August 17, 2010
See the full set of images here.
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August 16, 2010
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July 15, 2010
"For this summer’s street art project I’m installing my Dark Doings imagery on highway interchanges, in heavily trafficked bottleneck locations. The idea is that each day, thousands of people stuck in traffic, captive in their cars, roll by my pieces at 2 miles an hour. Almost to a person, the immediate reaction to the pieces seems to be, “WHAT THE FUCK?”, so I’m calling the series, WHAT THE %$#@? (WTF)"... Dan Witz
Be sure to check out Dan's new book, In Plain View, now out from Ginko Press. It's terrific.
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July 13, 2010
Graffiti Proposal from PR!MO on Vimeo.
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More here.
One Not To Miss: Kelsey Brookes Now at New Image Art in Los Angeles
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July 7, 2010
More here.
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From Alexander:
"My art practice focuses on the notion of the “inner landscape”. Using generally discarded materials, I make objects as an invitation to the viewer to engage her/his own inner life in order to assign meaning to the artwork.
The cut book art has been made by working through the books, page by page, cutting around some of the illustrations while removing others. The images seen in the finished work, are left standing in the place where they would appear in the complete book. As a final step the book is sealed around the cut, and can no longer be opened. As we remember the books from our own past, certain fragments remain with us while others fade away over time – phrases and passages, mental images we created, the way the stories made us feel and the thoughts they inspired"
More here.
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July 1, 2010
Lazarides
presents
Jonathan Yeo
"Porn In The U.S.A."
320 North Beverly Drive, Beverly Hills CA 90210
Exhibition: July 9 - August 9
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June 14, 2010
Artist: Michael James Hawk
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June 11, 2010
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June 9, 2010
From Rachel:
"These photographs from a series I just completed in San Francisco. The most common misconception is that the pictures are doctored in Photoshop. On the contrary I used the city's architecture as a means to hang and plant my cutouts. The photographs are taken from a specific point of view to reveal the fragility of my little fantasy worlds."
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May 29, 2010
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May 22, 2010
Richard Colman’s solo exhibition opens this weekend at New Image Art. It is his first LA solo in 3 years.
Opening Reception Saturday, May 22
New Image Art Gallery
7908 Santa Monica Blvd.
West Hollywood, CA 90046
T: 323.654.2192
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May 21, 2010
About 500 red ants are spread in the city of Drachten, The Netherlands. Most of them came together in front of the theatre De Lawei, to celebrate its 50th anniversary. Each ant is three meters in length and two meters wide. The ants on the building are from synthetic material.
More from Henk here.
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Be sure to see all the photos here.
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May 14, 2010
Tonight ROA comes to Brooklyn and the "inside becomes the outside" at Factory Fresh. After searching for scrap materials and painting furiously inside Factory Fresh for the last eight days and nights the doors to ROA's concrete jungle will open at 7pm (Friday, May 14)
Factory Fresh is located at 1053 Flushing Avenue between Morgan and Knickerbocker, off the L train Morgan Stop
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May 10, 2010
“Pepper is a true street artist in the purist sense. Hes known to some by his altar ego; the Mayor of Skid Row, and hes proud to proclaim that hes the last homeless person on the forefront of downtown LAs gentrification. He lives on Santa Fe Ave. where years ago a large tent city used to be, the last holdout.
When I was younger and creeping around downtown, I would notice these colorful, bold, and scrappy art instillations. Pepper has a habit of decorating his immediate surroundings, wherever that might be, with multi-colored paint splats, piled on discarded toys, and other purposefully arranged found objects. You can frequently catch him running around the city with his red shopping cart full of freshly discarded trinkets.
The print Peppers World, and the mural I painted on 7th and Mateo that it inspired, is in homage to his existence. I have enormous respect for those who can survive in such extreme conditions yet still be able to express themselves creatively.”
-Saber AWR/MSK, 2010
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The Sketchbook Party from Ethan H. Minsker on Vimeo.
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Artists: Janaunjs, from Les Lézards de la Bièvre's Crew
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May 5, 2010
Last week L'Atlas performed one of his geometric design performances on Oberbaumbrucke, one of the original intersections of East and West Berlin.
Just was there to take some terrific photos. (See the whole series here)
L'Atlas is in Berlin for a group show, 'Kiss the City' with fellow French artists Babou, Sun7 and Tanc at Skalitzers gallery.
'Kiss the City': L'Atlas, Babou, Sun7 and Tanc
May 1, 2010 through May 28, 2010
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May 4, 2010
"Sun Boxes are twenty speakers operating independently each powered by solar panels. There is a different guitar sample in each box all playing together making the composition. The guitar samples are all of different lengths so the whole piece keeps evolving.
Participants are encouraged to walk amongst the speakers. It sounds different inside of the array. There is a different sense of space inside. Certain speakers will be closer and louder therefore the piece will sound different to different people in different positions throughout the array. Creating a unique experience for everyone.
