New Puppy Gallery
2808 Elm Street Unit 1
Los Angeles, CA
Saturday, April 16 at 7:00pm - April 17 at 12:00am
The Fearless Art of
ABCNT, Cryptik, Nomadé, Eddie Colla
Sniffin' Glue
A collective display of power from four provocative West Coast street artists
on view at New Puppy Gallery from April 16 to May 1, 2011
LOS ANGELES —ABCNT, Cryptik, Nomadé and Eddie Colla poke the MOCA institutional bear with their explosive new show, Sniffin' Glue, opening April 16 at New Puppy Gallery. Armed with intense imagery and street credibility, this fierce foursome denies MOCA’s monopoly on street art shows this April.
Sniffin' Glue is a manifestation of the street art revolution that’s not to be ignored. The themes of the four artists’ work span from protest and peace to individualism and power.
ABCNT is the political establishment demolisher. Born and raised in Los Angeles, this Iranian-American street artist, graphic designer, filmmaker and DJ creates work rooted in politics and activism. A member of the Hit+Run crew, his enigmatic trademark design features the upper body of a man in a business suit dripping in black paint and wearing a bandit mask.
Cryptik is the spiritual master. An Echo Park-based artist, his Mandala-inspired work is careful, studied and specific. Once you get over the beauty of it, Cryptic slips us a soulful gut-punch with a Blow Pop surprise ending that will give you a crooked smile.
Nomadé is the warrior of creation, not powered by weapons but by intensity and a visceral style. The masked figure is the brainchild of four chain-mailed street art privates in an army of creative spirit, marching through the detritus of our crumbling modern “Rome” with battle skills in photography, illustration, painting and design. Hardy Nomadé rises from allegory, ceremony, aerosol and testosterone — a soldier of the people looking for adventure, valiant battle and a realm to lord over. Cocking his helmet turned paintbrush, he walks forward confidently with his formidable spear in hand, commanding a team of racing stallions with vigor, nobility and acuity.
ABCNT, Cryptik, Nomadé, Eddie Colla
Sniffin' Glue
A collective display of power from four provocative West Coast street artists
on view at New Puppy Gallery from April 16 to May 1, 2011
LOS ANGELES —ABCNT, Cryptik, Nomadé and Eddie Colla poke the MOCA institutional bear with their explosive new show, Sniffin' Glue, opening April 16 at New Puppy Gallery. Armed with intense imagery and street credibility, this fierce foursome denies MOCA’s monopoly on street art shows this April.
Sniffin' Glue is a manifestation of the street art revolution that’s not to be ignored. The themes of the four artists’ work span from protest and peace to individualism and power.
ABCNT is the political establishment demolisher. Born and raised in Los Angeles, this Iranian-American street artist, graphic designer, filmmaker and DJ creates work rooted in politics and activism. A member of the Hit+Run crew, his enigmatic trademark design features the upper body of a man in a business suit dripping in black paint and wearing a bandit mask.
Cryptik is the spiritual master. An Echo Park-based artist, his Mandala-inspired work is careful, studied and specific. Once you get over the beauty of it, Cryptic slips us a soulful gut-punch with a Blow Pop surprise ending that will give you a crooked smile.
Nomadé is the warrior of creation, not powered by weapons but by intensity and a visceral style. The masked figure is the brainchild of four chain-mailed street art privates in an army of creative spirit, marching through the detritus of our crumbling modern “Rome” with battle skills in photography, illustration, painting and design. Hardy Nomadé rises from allegory, ceremony, aerosol and testosterone — a soldier of the people looking for adventure, valiant battle and a realm to lord over. Cocking his helmet turned paintbrush, he walks forward confidently with his formidable spear in hand, commanding a team of racing stallions with vigor, nobility and acuity.
Eddie Colla captures the consciousness
of the individual and our relationship to the growing environmental
challenges to conformity. Eddie is an artist for whom the simple act of
categorization quickly becomes a Herculean task. One might not call him a
“street artist”, though his art was recently featured in Steve Rotman’s
San Francisco Street Art. Yet you’d be reluctant to call him a “gallery
artist”, though his fine art was displayed at MoveOn.org’s “Manifest
Hope Art Gallery”. Eddie will probably never admit to being a
photojournalist, but The New York Times would disagree. And he’s averse
to labeling himself a commercial photographer, even though Rasco,
Casual, Dan the Automator, DJ Keoki and the Hieroglyphics crew have
album and magazine covers that say otherwise. In the end, Colla is one
of those artists whose raw talent oozes across media.