwork of John Ahearn and Rigoberto Torres. The
narrator is none other than BG183 of TATS CRU. Another CD centers on the
Soundview/Bronx River area that's the home of Afrika Bambaataa and the Zulu
Nation and is known as the birthplace of hip-hop. It includes interviews with
Afrika Bambaataa, GrandWizzard Theodore, Kool DJ Red Alert, and GrandMaster Caz.
Narrator is the legendary DJ and producer The Original Jazzy Jay, who started
playing in the streets of the Bronx under the guidance of Afrika Bambaataa.
He's worked with Fat Joe, Brand Nubian, A Tribe Called Quest, and many others.
Pretty dope, right?
Availability: You gotta wait until
the 16th of this month. Then you can get it at places like the MoMa Design
Store, Tower Records, The Apartment, and other places
Price: Around 20 bucks, but don't quote us if it's more
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WC facelift
hi faithful wc readers.. expect some growing
pains while we tweak the page for newness and improvedness. suggestions welcome;
throw it in "shouts"...
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STRANGEco presents Scary Girl Mini Treehouse by Nathan Jurevicius
based in san francisco, STRANGEco produces figures to
satisfy the most hungry of collectors. their latest is the Mini Treehouse
figure series, designed by Australian artist Nathan Jurevicius. the series
features 12 distinct characters that can be morphed into alter egos
(transformer! more than meets the eye...). and true to blind-chase
form, there are two super rare figures--Naal the mushroom patch guard and Scary
Girl in painter's attire-- and even one secret one!
via
email from jim, on 9/10 : Mini Treehouse retails for $5.95 each,
and is available now. We hope to add a lot more to this list. many of these
retailers will also carry our other products, starting with Dorbel by Jim
Woodring (which will retail for $40).
Availability: Atomic Comics : 1310 W.
Southern #3, Mesa, AZ 85202, (480) 649-0807
Diamond Comics Distributors :
October Previews catalog
Dr. Tongueb s 3D House of Collectible Toys
Portland, OR
Fingerprints : 4612-B East 2nd St, Long Beach, CA 90803,
(562) 433-4996
Forbidden Planet, Ltd. : UK
Giant Robot : Los
Angeles, CA
Just Be Toys : Portland, OR
Meltdown Comics : Los
Angeles, CA
Ningyoushi's Workshop: online store
Therapy: 545
Valencia St, San Francisco, CA 94110, (415) 861-6213
Things from Another
World : Portland, OR, San Francisco, CA, Los Angeles, CA
Tower Records:
everywhere
Toy Tokyo: New York, NY
Yes Anime: San Francisco, CA
Retailers interested in carrying Mini Treehouse figures may request
wholesale information by contacting sales@strangeco.com or (415) 643-3113.
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What I Did On My Summer Vacation... by Meet 'N Greet
"I did not do that much this summer, (except for
working ) But last weekend i visit the Notinghill carnival in London, England,
wich was really wicked, hard-core, sleeping on the floor etc. I shot some
footage of street actions, with some multiply actions, i hope the quality is
bright enough, because i was drunk like a dogg, can't even remember shooting the
movie...... Meet 'n greet"
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Shit We're Diggin' In A Major Way.... The Street Art of
Many months ago we fell in love with a project by
Joystick in Barcelona. The other day in a Joystickers email to us, there was a
link to the "Airport" section on the Joystick website. Airport profiles new young
artists each month. We came across the work of Juan Lopez and our jaw dropped.
Stunning work. Truly stunning. Be sure to check out the Joystick website. It's fucking amazing.
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Influenza's 5 most popular tips
Influenza's 5 most popular tips (in random order)
Tip 3.
Be in the field as much as you can. Keep on pushing it!
Tip 4. Make it
stick on all surfaces.
Tip 2. Try to get maximum fun out of what you're
doing
Tip 6. Have an enemy (or two) to project your fanatism on. (cause
thats what you need if you want to be out there every single day) Here some to
choose from: The power of architecture over our daily urban lives; Egoism in
society (blame it on the neighbor); Bad design in general; Graphic design more
specific! Aah , what are those people doing! Do they not have any better
ambition that to make shit for others like that?!; The unstoppable and even
expanding influence of money in our life (wished i had some of that stuff
though..); oh yea, and uniformed people, the corporate business look, the
security guy and on top of course the cop..
Tip 4. Get ill to get better
(cause somehow everything works like a child disease)
Tip 5. Love your
neighbor. Hate her boyfriend..
Tip 8. Treat life as one big IQ-test. It
helps relativating a lot..haha
Tip 5. Don't care about the rest but try
always to surprise yourself
Tip 1. Being the best sounds good but second
best is good enough.
Tip 9. Share the fun. There are a million reasons
for but friends are the best.
Tip 4. Never do what you are told.
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Create Random Acts of Public Art - The Vitals
Age: 29
Hometown: Ann Arbor, MI
Where do you now live?: Chicago
How long have
you been creating street art?: I started painting walls in 1992, I
started installing work from the studio in 1999.
What did you do
last night?: A late night bike ride through the streets of Chicago.
What is your favorite thing to eat for dinner?: Burritos
Who is your favorite fictional character?: Ignatius J. Reilly
from A Confederacy of Dunces
What do you currently have in your
pockets?: A whole lot of nothing
If you were given "more
time," what would you do with it?: Spend more time creating work.
Who do you love?: My wife and my family
C.R.A.P
Art - The A's to Our Q's:
Wooster: How did you get started in creating
art for the street?
C.R.A.P Art: I first started
experimenting with wheat pasting in 1996, but I didn't get serious until 1999
when I was living in New Orleans. I wanted a way to balance the work that I was
showing in galleries, and a way that people could collect free work and take it
for themselves if they desired.
Wooster: What
other street artists do you most admire and why?
C.R.A.P
Art: I admire all the usual heavyweights, Banksy, WK, Invader, etc. I
really enjoy the work that I have seen by Fosik and RotGut. A nice, dirty feel.
Here in Chicago, Silva and friends has installed some terrific images lately.
And the work of the FMK crew who taught me alot as I got started a long time
ago.
Wooster: What's your favorite city,
neighborhood, or block, to post and/or to see street art?
C.R.A.P Art: I would have to say Chicago is great to see
work in because I appreciate the effort that people go through to install here.
The shelf life can be pretty short. Frenchman St. in New Orleans was always fun
as well.
Wooster: What inspires you now?:
C.R.A.P Art: The possibilities that are around each corner.
Wandering around the city with no destination point.
Wooster: What are you currently working on? Can you give us
a sneak peek?
C.R.A.P Art: Drawing on found
blueprints, scrap metal, and the like.
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Any show Mackplakt is in
Any show Mackplakt is in has gotta be
good. This one looks exceptional:
opening september 19th
streetart expo tilburg netherlands
with Mackplakt, Codex, Apetown,
Dennis tyfus, Herr wardo, Ephameron, Gulp, Honore, Prutpuss, Paul Spandex,
Prutpuss, Jelle Crama , Eurotrashkit, Michelle Matyn + performances
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Limited Edition Tee From D*Face
We've known for a while that anything East London's Low
Wage Crew (PMH, D*Face, Mysterious Al, Chimp) lends their talents to is
definitely gonna be top notch. These guys don't fuck around. If you attended
the Finders Keepers shows in London then you know that quality is paramount for
LWC. So when D*Face let us peep his new tee before it hits stores, we knew it
was gonna be great. And it is. From the handscreened boxes to the individually
numbered labels, no expense is spared.
A clarification
from PMH regarding LWC: "right sir, there are two crews - LOW WAGE CREW
and FINDERS KEEPERS (FKC).....low wage started ages ago and is very loose, like
the wu tang, it includes ronzo and anyone who keeps it dirty, wheras FKC
(finders keepers) is super serious, THE collective, and is me, mysterious al, d
face and dave the chimp.....we be FKC -- i told you we got a halloween show at
jag shoes, our first ever group show and its gonna be hella sick!"
Sizes: Small, Medium,
Large.
Colors: Powder Blue (as shown), Dust and Steel.
(D*Face: What color is dust? Dust is a color? Is this a British thing?)
Method: Each tee comes in a hand screen printed and painted
box. Each one unique.
Limited Edition: Each shirt is
limited to a run of 100 and has a sleeve embroidered label and the inside neck
is printed with a limited edition number and detail.
Available: Nowhere. Yet!! To get one, email D*Face at dface@stolenspace.com
Price: B#30.
Notice to stores: If
anyone out there wants to stock them, please let D*Face know.
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Skateboard Wheels From Nylon
Not too long ago we featured the artist Nylon on the Wooster Collective
site. His latest project is a limited edition series of skateboard wheels
featuring his abstract graphics, old school clouds, and the zippo lighter in a
bubble pack.
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Sickboy's Ladies Handbag for Amour
When we first heard that the U.K based street artist Sickboy had lent
his artistic talents to a lady's handbag, our initial reaction was - "What the
fuck??" But then we saw how cool is was and we were hooked. We are indeed
diggin' the handbags. Each one is hand printed, hand painted, hand sewn.
Limited Edition of 250
Availability: At one time they were available at Handbag.com. Also check for them at Artomatic in London
With
Artomatic being closed for the next few weeks, the best thing to do is email
Sickboy at amour@sickboy.uk.com.
He'll hook you up. For more Sickboy goods, go to his website
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September 9, 2003
Wooster Collective vs. Design is Kinky Tee
The Wooster Collective hooked up with Design Is Kinky and American Apparel to produce a limited
edition Wooster Collective x DIK tee. This one-of-a-kind tee
was given exclusively to the guests at last Saturday's opening of "A Celebration
of Street Art" in Brooklyn. We're diggin' Andrew (of DIK's) off-centered map
graphic.
Availablily: Non-retail item which means that you
gotta know someone to get one
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Kozyndan : Urban Myths
The latest and second imprint on Giant
Robot's press is kozyndan's Urban
Myths book, a collaborative duo operating out of LA. Known for their mind-
blowing panoramas, kozyndan produce some of the most original and creative
illustrations I've seen.
Available: Buy it at the Giant Robot store, either in person or online
Price: $18.
