News — Mixed Media
ART NEWS: The Venice Art Crawl
This week we are discussing some local art news! Culver City's neighbor Venice Beach is having it's quarterly Art Crawl on March 19th. The Venice Beach neighborhood of Abbot Kinney is home to this month's crawl where art galleries, vendors, restaurants and locals will all participate in a night of arts and culture.
More about the event: "The Venice Art Crawl is an organization by and for the people. Our goal is to share, inspire and promote collaboration within the Venice community through mixers and art events. Join us by attending, sharing your vision...
FEATURED ARTWORK: Speedy Graphito "Astro Boy"
Last week Freeway Editions released a new print by artist Speedy Graphito. In case you missed it, here is the newest HPM in the Freeway Editions' collection.
Limited edition hand-painted screen print. Astro Boy Edition 1 of 8 is part of the unique set of hand-painted screen prints from urban contemporary artist Speedy Graphito. Each piece of this limited edition set was individually painted by the artist before 1 silkscreen color was applied to a high quality Khadi paper, handmade in India. This process allows the artist to...
FEATURED ARTIST: Jef Aerosol
Jean-François Perroy, better known as Jef Aérosol, was born in Nantes, France on January 15th 1957. He's a French urban stencil artist as well as a pioneer in the street art movement in the 1980s. Jef Aérosol has been living and working in Lille, France since 1984 but his works are exhibited worldwide.
He painted his first stencil in 1982 in central France and thus began a street art movement. Little did Jef know, he was paving the way for a younger generation of urban artists. Most often Jef paints detailed images of celebrities and icons such as ...
ART NEWS: NYC Art Fair Happenings
The art fair season has slowed down here on the west coast but this week the frenzy starts in NYC. Despite the freezing temperatures and feet of snow, everyone is headed east for a variety of art showcases in New York City. Because it is such a hectic week and there are so many fairs to choose from, Freeway Editions has chosen a few to focus on, here is our art fair break down for this week.
From the press releases:
The Armory Show
"The Armory Show, a leading international contemporary...
FEATURED ARTIST: Shark Toof
This week's feature artist is local LA street artist, Shark Toof. Shark Toof has been covering the walls of LA for years now and has created a multifaceted visual language that uses his iconic, often wheat pasted, shark image to communicate ideas of culture and social dynamics. Most recently the artist worked on a large wall at Jose de Diego Middle School in Miami during Art Week. Shark Toof combines the conventional messages of street art culture with a broader message of social awareness.
