Blade & Swet painting & chillin in Aarhus(Scandanavia)Sept.2007
BLADE TC5 REMIX
Cope2, Cornbread, Blade & T-Kid will be in Reading Pa. from Dec.7th -Jan.2nd.
"The 1st Graffiti artist in the world (1966) Cornbread
meets Blade (the King of graffiti 1972) at Ian White's show
The Taking of Reading, Pa. The children of Reading Pa, stand with the two
legends!
Blade's 1st collaberation (piece) with Boxie (Amsterdam)
A heartfelt thanks to Henrik, Christian, Jon for making their vision a reality, that shall live in the hearts of all people involved
Copenhagen Exhibition
Blade and Portia would like to thank Jeanette Oxvang and Jeppewestrup of the Graffiti galleret .DK for their support and love during their visit
Aarhus Anders Lars Jimmie were great underground soldiers who rose to the ranks for the kings arrival.The queen gives her love and expresses her gratitude for a warm reception from everyone.
VH1 Presents (The Coolest Nite In HELL) airs on VH1 Channel
at 9pm on August `11th (The Blackout of 1977's 30th Anniversary!!!!) Blade,
Henry Chalfant & Lee appear in interviews!
Sept.5th 2007,Blade lectures at the Danish National Museum of Art in Copenhagen, Denmark (Historic lecture on Graffiti)
BLADE EXHIBITION IN COPENHAGEN
Copenhagen Sept,4th/ graffitigalleriet.dk Sept, 6th afterparty Sept,6th/ Live Painting in Fredericia Sept,7th / Artboks Opening & Afterparty at Sept,8th / Amsterdam Departure Sept, 11th
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Click Flyer Below Blade 50th Birthday Photo's Event.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
The powerHouse Arena, Maripol, halcyon the shop, and Montana
are pleased to announce
That 70s Show:
New York City in the 1970s
Exhibition Dates: March 9–April 15, 2007
The powerHouse Arena
37 Main Street * Brooklyn, New York 11201
For more information, please call 212-604-9074 x101
Gallery Hours:
Mon–Fri: 10am–7pm
Weekends: 11am–7pm
To preview the show please visit
http://www.powerhousearena.com/70s_home/home.html
That 70s Show is an ode to a city long forgotten, a city on the brink
of bankruptcy, rife with anarchy, brimming with uninhibited flavor and
fearless adventure: New York City in the 70s. The exhibition pays tribute
to the people of New York—from the pimps and the pushers to the
police and the politicians, the musicians and the artists to everyday
citizens—whose perseverance during these years reveals the true
spirit of our city. That 70s Show takes us back to a time of crisis and
creativity, anxiety and artistry, madness and majesty—when genius
burned up the sky like the Bronx on fire.
Featured artists include:
Charlie Ahearn, writer, director, and producer of Wild Style
Alvin Baltrop (1948-2004), Vietnam-era veteran and photographer of New
York’s West Side Piers from 1975-1986
Roberta Bayley, Queen of punk rock photography
BLADE, King of graff; only living artist other than Warhol to be on cover
of Sotheby’s catalogue
Joe Conzo, photographer shooting hip hop and salsa in the Bronx during
the 1970s
Martha Cooper, photographer of Subway Art, Hip Hop Files: 1979–1984,
and We B*Girlz
DAZE, old-school graffiti legend and artist
Misha Erwitt, noted photojournalist
John Fekner, famed street artist whose stencils in the Bronx defined the
era
Larry Fink, celebrated photographer and author five books including Social
Graces
Flo Fox, old-school street photographer
Jill Freedman, acclaimed documentary photographer and author of Street
Cops
Carol Friedman, portrait photographer and author of The Jazz Pictures
Ron Galella, godfather of the paparazzi and author of five books including
Disco Years
Flint Gennari, old-school graffiti pioneer and fine art photojournalist
Godlis, the CBGBs photographer
Arlene Gottfried, author of Midnight and Sometimes Overwhelming
Bobby Grossman, photographer and star of Downtown 81
IZ THE WIZ, old-school graffiti legend and artist
Lisa Kahane, documentary photographer shooting the South Bronx in the
late 70s
Seth Kushner, portrait photographer and author of The Brooklynites
Helen Levitt, celebrated street photographer and author of Slide Show,
Here and There
Builder Levy, noted photographer; author of Images of Appalachian Coalfields
and Builder Levy Photographer
Christopher Makos, famed Warhol photographer and Factory personality
Maripol, Queen of the Polaroid, stylist extraordinaire, and film producer
Susan Meiselas, Magnum photographer and author of Carnival Strippers
Metal Man Ed, metal sculptor
Anton Perich, publisher of Night magazine, painter, photographer and video
artist
Dustin Pittman, W and WWD fashion photographer and 70s pop-culture documentarian
Joseph Rodriguez, acclaimed photojournalist and author of four books
Thomas Roma, Guggenheim Fellow and Director of the Photography at Columbia
University
Jamel Shabazz, celebrated street photographer and author of Back in the
Days
SEEN, old-school graffiti legend
SHADOW aka Christopher Lee, old-school graffiti pioneer
SNAKE 1, one of the founders of Writers Corner188
Harvey Stein, street and portrait photographer, author of four books including
Coney Island
Straightman aka LAVA, old-school graffiti writer and flyer king
Helen M. Stummer, fine art photo documentarian, author of No Easy Walk,
Newark, 1980-1993
Allan Tannenbaum, photojournalist for SoHo Weekly News and author of New
York in the 70s
James TOP, old-school graffiti pioneer and artist
Harvey Wang, award-winning filmmaker, photographer, and author of Harvey
Wang's New York and Flophouse
Dondi White, old-school graffiti legend and artist
“Let us not leave unsaid in this the obvious: at perhaps no other
time in its history has art rubbed up so closely to the proclivities and
possibilities of criminality. Certainly a keen awareness of this lineage—from
the more distant exemplars of Genet and Artaud to something closer, like
Abbie Hoffman shutting down the New York Stock Exchange with am modest
shower of one-dollar bills—was in the air. More important, given
the sheet weight of cultural apathy—radicalism reduced to streaking,
icons reduced to pet rocks, rebellion tamed into corporate rock—the
intangible decompression of spirit that took over Sin City, a town President
Ford told to ‘Drop Dead,’ where Serpico was sheriff, and a
famous blackout shopping spree enabled hip hop to gain even greater velocity
and volume—and the vertigo of occupying a vacuum left by the loss
(or at least relocation) of the American Dream—the only possible
response was to fend for yourself in improvisatory, temporal solutions
and to take all that was left behind as food or fodder. If you want to
draw the arc from Gordon Matta-Clark cutting through an abandoned pier
to three artists—David Wojnarowicz, Mike Bildo, and Luis Frangella
(and eventually an untold legion of more)—taking over a West Side
Pier to execute a guerilla aesthetic transmogrification of the urban brut,
or along that same stretch of waterfront, trace it from the orgy of anonymous
gay sex on the pier and in the trucks parked along them to the fury of
Wayne (later Jayne) County and the Electric Chairs, think about repossessing
means of the dispossessed.”
—Carlo McCormick
Maripol's work as an art director and designer has influenced popular
movements in music, fashion, and art since the early 1980s. Maripol never
went out without her Polaroid SX 70' camera. She was the founder of Maripolitan
Popular Objects Ltd., a fashion accessories company, she also designed
merchandising for Madonna's "Like a Virgin" tour, following
the success of her styling of Madonna for the "Like A Virgin"
album cover, shot by Steven Meisel. Maripol has art directed films by
Marcus Nispel and Abel Ferrara and music videos for Cher, D'Angelo, Elton
John, Luther Vandross etc... Her clients also include Kodak, L'Oreal,
Panasonic, and Peugeot. She directed the documentary "Crack is Wack"
on Keith Haring for French TV as well as other shorts. Maripol's work
has been exhibited at P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, Deitch Projects,
the Robert Miller Gallery, New York, Musée Maillol, Paris, Triennale
Museum, Milan and the MFAH, Houston. Maripol has produced films including
Downtown 81, which she also art directed, Just an American Boy by Amos
Poe, and Face Addicts by Edo Bertoglio. She has been published in The
New York Times Magazine, WWD, Time Out New York, ELLE, and i-D, Numero
Japan 2007 and Rolling Stone Italy, 2007. Maripol's books include Maripolarama
(powerHouse Books, 2005), New York Beat: The Making of Downtown 81 (Petit
Grand, 2001) and Mes Polas: 1977–90s(Art Random, 1990). Maripol
lives in New York with her teenage son Lino. She will be presenting at
powerHouse a series of t-shirts made from her Polaroids in collaboration
with digital artist hubert K., they were produced in Italy by Elio Fiorucci
for Love Therapy, as well as some items in collaboration with artist Jason
LeBlond.
halcyon the shop is the music store/design boutique/street art gallery
operated by the team behind the world famous halcyon cafe on Smith St.
Just as the original halcyon led the way for the explosive development
of Smith St. in ‘99, the shop, opened in ‘04, has been blazing
the trail for Brooklyn's next hot hood, DUMBO. Nestled on a corner facing
the majestic Manhattan Bridge anchorage, the shop's interior makes an
immediate impression with it's 14' vaulted brick ceilings and unique "outside-in"
design, a mixture of faux grass and bark treatments, edge lit green acrylic
accents, custom fixtures of re-purposed heart pine and pools of loose
river rocks on the floor. Dedicated to supporting the underground music,
art and fashion that shapes our urban experience, the shop offers an obsessively
curated selection of underground, imported and independently released
music, focusing on DJ-friendly new and used vinyl, as well as CDs and
DVDs. A friendly and knowledgeable staff and open listening policy encourage
customers to explore the unfamiliar and expand their musical boundaries.
On the design side, the shop features a constantly changing array of hand
screened T-shirts and fashion accessories, art and design books, periodicals
and self published 'zines, posters and prints. A gallery space mounts
monthly shows spotlighting local, national and international talent in
the graff and street art realm. Halcyon also produces, co-promotes and
provides DJ talent and music programming for a busy calendar of events
ranging from local community block parties and outdoor film screenings
in Dumbo's Empire Fulton Ferry State Park, to underground dance parties
in NYC's top club and lounge venues. 2007 will see the long anticipated
launch of Ransom Note, a label joint venture with Brooklyn based DJ/Producer
Adultnapper.
For more information, please contact Sara Rosen, Publicity Director
powerHouse Books, 37 Main Street, Brooklyn, NY 11201
Tel: 212-604-9074 x105, Fax: 212-366-5247, email: sara@powerHouseBooks.com
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Coming March, 2007
PUBLICITY · PROMOTION · SPECIAL EVENTS · MARKETING
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& “BEST WEST VILLAGE SHOP”
TIMEOUT NEW YORK EAT OUT AWARD WINNER: CHOCOLATE BAR: “BEST CHOCOLATE
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NEW YORK CITY- Great chocolate, pure street. Alison Nelson’s Chocolate Bar turns back the clock, goes back in the day and throws down a stylin’ new line of choc-o-graphic Graffiti Bars to debut this March, 2007. Ten legendary New York City graffiti artists including Blade, Crash, Crachee, Crime 79, Dondi, Dr. Revolt, Iz the Wiz, Lady Pink, Spar One and Voice of the Ghetto (Stay High 149) have created one-of a kind works transforming wrappers for an array of new candy bar of which a portion of the proceeds will benefit the All-Stars Project. Produced and manufactured by Alison Nelson’s Chocolate Bar, each Graffiti Bar weighs an impressive 2.25 ounces and is filled with classic treats enrobed in the finest gourmet chocolate. New bar flavors include Milk Almond, Milk Cafetto, Caramel, Cookies-n-Cream, Smores, Dark Strawberry, Dark Toffee Crunch, Banana Milk, Dark Rum and Dark Chocolate. Individual bars can be purchased for $4.00 each or a Limited Edition “gallery box” includes the full 10 bars and an authentic graffiti stencil created by Brooklyn-based artist Stencil1 used for customizing wallets, walls, t-shirts or whatever. Price $40. To inquire about pre-orders please contact 800.481.2462 or email info@chocolatebarnyc.com. Press contact Workhouse Publicity, Lauren Gould via lauren@workhousepr.com or telephone 212. 645. 8006.
ARTIST BIOGRAPHIES
BLADE Aliases: STEVE 1 Started: Early 70s Primary affiliations: TC5 Local
origin: Bronx, NY Main lines: 2s 5s. Blade, one of the original members
of The Crazy Five can be given the title of longest reigning whole car
king of the 2s and 5s. Blade started writing in the early 1970s and continued
into the 1980s. From 1975 to 1980 Blade was a dominant force on the 2s
and 5s. It was like almost every other train had a Blade whole car running
on it. Blade’s Style was very unique, he did not follow the crowd.
His work could never be confused with anyone else. He did not adhere to
any set notions of style or trends common to other writers. Blade did
not do wild style; yet still had incredibly imaginative letter forms.
He did lettering and imagery that played with perspective and the abstraction
of geometric shapes. His style was so distinguished that it drew criticism
from many writers, stating that it wasn't graffiti style. But Blade’s
admirers far out numbered his critics. Many writers bombed and also did
whole cars but, Blade bombed with whole cars. Lee Quinones frequently
credits Blade’s approach as being inspirational. Lee would become
Blade’s fiercest artistic rival on the IRT 2 and 5 subway lines.
During the 1970s Blade started doing window down straight letters covering
the full length or the car named block busters. Though not necessarily
the first writer to do a block buster, he clearly helped to establish
the trend. Among Blade’s many credits was his boldness. He frequently
painted at places like Esplanade near the passenger platform in broad
daylight and still managed to post his famous quote "Never Busted!!!!!!".
Blade’s more recent focus has been the art galleries of Europe.
For more information visit www.bladekingofgraf.com
CRACHEE Started: Early 70s. Primary affiliations: TC5. Local orgin: Bronx, N.Y. Main lines: 2s 5s. One of the original members of The Crazy 5, Crachee was a true pioneer during graffiti's Golden Age, throwing up hundreds of pieces. He began bombing in 1972 with Vamm - another TC5 original - and decided early on to keep track of his work. So along with spray cans, Jif- foam nozzles and gloves, Crachee would carry a Kodak Instamatic camera to lay ups and train yards. When he was done, Crachee would snap away. As a result, he was able to document thousands of pieces between 1972-75 - a critical time when a writer's "name" was the design. Crachee was the first writer to paint a two-man, top-to-bottom whole-car cloud. He also was one of the first ones to use bubble letters. Lifelong friends, Blade and Crachee have known each other since kindergarten. They became hitting partners in 1973. Blade and Crachee were so close they formed a band in 1974, playing funk and disco and writing original songs. Their band - Bazay - played night clubs all over the New York City area. (One morning, Crachee and Blade even painted a piece honoring their band. By their names were images of Crachee playing the sax and Blade holding a bass). Crachee stopped hitting in the late 70s, and later moved to Chicago to pursue a journalism career. He reached the top of his profession in 2004 when he received the Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Journalism. A book based on his award-winning series - "Tiger Force: A True Story of Men and War," was published in May by Little, Brown & Co. It has received critical praise by major newspapers, including the Washington Post and Miami Herald. Crachee just finished his second book - The Crazy 5 - a coming-of-age novel about five friends growing up in a Bronx housing project in the early 1970s.
CRASH Started: # Primary affiliations: BLS Local origin: Bronx, NY Main lines: 1s, 3s, 5s,2s 6s CRASH hit the IRTs with vigor during the late 70s and early 80s. He produced dozens of window down whole cars with writers like Kel 139 and Daze. Via hard work and talent Crash has made one of the most successful transitions to the conventional art world. His works are displayed and sold globally. His current works still possess the vivid color and energy he produced on subways, with a twist of Lichtenstein. Crash maintains the lettering and image abstraction that many writers feel are crucial to the art form. He continues to innovate. For more information visit www.crashone.com
CRIME 79 Aliases: BC, WAVE, SUPRA ONE, 79ER Started: 1977 Primary affiliations:
SIS, CIA Local origin: Brooklyn Main lines: LLs, Js, Ms
Crime 79 started writing on the streets of the East New York Section section
of Brooklyn in the late 1970s. Though he hit all three subway divisions,
he focused his most consistent writing efforts on the J, M and LL lines
of the BMT division. The early 1980s saw the peak of his activity on the
subway system. He wrote along side popular Brooklyn writers such as Peo,
Sis and Baby 168 formerly of The Bronx. In 1985 CRIME concluded his transit
career. For more information visit www.crime79.com
DOCTOR REVOLT: Aliases: RVLT., ORB, LINE-129, PAINT-1.Areas hit: IRT's, BMT's, IND's. Main lines: #1's, #3's, A's, RR's Primary affiliations: RTW, THE REBELS, THE SOUL ARTISTS. When you speak of Broadway you inevitably will speak of Revolt. Born and raised in N.Y.C., an original core member of the historic New York City graffiti crew, The Rolling Thunder Writers (RTW). Known for both his tags and elaborate pieces on the Broadway #1 line featuring colorful, psychedelic and comic art influenced stylings and later, taking it “all-city”. His prolific creative efforts helped to establish RTW as one of N.Y.C.'s most well known and respected crews. With his contributions to the seminal classic hip-hop films “Wild Style" and “Style Wars”, various music videos and, album covers, creating the classic “YO! MTV Raps’ logo and a tour of duty in Baltimore where he, like, "a messenger of style" single handedly kick-started a graff-scene that still feels his influence today, his place in the history of "graff-dom" is secure. His work has been, and continues to be seen in various publications and art galleries globally.
