“I am OK with misconceptions if they are some, I don’t have to justify myself, people who are going to meet me will love me to death” Fafi talks about her upcoming comic book and her take on the gallery scene. (via ilovegraffiti)
After a disappointing auction of street art the market is bracing for another hit when the grimey stuff climbs the podium again at Dreweatts (via Arrested Motion)
Boston street artist Alphabet Soup discusses his opinions regarding Shepard Fairey’s recent ICA show and what it means for street art in general. Also a great read at myartspace about the team representing Fairey in his fair use case. (via Bombin)
Artist Takeshi Murata is upset that popstar Kanye West hijacked his method of video compression to create his most recent music video without giving him any credit. Apparently West saw an exhibition of Murata’s work at Deitch and flipped over it and rushed his video out. (via street carnage)
I am at my art geekinest when it comes to artists technique. I can just sit around and watch dudes work the magic, like this amazing video of Gorey getting busy with the oneliner. (via GraffitiMag)
Chor Boogie recently went to Brazil painting some commissions as well as collaborate with photographer Jihan Abdalla on her documentation of prostitutes in Brazil (via Ekosystem)
“Whether I’m speaking specifically about American racism or the Black Diaspora, or even identity politics, I’m always thinking about abstraction, about the way that the Modernist language of abstraction is told from a colonialist kind of jungle fever.” Kara Walker talks about her work and her reputation as “That” angry black artist. (via Blackbook)
Put a Donk on it!!!! The freshest sound to come out of a youth center. (via street carnage)
“I didn’t even think anything about taking flicks of it. I thought it would be a forever thing: that there would always be bombed subways.” Cope 2 talks about his early days coming up as a young Graff writer (via WYW)
Artist Mark Vallen asks should we really be celebrating the paltry $50 million for arts included in the Obama stimulus package when the budget for a typical crappy movie is in the range of $200 million.
“My involvement with the Poster Boy thing was just the legal aspect. Maybe I’ve given an interview or two about the Poster Boy movement and, like, I’ll show up like I did at the art show [in Soho] and create a piece, you know, as Poster Boy.” Is Henry Matyjewicz just blowing smoke up, or is he a genius at obscuring the facts. (via AFC)
“With virtually no commercial infrastructure for experimental art in place, artists had to create their own marginal, bootstrap model.” Holland Cotters call to arms for an art world that is struggling to find footing in the current economic environment.(via NYT)
Rude Bwoys Grab Your Rude Gyal and lets do the Ska :
first the dance
Justin Giarla from San Francisco gallery Shooting Gallery has produced a new film documenting the pop surrealist movement that has stormed the ivory gates of the art establishment. Though the name is kinda meh, New Brow looks like a pretty solid survey of whats going down in that scene.
Subvertisingis a growing movement of Artists that are taking back the public space from the media corporations that dominate the visual experience of cities,
This is what it looks like to be above it all and only surround yourself with luxury. Scenes from YSL’s art collection. (via NYT)
In the ongoing war against the terror of an Instamatic, NYC police are racking up the court cases because of their policy of harassing anybody with a camera in the subway system. (via NYT)
How can the symbol of Americas slide into imperialistic hubris remind me so much of my hometown? Photographer Christopher Sims shows us the soft underbelly of Gitmo. (via Good)
“I’m not trying to make an argument that graffiti is art and not vandalism,I hope I’ve made it clear that it’s both.” NYTimes interviews Sociologist Gregory Snyder about his new book “Graffiti Lives: Beyond the Tag in New York’s Urban Underground”
“You realise when you do go to these places that there is no art. My aim is to show that art can work anywhere.” Has JR become the hot new thing for an art market in desperate need of some fresh ideas? (via ekosystem)
Artist Ron English discusses with CNN his role in creating the Obama art craze :
Gang Gang Dance, Whose video with Tinchy Stryder was featured here a couple of weeks ago, has suffered a horrendous setback when all of their gear was burned up after a gig in Amsterdam. And No I do not mean they smoked it up either, you cretins. (via Daily Swarm)
Norwegian Death Metal. Early Acid House. Killl. (via Frieze)
“The greed that we saw in the art world was coupled with the greed that we were seeing in society at large, so we tried to do shows that shifted the emphasis.” Controversial gallery Triple Candy reopens in Harlem (via tcop)
Citrus Report has a couple of interviews up from friends of 2f2k. Check out Peekaboo and Jesse Reno talking about whats really good.
Photography Is Not A Crime. The Counter Terrorism Act allows for the arrest and imprisonment of anyone whose pictures are “likely to be useful to a person committing or preparing an act of terrorism”. (via FAD)
To Fear It Is To Know It 