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My dear friend Lisa Leone is exhibiting in Los Angeles some rare photos of early Hip Hop icons before they blew up.
“THEN”
by Lisa Leone
Opening May 11th 2012, 7 - 11pm
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New photo exhibition documents hip-hop’s moments of truth.
Before hip-hop was an industry, it was a community.
THEN, a new solo show from photographer Lisa Leone, is a deeply personal portrayal of the last days of hip-hop’s innocence, of a culture caught between an intimate past and a global future.
Born in the Bronx and raised throughout New York City, Lisa Leone has been surrounded by hip-hop culture for virtually her entire life. By the late eighties, as a widely published photographer, she was in a unique position to capture a behind the-scenes perspective on the spirit of collaboration that fueled hip-hop’s early artistic triumphs. “To see a young Nas in the studio with Q-Tip, Premier and Large Professor was not only inspiring,” she reflects on one of the candid photos included in the show, “it is ‘the decisive moment’.”
THEN explores a series of such moments through the eyes of the young artists that would go on to become the hip-hop generation’s biggest stars: Snoop Dogg, Lauryn Hill, Mary J. Blige, Wyclef Jean, Run DMC, Nas, A Tribe Called Quest, Rosie Perez, the Roots, Queen Latifah and many others.
But these are not mere portraits. Each image captures a unique interaction between an individual and their environment, and is supported with text drawn from new interviews with the subjects themselves.
“It was still fresh and we, the generation of that movement, still dictated what it was and meant to us and not the mass media. MTV wasn’t calling the shots. We were still telling them what the rules were.”
– Rosie Perez
“THEN is a testament to the natural eye and passion of a real New Yorker, presented now through the collected three decades of her work and experience.” – Eric Haze
“No one…can fail to be moved by Lisa Leone’s evocative portraits of Hip Hop legends captured in the midst of their young lives…set in those moody South Bronx scenes of abandonment that was their home.” – Henry Chalfant, producer of “Style Wars”
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In remembrance of Keith Haring I am showing a sculpture I made and traded with him in 1986, he was one of the first to buy and collect my work and always encouraged me to continue sculpting. He was a kind person to me and many who knew him, always optimistic even in his moments of great struggle. HIs loss is a profound one but has left an enduring mark and influence on New Yorkers and Graffiti/Street Artists worldwide. His has been the blueprint for many both in fine art and commercial art too. I felt his influence as seen in my Bboy abstracts which I began in 2005 referring first to Modernism then by chance I came a cross a book of Keiths wk related to DJ and Dance culture, it was serendipitous that it reconnected me to my old friend as he was not my first influence but his work left an indelible imprint in my subconscious. As the years pass I have good memories about how generous he was at his shows and parties something many young and old artists still don’t understand, he celebrated the art and people first and let the business come second. As I do prepare for my show at Pratt Institute I feel he would be proud that we have an academic platform to showcase and discuss our art form and culture.
Saturday May 5th at Pratt Institute Manhattan
Opening reception:
Saturday May 5th
6 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Artist talk with Alan Ket at 7p.m
CCPS gallery located on the 2nd floor of Pratt Manhattan
144 West 14th Street (near 7th Avenue)
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New York City- Carlos Mare- Art is Study- Process and Influence over the past 36 years
Opening reception: Saturday, May 5Th 6p.m. to 9 p.m. Artist talk with Alan Ket at 7pm.
Pratt Institute Center for Continuing and
Professional Studies Exhibition Space
CCPS gallery located on the 2nd floor of Pratt Manhattan
144 West 14th Street (near 7th Avenue)
Gallery Hours: Mon-Thur: 10am-8pm; Fri-Sat-Sun: 10am-4pm
New York City, April 20, 2012- Sculptor/Designer Carlos Mare aka Mare139 presents a showcase of artifacts including study models of his sculpture works and famed award designs. The installation will also highlight process notes and his artistic influences related to his work over the past 36 years from early subway paintings to the sculpture works of di Suvero, Stella, Smith and others.
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Nice new drop from Ecko Unlimited for The Exhibit artist series. Feeling the global diversity representing the graffiti/street art culture. Also that the ladies get some play too.
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Erni Vales returns to New York with a sampling of the 169 paintings he has been working in Miami this year. Come by the opening Friday April 20 from 5pm on at the Chelsea Market. For more on Erni go to http://evlworld.com/
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Inspired by Sculptor Carlos Mare139 Italian mens shoe designer line CASBIA, headed up by 2011 CFDA Award winner Edmundo Castillo, present The Carlos Collection. A unique and forward thinking sneaker made from Leather, velcro and rubber.
Born in in Puerto Rico, Edmundo Castillo started his fascination with shoes at a very early age. After graduating from Altos de Chavon School of Design in the Dominican Republic, Castillo moved to New York and began his formal training in shoemaking. Edmundo Castillo has worked with renowned fashion designers and fashion houses such as Donna Karen, Ralph Lauren, Narciso Rodriguez, Tommy Hilfiger, Oscar de la Renta, Castaner Santoni, Sergio Rossi and Via Spiga.
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This is a nice clip of Askew One rocking the walls and features his collabo with Ecko Unltd for The Exhibit artist Collection. This is a good example of how Askews graff and design aesthetic merge nicely on product. The Exhibit series has an impressive line up, keep a look out.
The beautifully executed mural is an amalgamation of abstract styles that merge into one cohesive expression of the new urban modernism each artist individually explores in their personal works.
The mural, which encompasses two sides of the five storey Georgian building in which both Karpo and the Megaro Hotel are situated, was designed and painted by four members of street art collective, Agents of Change: Remi/Rough from London, Edinburgh-based Steve More, LX.One from Paris, and LA-based Augustine Kofie.
It took two weeks to complete and over 150 litres of emulsion and 160 litres of spray paint were used.
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Show and Prove -The Tensions, Contradictions,
and Possibilities of Hip Hop Studies in practice.
Artist talk with
Iona Rozeal Brown
and
Carlos Mare aka Mare139
Saturday, March 31, 2012
Tisch School of the Arts
721 Broadway, 6th Fl.
Michelson Theater
4:30pm
FREE to the Public
* At 3:10 Jorge ‘Fabel’ Pabon 3:10PM
Film & Discussion: Apache Line: From Gangs to Hip Hop (CS)
Hosted by Jorge “Popmaster Fabel” Pabón
Show and Prove 2012 (S&P 2012) provides an opportunity for a community of scholars, practitioners,
and Hip Hop lovers to come together and address the challenges and possibilities of the field.
We will sharpen our focus on two key themes: intersectionality and methodology.
