Ever since ol’ Charlie Ahearn released Wild Style in 1983, folks have been blitzing with all kinds of media equipment, trying to capture and document (tag and release, maybe?) graffiti and hip hop culture. Bomb It! may be the first worthwhile update to Charlie’s classic
See the entire review here.
FRE3 Artists FRE3 Cities
FlyingFortress (Hamburg), The London Police (Amsterdam) and Pez (Barcelona) are having a group show
which is touring the world. After the three artists meet on the K-Spray3 tour, organized by K-Swiss, which visited Singapore, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Seoul, Taipei and Tokyo these artists decided to come together again to share their passion for street art. To see their work from the 2007 K-Spray tour check out this link.
Come see their latest works at the new opening of FRE3 ARTISTS FRE3 CITI3S, on Saturday July 12th at 18h at Galeria Esther Montoriol Diputacion 339 Junto al Metro Tetuan L2 Barcelona.
The show will continue on to the United States later this year. On the 12th of September FRE3 Artists FRE3 Cities opens in NY at the Ad Hoc Gallery (Brooklyn) and on the 1st of November in Los Angeles at the Scion Gallery.
Some call graffiti art, some a lifestyle and savior, others say it’s revolting vandalism, and the brilliant documentary Bomb It! smoothly offers all opinions, passionate whether it be love or hate.
Bomb It! takes us all across the globe to reveal the similarities of every society, wealthy or impoverished, riotous or safe. NY and LA are gimmes, but there’s angst on the walls of Tokyo, too, admittedly a recent phenomenon in their realm of rules and respect. In tragic Capetown, ripped by Apartheid, a youthful bunch with corrugated tin sheds as their canvas try to give a deprived community something beautiful, and the townsfolk ecstatically agree. A São Paulo official agrees that the rapid skyline protrusion is obtrusive. Barcelona, a land rife with gorgeous abstract architecture is also home to some of the most gorgeous and abstract burners (murals) ever painted, accompanied by a mature casual aura one would expect from the native artists, still commanding that vigilante spirit and belief in art for the masses.
See the entire DreamLogic.net article here.
Bomb It Premieres in Toronto next Week July 11th Jon Reiss will be in attendance before and after the screening at 7pm at the Bloor Cinema.
Street art from Cebu City in the Philippines.
Thanks to Sam Pipebomb for the pictures.
