Doze Green
N.O.O.N
Solo Exhibition
October 18th —November15th , 2008
Opening Reception: Saturday, October 18th, 7pm—9pm
Blek le Rat
Paris-New York, New York-Paris
Solo Exhibition
October 18th—November 15th, 2008
Opening Reception: Saturday, October 18th, 7pm—9pm
Jonathan LeVine Gallery
529 W. 20th Street, 9E
New York, NY 10011
Here is an article from Minneapolis today featuring interviews with me and Stefano Bloch who is one of the very articulate subjects in Bomb It – particularly on the issue of public space. A former writer, he is now a grad student in Geography at the U of M in Minneapolis and is introducing our screening of Bomb It at the Walker Art Museum tonight.
BY Holly Miller
PUBLISHED: 10/15/2008
Behind the letters and images sketched, scrawled and painted on a train or public building, hides the message and the artist behind graffiti — what some call vandalism, others call art.
People may believe they understand graffiti because they see it every day, but geography graduate student Stefano Bloch said there is much more to the act.
“Like any other social, political and art movement, [people] have no idea about the different intricacies and the different motivations of doing graffiti,” he said.
Looking to provide students and community members the opportunity to learn more about graffiti, Bloch will kick off the Global Graffiti Documentary Series on Thursday at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis with the premier of the new graffiti documentary, “Bomb It!”
While in Iceland for the Reyjavik International Film Festival, Director Jon Reiss and I (Co Producer, Harrison Bohrman) were invited to be part of a city hall panel on graffiti and street art.
Artist Thordis Claessen, author of the Icelandic street art book, ICEPICK, was also there (far left) in addition to government official, Jakob Magnusson (second on the right).
Debates over art, personal expression and free space in Iceland seem to be heating up and it was an amazing event to be a part of.
We’ll make sure to keep you posted on what comes of the panel and the future of graffiti in Iceland.
Thanks to everyone who came out to the event!
Visual artist Shepard Fairey, whose “Hope” and “Progress” images have become iconic among Obama supporters, was arrested last week in Denver while putting up those posters on the streets of Denver. In a video interview with the social network imeem (see below), Fairey said he was arrested by Denver police, dressed in full riot gear, on charges of posting bills and “interference.” He was held for 16 hours before being released. Fairey, who pled guilty and paid a $140 fine, says the Denver arrest was his 14th for postering.
Click here for more from Imeem
Bomb It! takes the viewer on a journey to the origins of modern street art in New York where the first tags ushered in a new form of communication… It embraces life – true life, not the jaded, self-indulgent views that permeate the so-called clean parts of the world. The director Jon Reiss has been named one of the “10 Digital Directors to Watch” by Daily Variety and we have to say we agree, digital or not.
Click here for the entire September 29th GRAPEVINE article!
