Graffiti.Street Art.: March 2013

Saturday, March 23, 2013

Sunday, March 10, 2013

“You don’t have to move out of your neighborhood to live in a better one.”

Saturday, March 9, 2013

this song and all makes me want to cry

In preparation for their collaboration at Ad Hoc Gallery in Bushwick, Armsrock and Chris Stain sailed deep into the Brooklyn night not far from the huge Brooklyn Navy Yard, hoisting up ladders to put up a large mural stirring the contemplative inner currents of child's play entitled "I Know There Is Love", inspired by a Crass song of the same name. Using projections of their original work as well as improvised chalk drawings, the storytelling includes two tadpole-aged lads and a small harbor of imaginary vessels. In it one instantly escapes to a freer time of discovery when multiple dreams were easily set afloat. As if a reaction to the rough and salty seas of daily life in New York for many, the street artist co-captains hang a huge banner across the mast of this ship to announce that it is possible to right the bow and head toward hope. Summer 2009

Articulate Baltimore

Articulate: Baltimore, co-curated by Maryland-based artists Stefan Hauswald and Jesse James, is a public art initiative aimed at activating vacant space and integrating buildings, people, and culture along North Howard where it intersects with West Franklin and West Mulberry Streets. The project has transformed the experience that pedestrians, light-rail and bicycle riders, and drivers have as they arrive in or pass through this critical gateway to the newly designated Bromo Tower Arts & Entertainment District. This striking visual improvement has occured within view of a major east-west commuter thoroughfare to Route 40, a heavily used public transportation route, and the driving path to major Westside attractions such as Everyman Theater and the France-Merrick Performing Arts Center at the Hippodrome. This public art is also situated beside the two of only three significant residential buildings in the new district north of Fayette Street and in the orbit of some the most frequented emerging arts destinations in the city—Current Space, Gallery Four, Nudashank, Floristree, Fifth Dimension, and the new Downtown Cultural Art Center.

http://chrisstain.com/post/34236659952/over-the-weekend-i-took-a-trip-down-to-baltimore

“My work explores the emotional and physical struggle of growing up in an urban environment. Through hand-cut stencils and installations made from found materials I hope to inspire compassion for the often overlooked individuals of society.” – Chris Stain