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Posted on: December 31st, 2008 Ripo wishes us all a beautiful..

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Posted on: December 31st, 2008 São Paulo: 23 de Maio’s New Giant Mural

“Since January 2007, São Paulo has enforced a law called Cidade Limpa (‘clear city’)” writes our Porto Alegre, Brazil based friend and Juxtapoz contributor, Ana Ferraz. “The objective of this law is to eliminate visual pollution by prohibiting all kinds of outdoor advertising such as billboards, building panels, taxi advertising, and so on. Of course, graffiti and pixação are on that ‘clear’ list too.”
It’s common knowledge that many globally recognized artists such as OSGEMEOS, Nina, Nunca, Vitché and Herbert Baglione call São Paulo, Brazil home so it would seem ironic, disrespectful even, for their city to not only prevent but to remove their public artwork from city walls.
However, that’s exactly what the mayor’s office did this past July. Thankfully, due to public and artist outcry, last weekend a massive mural by OSGEMEOS, Nina, Nunca, Vitché and Herbert Baglione was created in place of an old mural that had been painted over in grey paint with city funding.
Hear the entire story and see exclusive photos of the old and new mural as reported by Ana Ferraz right over this way…

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Posted on: December 31st, 2008 "Bay Area Graffiti" Book Review & Offer

Notorious Bay Area graffiti photographer Steve Rotman (aka funkandjazz) teamed up with designer and photographer Chris Brennan to bring us the first comprehensive book about getting over in the bay: Bay Area Graffiti, from Mark Batty Publishers.
The San Francisco Bay Area has long been known as a world-renowned cultural and artistic hotbed, breeding and attracting some of the most eclectic and innovative hands and minds the world has to offer. We should know, we live and work here too. Therefore, paging through this hefty hardbound collection is sort of like taking a walk down memory lane through a yearbook of friends, both old and new, and their incredible graffiti. Never before, however, have we had the pleasure of ingesting so much stunning street art from the Bay Area’s finest in one sitting, and in one location.
Documented by the distinctive photographic eye of Steve Rotman, the images in Bay Area Graffiti showcase the innovative art made all over the San Francisco Bay Area, as well as how it blends into the stunning landscapes (just take a look at that photo below. Gorgeous.)
The photographs are also accompanied by dozens of artist interviews – including JENKS, ABNO, CHUBS, HARSH, NESTA, REYES, CYMES, APEX and many more – which reveal personal stories, insights into inspiration and harrowing tales of agility, all in the name of getting up.
If you’ve been craving a seminal collection documenting the rich world of the Bay Area’s graffiti like we have, here’s your gem. Bay Area Graffiti is due out next month from Mark Batty, but if you can’t wait, simply REGISTER for the Juxtapoz NEWSLETTER this weekend, and win an early copy completely FREE.

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Posted on: December 31st, 2008 Reader Art: Taren Meacham

ARTIST: Taren Meacham
More here…

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Posted on: December 31st, 2008 James Naccarato, Erik Alos & Lauren Bergman Bring in the New Year at Corey Helford Gallery

Opening 2009 with three fresh voices from the new fine art movement, Corey Helford Gallery will feature James Naccarato’s The Other Side of Madness and new works by pop surrealist Erik Alos, entitled Inflexus Lumen for the next showing in their main gallery. Guest artist Lauren Bergman will also unveil her Calhalla: Dreams of Future Passed in the loft space upstairs in the gallery.
Following his 2007 exhibition at Corey Helford Gallery, James Naccarato (above left) reintroduces his world of meditating Buddhas, playful creatures and lost wonderers locked in the embrace of the sorrowful life and duality of all things. His handmade panels explore man’s arrogant, destructive relationship with nature and the environment while softened with dreamlike imagery of trees, water, birds and flowers.
The opposite side of the gallery will feature Erik Alos’ (above right) acrylic-on-panel works that blend iconic pop culture references with figurative narratives. Alos’ eclectic cast of characters showcases blue frogs, floating Gumbys, ominous skulls and delicate waifs as they populate desert skies and serene landscapes.
Upstairs in the loft space, guest artist Lauren Bergman (work below) unveils her highly-anticipated exhibition Calhalla: Dreams of Future Passed. A study of “California dreaming”, her vibrant watercolor and acrylic works pair mid-century modern architecture with pin-up goddesses, “beckoning the viewer to come dwell in their sunny, modern Garden of Eden.” The reception for all three shows is open to the public and will take place on Saturday, January 3, and the exhibition will be on view until January 21, 2009.
Learn more about the three exhibiting artists here.