Softcover, 96 pages
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via our friend, Vinnie Ray
via our friend, Vinnie Ray --
"Creative Time is delighted to announce Chinese artist Cai Guo-Qiang's Light
Cycle, an explosion event that will illuminate Central Park on Monday, September
15, 2003, at 7:45 p.m. for a duration of 4 to 5 minutes, in celebration of
Central Park's 150th anniversary. Signifying renewal and wholeness, the event
has been specially commissioned as the denouement of a summer-long celebration
of the vitality brought to our City by Central Park. Light Cycle will highlight
the Park as the heart of Manhattan, rendering it the brightest point of the City
for one festive night. Light Cycle is curated by Creative Time, presented in conjunction
with The City of New York and the Central Park Conservancy, and sponsored by
Haagen-Dazs as part of their Art of Pure Pleasure initiative. Designed to
provide a variety of experiences, Light Cycle will unfold in three stages from
five firing locations in the Park, taking as its central motif a 1,000 foot high
colossal halo of fire and light. Cai Guo-Qiang, world renowned for his explosion
projects, in which he uses gunpowder as an artistic and expressive medium, has
collaborated with Fireworks by Grucci, America's oldest fireworks company, to
develop state-of-the-art technology that employs programmable microchips in each
shell, allowing the artist to draw in the sky. The total duration of Light Cycle
will be approximately 4 to 5 minutes."
Wow. Sounds amazing! --
Wooster
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"Wooster Collective's
Over the last few weeks we've
realized that we've seriously slacked off in featuring all the cool new shit
that is out there - artist's tees, design books, vinyl figures, and everything
in between. To fix this, we decided to launch a new webpage called - "Wooster Collective's Cool Shit
We're Diggin" which will be updated each week with new stuff from around the
world. Check it out and let us know what you think. Also, if you're interested
in getting the cool merch shit features by email, sign up for the "Cool Shit Mailing
List"
Here's a sample:
Veronique Vienne' New Book On Designer Chip Kidd
We've been a huge fan of Chip Kidd's book jacket designs since first
seeing his work on Donna Tart's THE SECRET HISTORY in 1992 (a collaboration with
Barbara de Wilde). Yale University Press' Monographics Books now gives Chip the
full on star treatment he deserves with a well illustrated book that examines
Kidd's design work and the context behind it. If you are a designer or artist,
this will be a book that you will return to time and time again for inspiration.
The Essentials:
Available on Amazon for $13.97
Book is Paperback and 112 pages
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Veronique Vienne' New Book On Designer Chip Kidd
We've been a huge fan of Chip Kidd's book jacket designs since first
seeing his work on Donna Tart's THE SECRET HISTORY in 1992 (a collaboration with
Barbara de Wilde). Yale University Press' Monographics Books now gives Chip the
full on star treatment he deserves with a well illustrated book that examines
Kidd's design work and the context behind it. If you are a designer or artist,
this will be a book that you will return to time and time again for
inspiration.
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Submit - The Vitals
Age: 16
Hometown: orlando fl
Where do you now live?: nashville tn
How long
have you been creating street art?: about a year
What did
you do last night?: argued with girls, ran from the cops
What is your favorite thing to eat for dinner?: vegan
pizza
Who is your favorite fictional character?: barney
fife
What do you currently have in your pockets?: stickers
and a clogged fat cap
If you were given "more time," what would you
do with it?: paint, travel, spend more time with old friends
Who do you love?: Rebecca
Submit - The
A's to Our Q's:
Wooster: How did you get started in
creating art for the street?
Submit: i saw alot of
pictures from around the world....and thought we needed something to brighten up
the city here
Wooster: What other street artists do
you most admire and why?
Submit: DA!, wk interact,
meek, and of course Banksy and Shepard fairey. Because always have new art to
impress me with.
Wooster: What's your favorite
city, neighborhood, or block, to post and/or to see street art?
Submit: downtown nashville
Wooster:
What inspires you now? nocturnal show print, local
artists, everything on stencil
revolution, everyone and everything downtown.
Wooster:
What are you currently working on? Can you give us a sneak peek?
Submit: basicaly pushing my posters as hard as humanly
possible and i'm coming out with merchandise soon.
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What I Did On My Summer Vacation... by Mouffiko
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Excellent Archive of Street Art
Excellent Archive of
Street Art From Sankt Pauli (Hamburg), Germany via Heiko
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Seen On Venice Beach, Ca
Seen On Venice
Beach, Ca (Thanks, Joshua!)
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So Fuzzy Crew's COLLEGE OF EVIL Baseball Tee
So Fuzzy Crew's clothing line has been a big hit here at Wooster HQ since we
first came across them at Stackhouse in our 'hood. CUE's stuff is top of the
line and a whole lot of fun. Pure Evil. Pure Evil
Available on So Fuzzy Crew's Website
Price: Hmm... We can't seem to figure that out on the site
Availability: We have no idea
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September 8, 2003
Ewos' Angry Dog mini created for Toy2R's Qee Series 3
We've been diggin' Ewos' whacked out graf
for a while now, so we couldn't have been happier to learn that Ewos' Angry Dog
character is included in the latest Qee Series from Toy2R. When the new Kid
Robot store opened on Sunday around the corner from our flat in Soho, we
immediately headed over and dropped a shit load of our hard earned money in
pursuit of getting one of Ewos' figures in the blind chase. Alas we didn't get
one, but that's not going to stop us. Payday is Friday and we're going back for
more.
Via Email from Ewos on 9/9: "Hey wooster!
hahah i laughed alot at your text on my qee daamn! well i sell them too and then
you get the red-black one in a polybag (special edition) or the black and white
one in the box. could you put this email order_gee@hotmail.com for peolpe that really want
this one ans not buy alot untill they got the one they want..."
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Thanks goes out to everyone
Thanks
goes out to everyone who turned out on Saturday night for the "Celebration of
Street Art" photography exhibit at Halcyon in Brooklyn. In the house were a ton
of artists who have been featured here on the Wooster site including: Rep1,
Michael DeFeo, MCA, Magmo, Laps1, Jet+Rubble, Thomas Egas, Linda A, Rik Catlow,
kgbe ROTGUT, Skewville, and many more. If you missed the opening, the show runs
through October 10th.
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The Ill Communication expo in
The
Ill Communication expo in Manchester looks like it's going to be off the hook.
The guys have just been given more space for the show which opens next Tuesday.
If you want to get your stickers in the show, email hookup@urbanartofficial.co.uk and then drop
them in the post to:
Urban Art Official
Contact Theatre
Oxford Rd
Manchester
M15 6JA
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What I Did On My
What I Did On My Summer Vacation by G in
Paris
"this summer i've got no money left to travel... so i've decided
to build my street art a bit more... staying in Paris among tourist and heat
waves... but with some friends (Halieutik, etc..) we're able to make a lot of
different things... sometimes sadness is energy of happiness... please find some
results with these joined files and especially the Who_Art_U file
who's a stick made of 380 A3 paper sheets ... amazing ?"
More
Amazing Images By G: Image 1 / Image 2 /
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Shit We're Diggin'... The limited
Shit
We're Diggin'... The limited edition Wooster Collective vs. Abe Lincoln, Jr.
collaborative sticker series produced exclusively for the goodie bags for
Saturday nights opening of the "A Celebration of Street Art" show
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Seen On The Streets of
Seen On The
Streets of New York... A New Snipe Sticker Campaign Teasing the Relaunch of
Napster
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From our good friend in
From our good friend in the U.K,
Mysterious Al:
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September 7, 2003
If you happen to be
If you
happen to be in the Netherlands today, be sure to stop by and check out the
Nolart Expo, 15 new paintings by Michael
Nolita. Here's the info on the show:
Time:
11:00 t/m15:00
Place: Smaak design
Ettensebaan 17A
Breda Netherlands
(The image above
was nicked from Michael's terrific weblog)
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Fresh Stuff From Girl Horsie
Fresh
Stuff From Girl Horsie
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What I Did On My
What I Did On My Summer Vacation... by Craig Metzger
"This summer has
been super hectic but at the same time great fun. In terms of art things I spent
a good part of the summer meeting artists and doing some collaborations here and
there. I've also been collecting pieces for a street project I hope to start
this fall so keep an eye out if you live in nyc. I'll keep this short and sweet
but I attached some of the collab pieces I did this summer for you to enjoy.
Have a great Fall and be safe.... craig"
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September 12, 2003
NYC | Sept. 25 | Control Chaos a :phunk Exhibition
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New Tees by Cheba
Via email from Cheba: "Cheba jeans are on there way, hold tight. . . "
Price: B#21.99
Sizes: small, medium, large ,and extra large
Colors: Various
Available At: BS8 in Bristol and other shops around europe that stock Road Clothing
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San Francisco | Now | Modern Thought 2
While the opening for this show has already passed, this is definitely a show you should check out before it closes
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New Jersey | Sep 20th | Gnarly: A B/D Skate Jam
Gnarly: A B/D Skate Jam " A Hybrid of Graffiti art, skateboarding, and music "Beautiful/Decay Magazines Issue Release party featuring:
Site Specific wall paintings/installations by : Zine, Sigh, Lapse, Dyer, Glue, Rate, Swoon, Xrae, Tofer, Eulogy, Aest 2, Penis, Expert, Logan Hicks, Colt 45, Gosh, Buff Monster, Pastor, Scan 53, Eye, Savior, Dos, MDS, SG, FH, TFO, WCB, DCM, TKO, BFK, 2DX, WH and many more.
* Skate Demo by the Dirty Jerz Team, Stimulus Skate Team, and Division East Teams at 8pm
* All night Giveaways of Stickers, CDs, Magazines, and shirts
* Complimentary copies of Beautiful/Decay Issue: E
* Limited edition event t-shirts
* View the all new Scion model XA and XB cars
Sponsored by: Scion, Stoked, Dirty Jerz Skate shop, Palm Pictures, Jakprints, and American Apparel
When: Saturday September 20th 6-10pm
Where: Drop In skate park
107 Pleasant Ave.
Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458-2408
ph: 1.201.760.9955
RSVP:
URLs: Beautiful/Decay
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Netherlands | September 19 | PUNCT 10 : RECOGNIZE | Exposition
Artists: Ewos & Wood, Gulp, Apetown, Thrashkit, Ephameron, Herr Don Wardo, Fia, Paul Spandex, Blinkie Bill, Jesic, Lastplak, Echt nie, Edding, Acab, Olès, L. Tonnie, Helikopter, Low Lita, Son 103, Aroma, Lief, MackplacktWhen: 19 september till 12 oktober
Where: Gallery Punct in the Netherlands
A Spoorlaan 340
5038 CC Tilburg
RSVP:
URLs: punct
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Austin, TX | September 13 | Camp Fig and 55DSL present: Raw Stitches
Camp Fig and 55DSL present: Raw Stitches
2'x2' paintings on denim
When: Saturday Sep. 13th, 7-10PM
Where: Camp Fig in Austin Texas.
