*Update Here is a set of photos from the exhibition after installations were finished. A great show and turnout. Un-Formal a 2 person exhibition opens tonight in San Francisco’s 886 Geary Gallery. Geso and Poesia will exhibit a new series of work based off Un-formal approaches to painting, some call it abstract but the work is deeper than a cliche category. With a Large Installation planned by Poesia and Intense color paintings made by Geso both seem poised to further their reach within the Graffiti/Urban art genre. We caught up with Poesia in the studio and documented his new series of Wall works where he systematically builds up and destroys the surface through a series of sanding and repainting. We …
Recap EKG exhibition/Installation “EKG ♥ NYC”
All Photos courtesy of @LunaPark EKG has extended his takeover of NYC in streets to engulf upon Skewville laboratories, resting for a moment before he again sets out into the city engulfing everything in his path. EKG is a phenomena, a lighting of energy and pulse that transmits across the city through orange tags with mean streaks and spray paint. Every now and again if you are lucky you will catch a intricate diagram made by the artist as he rests for a second before moving out. These diagrams and enigmatic markings are the core of “EKG ♥ NYC”, where the artist recreates these moments of rest in the city allowing for time to transmit more than…
SatOne “TALKING LIKE A WATERFALL”
Another impressive large scale mural from Satone as he continues to spread color and paint around the world. This time he stopped in Rome for the Big City Life Project curated by 999contemporary. GF “TALKING LIKE A WATERFALL” SatOne 2015 (BIG CITY LIFE project in Tormarancia / Rome / Italy) “The idea is about the daily verbal and non-verbal communication between the residents / neighbors of Tormarancia in Rome.” curated by http://www.999gallery.com/ http://www.bigcitylife.it/
Preview Tomek “Accident” at Galerie Celal
Teaser "Accident" Pablo Tomek from pablo tomek on Vimeo. Tomek will exhibit a new body of work this week at Paris Celal Galerie. The exhibition titled “Accident” features recent paintings from Tomek as he furthers his experimentation in abstract and gestural painting. Gestural brushstrokes painted on Glass create vivid movement while capturing the full stroke of the brush as its settles on the surface of the Glass. These marks create impressive paintings that capture the vein of the artists hand which he has mastered in the street with his distinct tagging style. GF exposition personelle Tomek / Mars 2015 Galerie Celal / 45 rue saint-honoré 75001 Paris
Interview with Carlos Mare
GF: Can you tell us about your recent trip to Instanbul and how that experience shaped this latest body of work during the residency? Carlos Mare: I was invited along with 20 other artists to Istanbul by curator Roxane Aryal and the Pera Museum to take part in a show called Language of the Wall. The whole exhibition was an onsite presentation of contemporary Urban Art painting and Sculpture. The experience was tremendous, it was my second time in Istanbul this time as an artist, previously it was for an academic presentation. My first experience there was eye opening culturally and creatively, Istanbul’s rich history and…
Preview Geso and Poesia “Un-Formal” at 886 Geary Gallery
Un-Formal a 2 person exhibition opens tonight in San Francisco’s 886 Geary Gallery. Geso and Poesia will exhibit a new series of work based off Un-formal approaches to painting, some call it abstract but the work is deeper than a cliche category. With a Large Installation planned by Poesia and Intense color paintings made by Geso both seem poised to further their reach within the Graffiti/Urban art genre. We caught up with Poesia in the studio and documented his new series of Wall works where he systematically builds up and destroys the surface through a series of sanding and…
Preview Thierry Furger “Here to Stay”
Here is a set of preview images from Thierry Furger as he prepares for his latest solo exhibition “Here to Stay”. Furthering the artists experimentation into his Buffed paintings series Here to stay goes further into new directions as the artist utilizes quotes from painted trains paying tribute to sayings written on these illegal interventions. In the artists words “the idea behind my ‘tribute serie’ is, to give those quotes (and pieces) something like a second life. all the quotes were just visible for the public for some hours or maybe for a few days before they got buffed by the transit authority.”. …
Preview Yaze “The Conference of Birds” at David Bloch Gallery Marrekech
Yassine “Yaze” Mekhnache will present a large body of work embodying the artists journey over the past 7 years through a collaborative project of embroidery and painting. ‘The Conference of the Birds” will encompass 30 paintings illustrating and delving into a mystical journey loosely based on the 30 birds of attar. A monumental exhibition for the artist and David Bloch Gallery will open Feb 27th in Morocco. You can read more below about Yaze and “The conference of the Birds”. GF Yaze – THE CONFERENCE OF THE BIRDS – February 27 > March 24, 2015 Yassine Yaze Mekhnache will present his first solo exhibition THE CONFERENCE OF THE BIRDS [منطق الطير] at the David Bloch Gallery in…
Remi Rough and Soda Collaboration
Here is a quick collaborative mural from Remi Rough and Italian painter Soda. The two artists recently got together in the studio and decided to take on the wall for a quick piece. GF
Preview ATA “TOAST” BOZACI “BEAUTIFUL FACEBOOK FIFTEEN SECONDS OF FAME”
Ata “Toast” Bosaci will open “Beautiful Facebook Fifteen seconds of fame” an exhibition based on his digital portraits. The Facebook portraits focus the artists gaze on the social relevance of digital relationships and our growing reliance on these digital relationships. Digital portraits are a symbol of a digital replication of this new reality. GF A warm welcome to the exhibition series “Beautiful Facebook – 15 Seconds of Fame” by Swiss painter and graffiti writer Ata “Toast” Bozaci. The exhibition showcases a composite of his portraits of Facebook, a digital gallery of faces, or quite literally, a «face book». Bozaci will reveal his social network locational and thus in a network …
Seikon Wall Update
Quick wall update from Seikon as he continues his traveling, bringing this new series of walls to us. Intertwined geometric shapes that resemble wildstyle but remain abstract and completely self contained in a continuous loop. GF
French Kiss Je Suis Charlie
We stand behind our Paris Family and all those affected by the recent tragedy. There are not enough words to comment on horrors that have happened, I only leave you with what moves us most and that is artists coming together to cope with these events. Here is summary of the French Kiss reaction and mural painted at the Palais de Tokyo in the past week. We are with you France. GF “Amongst the victims of the terrorist attacks were artists that we grew up with, free spirited hippies whose work has been part of our lives since we were kids. Like all of our friends …