RON ENGLISH – STATUS FACTORY

Posted on 2010-08-30

Ron English presents “Status Factory,” a surreal assemblage of the artist’s most well-known character motifs alive in their natural habitat. English draws the curtain back to reveal the process and inspiration behind his most outrageous work, with sculpture, installation and street art shown for the first time in context beside a new body of monumental masterworks

Exhibition runs from September 12th to October 29th, 2010

Opera Gallery New York
382 West Broadway
New York
10012

www.popaganda.com

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BIG BAMBU AT THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART

Posted on 2010-08-30

Invited by The Metropolitan Museum of Art to create a site-specific installation for The Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Roof Garden, the twin brothers Mike and Doug Starn present their new work, Big Bambu: You Can’t, You Don’t, and You Won’t Stop. The monumental bamboo structure, ultimately measuring 100 feet long, 50 feet wide, and 50 feet high, takes the form of a cresting wave that bridges realms of sculpture, architecture, and performance. Visitors witness the continuing creation and evolving incarnations of Big Bambú as it is constructed throughout the spring, summer, and fall by the artists and a team of rock climbers. Set against Central Park and its urban backdrop, Big Bambu suggests the complexity and energy of an ever-changing living organism.It is the thirteenth-consecutive single-artist installation on the Roof Garden.

Exhibition runs through to October 31th 2010

The Metropolitan Museum of Art
1000 Fifth Avenue at 82nd Street
New York
10028-0198

www.metmuseum.org
www.starnstudio.com

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BARRY MCGEE – HOUSTON STREET MURAL

Posted on 2010-08-30

Barry McGee took to the wall made famous by Keith Haring in the 1980s by covering the entire canvas with red spray-painted tags — a simple follow-up to Fairey’s politically charged piece, which blended pop art and social commentary.

McGee created “the ultimate graffiti writer’s roll call” by painting the names of well-known taggers across the massive wall, producing “a strangely beautiful, if not challenging piece of commissioned abstract art,”

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