After Party at the Fresh Up Club
916 E. Springdale Rd. Austin, TX 78702
RSVP:
URLs: Camp Fig
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NYC | Sep 16 | Andrew Pommier "Whale Rider"
Artist Andrew Pommier, the young Canadian illustrator, painter, and doodler, today presents his exhibit "Whale Fighter" at 55DSL Flagship Union Square. Andrew Pommier has been working closely on idea's that were inspired by Herman Melville's "Moby Dick" and are the basis for the current exhibit, "Whale Fighter." It is the particular passage describing a crewmember's discovery of what he believes is the great white whale [long searched for by Captain Ahab] that serves as the foundation of the artwork. As the story reveals, on closer inspection, the sea creature turns out to be a giant squid that has floated to the surface. In Pommier's view, the giant squid symbolizes the strength of such sea creatures and the battles thought to take place between the great whales and giant squids. Pommier is also challenged by the creatures' awkward and mysterious ways that make them intriguing to draw.
"I work with themes that are always in a state of flux," Pommier said. As many in the art community know, he draws constantly with his sketchbook always at hand. Anything and everything inspires Pommier -- from television to books to travel to other artists. Oddity is always central to his work.
Please join 55DSL at the New York flagship store on 1 Union Square West for the "Whale Fighter" Exhibit, which runs from September 16 - November 16, 2003.
When : Tuesday, September 16, 7-10pm
Where : 55DSL Flagship at 1 Union Square West (NYC, USA)
RSVP : rsvp55dsl@yahoo.com
URLs : andrew pommier | 55DSL
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Super APE Stars
So it looks like this coming Monday, September 15th, may be the day when the Bathing Ape/adidas remixed Superstars I's (now called, appropriately "Super APE Stars") have finally cleared US customs and will go on sale at the adidas Soho store. (At least that's what the manager of the store has been telling us so if they don't go on sale Monday, don't blame us, okay?). If you haven't seen them yet, it's definately some of Nigo's best work to date. We've been eyein' the Remix camos in the plexi cases at the adidas store for a couple of weeks now. When they do go out on Monday, the whole thing will last the blink of an eye, as there's only 500 pair of three different styles. That's 500 pair per style worldwide! So don't expect more than 50 pair or so at the Soho store. The Superskate remix's are set to launch in October.
The BAPE shoes are part of the adidas !s!gned (I-signed) series, an on-going collaborative project between adidas and emerging artists and designers. Past collaborations have included Bless, Saskia Van Drimmelen, Kostas Murkudis, NOKI, Stella McCartney, OWN, Jeremy Scott and ALIFENYC.
So if you head over to the store on Monday, look out for a dude and his dog (a brown Weimie named Hudson) We'll be out there on line with the rest of you guys.
Each comes in a custom adidas/BAPE camo box, with special BAPE tissue paper and a leather hang tag. Each box also includes 3 different pair of custom BAPE extra fat laces.
Price: Probably around $150 if I remember correctly, but again, don't quote us.
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CUE's (from So Fuzzy Crew) First Toy
If you haven't figured it out yet from reading the Wooster site, we fuckin' love So Fuzzy Crew. So when CUE told us he had just finished producing his first toy, we couldn't wait to see it.
From Cue: "I've just filled one of the black rabbits' mouths with red paint and its fangs are now dripping blood _ it looks pretty sweet. Im going to photograph it tomorrow... BE VERY AFRAID... the next step is to make the roadkill rabbit, which will also probably have lots of blood on it... sweet."
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Profile: Sadhu
sadhu - The Vitals:
Age:27
Hometown: perpignan, south of france
Where do you now live?: paris
How long have you been creating street art?: not for a long time,about 1 year and a half
What did you do last night?: would have liked to find courage to go out, but stared at photoshop with a friend til 5 am..
What is your favorite thing to eat for dinner?: no aperitive before?
Who is your favorite fictional character?: rabbit in the Quest Of The Graal
What do you currently have in your pockets?: my camera, my travelcard for subway. i am not outlaw. and my key. i like when i can go back to my house
If you were given "more time" what would you do with it?: i would cut out more polypropilene, i'd work harder drawings, i 'd get up at 4am to go out from time to time, i would try more things with paintings...i would travel!!!
Who do you love?: the"oldserbclub", my brother, my godson,
Sadhu - The A's to Our Q's:
Wooster: How did you get started in creating art for the street?
Sadhu: first time it was with very large posca, i had found a very smooth wall and really enjoyed trying big calligraphies..few months later i took out some stencils from old drawingboard made years ago,for tee shirts and tried them on a wall. arrived in paris i began making some posters, but not as much as i would like!
Wooster: What other street artists do you most admire and why?
Sadhu: blek le rat for the choice of drawings, places and sizes of the pieces -- but my favourite is banksy, the Brain and the Hand, completly respectfull! but there's many others
Wooster: What's your favorite city, neighborhood, or block, to post and/or to see street art?
Sadhu: paris 20eme arrondissement
Wooster: What inspires you now?
Sadhu: the" art nouveau" not only for the design and the ornaments, because it doesn't make difference between art and artcrafs, architecture, advertissements...specially Mucha, whom i use sometimes drawings; but my work uses old photographies, lot of populary pictures from differents ages and places..and everything i see outside makes me think
Wooster: What are you currently working on? Can you give us a sneak peek?
Sadhu: i m working on an exhibition that should be in november, le pravda gallerie in paris, thanks to aurelie, so i works on canvas, watercolourpapers, kraft.... in deepth, i think how to make my work go on..you can go and see http://bloodymariehell.free.fr/
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The Art of David Horvath at
GIANT ROBOT Magazine will be celebrating Issue 30 in New York later tonight, Friday September 12th, with a release party at ESSEX at 120 Essex Street in LES (on the corner of Essex & Rivington) 11PM - 4AM
The best part of the night for us, will be that Brooklyn based artists David Horvath will be showing art from his new character line of UGLYDOLLS. Giant Robot was the first shop to carry his first toy project released in the US, the Uglydolls, which he co- created with Sun-Min Kim in 2001. All new Uglydolls and an Uglydoll figure line will premiere at Toy Fair 2004 in New York City, and a special limited ICE BAT Uglydoll will be exclusive to Giant Robot this winter.
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Report From The London
Have you recently peeped the London Police's website? If not, check it. All new stuff. (The photo above is from the guys current trip to Tokyo.
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What I Did On My Summer Vacation... by
"Well
technically speaking I didn't take a vacation till the summer was over. I went
to St. Thomas last week. Its really great not having to commute into NYC. I
didn't miss the smell of body odor mixed with gyros in the NYC subways system on
my daily commute. I also had a number of shows this summer. So i was cranking
the work out. I was interviewed by the fine folks at Art Prostitute (Now that my vacation is
over its time to crack the whip. Wiiitchya!)
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Fresh Stuff From... St.Arsky
... new
designs from St.Arsky for the Spanish magazine ROJO
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5 Tips From.... 3ngine
001::
if you go to the toilet make sure that 1) the door lock properly 2) there's
toilet paper and 3) you can escape without using the door.
002:: make sure
to get more then 3 adrenaline kicks a day, it will keep the doctor and some
other stuff away.
003:: always wear sneakers so you'll be able to run away
from anything anywhere....
004:: wake up ,look in the mirror and say:
wauw, don't i look pretty today, this is my lucky day! (do this every morning).
005:: think big... and when you have that tought, then multiply it.
and...
006:: surf to the woostersite everyday to be up to date with da
streetart thingies... yeah
now go boogie
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September 11, 2003
Name That Artist
This shirt was hand-screened at the 55DSL booth at the
ASR convention last weekend in San Diego. The first two to name the artist who
created the print will be hooked up with one of these limited edition DiK vs Wooster shirts.
one of a kind -- don't hate.
note: folks affiliated with 55dsl or the artist aren't eligible, duh
:P
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What I Did On My Summer Vacation... by Oles
"Hi there
Woosters. Together with two friends from Lisboa, I went up north to escape the
summer heat. In case someone doesn't recognise the map, it's the north of
Europe, Scandinavia in general. Despite the fact that I'm now the only Dutch
without a sun-tan, I had a really good time there and I'd like to say thanks to
all the people who let us sleep in their houses and showed us around town,
especially the guys in Stockholm!"
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5 Tips
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Seen On The Street... by Adam
"I just
had to send you this image. It never fails to surprise me when so many so called
"street artists" end up doing Boutique/ Gallery exhibitions. Here's one guy I'm
hoping this will never happen to. A couple of years ago I heard about an artist
who went around London drawing on the dusty backs of trucks. The guy's work was
a complete enigma to me, until yesterday I finally spotted one of his creations,
my jaw dropped..THIS IS TRUE STREET ART."
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Fresh Stuff From... Influenza
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September 10, 2003
The Bronx Soundwalk
This morning we got to peep the latest edition of Soundwalk - the
super cool CD based "audio guide for insiders" that you may have seen at Urban
Outfitters in NYC. (That is if you're the Urban Outfitters type) After creating
tours of New York's Chinatown, the Lower East Side, Times Square and Dumbo, the
guys over at Soundwalk/Oversampling have now teamed up with adidas to produce a
kickass hip hop inspired audio tour of the Bronx. Yes, the fuckin' Bronx.
'about time the Bronx got some respect. This time out the Soundwalk team has
spared no expense, blowing the thing up to three CD's. Each CD tackles a
distinct Bronx neighborhood: Yankee Stadium, Hunts Point and Soundview. One of
the CD's features Hunts Point killer graffiti scene, with emphasis on the TATS
CRU, CRASH, CHAIN3 and the artwork of John Ahearn and Rigoberto Torres. The
narrator is none other than BG183 of TATS CRU. Another CD centers on the
Soundview/Bronx River area that's the home of Afrika Bambaataa and the Zulu
Nation and is known as the birthplace of hip-hop. It includes interviews with
Afrika Bambaataa, GrandWizzard Theodore, Kool DJ Red Alert, and GrandMaster Caz.
Narrator is the legendary DJ and producer The Original Jazzy Jay, who started
playing in the streets of the Bronx under the guidance of Afrika Bambaataa.
He's worked with Fat Joe, Brand Nubian, A Tribe Called Quest, and many others.
Pretty dope, right?
Availability: You gotta wait until
the 16th of this month. Then you can get it at places like the MoMa Design
Store, Tower Records, The Apartment, and other places
Price: Around 20 bucks, but don't quote us if it's more
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WC facelift
hi faithful wc readers.. expect some growing
pains while we tweak the page for newness and improvedness. suggestions welcome;
throw it in "shouts"...
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STRANGEco presents Scary Girl Mini Treehouse by Nathan Jurevicius
based in san francisco, STRANGEco produces figures to
satisfy the most hungry of collectors. their latest is the Mini Treehouse
figure series, designed by Australian artist Nathan Jurevicius. the series
features 12 distinct characters that can be morphed into alter egos
(transformer! more than meets the eye...). and true to blind-chase
form, there are two super rare figures--Naal the mushroom patch guard and Scary
Girl in painter's attire-- and even one secret one!
via
email from jim, on 9/10 : Mini Treehouse retails for $5.95 each,
and is available now. We hope to add a lot more to this list. many of these
retailers will also carry our other products, starting with Dorbel by Jim
Woodring (which will retail for $40).
