From “Bad Boys of Art at Manhattan Galleries,” by Roberta Smith, 11 February, 2010: The 1980s certainly had no shortage of genuinely hopeless bad boys from both sides of the Atlantic, but Keith Haring 1958-1990 deviated from the norm by having something close to a heart of gold. It always seemed emblematic that his subway …
Author Archives: James Cockroft
Amazon, “Name Tagging” and “today’s street art culture”
From time to time, Amazon sends me email advertisements for books and whatnot based on other stuff I’ve purchased from them. From my view, this is an occasionally helpful—if often useless and slightly annoying—and sometimes amusing ‘service,’ and I’ve actually purchased maybe .001% of the books that have been advertised to me in this way. …
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SABER on MSNBC
SABER on the Dylan Ratigan show. MSNBC, January 25, 2010. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4EifzEFHuus]
Guerilla Marketing
In a previous post, I briefly mentioned an advertising phenomenon known as ‘Guerilla Marketing.’ It occurs to me that this concept might prove useful as this examination of graffiti continues. In 2005, Sony hired TATS Cru to design and carry out an advertising campaign in major cities throughout the United States. Stencil graffiti and wheat-pastes …
Deitch’s NYC Finale? Shepard Fairey – ARTINFO.com
Deitch’s NYC Finale? Shepard Fairey – ARTINFO.com. If I had to choose between this and the Banksy film, I think I would choose the latter. And kudos to Mr. Fairey for scoring this prestigious gig and joining the company of other ‘street artists’ who have enjoyed exhibitions at Deitch. Swoon, for example.
Banksy Strikes at Sundance – Carpetbagger Blog – NYTimes.com
Banksy Strikes at Sundance – Carpetbagger Blog – NYTimes.com. I think I’d like to see this movie. . . Sounds like pretty good times, for sure.
Ephemerality and Persistence, pt. 1
Despite the persistence of paint on the walls of the caves at Altamira and Lascaux—which are over 20,000 years old—and the writing on the walls of Pompeii, graffiti is a largely ephemeral affair. The easiest surfaces to mark (sandstone, for example) are the naturally the quickest to decay. Spraypaint fades due to sunlight, automobile exhaust, …
