Category Archives: Print Releases

Beau Stanton Gives 1xRUN A Sneak Peek At Upcoming Bold Hype Solo Show

Unearthing ancient narratives from the detritus of industrial decline, where Sirens grapple with sinking ships and Sibyls predict cataclysmic events, Beau Stanton gilds his apocryphal myth with the graphical elements of creation, destruction and rebirth, inviting the viewer inside our collective unconscious ornamented by layers of chipped artifice and the rusted machinations of time.

Archaic Ornaments by Beau Stanton from Street Culture Mash on Vimeo.

The work combines classical oil painting with intricate silk-screened patterns inspired by pre-modern architecture, letterpress printing designs, and decayed infrastructure. To create the unifying foundation for the body of work, Stanton began exploring abandoned 19th century sites around the greater New York City area, collecting photo references, cogs and gears from Staten Island’s Rossville Boat Yard, and metal and glass from Brooklyn’s Dead Horse Bay. The initial studies of these artifacts were distilled into highly ornate silk-screened compositions. Finally, the pieces are fully rendered with oil paint, manipulating focus, light and perspective.

 We recently had a chance to sit down with Beau Stanton to get the skinny on his upcoming exhibition this April at the Bold  Hype Gallery. 

 1xRUN Thru Interview

Mythos & Mechanism by Beau Stanton

1xRUN: You’re working on a new collection for your solo exhibition at Bold Hype Gallery in April, can you tell us about the work in the show?
Beau Stanton: The show is called Archaic Ornaments and includes a new series of oil paintings on wood, as well as some oil and screen print hybrids.  To create the first stage of the hybrids I worked with Alexander Heinrici, a master screen printer, who has been in New York City for over 30 years working with notable artists from  Andy Warhol to Damien Hirst.  Working with Heinrici  allowed me to work much larger than usual at 4×4 feet and with multiple screens providing room to experiment with the sequence of layers, color combinations, and various techniques like color blends and transparent layers.  After this stage I add other elements and continue rendering and manipulating depth and focus in oil.

1xRUN: We recently had a chance to visit your studio in Red Hook – Brooklyn, give us the run through about the location and inspiration the space has provided.

Beau Stanton: My studio is in a Civil War era warehouse building on the Brooklyn waterfront.  I share the 2nd floor with a series of small woodworking shops which provides that fresh cut wood smell and the motivation you get from an environment where people are building things by hand.  You can really feel how much history this place has just by walking on the giant timbers that make up the floors or when I look out my window and see where huge ships used to dock.  It’s an amazing place to work.

1xRUN: We heard that you may be coming to Detroit this summer for a project, can you put some light on what your ideas are?

Beau Stanton: I’m working on acquiring a dilapidated Victorian style home in Brush Park or a similar area.  Ideally the structure would be somewhere between livable and stripped down. The use of the house would be a kind of pop-up exhibition including conventional paintings as well as many site specific installations composed of found structural and decorative elements from around Detroit, large scale applied ornamental patterns on the exterior and parts of the interior, murals, and custom designed stained glass windows installed.  The overall concept is to restore some of the beauty and craftsmanship that existed in Detroit’s past while ornamenting and highlighting some of the degradation creating a dialogue about the past, present, and future of the City.

 

Sean Desmond (L) & Beau Stanton In Front Of Their Joint Mural Collaboration at The Offices of 1xRUN

BASK “Because Art Should Kill” Hand-Stenciled Print + Sticker Pack

For the latest RUN from BASK we are proud to showcase his latest hand-stenciled print and sticker pack for “Because Art Should Kill.”  Read on for our recent BASK interviews and see past mural flicks with BASK’s above mural on the side of the 1xRUN offices.

1xRUN Interview

BASK

1xRUN: It seems like you take some significant risks in applying your medium. Can you talk about that part of your style and just in general taking risks as an artist?

BASK: Sure. I personally like to build images up, and then efficiently break them down again. I like to torture the shit out of my paintings, not holding them sacred. So it’s like I toil and get meticulous with things in the process, only to then deface it and defile it, give it some wear and tear. When you do that it actually makes you look at the image a bit harder, and a little bit longer. In a weird way it makes me appreciate it more. I can see that it was something that was built up over time. It’s almost like how the Buddhist do the sand sculptures only to be washed away by the tide. Not to say this is on the same level as that, but I think the same kind of impermanence is the same vein, not holding anything sacred.

1xRUN: You also work on a lot of re-purposed wood, some of it has maybe seen some better days, do you want to touch on that for us?

BASK: Absolutely. That kind of flows into what I was saying earlier. I like to scour alley ways and junkyards and find things that have been discarded. I like to find panels that have that natural wear and tear in them. I never work on a brand new canvas or anything that’s new. Even if I get panels brand new, I’ll let them sit and weather, I’ll use them for other purposes before I eventually use them in a painting. It’s the starting point in every single piece, for the medium to already have a history. For the piece to already had this string of events that it’s gone through, then the final destination is whatever I paint on it.

Read on for mural flicks from BASK’s mural on the side of the 1xRUN Offices

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Queen Andrea Drops 2-Color Silkscreen Big & Bad

As a young adult, Queen Andrea befriended some of the most prolific old school graffiti writers, and also earned her BFA in Graphic Design from Parsons. She then began a successful career, working for worldwide brands who appreciate both the urban creative flavor of her work and her versatile and passionate knowledge of typography, branding and visual communication. Andrea has spent 18 years perfecting her graffiti and typography skills, as well as evolving her style into a burgeoning fine art career.

