Celebrating the 90th anniversary of Walt Disney’s iconic Mickey Mouse and his influence on popular culture throughout the globe, Mickey: The True Original Exhibition is an exuberant tribute to the beloved, famed mouse. Featuring artworks in a range of media — including: painting, comic art, yarn bombing, sculpture and installation art — in a labyrinth-like setting, the pop-up exhibition continues through February 10 at 60 10th Avenue in the Meatpacking District. Pictured above is Keith Haring‘s rendition of Mickey Mouse. Several more images from Mickey: The True Original Exhibition follow:
The legendary Kenny Scharf, Cosmic Cavern, close-up, inspired by Mickey Mouse watch
Brooklyn-based Katherine Bernhardt, 99Cent Hot Dog, close-up
Japanese Pop Art pioneer Keiichi Tanaami, Mickey’s Japan Tourism
LA-based multimedia artist Michael John Kelly, Toon Town
Brooklyn-based fiber artist London Kaye
Mickey: The True Original Exhibition is open Tuesday-Sunday from 10am – 8pm. To enter you must have a ticket purchased in advance. Tickets can be purchased online here.
Photo credits: 1, 2 & 6 Lois Stavsky; 3, 4 & 5 Houda Lazrak
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In a nation where the American dollar seems to matter more than the American life, native New Yorker creative Maia Lorian in collaboration with veteran NYC street artist Abe Lincoln Jr. have released A Presidential Parody, an ad campaign addressing our nation’s misplaced priorities.
A variety of advertisements — reflecting Trump’s “all American” values — can be found throughout NYC from the Lower East Side to the Upper West Side. Featured above is a satirical ad for Trump Tower. Several more follow:
Ivanka’s Sweatshop
Trump’s Bistro
On the streets or Manhattan
The Miss Oligarchy Pageant
On the street
All four posters have been added to the permanent collection of Poster House, the first museum in the nation dedicated to the art of the poster.
With a background in comedy and improv, Maia Lorian has been featured in a range of productions including: Flight of the Conchords (HBO), The Onion News Network (IFC), a plethora of college humor videos that have gone viral and a series of films by cult filmmaker Mike Kuchar. She has also worked as a performance facilitator for Marina Abramovic’s piece Generator and has been featured on Saturday Night Live.
Abe Lincoln Jr. is a veteran street artist whose work has been featured in the Cooper-Hewitt Design Triennial. He is also a co-founder of the Resistance is Female art collective which was featured in Milton Glaser’s latest book The Design of Dissent. His work has been shown alongside other early street art contemporaries such as Swoon, Michael Defeo, and Ron English. He has collaborated with such brands as: Star Wars, Converse, Mad Magazine, and Kid Robot.
You can contact the talented duo at apresidentialparody@gmail.com
All photos courtesy the artists
Inspired by the wide range of street art that surfaces daily in Tel Aviv and beyond, street art enthusiast, educator and tour guide extraordinaire Dina Segev began sharing her poetry on public spaces about two years ago. Whether working alone or in collaboration with other artists, Dina is thrilled to express her poetic musings where others may unsuspectingly come upon them.
For her solo exhibition at Florentin’s legendary Tiny, Tiny Gallery, Dina has worked on a wide range of upcycled materials. “I found them all,” she told us when we stopped by while she was installing her works in perhaps the world’s tiniest gallery!
You can meet Dina tomorrow, Friday, December 21 between 1:30 PM – 3:30 PM, celebrate her opening and view her new works on a range of repurposed materials at Florentin 18 in Tel Aviv.
Images:
- Dina outside the Tiny Tiny Gallery while installing her solo exhibition
- Dina in collaboration with Rafi Baler in Ra’anana
- Dina in collaboration with Question Mark in Tel Aviv
- and 5. Dina at Tiny Tiny Gallery
Photo credits: 1-3 & 5 Lois Stavsky; 4 Dina Segev
Back in 2015, the American-born, Amsterdan-based artist Mando Marie aka Amanda Marie charmed us New Yorkers with her delightfully playful images that surfaced at the Welling Court Mural Project, the Quin Hotel and the 12C Outdoor Gallery. This Thursday, she will be sharing her newest works in Checked Out, a solo exhibition at Montreal’s Station 16 Gallery. A small sampling follows:
The iconic Reading Girl engrossed in Mad Magazine
A Collage of Book Covers
The exhibition opens — with the artist in attendance — this Thursday, November 29, from 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM at Station 16 Gallery, 3523 Boul. St-Laurent, and continues through December 22.
Images courtesy Station 16 Gallery
Earlier this month, the French Collective DA MENTAL VAPORZ — consisting of Bom.k, Brusk, Kan, Blo, Jaw, Lek and Sowat — brought their talents to Tel Aviv. At once darkly discomfiting and stunningly mesmerizing, their exhibition, Alone in the Dark, continues through March at the historic Beit Ha’ir Museum on 27 Bialik Street. What follows are a few more images I captured on a recent afternoon visit to the exhibition that made its way onto Beit Ha’ir’s walls, floors and celings:
From the outside looking in:
One of the many details of the installation
A bit of gore, detail
And some buoyant shapes and colors
One of many collaged images
Beit Ha’ir Museum exterior
One of several postcard images
Photos of images: Lois Stavsky
Hosted by Phillips Auction House on #GIVINGTUESDAY, November 27, Cool Culture presents an evening of food, open bar, dancing, raffles, along with sounds by DJ Paz and interactive art by Magda Love. And it’s all for a fabulous cause!
Each year Cool Culture partners with 90 cultural institutions — from museums to botanical gardens — and over 450 schools to provide free and unlimited arts access to 50,000 NYC families.
And in our current political climate, culture matters — perhaps, more now than ever. Next Tuesday evening’s #GIVEtoGET2018 is the ideal way to support a fabulous organization, while having a fabulous time!
Date: Tuesday, November 27, 2018
Time: 6:30 PM to 9:30 PM
Location: Phillips Auction House 450 Park Avenue (between 56 & 57th street)
Ticket: Purchase provides you with access to an open bar and appetizer
You can purchase tickets here. We are only 10 days away from #GIVEtoGET2018
All images courtesy Cool Culture; the third image was photographed at the Queens Museum by Margarita Corporan
Fusing his masterful fine art skills with his stylish street art sensibility, Jersey City-based DISTORT recently fashioned a huge mural in neighboring Hoboken. Highlighting three women — referred to by Mayor Ravi S. Bhalla as some of Hoboken’s favorite daughters — it is a visual paean to the city’s past, present and future.
Featured above is an image of the mural in progress — as photographed by Greg Pallante. Dorothy McNeil, a prominent presence at Hoboken’s Club Zanzibar that showcased performances by popular African-American entertainers throughout the 1960s and 1970’s, is portrayed on the far left. With camera in hand is the noted documentary photographer Dorothea Lange, who was born in Hoboken in 1895. And pitching a bat is Hoboken native Maria Pepe, the first girl to play Little League baseball, whose legacy is ending the ban on girls in Little League baseball. Several more images follow:
A close-up of the completed mural featuring Dorothea Lange and Maria Pepe
Maria Pepe addresses us all at mural unveiling
A wide view of the completed mural featuring two dock workers — on the right — referencing the city’s industrial history
Note: The mural was commissioned by Storage Deluxe with support from Golden Artist Colors and Jerry’s Artist Outlet in West Orange, NJ that donated the paint. Assisting DISTORT was graphic designer Hiro Hubbard.
Photo credits: 1 Greg Pallante 2 & 3 Lois Stavsky & 4 Tim Hughes
