A New Way To Collect Your Favorite Artists Is Coming This Saturday - CLUSTER WALL Launches in Brooklyn!

The launch of  CLUSTER WALL Street Art Gallery by founder Evan Tobias, is upon us happening this Saturday, January 17, 2015 at 17 Frost Street in Brooklyn, NY.   A new way of collecting prints, the online gallery specializing in hand-pulled, low-run, hand-embellished screen prints will be showcasing work by the best street artists from around the world including:  

• World renowned street artist Tim Conlon’s first-ever hand-embellished prints
• Hand-embellished prints of New York punk icon Joey Ramone by Solus, one of Ireland's most famous street artists (below)
• Prints by ELLE, a female graffiti and street artist based in Brooklyn whose work is internationally collected
• A small series of original works by The DRiF!, whose abstract aesthetic has recently taken New York by storm (below)
• First hand-embellished prints by Chris RWK, who over the past 14 years has inspired a devoted following of thousands with his characters (below)

Solus

The DRiF

Chris RWK

...and that's only the beginning.  Also featured are Joe Iurato, Rubin, a JPO and Jilly Ballistic collab, ASVP and more.  Many more big names from NYC and around the world will also be featured this Saturday.

By offering only signed and numbered screen prints — never giclée or ink jet — Cluster Wall is changing the way street art is collected.  Collectors can be sure that their purchases are truly limited edition, handcrafted pieces of art.   Cluster Wall will only release 100 prints or fewer in a series, while still keeping prices modest.  This ensures the market will never be flooded with any one series and allows every fan an entry point to collecting.   Meanwhile, advanced collectors will find an array of original works to enhance their existing collections, making Cluster Wall the go-to portal for collectors on every level.

About the founder / curator, Evan Tobias started a news and arts magazine covering Williamsburg, Greenpoint, and Bushwick, Brooklyn called Block Magazine in 2002. He went on to start the first ever Skee-Ball League called Brewskee-Ball in 2005, then opened Full Circle Bar located in Williamsburg, Brooklyn in 2009. He is now launching Cluster Wall, following his passion for art by showcasing the best street artists in the world.

For more information visit: http://www.cluster-wall.com

and on Instagram @cluster_wall.

"Beverly Hills John" - Legendary Filmmaker & Artist JOHN WATERS at Marianne Boesky Gallery!

Last Friday evening, Marianne Boesky Gallery in Chelsea presented a long awaited exhibit by the "Pope of Trash" John Waters to a packed house, which you must see.  The third solo show at the gallery for Waters, "Beverly Hills John" will run through February 14, 2015 at 509 W. 24th Street, New York City.

For 50 years, Waters has provoked the idiosyncrasies of the movie business and childhood stars, the trade lingo, and the false depiction of the ugly and heroic.  His photograph work since 1995 has taken on politically correctness, religious lunacy and media manipulation.  A few of these images are below and for more classic Waters just view your legendary copies of "Hairspray," "Polyester" or one of his other timeless classics.  They must be in your library somewhere!   

Have a look at the exhibit and stop by the gallery to see it in person, which is much better than these photos of photos....

Need more?  The ultimate guide to John Waters is here: http://www.dreamlandnews.com and at the gallery here:

 http://www.marianneboeskygallery.com

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What's Good In The 'Hood? Tom Sanford Knows!

As a big fan of the artwork of New York based Tom Sanford, I couldn't wait to see his exhibit last weekend in Harlem at Gitler & _____ located on Broadway & 149th Street. It was a wonderful way to spend a Sunday afternoon and the house was packed.   

I discovered his work only last year while running from one Chelsea gallery to another on a crowded Thursday evening, of course, I had to learn more. His mainly figurative colorful and very detailed paintings range from historical works depicting celebrity assassinations to portraits of gangsta rappers and teen pop tarts to elaborate cosmologies weaved together from Hollywood movies. They reflect a deep ambivalence about the American cultural condition. A large portion of his latest series and over the past couple years revolves are the citizens of NYC, portraits and their cultural environment.

For this exhibit, What’s Good in The ‘Hood?, Sanford introduces 25 ink portraits of semi-known and famous Harlem citizens and one large-scale oil painting (A Train, 2014, above.) They are compromised of various friends, family members, fellow artists and gallivants who have helped shape the Hamilton Heights neighborhood that Sanford has called home for the last 12 years. Incorporated throughout are dozens of half-subliminal cues in the form of signage, fashions, and novelties that come together to create a distinct love letter to this slice of the City and those who inhabit it.

Sanford exaggerates his subjects’ features while stopping just shy of pop surrealism. His portraits are aspirational; he paints what and who he loves, blemishes and all, and reveals in his work what all seasoned New Yorkers know but often forget: we are vulnerable creatures who live in a city that obliges us (some more than others) to become extroverts. 

Have a look at the exhibit...

Tom Sanford & The A Train (above)

For more information on Tom Sanford and his work look here: http://www.tomsanford.com and on Instagram at @uberkunst.

Gitler &_____ is an art gallery dedicated to showcasing rising artists from around the world and seeks out talent through chance and word-of-mouth, moving in between genres to identify original craftsmen and visionaries who may not otherwise be brought to market. The art work is brought to light through pop-up galleries and at their NYC gallery located at 3629 Broadway (b/w 149th and 150th), New York, NY 10031.  

Hours are mainly weekend only, contact Elliott Avi Gitler at eag@gitlerand.com / (210) 887-4764 for more info or an appointment.