Pioneer of street art, Keith Haring, made his mark in 1989, the year of the fall of the Berlin Wall, when he created his last public work in Pisa, Italy. Named Tuttomondo, Haring had painted on a church wall of Sant’Antonio Abate. For the twentieth anniversary of Keith Haring visiting Pisa, the city is organizing a temporary outdoor arts/music festival to celebrate his arrival called MetArtRock 2009. Taking place in the Garden Scotto on Thursday June 25th the festival will be curated by Massimo Pasca.
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Standing 59 foot / 18 meters tall and seen on computer-monitors via cyberspace around the world is this 1/1 full scale GUNDAMN statue (RX-78-2) currently standing on the grounds of Shiokaze Park in Tokyo, Odaiba, Japan! Netizens have been keenly following the construction of the ultimate anime fan-fulfilment fantasy mecha for a while now – with the image above showcasing the statue with lights on at night.
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Rumor said Banksy will be returning to Bristol this weekend for a Summer Show. In true Banksy fashion, all details are to come.
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Daniel Seifert, better known as Attaboy, will be presenting his first solo show in two years at LA’s POV Evolving Gallery in LA’s Chinatown on June 13th. In addition to Atta’s meticulously hand- cut shadow casting spray varnish stenciled plastic pieces and elaborate “exploded view” drawings, there will be a Gooberry Patch in the back room! Here visitors will be able to pick an unripe talking pull string Gooberry Plush and take it home to abuse. Music in the Gooberry Patch will be by toy piano mash-up genius Twink. If you happened to be around the area, remember to drop by.
Design Museum has joined forces with Beefeater 24 to celebrate the fearlessly progressive spirit of London’s greatest creative minds, past and present. At the heart of the exhibition are fifteen commissions from some of London’s most dynamic creatives, as a group they demonstrate the diverse approaches to design in London. Among the participants in the exhibition are Zaha Hadid, Tom Dixon, Paul Smith and others.
Paul Smith created a rabbit rubbish bin for the city of London. The ‘New London Rubbish Bin’ will be popping up in Covent Garden and Holland Park for a four-month trial period from 28th May. The giant rabbit bins, with ears that light up when anyone puts rubbish in them, are Paul Smith’s contribution to Super Contemporary – an exhibition which opens on 3rd June 2009 at the Design Museum.
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“Reverberations” is an exhibition featuring new works by Che Jen and Kenji Hirata, both members of the infamous “Barnstormers.”
Che Jen is a Brooklyn-based painter from South Korea, who was raised in Brooklyn. Growing up in Brooklyn and the Lower East Side in the 1970s “defined the visual abstractions that are incorporated into my being and permeates my personality and my work.” Her newest works are a reflection of her subconsciousness, a manifestation of the process in which ideas are born. Che Jen has shown around the world in Milan, London, Tokyo and all over the United States, and has been featured in many publications.
Kenji Hirata is a New York-based painter from Nagasaki, Japan. His works are influenced by the Buddhist idea that “emptiness is everything eternal.” In his paintings, he fuses together the five natural elements of water, fire, metal, wood and soil, creating compositions that are dense, yet have open space. Hirata is inspired by nature, and his vibrant pieces reference Jamaican dance hall sound systems, sci-fi futurism, billboards and hand painted signage of South East Asia. From public murals, small canvases and animated works for film, Kenji Hirata is an innovative member of the contemporary art and film community.
“Reverberations” features new paintings on display at FIFTY24SF Gallery from June 4, 2009 from 7 to 9:30 PM.
FIFTY24SF Gallery Contact Information
Gallery Hours: Tuesday–Saturday from 12–6 P.M. and by appointment
Address: 248 Fillmore Street, San Francisco, CA 94117
Contact: Lynzy Blair / Phone: (415) 252-9144 / Email: Lynzy@UpperPlayground.com
If you are in New York City right now, here is where you should be headed: the Carlton Arms Hotel on E. 25th Street. No need to go inside, though, because what you’re going for is on the wall outside. Damon Ginandes has just put up a fantastic piece made of concrete relief and acrylic on wood.
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While in NYC for their show NO PLACEBOS at Redflagg Gallery (which opened this evening), Herakut found the time to paint this great piece on the wall of Eyebeam.
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Pairing up two of the more influential professionals in their fields, artist Reach and famed photographer Yonehara Yasumasa aka Yone, look to set open the latest leg of their Partouze Exhibition with a show in Hong Kong. The opening will take place on May 29th, 2009 (11am-8pm) running through June 4th at the Jockey Club Creative Arts Centre (30 Pak Tin Street, Shek Kip Mei
Kowloon, Hong Kong). The cocktail party will begin at 7pm until 10pm with a live body painting session scheduled for the next day at 3pm.
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American artist Richard Prince is set to make his mark on a public art installation of massive proportions at the Hong Kong Museum of Art in Tsim Sha Tsui with the theme of Prince’s “After Dark” series behind his direction. The exhibition will include a number of different mediums on hand from paintings and photographs to video installations under the moniker of “Louis Vuitton: A Passion for Creation”. The exhibition includes works from Jeff Koons, Bertrand Lavier and Stephen Sprouse, all who have contributed work to the Fondation Louis Vuitton pour la Création. The opening set to take place on Friday, May 22nd wlll include the attendance of LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton chairman Bernard Arnault, Marc Jacobs, Prince, Takashi Murakami and Frank Gehry. The exhibition will wrap up on Sunday, August 9th.
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