“Life is not merely what it seems to be. Hidden from our eyes by the cloak of materiality is a wonderful world which only the eyes of the dreamer can see and the soul of the mystic comprehend.” Read the full article at https://brooklynrail.org/2022/06/in-memoriam/A-Tribute-to-Lance-De-Los-Reyes
BAST has always been a proper good outcast of the street art world, and we mean that lovingly. He is so essential to the aesthetic, but has always been his own singular artist. His collaborations, with either Faile or Paul Insect, have this playful nostalgic feel, and his own works used to have a pop-culture critique that was some of the best in the business. Read full article at https://www.juxtapoz.com/news/painting/melmoth-confetti-bast-channels-oscar-wilde-allouche-gallery-nyc/
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
Artist Teiji Hayama has developed a unique creative process wherein he leverages the pop culture, digital media, and traditional painting together, resulting in images that are at once filled with highly recognizable iconography yet remain decidedly foreign. On view through February 11, 2025, Hayama’s solo exhibition “Million Eyes” is on view in New York with Allouche Gallery, offering visitors the chance to immerse themselves in the artist’s creative and uncanny world. The works featured in “Million Eyes” allow viewers to not only gain insight into Hayama’s distinctive artistic practice, but psychologically engage with and reflect on the power of images, particularly
The Seattle-born artist’s instantly recognisable form of self-expression is his airbrushed dog illustrations, which he uses in his work to erase the stigma of the graffiti scenes he grew up in. Completely self-taught, CHITO’s repeated dedication to his motifs have become his own hallmark style, with a set of characters that you’ll no doubt have seen grace your Instagram feed over the last five years. Read the full article at https://www.complex.com/style/a/jacob-davey/chito-interview
Contrasting the often violent nature of gang culture, Sissòn breathes optimism into his paintings by using a vibrant choice of colors and harking to 2Pac’s famous poem, “The Rose That Grew From Concrete”. Similar to the lyrics, Sissòn’s painting’s articulate through portraiture a message of adversity; that despite societal hinderances the way out is yours to define. Read the full article at https://hypebeast.com/2022/9/sisson-one-way-out-exhibition-franchise
