News — Mixed Media

Freeway Editions has been following closely as Jeffery Deitch slowly unveils his latest street art project in NYC. The former MOCA director has found himself back in New York and supporting the street art scene once more. Coney Island Art Walls is a collaborative effort to bring together a large number of street artists from all over the world to paint walls throughout the amusement park community. This ongoing summer event does not have a proposed end date but is said to continue through September. From the Art Beat blog (NY Times): 

Here at Freeway Editions we like to cover art fair events to give our readers a taste of the art for profit world but we also obviously celebrate the art sharing community. Art for art's sake! So much of urban contemporary art is made for this very purpose, to bring people together to enjoy a visual experience and this is what we love about open creative communities like Bushwick and their growing art festival. 

Last week marked the ninth annual Bushwick Open Studios event in the arts neighborhood in Brooklyn, New York....

Happy Friday to all! Freeway Editions would like to highlight some recent or upcoming art shows that are happening around the world, all featuring the work of our very own Freeway artists. If you happened to be in any of these places, make sure to check out these shows or openings! 

First up is Gajin Fujita, a local LA artist, who currently has a show up at LA Louver entitled "Warriors, Ghosts, and Ancient Gods of the Pacific". This show opened earlier...

In collaboration with Library Street Art Collective, Shepard Fairey is taking on one of the largest wall murals he has ever produced — 185 feet tall (about 17 or 18 stories high) and 60 feet wide.

Fairey had the overall design mapped out and a few of the background elements in place when he began the official work along with the help of three assistants and a window-washing rig last Saturday. From WWD’s recent article: “I enjoy doing these because you’re working up against a wall, then when you get back to see something that big...

Today we bring you ALL NEW prints from RERO. We have been talking a lot about RERO on the blog as of late, because he is working on a number of new projects, it's hard to keep up! This new series of hand painted screen prints entitled "Untitled (ONE MUST ESCAPE...)",  were made here in Los Angeles in conjunction with his solo exhibition. They were inspired by laser wood cut pieces he did for the show and thus a new print series emerged and we couldn't be more excited. Check these out, all available...