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May Day: Shepard Fairey + Martha Cooper

Brian Wilder — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 19:17:06 +0000

Anyone who has anything to do with the contemporary street art world (which is more than you may think) have no other option than to hightail it to NYC this weekend for the Shepard Fairey “May Day” art show being held at the renowned Dietch Gallery this Saturday afternoon through the end of May.

Sweet view of one of several murals being placed.

It’s been a while since Fairey and his street team have participated in a public show of this caliber since the start of his ongoing legal battles with the Associated Press and his now-iconic rendition of President Obama’s image, but a great deal of preparation has gone into the installation. So much so that Fairey and his team decided to hold a pre-show where some of the 300 lucky patrons were able to meet-and-greet with the man himself and participate in a book signing.

A great deal of his works will be centered on images by Martha Cooper who was best known for documenting a great deal of New York graffiti during the 1970s and 80s.

A panoramic view of studio.

The show promises to be one that was well worth the wait.

UPDATE: Here’s a complete photo blog of Jonathan Stout’s trip to NYC including photos of the Shepard Fairey event.

Sneak Peak into Benny Gold’s Store

admin — Sat, 17 Apr 2010 06:52:06 +0000

Benny Gold’s Getting ready for his grand opening and judging by the stacks of P.B.R it’s going to be good times. Plus he’s releasing the limited edition Benny Gold x Spit fire wheels, Only 24 sets available.

Benny Gold Head quarters 3171 21st st. San Francisco, CA 94110

Stay Golden

Benny GOLD

Johnny Cupcakes Suitcase Tour at Niche

admin — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 05:23:43 +0000

One of my favorite independent designer success stories Johnny Cupcakes is pulling through to my favorite local boutique the Niche Market in Charlotte NC tomorrow for his Suitcase Tour “Back to Basics 2010″

Most of us in Charlotte were first introduced to Johnny Cupcakes at Niche’s old Noda location before John decided to take the brand to his own exclusive retail locations and now have a chance to rub elbows and talk cake with the man behind the suitcase.

What inspires me most about John’s success is he dropped out of school to start his line and created a family run limited edition t-shirt brand with absolutely no start-up loans, education, investors, advertising or wholesale …. His concept is spot on and his art has created a new Cup Cake cannibal like culture frenzy that doesn’t seem to be slowing down anytime soon.

See you at 8.

Black Sheep Street Party Charlotte NC

GOD — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 01:44:41 +0000

BYOB and come enjoy the works of some of the freshest Carolina talent.

Artist:
Bart Cusick
Desism
Fein_One
Infamous JeanClaude
Burton Lancaster
Josh Barrett
Reid Bramhall
Joe Dobson
Chico Buenez
Leonard Givens

Culutre Initiative featured-art Black Sheep brand posters designed by some of the Carolinas favorite artist will be on hand for limited release.

Breakfast Club "Who Got Served" Breakdance Competition

GOD — Mon, 25 May 2009 19:38:36 +0000

Charlotte is defiantly not lacking any b-boy skills as last nights competition at the breakfast club proved. All the competitors were on point. It had to be a hard decision for the judges but in the end Time Burnz stole the breakdancing segment of the show with some some fresh moves and an incredibly synchronized effort. It seemed like the team had a great sense of what its other members were going to pull out of the hat next and played off it brilliantly.

Hosted By our favorite dreaded MC on the east coast MC Blues with DJ’s Wiz Kid, Soden, and guest DJ Aswell. The music was on point all night and MC Blues did a great job keeping the crowd entertained and rowdy in between sets as well as shout outs for sintient which we greatly appreciated.

Here are a few vids, we will post photos up later tonight. Thanks to N-er-G with Time Burnz and Poppin Paul reppin the Durdy Buddha t-shirts and mic shout outs.