Year: 2011

Baby Got Backboard (via niborama)

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Street art has arrived at a place so inaccessible that even the most reckless, renegade taggers hadn”t been able to reach it–until now.

King of the Court by Cope2

Billi Kid, an artist, curator, and “brand manager” of a company called Public Works Department, convinced the NBA to license official backboards so that graffiti and street artists could paint on them.

Half a Second of Freedom by Ewok One 5MH

To coincide with the NBA draft, Guerilla Galleries will feature 16 of the 180 backboards in a show opening June 23 at One Gateway Center, across from Newark’s Penn Station.

"So Fly," by Sofia Maldonado

(The party is 6 p.m. to 11 p.m.) Public Works charges a cool $15 grand for each backboard (some proceeds go to Newark-based charities).

Click here to read more via niborama

Father and Sons: Nari Ward

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In this video, Jamaican-born artist, Nari Ward meditates on tensions between African-American police officers and young men of color.  The film features a retired police officer who’s actually the father of the 2 young men in the video.  The audio track combines the reciting of the Miranda Rights and the father’s spontaneously spoken encouragement to his son during filming “you can do this”.  This is a powerful piece, no doubt – but what do you make of it?

A Blast From The Past! Los Galeristas Adolescentes check out Fred Tomaselli, Women in Pop Art, Jim Avignon, and Roman Klonek, at Factory Fresh and a whole lot of Street Art

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Fred Tomaselli's Night Music for Raptors
Watch as the Los Galeristas chek out Fred Tomaselli’s mind-blowing collages and layered paintings, and ask why female artists haven’t been regarded as having done anything with popular imagery as powerful as the work of Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein or James Rosenquist.
Then Los Galeristas head over to Factory Fresh in Bushwick to check out the artists Roman Klonek and Jim Avignon for their unusual breed of pop art in Speedy Wonderland while seeing tons of great Street Art along the way. Click here to see all the fun!