November 28, 2007
Shit We're Diggin': Michal Tatarkiewicz's Subway Drawings
You can see more of Michal's work here.
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| Osmosis TV Visits With Travis Millard and Mel Kadel
Travis Millard - Fudge Factory Comics from By Osmosis TV on Vimeo.
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ABOVE's SIGN LANGUAGE TOUR: THANK YOU!!
"I struggle to even begin to find the proper words that can do justice to how grateful I am for all the support during the enduring 7 months of travels and 26 countries visited during the Sign Language Tour. Trust and being able to link up with the global art community in foreign countries was not only necessary but critical for the progress of the Sign Language Tour. With the incredible support of artists, and fans alike sending numerous emails with invitations to come to their country to paint, as well as experience their city was what made this tour possible. I want to say THANK YOU to all of you that helped and supported this tour on many different levels. If I slept on your floor at your house, or painted a wall together in your city. Perhaps we simply had a friend in common or had a beer at a bar I want to say Thank You! It's a sign of mediocrity when you demonstrate gratitude with moderation. This is why I write back and give my praise, and gratitude to all of You who helped assisted directly and indirectly. Some might call it naïve? others Blind Faith? On being able to fly across the world and trust, stay, and live with fellow artists and people that have never yet met face to face. To reiterate the Sign Language Tour could not have be successful unless both Trust, and Faith were present by everyone that was involved. Perhaps hearing all of the stories during the Sign Language tour can give you confidence on your own personal challenges? Every dream or idea is able to be manifested as long as you never doubt yourself or your abilities.
Finally I must acknowledge three people who helped out immensely with the Sign Language Tour. The first two people are very familiar to you all. These people are Marc and Sara Schiller of Wooster! For the 4th year in a row they have been so generous and supportive to post these travelogues and artworks from around the world. The last person who deserves a huge Thank You is RIPO from Barcelona who traveled with me for 7 months doing his own creative artworks and unique tour. Please visit and see more of what he did here.
So that's it that's all from the Sign Language Tour! Feel free to check out the YouTube account setup for this tour to enjoy a Video from each of the 26 countries visited.
WoosterAboveTour Stay tuned for the current tour and artworks now in progress around South and Central America!!!"...ABOVE
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November 26, 2007
Seattle's Owl Tree
From Maika:
"Back in September a group of Seattle street artists decided to have a go at collaborative project. It began with a conversation about the street art scene here and how more than a few people use birds in their work somehow and the mention of a dream I'd had involving a [street art] tree covered in owls. I was surprised and delighted to find that people were sincerely interested in taking that dream image and making it a reality. Thus The Owl Tree was born. After selecting a suitable location, one of us created the tree [9ft tall and 12ft wide] and then everyone else created something to go on or near it. It's not a legal wall so the location was kept secret. We did everything we could to extend its life and give everyone who was interested ample opportunity to contribute. Everyone who added to it did so on their own time, so the Owl Tree has evolved quite a bit over the past couple months. It has lasted much longer than any of us anticipated [the building is slated for demolition] and more people contributed than I ever dreamt might have an interest in such a project. At last count 21 different artists/collectives had added to the wall. As far as we know, this is the first large-scale collaboration of Seattle street artists. I hope it's just the beginning.
The weather has now turned and the tree is showing its age, but we have a wonderful photographic record of all the work that went into it. Unfortunately, no single photo really does justice to all of the work that was done.
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December Is Shaping Up To Be A Great Time To Be In New York
As was the case last year, December is shaping up to be an amazing month of shows in New York.
This weekend, there are two shows that you won't want to miss.
On Friday night, WK launches a rare solo show in Brooklyn (see below). And then on Saturday night, Blek le Rat, Blu, Bo130, D*Face, Microbo and Space Invader will all be showing new work as part of "The Streets of Europe: A Survey of European Street Art" opening at the Jonathan Levine Gallery in Chelsea.
More on both shows later in the week.
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