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Craola (Juxtapoz #74) allowed Arrested Motion get a sneak peak of his upcoming show, Seeing Things, opening at FIFTY24SF Gallery next week, Thursday, February 5th, 2009.
The video gives a quick behind the scenes view of Craola’s in-progress work; just watch the volume if you’re at work. Craola likes loud music, but your boss may not.
Seeing Things will be on display from February 5th through the 26th, 2009. Come join us in seeing the increbibly detailed and metaphorical new works of the infamous Craola.
More info on Greg "Craola" Simkins at www.imscared.com

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Fairytale of Berlin, curated by Janine Bean and Matthias Bergemann of Janine Bean Gallery in Berlin, attracted a wealth of international art lovers to its opening night at Scion’s Installation L.A. Gallery in Culver City. The debut may be over, but the festivities will live on in great events photos online here.
If you’re in the LA area, stop by and take in some great artwork in this show, including paintings, drawings, photographs, sculptures and installations of work by: Erik Andersen, Paula Bogati, Vanessa von Heydebreck, Franziska Klotz, Mari Lou, Iva Vacheva, Ingo Mittelstaedt, Christl Mudrak, Irene Pätzug, Thomas Stüssi and the duo of neulantvanexel, Marian Neulant and Axel van Exel.
Fairytale of Berlin will run through February 7th, 2009 at the Scion Installation LA Gallery. More info at fairytaleofberlin.com

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As of this morning, the cats at 1333 Minna have released their Spring 2009 collection, and with it some of the sickest hats we have seen on the market. This season features original works by Seventh Letter members Reyes, Steel, Ewok, Retna, Amanda Lynn, Norm and Belsky.
For Spring, they have introduced the new classic fedora shapes in fine straw with custom woven hatbands and linings. Of course, they don’t stop there. 1333 Minna also offers a line of accessories, including bags, scarves, belts, and more.
Looking fly never was so easy, so hit up their site now: www.1333minna.com. You’ll be happy you did.

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In the last 7 years Steven “ESPO” Powers (Juxtapoz cover #83) has created a new way of painting, a hybrid of text and image that functions as a screen shot of his mind. The machinations of social interactions, the struggle to understand ourselves, dumb jokes, and the futility of changing a world that is perfectly happy with destroying itself are all recurring themes in Powers’ work, also making him one of our all-time favorite artists. 
For his debut show in Belgium, titled Semaphores of the Soul, Powers is pulling together his best work of the last 7 years, and putting forth a dozen new paintings to effectively map out the area he has claimed for himself in his paintings.
Semaphores of the Soul opens today, January 29th at Alice Gallery and will remain on view thru march 7th, 2009. Details at www.alicebxl.com

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Naked chicks wearing gas masks. Every guy’s dream, right? You can thank artist Mike Marcus for delivering some of the most explosive imagery the streets have seen in a while for his obsession with gas mask-clad naked chicks then.
Mrcus runs much deeper than mere pulp imagery, though. “I spent the best part of 7 years in the Middle East which had a massive impact on my art,” he states in a new interview on Senses Lost. Read it all right here.

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What are you inspired by? The age-old question of artists and creatives is answered in this video interview of TACKZ while in Jacksonville, Florida.
“Inspiration’s always there for me. […] I’m always inspired everything I look at, everything I see, colors, objects, even the way people speak,” the artist says. “It sounds cliché, but whatever I put up, it’s what’s in me. That’s all any artist does: translate what they see into something visual.”

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We used to built waaay too many fantasy worlds out of these lil guys from playmobil as kids. Although these aren’t legitimate new playmobil releases, we love the concept.
Strange how we played with clean-cut little versions plastic pieces of fun, and still ended up associating with artists and hoodlums. Now, if they had made graf-inspired characters and accessories when we were little, would be have ended up as doctors and lawyers? Just a weird thought…
Image via 12oz Prophet.

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“I’m painting a lot in the street,” Brazilian street and fine artist Titi Freak wrote Juxtapoz this morning. Yeah, ya think? Just take a look at this new mural. “It was for a documentary from Argentina about the graffiti in Sao Paulo,” the artist explains.
Those documentarians definitely asked the right guy to film, as Titi Freak has been a major part of Brazil’s street art scene; a scene that, in the past few years, has exploded to proportions even we continually find ourselves in amazement of.
Titi Freak also filled us in on his upcoming new book which will be in production soon, and the news of a large upcoming installation he has planned for Los Angeles alongside a small group of fellow artists. We can’t wait to see what he has in store, but in the meantime, take a look at the other photos he sent us over here…

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Since my high school days, Vienna has exploded with street art, both from the new artists coming up and heavy hitters stopping in from all over Europe. On the night of January 5th, I walked from one of my favorite bars to one of my other favorite bars, and was reminded of just how full of art the city is. Here’s what I came across in those 10 minutes…

Thanks to Nick at Inoperable for helping me to identify the artists!

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Dan-ah Kim just broadened her artistic repertoire to include that of music video creator. Yep, Brooklyn-based illustrator Dan-ah helped create a video for the band, Asobi Seksu, which she co-directed with filmmaker Aaron Stewart-Ahn and illustrated/animated. The video is for Me & Mary, their first single off their new album called Hush. 
“It was made under a very tight budget and tighter deadline so it may be rough, but it was great fun to work on,” Dan-ah told us. Considering all restraints, we must say it looks fabulous. So what’s next, Miss dan-ah?
More on Dan-ah Kim at www.dkim-art.com.

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