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10 Aug: Adam Feibelman's Do With Me, As You Will (SF)

 

Hello,

It's been a while, hope you are well, healthy and happy.

For the last 10 months I have been working towards my solo show "Do with me, as you will" at Guerrero Gallery here in San Francisco, which is set to open August 10th, the opening will be that evening from 7-10. Please consider this an invite to come by, see what I have been doing.

I really hope to see you there, and pardon in advance if I send a reminder email.

with love,

Adam (5100) Feibelman

http://guerrerogallery.com/shows/adam-feibelman-2

29 June: Friend Slash Lover (LA, CA)

Music, art, tacos, booze, Shepard Fairey (DJing as DJ Diabetic), and a stencil campaign.....

Friend Slash Lover has a show opening up this weekend in LA, and some music being relased.

The opening night party features special guest DJ Diabetic (Shepard Fairey, Obey Giant) and quirky, blippy, underground duo SSI! (John Goff from SSI remixed every song on Friend Slash Lover’s first EP.)

Fine art, prints, mirrors, stickers, t-shirts, tacos, booze, music.

Free and all ages!

At the world famous NOMAD ART COMPOUND
June 29th, 2013 at 7:00pm – 12:00am
1993 Blake Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90039

http://friendslashlover.com/

6 July: Stencil Art Group Show (Chicago)

Vertical Gallery is pleased to present ˈsten(t)-səl : Stencil Art Group Show July 6 - 27, 2013. This exhibition represents 13 artists using stencils in their own very distinct ways; the result pushes the boundaries between traditional, street and contemporary painting.

Featuring

John Fekner (New York, NY), Jef Aérosol (Lille, FR), XOOOOX (Berlin, DE) , Zeus (London, GB), David Soukup (Chicago, IL), FAKE (Amsterdam, NL), Jeremy Novy (San Francisco, CA), Left Handed Wave (Chicago, IL), Rene Gagnon (Fall River, MA), F63 (Vancouver, BC), Epyon5 (Chicago, IL), That Stencil Guy (Lexington, KY) and AIKO (New York, NY).

Join us for the opening reception on Saturday, July 6, 2013, from 6:00 – 10:00pm. ˈsten(t)-səl will be open to the public through July 27.

http://verticalgallery.com/pages/stencil

Jairo Mora Sandoval (CR) Memorial Stencil

There is a stencil and graffiti tradition of memorializing people who have been senselessly killed, usually for unjust reasons. Jairo Mora Sandoval, a Costa Rican environmentalist, his likeness is pictured in the above photo, is now becoming an icon for those who hold the flora and fauna of the planet dear. Go here to read more about Sandoval's assassination.

Here are some other people, senselessly killed, who have lived on as stencil icons:

Oscar Grant, killed by BART police in Oakland, CA (while face down on the ground)

Brad Will, killed by police in Oaxaca, MX (while filming a protest)

Nour Zahra, killed while protesting the dictatorship in Syria

A Chance to Win World Stencil Prize

 

 

2012 entry by Marshall

The 2013 Stencil Art Prize will be introducing a new category for International Artists and running; The World Stencil Art Prize. The World Stencil Art Prize is now open for entries for all International stencil artists. All finalists will be exhibited in October (Sydney, Australia) and the winner will receive $AUD 2,000. Full details on www.stencilartprize.com

The Australian Stencil Art Prize and the World Stencil Prize will exhibit together from the 16 – 27 October 2013. The exhibition will be held at the Chrissie Cotter Gallery in Camperdown Sydney.

This year the Australian Stencil Art Prize will celebrate its’ fifth anniversary and expand to include an opportunity for international artists to compete against each other in the World Stencil Prize.

The World Stencil Prize is open to all artists aged 15 years and over, and Australian artists are eligible to enter both the Australian Stencil Art Prize and the World Stencil Prize.

8 June: Public Provocations V

Artists in exhibition
Alice Pasquini / I
Amose / F
Case / D
Chris Stain / USA
Gris1 / F
Michael Grudziecki / PL
Orticanoodles / I
Robert Proch / PL
Wolfgang Krell / D

http://www.colab-gallery.com/en/exhibitions/current-exhibition/public-p…

The Colab Gallery presents the fifth edition of Public Provocations. It combines various styles, disciplines and techniques of Urban Art. Nine artists from all over the world will be providing insight into their creative work. Every single artist is unique, and the exhibition will be as extraordinary as each exceptional piece of work is. Public Provocations – a cross section of current works of the urban art scene.

Gezi Resist: A special Turkey upload

http://www.stencilarchive.org/archives/index.php/Middle_East/Turkey

The Stencil Archive presents a special upload for Turkey, which is seeing a massive swell of public street protests that are being violently answered by the government and police. Like most uprising hotspots, street art allows people to have a free, simple voice. Stencils have been part of art in the streets for years in Turkey (I feature a Turkish stencil in my 2008 book Stencil Nation), but I will scour the Internet and upload new ones when I find them.