. . . the back of the card - was - PRETTY - GREAT, TOO !!!
4 GEEZERS: THE LONDON POLICE, FLYING FORTRESS, PEZ & EINE - LAST WEEK !!!
to see these . . . . “world famous guerrilla street artists !!”
SEPT 12 - thru - SUNDAY, OCT 12, 2008
AD HOC ART - 49 BOGART STREET - UNIT 1G, BUZZER 22 - BUSHWICK - BROOKLYN - NY
HOURS: WED-SUN 1-8PM
see: AD HOC ART
PHOTOS FROM THE PRESS PREVIEW OPENING - THURSDAY, SEPT 11, 2008
PEZ means FISH in SPANISH !!
P is for PEZ
P-E-Z
PEZ - from SPAIN !!
a young writer - AEON - a big fan of the 4 GEEZERS - wants some face (not !!) time, too,
and shows us his (paste) work.
FLYING FORTRESS, of Hamburg, Germany signs ‘tag’ books.
FLYING FORTRESS signs a ‘tag’ book !!
FLYING FORTRESS
left: ‘We liked your style #1′, 30 x 40 ins., spray paint, acrylic & marker on canvas. ($3,553)
collaboration - THE LONDON POLICE & FLYING FORTRESS
center: ‘Who cares’, 30 x 40 ins., spray paint, acrylic and marker on canvas. ($3,883)
collaboration - THE LONDON POLICE, FLYING FORTRESS & PEZ
right: ‘We liked your style #2′. 30 x 40 ins., spray paint, acrylic and marker on canvas. ($3,553)
collaboration - THE LONDON POLICE & FLYING FORTRESS
‘Who cares’ - collaboration - THE LONDON POLICE, FLYING FORTRESS & PEZ !!
THE LONDON POLICE/Chaz TLP & BOB TLP
THE LONDON POLICE/Chaz TLP & BOB TLP,
‘No sleep til Bushwick’, 50cm x 70cm, ink on canvas. ($2,888.88)
detail, ‘no sleep…’/THE LONDON POLICE
graphic cartoon work by Chaz TLP
detail, ‘No sleep…’/THE LONDON POLICE
graphic cartoon work by Chaz TLP
THE LONDON POLICE/collaboration between Chaz TLP & BOB TLP
ink & acrylic on canvas
THE LONDON POLICE - Chaz TLP does the buoyant, broader stroke cartoon work, (at left),
BOB TLP does the more detailed illustration-like work, (at right).
THE LONDON POLICE/Chaz TLP & BOB TLP
detail, previous image, THE LONDON POLICE.
BOB GIBSON (BOB TLP) does the detailed, realist?/surrealist?/future fantastic?/historical? graphic elements.
detail, BOB TLP work, THE LONDON POLICE
detail, BOB TLP work, THE LONDON POLICE
THE LONDON POLICE - collaboration - between Chaz TLP & BOB TLP - makes for one hell of a visual statement !!
right on !! past, present, future & surreal.
what an amazing contrast !! the futuristic graphic ‘curve’ of Chaz TLP just caught at the left,
and the detailed focus of BOB TLC - on the Library - ‘backwards-time-travel’ stroll !!
Chaz of THE LONDON POLICE. BOB couldn’t make the opening.
both are BRITS, who relocated to Amsterdam, about 10 years ago.
(BEN) EINE - a BRIT !! from the good ole UK !! in front of his masterly lettering.
EINE - he hand-stenciled the wall, around his paintings - for the show.
EINE. the paintings are 32 x 40 ins., acrylic and spray paint on canvas. ($3,000 ea.)
EINE.
. . . does this remind anybody else, of that day-glo colorful, but very graphic, EMPIRE QUILT GUILD RAFFLE QUILT - ‘Broadway Jane’ posted recently.
see: COLONIAL REVIVAL/CONTEMPORARY QUILTS/AMERICAN FOLK ART MUSEUM
PEZ
work by PEZ - very graphic - way - ahead of the curve.
PEZ
FLYING FORTRESS, hailing from Hamburg, GERMANY - in front of his wall.
FLYING FORTRESS - a lucky little girl - can say her dad brought her to see FLYING FORTRESS - when she was just a baby.
FLYING FORTRESS.
FLYING FORTRESS. like them all, LONDON POLICE, EINE, & PEZ - very graphic and, way ahead of the curve.
FLYING FORTRESS
this work brings to mind . . . PATRICK GRIFFIN/Count Thy Buttons !!
& more pix: FROM THE OPENING/Count Thy Buttons
THE LONDON POLICE didn’t paint the wall around their works - as the other 3 artists did - but Chaz TLP - (BOB TLP didn’t make the opening) did this small paint job on the wall - next to a big composite of photos he took - ‘EVERY 20 MINUTES !!’ - while here in the USA. EINE did the days of the week - lettering.
THE LONDON POLICE - AD HOC GALLERY DIRECTOR - ANDREW MICHAEL FORD !!
THE LONDON POLICE - not in town very long - Chas TLP - still managed to catch McCARREN PARK - the hot spot of the summer of 2008.
THE LONDON POLICE - FLYING FORTRESS & EINE - installing the show.
THE LONDON POLICE - EINE - ’star’ stenciling his wall.
back to the show - EINE at the right. and another little girl with her dad - who can grow up & say she was there - where it was really happening - when she was just a baby.
ANDREW MICHAEL FORD - AD HOC’S DIRECTOR (& CURATOR OF THIS SHOW), and RAY CROSS, AD HOC CO-FOUNDER. EINE designed the t-shirt. (obviously.)
RAY CROSS and AIKO.
local talent - WIL PAGAN, at the 4 GEEZERS OPENING
check out: his myspace page
another local talent - JESUS SAVES !!
before leaving, can’t resist, one look back, at EINE !!
likewise - PEZ & FLYING FORTRESS.
outside, in the street - PASTE ART . . . . . on BOGART STREET.
one tree says to another . . . . “I think I’m dying..”
and the other one answers: “me too…”
PHOTOS: NANCY SMITH