Rooftop Legends 2009

Rooftop Legends

Bio, BG183, Nicer, How and Nosm TATS CRU

Knows (Wane COD) and Tyler (Can 2)

P-Funk (Smith), Meres TD4

Stak TFP, Mone RIS

Adios (Wolf AOK), Noah TFP

Wolf, Reas AOK

Relm, Trixter WCA

Stay(Norway), Wen

Signl, Ket MTK

Ree2 MTA, Vins FC

Priz TS5, Stan one

EV one, KC TBC

Doves TCK

Pesu (Tokyo)

Klass, KP/Kid Panama RIP (Page)

Dino, Samp, Kaves LOB

Bring (Keo XMen)

Cycle TC5

Wane COD

CUKills (Ezo)

Team Go, Flow (Wolf)

Poet, Snatch CWK

Borish TYS, truck by Bounce

Omis, Siek

Rath, Enue COD, Break TPA

Swet, Drama

El Coro (Puerto Rico): Spear, Son, Esco, Acty 2, Rimy

Soco, Teck , Led 2 (Spar)

SP.One, Spot KMS

QA AOK, Rubin (Sweden), ....

Tack FBA, Much, Moet

Vogue TDK, Estria

Pas (Vins), Part TDS, Nab (Dontay TC5)

Keo, Tatu XMen, Dezo TC5

Bath 175 (Doc TC5)

Noxer, Aye
Big thanks to Jesse Pais for coordinating this years event.

Posted by Chino on August 20, 2009 at 12:55 AM

Paris 09

Some photos from my recent trip France.

Sacha Jenkins and I were in Paris to host / judge a Piecebook Battle with Jon One at Foundation Cartier.

The event rules were simple. Contestants were given an hour and a 1/2 to turn over pieces in their books or on paper.

The top 4 artist selected then had to reproduce their pieces on canvases set up behind the foundation.

In the end, Reso and Katre wound up splitting first place honors.

4:30am from the balcony of my hotel I spot these 2 guys street bombing.

Those same guys must have wrote this too.

I had a chance to catch up with Quik at the studio of Alain-Dominique Gallizia.

A couple of interior shots of his studio.

ADG’s graffiti art collection is ridiculously impressive.

Recent painting by Quik

Posted by Chino on August 13, 2009 at 02:29 AM

BDK

Last night’s free Big Daddy Kane concert in Prospect Park.

BDK from Dave Chino on Vimeo.

Posted by Chino on August 10, 2009 at 04:10 AM

NYC’s Coolest Graffiti

The Daily News ran this a little over a week ago:
http://www.nydailynews.com/money/galleries/nycs_coolest_graffiti_/nycs_coolest_graffiti_.html

Posted by Chino on August 10, 2009 at 03:16 AM

555 Kubik l Facade Projection

555 KUBIK_ extended version from urbanscreen on Vimeo.

Posted by Chino on July 28, 2009 at 03:28 PM

Top 10 Guerrilla Artist

Time magazine’s Top 10 Guerrilla Artist: http://www.time.com/time/photogallery/0,29307,1911799,00.html

Posted by Chino on July 28, 2009 at 02:50 PM

Piecebook Battle: Paris

My Piecebook coauthor Sacha Jenkins and I are hosting a Piecebook Battle in Paris, France this Saturday July 18th 2009 at 2:00pm. Our event is a part of The Cartier Foundation’s on going exhibit Ne Dans La Rue (Born in the streets).

Devoted to graffiti and street art, the exhibition Born in the Streets—Graffiti will bring to light the extraordinary expansion of an artistic movement that developed in the streets of New York in the early 1970s to rapidly become a world-wide phenomenon.
Today, graffiti has entered the cultural mainstream, crossing over to the realms of studio art, design and advertising. Yet despite its immense popularity, this essentially illegal activity continues to evolve at the periphery of the contemporary art world,
its origins and evolution little-known to the general public. The exhibition at the Fondation Cartier attempts to sketch the general contours of a subject that is vast and complex, encompassing many different ideas, media and movements across its boundaries.

Featured artists:

Seen, Charlie Ahern, Jon One, Delta, Barry McGee, Vitché, Quik, Koor, Toxic, Co Co 144, Alan Ket, Maripol, Basco Vazko, Olivier Kosta-Théphaine, Nug, Part 1, Evan Roth, Boris Tellegen, Gérard Zlotykamien, L’Association Le MUR, Cripta,
Manfred Kerchheimer, Paris Joao & Roberto Wainer

Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain: http://fondation.cartier.com/files/press_file_1856_en.pdf
261 boulevard Raspail
75014 Paris, France

Ne Dans La Rue runs from July 7th - November 29th 2009

Posted by Chino on July 14, 2009 at 03:25 PM

Double the fun…

ZeBek and Caro of iScreamgarbage, photo by Ian Reid

Mascots & Mugs and Piecebook are both available through Amazon

Posted by Chino on July 14, 2009 at 02:47 PM

The Moment

The Moment blog - NY Times.com

Posted Tuesday July7th

Posted by Chino on July 09, 2009 at 02:23 AM

Subway Fiction

Left: memorial car for Caine 1 by Midg, 1982 from “Subway Art.” Right: “Subway Fiction Burning Candy” 244x171 cm, Oil and acrylic on canvas, 2009
by James Jessop