STREET PREACHERS - All Female Street Art Exhibition

"STREET PREACHERS" 

An All Female Los Angeles Street Art Exhibition

Street Preachers is a visual commentary on the social, political and urban life experiences as seen through the eyes of some of Los Angeles top female street artists. Street art has gained an unprecedented exposure to larger audiences thanks to numerous highly publicize gallery and museum exhibits throughout the country and around the globe. Street Preachers is not only a presentation of the work of female street artists but also a celebration of the unique artist community and urban life in LA. 

Street Preachers artists include: Kym from the famed LA graffiti crew CBS, Jules Muck, London born artist Sarah's Incognito, the ever so talented and always entertaining Annie Preece aka Love, Annie and is curated by Ashleigh Summer, who is also a featured artist.

With an opening reception on September 6th, 2012 at The Center for the Arts Eagle Rock, I had the immense pleasure to meet and greet each of these female street artists. It was a great chance to talk to these leading ladies and to take a gander of the world through their creative and special perspective. Each piece was unique to each own and at times provided a softer and warm side to Los Angeles street art, all while not compromising on their street edge. 

Below are selected shots from the opening reception on September 6th, 2012

KYM CBS 

Ashleigh Summer

Sarah's INCOGNITO

Jules Muck

Annie Preece aka Love, Annie

Street Preachers is on view from September 6th to 27th, 2012 and is made possible by The Pasadena Arts Alliance and the Los Angeles County Arts Commission in conjunction with the Center of the Arts Eagle Rock and is located at 2225 Colorado Blvd. Los Angeles, Ca.90041.

To learn more about the Center of the Arts Eagle, participating artists of Street Preachers and upcoming exhibits and shows. Please visit the following links:

Center for the Arts Eagle Rock:

www.cfaer.org 

Annie Preece aka Love, Annie:

http://anniepreece.com/love-annie

Sarah's Incognito:

www.facebook.com/pages/SarahsINCOGNITO 

Jules Muck

http://julesmuck.com 

Ashleigh Summer:

www.facebook.com/pages/Ashleigh-Sumner-Gallery 

 

 

"AMERICANA" - New works by Shepard Fairey

 

 "AMERICANA" - New works by Shepard Fairey

Perry Rubenstein Gallery (LA) presents a special project by Shepard Fairey and Neil Young in celebration of the recent release of Young’s new album with Crazy Horse, “Americana", which features reinterpreted classic, American, folk songs. Fairey has created eleven new paintings, each one inspired by the songs, such as Oh Susannah, This Land Is Your Land and Clementine. The new Shepard Fairey paintings were on view starting August 25th to September 7th, 2012. In addition, Shepard released a limited quantity release of the Americana Print Edition Box Set, which sold out very qucik at the opening on August 25th. The Box Set will include a collection of screen print versions of all the new paintings. In addition, individual prints of this box set are being released exclusively on the ObeyGiant website at undetermined dates.

Each of the new paintings resonate powerful messages presented in the songs, some depicting a hopeful outlook on the pursuit of a better tomorrow, while others reflect the hardships that come in trying to achieve that dream. One painting related to Clementine, which captures the words of a mourning lover whose “darling,” the daughter of a California Gold Rush miner, drowned. Here she is represented by the levitating body of a young woman draped in white, with the text “And Gone.” Another painting is related to the 1848 minstrel song Oh Susannah that features a dungaree-wearing banjo player with the text “DON’T YOU CRY FOR ME.” Other works feature a wanted poster, an iconic image of Queen Elizabeth embroidering an American flag (God Save the Queen); and, a lonely tree, stripped bare of its leaves, in a desolate landscape.

 

 

Below are selected shots from the opening on Aug. 25th, 2012

 

 

 "This Land is Your Land"

 

 

"Going" & "Gone" 

 

 

 

For Young and Crazy Horse’s rendition of the famous 1940 Woody Guthrie song known to every school-aged child in America, This Land Is Your Land, written in response to Irving Berlin’s God Bless America, Fairey has depicted the hopeful face of a youth, set against a dramatic Western Landscape. Three rows of sharp, barbed wire cross the boy’s path with the text “NO TRESSPASSING / THIS LAND IS MY LAND.” The text is derived from a variant verse Guthrie added as a social commentary during a 1944 recording session. Fairey’s paintings are mixed media on canvas, including techniques such as stenciling, collage, and screen-printing. All of the paintings measure closely to the 30 x 44 inch dimension, which is one of Fairey’s standard choices of size. “Americana” is Neil Young with Crazy Horse’s first album together in nine years and is being released on June 5 on Reprise Records.

 

 

 

 

 

To learn more about Shepard Fairey, OBEY, his art and upcoming shows, please visit:

 www.obeygiant.com 

For upcoming exhibitions and shows at the Perry Rubenstein Gallery, please visit:

www.perryrubenstein.com