Streetwise 3
dal 26/3/2004 al 14/8/2004
Segnalato da
26/3/2004
Streetwise 3
theLAB 101 space, Santa Monica
Five mounths - five exhibitions. The third event organized by Freddi C, in an ongoing series dedicated to showcasing the works of Urban Influenced artists in a gallery environment.
FIVE MONTHS: FIVE EXHIBITIONS:
FEATURING TODAY'S LEADING URBAN INFLUENCED ARTISTS.
SAT. MARCH 27 | DALEK . RICH COLMAN . BIGFOOT . BECCA
SAT. APRIL 24 | KINSEY . DOZE . KENTON PARKER . ANDREW SCHOULTZ
SAT. MAY 22 | MICHAEL LEON . TONY LARSON . ROB ABEYTA . RICH JACOBS
SAT. JUNE 19 | WK . FAILE . LONDON POLICE . SHEPARD FAIREY
SAT. JULY 17 | PNUT . DEZ EINSWELL . MATZU . KOFIE
SAT. AUGUST 14 | CLOSING PARTY
Hours, Monday  Friday, 11am-6pm; and by appointment
New works by Dalek, Becca, Rich Colman and Big Foot
theLab 101 Space, in conjunction with Royal Elastics, presents Streetwise 3.
Streetwise 3 is the third event organized by Freddi C, in an ongoing series
dedicated to showcasing the works of Urban Influenced artists in a gallery
environment.
The ROYAL ELASTICS STREETWISE concept began two years ago when its inaugural
exhibition took place at a gallery on London's Portobello road - featuring
28 of the most cutting-edge, established; artists, commercial designers,
illustrators and anonymous makers of streetwise scenes. Following the
success of RE SW1, the bar was set to create a unique, but equally
memorable, event experience for STREETWISE 2 the following year. For RE SW
2, nine internationally recognized 'urban artists' came together for a week
to paint large murals in a historic gallery in the heart of Berlin. As they
painted live, the public and press could watch their work develop. This
encouraged an open platform for the artists and the onlookers to open a
dialogue about this rapidly growing art movement.
This year ROYAL ELASTICS STREETWISE 3 - LA will feature five unique
exhibitions. There will be 20 of the top American urban artists showcasing
their art. Live DJs, and painting will accompany each exhibition. As the
Urban Art movement is growing, RE SW3 continues to grow along with it. Each
exhibition will be on display for one month. This will allow ample time for
artists to develop ideas and expand creatively while reaching out to an
ever-expanding audience.
theLab 101 aims to showcase the urban art that has evolved from a form of
inner city expression to a massive global art movement. Rooted in the
creative voice of inner city youths, this art forum has grown exponentially.
The style has begun to seep into advertising campaigns of corporations.
Artists who started as preteen graffiti artists now command the direction
and 'feel' of multi-million dollar ad campaigns. Their creative sights have
moved from the sides of subway cars, to the glossy pages of magazines and ad
campaigns.
Artists who were the founders of this art forum have turned their talents
into a viable living. Each decade, the visuals that defined the urban
experience grow, develop and fracture. New forms such as wheat pasting,
roller tags, acid etch tags, stencils, and outlaw sculptures continue to
crop up.
Several RE SW3 artists use the same approach of wheat pasting their
creations on the buildings and electrical boxes of the cityscape. For
example, Becca and Kinsey have vastly different styles but both choose wheat
pasting as a method of displaying posters throughout the public realm. This
common method allows for the colorful, scratchy drawings of Becca's young
girls to be at home on the streets next to the towering male figures that
are depicted with razor sharp precision in Kinsey's work.
The graphic and bold figures within the works of Dalek, Rich Jacobs,
Bigfoot, and WK Interact seem to loom out from the canvas with the presence
of George Orwell's 1984 Big Brother. This central-figure approach hammers
the character identity so successfully that the image becomes a brand as
much as a work of art. It is this ingenious approach that merges style and
image into a theme. In today's age of attention deficit disorder and the
MTV 5-second sound byte, this style of art reflects the times and is
successfully capturing the attention of humans immersed in a sensory
overloaded society.
Today urban art has moved off the streets and sits at the doorstep of
galleries worldwide. Together with Royal Elastics, theLab 101 is opening
its doors and welcoming the artists that have ushered in this stylistic art
movement.
http://www.Streetwise3.com
theLAB 101 SPACE
1534 17th St. #101, Santa Monica, CA 90404
Tel. 310 453 5225