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
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Danielle Mastrion and Lexi Bella
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Key, Danielle Mastrion, Lexi Bella
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Yes 1 and Shiro
#RiseUpOctober is a three-day event in NYC organized by Dr. Cornel West, Carl Dix, and the Stop Mass Incarceration Network. The aim is to protest and raise awareness of police brutality, incarceration, and injustice in the legal system. Speakers include the families of nationwide police murder victims. I joined the rally in Bryant Park and got some shots.
Heroic Villainy is a new duo show by Rob “TMO” Plater and Stanley Kubik at Grumpy Bert. Heroes and villains is the theme, with both artists bringing all our pop culture favorites to life. Batman, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Captain America, Star Wars, Mortal Kombat, X-Men, and more are represented. Like everything with a comic book theme, let’s hope we see a sequel in the future.
Heroic Villainy by Stan Kubik and TMO
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Stanley Kubik
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TMO and Stanley Kubik
Heroic Villainy runs through November 8, 2015 at Grumpy Bert in Brooklyn
The Day Is My Enemy is a new solo show from the mysterious street artist known as Dee Dee. Montreal’s Station 16 Gallery hosts this Halloween-themed event on the Lower East Side. Dee Dee’s strange characters have been seen on the streets of NYC for the last few years. This is her first solo show.
The Day Is My Enemy runs through October 18, 2015 at 4 Rivington St.
Monument Art is a public art project bringing murals to East Harlem and the South Bronx. For the past week, artists have been working all over the community. Artists include El Mac, Celso, ROA, Luis R. Vidal, 2ALAS, Faith47, Sego, Viajero, and Ever Siempre. Curated by Celso and presented by La Marqueta Retoña initiative.
Ever Siempre at PS 109
Faith47 at PS 171
Sego at PS 171
ROA at 108 St & Lexington Ave
Portrait of Nicholasa Mohr by El Mac and Celso at Young Lords Way
Luis R. Vidal at 111 St & 1st Ave
Viajero at PS 102
What’s Your Sign? is a zodiac-themed street art project created to raise awareness about HIV/AIDS in the black and Latino community. The project is curated by Jeff Beler and Frankie Velez, with Love Heals, the Alison Gertz Foundation for AIDS Education, Inc. Artists include Ski and 2ESAE from URNewYork, Fumero, Jill Folino, Albertus Joseph, Rob Plater aka TMO, Zimad, Danielle Mastrion, Justin Winslow, Carmelo Ferro, Jeff Henriquez, Miss Zukie, Raquel Echanique, and Badder Israel.
Jeff Henriquez, Albertus Joseph, Raquel Echanique
Rob Plater aka TMO
Ski and 2ESAE from URNewYork
Fumero, Jill Folino
Danielle Mastrion
Zimad, Carmelo Ferro, Justin Winslow
Jeff Henriquez
Badder Israel
Fumero
Curators Frankie Velez and Jeff Beler
The What’s Your Sign? mural project can be seen at St Johns Place and Underhill Ave in Brooklyn
For my first post, I’ll start in real time. I visited the Society of Illustrators tonight to check out a reception for Batman Black and White: The Sketch Covers presented and curated by Chip Kidd. This exhibit collects cover sketches from a blank varient cover included with a 2013 issue of Batman: Black and White.
Jae Lee, Dave Plunkert, Michael Cho, Seth
Jeff Lemire, Milton Glaser
Ward Sutton
Matt Wagner, Drew Friedman
Chip Kidd Presents: Batman Black and White: The Sketch Covers runs until November 9, 2015 at the Society of Illustrators
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