To see more photos and to learn more about the full piece, click here.
Wooster Collective congratulates artist Kehinde Wiley on being honored by USA Network as part of the 2010 Character Approved Awards, celebrating "the real characters who are changing the face of American Culture."
Be sure to check out the terrific videos of the other of the honorees which include Kathryn Bigelow, Nora Ephron, Green Day, Narciso Rodriguez, Dan Barber, Yves Behar, Angela Brooks, Jessica Jackley, and Alex Rigopulos & Eran Egozy.
Artist: El Mac
Erosie & Graphic Surgery at Alley from Geert on Vimeo.
The video above was created for the exhibition Random Order in the Alley Gallery in Hasselt, Belgium.
Erosie can be found here.
Graphic Surgery can be found here.
Kelsey Brookes Feature from TheCreativeLives on Vimeo.
The Real King has left the building.
Rest In Peace Dare TWS 1968 - 2010
Sigi von Koeding or Dare as he was better known was an artist that inspired countless people over his 23 year painting career. Myself included. He was a true graffiti artist yet still managed to be experimental and left of field. I remember Mare 139 telling me how incredible Dare's new paintings were once, and coming from someone like Mare, that's high praise indeed! He was a true master of letters, the way he shaped and twisted them was truly magical and he had a talent for style that few others will ever come close to! Dare was a legend whilst he was alive and traveling the world painting his pieces with expert precision and his status as a graffiti will no doubt rise to new heights following his death.
Dare lost his battle with cancer and died in hospital in his hometown of Basel, Switzerland on the evening of March 6th 2010. He will always be remembered by his fans and friends alike and his status as the Swiss graffiti Master is now truly cemented in our culture.
Dare and I were planning on painting together this year. So I'll be doing that wall in his honor now.
As Swet wrote on his most recent painting - THE REAL KING HAS LEFT THE BUILDING"...
Remi/Rough
"Above are some images of a new installation I have done for the 'Skullduggerous' group show that opened here in London the other night (4th Feb). The show is in aid of the Bhopal Medical Appeal which aims to raise awareness and provide medical care for people still suffering the after-effects of the calamitous toxic gas leak that blighted the Indian city of Bhopal in 1984 - even today kids are still being born with birth defects and the environment is still affected. My installation is titled 'Chicken Tikka Disasta' - and is pretty much the closest most people in England to India and it's people :) The show is being held at The Pure Evil Gallery, Leonard Street, London, from 4th-13th March and other artists involved include Pure Evil, Swoon and The krah"... slinkachu
We're proud to announce that legendary photographer Jon Naar is the latest artist to participate in our "Wooster Special Edition" project. This new project follows sold out editions from such artists as Faile, Shepard Fairey, Space Invader, BAST, and Darius and Downey.
Most often when we ask a graffiti or street artist what their favorite book is, inevitably the answer will be: The Faith Of Graffiti
Published 35 years ago, The Faith Of Graffiti, is a meditation of tags, marks, concrete and trains. Legendary photographer Jon Naar captured a moment in history with the eye of a outsider combined with the precision of an architecture and design photographer. Norman Mailer wrote a text that is perhaps more relevant today than ever before.
Until now, Faith of Graffiti has been out-of-print and completely impossible to find. But this month Faith of Graffiti as been re-released in an expanded edition with new cropping and additional photos.
To celebrate the re-release of Faith Of Graffiti, Wooster Collective worked with Jon Naar to create an exclusive print in a numbered edition of 300. The "Wooster Collective Special Edition" includes both the signed print and a signed book.
From the publisher:
"This new edition of The Faith of Graffiti, the first in more than three decades, brings this vibrant work—the seminal document on the origins of street art—to contemporary readers. Photographer Jon Naar has enhanced the original with thirty-two pages of additional photographs that are new to this edition, along with an afterword in which he reflects on the project and the meaning it has taken on in the intervening decades."
Here's the specs:
Redbird In The Bronx
Limited Edition Print of 300
8 1/2" by 11"
Archival paper
Signed and Numbered by Jon Naar - 2010
Faith of Graffiti
Words by Norman Mailer. Photos by Jon Naar
128 pages
Paperback
$75 USD
Shipping US: $12 USD
Shipping EUR $25 USD