Preview: “Fuel, Fantasy, Freedom” by FAILE at Galerie Hilger NEXT

Brooklyn-based street art duo FAILE (featured in Hi-Fructose Vol. 18) is now putting the finishing touches on their upcoming European exhibition. “Fuel, Fantasy, Freedom”, which opens July 2nd at Galerie Hilger NEXT in Vienna, brings FAILE’s intensely colored work to Europe since their 2013 mural hosted by Hilger. Over the years, FAILE has experimented with pop culture inspired work that push the limits of urban art from their murals and outdoor installations to indoor spaces. Painting has remained at the heart of it all. Here, they’ve taken inspiration from the simplicity of children’s drawings to represent childhood memories and nostalgia for American 1970s design. See more after the jump!

Vienna Mural by FAILE, 2013

Over the years, FAILE has experimented with pop culture inspired work that push the limits of urban art from their murals and outdoor installations to indoor spaces. Painting has remained at the heart of it all. Here, they’ve taken inspiration from the simplicity of children’s drawings to represent childhood memories and nostalgia for American 1970s design. When we last saw FAILE, they had recreated memories of playing video games in a vibrant, interactive installation plastered with neon posters. Their new screen prints emphasize the same playful spirit with images of fairytale creatures, tricked-out seventies muscle cars, and other personal tokens from uniforms and decals to posters and glossy magazines. “Fuel, Fantasy, Freedom” promises to be FAILE’s most personal body of work to date.

“Fuel, Fantasy, Freedom” by FAILE will exhibit at Galerie Hilger NEXT from July 2 – September 6, 2014.

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1970s Design, FAILE, Galerie Hilger NEXT, Screenprinting, street art

Allouche Gallery, FAILE, FAILE: Words on Wood: Process, Paintings and Sculpture

November 19, 2014

While Brooklyn-based duo FAILE (featured in HF Vol. 18) first garnered attention for their street art, they have made a name for themselves with their mixed-media works and immersive installations. Their collage-like imagery borrows from vintage storybook illustrations and punk rock poster art alike and they seem to enjoy pouring on the sensory overload. The duo currently has a show at Allouche Gallery in New York, "FAILE: Works on Wood: Process, Paintings and Sculpture."

Bumblebeelovesyou Retraces Childhood with a Social Message

bumblebeelovesyou, graffiti, street art, Thinkspace Gallery, urban art

May 3, 2014

Los Angeles based street artist Bumblebeelovesyou colors the urban landscape with stencils of children that deliver an important message. Why take the namesake of a bee? This little insect has been attributed to human survival and development because of its role as a pollinator. The bee’s endangerment due to pollution, urbanization, and other factors could mean devastation. Bumblebeelovesyou began with hanging paper mache beehives in phone kiosks, pointing to the link between rising cellphone usage and change in bee migration. Since then, his work has developed into a range of paintings, sculpture, and installations with a social and environmental focus. By telling his personal coming of age story for anyone to see, Bumblebee reminds us of the value of innocence, away from industry and technology.

Andrew Schoultz Offers an Explosive Image of War in “Age of Empire”

Abstract Art, Andrew Schoultz, street art

May 16, 2016

Andrew Schoultz's art is filled with chaotic imagery, expressing a rather dystopian vision through a variety of techniques, from sculpture to collage, street art to installations to paintings. Featured here on our blog, his eclectic work cultivates an arsenal of personal symbolism: fragments of dollar bills, fractured Grecian urns, ripped American flags, war horses, and slave ships are just a few of the symbols he uses to juxtapose Western culture with allusions to conflict and exploitation.

Richmond Mural Project 2014 Recap

mural, Richmond Mural Project, street art

June 30, 2014

While graffiti was once considered a sign of urban blight, many artists who got their start as taggers are now becoming embraced by progressive-minded art institutions and civic organizations alike. Enter, the Richmond Mural Project, a yearly street art festival created with the intention of making Richmond, Virginia a unique contemporary art destination by fostering the creation of dozens of permanent murals. Now in its third year, the project brought international artists Chazme 718, Meggs, Onur, Ron English, Sepe, Smitheone, Ekundayo, Proch, David Flores and Wes21 to the Southern metropolis for almost two weeks of painting (June 16 - June 26). Last week, we highlighted the murals of Smithe, Proch and Ekundayo, who seemed to have gotten a quick start (see the coverage here), and today, we show more in-depth photo coverage of Meggs, Onur and Wes21, Ron English and yet another Ekundayo piece.

Preview: “Fuel, Fantasy, Freedom” by FAILE at Galerie Hilger NEXT

On View: “FAILE: Works on Wood: Process, Paintings and Sculpture” at Allouche Gallery

Bumblebeelovesyou Retraces Childhood with a Social Message

Andrew Schoultz Offers an Explosive Image of War in “Age of Empire”

Richmond Mural Project 2014 Recap

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