Posted by FIFTY24SF Gallery
They all at some point worked at the MoMA
What do Frank O’Hara, Sol LeWitt, and Jeff Koons have in common?
July 1st, 2010Tags: alignnone-size-full, artists, artists jobs, FIFTY24SF, filmmaker, frank o'hara, Gallery, jeff koons, moma, museum of modern art, News, photography, sol lewitt
What do Frank O’Hara, Sol LeWitt, and Jeff Koons have in common?
July 1st, 2010Tags: alignnone-size-full, artists, artists jobs, FIFTY24SF, filmmaker, frank o'hara, Gallery, jeff koons, moma, museum of modern art, News, photography, sol lewitt, some-point
How well do you know your Walrus Art?
June 23rd, 2010
Posted by FIFTY24SF Gallery
Challenge 1: Skulls and Animals.
How well do you know the artists at FIFTY24SF? Each work has been shown at the gallery, can you name who made each piece? Answers will be posted next week,
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Upper Playground PDX / SEA
June 21st, 2010
Posted from The Citrus Report
We speak with Jay Sajko, manager of Upper Playground Portland and Upper Playground Seattle, about how the Pacific Northwest has adopted the San Francisco-based apparel and art gallery. —The Citrus Report staff
TCR: How did your relationship begin with Upper Playground, and how were you able to open a store in Portland, and few years later, in Seattle?
Originally it began with a record/clothing shop in Portland called 360 Vinyl that specialized in the underground music culture and apparel brands that you couldn’t find in the mall or your average run of the mill store. There was an amazing amount of great music in the electronic, dance and hip-hop genres that was coming out in the late ’90s and some great apparel brands that were launching at that time as well. We added the apparel end of things to the shop from the beginning and it made for an interesting shopping experience for customers. Upper Playground was a brand that we carried and supported pretty much from the beginning. I should add that I owned 360 Vinyl and operated it for about 9 years.
Upper Playground approached me in 2006 about opening a flagship store in Portland, which for the brand was going to be its first flagship store outside of San Francisco. About five months later we opened the store. For me it was a no-brainer as far as if it would work. Portland is a young city with a great art community and it likes to do things that aren’t conventional. I knew that Upper Playground would make a perfect match. With me being based in the Northwest and with the success of the Portland location it made sense a few years later to open the Seattle location in 2008. Seattle, like Portland, has a great art community and a diverse group of artists that live there.
TCR: Has the Pacific Northwest responded well to UP? The region-specific graphics are fantastic.
The Northwest has been supportive of UP on so many levels. It makes things so much easier when the community is receptive and gets what you are doing. Yes we’ve been lucky to have some amazing graphics in the stores from some of our favorite UP associated artists. My favorite parts of the stores are the permanent installations… Choe, Saber, Sam Flores, Herbert Baglione, Jeremy Fish, Munk One, Cody Hudson, Will Barras, Nate Van Dyke, Mear One, Morning Breath, Usugrow; the list is long and deep. They have all left behind amazing works inside the retail stores. People trip when they see these.
TCR: Do Seattle and Portland feel a bit of kinship for each other? Is there a unity between the artists that reside in either city?
There is a bit of kinship that is present. I spend time in both cities and get a good perspective on each. The best analogy would be cousins… efinitely related but a lot of differences as well. I’m not sure about any unity between the artists but I do see an exchange of artists who have lived and spent time in each city. Overall the art scenes operate very separately and I think each city likes it that way. Ultimately it is the Northwest though and the cities have a certain element of things in common.
TCR: I feel like we all know that Portland and Seattle are creative centers, but some of the names of the artists aren’t as well-known. Who are some of the best artists in the region that you have worked with?
Yeah, I know it feels like some of the artists in the Northwest are a little under-appreciated and I’m not sure why that is. There’s no doubt that we have the talent. Some of my favorite artists right now doing interesting things and in no particular order are Solace, Weirdo, Joe Vollan, Jesse Reno, Martin Ontiveros, and Ashley Montague. That’s just a few.