There are no batteries involved. The Sun Boxes are reliant on the sun. When the sun sets the music stops. The piece changes as the length of the day changes. Making the participants aware of the cycle of the day."
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Stupid Has A New Hero
New Paintings by Charming Baker
Reception May 13, 2010 @ 6pm
May 14, 2010 through May 29, 2010
NY Studio Gallery on the Lower East Side
154 Stanton St. • New York, NY 10002
PHONE: 212.627.3276 • EMAIL: info@nystudiogallery.com • URL: nystudiogallery.com
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April 30, 2010
Check the BBC's website for a terrific photo series on painted trucks in Pakistan.
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George will have a solo show with Redpropeller gallery in October.
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Art Of Darkness from videostorytelling on Vimeo.
You can learn more about Nate Hill's performance art here.
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April 26, 2010
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April 25, 2010
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April 22, 2010
Yesterday, as he was finishing his new mural on Houston Street in New York, Cameron had a chance to catch up with Shepard Fairey as he spoke about street art, Banksy's new film, and his upcoming show at Deitch Projects which opens on May 1st.
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April 20, 2010
The second of three London Police prints from BLDG's "The London Police Ride Again" will be released on Thursday. More info here.
More from TLP here.
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Scion Presents: 'ROOMS' from Scion ART on Vimeo.
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April 16, 2010
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April 12, 2010
David Lyle will be showing new paintings starting Friday April 23 at Lyons Wier Gallery in New York City. The show is titled " At the End of the Day."
Opening Reception:
Friday April 23rd 6:00- 9:00 P.M.
Lyons Wier Gallery, 175 7th Ave at 20th street in New York, NY
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March 30, 2010
If you're so inclined, you can purchase the print here.
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March 29, 2010
We were thrilled to open our email box this morning to find out that one of our favorite artists Jessica Joslin has finished the lastest collection of her sculptures. Jessica's work combines bone fragments with things like antique brass, hardware, glove leather, fur, sterling silver, glass eyes, silver teapot spouts, and more.
We're thrilled to let you know that Jessica new solo show "Brass & Bone" opens next week at Lisa Sette Gallery in Scottsdale, Arizona.
To see more of the work, click here.
Brass & Bone
Lisa Sette Gallery
April 1 – 24, 2010
Opening April 1st, 7 - 9pm
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March 26, 2010
Jessica Albarn's new show "The Birds and the Bees…..and the Butterflies!" opens at the Nelly Duff Gallery on 8th April 2010. More info here.
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March 24, 2010
STEN LEX stencil poster from STEN on Vimeo.
Sara and I have been following the work of Sten and Lex in Italy for many years. We' absolutel love their latest body of work, created for their current solo show at the CO2 GALLERY in Rome.
They call this recent series "Poster Stencils" because, in essence, they are both stencils and posters at the same time. The video above shows their process of pasting up the matrix of the stencil, cut on paper, on a panel of wood as a poster. They then paint on the matrix in black and when it all all dry they destroy the matrix, letting some parts of the matrix stay pasted to the wood. In this manner the stencil is not reproducible and the matrix "dies" in the work itself.
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March 23, 2010
"Modern day vampires delve into the night and steal the souls of the innocent. Directed and Filmed by Pogus Caesar"
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March 19, 2010
More from Best Ever here.
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March 17, 2010
For us, there's nothing more thrilling than seeing an artist whose work you love, push their work (and themselves) into new areas that (pardon the cliched phrase) takes things to a new level.
We felt just that thrill and excitement when we received a photo of the latest piece by C215.. We're thrilled to see that C215 has begun to find a new voice within his work. We can't wait to see what is to come.
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March 13, 2010
You can see more of Simon's work here.
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March 10, 2010
You can see more of Rai Escale's art here.
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March 2, 2010
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More from Lister here. Lister's new exhibition will open on March 19th at the Lyons Wier Gallery in New York.
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March 1, 2010
It's not often that brands and artists can collaborate successfully. Rebecca Ward and Kate Spade have hit the mark a second time with Rebecca's installation at the Kate Spade Spring St. store. We love tape artists such as Mark Jenkins and Mark Khaisman and Rebecca's day-glow colors truly bring the store to life. A young artist hailing from Texas, Rebecca truly captures the energy of NYC and utilizes the loft space of the SoHo store. What's her dream building? Epcot. Check out her work and the re-mixed purses at Kate Spade, Mercer St. SoHo.
(Photos and Video by Cameron Schiller)
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February 15, 2010
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February 4, 2010
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January 27, 2010
Will Barras x RUN improvised overhead painting from Original Cultures on Vimeo.
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January 16, 2010
Nick Gentry is an artist from London who paints on floppy disks and other obsolete media formats. You can see more of his work here.
