So I have always appreciated the work the twins have done over the years. Idolizing the TATS CREW video back in the early 2000′s and going to the wall of fame in New York and freaking out over the productions they were apart of. And if you have seen the fine art they have done over the past year, you can understand how there fame in the art world is going to just keep getting bigger and bigger.
BUT that being said they are the WORST interviewers ever….
lolzzz
-BIGJUS
Aiko, a stencil artist who began as a member of the now two-man art collective, Faile, recently exhibited some of her work at the Urban Folk Art Studios in conjunction with Brooklyn Tattoo. Aiko aka Lady Aiko, was born in Tokyo but has resided in NYC since the mid 90′s. Aiko has worked with photographer Martha Cooper on various projects and her work in this show specifically is inspired by Cooper’s photography from her book Tokyo Tattoo 1970.
Last weekend, I happened to walk by the Scanwiches installation at the JS55 Gallery on Clinton St. For those of you that don’t know what Scanwiches is, it’s pretty self explanatory: Sandwich aficionado, Jon Chonko has a Tumblr blog where he posts scans of all the sandwiches he makes. Read More
Lady Pink is the first woman in graffiti based art. In her current solo exhibition “Evolution,” Lady Pink re-masters work she once created as public murals. Lady Pink muses on old lettering outlines which have evolved from three decades of writing. To the cultured eye, Lady Pink’s street tag can be identified from the period in which it was deliberately constructed. The colorful POP- surreal canvases today, have her trademark name interwoven throughout the elaborate image, as if to authenticate her mark in art history. Lady Pink’s unique personal vision has been communicated throughout her evolution from subway writer to fine artist.
Recently I got a chance to hit up illest little city this side of Boston… NYC. I got to check out all the soho stores and gorge myself on some pretty rad food. If you are going to stay anywhere in New York, Read More