EXHIBITION > YOUNG & FREE: Contemporary Australian Street Artists

The YOUNG & FREE exhibition is set to be the biggest ever of it’s kind in America by showcasing the work of 13 very talented young Australian artists. It will be heading to San Francisco in September (and back to Australia early 2012)…

Artists include Anthony Lister, Kid Zoom, Ben Frost, Dabs & Myla, Dmote, Meggs, Rone, Reka, Sofles and Vexta. With sprays, stencils and paste-ups, the pieces in the YOUNG & FREE exhibition are as varied as the artists, their backgrounds, and themselves.

Opening on September 10th at 941 Geary Gallery in San Francisco.

"There are many similarities between Australia and San Francisco: both have famous bridges, internationally established street art cultures and, of course, trams. What is different is our beginnings. Australia’s criminal foundations have seeped into our national persona, Aussies are born with a spirit of rebellion. As the opening lines from our national anthem proclaim, ‘Australians all let us rejoice, for we are Young and Free.’…”

EXHIBITION / The Boneyard Project: ‘Return Trip’ at Pima Air & Space Museum

Boneyard Project: Return Trip is a large scale exhibition that has just opened at the Pima Art and Space Museum in Tucson, Arizona and will include artists Andrew Schoultz, How & Nosm, Nunca, Retna, and Faile who have all painted their own individual airplanes as well as a cockpit here and there.

With the idea behind the show conceived by Eric Firestone, with the help of curator Carlo Mccormick after the successful ‘Nose Job’ exhibition at Eric Firestone Gallery, which included works from Aiko, Bast, Crash, Daze, El Mac, Ron English, Shepard Fairey, Futura, Erik Foss, Tara Mcpherson, Richard Prince, Lee Quinones, Kenny Scharf, and many more.

ART CUSHIONS by Ruben Ireland

Our ARTIST OF THE DAY Ruben Ireland also has these amazing Limited Edition Art Cushions for sale at ClickforArt – which is part of a growing collection of Limited Edition Cushions & Pillows designed by some of the world’s leading artists and illustrators.
 

Each cushion has a feather filled inner, constructed of super soft faux suede, and is printed one side with a plain white back.

reALIze: The Muhammad Ali Monument

The monument you see above is the result of a three-year creative journey that began when internationally lauded artist Michael Kalish was approached by Lonnie and Muhammad Ali to create a private original sculpture for them from Kalish’s signature license plate art collection.

This experience provided the inspiration for Kalish to undertake the epic task of creating reALIze. The monument is larger than life, as is Ali’s legacy: an appropriate testament to the essence of the legend the world has come to know, simply, as “The Greatest.”

The breath-taking effect is an enormous, 360-degree, two-story structure composed of five miles of stainless steel, two miles of aluminum tubing, and 1300 boxing speed bags. Viewed from nearly every angle, the result appears to be a massive, boxing-inspired rainstorm — but find the exact right position, and it unexpectedly becomes a 2-D vision of the timeless face of Muhammad Ali.

Conceptualized by Kalish and designed by Kalish and architectural firm Oyler Wu Collaborative, reALIze is the ultimate tribute to the iconic boxing legend.

The unveiling of reALIze is scheduled for March 25, 2011 at L.A. Live in Los Angeles, CA.

Warehouse Wall > SLICK x CALE x DISSIZIT

GRAFFITI / SUPER MARIO BROS. Themed Warehouse Wall by SLICK x CALE x DISSIZIT

INTERIOR DESIGN / Graffitied ‘PANIC ROOM’ at Hotel Au Vieux Panier by Tilt

Internationally renowned graffiti artist Tilt has recently completed this crazy half white/half neon graffiti room at the Au Vieux Panier hotel in Marseille, France. The Hotels only 6 rooms are redesigned annually by commissioned artists and designers. For this space entitled Panic Room, Tilt divided the room down the middle, one half covered entirely in his trademark vibrant and bubbly graffiti and the other half stark white.