Tags: artists, FIFTY24SEA Gallery, fish, northwest, pacific northwest, retail, seattle, Upper Playground Seattle
Introducing CO EXHIBITIONS
May 27th, 2010
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CO is a new exhibition space located on the corner of Stinson and Broadway in Northeast Minneapolis, above the former First Amendment Arts gallery. Owned and operated as a partnership between Burlesque of North America and Permanent (an art and design group formed by Joseph Belk launching Mid June), CO presents thematic multimedia exhibitions in collaboration with artists, designers and curators. The space includes over 2000 sq. feet, 20+ ft. high walls, mobile walls, and suspendible ceilings. Other resources for exhibitions include screen printing facilities, artist residences, and media outreach campaigns.
CO’s inaugural year will feature a range of exhibitions, including: the art of Doomtree, a Michael Gaughan – curated celebration of Spinal Tap entitled “Smell the Glove,” work from the Draplin Design Co. featuring acclaimed graphic designer Aaron James Draplin, an installation and series of paintings from Bush Foundation Artist Fellowship recipient Mali Kouanchao, and a mammoth retrospective of ’70s-era blaxploitation film posters.
ABOUT CO
The name CO was decided with our principles in mind. As a prefix, CO - modifies base words to mean together with, or associated with, and we approach projects in the same fashion. For each artist, designer, or curator who works with us, we are a resource for development, fabrication and talent, a dedicated partner in executing their vision. For us, the excitement is in expanding exhibitions so they transform the gallery into an ambitious multimedia spectacle.
ABOUT FIRST AMENDMENT ARTS
In the summer of 2006, graphic design and screenprinting studio Burlesque of North America moved their operation into a 3000 square foot warehouse space at the corner of Broadway and Stinson in Northeast Minneapolis. The front room of the space housed First Amendment Arts, an award-winning gallery which held monthly exhibits of painting, prints, and photography. Over the course of their four year run, First Amendment featured the artwork of local artists Eric Inkala, Broken Crow, Jennifer Davis and Jenny Schmid, internationally recognized artists Shepard Fairey, Gary Baseman, and Jay Ryan, and musical performances from P.O.S, Chooglin’, Calvin Johnson, Birthday Suits, and Cecil Otter. With plans of organizing even larger and grander art exhibitions, the First Amendment crew has closed its doors and teamed up with Permanent to open up this larger space with the flexibility to allow our artists to create just about anything they can imagine.
ABOUT PERMANENT AND JOSEPH BELK
Joseph Belk for the past year and a half has produced, created, and curated some of the most highly acclaimed conceptual art exhibits in the great city of Minneapolis. Starting at age 26, he has developed installations such as a block long public art project Save Canvas, the follicle-themed screenprinted poster show turned Locks of Love fundraiser Sweet Hair, an exhibit of paintings and multimedia art from Keegan Wenkman and Aaron Bickner about foreclosure and vacancy entitled Final Notice, Keegan Wenkman’s solo art show My Life as a Number, a floating circus of art installations, video projections, and live rock bands all aboard barges set assail on the Mississippi River entitled The Slow Mirror and the Metronome, Tribute to Radio Raheem - the annual hip hop dance party and boombox broadcast celebration with live cassette jockeys, and has continued to be a part of a variety of events like the fine food meets live rock music Gastro Non Grata and Bedlam Theatre art dance party Bomp!
His large scale productions incorporating art, design, music, and interactive elements set all over the Twin Cities have now found a new home and a partner. With Burlesque’s talents and experience in design, publishing, art and gallery success with First Amendment, it seems like a perfect mold for something different. A collaboration full of innovative and progressively approached projects and shows on a local and national level. Now with Joseph’s new young team of collaborators including Edward Quinn and Adam Burchard – Permanent has formed. A full service art and design agency. Focused on the concepts and synergy of both art and design. Self-produced and client-driven initiatives. Utilizing artists, designers, writers, and developers in a malleable process that can easily be grafted onto any project their involved in. This versatility not only makes them capable of working in many different arenas at the same time, but is also a source of inspiration.
Follow CO on Twitter: @COexhibitions
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Porous Walker / A Greeting
May 25th, 2010
“Porous Walker / A Greeting” posted from: The Citrus Report | Art, Culture, News, Graffiti, Music, Street Art, Clothing, Politics, Reviews
FIFTY24SF Gallery presents ‘Haricots Magiques: The Final Attempt by Porous Walker’ with an opening celebration occurring Friday, June 4th at 7:30PM. While conventional press release etiquette would have us provide you with a detailed account of the motivations behind the artists show riddled with flowery adjectives, this is a Porous Walker show; so instead we leave you solely with this open letter from Porous himself. Enjoy.
