Today, Saturday, June 9th, marks the ninth anniversary of the extraordinary community-driven Welling Court Mural Project, conceived and curated by Ad Hoc Art. While visiting yesterday, travel and street photographer Karin du Maire aka Street Art Nomad captured several artists at work, as well as a few completed murals. Pictured above is the wonderfully talented Queen Andrea at work. Several more images follow:
John “Crash” Matos — posing in front of his mural, based on a painting of his from 1980
Lmnopi
Joel Artista and Marc Evan at work on collaborative wall with Chris Soria
Netherlands-based Michel Velt at work
Cey Adams
KingBee at work
Peat Wollaeger aka Eyez
Herb Smith aka Veng, RWK, alongside his mural
Celebrate the launch of this model community-based mural project from 12pm – 8pm today at 11-98 Welling Court in Astoria, Queens. Check here for directions.
Photos by Karin du Maire
Just a few minutes from downtown Manhattan, Jersey City’s Freshly Baked Gallery showcases prints and original artworks by an outstanding array of both local and global artists. This Saturday, its most ambitious venture yet, “Spring Theory,” will open from 3 – 8 pm. This is a small sampling of the featured artwork:
Milan native El Gato Chimney
Honolulu native Ekundayo
Spain’s Sebas Velasco
NYC’s Herb Veng Smith
Other artists represented in this exhibit include: Ashes 57, Dulk, Enoe, Emilio Florentine, Uri, Peter Taylor and Jose Mertz. And between 3:30 – and 5:30 you can expect wild floral body painting by Emilio Florentine. Located at 383 Monmouth Street, on the corner of 2nd, Freshly Baked Gallery is a short walk from the Grove Street Path.
All images courtesy of the gallery.
Opening this evening — from 6-8pm — at Chelsea’s Galerie Protégé, a handsome space at 197 9th Avenue, is Beyond Literacy, a selection of imaginative and impressive artworks by Joseph Meloy, Enrico Oyama, Chris RWK, and Herb Smith aka Veng. Here’s a brief preview:
Joseph Meloy whose Vandal Expressionism has become an integral part of NYC’s visual landscape
Tokyo native Enrico Oyama, close-up
Chris, RWK, close-up
Herb Smith aka Veng
Photos of Joseph Meloy’s and Enrico Oyama’s artwork by Lois Stavsky; of Chris RWK’s by City-as-School intern Anna Loucka and of Herb Smith’s by Joseph Meloy
This past weekend — on one of winter’s chilliest days — we hit Bushwick, where we caught some new images and revisited others.
New from Brooklyn-based Elbow Toe with Veng‘s signature birds
Belgian artist Roa
4Burners‘ Dasic and Rubin with Madrid-based Okuda
Berst tribute to NEKST, RIP
Brooklyn-based Never
Brooklyn-based Bast
Bast, close-up
Photos by Lenny Collado
Some wonderful walls have recently surfaced in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Here is a sampling:
Belgian artist Roa
More after the jump!
Although the streets of Bushwick almost always attract visiting artists, it is home to many NYC-based artists whose works surface regularly. Among these are Veng, Bast, Ewok, Never & Wane.
Veng’s signature character on Stewart Avenue off Johnson Avenue
More after the jump!