Availability: Atomic Comics : 1310 W.
Southern #3, Mesa, AZ 85202, (480) 649-0807
Diamond Comics Distributors :
October Previews catalog
Dr. Tongueb s 3D House of Collectible Toys
Portland, OR
Fingerprints : 4612-B East 2nd St, Long Beach, CA 90803,
(562) 433-4996
Forbidden Planet, Ltd. : UK
Giant Robot : Los
Angeles, CA
Just Be Toys : Portland, OR
Meltdown Comics : Los
Angeles, CA
Ningyoushi's Workshop: online store
Therapy: 545
Valencia St, San Francisco, CA 94110, (415) 861-6213
Things from Another
World : Portland, OR, San Francisco, CA, Los Angeles, CA
Tower Records:
everywhere
Toy Tokyo: New York, NY
Yes Anime: San Francisco, CA
Retailers interested in carrying Mini Treehouse figures may request
wholesale information by contacting sales@strangeco.com or (415) 643-3113.
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What I Did On My Summer Vacation... by Meet 'N Greet
"I did not do that much this summer, (except for
working ) But last weekend i visit the Notinghill carnival in London, England,
wich was really wicked, hard-core, sleeping on the floor etc. I shot some
footage of street actions, with some multiply actions, i hope the quality is
bright enough, because i was drunk like a dogg, can't even remember shooting the
movie...... Meet 'n greet"
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Shit We're Diggin' In A Major Way.... The Street Art of
Many months ago we fell in love with a project by
Joystick in Barcelona. The other day in a Joystickers email to us, there was a
link to the "Airport" section on the Joystick website. Airport profiles new young
artists each month. We came across the work of Juan Lopez and our jaw dropped.
Stunning work. Truly stunning. Be sure to check out the Joystick website. It's fucking amazing.
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Influenza's 5 most popular tips
Influenza's 5 most popular tips (in random order)
Tip 3.
Be in the field as much as you can. Keep on pushing it!
Tip 4. Make it
stick on all surfaces.
Tip 2. Try to get maximum fun out of what you're
doing
Tip 6. Have an enemy (or two) to project your fanatism on. (cause
thats what you need if you want to be out there every single day) Here some to
choose from: The power of architecture over our daily urban lives; Egoism in
society (blame it on the neighbor); Bad design in general; Graphic design more
specific! Aah , what are those people doing! Do they not have any better
ambition that to make shit for others like that?!; The unstoppable and even
expanding influence of money in our life (wished i had some of that stuff
though..); oh yea, and uniformed people, the corporate business look, the
security guy and on top of course the cop..
Tip 4. Get ill to get better
(cause somehow everything works like a child disease)
Tip 5. Love your
neighbor. Hate her boyfriend..
Tip 8. Treat life as one big IQ-test. It
helps relativating a lot..haha
Tip 5. Don't care about the rest but try
always to surprise yourself
Tip 1. Being the best sounds good but second
best is good enough.
Tip 9. Share the fun. There are a million reasons
for but friends are the best.
Tip 4. Never do what you are told.
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Create Random Acts of Public Art - The Vitals
Age: 29
Hometown: Ann Arbor, MI
Where do you now live?: Chicago
How long have
you been creating street art?: I started painting walls in 1992, I
started installing work from the studio in 1999.
What did you do
last night?: A late night bike ride through the streets of Chicago.
What is your favorite thing to eat for dinner?: Burritos
Who is your favorite fictional character?: Ignatius J. Reilly
from A Confederacy of Dunces
What do you currently have in your
pockets?: A whole lot of nothing
If you were given "more
time," what would you do with it?: Spend more time creating work.
Who do you love?: My wife and my family
C.R.A.P
Art - The A's to Our Q's:
Wooster: How did you get started in creating
art for the street?
C.R.A.P Art: I first started
experimenting with wheat pasting in 1996, but I didn't get serious until 1999
when I was living in New Orleans. I wanted a way to balance the work that I was
showing in galleries, and a way that people could collect free work and take it
for themselves if they desired.
Wooster: What
other street artists do you most admire and why?
C.R.A.P
Art: I admire all the usual heavyweights, Banksy, WK, Invader, etc. I
really enjoy the work that I have seen by Fosik and RotGut. A nice, dirty feel.
Here in Chicago, Silva and friends has installed some terrific images lately.
And the work of the FMK crew who taught me alot as I got started a long time
ago.
Wooster: What's your favorite city,
neighborhood, or block, to post and/or to see street art?
C.R.A.P Art: I would have to say Chicago is great to see
work in because I appreciate the effort that people go through to install here.
The shelf life can be pretty short. Frenchman St. in New Orleans was always fun
as well.
Wooster: What inspires you now?:
C.R.A.P Art: The possibilities that are around each corner.
Wandering around the city with no destination point.
Wooster: What are you currently working on? Can you give us
a sneak peek?
C.R.A.P Art: Drawing on found
blueprints, scrap metal, and the like.
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Any show Mackplakt is in
Any show Mackplakt is in has gotta be
good. This one looks exceptional:
opening september 19th
streetart expo tilburg netherlands
with Mackplakt, Codex, Apetown,
Dennis tyfus, Herr wardo, Ephameron, Gulp, Honore, Prutpuss, Paul Spandex,
Prutpuss, Jelle Crama , Eurotrashkit, Michelle Matyn + performances
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Limited Edition Tee From D*Face
We've known for a while that anything East London's Low
Wage Crew (PMH, D*Face, Mysterious Al, Chimp) lends their talents to is
definitely gonna be top notch. These guys don't fuck around. If you attended
the Finders Keepers shows in London then you know that quality is paramount for
LWC. So when D*Face let us peep his new tee before it hits stores, we knew it
was gonna be great. And it is. From the handscreened boxes to the individually
numbered labels, no expense is spared.
A clarification
from PMH regarding LWC: "right sir, there are two crews - LOW WAGE CREW
and FINDERS KEEPERS (FKC).....low wage started ages ago and is very loose, like
the wu tang, it includes ronzo and anyone who keeps it dirty, wheras FKC
(finders keepers) is super serious, THE collective, and is me, mysterious al, d
face and dave the chimp.....we be FKC -- i told you we got a halloween show at
jag shoes, our first ever group show and its gonna be hella sick!"
Sizes: Small, Medium,
Large.
Colors: Powder Blue (as shown), Dust and Steel.
(D*Face: What color is dust? Dust is a color? Is this a British thing?)
Method: Each tee comes in a hand screen printed and painted
box. Each one unique.
Limited Edition: Each shirt is
limited to a run of 100 and has a sleeve embroidered label and the inside neck
is printed with a limited edition number and detail.
Available: Nowhere. Yet!! To get one, email D*Face at dface@stolenspace.com
Price: B#30.
Notice to stores: If
anyone out there wants to stock them, please let D*Face know.
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Skateboard Wheels From Nylon
Not too long ago we featured the artist Nylon on the Wooster Collective
site. His latest project is a limited edition series of skateboard wheels
featuring his abstract graphics, old school clouds, and the zippo lighter in a
bubble pack.
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Sickboy's Ladies Handbag for Amour
When we first heard that the U.K based street artist Sickboy had lent
his artistic talents to a lady's handbag, our initial reaction was - "What the
fuck??" But then we saw how cool is was and we were hooked. We are indeed
diggin' the handbags. Each one is hand printed, hand painted, hand sewn.
Limited Edition of 250
Availability: At one time they were available at Handbag.com. Also check for them at Artomatic in London
With
Artomatic being closed for the next few weeks, the best thing to do is email
Sickboy at amour@sickboy.uk.com.
He'll hook you up. For more Sickboy goods, go to his website
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September 9, 2003
Wooster Collective vs. Design is Kinky Tee
The Wooster Collective hooked up with Design Is Kinky and American Apparel to produce a limited
edition Wooster Collective x DIK tee. This one-of-a-kind tee
was given exclusively to the guests at last Saturday's opening of "A Celebration
of Street Art" in Brooklyn. We're diggin' Andrew (of DIK's) off-centered map
graphic.
Availablily: Non-retail item which means that you
gotta know someone to get one
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Kozyndan : Urban Myths
The latest and second imprint on Giant
Robot's press is kozyndan's Urban
Myths book, a collaborative duo operating out of LA. Known for their mind-
blowing panoramas, kozyndan produce some of the most original and creative
illustrations I've seen.
Available: Buy it at the Giant Robot store, either in person or online
Price: $18.
Softcover, 96 pages
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via our friend, Vinnie Ray
via our friend, Vinnie Ray --
"Creative Time is delighted to announce Chinese artist Cai Guo-Qiang's Light
Cycle, an explosion event that will illuminate Central Park on Monday, September
15, 2003, at 7:45 p.m. for a duration of 4 to 5 minutes, in celebration of
Central Park's 150th anniversary. Signifying renewal and wholeness, the event
has been specially commissioned as the denouement of a summer-long celebration
of the vitality brought to our City by Central Park. Light Cycle will highlight
the Park as the heart of Manhattan, rendering it the brightest point of the City
for one festive night. Light Cycle is curated by Creative Time, presented in conjunction
with The City of New York and the Central Park Conservancy, and sponsored by
Haagen-Dazs as part of their Art of Pure Pleasure initiative. Designed to
provide a variety of experiences, Light Cycle will unfold in three stages from
five firing locations in the Park, taking as its central motif a 1,000 foot high
colossal halo of fire and light. Cai Guo-Qiang, world renowned for his explosion
projects, in which he uses gunpowder as an artistic and expressive medium, has
collaborated with Fireworks by Grucci, America's oldest fireworks company, to
develop state-of-the-art technology that employs programmable microchips in each
shell, allowing the artist to draw in the sky. The total duration of Light Cycle
will be approximately 4 to 5 minutes."
Wow. Sounds amazing! --
Wooster
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"Wooster Collective's
Over the last few weeks we've
realized that we've seriously slacked off in featuring all the cool new shit
that is out there - artist's tees, design books, vinyl figures, and everything
in between. To fix this, we decided to launch a new webpage called - "Wooster Collective's Cool Shit
We're Diggin" which will be updated each week with new stuff from around the
world. Check it out and let us know what you think. Also, if you're interested
in getting the cool merch shit features by email, sign up for the "Cool Shit Mailing
List"
Here's a sample:
Veronique Vienne' New Book On Designer Chip Kidd
We've been a huge fan of Chip Kidd's book jacket designs since first
seeing his work on Donna Tart's THE SECRET HISTORY in 1992 (a collaboration with
Barbara de Wilde). Yale University Press' Monographics Books now gives Chip the
full on star treatment he deserves with a well illustrated book that examines
Kidd's design work and the context behind it. If you are a designer or artist,
this will be a book that you will return to time and time again for inspiration.