DONDI (memorial bar) Aliases: Asia, Bus129, Naco, Pose 2, Pre 2, White 761, Wirm, 2hot, 2many Started: Approx. 1975 Primary affiliations: CIA, TOP, MAFIA Local origin: East New York, Bklyn. Areas hit: IRTs, INDs, BMTs Main lines: Js, LLs, Ms, 5s,2s, As, CCs. Dondi was a well rounded writer, covering all bases; bombing, whole cars and wild style. He achieved global popularity for his straight letter top to bottoms via the media, in publications such as Subway Art. He gained respect from his peers by doing major work tagging prolifically on the insides of all three subway divisions. Though well accomplished in the fore mentioned, Dondi’s definitive attribute was the mastery of wild style lettering. Dondi on the BMT Most newer generation writers are more familiar with the body of work Dondi accrued on IRT subway division, but DONDI made considerable accomplishments on the BMT subway division. During the late 1970s Dondi was hitting the BMTs with style and color schemes far more sophisticated than his peers. At this point in time skilled writers like the Prisoners Of Graffiti crew, Don of Mafia crew and most members of The Fabulous 5 had stopped painting. For the most part throw-ups and quick straight letter pieces rendered in a limited color pallet were the rage. If not for Dondi, his crew and a small handful of others benching would have been pretty dismal. For more information please visit www.dondiciakings.com
IZ THE WIZ: All time all-city king Aliases: IZZY, CI (CRAZY IZ), IKE
327, CLICK. Started: 1972 Primary affiliations: TMB, POG, TOP, 3YB, TC
Local origin: Queens, NY. Main lines: ALL CITY
Iz The Wiz is without question one of New York City's most prolific writers
of all time. He holds the title of the All time All City King of New York
City Subways, and only one person holds that prestigious honor. In aka
Kill 3 is credited with the most extensive all-city bomb in NYC during
1975 and 76, but Iz was the longest reigning all-city king in NYC history,
taking the title many times throughout the 1970s and 1980s. Iz was well
known for his throw-ups in the mid 1970s on the IND and BMT subway divisions.
In the late 1970s he broadened his focus by working on top-to-bottoms,
burners and scenery whole cars on the prestigious 2 and 5 lines of the
IRT subway division. During this period he simultaneously maintained all-city
throw-up king status. He painted for a variety of top level crews. He
has served as president of The Master Blasters and the Queens division
of Prisoners Of Graffiti. He has also painted for The Odd Partners, The
Crew, The Three Yard Boys and others too numerous to mention. Iz appeared
in the documentary film Style Wars and portrayed a transit police detective
in the film Wild Style. His work has been displayed in museums and galleries
throughout the world. Iz played a major role in the development of writing
and provided inspiration for every generation of writer that exists. Hailing
from Queens Iz took over the city subway system line by line. During his
career, there was a time when he was doing at least 100 throw-ups every
night, for an entire year. The dedication and love for writing is apparent
in all of his works, from the burners on the trains, to the sketches on
paper, and the canvases that capture the essence of writing, Iz often
drops little side notes next to his the pieces, a little message that
takes a minute to sink in and when it does, you always get a grin. Iz
is also known for his epic role played in the film Style Wars. His witty
remarks remain some of the most quoted words and phrases in the writing
lexicon. When just the words you have said 20 years ago are recognized
and used in current conversations, you have successfully made your mark
in the world. In the film Iz was asked “ when will you stop”,
and he replied “ I will come back every now and then to let people
know I am still around”. The true beauty is the fact that he never
left and continues to bless the people with gems that capture the essence
of what graffiti writing all about. For more information visit www.izthewiz.com
LADY PINK Started:1979 Primary affiliations: TPA, TC5 Local origin: Queens,
NY Areas hit: IRTs, INDs, BMTs Main lines: 2s, 5s, CCs
Pink aka Lady Pink is the most committed and enduring female writer of
all time and can without question be labeled the most accomplished woman
in the history of writing. In 1979 PINK came into prominence in the New
York City subway graffiti scene. There had been few female writers of
significance since the early 1970s. During the late 1970s and early 1980s
PINK wrote on a variety of subway lines with the top crews in the city.