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From Joey Syta:
"Taking two years to complete, I created My Only Desire, a rendition of The Lady and the Unicorn, a famous 15th century French tapestry using only Lite-Brite materials that I acquired from eBay auctions. The work is about 5 feet tall by 6 feet wide and is made from 36 overlapping pegboards comprised of approximately 55,000 pegs.
The final viewing is this Sunday the 17th at Brooklynite Gallery, 334 Malcolm X Blvd., from 6 to 8pm."
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January 4, 2010
More from Brian here.
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November 29, 2009
Laundry Installation By Dag Designlab
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November 13, 2009
More from Jace here.
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November 3, 2009
More from Miss Bugs here.
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November 1, 2009
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October 30, 2009
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You can learn more about Jon's new solo show in China by clicking here.
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October 28, 2009
If you're a regular reader of the Wooster site then you know we're big fans of both Alexandros Vasmoulakis and Zak Smith. Check out Zak's interview with Alexandros for The Rumpus here.
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October 13, 2009
More from Yulia here.
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October 10, 2009
You can see more of Thaniel Lee's work here.
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October 7, 2009
We're pleased and excited to let you know that this week we are launching a new weekly interview series developed exclusively for our friends at GOOD Magazine.
This week's installment is an interview with artist Martin Sobey. You can check it out on GOOD's website here.
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We're pleased and excited to let you know that this week we are launching a new weekly interview series developed exclusively for our friends at GOOD Magazine.
This week's installment is an interview with artist Martin Sobey. You can check it out on GOOD's website here.
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October 6, 2009
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From about the ChoeBot's here.
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October 5, 2009
Herakut & Style and the Family Tunes from stylemag on Vimeo.
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October 3, 2009
If you're in Los Angeles be sure to check out case's latest work at the Carmichael Gallery.
The L.A. case
Opening Reception: Thursday October 8 2009 / 7.00pm – 10.00pm
Please RSVP to rsvp@carmichaelgallery.com
Exhibition Dates: October 8 – October 29
Address: Carmichael Gallery / 1257 N. La Brea Ave / West Hollywood CA 90038
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"I explore the intersection of fashion and consumerism, using collage as a drawing tool. I collect, reclaim, and reuse Duratrans (the ever present light box advertisements) and fragrance campaign posters seen within department stores as a source material.
Employing a reductive language, I flirt with the viewer’s gaze by altering the material’s surface. By cutting away imagery pulled from luxury item advertising I reveal a new conversation with broad references to the female form. Gucci links, William Morris, art nouveau, tears and textiles intertwine as they overtake the seduction of these advertisements within a consumer culture. Ultimately commenting upon the American lust for material gratification."... Tory Wright
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September 30, 2009
If you're in London, be sure to check out 'Lovestain', a new solo exhibition of work by Miss Van at the Stolenspace Gallery. The show opens tomorrow, Thursday, and from images we've seen, looks absolutely amazing.
StolenSpace Gallery
& Dray Walk Gallery
(2 space show)
Old Truman Brewery
London
E1 6QL
Nearest Tube: Aldgate East
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September 29, 2009
Nice to see that our friend alexone has launched a new blog.
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September 24, 2009
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September 23, 2009
Arrested Motion has a terrific interview with one of our favorite artists, Antony Micallef .
Here's an excerpt:
AM: The faces of your subjects are often smudged, even disfigured. Are you attempting to hide part of the subject?Ant: It’s funny because when I draw, most of the things that get destroyed are the heads. I’ll keep drawing and drawing and these things just blossom. This might sound a bit weird, but the way I visualize the piece in my head is that you see this face coming towards you from under the surface of water. I’ll probably get about 5 come up before I get the one I want. I might try and tweak them, but end up destroying them and then you have to carry on working until something else comes up.
It’s quite good to have a camera phone to take pictures of the work, but then the pictures you take aren’t hi-res. Some of the heads I’ll think are ok, I won’t need to take a picture. Then, I tweak it a little but then it’s just gone completely and changed into something else.
I don’t think it’s about trying to hide beauty, but I’m trying to find something else rather than just looking at a head. I always use my own head as the structure, but I never see them as me. I suppose a few of them when they come out might look like me and they are more like self portraits.
AM: So are you conceiving the bone structure and the skull and building the paint up from there?
Ant: Yeah, it’s like starting with a scaffolding and then I want to flesh it out. The heads have their own identities that come out during the process. They just arrive.
Read the whole interview here.
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September 22, 2009
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September 21, 2009
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Photos nicked from David's blog here.
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September 19, 2009
More from Faith47 here.
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September 12, 2009
The Antagonist Art Movement - For Dummies from Anthony Ferraro on Vimeo.
Learn more here.
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Artist: Karen Fiorito
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SEMBLANCE / HELLOVON AT CERASOLI GALLERY / LA from HelloVon on Vimeo.