The Essentials:
Available on Amazon for $13.97
Book is Paperback and 112 pages
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Veronique Vienne' New Book On Designer Chip Kidd
We've been a huge fan of Chip Kidd's book jacket designs since first
seeing his work on Donna Tart's THE SECRET HISTORY in 1992 (a collaboration with
Barbara de Wilde). Yale University Press' Monographics Books now gives Chip the
full on star treatment he deserves with a well illustrated book that examines
Kidd's design work and the context behind it. If you are a designer or artist,
this will be a book that you will return to time and time again for
inspiration.
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Submit - The Vitals
Age: 16
Hometown: orlando fl
Where do you now live?: nashville tn
How long
have you been creating street art?: about a year
What did
you do last night?: argued with girls, ran from the cops
What is your favorite thing to eat for dinner?: vegan
pizza
Who is your favorite fictional character?: barney
fife
What do you currently have in your pockets?: stickers
and a clogged fat cap
If you were given "more time," what would you
do with it?: paint, travel, spend more time with old friends
Who do you love?: Rebecca
Submit - The
A's to Our Q's:
Wooster: How did you get started in
creating art for the street?
Submit: i saw alot of
pictures from around the world....and thought we needed something to brighten up
the city here
Wooster: What other street artists do
you most admire and why?
Submit: DA!, wk interact,
meek, and of course Banksy and Shepard fairey. Because always have new art to
impress me with.
Wooster: What's your favorite
city, neighborhood, or block, to post and/or to see street art?
Submit: downtown nashville
Wooster:
What inspires you now? nocturnal show print, local
artists, everything on stencil
revolution, everyone and everything downtown.
Wooster:
What are you currently working on? Can you give us a sneak peek?
Submit: basicaly pushing my posters as hard as humanly
possible and i'm coming out with merchandise soon.
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What I Did On My Summer Vacation... by Mouffiko
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Excellent Archive of Street Art
Excellent Archive of
Street Art From Sankt Pauli (Hamburg), Germany via Heiko
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Seen On Venice Beach, Ca
Seen On Venice
Beach, Ca (Thanks, Joshua!)
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So Fuzzy Crew's COLLEGE OF EVIL Baseball Tee
So Fuzzy Crew's clothing line has been a big hit here at Wooster HQ since we
first came across them at Stackhouse in our 'hood. CUE's stuff is top of the
line and a whole lot of fun. Pure Evil. Pure Evil
Available on So Fuzzy Crew's Website
Price: Hmm... We can't seem to figure that out on the site
Availability: We have no idea
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September 8, 2003
Ewos' Angry Dog mini created for Toy2R's Qee Series 3
We've been diggin' Ewos' whacked out graf
for a while now, so we couldn't have been happier to learn that Ewos' Angry Dog
character is included in the latest Qee Series from Toy2R. When the new Kid
Robot store opened on Sunday around the corner from our flat in Soho, we
immediately headed over and dropped a shit load of our hard earned money in
pursuit of getting one of Ewos' figures in the blind chase. Alas we didn't get
one, but that's not going to stop us. Payday is Friday and we're going back for
more.
Via Email from Ewos on 9/9: "Hey wooster!
hahah i laughed alot at your text on my qee daamn! well i sell them too and then
you get the red-black one in a polybag (special edition) or the black and white
one in the box. could you put this email order_gee@hotmail.com for peolpe that really want
this one ans not buy alot untill they got the one they want..."
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Thanks goes out to everyone
Thanks
goes out to everyone who turned out on Saturday night for the "Celebration of
Street Art" photography exhibit at Halcyon in Brooklyn. In the house were a ton
of artists who have been featured here on the Wooster site including: Rep1,
Michael DeFeo, MCA, Magmo, Laps1, Jet+Rubble, Thomas Egas, Linda A, Rik Catlow,
kgbe ROTGUT, Skewville, and many more. If you missed the opening, the show runs
through October 10th.
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The Ill Communication expo in
The
Ill Communication expo in Manchester looks like it's going to be off the hook.
The guys have just been given more space for the show which opens next Tuesday.
If you want to get your stickers in the show, email hookup@urbanartofficial.co.uk and then drop
them in the post to:
Urban Art Official
Contact Theatre
Oxford Rd
Manchester
M15 6JA
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What I Did On My
What I Did On My Summer Vacation by G in
Paris
"this summer i've got no money left to travel... so i've decided
to build my street art a bit more... staying in Paris among tourist and heat
waves... but with some friends (Halieutik, etc..) we're able to make a lot of
different things... sometimes sadness is energy of happiness... please find some
results with these joined files and especially the Who_Art_U file
who's a stick made of 380 A3 paper sheets ... amazing ?"
More
Amazing Images By G: Image 1 / Image 2 /
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Shit We're Diggin'... The limited
Shit
We're Diggin'... The limited edition Wooster Collective vs. Abe Lincoln, Jr.
collaborative sticker series produced exclusively for the goodie bags for
Saturday nights opening of the "A Celebration of Street Art" show
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Seen On The Streets of
Seen On The
Streets of New York... A New Snipe Sticker Campaign Teasing the Relaunch of
Napster
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From our good friend in
From our good friend in the U.K,
Mysterious Al:
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September 7, 2003
If you happen to be
If you
happen to be in the Netherlands today, be sure to stop by and check out the
Nolart Expo, 15 new paintings by Michael
Nolita. Here's the info on the show:
Time:
11:00 t/m15:00
Place: Smaak design
Ettensebaan 17A
Breda Netherlands
(The image above
was nicked from Michael's terrific weblog)
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Fresh Stuff From Girl Horsie
Fresh
Stuff From Girl Horsie
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What I Did On My
What I Did On My Summer Vacation... by Craig Metzger
"This summer has
been super hectic but at the same time great fun. In terms of art things I spent
a good part of the summer meeting artists and doing some collaborations here and
there. I've also been collecting pieces for a street project I hope to start
this fall so keep an eye out if you live in nyc. I'll keep this short and sweet
but I attached some of the collab pieces I did this summer for you to enjoy.
Have a great Fall and be safe.... craig"
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"Well technically speaking I didn't take a vacation till the summer was over. I went to St. Thomas last week. Its really great not having to commute into NYC. I didn't miss the smell of body odor mixed with gyros in the NYC subways system on my daily commute. I also had a number of shows this summer. So i was cranking the work out. I was interviewed by the fine folks at Art Prostitute (Now that my vacation is over its time to crack the whip. Wiiitchya!)
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Fresh Stuff From... St.Arsky
... new designs from St.Arsky for the Spanish magazine ROJO
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5 Tips From.... 3ngine
001:: if you go to the toilet make sure that 1) the door lock properly 2) there's toilet paper and 3) you can escape without using the door.
002:: make sure to get more then 3 adrenaline kicks a day, it will keep the doctor and some other stuff away.
003:: always wear sneakers so you'll be able to run away from anything anywhere....
004:: wake up ,look in the mirror and say: wauw, don't i look pretty today, this is my lucky day! (do this every morning).
005:: think big... and when you have that tought, then multiply it.
and...
006:: surf to the woostersite everyday to be up to date with da streetart thingies... yeah
now go boogie
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September 11, 2003
Name That Artist
This shirt was hand-screened at the 55DSL booth at the ASR convention last weekend in San Diego. The first two to name the artist who created the print will be hooked up with one of these limited edition DiK vs Wooster shirts.
one of a kind -- don't hate.
note: folks affiliated with 55dsl or the artist aren't eligible, duh :P
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What I Did On My Summer Vacation... by Oles
"Hi there Woosters. Together with two friends from Lisboa, I went up north to escape the summer heat. In case someone doesn't recognise the map, it's the north of Europe, Scandinavia in general. Despite the fact that I'm now the only Dutch without a sun-tan, I had a really good time there and I'd like to say thanks to all the people who let us sleep in their houses and showed us around town, especially the guys in Stockholm!"
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5 Tips
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Seen On The Street... by Adam
"I just had to send you this image. It never fails to surprise me when so many so called "street artists" end up doing Boutique/ Gallery exhibitions. Here's one guy I'm hoping this will never happen to. A couple of years ago I heard about an artist who went around London drawing on the dusty backs of trucks. The guy's work was a complete enigma to me, until yesterday I finally spotted one of his creations, my jaw dropped..THIS IS TRUE STREET ART."
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Fresh Stuff From... Influenza
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September 10, 2003
The Bronx Soundwalk
This morning we got to peep the latest edition of Soundwalk - the super cool CD based "audio guide for insiders" that you may have seen at Urban Outfitters in NYC. (That is if you're the Urban Outfitters type) After creating tours of New York's Chinatown, the Lower East Side, Times Square and Dumbo, the guys over at Soundwalk/Oversampling have now teamed up with adidas to produce a kickass hip hop inspired audio tour of the Bronx. Yes, the fuckin' Bronx. 'about time the Bronx got some respect. This time out the Soundwalk team has spared no expense, blowing the thing up to three CD's. Each CD tackles a distinct Bronx neighborhood: Yankee Stadium, Hunts Point and Soundview. One of the CD's features Hunts Point killer graffiti scene, with emphasis on the TATS CRU, CRASH, CHAIN3 and the artwork of John Ahearn and Rigoberto Torres. The narrator is none other than BG183 of TATS CRU. Another CD centers on the Soundview/Bronx River area that's the home of Afrika Bambaataa and the Zulu Nation and is known as the birthplace of hip-hop. It includes interviews with Afrika Bambaataa, GrandWizzard Theodore, Kool DJ Red Alert, and GrandMaster Caz. Narrator is the legendary DJ and producer The Original Jazzy Jay, who started playing in the streets of the Bronx under the guidance of Afrika Bambaataa. He's worked with Fat Joe, Brand Nubian, A Tribe Called Quest, and many others. Pretty dope, right?
