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Jesse Hazelip

Jesse Hazelip is best known for his wheatpastes that can often be found in Oakland or Berkeley, California. He’s also participated in shows at White Walls, SFMoMA, Copro Gallery and 941 Geary over the past couple of years.

See more work by Jesse Hazelip…

Recap: ArtPrize 2010

This weekend, we drove up to Grand Rapids to check out the big ArtPrize competition. There’s no doubt that it takes over the entire city. Luckily, we had two amazing tour guides to show us around. My cousin lives up there, and so does our very talented artist friend Ryan Weiss (interviewed). Ryan was also nice enough to give us a sneak peek of what he’s working on for his next show, so stay tuned for that in a few days.

Let’s just get Steam Pig out of the way. ArtPrize is all about making something that’s larger than life, so there’s no question that he was the star, suspended over the crowds in the B.O.B. parking lot. This was done by the same group responsible for Nessie in the river last year.

I loved these horses made out of plastic utensils. These were done by Sayaka Ganz.

Hands down, my favorite was called “you can’t fall off the floor” by Lora Fosberg. Lora placed hundreds of hand lettered pieces of paper on walls that intersected to form a room-like atmosphere.

Behind the cut, there are lots, lots more pics of my favorites. Unfortunately, unless you knew to register ahead of time, they make it a pain for attendees to actually vote. So if you see something you like, vote on my behalf! The top 10 is going to be announced tonight.

Click for lots more ArtPrize pics…

Swoon in Detroit

Spotted in Midtown. This piece is from Swoon’s visit to Detroit in 2007, when she was in town for the Allied Media Conference.

Imminent Disaster

Imminent Disaster is a Brooklyn street artist that has shown this year at Ad Hoc Art in New York and Thinkspace in LA. She has a formal education in printmaking, and she uses these skills to great effect. I especially love her wheatpasted screenprints and paper cutouts.

In her gallery pieces, she’s combined these methods with block printing, stencils and hand painting to create huge works of art. This piece, The Organist, is 8′ x 8′ and inspired by a historical account of New York’s Great Fire of 1835, in which someone heard organ music playing from a warehouse until it collapsed.

photo credit: NY Art Beat (link points to a great interview)

There’s a lot more to see on Imminent Disaster’s Flickr. For something to look forward to, she has an upcoming show with Armsrock at Thinkspace next year.

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