HelloVon "Semblance" opens September 19 at the Cerasoli Gallery in Los Angeles.
Cerasoli Gallery
8530-B Washington Blvd, Culver City CA 90232
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September 3, 2009
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You can see more of Patrick's work here.
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As the days count down to the London Police's upcoming solo exhibition opening on September 10th at the Carmichael Gallery in Los Angeles, Elisa Carmichael has posted a terrific interview with Chaz and Bob on the 45ers Posterous blog. If you don't know the history of TLP, definitely check it out. We also encourage you to check out the new TLP website as it's a terrific showcase of the new work.
The London Police
Brothers in Arms
Opening Reception: Thursday September 10 2009 / 7.00pm – 10.00pm
Please RSVP to rsvp@carmichaelgallery.com
Exhibition Dates: September 10 – October 1
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ARMOgedon 2057 is a Los Angeles based artist who's work brings together a combination of typographic elements, sculpture, and graffiti lettering. We love it.
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August 27, 2009
Artist: Pedro Matos
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August 26, 2009
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Sam3 will be showing new work at Anno Domini in San Jose, Ca on September 4th. The exhibit will be on view through October 17, 2009
Anno Domini // the second coming of Art & Design
366 South First Street, San Jose, CA 95113
www.galleryAD.com 408.271.5155
gallery hours:
Tuesday thru Friday, Noon - 7pm
Saturday, Noon - 5pm
First Fridays 8pm 'til late.
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August 24, 2009
Photos by S. Duncan
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August 19, 2009
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What we love about Specter's work is that all of his pieces are hand painted and site specific. The work above, done in Brooklyn, is from a new project about consumption and waste called "Discarded"
You can see more of the project here.
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August 14, 2009
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August 13, 2009
More from Elbow-Toe here.
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August 11, 2009
More from Fly On The Wall here.
(Hat tip to Faith47)
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August 7, 2009
Artist: Roma
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More here.
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August 3, 2009
Photo: Jaime Rojo
This Friday night, August 7th, Chris Stain and Armsrock will open their new show, "I know there is love" at the Ad Hoc Gallery in Brooklyn. It will undoubtedly by terrific...
Ad Hoc Art Gallery
49 Bogart Street
Brooklyn, NY 11206
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July 29, 2009
From Nicola:
"Faber and the old town (Fabrizio De Andrè 1940-1999) was a day of music, dance and art in a neighborhood of the historical center of Genoa, the old Jewish ghetto, a place where nowaday immigrants, prostitutes, victims of slave trade, transsexuals, pushers and drug consumers live and work. The bet was to involve the most citizens, tourists, people of every race and colour, as possible to pull down, at least for a day, all the prejudices and for starting a process of tolerance and cohabitation. I was involved by a friend to be part of the event (organized by Comunità di San Benedetto al Porto, Comune di Genova, Fondazione De Andrè e Radio Popolare) and I realized a series of mixed technique panels for a street art installation.
Photographer:Astrid Fornetti.
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July 28, 2009
The latest artist to be interviewed by Zak Smith on The Rumpus is Anthony Lister. Here's an excerpt:
Zak Smith: Can you grab one or two of your paintings and describe the situation that inspired it?
Anthony Lister: This piece, titled HOLY MOLY (mixed media on canvas, painted 2008), is based on a story about Britney Spears’ sister having a baby. I initially painted a picture of a pretty young woman with a baby spitting lottery balls out of its vagina as if to suggest that children are a metaphor for the Holy Grail. It is a painting about fertility, miss-guided youth and predators within social networks and in the media.
You can read the full interview here.
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July 27, 2009
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July 21, 2009
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July 16, 2009
More from JMR here.
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July 15, 2009
Sara and I were extremely saddened to hear yesterday that Dash Snow, an artist who for us truly personified the "downtown" art scene here in New York, died Monday night of a heroin overdose.
It seemed like every week, especially in the summer, we'd see Dash riding his bike through the streets in our neighborhood. If you live in New York than you know his influence was deeply felt: on the streets through his graffiti, in local galleries through his artwork, and at parties and events through his physical presence. There was no question that Dash Snow lived on the edge. You felt it in everything he did.
Our sincere condolences go out to Dash's family, his friends, and his loved ones.
Most sadly, Secret Snow, Dash's daughter, will turn two years old next month.
Damn.
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Unfortunately we weren't able to attend Charming Baker's recent opening at the Redchurch Street Gallery in Shoreditch. The solo show features ten new paintings, five new prints and "limited edition cakes".
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July 9, 2009
WK Interact Q&A from George Koroneos on Vimeo.
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July 3, 2009
AJ Fosik Artist Profile from Kwality Media on Vimeo.
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June 30, 2009
It's always exciting when you see an artist push his or her work into new places.
