Artist News
R.I.P. Pixnit (Boston)
[This was emailed to me via Pixnit's email address, making me think that the "concept" of Pixnit is now dead. Hope it isn't the artist!]
PIXNIT, 35; Notorious Boston Artist
PIXNIT, the controversial Boston based artist as famous for her anonymity as for her street art, is missing and presumed dead. Her breakthrough came in 2007 when the Boston Globe ran a profile about her provocative artwork. Her painting style, combining graffiti with a distinctive stenciling technique, was guerilla art designed to simultaneously beautify and to critique the uses and misuses of the urban environment.
PIXNIT was last seen April 2nd when filmed by a CCTV camera near Pont Alexandre in Paris, France. It is believed that she was on her way to meet other Parkour enthusiasts for a practice session.
“Parkour is the physical discipline of training to overcome any obstacle within one's path by adapting one's movements to the urban environment.…
Chris Stain Update: Apr 2010
Upcoming projects...
"Everything is Beautiful" by Chris Stain
April
April showers bring me to LA and the Scion gallery courtesy of Mr. Roger Gastman.
He's curating a show called "Rooms" April 24 - May 15, 2010
http://www.scion.com/space/upcoming_events.html
I plan on doing a relief type installation out of cardboard with my pal Billy Mode lending a helping hand. We will be working with several images; Among them will be this truck I just cut and an older painting entitled "Everything is Beautiful."
Bill is going to paint a "Danger" piece on the truck in memory of our long lost comrade VOKE with hope that somehow we can meet up again somewhere.
May
I'm going down to Baltimore with Mr. Leon Reid of Darius and Downey fame to do an install for "Urban Appalachia," a show that revolves around the migration of people from the Appalachian mountains…
BANKSY Anti-Doc In USA April 16
Word is out online that Banksy's "Exit Through the Gift Shop" anti-doc will have a limited USA release April 16. It'll open in NYC, San Francisco, and Los Angeles first and then go to other cities after that weekend. Chicago, Boston and Phildelphia should get the film on April 23. LA Times talks a bit about the movie's DIY distribution, which completely goes against film industry norms here in the USA (but has been done many times over by activist-leaning pics).BANKSY Anti-Doc Out in UK
Exit Through the Gift Shop has hit theaters in the UK
Who has a torrent for this? HA HA HA....
Joe Boruchow Releases "Stuffed Animals" Cutout Graphic Novel
Stuffed Animals: A Story in Paper Cutouts, my first graphic novel, will be released the evening of March 19th in conjunction with a debut performance by my band, The Nite Lights. The show includes a slide show of the graphic novel with an instrumental musical score played live by the band. Four years in the making, the book was awarded a Xeric Foundation grant for graphic fiction allowing for the publications of a hard bound edition that will be available at the show.Stuffed Animals is a narrative composed of 100 black paper cutouts. It tells the tale of a young boy and his shocking discoveries over one adventurous and terrifying night. An apparition from the past guides the hero through a dangerous secret world in this masculinecoming of age story. Is manhood more than just a mustache? Get the book and see!
In addition to celebrating the release of the book at Johnny Brenda's (1201 Frankford Ave, Philly) on March 19, The Nite Lights… Read more
Jef Aerosol Update
JEF AEROSOL on TV :"L'Art et la Manière : Jef Aérosol", film de Manuela Dalle (26mn) sera diffusé sur ARTE TV ce dimanche 14 février à 13h.
après la diffusion télé, le film sera visible pendant une semaine sur le site Arte : http://www.arte.tv/fr/Echappees-culturelles/L-Art-et-la-Maniere/2988624…
Article dans le journal Le Monde : http://www.flickr.com/photos/jefaerosol/4340280713/sizes/o/
"L'art et la Manière : Jef aérosol", a film by Manuela Dalle (26') will be broadcast on Arte (French/German TV channel) on Sunday Feb 14th at 1pm.
Then, it will be visible for a week on the Website : http://www.arte.tv/fr/Echappees-culturelles/L-Art-et-la-Maniere/2988624…
Press article in Le… Read more
Chris Stain Update
New http://www.chrisstain.com/ coming with FB, Twitter, and Regular Updates
What Else Is Up
In other news this month I've painted two murals for separate benefits.
One at WIN Initiative in SOHO for a creative info share called Take 5.
And another in Brooklyn at the Brooklyn Bowl called Rock and Wrap It Up which is an anti poverty organization. More on that here Win4Hunger.
Good People.
Unfortunately my hard drive crashed recently and I lost a lot of stuff.
Fortunately I have a good friend who made the trek down from Boston to help me get goin' again. His visit also prompted the revamp of my website - which is currently in the works.
The new site will contain everything I've done since 2000 in nice user-friendly categories. It will also be linked to Twitter and Facebook so if you are on either if those you will be able to hit me up and receive updates.
I will keep you…
Spray for Haiti : Buy Benefit Prints for UNICEF
From Joe Iurato:
"As you all know, I released a "Spray For Haiti" limited edition stencil last week. The edition sold out in less than 3 minutes of its announcement. When I announced the second round of the prints an anonymous donor promptly asked if he could purchase them all. His pledge for the 20 paintings -- $3,000. I received a confirmation from UNICEF, and just like that my goal had been exceeded. I would love to credit this person and tell you all who he is, but he asked that I not do so. So I'll honor that. And there's one more catch:
While the release is officially sold out, he asked that I send him one painting - and re-sell the remaining the 19. That said, I'm going to sell "his paintings" for original asking price of $50…
CAPTCHA cut outs by Aram Bartholl
from "Are you human?", an object and urban intervention, by Aram Bartholl.
http://datenform.de/areyouhumaneng.html
Janet Bike Girl in Paper Politics
Paper Politics is a travelling art show curated by Josh MacPhee. Paper Politics is an exhibition of politically and socially engaged printmaking. In 2005, the Seattle edition of Paper Politics opened at the Phinney Center Gallery, with work by 174 artists from the USA, Canada and around the world.
"Paper Politics presents a breathtaking tour of the many modalities of printing: relief, intaglio, lithography, silkscreen, collagraph, monotype, and photography. Most exciting is the inclusion in the show of finely crafted stencils and street printing, traditional media used to convey political thought."
A new edition of the exhibition cataloge of Paper Politics is in the works, and will be printed sometime this fall (2009). The first catalogue printed back in 2005, has long since sold out. The new Paper Politics book will be completely expanded…