Concrete Canvas Stetchbook, featuring Stephen Ball & Neil Rothstein

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SHEPARD FAIREY 20 YEAR RETROSPECTIVE

THE INSTITUTE OF CONTEMPORARY ART / BOSTON

FIRST MUSEUM SURVEY OF INFLUENTIAL STREET ARTIST SHEPARD FAIREY OPENS AT THE INSTITUTE OF CONTEMPORARY ART/BOSTON

SHEPARD FAIREY: SUPPLY & DEMAND
FEB. 6 - AUG. 16, 2009

Boston, MA – On the 20th anniversary of the Obey Giant campaign, the Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston opens the first museum survey of Shepard Fairey, the influential street artist who created the now iconic Obama poster. Stickers and posters of the artist’s work have appeared on street signs and buildings around the world as part of a guerrilla art campaign of global scale. Featuring over 80 works, Shepard Fairey: Supply & Demand traces the artist’s career over 20 years, from the Obey Giant stencil to screen prints of political revolutionaries and rock stars to recent mixed-media works and a new mural commissioned for the ICA show. In complement to the exhibition, Fairey will be creating public art works at sites around Boston. On view at the ICA from Feb. 6 to Aug. 16, 2009, Shepard Fairey: Supply & Demand is accompanied by an expanded, limited-edition box set of Supply & Demand, the retrospective publication of the artist’s work, in addition to exclusive limited-edition prints only available at the ICA Store.

Shepard Fairey: Supply and Demand features work in a wide variety of media – screen prints, stencils, stickers, rubylith illustrations, collages, and works on wood, metal and canvas. These works reflect the diversity of Fairey’s aesthetic, displaying a variety of influences and references such as Soviet propaganda, psychedelic rock posters, images of Americana, and the layering and weathering of street art. While his visually seductive imagery draws in his audience, Fairey uses his work as a platform to make statements on social issues important to him. The artist explains his driving motivation: "The real message behind most of my work is ‘question everything."

Initiated by former ICA assistant curator Emily Moore Brouillet and developed by guest curator Pedro H. Alonzo, the retrospective exhibition examines prevailing themes in Fairey’s work including Anti-War/Peace, Leaders of Change, Hierarchies of Power, Music, Excesses of Capitalism, and Activism.




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Exhibition Related Programs

Artist Talk: Shepard Fairey
Thursday, Feb. 5, 2009, 6:30 pm
The subject of a new ICA survey exhibition, Shepard Fairey shares insights into his work which shifts easily between the realms of fine, commercial, and even political art. Tickets: $20 general admission; $14 members, students (with valid ID) and seniors. This program is made possible through the generosity of Vivien and Alan Hassenfeld.

OBEY Experiment
Friday, Feb. 6, 2009, 9 pm - midnight
On the opening night of his first museum survey, artist Shepard Fairey DJs at the ICA’s wildly popular Experiment party. Tickets: $25 general admission; $20 members and students with valid ID. 21 +

Lunchtime Gallery Talk
Shepard Fairey: Supply & Demand
Thursday, Feb. 12, 2009, noon
Exhibition curator Pedro Alonzo shares his perspective on working with Shepard Fairey in a program tailor-made for the lunch hour. Free with museum admission. Space is limited. Free tickets are available first-come, first-served one hour before the program. Ticket holders receive a 10% discount at the Water Café. May not be combined with any other offer.

ICA/AIGA Design Series: Design as Social Agent
Saturday, April 4, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Bringing together speakers from the fields of design, street art, music, and politics, this day-long event frames Shepard Fairey’s work within the context of grassroots civic action, punk rock, and 80s graffiti and skate culture. Featuring Steve Heller, Elliot Earls, Nicholas Blechman, Luba Lukova, Cliff Stolze, Caleb Neelon, PIXNIT, and Mirko Ilic. Ticketing information TBD.

