Recommended: Jorge Galvão is releasing a limited edition book with two events this weekend in Curitiba and São Paulo, Brasil — the book is a release with Caderno Listrado titled Tempos Dificeis and comes in an edition of 100, hand bound and all have been painstakingly worked over by Jorge. Information on the release and teaser shot below, and mais, em Portuguese, no flickr do Jorge.
Ghost has a book (and shirts) coming out from Stussy on April 25, 2009 — check the interview here. We really dig his stuff, so we’re looking forward to seeing the book.
While you’re at it, watch the trailer for the Ghost documentary below. Anyone know if this will ever see the light of day? Email us.
Check the Martha Cooper / Henry Chalfant video promo for the 25th Anniversary Edition of Subway Art
Quick Bits: Invader 10th anniversary book coming March 2009, Mark Jenkins closes this week (April 25) at Stricola Contemporary, Aiko just opened at Joshua Liner Gallery, PDF magazine Bloodwars vol 2 #1 is out, the Draw show at The Shooting Gallery (San Francisco) looks cool, Os Gemeos were interviewed on Aerosolblog (in Spanish, English translation below), and as always - ekosystem.org has a ton thats worth a look.
February 20-22 at Ad Hoc Art - a quick show / book launch for Martha Cooper’s upcoming Going Postal. Launch party is on Friday, Feb 20 from 7:30-10:30. Be sure to catch it!
And.. if you don’t make it to the show, you can get the book for a very affordable US$9.95 from the publisher or amazon
And now for the second half of our Anthony Lister coverage!
Firstly, Fecal Face has a good studio visit chock full o photos.
Secondly, he has a fairly recent, small-sized book out called Tales of White Trash Prophecy. Some photos from the publisher/upper playground’s website:
And finally, he’s posted a new video with a timelapse of his studio work (warning: the first half may induce dizziness):
And while we’re there, here’s a super-fast timelapse of a shutter piece he did over the summer:
Ecosystem.org has a nice interview and book preview for Part of Rebellion 1: Flying Fortress put together by C100 - the same fella who did the Art of Rebellion book.
Its part 1 in a series (part 2 will be on Dave the Chimp) on artists working across several different areas (street, gallery, commercial). We’ll certainly post on part 2 when its coming up!
Did you know Stephen Powers (aka ESPO) had a newish book out? Well, its from December 2007, but regardless, its called Studio Gangster, and it covers his work over the past five years. The clip below is an interview with Espo about it – I’m adding it to my christmas wishlist now…
You should investigate his older book The Art of Getting Over
While we’re posting about Stephen Powers, he’s also featured in the mini-documentary Open Air. Click the link for the full video, or watch the raw footage of Espo below:
