February 11, 2010 • 9:59 am
NY’s Poster Boy has book on the way titled “Poster Boy: The War of Art” (A title which reminds me of this book).
It’s due out on March 2nd, here’s and excerpt from the Amazon.com description:
Poster Boy tweaks corporate copy, replacing it with incisive and playful puns and turns of phrase rich with innuendo and political punch. Beautiful models turn ghastly and iconic spokespeople become the mouthpieces for Poster Boy’s ideas. Poster Boy: The War of Art collects his best work yet.
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Filed under: Art , Books, Poster Boy, Poster Boy: The War of Art, Street Art
February 4, 2010 • 2:32 am
“A Love Letter For You – Brick Valentines On The Philly Skyline” documents the art and the neighborhood that inspired this ambitious public art project.
In 1984 Steve Powers started climbing rooftops in his neighborhood and painting his alias ESPO as a dues paying member of the ICY graffiti club. 25 years later he returned home to Philadelphia in the summer of 2009 to write a love letter across the same rooftops facing the Market-Frankford line. The letter, meant for one, with meaning for all, encompasses 50 walls on a 20 block stretch of market street. Drawing input, inspiration, and work from the community Powers created a letter to and from west Philly. This unprecedented public art project was a collaboration of Powers, The Mural Arts Program, and the Pew Center for Arts and Heritage. It required 1200 cans of spray paint, 800 gallons of bucket paint, and the skilled hands of 20 of the finest spray painters in America, who Powers put into the legendary ICY club.
9.25″ x 6.25″
96 pages
Over 100 full color images
Available at Free News Projects
Filed under: Art , Books, ESPO, ESPO ICY, Graffiti, Steve Powers, Street Art
November 25, 2009 • 9:39 am
Sacha Jenkins and Dave “CHINO BYI” Villorente, promoting Piecebook: The Secret Drawings of Graffiti Writers, hit up the Complex Mag headquarters for a photo shoot and/or a “bukkake” (Watch the video and you’ll get the reference). Including DOC TC5, KAVES, STEM, CES and KEO.
Filed under: Art, News , Books, Bukkake, CES, DOC TC5, Graffiti, KAVES, KEO, STEM
August 3, 2009 • 12:22 pm
Check out this footage of graffiti writer Rob SOD reminiscing about his encounter with “Joe Blow” aka Joseph Rivera of the NYPD. Officer Rivera wrote the book “Vandal Squad” a graffiti book seen through pigs eyes from the law enforcement perspective.
via {TuffCity}
Filed under: Art , Books, Graffiti, Joe Blow, Joseph Rivera, Rob SOD
TDot photographer Steve Carty has just released his first book titled Positives.
The book details Carty’s over 20 years behind the lens, taking photo’s of the entertainment industries brightest stars, classic album covers and much more.
You can get a your copy of Positives via Steve’s blog and at his upcoming show at the Jerome Jenner / Smash Gallery.
{courtesy of FormatMag}
Filed under: News, Photography , Books, Positives, Steve Carty, Tdot, Toronto
