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Gnomedex Lurrve
So here’s a story about why I love the internets like WHOA.
A few weeks ago my friend, KK, put a link on his facebook about my art show in Seattle at Bherd Studios. One of his friends, Alex Williams, director of product marketing at Iterasi, and I somehow started talking about him maybe going to check out my artwork while he’s in Seattle for a conference called Gnomedex, that he and KK were both going to.
Out of this the idea was born (by Alex) to create a whole bus tour of Gnomedex goers. So Alex and KK planned that whole thing, while I made sure that everything was set up for these rockstars’ arrival at the gallery. The result was that last Saturday evening about 15 people piled into the magic Gnomedex bus during what I guess was a conference break or something, and went to the place where my artwork was on display. At least that’s how I thought the story went. And in Kurasawa’s “Seven Samurai” format, here is the story as seen through Alex’s eyes…
There’s a lot more awesome beyond that that you may not know about too…like about Gnomedex, what it is, about Chris Pirillo, who hosts Gnomedex every year, about Chris Pirillo’s website which is badass and highly addictive, about Kris Krug’s photography, which is pure genius….about a lot of things. It’s really too much information for one blog post. But if you have a few minutes and want to find out a few things, do it.
Do I have awesome friends or what? <333
The burning question…did they have time for
[tags]bherd studios, kk, kris krug, alex williams, iterasi, gnomedex, chris pirillo, seattle, art show, urban art[/tags]
Younity “Heart And Soul” Book Launch and Exhibition
I’m very excited about this. I’m a member of a collective called Younity. It’s made up of amazing female artists, graf writers, urban and avant garde painters, all different types of artists. All women. And the founders, Toofly and Alice Mizrachi, have published a book with art from all of us inside it. The art opening and book launch are the same day same time, with the book being released in an exhibition which is showing the actual original works that are featured in the book. That’s on October 17th. So there will be proper invitations for that etc. Meanwhile, I just wanted to tell you about it and also give props to Lafamiliazine and Jeff at Studiolightroom.com for posting about this show and book launch on their own websites. You all are the best!
XO dreX
Here’s the actual press release with all the deets on it:
YOUNITY PRESENTS:
HEART & SOUL, AN ART EXHIBITION & BOOK LAUNCH
– Second Annual Exhibit Features 60 Avant-Garde Urban
Contemporary Female Artists –
Queens, NY (August 2008)— We are excited to announce the second annual YOUNITY art exhibition entitled Heart & Soul opening on October 17th, 2008 at Alphabeta in Greenpoint Brooklyn. As a celebratory theme between 60 international artists on what they identify as “heart and soul,” the exhibit promises an urban landscape installation piece that unifies and pushes the boundaries of graffiti, photography, urban arts and fine arts. In addition, YOUNITY will launch Heart and Soul; a book featuring works from all exhibitors including: Lady Pink, Martha Cooper and Swoon. With so very few art books that explicitly showcase women’s urban contemporary art, Heart and Soul will debut as authentic niche material needed in the ever-expanding art industry. Artists Alice Mizrachi and TOOFLY, founders of YOUNITY, look to harnesses the empowerment of established and aspiring young artists through expressive art.
YOUNITY is the first ever international women’s urban contemporary art collective that brings female artists into a global networking system as a means to create art exhibitions, installations, books and a much needed archive of women’s urban contemporary art. With the success of their premiere exhibit, The C R O S S O V E R, YOUNITY has become a sought after collective devoted to women with an inherent need to perfect their craft through self-expression, surpass male dominance and pass the torch on to younger female artists. For this project, only 60 out of 300 female urban artists were selected to participate with styles that range from hand-styles, graphics and collage to abstract riffs on the female identity, the urban habitat, life and love.
The Heart and Soul book is comprised of 60 artworks formatted onto a 5×8 inch postcard-style flipbook. It is the first publication in the YOUNITY collector’s book series that will showcase the works of varying members of the collective.
At the exhibition, all of original images featured in Heart & Soul will be framed and displayed as part of an indoor/outdoor site specific installation that pays homage to the urban landscape. The collective also includes world-renowned artists MAD C (Germany), Aiko Nakagawa (Japan), Faith47 (South Africa), Krista Franklin (Chicago) and Diana McClure (NYC), among others. Books and artwork will be on view and for sale at the Heart & Soul Exhibition and Book Launch and online at www.theyounity.com.
YOUNITY’s Heart & Soul Exhibition and Book Launch
PRESS HOUR: 7pm-8pm Opening Reception: 8pm – 10pm
October 17, 2008 ALPHABETA 70 Greenpoint Avenue
Brooklyn, New York 11222
PRESS & SPONSOR INQUIRIES:
Shana Louallen: shanalovespr@gmail.com
Official Younity Website
[tags]toofly, alice mizrachi, younity, heart and soul, brooklyn, williamsburg, greenpoint, art show, opening, press release, artist reception, book launch, urban art, urban artists, avant-garde art, street art, graffiti, collective[/tags]
Back from Seattle!
As some or most of you already know, I was just in Seattle for an amazing group show featuring Jef Aerosol, Massrad, Soule, Asher, Littlegirllost, Cash, Joab, and me.
*note: i stupidly changed the res on the above pic to 72 ppi without looking to see how small it would make the photo. so here’s a postage stamp sized image of the show.
Here’s my contribution to the show:
If you’ve never been to Seattle, it’s really a beautiful city.
The show was fantastic. I got to meet some artists I’ve been wanting to meet for a long time, as well as see some friends I’ve missed.
And of course there was the requisite tourist stuff I HAD to do or ELSE.
For those of you in and around Seattle, the “Spray it Don’t Say it” show will be up through the first week of September. So it’s not too late to check it out if you missed the opening. If you need details, let me know and I’ll hook you up.
More soon…
XO dreXeL
[tags]seattle, group show, artist reception, bherd, bherd studios, spray it don’t say it, jef aerosol, soule, massrad, asher, cash, littlegirllost, joab, graffiti, hiphop culture, urban artists[/tags]
Onto the South
I’ve finished my last piece for the Seattle show on the 9th. My next series is already on my mind though. It’s been on my mind for weeks now. So no matter what I did I kept coming back to it. And this painting is a combination of the end of the Bherd studios series and the beginning of a big adventure that’s coming up in November. It will feature my favorite photographer on earth…and me collaborating. AND two of my dearest friends who are coming along for this adventure. I’ll have more details as it all comes together. But for now, here’s a girl with a gun. Who doesn’t like girls with guns? Nobody, that’s who.
[tags]bherd, bherd studios, seattle, art show, stencil, aerosol, spray paint, mixed media painting, girls and guns, dirty south, kk, kris krug[/tags]