MAKING IT TOGETHER

BRONX MUSEUM OF THE ARTS
“MAKING IT TOGETHER”
EXPLORES THE ART OF COLLABORATION DURING THE FEMINIST MOVEMENT

Sunday, March 2, 2008, 2-6pm.
(On view through August 4th)

Installation by graffiti artists: Lady Pink, Toofly, Dona, and Muck

The exhibition explores an important chapter in recent history when women
artists, inspired by the 1970s Feminist Movement, worked collectively in new ways to
engage communities and address social issues.

BRONX MUSEUM OF THE ARTS
The flagship cultural institution of The Bronx, founded in 1971, The Bronx Museum of the
Arts focuses on 20th-century and contemporary art, while serving the culturally diverse
populations of The Bronx and the greater New York metropolitan area. The museum’s home
on the Grand Concourse is a distinctive contemporary landmark designed by the
internationally-renowned firm Arquitectonica.

The Bronx Museum of the Arts maintains a permanent collection of 20th and 21st-century
works by artists of African, Asian, and Latin American ancestry. Additionally, the Museum
collects works by artists for whom The Bronx has been critical to their artistic practice and
development. The Museum’s educational offerings spring from these central programs with
outreach to children and families as well as adult audiences.

For more information please
visit www.bronxmuseum.org

1040 Grand Concourse @ 165th St. Bronx NY 10456
T: 718.681.6000 F: 718.681.6181

Train Directions:
D or B to the 167 St./Grand Concourse station.
Exit at rear of station, walk south along Grand Concourse two blocks.

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Obama Video # 2

Featuring my new friend Richard Montoya from Culture Clash.
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PURO OBAMA embed:

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THE DEVIL YOU KNOW embed:

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OBAMA IN MY HEART embed:

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Obama Vids Online

I spent the last week producing some videos for Barak Obama for the web. Note the excellent Shepard Fairey poster as the backdrop. Check out the lot of them on Youtube.

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New Retna Mural

From a Manu Chao song:

Por el suelo hay una compadrita
Que ya nadie se para a mirar
Por el suelo hay una mamacita
Que se muere de no respetar
Pachamama te veo tan triste
Pachamama me pongo a llorar

Dirt cheap, here’s a female companion
That nobody bothers to see
Dirt cheap, here’s a mamacita
whos dying, she has no respect
Pachamama, I see you so sad
Pachamama, I’m going to cry

“The mother goddess, Pachamama, presided over the indigenous peoples of the Andes for centuries. In parts of Bolivia, Chile, and Peru, she was venerated as the Virgin Mary—a legacy of Spanish colonialism. Today, on a street corner in Hollywood, California, a mural in her honor sanctifies the City of Angels. Three native Angelino scribes, Retna, Dame, and Werc, use the concrete canvasses of Los Angeles as a gallery to display their reverence. …”
Read the rest of the story here

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Rambo Ad Bites Street Art

You’ve probably seen the looming Rambo face which started popping up on billboards last month to advertise the new Rambo flick. Pretty interesting that the main ad campaign is biting stencilists and street art. Once again street artists influence people trying to promote products instead of ideas. Not to say that the ad doesn’t look relatively good. But ain’t it funny that you can spend a whole bunch of money if you are a film studio and put up the poster all over town to advertise a violence-filled film, but if you are a broke kid with a good design for self promotion you are a felon!?!

It was also pretty funny that the LA Times article calls it a nod to Banksy. Is Banksy the first and only stencilist? Or is he the only one rich ad executives are aware of and trying to bite?

Here’s what the LA Times had to say:

In a city where massive billboards for movies and TV shows hover over every intersection like demigods, the “Rambo” poster stands out; it’s at once eye-catching and subtle, more evocative of a hipster’s T-shirt than a marketing scheme to promote the fourth (and first, in 20 years) installment in the “Rambo” series.

The stencil-and-spray-paint image, done by Jason Lindeman of Ignition Print, seems a nod to the work of Banksy, the infamous and ironical British graffiti artist whose work now commands high sums. “

“This was never meant to be the whole backbone of the campaign,” Palen said, noting that the image has ended up as an 80-foot billboard in Times Square. “

Read the full LA Times article here

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