Bike Tour: Shepard Fairey Off Site
Sunday, May 17, 10 am
Sunday, June 28, 10 am
Exhibition curator Pedro Alonzo leads a bike tour of Fairey’s public work in Boston and Cambridge. Stopping at six locations along the way, Alonzo will talk about the context, content, and culture of the artist’s work and the relationships between graffiti, public art, graphic design, and advertising. The tour will cover approximately 10 miles. Tickets: $20 general admission; $15 ICA members, students, and seniors

FOR MORE INFORMATION VISIT WWW.ICABOSTON.ORG

The Institute of Contemporary Art
100 Northern Avenue
Boston, MA 02210

www.icaboston.org

WWW.OBEYGIANT.COM

Radical Cross Stitch

I’ve been working on stitching QR Codes for some time now. I’ve been doing them on regular Aida fabric (14 count mostly) and they’ve been working really well. So I decided to do it large scale. This project was stitched with black and white finger knitted wool and stitched on animal fencing (which is tough to work with but has a lovely strong and square grid).

QR Codes, or Quick Response Codes are an open source mobile phone read bar code type technology which originated from Japan (download the free reader here). While the Japanese tend to use QR codes for communicating public service information ie public transport timetables. The introduction of QR Codes to Australia has largely been based in advertising (ugh).

So I’ve been working QR Codes in cross stitch as a way of exploring non-corporate alternatives to this potentially very interesting and useful communication medium.

The piece designed for The Streets of Melbourne is designed to make a very clear statement on the irony of a privately owned and operated city square. A space that, within Western culture, has traditionally been the primary space for free speech. And of course this space in particular is part of the traditional gathering grounds for the people of the Kulin Nations.

http://radicalcrossstitch.com/

Idle Hands

Seatle Snow Sculptures of Aly Lenon

These prints were made by simply pushing our faces into fresh powder on cars. They are all concave but create a super cool illusion of 3D sculptures. Enjoy.

Stephen Ball Sketch Book

Zoo Bar, painting Session, Stephen Ball

Opens wednesday 19th Nov

Lovely!

On Thu, Nov 6, 2008 at 1:29 PM, Stephen Ball wrote:>

Hello, My name is Stephen Ball im 23, and im an artist currently based in
> St.Helens in merseyside.
> attached to this email are some examples of my work, hope i can get involved
> in any future exhibitions!

>> Stephen Ball


To: Stephen Ball (spirit_of_the_sun@hotmail.com)

Hi Stephen These are lovely, but, are not really what I am looking for, for the gallery. Perhaps you could try Mooch art gallery in Manchester, they might think your work is what they can sell in their gallery. Best wishes, Sophia

The Artwork of Ian Francis

http://www.ifrancis.co.uk/
Ian Francis
Ian Francis was born in 1979 in Bristol, England, and graduated from the University of the West of England with a degree in Illustration. His work concentrates on the particulars of modern experiences — things like television, world events, celebrities, and day-to-day living.

The Artwork of Ryohei Hase, Tokyo based Illustrator

http://ryoheihase.com

Secret Santa Art Swap 2008

Its that time of year again, so get ready to start swapping art! The second Secret Santa Art Swap is upon us, courtesy of The Dont Think Twice Collective.

The deal is that artists from whole over the globe will make and send an original piece of art, and in return recieve a piece from another artist somewhere else in the world.

WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO:

1... email your NAME, ADDRESS, and a link to your work to dontthinktwice@hotmail.co.uk Closing date for entries is 29th November 08

2... Ill take all the names and a secret santa will be drawn for each artist out of a big fat hat!

3... You will be told by the 1st December which artist you will have to send an original piece of art to.

4... Make some art that you'd love to get. What you put into this you'll get back. Remember that it must be an original piece of art.

5... Post your artwork to the artist who's name i will give you by 11th of December, in plenty of time for christmas.

6... Dont Think Twice Collective are not responsible for secret santa's being lazy fools, or the postman stealing your art..

Get cracking!!

Stephen Ball at London, Southbank & Cans Festival 2