B-Side Jewelry

Enamel, silver, brass… there’s something about these elements that calls to mind the jewelry of a women in her 50’s decked in bangles, rings, huge eyeglass frames, and a bright windbreaker suit on her way to a game of bingo (active imagination, much?). Those very elements are what jewelry designers Ken Leung and  Dana Chin use to create their eclectic line of earrings, necklaces, rings and bracelets. Ken and Dana’s line B-Side is “jewelry remixed” with shapes, colors and images pulling from the advent of hip-hop and graffiti as an art form during NYC’s cultural revolution in the 80’s.

B-Side Jewelry

The jewelry is fun yet refined with designs that include brass plate pendants on multi-chain necklaces, unique “handcuff” bracelets, chandelier earrings with precious rough-cut stones, and cocktail rings. Many of the pieces from the Graffiti collection feature graffiti tags that read “Legalize art,” “art crimez,” and “onefortyfivesixty.” B-Side’s Cube collection uses the cube to create geometric styles that cascade and overlap. And since most of the jewelry is hand-made, there’s less chance of another girl having the same exact jewelry which makes for a truly unique piece. The jewelry line also includes tie-clips, cuff links and money clips that could work for both women and men that want to liven up the business attire.

B-Side Jewlery

You can check out the jewelry at shop.kenanddanadesign.com or Moxsie.com

QUEENZ ARRIVE is bringing the cream of the crop together, with female graffiti artists from all over the globe coming together to exhibit their talent. If you are in NYC, you would be crazy not to make it down to see the best of the best all in the one spot.

Artists include: Abby, Claw Money, Mickey, Hera, Nina, Fafi, Siloette, Acet, Zori4, Spice, EGR, Koralie, Klor, Femme9, Sherm, Martha Cooper and Indie184.

This event is going to be killer with a fierce line up of women that dominate the street art scene. You can peep the exhibition opening on Friday, April 10, 7-10pm, with the show running until May 4.

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If any of our NY local blog readers were lucky enough to hit up the “Something for the Ladies” event at Valley NYC, you probably got a peek at Toofly’s new street tag t-shirt. The rest of the world can buy one now exclusively at Toofly’s online shop.

The tee features Toofly’s tag in purple on a black cotton tee and it’s modeled by Toofly’s own sister Joanne Marie Mena who, like every young women should, stays true to herself.  Much love to Toofly, always representing for the women in the world of graffiti art and design!

Berlin is well known for it’s amazing urban art scene and local artists, as well as artists from all over the world  come here to present their work.  Strolling around the city is an exciting experience and you can find art work nearly everywhere - but you had to search for it yourself - until now.

Today, adidas Originals is releasing the first mobile Urban Art Guide Berlin for the iPhone. The guide leads you through the city to a curative selection of Graffiti, Pencils, Paste-Ups and Stickers.  In addition, you also get information on the artist and his piece of art.

For the launch of the adidas Urban Art Guide the artists HITOTZUKI (Kami and Sasu) from Tokyo and the artist Nomad will paint the walls of the Dice Club in Berlin.  The release party will take place at Hotel Club - Michelbergerhotel located on Warschauer Strasse 39/40, 10243 Berlin, and will start at midnight featuring:

HITOTZUKI
Nomad and Hugo Capablanca on the turntables and canvas
Live Visuals by Luke Bennett

So, if you are in Berlin that day by chance go and check it out!

The book “Subway Art” by Martha Cooper and Henry Chalfant can be considered as the “bible” of Graffiti culture.  More than 500,000 issues have been sold worldwide.  It’s turning 25 years, the perfect occasion for a special edition release.

The book is published by “From Here To Fame” and has been released on the 11th of March. It comes in an extra large format with a new epilogue of the editors plus 70 unpublished photos.

A must for Graffiti lovers.

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On Friday, March 13th, the Krauts Gallery will present a contemporary art group exhibition “Go Figure” at the UFO in Frankfurt/Main (Germany) featuring 7 internationally known artists of different genres such as urban art, graffiti, photography and oil paintings.

Davis Le Fleming

The exhibition will show artwork from Sandro Kopp, who will present “The New Me,” a series of 28 self-portraits expressing excessive examination of himself, in Europe for the first time. Also to be seen is the London based artist Davis le Fleming, known for combining pop-art, graffiti and classical painting in a comical and satirical approach, such as the Swiss street and graffiti artist Smash 137, who’s obsessed with calligraphy.

Smash 137

Also contributing are Case, a member of the graffiti crew Ma’Claim from Erfurt (Germany), Stefan Strumbel, who’s dealing with the theme “home,” the former graffiti writer and current photographer RuediOne and last but not least Flying Förtress with his infamous Teddy Troops.

The exhibition will start at 7 p.m.
UFO
Carl Benz Strasse 21
Frankfurt am Main

Read more to see what else you’ll see.

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NYC’s William Yan provided this sneak peek photo of the graffiti covered Louis Vuitton store in SoHo. As we reported yesterday the entire exterior and interior of the store will be transformed à la Stephen Sprouse. If you’re in NY do yourself a favor and check it out IRL!

With INSA’s recent release of the INSA-Heels we had the chance to catch-up with him and chat about all things heels. From his initial interest in heels to confirming it is actually a fetish or not we dig deep and get intimate with Mr. INSA. See our original editorial spread of the INSA-Heels here.

Custom heels from Insa’s first solo exhibit in 2005 ‘Insa’s Graffiti Fetish’

When did your fascination with women’s heels begin?

Well I started painting heels about 5years ago. It began when I noticed I could spell my name in the shapes of high heels! After a bit I started to just focus on the heel itself as I realized what a power symbol it is.

Insa gets up: INSA-Heel poster in Nottingham

What is it about heels that inspires you?

So much about heels inspires me- the shape of the object itself, the effect it has on a woman’s posture. The fact they represent so much to many different kinds of people- money, power, sex, fashion, the battle between male and female sexuality, dominance and submission, fetishism, consumer obsession.

Read the full interview after the jump!

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Recoat Gallery (in Glasgow, United Kingdom) is coming to the end of its first year… and to celebrate they’re holding a live paint jam at the gallery on August 15th from 6pm onwards where SHEONE, O.TWO and Stefan Plaetz will paint alongside REKOR, LYKEN and ELPH. The following day on August 16th, their birthday exhibition entitled The Bothan Spynetwork shows from 7-10pm. Scott Wilson of Slamxhype will be curating the show. 25 artists will be showing, including legendary New York graffiti artists such as Futura, Stash, Crash and Daze, world famous fashion photographer, Fatsarazzi, and renowned toy designer, Klim Kozinevich (just to name a few!). This is ill!!!

Come out and celebrate an amazing event dedicated to street culture represented by a wide variety of artists working in different media, coming from different backgrounds… Plus the first 3 people attending will receive a Vestal watch and the first 20 people will receive a limited edition t-shirt that has the signature of every participating artist on the back. DOPE!

There’s more…After the opening get down at a Recoat X Goodlife party from 10pm- 3am at the Art School, 168 Renfrew St, Glasgow. FREE entry folks.