We've been fans of Eine's lettering for quite a while. And for us, his new series, created for next weeks opening at the Carmichael Gallery of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles, takes his work to a whole new "place". The trademark typography is still in place, but in "The A – Z of Change" Eine's incorporated into the work images from archival photographs that champion the actions of those who stand up against the status quo and create cultural and political movements that make change possible.
If you are in LA, be sure to check out the new show. It looks terrific Here's the info:
Show Details:
Eine's "The A – Z of Change"
Opening Reception: Thursday July 9 2009 / 7.00pm – 10.00pm
Exhibition Dates: July 9 – July 30 2009
Address: Carmichael Gallery / 1257 N. La Brea Ave / West Hollywood / CA / 90038
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If you're in New York City tomorrow night (Wednesday, July 1st) be sure to stop by the Jonathan LeVive Gallery where WK will be signing his new book from 6-8pm. You can find more information here.
In addition, to celebrate the new show, WK has released three new prints (shown above) that can be purchased exclusively from the gallery. We love 'em.
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June 28, 2009
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VHILS' first solo exhibition in London, Scratching The Surface, is set to open on the 3rd of July to 1st August at the Lazarides Gallery on Rathbone Place.
The show features a series of new works that are inspired by his home town of Lisbon. Vhils' portriats are made using acid and bleach, as they eat into surfaces to expose layers of posters beneath.
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Earlier today Dan Witz sent us a preview of his summer project which he's calling "Dark Doings." He tells us - "I don't think I've ever been as excited as I am about this work I'm doing now... I'm calling it, "Dark Doings", inspired by my recent time in Amsterdam's red light district."
You can see more from the series here.
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June 25, 2009
Conor Harrington recently kicked off the summer in the Italian countryside of Grottaglie for the Fame Festival.The tower above can be found amongst the vineyards. You can see more on Conor's blog here.
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June 23, 2009
Rosemarie Fiore's firework drawings are created by containing and controlling firework explosions. She explains:
"I bomb blank sheets of paper with different fireworks including color smoke bombs, jumping jacks, monster balls, fountains, magic whips, spinning carnations, ground blooms, rings of fire, and lasers. As I work, I create imagery by controlling the chaotic nature of the explosions in upside-down containers. When the paper becomes saturated in color, dark and burned, I take it back to my studio and collage blank paper circles onto the image to establish new planes and open up the composition. I then continue to bomb the pieces. These actions are repeated a number of times. The final works contain many layers of collaged explosions and are thick and heavy."
We love 'em. You can see more photos and work here.
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June 19, 2009
WK Interact's new solo exhibition, Motion Portrait, opens Saturday June 27th at the Jonathan LeVine Gallery in New York. (The same night at Invader's show at Jonathan LeVine Gallery)
WK's new portrait series, entitled 12 Angry Men (referencing the classic film), portrays the faces of twelve men. It's the first time WK has focused exclusively on faces rather than on the entire body in motion. What's cool about the new work is that it's made solely with with a sponge and large brush with nothing painted over during the process.
Awesome.
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June 10, 2009
A couple of weeks ago on our Facebook fan page, we asked the following question, just to see how people would respond:
"If I gave you $50 today, with the condition that you had to spend it on "art", what would you do with it?"
The question was very popular. We immediately received a ton of wonderful answers. 85 in all.
Later that night, talking with Sara, we thought it would be fun to actually fund a few of the responses that were posted. It wasn't something that we had thought about when we asked the question. We were just curious what people would say.
One response that we liked a lot came from Ché Francisco Ortiz. He wrote:
"Buy a ton of sidewalk chalk and give it out to every kid i saw at the park or boardwalk."
So that night we sent Che $50 to buy his chalk via Paypal.
This past weekend Che bought the chalk and headed to the boardwalk.
Yesterday we received a link to Che's Flickr site which includes tons of photos of kids and their parents drawing and having an amazing time.
We were absolutely thrilled.
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June 7, 2009
"I made a new Identity Series of a local guy named Santo, as well as a new direction using walls that have weatherproofing foam. I draw the outlines by eye and sand down the positive spaces to create the silhouettes. They are life size and placed within the outlines of the rooms that used to be there."... Jorge Rodriguez Gerada
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June 5, 2009
Later tonight at the Carmichael gallery in Los Angeles, Dublin based artist Asbestos will be showing new work.
The piece above is called "Retreat of Reason"
Asbestos tells us:
"It's a portrait of my father painted onto 5 separate pieces that are built from nearly 40 smaller triangles of wood that I found in skips in Dublin, Belfast, London and and on the beaches of Kerry. It builds on a new direction in my work, using triangles as the core element. I think the triangle is the coolest shape, the shape that's got the most personality. These new triangulated works are influenced by early cubism, deconstructionist architecture and Delauneys theory of triangulation and have the subject of the piece consumed by these angular shapes."
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June 3, 2009
From Jasper van Es.
