2010 January | street art and graffiti on eyegunk.net

Artists 4 Haiti

From Brooklynite Gallery:

We have been auctioning pieces from the following artists to raise money for CHANCES FOR CHILDREN (a Haitian Orphanage): MISS BUGS, GUY DENNING, BEEJOIR, C215, EELUS and K-GUY

100% OF THE PROCEEDS GO DIRECTLY TO THE ORPHANAGE.

Checks are made directly out to Chances Fro Children from the buyer.

You can’t beat that! The C215 and Miss Bugs auctions are over, the rest are still running. Photos and bidding info on Brooklynite’s Flickr page. Chatter here. Good art for a good cause, get on it!

|| posted by mikeion on January 28, 2010 at 3:39 pm || Tags: auction, Brooklynite Gallery, Haiti benefit —

Daily NYC: Net One KRT 156

|| posted by mikeion on January 26, 2010 at 4:30 pm || Tags: Daily NYC, Net —

Specter takes on gentrification (Part 2)

Yesterday you saw Specter’s Nightmare on Atlantic, today we get two more in the series for the upcoming MoCADA group exhibition on The Gentrification of Brooklyn.

|| posted by mikeion on January 22, 2010 at 2:18 pm || Tags: Exhibition, gentrification, MoCADA, NYC, Specter —

Daily NYC: Udon

|| posted by mikeion on January 22, 2010 at 9:53 am || Tags: Brooklyn, Daily NYC, Udon —

Banksy’s first movie: Exit Through the Giftshop

Banksy is about to drop his first film Exit Through the Giftshop. The trailer showed up this morning, but in the event you haven’t come across it yet:

It will be premiered at at Sundance this weekend, with a UK release date of March 5.
He’s put in some work in Utah ahead of the film too.

|| posted by mikeion on January 21, 2010 at 8:25 pm || Tags: Banksy, Exit Through the Giftshop, movie —

Specter “Nightmare on Atlantic”

Specter is at it again, this time ahead of a group show at MoCADA (opening Febuary 4, 2010) on the gentrification of Brooklyn. More photos of the series to come, for now here’s his take on the disasterous Ratner Nets Arena with Nightmare on Atlantic!