Patrick McNeil and Patrick Miller, known collaboratively as FAILE, are the visionaries behind Deluxx Fluxx’s floor-to-ceiling blacklight art interiors. Together they’ve blurred the boundaries between fine art, urban art, and popular culture throughout their 20+ years of practice. FAILE brings to New York elements from the golden age of arcades, punk rock, hip-hop and graffiti culture that are now synonymous with the Deluxx Fluxx experience.   Read the full article at https://www.juxtapoz.com/news/installation/faile-open-a-permanent-outpost-for-their-iconic-deluxx-fluxx-installation/

The Pratt alum continues to rebel with color and camp through his painting practice. These days he has a much more receptive audience. The artist’s journey recalls that of queer, creative kids across the country who not only assert their difference but wield it. To paraphrase Baldwin, they walk on the earth as though they have the right to be here. Read the full article at https://www.papermag.com/ben-evans-artist-interview-bless#rebelltitem27

Holding your breath suggests anticipation. But to wait to exhale is so much more loaded. The sensation is one of withholding more than anticipating. You want to dance, but only when you can do so with reckless abandon, without surveillance or interruption, or judgment. You want to live, but only on your terms. A real life, not a half life. Portraits of acrylic on canvas depict Black women in their variance and range. The quiet tension that precedes a revelation swirls through their paintings, all of which center the Black woman. Oxygen is the medium of life, and here serves

The New York-based artist Lance De Los Reyes has died, aged 44. The artist, who used the moniker Rambo, was best-known for his graffiti depicting upside-down crowns, a tribute to Jean-Michel Basquiat, and the cryptic poems he painted on billboards and buildings across New York City. More recently in his practice, the artist had focused on large-scale abstract paintings. Read the full article at https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2021/11/08/lance-de-los-reyes-graffiti-artist-known-as-rambo-has-died-aged-44

Allouche Gallery in New York has announced a new group show curated by Brooklyn-based artist Stickymonger along with fellow spray paint artists namely Gucci Ghost, Micheal Reeder, Paul Insect and UFO907. Read the full article at https://hypebeast.com/2021/10/stickymonger-spray-painterly-curated-group-show

Michael Reeder’s artwork exudes an ambiguity and with that comes thought provocation, as he wants the viewer to question the sense of self. We see that there’s an essence of modern day surrealism with the dream-like quality of his works, and he reflects this in a contemporary setting with his choice of color palette and the graphic quality.   read the full article at https://www.forbes.com/sites/felicitycarter/2018/08/14/artist-michael-reeder-explores-identity-and-sense-of-self/?sh=8a8dc545903d