"I made this last night. It's an image of a girl made with textile and wood and put up on the bottom of the bridge. When the bridge is closed you won't see a thing. But when the bridge opens the girl will rise like a giant getting out of the water.
Next to the bridge there is a tree where you will find some old articles about the identity of the girl.
Her name was Antoinette Reinders, the 18 year daughter of the bridge-keeper. Its a true story about the mysterious murder on the girl back in 1938.
The girl got murdered next to the bridge and the police never solved it. They still don't know what the weapon was, the motive or the person who did it.
You can see the work in Tilburg, the Netherlands at the Bridge on the Petrus Loosjesstraat (the neighborhood is called kanaalzone)
Until the police or some vandal on a boat comes to destroy it.
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May 31, 2009
"I'm working on the topic of Freemasonry - playing with the graphics from the early 1900's"... Termine Growth.
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May 25, 2009
From from Rekal here.
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Zevs has updated his website with photos of past and recent project. We love the Electric Rainbows that he exchanged for advertisements back 2007:
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May 17, 2009
Ginou Choueiri is Lebanese artist living in Beirut. She says about her potato portraits:
"I chose the potato to portray human faces because of the many striking parallels. Not only is their skin porous like ours, but their skin texture and color is very similar, and like us, they come in different sizes, shapes and forms. Potatoes grow, live, and then decay, mirroring the ephemeral existence and fragility of our own human nature."
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One of our favorite artists collectives is Bruce High Quality Foundation. If you're not familiar with their "Public Sculpture Tackles" here's their artists statement:
"Public sculpture is not merely a designed fight against the elements of nature, it is also a fight against people, against rambunctious children, graffiti writers, pigeon poop, and the homeless. It is the very character of public sculpture to be, first and foremost, on defense. The cube tilted on its corner is but the most obvious example of a defensive design approach to art’s engagement with the public.
The series of photographs, Public Sculpture Tackle, documents another approach to public art – the design of failure. Artists dressed in makeshift athletic uniforms and padding leap and lunge against a number of different public sculptures in Manhattan. In a contest between individualistic energy and engineered public adornment, we all know who will win.
Ad Reinhardt, understanding the full paradox of the eternal aspirations of art, titled one of his nearly black paintings, Timeless Painting, 1960. It is this continuing contest between timelessness and timeliness that forms the context for the Public Sculpture Tackle series. The photographs hold fast the humor and pathos of a moment when art does what it does – whatever we ought not bother trying, or as Bruce might have it – the impossible."
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A few weeks ago, Vhils showed us a rough cut of a short film he was making about new work he was doing in Portugal. We were blown away, not just by the piece but also from how exquisitely is was filmed.
This morning Vhils put the final film up on Youtube. We love the film and the text that goes with it:
Scratching the Surface
“Sous les pavés, la plage!” (Beneath the paving stones - the beach!) - Anonymous graffiti, Paris 1968.
Paris, May 1968. When the enragés started digging up the stones from the Boulevard St. Michel to use them as weapons against the forces of the old order, they came upon the sand that covered the surface underneath them. The earth. Beneath the concrete, the earth. Beneath the urban environment, nature. Beneath the artificial, life.
Behind all these brick and concrete walls, these dull, grey surfaces that condition our existence, behind all of these cities, there is life. There are individuals, there is nature. “Scratching the surface” is an act of creation taken from lifeless forms. It is the subversion of lifeless forms. The act of engraving the idea of life on a wall, of creating the image of an individual, an iconographic piece of representational symbolism that will endure. As if rendering him eternal by bringing him to life where life was not supposed to be. By carving it out of that which is still-born by its very nature, by its design.
So until the symbolical demise of all walls that separate, that impose, that condition, of a social system that overbuilds in order to control and perpetuate its grasp on the divisions that stem from this eternal partitioning and keep individuals in place, it will be easier and easier to forget who we are, where we come from and what nature is really all about. How easy it is to lose track of what our nature really is while caught amid this saturated, un-organic environment. "
Vhils is currently working on work for an upcoming solo show at Steve Lazarides' new gallery on Rathbone Place, Fitzrovia. Vhils' work is stunning in video and photos on the web, but nothing beats seeing the work first hand.
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May 15, 2009
We've highlighted the work of Jan Vormann a few times on the Wooster site. His new work can be found in Berlin, mostly inside holes that have remained since World War II.
Jan tells us - "At some very touristic hot-spot, (kupfergraben corner with Dorotheenstraße) a whole lot of people of all ages spontaneously started "helping" us. Kids, Parents Grandparents. Some of which took the project "to another dimension" with a variation of approaches towards the possibilities of constructing with those little bricks."
You can find the entire documentation online here.
Posted by marc at 8:23 AM in Art |
One of the best things about doing the Wooster site is that we get to meet some incredible people.
