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[u] 3 Dec: Wallflowers

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NEW EXHIBITION AT CARHARTT GALLERY
OPENING SATURDAY DECEMBER 3RD I 7 PM

http://carhartt-gallery.com/exhibitions/preview1/wallflowers

ARTISTS C215 (F) I ETNIK (I) I GRITO (ES) I LUDO (F) I MCITY (PL) I MOSES & TAPS (DE) I REMED (F) I RIPO (USA) I SOZYONE (ES) I SWEETUNO (CH)

WALLFLOWERS
contemporary urban art exhibition

Following «PUBLIC PROVOCATIONS», the new exhibition is opening on Dec 03, 2011 at the Carhartt Gallery, entitled «WALLFLOWERS». A new take on urbanism, creating the dynamic feel of the city in a new and unique setting. 10 International Artists will be creating art directly on the walls of the exhibition structures. The complexity and energy of this modern art form will be revealed in all its facets, bringing color to the drab gray of winter! or For the first time there is an exhibition poster designed exclusively by Ripo from New York in a special limited-edition available for purchase.

In the Galleries

HST's Hell's Angels Mentions Stencils (~1964)

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(NOTE: The term "stencil" has been historically known to refer to screen printing images, rather than spray painting them. In the 1960s, stencils were put inside the screens and the image was made when the ink got pushed through by a squeegee)

"An Angel known as 'the Mute' was stopped by a policeman... . The Mute was proudly displaying his colors on a ragged Levi jacket. 'Take that off,' the patrolman [said]... . The Mute stripped off his Levi jacket, exposing another Angel decal on his leather jacket. 'Take that off too.'" The Mute took the jacket off, and then had a shirt with the emblam. The cop told him to take that off, and "under the shirt was an undershirt. It had been stenciled with the club insigia... . The Mute had the last laugh. He was prepared to go all the way. His trousers and shorts were also stenciled."

(excerpt from "Hell's Angels" by Hunter S. Thompson. This story was said to have happened sometime in 1964)

Historical Item

Happy Birthday Blek!

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Blek le Rat spent his 60th birthday giving away rat stencils. His mischief of rats wandered out into the rainy San Francisco streets on clothes, post cards, cardboard, and his lastest book (I wrote a contributing essay so that there could be some words for his images). The line was long, everyone was happy, and we all got to inahle some spray paint fumes while we enjoyed the hanging canvases. Eclair, Todd Hanson, Jeremy Novy, Eine, and probably other stencilistas were wandering around the gallery and making the scene.

I grabbed some cell pics and posted them to Blek's archive: http://www.stencilarchive.org/archives/index.php/Europe/European_Artist…

Stencil Archive News

19 Nov. :: Blek's 60/30 (SF, CA)

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941 Geary is pleased to present 60/30, a new collection of works by Blek le Rat, the French artist credited as the Godfather of stencil art. The exhibition will be the largest show Blek has put on, and one of the most historically significant the street art community has seen. There is an opening reception on Saturday, November 19, 2011 from 6-9 pm. The exhibition is free and open to the public for viewing through January 7th, 2012.

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