Availability: You gotta wait until the 16th of this month. Then you can get it at places like the MoMa Design Store, Tower Records, The Apartment, and other places
Price: Around 20 bucks, but don't quote us if it's more
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WC facelift
hi faithful wc readers.. expect some growing pains while we tweak the page for newness and improvedness. suggestions welcome; throw it in "shouts"...Posted by trudatnyc at 12:30 PM in | Recommend this! |
STRANGEco presents Scary Girl Mini Treehouse by Nathan Jurevicius
based in san francisco, STRANGEco produces figures to satisfy the most hungry of collectors. their latest is the Mini Treehouse figure series, designed by Australian artist Nathan Jurevicius. the series features 12 distinct characters that can be morphed into alter egos (transformer! more than meets the eye...). and true to blind-chase form, there are two super rare figures--Naal the mushroom patch guard and Scary Girl in painter's attire-- and even one secret one!
via email from jim, on 9/10 : Mini Treehouse retails for $5.95 each, and is available now. We hope to add a lot more to this list. many of these retailers will also carry our other products, starting with Dorbel by Jim Woodring (which will retail for $40).
Availability: Atomic Comics : 1310 W. Southern #3, Mesa, AZ 85202, (480) 649-0807
Diamond Comics Distributors : October Previews catalog
Dr. Tongueb s 3D House of Collectible Toys
Portland, OR
Fingerprints : 4612-B East 2nd St, Long Beach, CA 90803, (562) 433-4996
Forbidden Planet, Ltd. : UK
Giant Robot : Los Angeles, CA
Just Be Toys : Portland, OR
Meltdown Comics : Los Angeles, CA
Ningyoushi's Workshop: online store
Therapy: 545 Valencia St, San Francisco, CA 94110, (415) 861-6213
Things from Another World : Portland, OR, San Francisco, CA, Los Angeles, CA
Tower Records: everywhere
Toy Tokyo: New York, NY
Yes Anime: San Francisco, CA
Retailers interested in carrying Mini Treehouse figures may request wholesale information by contacting sales@strangeco.com or (415) 643-3113.
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What I Did On My Summer Vacation... by Meet 'N Greet
"I did not do that much this summer, (except for working ) But last weekend i visit the Notinghill carnival in London, England, wich was really wicked, hard-core, sleeping on the floor etc. I shot some footage of street actions, with some multiply actions, i hope the quality is bright enough, because i was drunk like a dogg, can't even remember shooting the movie...... Meet 'n greet"
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Shit We're Diggin' In A Major Way.... The Street Art of
Many months ago we fell in love with a project by
Joystick in Barcelona. The other day in a Joystickers email to us, there was a
link to the "Airport" section on the Joystick website. Airport profiles new young
artists each month. We came across the work of Juan Lopez and our jaw dropped.
Stunning work. Truly stunning. Be sure to check out the Joystick website. It's fucking amazing.
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Influenza's 5 most popular tips
Influenza's 5 most popular tips (in random order)
Tip 3.
Be in the field as much as you can. Keep on pushing it!
Tip 4. Make it
stick on all surfaces.
Tip 2. Try to get maximum fun out of what you're
doing
Tip 6. Have an enemy (or two) to project your fanatism on. (cause
thats what you need if you want to be out there every single day) Here some to
choose from: The power of architecture over our daily urban lives; Egoism in
society (blame it on the neighbor); Bad design in general; Graphic design more
specific! Aah , what are those people doing! Do they not have any better
ambition that to make shit for others like that?!; The unstoppable and even
expanding influence of money in our life (wished i had some of that stuff
though..); oh yea, and uniformed people, the corporate business look, the
security guy and on top of course the cop..
Tip 4. Get ill to get better
(cause somehow everything works like a child disease)
Tip 5. Love your
neighbor. Hate her boyfriend..
Tip 8. Treat life as one big IQ-test. It
helps relativating a lot..haha
Tip 5. Don't care about the rest but try
always to surprise yourself
Tip 1. Being the best sounds good but second
best is good enough.
Tip 9. Share the fun. There are a million reasons
for but friends are the best.
Tip 4. Never do what you are told.
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Create Random Acts of Public Art - The Vitals
Age: 29
Hometown: Ann Arbor, MI
Where do you now live?: Chicago
How long have
you been creating street art?: I started painting walls in 1992, I
started installing work from the studio in 1999.
What did you do
last night?: A late night bike ride through the streets of Chicago.
What is your favorite thing to eat for dinner?: Burritos
Who is your favorite fictional character?: Ignatius J. Reilly
from A Confederacy of Dunces
What do you currently have in your
pockets?: A whole lot of nothing
If you were given "more
time," what would you do with it?: Spend more time creating work.
Who do you love?: My wife and my family
C.R.A.P
Art - The A's to Our Q's:
Wooster: How did you get started in creating
art for the street?
C.R.A.P Art: I first started
experimenting with wheat pasting in 1996, but I didn't get serious until 1999
when I was living in New Orleans. I wanted a way to balance the work that I was
showing in galleries, and a way that people could collect free work and take it
for themselves if they desired.
Wooster: What
other street artists do you most admire and why?
C.R.A.P
Art: I admire all the usual heavyweights, Banksy, WK, Invader, etc. I
really enjoy the work that I have seen by Fosik and RotGut. A nice, dirty feel.
Here in Chicago, Silva and friends has installed some terrific images lately.
And the work of the FMK crew who taught me alot as I got started a long time
ago.
Wooster: What's your favorite city,
neighborhood, or block, to post and/or to see street art?
C.R.A.P Art: I would have to say Chicago is great to see
work in because I appreciate the effort that people go through to install here.
The shelf life can be pretty short. Frenchman St. in New Orleans was always fun
as well.
Wooster: What inspires you now?:
C.R.A.P Art: The possibilities that are around each corner.
Wandering around the city with no destination point.
Wooster: What are you currently working on? Can you give us
a sneak peek?
C.R.A.P Art: Drawing on found
blueprints, scrap metal, and the like.
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Any show Mackplakt is in
Any show Mackplakt is in has gotta be
good. This one looks exceptional:
opening september 19th
streetart expo tilburg netherlands
with Mackplakt, Codex, Apetown,
Dennis tyfus, Herr wardo, Ephameron, Gulp, Honore, Prutpuss, Paul Spandex,
Prutpuss, Jelle Crama , Eurotrashkit, Michelle Matyn + performances
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Limited Edition Tee From D*Face
We've known for a while that anything East London's Low
Wage Crew (PMH, D*Face, Mysterious Al, Chimp) lends their talents to is
definitely gonna be top notch. These guys don't fuck around. If you attended
the Finders Keepers shows in London then you know that quality is paramount for
LWC. So when D*Face let us peep his new tee before it hits stores, we knew it
was gonna be great. And it is. From the handscreened boxes to the individually
numbered labels, no expense is spared.
A clarification
from PMH regarding LWC: "right sir, there are two crews - LOW WAGE CREW
and FINDERS KEEPERS (FKC).....low wage started ages ago and is very loose, like
the wu tang, it includes ronzo and anyone who keeps it dirty, wheras FKC
(finders keepers) is super serious, THE collective, and is me, mysterious al, d
face and dave the chimp.....we be FKC -- i told you we got a halloween show at
jag shoes, our first ever group show and its gonna be hella sick!"
Sizes: Small, Medium,
Large.
Colors: Powder Blue (as shown), Dust and Steel.
(D*Face: What color is dust? Dust is a color? Is this a British thing?)
Method: Each tee comes in a hand screen printed and painted
box. Each one unique.
Limited Edition: Each shirt is
limited to a run of 100 and has a sleeve embroidered label and the inside neck
is printed with a limited edition number and detail.
Available: Nowhere. Yet!! To get one, email D*Face at dface@stolenspace.com
Price: B#30.
Notice to stores: If
anyone out there wants to stock them, please let D*Face know.
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Skateboard Wheels From Nylon
Not too long ago we featured the artist Nylon on the Wooster Collective
site. His latest project is a limited edition series of skateboard wheels
featuring his abstract graphics, old school clouds, and the zippo lighter in a
bubble pack.
Posted by marc at 5:09 AM in Diggin | Recommend this! |
Sickboy's Ladies Handbag for Amour
When we first heard that the U.K based street artist Sickboy had lent
his artistic talents to a lady's handbag, our initial reaction was - "What the
fuck??" But then we saw how cool is was and we were hooked. We are indeed
diggin' the handbags. Each one is hand printed, hand painted, hand sewn.
Limited Edition of 250
Availability: At one time they were available at Handbag.com. Also check for them at Artomatic in London
With
Artomatic being closed for the next few weeks, the best thing to do is email
Sickboy at amour@sickboy.uk.com.
He'll hook you up. For more Sickboy goods, go to his website
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September 9, 2003
Wooster Collective vs. Design is Kinky Tee
The Wooster Collective hooked up with Design Is Kinky and American Apparel to produce a limited
edition Wooster Collective x DIK tee. This one-of-a-kind tee
was given exclusively to the guests at last Saturday's opening of "A Celebration
of Street Art" in Brooklyn. We're diggin' Andrew (of DIK's) off-centered map
graphic.
Availablily: Non-retail item which means that you
gotta know someone to get one
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Kozyndan : Urban Myths
The latest and second imprint on Giant
Robot's press is kozyndan's Urban
Myths book, a collaborative duo operating out of LA. Known for their mind-
blowing panoramas, kozyndan produce some of the most original and creative
illustrations I've seen.
Available: Buy it at the Giant Robot store, either in person or online
Price: $18.
Softcover, 96 pages
Posted by trudatnyc at 1:16 PM in Diggin | Recommend this! |
via our friend, Vinnie Ray
via our friend, Vinnie Ray --
"Creative Time is delighted to announce Chinese artist Cai Guo-Qiang's Light
Cycle, an explosion event that will illuminate Central Park on Monday, September
15, 2003, at 7:45 p.m. for a duration of 4 to 5 minutes, in celebration of
Central Park's 150th anniversary. Signifying renewal and wholeness, the event
has been specially commissioned as the denouement of a summer-long celebration
of the vitality brought to our City by Central Park. Light Cycle will highlight
the Park as the heart of Manhattan, rendering it the brightest point of the City
for one festive night. Light Cycle is curated by Creative Time, presented in conjunction
with The City of New York and the Central Park Conservancy, and sponsored by
Haagen-Dazs as part of their Art of Pure Pleasure initiative. Designed to
provide a variety of experiences, Light Cycle will unfold in three stages from
five firing locations in the Park, taking as its central motif a 1,000 foot high
colossal halo of fire and light. Cai Guo-Qiang, world renowned for his explosion
projects, in which he uses gunpowder as an artistic and expressive medium, has
collaborated with Fireworks by Grucci, America's oldest fireworks company, to
develop state-of-the-art technology that employs programmable microchips in each
shell, allowing the artist to draw in the sky. The total duration of Light Cycle
will be approximately 4 to 5 minutes."
