A police precinct is an interesting place for a street art project. Is it a trap? Should we be suspicious? Anyway, Brooklyn’s 83rd Precinct teamed up with Spread Art NYC to produce a community wall featuring portraits of famous Bushwick natives. Four artists have contributed. Maybe we’ll see more in the future.
Jackie Gleason by Zimer
Jeannie Ortega by Vince Ballentine
Eddie Murphy by Damien Mitchell
Rosie Perez by Andre Trenier
Bushwick Natives at the 83rd Precinct
NYPD’s 83rd Precinct is at 480 Knickerbocker Ave in Brooklyn
After The Rain is a new solo show by Rob “TMO” Plater at Window Studio. Rob’s work combines graffiti, superheroes, hip-hop lyrics, and personal stories of the struggles, as well as the beauty, of inner city life.
After The Rain runs through January 14, 2016 at Window Studio in Brooklyn
Dec
13
Rezolution is a new solo show from Staten Island’s Rez Shaolin at IMAGE Gallery. Rez uses the bright color combo of pink and yellow to take a sarcastic look at 1950s culture and the American dream.
Rezolution runs through December 2, 2015 at IMAGE Gallery in Brooklyn
Fragments of the Soul brings Mexican street artist Edgar “Saner” Flores’ “mythological playground” to Philadelphia’s Magic Gardens. Masks and spirits are a common theme in Saner’s work, which draws its influences from traditional Mexican folklore.
Fragments of the Soul runs through December 6, 2015 at Philadelphia’s Magic Gardens
Nov
20
Yok and Sheryo are a Brooklyn-based street art duo from Australia and Singapore, respectively. They are known for traveling the world and creating characters that range from strange, grotesque, to sometimes weirdly cute. Shadows is a new mixed media show at Masters Projects featuring sculptures and paintings. The work is all in black and white, which gives these photos an almost monochrome look.
Shadows runs through January 1, 2016 at Masters Projects in Brooklyn
Comics Combatives: Stories Told By Jack Kirby Pfc. is a new pop-up exhibit by the Jack Kirby Museum. The storefront pop-up showcases original art pages and reproductions featuring combat and fight scenes. The action takes place at 103 Allen St. (miLES) in Kirby’s native Lower East Side.
Comics Combatives runs through November 29, 2015 at 103 Allen St.
UR New York is a graffiti/street art duo comprised of Ski and 2esae. Works on Paper is a solo show at Low Brow Artique featuring one of a kind screen prints showcasing colorful urban landscapes and culture. “Be who you are” is the ongoing theme of URNY.
The Writers Block was a 3-day event featuring graffiti and street artists working on new pieces. It was hosted by Wen COD and took place at Boone Ave. and 174th St. I took the trek from Brooklyn to get some shots.
Shiro and Yes 1
Downer Jones
Bids156
Curve
Nero
Ces
Mast
Bizer
Key
Danielle Mastrion and Lexi Bella
Acne
Gorey
Key, Danielle Mastrion, Lexi Bella
Spot
TC5
Sye
Shiro
Sebar7
Acne
Key
Hace
Curve
Yes 1 and Shiro
Brett Amory’s This Land is Not For Sale: Forgotten, Past and Foreseeable Futures at Jonathan LeVine Gallery is a new solo exhibition exploring the changing landscape of New York City. Paintings of famous storefronts and buildings are showcased. Some are long gone (Mars Bar, CBGB.) Some are still around (ABC No Rio, Economy Candy, Yonah Shimmel.) Some are currently going through changes (190 Bowery.) Featured in the entrance of the gallery is one of those green construction underpasses seen all over the city. As hyper gentrification continues, how many more of the businesses featured in these paintings will be replaced with luxury developments?
CBGB, Katz’s Delicatessen
ABC No Rio (with a replica of Dasic’s mural;) Lucy’s; Economy Candy
Block Drug Store; Cup & Saucer
Yonah Shimmel Knish Bakery
Mars Bar; Nuyorican Poets Cafe
190 Bowery
This Land is Not For Sale: Forgotten, Past and Foreseeable Futures runs through November 14, 2015 at Jonathan LeVine Gallery
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