Trying to find out the origin of street art can feel like tipping at windmills (I never figured out who posted the Obama/Socialism posters in LA) … but sometimes it works. Today was one of my better days. Behold the story behind this poster that has had an anonymous life on the streets of New York for one whole week. I love a good mystery.
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The Keith Haring show at the Tony Shafrazi Gallery is pretty impressive. It felt like the best of the 1980s. The black light room they have set up in the back with a small boom box playing eighties music makes it all worthwhile.
Included in the show are some classic subway drawings and typical Haring zaniness.
My full set of Keith Haring: 20th Anniversary exhibition at Tony Shafrazi Gallery.
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It’s art fair week in New York but this year Gotham’s art market orgy will coincide with SMartCAMP, which is a two-day conference jointly organized by #artstech and the Roger Smith Hotel in midtown Manhattan.
A social media bootcamp of sorts, the conference is designed to:
…help those who are new to or skeptical of social media put together a course of action with the help of presentations and case studies from some leading figures working at the intersection of art and social media. For those who have already been engaging in social media, SMartCAMP offers an opportunity to deepen their knowledge, hone new skills, refine social engagement strategies and gain inspiration for future social campaigns from distinguished peers and colleagues. For social media professionals looking to work with arts organizations, SMartCAMP offers an opportunity to learn about the challenges unique to the cultural space.
For my part, I will be moderating a panel on art blogging — FINDING A VOICE IN THE ART BLOGOSPHERE — and I’m very lucky to have the following panelists in attendance:
Come hear us solve the world’s art blogging problems one hyperlink at a time.
Here are the event organizers telling you what to expect from this weekend:
What you need to know:
Tickets for Saturday are sold-out, but there are a few left for Sunday!
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From the New York Daily News:
Cops ordered a New Jersey family to cover up their saucy snowlady after receiving a complaint that the frosty front yard figure was X-rated.
While neighboring snowmen were allowed to flaunt their nudity with coal-eyed jauntiness, Elisa Gonzalez and her kids heeded the warning from the fashion police.
They dressed their controversial snowlady in a green bikini top and hip-hiding blue sarong.
“I thought she looked more objectified and sexualized after you put the bikini on,” Gonzalez, 44, of Rahway told the Newark Star-Ledger.
My favorite line:
“Are you going to go to the Met and cover up all the statues?” Conneran wondered.
Ummm…maybe that’s why the Met isn’t in Rahway, New Jersey. Here’s the original article in the Newark Star-Ledger, which has many more photos.
{Hat tip Talia J.}
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I saw Celso’s Art Shred event for #class begin online and I rushed over to see it live…but, alas, I missed it. Thankfully, William Powhida is more time challenged than me, and he arrived soon after with a drawing that was offered up for shredding.
Watch Celso shred the sucker and then clean up the mess…and in a suit, no less.
According to the performance description:
ART SHRED is an on-site shredding service that will help artists and other participants liberate themselves of important works of art, meaningful love letters and one-of-a-kind photographs – and other significant material created, printed, or written on paper. After being sliced and diced, all works will be scattered on the gallery floor. If you have something of consequence that you would like to have shredded, e-mail Celso (at) elcelso (dot) com. Walk-ins welcome.
Dude has a thing for destroying art. If you remember, he did the same type of performance in Miami last December during the fairs. His performance then was called Art Burn.
It was estimated that they shredded $18,000 worth of art as part of the performance. [UPDATE: C-Monster tweeted last night that the amount was actually $19,850.] When Celso mentioned that fact to Powhida, the #class organizer responded (and I’m paraphrasing), “Did we remove value from the world or restore it?” Umm…that’s a good question.
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