Jeffrey Bruton, an active participant in the San Francisco art community, known for his high quality screen prints and owner of the t-shirt and art storefront, The Loin, is giving up space for pop-ups. Located in San Francisco’s Tenderloin district, his spot is perfect for not only seeing and buying all kinds of art, but for meeting artists from all over. You never know who’ll walk in. Details are up at Storefront. …
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90’s throwback trivia: Remember Cibo Matto, a duo of Japanese women expats in NYC from the mid 90s, playing Shibuya-kei, trip hop, indie pop rock, ambient, bossa nova, and acid jazz? They had songs, and performances on shows like Buffy The Vampire Slayer, and in movies like Half-Baked. Sean Lennon was briefly a former member of the band. They’ve collaborated with The Beastie Boys and contributed to The Beastie’s now defunct record label Grand Royal. With two albums out: Viva! La Woman (1996) …
The internets is a-buzzing over the unexpected release of the self-titled BEYONCÉ album on 12/12/2013. This is her fifth studio album to date. A self-titled album is usually a statement, a declaration that an artist has arrived on the scene. Some artist release a self titled album right away at the beginning of their career, while others wait (like Aaliyah’s in 2001) when they feel they have reached a point they are most comfortable with their artistry to make the …
Street artist Peter Drew just made this short documentary film about tagging. The city council dug his portraits of past time outlaws and allowed his work to stay on public walls. Drew started to wonder why his work was ok, but other forms of street art, like tagging, were not? The film explores the idea of street artists jamming the system while it embraces their work. Some people in the film see tagging as a road to nowhere. It lacks …
Nekst was a prolific writer out of Houston, Texas. According to Houston Culture Map, he got hooked on tagging in the early 90’s and never stopped. He even did a bid in Dallas for “art crimes.” I get the impression that he went in as Next and came out as Nekst. He eventually made it to New York where he ran with the Mad City Kings crew. Nekst died last year. Information surrounding his life and death remain a mystery, at least …
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