Wow. Sounds amazing! --
Wooster
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"Wooster Collective's
Over the last few weeks we've
realized that we've seriously slacked off in featuring all the cool new shit
that is out there - artist's tees, design books, vinyl figures, and everything
in between. To fix this, we decided to launch a new webpage called - "Wooster Collective's Cool Shit
We're Diggin" which will be updated each week with new stuff from around the
world. Check it out and let us know what you think. Also, if you're interested
in getting the cool merch shit features by email, sign up for the "Cool Shit Mailing
List"
Here's a sample:
Veronique Vienne' New Book On Designer Chip Kidd
We've been a huge fan of Chip Kidd's book jacket designs since first
seeing his work on Donna Tart's THE SECRET HISTORY in 1992 (a collaboration with
Barbara de Wilde). Yale University Press' Monographics Books now gives Chip the
full on star treatment he deserves with a well illustrated book that examines
Kidd's design work and the context behind it. If you are a designer or artist,
this will be a book that you will return to time and time again for inspiration.
The Essentials:
Available on Amazon for $13.97
Book is Paperback and 112 pages
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Veronique Vienne' New Book On Designer Chip Kidd
We've been a huge fan of Chip Kidd's book jacket designs since first
seeing his work on Donna Tart's THE SECRET HISTORY in 1992 (a collaboration with
Barbara de Wilde). Yale University Press' Monographics Books now gives Chip the
full on star treatment he deserves with a well illustrated book that examines
Kidd's design work and the context behind it. If you are a designer or artist,
this will be a book that you will return to time and time again for
inspiration.
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Submit - The Vitals
Age: 16
Hometown: orlando fl
Where do you now live?: nashville tn
How long
have you been creating street art?: about a year
What did
you do last night?: argued with girls, ran from the cops
What is your favorite thing to eat for dinner?: vegan
pizza
Who is your favorite fictional character?: barney
fife
What do you currently have in your pockets?: stickers
and a clogged fat cap
If you were given "more time," what would you
do with it?: paint, travel, spend more time with old friends
Who do you love?: Rebecca
Submit - The
A's to Our Q's:
Wooster: How did you get started in
creating art for the street?
Submit: i saw alot of
pictures from around the world....and thought we needed something to brighten up
the city here
Wooster: What other street artists do
you most admire and why?
Submit: DA!, wk interact,
meek, and of course Banksy and Shepard fairey. Because always have new art to
impress me with.
Wooster: What's your favorite
city, neighborhood, or block, to post and/or to see street art?
Submit: downtown nashville
Wooster:
What inspires you now? nocturnal show print, local
artists, everything on stencil
revolution, everyone and everything downtown.
Wooster:
What are you currently working on? Can you give us a sneak peek?
Submit: basicaly pushing my posters as hard as humanly
possible and i'm coming out with merchandise soon.
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What I Did On My Summer Vacation... by Mouffiko
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Excellent Archive of Street Art
Excellent Archive of
Street Art From Sankt Pauli (Hamburg), Germany via Heiko
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Seen On Venice Beach, Ca
Seen On Venice
Beach, Ca (Thanks, Joshua!)
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So Fuzzy Crew's COLLEGE OF EVIL Baseball Tee
So Fuzzy Crew's clothing line has been a big hit here at Wooster HQ since we
first came across them at Stackhouse in our 'hood. CUE's stuff is top of the
line and a whole lot of fun. Pure Evil. Pure Evil
Available on So Fuzzy Crew's Website
Price: Hmm... We can't seem to figure that out on the site
Availability: We have no idea
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September 8, 2003
Ewos' Angry Dog mini created for Toy2R's Qee Series 3
We've been diggin' Ewos' whacked out graf
for a while now, so we couldn't have been happier to learn that Ewos' Angry Dog
character is included in the latest Qee Series from Toy2R. When the new Kid
Robot store opened on Sunday around the corner from our flat in Soho, we
immediately headed over and dropped a shit load of our hard earned money in
pursuit of getting one of Ewos' figures in the blind chase. Alas we didn't get
one, but that's not going to stop us. Payday is Friday and we're going back for
more.
Via Email from Ewos on 9/9: "Hey wooster!
hahah i laughed alot at your text on my qee daamn! well i sell them too and then
you get the red-black one in a polybag (special edition) or the black and white
one in the box. could you put this email order_gee@hotmail.com for peolpe that really want
this one ans not buy alot untill they got the one they want..."
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Thanks goes out to everyone
Thanks
goes out to everyone who turned out on Saturday night for the "Celebration of
Street Art" photography exhibit at Halcyon in Brooklyn. In the house were a ton
of artists who have been featured here on the Wooster site including: Rep1,
Michael DeFeo, MCA, Magmo, Laps1, Jet+Rubble, Thomas Egas, Linda A, Rik Catlow,
kgbe ROTGUT, Skewville, and many more. If you missed the opening, the show runs
through October 10th.
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The Ill Communication expo in
The
Ill Communication expo in Manchester looks like it's going to be off the hook.
The guys have just been given more space for the show which opens next Tuesday.
If you want to get your stickers in the show, email hookup@urbanartofficial.co.uk and then drop
them in the post to:
Urban Art Official
Contact Theatre
Oxford Rd
Manchester
M15 6JA
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What I Did On My
What I Did On My Summer Vacation by G in
Paris
"this summer i've got no money left to travel... so i've decided
to build my street art a bit more... staying in Paris among tourist and heat
waves... but with some friends (Halieutik, etc..) we're able to make a lot of
different things... sometimes sadness is energy of happiness... please find some
results with these joined files and especially the Who_Art_U file
who's a stick made of 380 A3 paper sheets ... amazing ?"
More
Amazing Images By G: Image 1 / Image 2 /
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Shit We're Diggin'... The limited
Shit
We're Diggin'... The limited edition Wooster Collective vs. Abe Lincoln, Jr.
collaborative sticker series produced exclusively for the goodie bags for
Saturday nights opening of the "A Celebration of Street Art" show
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Seen On The Streets of
Seen On The
Streets of New York... A New Snipe Sticker Campaign Teasing the Relaunch of
Napster
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From our good friend in
From our good friend in the U.K,
Mysterious Al:
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September 7, 2003
If you happen to be
If you
happen to be in the Netherlands today, be sure to stop by and check out the
Nolart Expo, 15 new paintings by Michael
Nolita. Here's the info on the show:
Time:
11:00 t/m15:00
Place: Smaak design
Ettensebaan 17A
Breda Netherlands
(The image above
was nicked from Michael's terrific weblog)
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Fresh Stuff From Girl Horsie
Fresh
Stuff From Girl Horsie
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What I Did On My
What I Did On My Summer Vacation... by Craig Metzger
"This summer has
been super hectic but at the same time great fun. In terms of art things I spent
a good part of the summer meeting artists and doing some collaborations here and
there. I've also been collecting pieces for a street project I hope to start
this fall so keep an eye out if you live in nyc. I'll keep this short and sweet
but I attached some of the collab pieces I did this summer for you to enjoy.
Have a great Fall and be safe.... craig"
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Influenza's 5 most popular tips
Influenza's 5 most popular tips (in random order)
Tip 3. Be in the field as much as you can. Keep on pushing it!
Tip 4. Make it stick on all surfaces.
Tip 2. Try to get maximum fun out of what you're doing
Tip 6. Have an enemy (or two) to project your fanatism on. (cause thats what you need if you want to be out there every single day) Here some to choose from: The power of architecture over our daily urban lives; Egoism in society (blame it on the neighbor); Bad design in general; Graphic design more specific! Aah , what are those people doing! Do they not have any better ambition that to make shit for others like that?!; The unstoppable and even expanding influence of money in our life (wished i had some of that stuff though..); oh yea, and uniformed people, the corporate business look, the security guy and on top of course the cop..
Tip 4. Get ill to get better (cause somehow everything works like a child disease)
Tip 5. Love your neighbor. Hate her boyfriend..
Tip 8. Treat life as one big IQ-test. It helps relativating a lot..haha
Tip 5. Don't care about the rest but try always to surprise yourself
Tip 1. Being the best sounds good but second best is good enough.
Tip 9. Share the fun. There are a million reasons for but friends are the best.
Tip 4. Never do what you are told.
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Create Random Acts of Public Art - The Vitals
Age: 29
Hometown: Ann Arbor, MI
Where do you now live?: Chicago
How long have you been creating street art?: I started painting walls in 1992, I started installing work from the studio in 1999.
What did you do last night?: A late night bike ride through the streets of Chicago.
What is your favorite thing to eat for dinner?: Burritos
Who is your favorite fictional character?: Ignatius J. Reilly from A Confederacy of Dunces
What do you currently have in your pockets?: A whole lot of nothing
If you were given "more time," what would you do with it?: Spend more time creating work.
Who do you love?: My wife and my family
C.R.A.P Art - The A's to Our Q's:
Wooster: How did you get started in creating art for the street?
C.R.A.P Art: I first started experimenting with wheat pasting in 1996, but I didn't get serious until 1999 when I was living in New Orleans. I wanted a way to balance the work that I was showing in galleries, and a way that people could collect free work and take it for themselves if they desired.
Wooster: What other street artists do you most admire and why?
C.R.A.P Art: I admire all the usual heavyweights, Banksy, WK, Invader, etc. I really enjoy the work that I have seen by Fosik and RotGut. A nice, dirty feel. Here in Chicago, Silva and friends has installed some terrific images lately. And the work of the FMK crew who taught me alot as I got started a long time ago.
Wooster: What's your favorite city, neighborhood, or block, to post and/or to see street art?
C.R.A.P Art: I would have to say Chicago is great to see work in because I appreciate the effort that people go through to install here. The shelf life can be pretty short. Frenchman St. in New Orleans was always fun as well.
Wooster: What inspires you now?:
C.R.A.P Art: The possibilities that are around each corner. Wandering around the city with no destination point.
Wooster: What are you currently working on? Can you give us a sneak peek?
C.R.A.P Art: Drawing on found blueprints, scrap metal, and the like.
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Any show Mackplakt is in
Any show Mackplakt is in has gotta be good. This one looks exceptional:
opening september 19th streetart expo tilburg netherlands
with Mackplakt, Codex, Apetown, Dennis tyfus, Herr wardo, Ephameron, Gulp, Honore, Prutpuss, Paul Spandex, Prutpuss, Jelle Crama , Eurotrashkit, Michelle Matyn + performances
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Limited Edition Tee From D*Face
We've known for a while that anything East London's Low Wage Crew (PMH, D*Face, Mysterious Al, Chimp) lends their talents to is definitely gonna be top notch. These guys don't fuck around. If you attended the Finders Keepers shows in London then you know that quality is paramount for LWC. So when D*Face let us peep his new tee before it hits stores, we knew it was gonna be great. And it is. From the handscreened boxes to the individually numbered labels, no expense is spared.