Our friend Harlan at No New Enemies is hosting a charity event for an extremely good cause - to raise the money for a second ear surgery for a young girl named Sarah. Sarah was born almost deaf and recently got a cochlear implant in her right ear, which helps her hear sounds she never realized existed. The second implant in her left ear has been scheduled for 2009, but since medical insurance will only cover one operation, she'll have to pay the full 25.000 euro bill all by herself.
To help her out, the wonderful artist Ephameron has brought together work from over 100 artist in a fantastic book all the proceeds going to Sarah's operation.
You can learn more about the auction here and the full scope of the project here.
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May 14, 2009
In the middle of doing his piece for the 11 Spring show (a massive wall collaboration with Davide Zucco), Judith Supine walked in one day with a huge smile on his face. He declared to anyone who would listen - "I've just quit my job!"
The happiness on his was infectious as it was one of those moments in an artist's life where you say - "Fuck it. Why not? If it's not now, it's never."
The cool thing to watch is that Judith's work just keeps getting better and better. We we absolutely love the two pieces above and wanted to share them. If you've never seen the piece he did with Davide Zucco (aka Rekal) for our 11 Spring show, here it is:
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May 5, 2009
"In our over-juried, overexposed, over-hyped land of art and design it's refreshing to see an art event that not only has no jury, but also gives away the pieces in an "unprejudiced" way to anyone near the bike path. Born out of a reaction to recent changes regarding Berlin's vandalism laws, Papergirl rallies artists and cyclists to distribute rolls of paper art (posters, prints, etc.) to unsuspecting Berliners."... Sezio.
We absolutely love Berlin's Papergirl project founded by the original Papergirl, Aisha Ronniger. It's these types of actions that make cities "livable". Our hope is that Papergirls and Paperboys will be in cities all over the world this Summer. You can read a terrific overview here on Sezio. And be sure to check out the Papergirl website here.
Papergirl #3 from Papergirl on Vimeo.
Posted by marc at 8:28 AM in Art |
We love it when artists take on new challenges. Recently a group of amazing artists, includng our friends bo130, Microbo, and Jeremy Fish, teamed up with Superego Editions to produce a series of wonderful ceramic sculptures to coincide with the 48° Fuori Salone di Milano. The ceramics were produced and made by the old ceramic masters of Nove.
We love them. Click here for more information.
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May 4, 2009
Sara Watson, a design student studying drawing at the University of Central Lancashire, spent three weeks taking a battered old Skoda and making it "disappear" by painting it so that it blends in with the surrounding area.
The BBC reports that the car is now being used as advertising for the local recycling firm that donated the vehicle.
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April 28, 2009
"some new paintings of my kids pulling faces"...Lister.
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April 21, 2009
Friends We Love :: 120 Seconds w/ Gary Taxali - Artist from friendswelove.com on Vimeo.
"Off the Wall" Featuring Gary Taxali from friendswelove.com on Vimeo.
You can learn more about the show here.
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April 17, 2009
Tomorrow night, Saturday the 18th, Lee Quiñones will open "Truth & Consequences" in Genova, Italy at Il Trifoglio Nero. It's important on many levels, also since it's his first solo show in Italy since 1980.
Sacha Jenkins writes in the catalogue for the exhibition - "Lee has always used his art to address the heavier thoughts and fears of humankind — his subway works, for instance, could ponder anything from nuclear holocausts to the middle ground the Earth might provide between say heaven and hell. The body and blood of Truth & Consequences is a proud extension of this sentiment"
Here's the info:
Il Trifoglio Nero
Palazzo Ducale
Piazza Matteotti 80r
16123 Genova
Italy
T. +39 010 859 2255
www.iltrifoglionero.com
18 April – 23 May 2009
Opening Reception 18 April 18.00
DJ set by Rich Medina
Catalogue available featuring texts by Sacha Jenkins, Dave Greenberg and Fred Brathwaite
Il Trifoglio Nero
Palazzo Ducale
Piazza Matteotti 80r
16123 Genova
Italy
T. +39 010 859 2255
www.iltrifoglionero.com
Posted by marc at 8:33 AM in Art |
April 15, 2009
From jerm IX in Vancouver:
"thought i'd share my latest project with you. i have donated my body to street artists. i recently put out a call to street artists around the world via flickr and stencilrevolution.com that i was accepting design submissions to be inked to my body, creating a body suit of street art, with the aim of celebrating street artists and their work in a somewhat more permanent form than the ephemeral nature of the streets allow.
i have designs coming from artists i have admired for so long and i am so inspired by the giving nature that seems to be embodied at every stop on the street artist spectrum. From the legends such as Microbo, Miss Van & BISERama to the unsung heroes like starheadboy and cameraman, everyone has been gracious, giving the fact that this is not a 'sponsored' project, for lack of a better word...and funds. anyway, i'm getting inked at a pace of at least one sitting a month and would love it if you spread the word and give all of the amazing people and artists on the site a glimpse into the project, so they may become involved if so inclined.