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Posted on: December 31st, 2008 Ian Francis Simply Kills It (oh, and he’s also in our new issue)

By now, we expect you to have already devoured the current January issue of Juxtapoz. However, we were just again browsing through one of the copies stashed in our offices, while sporting a slight smile and holding back chuckles of delight (kind of like the reaction you get when you discover a new google match for your name) as we re-visited the incredible work of Ian Francis.
This Bristol-based mixed media painter quite frankly kills it. His work is bright, beautiful, complex, and downright sexy. Who else can incorporate sweeping abstract brush strokes into slightly pornographic images of fishnet stocking-clad women and have the outcome make you feel simultaneously awestruck and horny?
“My work is about modern life, particularly television, world events, celebrities, and day-to-day living,” writes Francis. “It’s about pornography and news reports from war zones instead of sex and death.”
Okay, whatever you get from Francis’ work, read his feature in our January issue and then take a gander over to his website at www.ifrancis.co.uk. It’s bloody brilliant stuff.

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Posted on: December 31st, 2008 Museum of Drunken Art: Third Exhibit

Art and alcohol. Who ever heard of a better combination? Okay you may not produce your masterpiece while wasted, but it sure does lead to some pretty humorous (albeit bad) artwork.
So you know how when you’re drinking you always (seem to) come up with the most innovative ideas? That’s apparently what Sam Crees and Peter Teraberry thought as well. Now the two are co-creators of MODA, The Museum of Drunken Art in New York City.
MODA is now preparing for their third show, opening January 8th at Sputnik in Clinton Hill, Brooklyn. This show will feature 24 pieces by four artists: Katie Welty, Ben Shambaugh, Sam Crees, and Peter Teraberry with a small exhibit of works by special guest artist, Harrod.
See? All that time we spend in bars is really our special research and inspiration-gathering process. So grab a nice cold one and go check out some drunken art from MODA.
More at themuseumofdrunkenart. blogspot.com

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Posted on: December 31st, 2008 Handiedan "Sirenum Scopuli"

Handiedan has fresh collage artworks with the online gallery Phonebooth, which we find simply adorable. Who doesn’t love pin-up girls, poker cards, and Victorian inspired imagery all tied up in a cohesive collage on found wood?
For more on Handiedan visit www.handiedan.com and check out his current show, Sirenum Scopuli, all online at www.phoneboothgallery.com

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Posted on: December 30th, 2008 “My Christmas Morning” from Augor MSK

We don’t need many reasons to love Augor MSK of The Seventh Letter (Juxtapoz #78) any more than we already do, but when we got an email today from this seriously talented graffiti artist highlighting his Christmas morning last week, we were nothing short of amazed.
We’ll let Augor tell the whole story himself:

“On Christmas morning after opening gifts me and my youngin squad went to a local downtown dead rail yard to flick some stuff we did the night before,” Augor writes in his email.
“We ended up stumbling upon a homeless family, boy age 18 and mother, who drove a motor home from Oklahoma and tried to find shelter in hiding their motor home in the yard but got stuck on the train tracks. Out of the kindness of our hearts, we built a ramp on the tracks and drove it for them, with their dog riding passenger into a cut where they could rest safely…I came back and gave the kid gifts of shirts and ended up painting their van which was covered in horrible graffiti.”
Augor concludes, “Shows that we’re not just a buncha ego maniac, self-centered taggers.”

We’ve known that for a long time, but for all of you out there that simply don’t understand street art or graffiti, know that many of the talented folks behind the spray can have massive hearts to go along with massive skills.
See the entire Christmas day through the lens of Augor’s homies in flicks he sent our way here…

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Posted on: December 30th, 2008 Mini Retro Synthesizers by Dan McPharlin

Anything miniature is always better than its normal-sized counterpart. Take, for example, these mini retro synthesizers by Australian illustrator and designer Dan McPharlin. Not only are they tiny, but they’re retro, and shockingly accurate.
Created entirely of paper and cardboard, they kind of remind us of when we attempted to fashion an entire dollhouse, complete with furniture, out of index cards because a parent (who shall remain nameless) refused to purchase us a real dollhouse. Yeah, tough (yet creative) times.
Uhh anyways, we’ll give Mr McParlin a bit more credit, as his mini synthesizers feature insane detailing, right down to the switches, knobs and wires all part of the life-sized equipment. As an old, and very brief, college roommate used to say (who shall also remain nameless), that’s "just precious."
See more mini retro synthesizers, and other goodness, now at danmcpharlin.com

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