A clarification from PMH regarding LWC: "right sir, there are two crews - LOW WAGE CREW and FINDERS KEEPERS (FKC).....low wage started ages ago and is very loose, like the wu tang, it includes ronzo and anyone who keeps it dirty, wheras FKC (finders keepers) is super serious, THE collective, and is me, mysterious al, d face and dave the chimp.....we be FKC -- i told you we got a halloween show at jag shoes, our first ever group show and its gonna be hella sick!"
Sizes: Small, Medium, Large.
Colors: Powder Blue (as shown), Dust and Steel. (D*Face: What color is dust? Dust is a color? Is this a British thing?)
Method: Each tee comes in a hand screen printed and painted box. Each one unique.
Limited Edition: Each shirt is limited to a run of 100 and has a sleeve embroidered label and the inside neck is printed with a limited edition number and detail.
Available: Nowhere. Yet!! To get one, email D*Face at dface@stolenspace.com
Price: B#30.
Notice to stores: If anyone out there wants to stock them, please let D*Face know.
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Skateboard Wheels From Nylon
Not too long ago we featured the artist Nylon on the Wooster Collective site. His latest project is a limited edition series of skateboard wheels featuring his abstract graphics, old school clouds, and the zippo lighter in a bubble pack.
Posted by marc at 5:09 AM in Diggin | Recommend this! |
Sickboy's Ladies Handbag for Amour
When we first heard that the U.K based street artist Sickboy had lent his artistic talents to a lady's handbag, our initial reaction was - "What the fuck??" But then we saw how cool is was and we were hooked. We are indeed diggin' the handbags. Each one is hand printed, hand painted, hand sewn.
Limited Edition of 250
Availability:
With Artomatic being closed for the next few weeks, the best thing to do is email Sickboy at amour@sickboy.uk.com. He'll hook you up. For more Sickboy goods, go to his website
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September 9, 2003
Wooster Collective vs. Design is Kinky Tee
The Wooster Collective hooked up with Design Is Kinky and American Apparel to produce a limited edition Wooster Collective x DIK tee. This one-of-a-kind tee was given exclusively to the guests at last Saturday's opening of "A Celebration of Street Art" in Brooklyn. We're diggin' Andrew (of DIK's) off-centered map graphic.
Availablily: Non-retail item which means that you gotta know someone to get one
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Kozyndan : Urban Myths
The latest and second imprint on Giant Robot's press is kozyndan's Urban Myths book, a collaborative duo operating out of LA. Known for their mind- blowing panoramas, kozyndan produce some of the most original and creative illustrations I've seen.
Available: Buy it at the Giant Robot store, either in person or online
Price: $18.
Softcover, 96 pages
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via our friend, Vinnie Ray
via our friend, Vinnie Ray --"Creative Time is delighted to announce Chinese artist Cai Guo-Qiang's Light Cycle, an explosion event that will illuminate Central Park on Monday, September 15, 2003, at 7:45 p.m. for a duration of 4 to 5 minutes, in celebration of Central Park's 150th anniversary. Signifying renewal and wholeness, the event has been specially commissioned as the denouement of a summer-long celebration of the vitality brought to our City by Central Park. Light Cycle will highlight the Park as the heart of Manhattan, rendering it the brightest point of the City for one festive night. Light Cycle is curated by Creative Time, presented in conjunction with The City of New York and the Central Park Conservancy, and sponsored by Haagen-Dazs as part of their Art of Pure Pleasure initiative. Designed to provide a variety of experiences, Light Cycle will unfold in three stages from five firing locations in the Park, taking as its central motif a 1,000 foot high colossal halo of fire and light. Cai Guo-Qiang, world renowned for his explosion projects, in which he uses gunpowder as an artistic and expressive medium, has collaborated with Fireworks by Grucci, America's oldest fireworks company, to develop state-of-the-art technology that employs programmable microchips in each shell, allowing the artist to draw in the sky. The total duration of Light Cycle will be approximately 4 to 5 minutes."
Wow. Sounds amazing! -- Wooster
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"Wooster Collective's
Over the last few weeks we've realized that we've seriously slacked off in featuring all the cool new shit that is out there - artist's tees, design books, vinyl figures, and everything in between. To fix this, we decided to launch a new webpage called - "Wooster Collective's Cool Shit We're Diggin" which will be updated each week with new stuff from around the world. Check it out and let us know what you think. Also, if you're interested in getting the cool merch shit features by email, sign up for the "Cool Shit Mailing List"Here's a sample:
Veronique Vienne' New Book On Designer Chip Kidd
We've been a huge fan of Chip Kidd's book jacket designs since first seeing his work on Donna Tart's THE SECRET HISTORY in 1992 (a collaboration with Barbara de Wilde). Yale University Press' Monographics Books now gives Chip the full on star treatment he deserves with a well illustrated book that examines Kidd's design work and the context behind it. If you are a designer or artist, this will be a book that you will return to time and time again for inspiration.
The Essentials:
Available on Amazon for $13.97
Book is Paperback and 112 pages
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Veronique Vienne' New Book On Designer Chip Kidd
We've been a huge fan of Chip Kidd's book jacket designs since first seeing his work on Donna Tart's THE SECRET HISTORY in 1992 (a collaboration with Barbara de Wilde). Yale University Press' Monographics Books now gives Chip the full on star treatment he deserves with a well illustrated book that examines Kidd's design work and the context behind it. If you are a designer or artist, this will be a book that you will return to time and time again for inspiration.
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Submit - The Vitals
Age: 16
Hometown: orlando fl
Where do you now live?: nashville tn
How long have you been creating street art?: about a year
What did you do last night?: argued with girls, ran from the cops
What is your favorite thing to eat for dinner?: vegan pizza
Who is your favorite fictional character?: barney fife
What do you currently have in your pockets?: stickers and a clogged fat cap
If you were given "more time," what would you do with it?: paint, travel, spend more time with old friends
Who do you love?: Rebecca
Submit - The A's to Our Q's:
Wooster: How did you get started in creating art for the street?
Submit: i saw alot of pictures from around the world....and thought we needed something to brighten up the city here
Wooster: What other street artists do you most admire and why?
Submit: DA!, wk interact, meek, and of course Banksy and Shepard fairey. Because always have new art to impress me with.
Wooster: What's your favorite city, neighborhood, or block, to post and/or to see street art?
Submit: downtown nashville
Wooster: What inspires you now? nocturnal show print, local artists, everything on stencil revolution, everyone and everything downtown.
Wooster: What are you currently working on? Can you give us a sneak peek?
Submit: basicaly pushing my posters as hard as humanly possible and i'm coming out with merchandise soon.
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What I Did On My Summer Vacation... by Mouffiko
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Excellent Archive of Street Art
Excellent Archive of Street Art From Sankt Pauli (Hamburg), Germany via Heiko
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Seen On Venice Beach, Ca
Seen On Venice Beach, Ca (Thanks, Joshua!)
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So Fuzzy Crew's COLLEGE OF EVIL Baseball Tee
So Fuzzy Crew's clothing line has been a big hit here at Wooster HQ since we first came across them at Stackhouse in our 'hood. CUE's stuff is top of the line and a whole lot of fun. Pure Evil. Pure Evil
Available on So Fuzzy Crew's Website
Price: Hmm... We can't seem to figure that out on the site
Availability: We have no idea
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September 8, 2003
Ewos' Angry Dog mini created for Toy2R's Qee Series 3
We've been diggin' Ewos' whacked out graf for a while now, so we couldn't have been happier to learn that Ewos' Angry Dog character is included in the latest Qee Series from Toy2R. When the new Kid Robot store opened on Sunday around the corner from our flat in Soho, we immediately headed over and dropped a shit load of our hard earned money in pursuit of getting one of Ewos' figures in the blind chase. Alas we didn't get one, but that's not going to stop us. Payday is Friday and we're going back for more.
Via Email from Ewos on 9/9: "Hey wooster! hahah i laughed alot at your text on my qee daamn! well i sell them too and then you get the red-black one in a polybag (special edition) or the black and white one in the box. could you put this email order_gee@hotmail.com for peolpe that really want this one ans not buy alot untill they got the one they want..."
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Thanks goes out to everyone
Thanks goes out to everyone who turned out on Saturday night for the "Celebration of Street Art" photography exhibit at Halcyon in Brooklyn. In the house were a ton of artists who have been featured here on the Wooster site including: Rep1, Michael DeFeo, MCA, Magmo, Laps1, Jet+Rubble, Thomas Egas, Linda A, Rik Catlow, kgbe ROTGUT, Skewville, and many more. If you missed the opening, the show runs through October 10th.
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The Ill Communication expo in
The Ill Communication expo in Manchester looks like it's going to be off the hook. The guys have just been given more space for the show which opens next Tuesday. If you want to get your stickers in the show, email hookup@urbanartofficial.co.uk and then drop them in the post to:
Urban Art Official
Contact Theatre
Oxford Rd
Manchester
M15 6JA
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What I Did On My
What I Did On My Summer Vacation by G in Paris
"this summer i've got no money left to travel... so i've decided to build my street art a bit more... staying in Paris among tourist and heat waves... but with some friends (Halieutik, etc..) we're able to make a lot of different things... sometimes sadness is energy of happiness... please find some results with these joined files and especially the Who_Art_U file who's a stick made of 380 A3 paper sheets ... amazing ?"
More Amazing Images By G: Image 1 / Image 2 /
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Shit We're Diggin'... The limited
Shit We're Diggin'... The limited edition Wooster Collective vs. Abe Lincoln, Jr. collaborative sticker series produced exclusively for the goodie bags for Saturday nights opening of the "A Celebration of Street Art" show
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Seen On The Streets of
Seen On The Streets of New York... A New Snipe Sticker Campaign Teasing the Relaunch of Napster
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From our good friend in
From our good friend in the U.K, Mysterious Al:
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September 7, 2003
If you happen to be
If you happen to be in the Netherlands today, be sure to stop by and check out the Nolart Expo, 15 new paintings by Michael Nolita. Here's the info on the show:
Time: 11:00 t/m15:00
Place: Smaak design
Ettensebaan 17A
Breda Netherlands
(The image above was nicked from Michael's terrific weblog)
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Fresh Stuff From Girl Horsie
Fresh Stuff From Girl Horsie
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What I Did On My
What I Did On My Summer Vacation... by Craig Metzger
"This summer has been super hectic but at the same time great fun. In terms of art things I spent a good part of the summer meeting artists and doing some collaborations here and there. I've also been collecting pieces for a street project I hope to start this fall so keep an eye out if you live in nyc. I'll keep this short and sweet but I attached some of the collab pieces I did this summer for you to enjoy. Have a great Fall and be safe.... craig"
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