Recap Urban Art Biennale 2015
Urban Art Biennale 2015 opening this weekend at the World Cultural Heritage Site at the Völklingen Ironworks in Germany. The second version of the Biennale which started in 2013 consisted of another impressive lineup of Urban artists from the genre. It was great to see the curator choose from so many aspects of the...
Preview FUTURA “INTROSPECTIVE” at Magda Danysz Paris
Futura has been in Paris the past Month working on his latest Solo exhibition at Magda Danysz Gallery in Paris. The exhibition titled “Introspective” will focus on new work from the artist. We were able to get a couple of in progress pictures of the work to go along with the video teaser to the...
Daniel Feral Recap “Deep Space” featuring Matta, Futura, Phase 2, and Rammellzee
Futura & Phase 2 Rammellzee Rammellzee Phase 2 Matta Daniel Feral just wrote an excellent recap of a historical show “Deepspace” featuring Matta, Futura, Phase 2, and Rammellzee. You can read the full post here on 12ozprophet.com. GF Obviously this show was curated to reveal the correlations between the fine art world of Matta and...
Artists you Should be following on Instagram
@shok_1 @staticmist @aarondelacruz @gary_msk_ha @marcograssiakapho @jerseyjoeism @saner_edgar @vanstheomega @ironeyes @graphicsurgery @zoercsx @mac_arte @askewone @francofasolijaz @heavylox @og_slick @keepdrafting @remirough @allchrome @chaz_bojorquez @willis82 @poesiatranscend @carlosmare @mr_jago @maxripo @saberawr @jaybomonk @derekbruno @mark_lyken @digitaldoes @futuradosmil @wais1 @jinscoe @hensethename @burningartmaster @lx1one @preysups @shortyfatz @n_nawer @moneyless1980 If you are instagram like the rest of us here is a list of...
New Futura Interview and Feature on Complex
We dont usually post other peoples interviews but our friends at Complex and Nick Schonberger did a great job interviewing Futura in their recent Feature on Futura “The art of Reinvention“. The feature starts in France going over his recent Hennessy collaboration yet covers so much more. From his beginnings to his current...
Futura – 2012 “Expansions” Galerie Jerome de Noirmont
Recently brainstorming for a feature we have been working on. We were comparing graffiti artists to artists throughout art history. Trying to relate Futura to an important figure, or artist to create some point of reference seemed impossible. We could correlate and make a generalization of the progression of graffiti throughout history. The one...
Archetypes Exhibition at Upfest 2011 FUTURA KAWS REMI ROUGH JAGO HERAKUT BEN EINE
When i first saw the flyer for the Archetypes Exhibition which was being held as part of Upfest 2011 in Bristol, I knew this was going to be a great show. Featuring the work of some of our favorite artists, and also bringing to the UK Kaws and Futura View Art Gallery put together an...
Futura 2000 Photography Interview
I have been watching Futura’s Flickr page for awhile and was immediately hooked. We all know the painter that is Futura the Graffiti Legend the Prestigious Artist, many of us weren’t aware of Futura the Photographer. Futura’s Flickr is a hidden goldmine of photographs that document Futura 2000. You get glimpses of his travels, his...
Futura 2000 Interview Walrus TV
"VIDEO-DESCRIPTION: Known for pioneering a more abstract style of graffiti writing, Futura played a major role in the NYCs graffiti scene of the 70s. As the popularity of graffiti art flared in the 70's and 80's, Futura's work was shown alongside artists such as Basquiat and Keith Haring. As his style developed, he began designing,...