Her artistic ability progressed rapidly; prompting respect and admiration
from within the graffiti community. Along with the admiration came jealousy
and spite, particularly because she was talented and female. PINK remained
unintimidated and continued to break new ground. Her career would excel
well beyond those of her critic's, both in quantity and quality. In addition
to her accomplishments on the subway system PINK was involved in many
important gallery exhibitions of aerosol art during the early 1980s including
the Fashion Moda gallery. Her work has also been displayed at the Whitney
Museum and the Bronx Museum of the Arts. She has remained active in graffiti
culture on many levels, from formal art venues such as art galleries,
museums and commissioned paintings to traditional graffiti street murals
and even freight trains. She has style and painting ability that are clearly
the results of a powerfully creative mind. PINK has painted all over the
world and is still very active. For more information visit www.pinksmith.com
STAY HIGH 149 - Pioneer . Aliases: VOICE OF THE GHETTO Started: Early
1970s Primary affiliations: Ex Vandals (Bronx division), U.G.A. Local
origin: # Main lines: All-city
During the early 1970s Stay High 149's name adorned hundreds of New York
City's subway cars, particularly on the IRT division. He is one of the
most famous, influential and admired writers in the history of New York
City aerosol art. Most notably admired for his unique tag. He drew a smoking
joint as the cross bar for his "H". Each tag was accompanied
by a stick figure from the television series The Saint. He also frequently
wrote the phrase "Voice of the Ghetto". His logo/name came to
define "street cool" for many subsequent generations of writers.
He is one of the most frequently mentioned influences for New York City
writers. One of the most famous pieces in aerosol art to date is the STAY
HIGH 149 top-to-bottom on the IRT subway; documented in Norman Mailer's
1974 book The faith of Graffiti. The painting done in 1973, was an early
top-to-bottom whole car. As with most pieces of the time period, it was
basically an extremely large version of his tag. His subway paintings
also appeared in 1974 in a Richard Goldstein article for New York Magazine.
STAY HIGH also participated in early presentations of graffiti art on
canvas at Hugo Martinez's United graffiti Artists. By 1974 Stay High had
pretty much retired from writing. After his retirement he was seldom seen
and eventually went into total obscurity. His absence would span almost
twenty years. In June of 2000 he made his first public appearance in the
graffiti community at The State of the Art gallery in Brooklyn. Needless
to say the many writers who met him for the first time were nothing short
of awestruck. He remains an unblemished icon within the aerosol art culture.
For more information please visit www.StayHigh149.com
SPAR ONE Aliases: LED 2 Started:1975 Primary affiliations: TFP, TNS Local
origin: NYC Areas hit: Street walls Bronx, Manhattan, Queens Lines hit:
Js, LLs, Ms, CCs, Ds,Es, Fs, RRs. As a native New Yorker SPAR observed
subway art from its earliest stages. He began his writing career on the
streets of Manhattan's Lower East Side during the mid 1970s. He made his
transition to the subway system in 1977. At this point he formed a partnership
with his classmate the Late EL 3. SPAR favored the E, F, LL, J, M and
RR lines. He wrote for Lower East Side crews like The Mad Artists and
The Non Stoppers. Spar has painted with a wide variety of artists including
Sent Tfp, King Kase, Noah, Duro, Soe, Joe 61, Cel, Lac, Keo, Chain 3,
Jamestop and many others. Spar’s work has been formally exhibited
in a variety of venues including Black and White in Color Gallery, American
Vision 145, The New York Public Library and The Fun Gallery. His work
has appeared in the books Spraycan Art, and New York Graffiti 1972-82
as well as Stress Magazine. In 1998 Spar One founded the Web site @149st
New York City Cyber Bench (www.at149st.com). The site is dedicated to
the preservation of the history of New York City subway art. @149st is
the result of SPAR's long-term observation and commitment to New York
City aerosol art and culture. Spar’s objective is to offer comprehensive
documentation of the New York school's many generations crews and artists.
