Gaia / Sten & Lex at Brooklynite

This weekend (10.16.2010) Brooklynite Gallery is hosting Sten & Lex along with Gaia.

This should be a sweet show and worth checking out (especially since as of this moment, there is no rain due for Saturday). So come down. Wether you are in Brooklyn, Queens, Jersey, The city or heck...even in North Carolina. Just come down and hang out. Check out some great art and feel the good vibes of Brooklynite Gallery and friends. We know we will.

Leo Kesting presents: Dead Letter Playground

Jordan Seiler, a member of Abztract and one really talented mo-fo sent us these sneak preview photos of a couple of his pieces he's prepared for his upcoming show at Leo Kesting. The event will have some amazing talents including other fellow Abztract Collective members includingPhilip Lumbang, Dickchicken, Gaia and many others. See info below and make sure to check this out. We will definitely be in attendance. We just love these two pieces by Jordan Seiler and if you dig them too, make sure to check out a version of the Legs that Jordan has in our online shop HERE!

Info about show:

Leo Kesting Gallery Presents: Dead Letter Playground: A Collection of Contemporary Street Art June 24 – July 18, 2010 Opening Night Reception: Thur, June 24 from 7-10pm 812 Washington St (at Gansevoort) NY, NY 10014 8th Ave A, C, E and L train Stop or 1, 2, 3 to 14th St Tue – Sat 11am - 7pm, Sun 1 – 6pm Admission is free to the public Phone: 917-650-3760 / 917-292-8865 http://www.leokesting.com

Gaia Solo at the Irvine Contemporary

Our pal and fellow Abztract Collective member Gaia, is having a solo show that is worth checking out if you are in the Washington DC area. Info below:

Gaia: The Urban Romantic
June 19-July 24

Irvine Contemporary is pleased to present new works and on-site installations by gallery artist Gaia. In Urban Romantic, Gaia will present new compositions that combine decollage, linocut prints, and painting on wood panels, and new on-site street mural installations. Opening reception with the artist: Saturday, June 19, 6-8PM.

Gaia’s “Urban Romantic” concept is neither utopian nor nostalgic, but grounded in his practice of placing specific imagery in the context of city locations. Drawing on his new and evolving body of imagery depicting human and animal figures, Gaia's new work reflects on the ancient themes of animal and human sympathies, but now in the context of the city and the human built environment. Working with myth and symbolic animal figures, Gaia's street murals are like the works of an urban shaman drawing on a positive force from animal protectors.

Gaia constructs an image of a reversal of the "natural order" where animals intervene as protectors and avatars for a new awareness of the human condition in the natural world. He is known world-wide for street murals placed in decaying or neglected areas to elicit surprise and reflection by passers-by who encounter the symbolism and fragile narratives of his work.

About the Artist
Gaia grew up in New York City and is currently a student at the Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore, Maryland, concentrating on printmaking and sculpture. Combining a street-studio practice his studio work and gallery projects have been exhibited in Brooklyn, New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Washington, DC. His street work has been documented and featured in several recent books on urban art, including, most recently, Beyond the Street: The 100 Leading Figures in Urban Art, (Berlin, 2010). Gaia lives and works in Baltimore, MD, and Brooklyn, NY.

Book Signing with Gaia:
Celebrating the publication of his work in Beyond the Street: The 100 Leading Figures in Urban Art (2010)
Saturday, June 19, 6-8PM

For further information and images, contact Lauren Gentile, Director, 202-332-8767 orlauren@irvinecontemporary.com.

IRVINE CONTEMPORARY
Martin Irvine, Proprietor & Director
Lauren Gentile, Director
Thomas W Powell, Gallery Manager
Matthew Shelby, Gallery Assistant
1412 14th St., NW, Washington, DC 20005
www.irvinecontemporary.com
Phone: (202) 332-8767

GAIA IS UNSTOPPABLE

New work by Gaia. Went up lastnight. This kid just can't be stopped. Every piece just makes us bigger fans.

NEW WORK BY GAIA

Gaia has been hitting the streets pretty hard in NYC. Here is a nice gem.

GAIA IN NYC

Gaia has been bringing some fresh work to the streets lately and this video captures one of those moments. Fresh.

Gaia hits Manhattan

Abztract had the pleasure of seeing Gaia put this beauty up lastnight. The details in the process is as intricate as the detail in the art.

Via Gaia's Flickr