WeAreSuperVision's Pose and KC were invited by Threadless Tees to create designs for a limited edition collection based around Graffiti for their Select line. Other artists include Michael "Wise" Delahaut and Freedom. The series is curated by Roger Gastman. The shirts are now available on line through the threadless select store at: select.threadless.com
Find out more at: WeAreSuperVision.com
My man Roger Gastman has entered the world of blogging, twitter account coming soon!
Check it out HERE
Find out more at: COOLDISCODAN,net
Graffiti writers around the world know the name that started it all: TAKI 183. A kid from 183rd Street in northern Manhattan, TAKI 183's simple signature captured the attention of a reporter and, on July 21, 1971, the article "TAKI 183 Spawns Pen Pals" appeared in The New York Times.
Just like that, TAKI 183 became a graffiti legend, with rumors spreading that he even tagged a Secret Service car and the Statue of Liberty. Amid all the rumors, TAKI 183 remained silent. Now, almost four decades later, TAKI 183 has emerged to tell his story.
This site includes photos of TAKI 183's work, images of his friends and contemporaries, his true story and, for the first time, official TAKI 183 limited-edition screenprints.
There are currently three screenprints available in the store:
COLLAGE
A collage design made up of The New York Times article about TAKI 183 from July 21, 1971, and various high school newspaper articles and drawings about TAKI 183 from 1970.
Four-Color Hand-Pulled Screen Print
18 x 24
120 lb. matte
Edition of 183
Signed by TAKI 183
Shipped via USPS
RED SUBWAY TILE
An ornate tile pattern of the New York City subway walls makes the perfect backdrop for an original TAKI 183 paint tag. Each of the 50 prints is unique in that no two tags are exactly alike. This is your chance to have a real TAKI 183 tag, overspray and all!
Three-Color Hand-Pulled Screen Print on Natural Color
26 x 38.5
20 pt. textured stock
Edition of 50
Signed by TAKI 183 in black spray paint
Shipped via USPS
BLUE SUBWAY TILE
An ornate tile pattern of the New York City subway walls makes the perfect backdrop for an original TAKI 183 paint tag, as well as marker tags by three of TAKI 183's mentors: PHIL T GREEK the 1st, PHIL T GREEK the 2nd and GREG 69, both of whom started writing in early in 1969. Each of the 25 prints is unique in that no two tags are exactly alike. This is your chance to have a real TAKI 183 tag, overspray and all, plus marker tags of his mentors!
Three-Color Hand-Pulled Screen Print on Natural Color
26 x 38.5
20 pt. textured stock
Edition of 25
Signed by TAKI 183 in black spray paint, and in marker by PHIL T GREEK the 1st, PHIL T GREEK the 2nd and GREG 69.
photo: MARTHA COOPER
Graffiti writers around the world know the name that started it all: TAKI 183. A kid from 183rd Street in northern Manhattan, TAKI 183’s simple signature captured the attention of a reporter and, on July 21, 1971, the article “TAKI 183 Spawns Pen Pals” appeared in The New York Times.
Just like that, TAKI 183 became a graffiti legend, with rumors spreading that he even tagged a Secret Service car and the Statue of Liberty. Amid all the rumors, TAKI 183 remained silent. Now, almost four decades later, TAKI 183 has emerged to tell his story.
This site includes photos of TAKI 183’s work, images of his friends and contemporaries, his true story and, for the first time, official TAKI 183 limited-edition screenprints.
There are currently three screenprints available in the store: “Collage” features a design made up of the The New York Times article and various high school newspaper articles and drawings about TAKI 183; “Red Subway Tile” features an ornate tile pattern of the New York City subway walls and an original TAKI 183 paint tag; and “Blue Subway Tile” includes the tile pattern and TAKI 183 tag, plus marker tags by his mentors PHIL T GREEK the 1st, PHIL T GREEK the 2nd and GREG 69.
More TAKI 183-related projects are coming soon, so please check back often or sign up for the newsletter.
Photos by KC Ortiz
On February 20, Phaiz, Chicagoʼs emerging cutting-edge exposition space, presented “Opera Pink,”a site-specific solo installation by San Francisco-based artist Richard Colman. Filling the 800-square-foot gallery, Colman installed a series of tiles and paintings on wood panels and paper complemented by background wall paintings, creating a large-scale, psychedelic-type landscape mural to indulge the senses.
Our friends at We Are Supervision had the chance to hang out with Rich during the install for the show. Here are some of the amazing shots.
Find out more at: Swindle Magazine
The Whimsical Works of David Weidman
(And Also Some Serious Ones)
Charming, warm and clever, David Weidman’s “graphic statements” exude the artist’s playfulness and appetite for development and experimentation. The Whimsical Works of David Weidman (And Also Some Serious Ones) spans nearly three decades of his illustrations, cartoons, serigraphs, lithographs and posters, from his beginnings as a commercial illustrator and animator in the 1950s through his printmaking career in the ‘60s and ‘70s.
Weidman’s greatest acclaim, or simply his biggest connection to a more widespread culture, comes from his work on many popular cartoon series in the ‘50s and ‘60s. While the characters on those cartoons often bore appearances given to them by other artists, the scenery and atmosphere that surrounded those characters reflected Weidman’s vision. The endearing quirks of the backgrounds he drew seemed to speak more about Weidman himself than one might expect from a commissioned illustrator. Indeed, they were worlds of his own creation – the characters were simply drawn into it. He created a groundbreaking style that defied and was later mimicked by the Disney orthodoxy.
The Whimsical Works of David Weidman (And Also Some Serious Ones) gives an overview of the iconic, witty, colorful style of this octogenarian artist. His graphic sensibility and expert use of saturated color palettes evoke the vintage modern look while remaining completely relevant to contemporary designers. This collection is a long overdue career retrospective of a true originator, who created the look of an era.
Get the book on AMAZON.COM
WASHINGTON DC HISTORY LESSON PART 1:
Cool "Disco" Dan
With DC gearing up for it's biggest inauguration event in history Known
Gallery thought it would be fitting to drop a bit of true DC graffiti
history from it's crazier years.
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Cool “Disco” Dan is a Washington, D.C., legend, a symbol of survival of the
city’s most difficult years. It was a graffiti nickname, That started
popping up in 1984, written in marker and spray paint throughout Washington,
D.C., clear and legible, never fancy. Any resident of Washington, whether
young or old, stick-up kid or congressman, couldn’t help but be intrigued by
its omnipresence. Who was this Cool “Disco” Dan?
Cool “Disco” Dan is an anomaly: He lived in the crack-ridden Washington,
D.C., ghetto—yet he never took or sold drugs. Though his father was abusive
and died young, Dan was raised by a stable family, and only as a young adult
did he become homeless. He witnessed at short range the spiraling street
violence of the late ‘80s and early ‘90s that earned D.C. the dubious title
of America’s “Murder Capital."
By the early ‘90s, Cool “Disco” Dan was D.C.’s biggest underground celebrity
after painting his moniker all over the city until it seemed as though no
wall, rooftop or street sign had been forgotten. He wrote on every Metro
bus, and took his name to every neighborhood, crossing socio-economic
boundaries in a way that no other graffiti writer in the city had ever done.
He was obsessed with making a name for himself with graffiti street fame.
To learn more about "Cool "Disco" Dan and his upcoming documentary telling
the true story of Washington DC check out: www.cooldiscodan.com
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