Epics & Icons - Evolutions of Urban Art Hits Bronx Warhouse For Mega Show!

A mega art exhibit took place this past weekend for one night only entitled Epics & Icons - Evolutions of Urban Art at TRU SOUND LOUNGE in a 5,000 foot Bronx studio/warehouse.  The Grafstract Art (TAG) exhibit in showed over 20 artists curated by SinXero (TAG), Dennesa Andrea Usher and graffiti writer William Power.  The event also featured guest speakers such as Hank O'Neal (XCIA) and legendary photographers Henry Chalfant (Style Wars), Joe Conzo (Born In The Bronx) and Ricky Flores. 
Have a look at a few photos from the exhibit.....

Will Power and the gang!

BG183

Dennesa A. Usher

King Bee

Eddie Valle, above/below

Col Wallnut

King Bee & Cup Cake Guy

Icy & Sot (left)

Ricky Flores

Joe Conzo

SinXero, above/below

Will Power

James Sexer Rodriguez

Luis Zimad Lamboy

Close up of BG183

DJ Johnny Beats, Stefroc and Fumero 

Dustin Spagnola

Will Power

Hip Hop Is Dead, display and art by Will Power

Joe Conzo & Ricky Flores photos

Wall of SinXero & Will Power

by Henry Chalfant

Sam Smaranda, loved the bag she painted

The event was endorsed by everyone from ALL CITY PAINT, to Hank O'Neil to the Bronx Documentary Center. Stay tuned for more events by the group!

New Art/Fashion Mix: Street Artist Santi Moix Mural Prada!

Introducing a new (street) art/fashion mix at Prada by Santi Moix at the Spring St. store up until the end of August, I was not previously familiar with this artists until now.  Here are a few details from Paul Kasmin Gallery:
"We live in an era of increased security, but still the Spanish painter Santi Moix was stunned by the number of men in black who circled him during the 48 hours he recently spent inside the Prada Epicenter store in SoHo. “Tons of them, looking like secret agents” kept tabs on him, he said, as he temporarily transformed the Rem Koolhaas-designed space. “Now you can go to Gagosian, they have security everywhere,” he added, “but Prada was the first to have protection for the bags and the shoes.”

But Moix posed no threat to the accessories, only to the walls. He was there to embellish a 200-foot image of a naked model, designed by the design studio 2×4, a longtime Prada collaborator, giving her an otherworldly cast, as he’s known to do — a process captured in this time-lapse video documenting the mural’s creation. Moix’s imaginative works often delve into the magical and allude to epic tales, like a recent series at Paul Kasmin Gallery based on the adventures of Huckleberry Finn. “I like to think big,” he said. “When I lived down the block” — at Broadway and Spring Street, from 1993 to 2004 — “I always thought, ‘This wall would be a fantastic size.’”

Below are a few photos I took, impossible to capture the entire image as it spans the entire store, basically one block.

See the time lapse mural here: http://tmagazine.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/08/21/in-store-at-prada-a-provocative-mural-by-santi-moix/?_r=0 and or stop in the Prada store at Broadway & Spring.

Ivo Bisignano Illustrates The Fashion & Art World

Another amazing art/fashion mix I discovered from Diane, A Shaded View Of Fashion (http://www.ashadedviewonfashion.com), a while ago is Italian fashion artist Ivo Bisignano; also an archaeologist of fashion, a creative multi-tasker that mixes nostalgic inspiration with pure, visual design.  (I don't know a great deal about the artist nor could I find much on him expect for projects that he has worked on.)  Regardless, these are among my favorite illustrations below; sketches of prominent fashion and art world figures.  What I did find is that he describes himself as a "freak gang", composed of characters that defy the institutional categories to transmit an aesthetic message of beauty through diversity, uniqueness, and surreal, glamorous lines.

Andy Warhol

His methods ranges from pastel and wax drawings to more complex 3D illustrations made from plastic models in vegetal paper, bolted together with silk thread, that become animated dolls onto which the artist sews his outfit-mementos. The materials and fabrics have been preserved over time: old Diorstockings, Lavin embroidery, scraps from Burberry trench coats, bows, ribbons and vintage trimmings.
Have a look at his illustrations of the prominent in fashion....

Mucia Prada

Kate Moss

Dolce & Gabbana

Karl Lagerfeld

Linda Evangelista and Donatella Versace

Kristy Turlington

Model

John Galliano

Nice art/fashion mix! Visit http://yvobisignano.blogspot.com to keep up on this artist, I will be!