SPAR utilizes connections with transit era writers across the city to
ensure the factual integrity of the site's content. For more information
please visit www.sparone.net
All Stars Project
This performing arts organization for underprivileged youth holds frequent
talent shows and productions. Volunteers can help recruit kids ages 5-25
from Harlem, Coney Island, Bedford-Stuyvesant and the South Bronx for
auditions or help man the light and sound boards at the theater. The All
Stars Project, Inc. (ASP) is a non-partisan, non-profit 501(c)(3) organization
dedicated to promoting human development through the use of an innovative
performance-based model. The ASP creates outside of school, educational
and performing arts activities for thousands of poor and minority young
people. It sponsors community and experimental theatre, develops leadership
training and pursues volunteer initiatives that build and strengthen communities.
The ASP actively promotes supplementary education and the performance-learning
model in academic and civic arenas. For more information visit www.allstars.org
Chocolate Bar New York
Alison Nelson’s Chocolate Bar is a candy store for grown-ups offering
cosmopolitan luxury through old-fashioned collections and unique inspirations.
Incorporating style, comfort and classic New York treats, Chocolate Bar
features retro-reconfigured sweets along with a signature line of nostalgia-influenced
chocolate bars. Since it’s inception in 2002, Chocolate Bar has
received numerous awards including “Best Chocolate Store”
from Timeout New York, 2 Citysearch “Best of Shopping” Awards,
the Gourmand World Cookbook Award and more. The boutique's dazzling menu
includes authentic New York Egg Creams, rich coffee, fine teas, nine kinds
of iced and hot chocolates and pastries. Decadent confections are available
for everything from Corporate gifts to personalized wedding and party
favors. Online orders are available through Chocolate Bar's dynamic web
site which allows visitors to order a host of scrumptious items including
truffles, chocolate bars, hot chocolate, tea and more. Chocolate Bar New
York is located at 48 Eighth Avenue between Horatio & Jane Streets.
Consumers can order product for delivery anywhere in the U.S by calling
1.800.481.2462. For more information visit www.chocolatebarnyc.com
Come to
BLADE's 50th Birthday
Art Show & Celebration
Friday January 26th 6PM - 12 Midnight
At : The Sugar Factory
269 Kent Ave
South 2nd Street
Brooklyn NYC
Just over the Williamsburg Bridge
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A Special Thank You to the People of the U.K. Hip Hop Graffiti Jam July
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Thank You to the people of The Montana Gallery in Amsterdam Troy, Q Janine, Patrick & Dick |
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1st Time ever in New York City History!!!!!! Graff Pop Art Show at N.Y.C MERCANTILE EXHANGE by Blade one King Of Graff. JAN 9TH - FEB 3RD 2006 |
| The Paint Club & The Outside Institute Presents: "OI' Skool Legends" Graffiti art exhibition Blade, Cope 2, Danger 59, Flint, Izthe Wiz, Metal Man Ed, Pulse, Seen, Stayhigh 149 Septermber 8th till the 30th
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BLADE TO HAVE ONE MAN SHOW AT MARCOART GALERY BLADE: King, master, visionary. Blade is more than a graffiti artist. A remarkably pivotal figure in the history of graffiti. Blade's successes as a graffiti artist are myriad. Blade's artwork has been extensively collected and exhibited for over twenty years and has participated in over 60 select solo and group gallery exhibitions throughout the world. Blade has also been involved in numerous symposiums and appeared in hundreds of articles, television features, magazine and journal publications and catalogues. At the forefront of the subway graffiti movement in the 1970's, Blade's work is not only recognized as significantly influential, but his lengthy career as a professional artist has warranted his worldwide notoriety and fame. Painting over 5,000 trains and evolving to new levels of subway and canvas graffiti, Blade has had exhibitions at the Whitney Museum (2000), Cleveland's Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (2000), a 1991 show at the Musee National Des Monuments Fran¨ois (Paris France), numerous shows at the Groninger Museum, and dozens of shows in Europe and Asia. On October 28, 1994, Blade was invited to the Groninger Museum to meet Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands, as she was attending the prestigious institution's re-opening. His work is highly collectable. Press Media Reception Thursday August 25th, 2004 6-9pm RSVP a must -646 479 2263 e mail marco@marcoart.com durociatop@yahoo.com Gallery Opening Reception Saturday August 27th, 2004 7-10pm Marcoart Gallery 181 Orchard St. NYC 10002 (between E. Houston and Stanton st.) |
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A
rare photo opportunity in the spring of 2000 with the legendary
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ARE YOU EXPERIENCED?
