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June 12, 2015
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Lauren YS, Moneyless, Troy Lovegates, and More Present New Works in “House Warming”

A new gallery joins the Bay area art scene tomorrow. Athen B. Gallery will celebrate their grand opening with "House Warming," an exhibition featuring new works by some familiar names to our blog, including Bret Flanigan, David Bray, Eric Bailey, Lauren YS, Moneyless, Troy Lovegates, Word to Mother, Zio Ziegler, and more. With this first showing, Athen B. introduces their eye for artists with roots in graffiti and urban art, Pop motifs and expressive palettes.

David Bray

A new gallery joins the Bay area art scene tomorrow. Athen B. Gallery will celebrate their grand opening with “House Warming,” an exhibition featuring new works by some familiar names to our blog, including Bret Flanigan, David Bray, Eric Bailey, Lauren YS, Moneyless, Troy Lovegates, Word to Mother, Zio Ziegler, and more. With this first showing, Athen B. introduces their eye for artists with roots in graffiti and urban art, Pop motifs and expressive palettes. Owner Brock Brake is no stranger to the street art scene. He first established himself as a photographer for artists like ROA, Gaia, and POSE, just to name a few, before later joining the ranks at White Walls and Shooting Gallery. Several of those artists he met along the way are exhibiting. This includes Lauren YS, recently featured here, who contributes a colorful ink portrait of one of her female characters. Her piece uses a more soft rendering, compared to her previously heavy graphic line work, which compliments her dreamy style. Troy Lovegates, covered here, also has a doodle-like drawing sensibility which shows in his monochromatic cut-out. His piece compliments Zio Zielger’s as well, portraying monochromatic black and white graphical figures with touches of red. Check out more of the pieces in “House Warming” below, on view at Athen B. Gallery from June 13 through July 3.

Lauren YS

Lauren YS (detail)

Word to Mother

Caleb Hahne

Troy Lovegates

Aubrey Learner

Brett Flanigan

Moneyless

Zio Ziegler

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Athens B. Gallery, Brock Brake, Lauren YS, street art, Troy Lovegates

painting, pastel, street art

January 23, 2015

Argentinian artist Francisco Diaz (aka Pastel) uses a distinct visual language in his murals. He fills his walls with patterns based on the local flora of the area he's painting in — an effective way to connect with the communities he encounters in his travels. His botanical references often address history, geography, society, and politics. Along with these nature-based elements, Pastel often paints ancient, Stone Age tools to glorify humanity's strength without referencing a specific culture. His distinct yet decorative style lends itself well to collaborations with other street artists, such as Pixel Pancho and Agostino Iacurci, who both worked with Pastel recently.

Norway Introduces First Official Street Art Trail, Nuart Sandnes

mural, NuArt, street art

May 4, 2016

The hardworking team behind one of the world's longest lasting street art festivals, Nuart in Norway, covered here over the years, recently announced the launch of yet another public art project. Nuart Sandnes Art Trail is Norway’s first official Street Art Trail, and its main goal is to connect Sandnes’ urban center with the city’s surrounding rural areas.

On View: “Cruel Summer” Curated by Roger Gastman at Jonathan LeVine Gallery

Cruel Summer, graffiti, Jonathan LeVine Gallery, Roger Gastman, street art

August 14, 2014

Currently on view at Jonathan LeVine Gallery in New York City is "Cruel Summer," an extensive showcase of artists with ties to the international graffiti and street art scenes. The show is curated by Roger Gastman, a graffiti writer turned filmmaker and author whose extensive credits include consulting producer of Banksy's Exit Through the Giftshop and co-curator of the major street art exhibition "Art in the Streets" at LA's MoCA. With humorous, playful works by Dabs Myla, Finok and HuskMitNavn, neon dreamscapes by Maya Hayuk and POSE and black-and-white flash tattoo drawings by Mike Giant, the exhibition demonstrates the broad scope of artists making their marks on the streets of cities across the world.

Kent Twitchell Honors Ed Ruscha in “The Man Who Paints Giants”

Ed Ruscha, Kent Twitchell, street art

April 4, 2016

In the late 1970s, celebrated muralist Kent Twitchell began his famous artists series, featured in Hi-Fructose Vol. 37, starting with notable Los Angeles artist Ed Ruscha. Measuring 70 feet tall on the side of a downtown building, Twitchell's full-length portrait of the artist in a red silk shirt and pleated slacks took almost 9 years to complete because it was self-funded and there were other projects that came to him during that time. Why did he choose Ruscha as his first artist? "It was a gut decision," he says. "He was and is unique and seemed to characterize the American Individualist to me as McQueen did in the film world."

Lauren YS, Moneyless, Troy Lovegates, and More Present New Works in “House Warming”

Pastel’s Botanical Murals Beautify Overlooked Areas in Cities Worldwide

Norway Introduces First Official Street Art Trail, Nuart Sandnes

On View: “Cruel Summer” Curated by Roger Gastman at Jonathan LeVine Gallery

Kent Twitchell Honors Ed Ruscha in “The Man Who Paints Giants”

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