Variation

I spent this week playin with new approaches to depth, color. I like the idea of teetering back and forth on that edge between photography and illustration or painting. How much image is necessary? How much color is necessary? How much does a image simply fall apart as you approach it. It’s just a investigation.

Design for Obama

Design for Obama. Posters for Change: A Grassroots Anthology was released on Nov. 4th, one year after the election of Barrack Obama.
This collection was curated by Spike Lee and Aaron Perry-Zucker. I have 3 pieces in this one. Here’s One
Taschen published Design for Obama. Taschen is a class act, they even sent me a nice letter via luftpost and addressed to “Mr. Eddie”. There is some really good design work in the volume. Check it out.

AIR CITY

We threw this up last week in Hayes Valley. It’s fairly large 8ft X 16ft. There’s really no quick way to do this, so the best bet is to just simply act like you’re suppose to be there. I used to hit this wall quite a bit, but lately it had been taken over by illegal advertising. Posters of the latest dumb ass romantic comedy or Sting’s new album available at Starbucks, shit like that. So I decided to take it back. Everything is cool until the guy who owns the lot rolls up. This is generally the ultimate bull shitting challenge. Convince the guy who owns the property that you are ACTUALLY suppose to be there and there was just some miscommunication. It can be done. This particular guy however hated the illegal ads as much as us. So with his blessing we proceeded to finish. Working under permission can be quite liberating. Additionally I got to chat with the owner of Blue bottle coffee, who is apparently a fan. Which is nice because I too am a fan of his coffee.
All and all good day in Hayes Valley.

The Art of Speed

There are many criteria in which art can be judged. Color, composition, texture, content, flow, proportions etc. Street Art has an additional and crucial component, speed. When all goes well you can sneak a 10 ft chinese girl on a bike past caltrans and commuters in an efficient 6 minutes.

Act Like Ya know

This is my latest poster. Unlike most of what I do you can actually buy this one @ the fiftyseven-thirtythree store It’s a 3 color screen print on French’s Speckletone 80 lb Cover stock

Hope: A Collection of Obama Posters and Prints

This week Zenith Press Released “Hope: A Collection of Obama Posters and Prints” Edited by Hal Wert with a foreword by Ray Noland. I haven’t actually seen it yet, but I have at least 2 pieces in the collection that I did during the 2008 Campaign. Included in the book are over 170 posters by more than 100 artists. There is some really great Ray Noland stuff along with David Choe, Bask, Billi Kid and tons more. If you’re interested in poster art it’s a must have.
You can get it @ Amazon Here

Or better yet, get up, leave the house and go buy it from your local independent bookseller before they go out of business.

Art for Obama

The “Art for Obama” Book was released last week and I am honored to be included in it. It’s a really inspiring collection or pieces that were produced for the Manifest Hope shows, edited by Shepard Fairey and Jennifer Gross. There are amazing pieces by Shepard, Ron English, David Choe, and among some of my favs, are pieces by Stenzskull, Thomas Brodahl, Michael Murphy,and Tes one.
Below is a shot of the piece that’s included in the book p.138 in the gallery in D.C.

This is my favorite pic, with organizer Yosi Sergant

The Obama campaign was an amazing thing to be a part of and I think this book captures that sense.
Cheers

Sacramento News and Review

Sacramento News and Review has this cool program where they invite artists to do work on their newsboxes. It’s a great program and it’s puts the art on the street where the people are. Don’t get me wrong, galleries are great… if anyone went to galleries. This is the kind of initiative urban communities should be taking. Utilizing the creativity and talent of their artists and making the city a more vibrant and inspiring place. Big ups to SN&R for this. The other awesome thing about this program is it saves me the hassle of having to go out and steal a box, bring it back to my studio and then return it.

In my haste to finish this on time I forgot to actually take a pic of it completely done. If you’re in Sacramento you might see it around somewhere.

Expressions @ Space Gallery 8/8/09

I got to throw up some work @ Space on Polk last week. Dj Nolan and the folks @ blindfoldmusic did a party Saturday night and invited street artists to come do some work. Senator gave me the heads up and he did a couple badass pieces at the spot. Me and Ramon came through and left some marks.

Below is a dope piece by Senator

And this is a Ramon-ification

I actually got to stop by the party for a minute. Dj Nolan was up.
Good shit. Thanks to Nolan and Senator
Cheers

Unfinished Business

Wrappin it up for Thursday’s Opening @ 440 Brannan.