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SOTHEBYS
NEW
CD COMING IN 2004
Blade's
first CD 'Blade And The Bazay Jam Band' will be released in early
2004. It features early jams with Blade from the 80's updated and
produced by 'Casino' in Melbourne, Australia. |
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| Blade sells at GUERNSEY'S All Graf Art Auction in NYC
This past June saw the first
ever all Graf art auction sponsored by Guernsey's at the famous
Puck building in New York City. The gamut of whose who in graf were
out in force. The painting 'DUPLICATE' below sold at auction as
well as Pistol's 'MTV VIRUS' painting. |
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| PURPLE PASSION SOLD IN HOLLAND
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The
magazine pictured below is one of Europes largest
selling Graf mags published in Germany and sold on news stands throughout
Europe. It features yours truly on the cover. The photo was taken
in Co Op city in the Bronx. |
NEW BOOK RELEASE
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We
have added a new merchandise page which will start off with the
first ever
Graf
Yo Yo.
It
features my original art work on one side and the Blade tag on the
other. Also featured is my Graf baseball cap with the Crazy Five
logo on the front. Check it out. |
| WHITNEY MUSEUM HOSTS GRAF LECTURE/EXHIBIT |
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The Photos above are appearing at an \ Exhibit at The Whitney Museum in New York City featuring a top to bottom (lower left) piece from the early 80's. |
The Whitney Museum in New York city in addition to having an exhibit that included Graf hosted a lecture recently and covered various topics about the art form. Among the people who participated in the event are from left to right, Crash, Mare, Kase, Lee, Duro, Seen, Henry Chalfant and Blade. |
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POWER SUMMIT
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Pictured at left (from left to right) in Blade's crib are
Blade, Roach, Stay High and Comet. The cover of Stay High's personal
tag book at right features the iconic smoker, his trademark.
In
March 2001, Blade was a guest of the EXPERIENCE MUSIC PROJECT,
the exciting $200 million-dollar museum that recently opened in
Seattle, Washington. The museum has purchased a rare book of signatures
that Blade has collected since 1969 thru 1976 featuring Cliff
159, Billy 167, Super Kool 223, Spin and PJ 109 to name a few.
The book will go on permanent exhibit in the near future. 
catalogues. At the forefront of the subway graffiti movement in
the 1970's, Blade's work is not only recognized as significantly
influential, but his lengthy career as a professional artist has
warrented his worldwide noteriety and fame. Painting over 5,000
trains and evolving to new levels of subway and canvas graffiti,
Blade has had exhibitions at the Whitney Museum
(2000), Cleveland's Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (2000), a 1991 show
at the Musee National Des Monuments Francais (Paris France), numerous
shows at the Groninger Museum, and dozens of shows in Europe and
Asia. On October 28, 1994, Blade was invited to the Groninger Museum
to meet Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands, as she was attending the
prestigious institution's re-opening. His work is highly collectable.
I
would like to thank Vincent from Benningbroek, Holland for
purchasing "PURPLE PASSION". Maybe it will brighten
up the Netherlands which is famous for it's fog drenched
days. The piece was done in November of 1999. Speaking of the
Netherlands I would like to say that of any European country,
Holland has always supported the Graf movement in terms of collectors
and patrons. Lets go Europe, follow Holland's lead and start supporting
what we do. You all have walls in your homes that need great
art.
St.
Martins Press has released a hard copy book called The Art
Of Getting Over by Stephen Powers. 
