Nothing’s too cool, to take me from you…
New York has always been a haven for artists. Andy Warhol, Jean-Michel Basquiat, James Baldwin, Keith Haring, Madonna, Jay-Z, the list can fill a Twilight of the brilliant artists that have once been inspired while living in the city of dreams. The Maidstone’s latest exhibition, I’m An Artist Living In New York explores the connection between the city and artists by highlighting photography of the artists at play in the city.
Street art is a dangerous game. If you aren’t worrying about authorities, it’s your contemporaries, so being precise and stark is just part of the job description. Internationally known street artist Gabriel Specter has all that covered.
Observe a crisp delicacy in the act of isolationism.
Listen to the cunning precision in an absence of sound.
Pause where desolation of space coincides with character lost.
And whatever you do… do not disrupt the quiet.
Q: What Is “New York Is Red Hot?”
A: A super smooth audio-collage chronicling the hottest summer ever.
This is for those days when cigarettes and coffee aren’t enough. No matter how good Otis Redding coos it to you. The two founding members of NewVillager are multi-media artists from San Francisco and New York. It’s no wonder, given those spatial influences that the duo are rewriting pop music. This is new mythology. And I’m all in.
“New York is where stars are born, LA is where they go to die.” – Swiper Bootz.
“… who lives on Drury Lane?”
Nah – more like Delancey…
“Our place does not have phone or internet.” Judging by this comment from visual artist Ted Coconis, it’s understandable if you’ve concluded that he has either retreated into Amish country or fallen into one hell of a time warp. From his secluded studio in a beautifully bucolic stretch of Maine, the prolific and influential illustrator laughs incredulously at the idea of being tethered to technology past and present. “We’re solar powered, so there’s no traditional electricity available. No cell reception anywhere near either, so we’re basically incommunicado.” While the thought of being unable to access social networking platforms like Twitter or Facebook for more than an hour would equate to torture for many, this is splendid solitude to 84-year-old Coconis. “I deal with the outside world when I go to town every few days. It’s a bit of a nuisance for others, maybe, but it suits me just fine.”
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Happy Independance Day…
