Alexandros Vasmoulakis
Shark Toof (with Case, above)
Bumblebee
Case
Herakut
All these artists hit Portsmouth, New Hampshire for the
Outside/In and
Street A.K.A. Museum shows, that were curated by
LeBasse Projects for the
Portsmouth Museum of Art -
details here.
artists: Alexandros Vasmoulakis,
Shark Toof,
Bumblebee,
Case,
Herakut
location: Portsmouth, New Hampshire
thanks to Bumblebee for the images
This weekend a bunch of LA galleries put together the
Beyond Eden event in Hollywood; here are some of my favorites.
Bumblebee had his first solo show (which completely sold out) in the
Carmichael Gallery space, which included a bunch of stencils, an installation, and sculpture pieces that I think worked particularly well, and relate really nicely
to his street installations.
Shark Toof went all-out on an incredible room for
LeBasse Projects, which included huge shark panels, shanty huts and a massive collage wall with a lot of great details.
See
more by Bumblebee and
more by Shark Toof.
Shark Toof's show at
Barracuda opens tonight (May 1), at 6pm. I took a look around; it's a really strong show that focuses on wood pieces (cubes & shanty buildings) - get down to it if you can.
See
Shark Toof's work on the street.
artist: Shark Toof
location: Barracuda, 7769 Melrose Ave,
Los Angeles
Shark Toof continues the style he used for the recent
White Mike parody. The 'Shark Toof Ate Your Baby' piece is alongside Euthanasia's Michael Jackson.
See more work by Shark Toof
here.
artist: Shark Toof
location: Beverly,
Los Angeles
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Short story:
Shark Toof is a great LA-based street artist (see previous Shark Toof posts
here); he's pasted this poster around town recently, and it has been featured in a show at
Gallery 1988.
Longer story:
There's a 'street artist' called White Mike who
pasted shark posters around LA, Washington DC and a bunch of other cities. White Mike said the posters were part of an awareness campaign for shark population declines. There was an amusing episode where
Jessica Alba was caught pasting with him in Oklahoma City. Then speculation started that White Mike is really Hollywood photographer Michael Muller, and the campaign is less about awareness of shark population declines, and more about selling over-priced prints
which are for sale for $10,000 - no mention of a donation to shark protection. It's interesting that an established fashion photographer would turn to street art, rather than a gallery or other traditional means to help boost his career.
So Shark Toof's image is a parody of White Mike & Jessica Alba getting chopped up, Chainsaw Massacre-style. The pasteup in the second image is over one of White Mike's sharks; Shark Toof reclaims his turf.
artist: Shark Toof
location: West Hollywood, Los Angeles
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