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Sublime sunlight just outside the window here in SF, beaming down on a few fresh images and another round of updated archives. Click on through....
Thanks to: TXMX
Spinning: Taylor Swift on vinyl, Pink Floyd 1970 live at BBC, 1990 Dead live in NC
One more quick post of updated archives this morning before the busy day gets started.
Thanks to: Jaime Rojo and Brooklyn Street Art
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URBAN▪️Old School collage process▪️ I’m B I L L Y 💀💀💀 No Color•No Gender•No Age•No Religion•No Fear
Thanks to: TXMX (4-ever); @Louniki_; @radicalgraffiti
Spinning: Dead 4/1/1984 Marin Co. Vets Aud. cassette
Whew. Still trying to figure out the best way to update the archives. Focusing on archives with new images to add, and still working with smaller-sized ones. Smaller is defined as under 200 images, but still trying to double-check, revise, check again, and then add the new images. Done for the day so the sunshine can been enjoyed!
Spinning: Neal Cassady Drive Five tape :: Dead n Phish bootleg tapes
Brad Kahlhamer (b. 1956) is an artist working in a range of media including sculpture, drawing, painting, performance, [stencils,] and music to explore what he refers to as the "third place"—a meeting point of two opposing personal histories. Reimagining a subjective vocabulary through a neo-expressionist lens, his work references hallmarks of twentieth-century abstract painting, such as German Expressionism, while incorporating highly personal iconography.
Drawing on his tripartite identity, Kahlhamer’s work navigates his Native American heritage, adoptive German-American family, and adult life in New York City’s Lower East Side. While referencing Native American history and culture, his work explores his own displaced identity and straddles notions of authenticity and representation within the discourse of Native American art.
Took a break from the mundane Archive revisions to give the right arm a break. What better way to slow down a bit than to put some new images in a few artist archives like before. We also updated their archives while poking around.
Spinning: Sun Ra on vinyl, Sleepy Hollow Hog Stompers on cassette.
The West Asian/Middle Eastern Archive is one of the more trickier sections of our collection. Some street stencils have controversial statements, and some artists have fled their countries for fear of government reprisals. One artist asked to have their whole archive taken down after authoritarian government intimidation, and others protesting strong-man leaders continue to run forever on this site. No matter what the troubles are, there is no denying that stencils continue to make useful tools for speaking out against oppression and making other free speech statements.
