Wooster Collective congratulates artist Kehinde Wiley on being honored by USA Network as part of the 2010 Character Approved Awards, celebrating “the real characters who are changing the face of American Culture.”
Be sure to check out the terrific videos of the other of the honorees which include Kathryn Bigelow, Nora Ephron, Green Day, Narciso Rodriguez, Dan Barber, Yves Behar, Angela Brooks, Jessica Jackley, and Alex Rigopulos & Eran Egozy.
Erosie & Graphic Surgery at Alley from Geert on Vimeo.
The video above was created for the exhibition Random Order in the Alley Gallery in Hasselt, Belgium.
Erosie can be found here.
Graphic Surgery can be found here.
Kelsey Brookes Feature from TheCreativeLives on Vimeo.
I was at a book signing briefly tonight and, between the nice French soda and a few interesting photo books, spent longer than I planned.
The Real King has left the building.
Rest In Peace Dare TWS 1968 – 2010
Sigi von Koeding or Dare as he was better known was an artist that inspired countless people over his 23 year painting career. Myself included. He was a true graffiti artist yet still managed to be experimental and left of field. I remember Mare 139 telling me how incredible Dare’s new paintings were once, and coming from someone like Mare, that’s high praise indeed! He was a true master of letters, the way he shaped and twisted them was truly magical and he had a talent for style that few others will ever come close to! Dare was a legend whilst he was alive and traveling the world painting his pieces with expert precision and his status as a graffiti will no doubt rise to new heights following his death.
Dare lost his battle with cancer and died in hospital in his hometown of Basel, Switzerland on the evening of March 6th 2010. He will always be remembered by his fans and friends alike and his status as the Swiss graffiti Master is now truly cemented in our culture.
Dare and I were planning on painting together this year. So I’ll be doing that wall in his honor now.
As Swet wrote on his most recent painting – THE REAL KING HAS LEFT THE BUILDING”…
Remi/Rough
Earlier this year Ronzo created some incredibly detailed replicas of the dragons that mark the entrances into the City of London – albeit with the exception that they had been re-formed to be sculptures of Ronzo’s making rather than the emblem of one of the world’s leading financial districts. He called the silver painted figures clutching coins ‘Crunchy’ and explained at the time that they marked the point where we should be celebrating the end of the recession (the economy had reportedly just grown by an altogether not too convincing 0.1% just as the bolts were being driven in to the pavement to secure the pieces). I managed to track down a couple of survivors (and found the remnants of one that had been lost) a couple of days later. Sadly none now remain but Ronzo has now released a three part video showing their installation. Interesting viewing – especially as this area is one of the most closely monitored square miles in the world. Pictures of the Crunchy’s appear under the video link below.
Ronzo’s Pity of London part one, part two and part three
Old Street
Aldgate
Aldgate
“Above are some images of a new installation I have done for the ‘Skullduggerous‘ group show that opened here in London the other night (4th Feb). The show is in aid of the Bhopal Medical Appeal which aims to raise awareness and provide medical care for people still suffering the after-effects of the calamitous toxic gas leak that blighted the Indian city of Bhopal in 1984 – even today kids are still being born with birth defects and the environment is still affected. My installation is titled ‘Chicken Tikka Disasta’ – and is pretty much the closest most people in England to India and it’s people 
The show is being held at The Pure Evil Gallery, Leonard Street, London, from 4th-13th March and other artists involved include Pure Evil, Swoon and The krah”… slinkachu