Tags: artists, culture, FIFTY24SF Gallery, Graffiti, News, porous-walker, press-release, street, the-motivations
A Letter from Porous Walker
May 25th, 2010
FIFTY24SF Gallery presents ‘Haricots Magiques: The Final Attempt by Porous Walker’ with an opening celebration occurring Friday, June 4th at 7:30PM. While conventional press release etiquette would have us provide you with a detailed account of the motivations behind the artists show riddled with flowery adjectives, this is a Porous Walker show; so instead we leave you solely with this open letter from Porous himself. Enjoy:
Dear Reader,
I’m honestly a bigger fan of art than I am an actual artist. I’ve tried to stop drawing, sculpting, arting but I can’t seem to stop. I’m addicted to that feeling of seeing amazing artwork, ideas and feeling the energy and spirit that created them and than allowing myself to let go and just make what I want.
I really try to work hard on my drawings, and I hope to live long enough to get to a point where I make something visually pleasing as well as purely concept driven.
I’m also looking for a job.
I live in Napa. I’m 35 years old. I want you and me both to laugh more than we don’t and above all I want to inspire people to share what’s in their minds.
My website is http://www.theothergoogle.com. My telephone is (707) 225-5173
Please come to my art show on June 4, 2010.
I am making some new artwork for the show, as well as creating a couple redux versions of some of my sculptures I made in the early 2000’s.
I hope to have some free gifts for everyone that stops by the art show opening. I have also invited a few friends of mine to join me to share some of their artworks as well. Among those confirmed as of now:
Kristin Farr (http://www.kristinfarr.com) & Aaron Hodges
And probably a few more surprises.
Also, I have invited my good friends, ‘Snugglemachine’ to play some live music and compliment people who come to the show.
All the best,
Porous Walker
Tags: aaron hodges, artists, energy, FIFTY24SF, FIFTY24SF Gallery, final-attempt, kristin-farr, motivations, News, porous-walker, press-release, reader
15,000 and Up Stciker Combo Show
May 24th, 2010
“15,000 and Up Stciker Combo Show” posted from: The Citrus Report | Art, Culture, News, Graffiti, Music, Street Art, Clothing, Politics, Reviews
This is cool non-profit project, called 15,0oo and Up, collecting 15,000 or more stickers from international artists over the course of the year. Read the full synopsis below, and submit if you got something.
15,000 And Up is a non-profit project, collective, and an annual art expo. Here, we try to unite artists/media, expose and promote their brand; since this collective is open to all, everyone who wishes to, can participate in the project, by sending submissions for the annual expo; alternatively, by supporting/ promoting it by any other means.
The project is focused on collecting 15,000 or more stickers each year from artists all over the world, and since the project is free to all artists, anyone who wishes to, can participate. This is the first time the project is being ran, and with the support of many artists will hopefully be successful, and catch a lot of attention along the way.
The focus of the project is street art, and underground art, and all of the creative communities that connect to it. Specifically, the project is dedicated to street stickers and adhesives, which are very quick, but also creative ways for artists to promote themselves, and have always been, and always will be, popular throughout the street art movement.
EXPO: Though we do welcome all artists, and brands*, and everyone is welcome to send as much stickers/adhesives (related to street and underground art) for the expo; however, keep in mind, that the purpose of the project is not competition, or just promotion of brand, the purpose is to unite artists, and make people see and realize the greater purposes of street art, all it’s communities. However, exposure of the artists is very important too.
Please Read: All of the collected submissions for the project, will be used for the Show/ Expo of 15,000 And Up, that will be hosted in Russia, Barnaul; the show will go on for a week or more. All of the stickers/ adhesives, will be used to create collages, and art. Have your art seen at the Expo! Submit Your Work.
Tags: artists, collective, culture, Graffiti, News, over-the-course, politics, project, russia, stciker-combo, stickers, street, the-project, work
Nice Mural in the Mission inside a fries shack
March 14th, 2010
Sirron Norris, Mars, Nome, and some other artists I can’t remember off the top of my head.
Sirron Norris Mural
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Mac & Retna "Vagos y Reinas" Exhibition Print
November 23rd, 2009
2 Color Serigraph (Metallic)
Printed on Stonehenge Black 320gsm 100% Cotton
Archival Paper
Dimensions 23″ X 29″
Numbered edition of 40.
Signed by the Artists
