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URBAN DECAY DETAILS

   I often find myself drawn to the surfaces of the remnants of graffiti that often appears on our city streets. What interests me is the layering of history that is translated there in. The unspoken rules that respectable graffiti writers follow only adds to the meaning behind the scratch, or in this case; the aerosol. There is weight on that wall, it exudes Human Energy. The abstraction contained within these details is pretty neato. Here are some details.

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MOVING-- staying tuned

my apologies for the lack of posts, Less Talk, more Draw is in the process of moving, pressing pause. please stay tuned...

denied

so here's a rush overnight cover job for newly formed 53rd street press . They end up not using it. oh well                                                                                                                                                      

ARTISTS YOU SHOULD KNOW: ARTHIR SZYK

This is how his official website (www.szyk.org) reads " Arthur Szyk (pronounced Shick) is considered by scholars and art critics to have been the greatest 20th century illuminator working in the style of the 16th century miniaturist painters. Americans first knew and loved Arthur Szyk's illuminated manuscripts and political caricatures as they appeared on and between the covers of their most popular magazines during the Second World War: Time, Esquire, Collier's and advertisements for U.S. Steel and Coca Cola. His subjects were as diverse as his uniquely combined styles of renaissance illumination and political caricature: The Declaration of Independence, NazismThe Passover Haggadah and Book of Esther, George Washington and Thomas Jefferson, the United Nations, American Cancer Society, and even coffee, steel and airlines.Szyk's art was not an end in itself. It was his means to promote tolerance, human dignity and freedom. In his time, he became widely known for the declaration: "Art is not my aim, it is my means"

new work flowing lately....

really it isn't as bad as the illustration below may make it seem...

airbourne

automatic pilot

street shots

ARTIST YOU SHOULD KNOW: THOMAS DERRICK

So I'm walking down the street, my eyes are open. I was raised in a home that encouraged trash picking in the sense that other's garbarge is at times other people's treasure. More than half of my folk's house is filled with Victorian artifacts that serve as furniture. I don't think theres one piece within our home that was produced post 1960s. as a result, my eyes are always open when I travel the streets. And so walking down the street the other day, I noticed on top of a heap of literal garbage disregarded on the sidewalk without a bag with which to contain, was a clearly older looking book that called to me. Once I picked it up and scanned its pages properly I realized I had struck gold. It was a french edition of 'Uncle Tom's Cabin' illustrated by Thomas Derrick, published in 1927 by Philadelphia 's George W. Jacobs Publishing co. unfamiliar with his work, I immediately returned home to research Derrick. Who was in 1020s and 1930s a well known illustrator. I think the images speak for themselves.

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ARTISTS YOU SHOULD KNOW: MARY BLAIR

So what you don't know is that most of the early classic Disney films that we've all come to love and cherish have a secret weapon. That secret weapon was Mary Blair. Walt knew talent when he saw it. An unstrung hero of early animation and illustration, Mary was extremely instrumental in creating the Disney aesthetic that is associated with the era.

NEW WORK

HIRO KURATA & TOMMII LIM show @ Ad Hoc

some nice stuff from Hiro Kurata and Tommii Lim @ ad Hoc gallery now til july 26th in Bushwick.

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