You can see the set as it evolves here.
thanks, love the site.
keep smiling.
jerm IX
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April 9, 2009
Yesterday morning, Sara and I went on the The Brian Lehrer Show on WNYC Radio to talk about the role of that street art is playing in the current economic climate. You can listen to it here:
All in all we thought it went pretty well. The debate about street art being nothing more than vandalism quite honestly bores us to death. We were glad that the host, Brian Lehrer, didn't waste the whole show on this subject. (Most radio stations would have done so for sure)
This post on the WNYC message boards is indicative of the lack of understanding out there:
"Your guests (meaning Sara and I) are a complete sham. They should be arrested rather than featured on the air. Come on, do we really want that shit all over the place again? Tell them and their clientele to go get a real job and do the work to become real artists rather than this easy bs these idiots are praising as "free expression". "Humanistic".. Please. Go back to academia. You obviously never left it. There are plenty of ways to get a message across without defacing public property."
And then this morning, we received a wonderful email that, for us, illuminates exactly why the subject of vandalism is so limiting:
From Sally (the artist who did the work on the photos above):
"hello. I heard the show on WNYC. I am glad to hear of your collective. I share much of what you talked about. I have been working on a street art since july of 08. It was sheltered by some trees and cars so that I never got caught. Once the police stopped and yelled "Stop drawing on the wall" I kept a look out and would hide. I am using acrylic ink and a small brush. A friend called it 'slow graffiti' A few months ago someone called the police and 2 squad cars and a black sedan came!! They gave me a warning, said if I was caught again they would arrest me. I did'n't know that graffiti is a felony. so I stopped working on it.
later I called the owner of the construction sight and he finally agreed to give me a letter of permission. It is near my studio, I can see it from my window. It is a wall surrounding a construction sight that is not being constructed. On Bergen between 4th and 3rd Ave. on the corner of Third Ave. in Brooklyn. I started it because they painted the wall blue, and it was a huge expanse and was calling to me. I have a lot of work finished and instead of waiting for someone to allow me to show my work I could take the initiative and show it myself. It is also in a place where lots of people who might never go to a gallery would see it. It is a funny area because it borders park slope and Boerum and the housing project. There is a half way house on Bergen. I love working on it outside, I believe I am adding to the neighborhood, it makes me part of the neighborhood, and people are always stopping to talk to me. I have had many interesting and appreciative comments. I have met a lot of people, it is different from the experience of working alone. Art gives back to people, it feeds the soul,in that way I feel I add to the neighborhood. I know that it wont last but I like the fact that it is about the experience of making it, the conversations I have had, and that all is fleeting any way."
Posted by marc at 11:22 AM in Art |
If you're in Amsterdam this week, be sure to head over tomorrow night, April 9th, to the Sid Lee Collective where, in collaboration with RELOAD Magazine, Dan Witz will present the first solo exhibition in the Netherlands.
Dan, who's flown in from New York, will be showing new works and photos from the ‘New Ugly Buildings’ series. Here's the info:
Gerard Doustraat 74
Amsterdam 1072 VV
The Nethelands
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April 7, 2009
If you follow us on Facebook, then you already know that it's become almost like a sister site to what we post every day here on the Wooster blog. On Facebook we've been asking a series of questions about art, being an artist, inspiration, etc. The responses that are being posted each day are wonderful.
Because they made us smile, we thought we'd share with you a sampling of the responses that have been posted today to our question:
While working on a piece of art, how do you know when it's "done"?
Here's some of the answers:
Luke: When someone buys it!
John: When your sick of nit-picking at it
Puppet Industries: When the cops catch ya.;)
Nick: You never do, that's why it's a piece of art.
James: When your mum calls you down for dinner. (Note from Wooster: Our favorite!)
Jasper: "Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away" - Antoine de Saint Exupery
Frank: When the check clears.
Anita: When you feel satisfaction!
James: Paintings are never finished, only abandoned. - Picasso
Sarah: When you're afraid you'll destroy it if you do anything else to it
Nathan: When you feel like there's more work to be done, but nothing you do to it makes it better than it already is.
Josh: When it starts to piss me off
Will: When efforts at improving it just screw it up.
Logan: When I ruin it.
Pierre: When i stop looking at it as an actor but as a spectator, no more acting obsession, when i can forget it....
Misha: When its 6 am and i've got to be at work at 8
Dan: When somebody loves it
Angel: When you are scared about putting something else in it..
Victoria: 10 years later
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April 6, 2009
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April 4, 2009
The other day Sara and I had the pleasure of spending some time with artist/designer Matt W. Moore, who had come down to New York from Maine for the PSFK Conference. We were blown away by not only Matt's work but by how cool of a guy he is. If you are not familiar with his work, click here.
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March 31, 2009
You can see more of Poppy's painting here.