Debuting her first RUN Queen Andrea has brought us the fiery pink fury of Big and Bad. Drawn earlier this year in February Queen Andrea took a break to sit down with us and talk about her past influences and the inspiration behind Big & Bad. Read on for the 1xRUN Thru Interview with Queen Andrea.

1xRUN Thru Interview

Big & Bad by Queen Andrea

1xRun: Is the original Big & Bad still for sale?

Queen Andrea: This poster edition is the first and only run of Big&Bad.

1xRun: When was Big & Bad drawn/created?

Queen Andrea: February 2012.

1xRun: Anything immediate you would like us to highlight?

Queen Andrea: This poster highlight’s my mastery of typography and custom lettering. The concept of the work focuses on exalted, bold themes of rebellious and renegade lifestyles.

1xRun: Tell us how the idea and execution came about?

Queen Andrea: Big And Bad is inspired by the rebellious spirit of street artists. ‘Big and Bad Rebels and Renegades’ suggests the fighting spirit of certain artists, who undertake amazing risks to gain fame and make their unique marks on society. It’s also a celebration of rebels generally, the individuals who strive to accomplish unique, daring feats within non-status quo subcultures and paradigms. The artistic style of Big And Bad is an exploration of typography, signpainter lettering and illustration within a very bold composition.

1xRun: How long did the piece take?

Queen Andrea: 30 hours + 10 hours of silkscreening

1xRun: What is unique about this piece?

Queen Andrea: The precise typography execution, reminiscent of authentic vintage signs, juxtaposed with modern verbiage exalting rebels and their street art culture, makes this a very unique piece.

1xRun: Why should people buy Big & Bad?

Queen Andrea: It’s an awesome example of expert typography with a bombastic bold message.

1xRun: Describe the piece/print in one gut reaction word.

Queen Andrea: Bad Ass

1xRun: When did you first start making art?

Queen Andrea: I became involved with graffiti as a pre-teen and began writing graffiti at 14 years old. As I explored and refined my fascination with letter-forms and graffiti styles, I also developed a strong interest in graphic design and illustration, which I explored throughout college and earned a BFA in Communication Design. My design, illustration, typography, mural works and fine art practices have steadily evolved together, but my fine art has presently become my prominent focus.

1xRun: What was your first piece?

Queen Andrea: I’ve been drawing since I was a young kid and my parents are artists, but my first real graffiti piece was on a wall next to Lucky Strike on Grand Street in Soho, right near the loft where I grew up. The wall was across the street from the studios of the legendary Videograff Productions and photographer Henry Chalfant. I was 14 years old and just learning graffiti, but I was committed and dedicated to learning the art of letter style, from that early age. My passion for the spirit of graffiti and street art spawned my interest in design, poster art and illustration, which I eventually developed into a career as a recognized Graphic Designer.

1xRun: What artists inspired you early on?

Queen Andrea: Early on I was inspired by the master painters and modern art that I saw at museums and galleries, growing up in NYC. During my graffiti career I sought out new inspiration by old school graffiti artists and b-boys such as Lee, Lady Pink, Doze Green, Kase2, Sento, and later by crews such as TC5, RIS, XTC, FC, COD, AOK and TFP. In the fine art realms, I was also inspired by Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstien, Keith Haring and the entire Pop Art movement.

TC5 Crew

1xRun: What artists inspire you now?

Queen Andrea: These days I’m inspired by so many new street artists, who weren’t popularly known even in the 1990’s. Street art is really exploding these days. In terms of graffiti, I’m very inspired by The Seventh Letter and MSK crews, and as always, TFP crew and other original NYC graffiti crews. In the fine art realms I love artists such as Frank Stella, Keith Haring, Damien Hirst, Murakami, Emilio Pucci, and more contemporary artists such as Espo, Dalek, Maya Huyak, Morning Breath, the Barnstormers, Doze Green and many others…

1xRun: Do you listen to music while you work? If so what? If not then what is your environment like when you work?

Queen Andrea: I always listen to music while working, I have an amazing library of hip-hop and 70’s funk music, as well as 80’s and 90’s hip hop, and current indie hip hop. I listen to WeFunk Radio almost every day, it’s a gem.

Queen Andrea at Art Basel 2011

1xRun: If you could collaborate with any living artist who would it be and why?

Queen Andrea: A few. Shepard Fairey, members of The Seventh Letter crew, Frank Stella, or the Guerilla Girls. I deeply admire Shepard’s mastery of concept, composition, execution and the overall meaning of his works. The Seventh Letter crew includes some incredible typographers and graffiti writers such as Revok, Norm and Retna, who are masters of their craft. The Guerilla Girls are advocates and artists who fight for equal rights for women in the fine art world, and I truly resonate with their mission, as a female artist myself. Frank Stella’s incredible abstract expressionist geometry works and shaped canvases are some of the most innovative works I’ve ever seen.

1xRun: If you could collaborate with any deceased artists who would it be and why?

Queen Andrea: Andy Warhol or Roy Lichtenstein, both were incredible pioneers of major pop art styles and themes, which continue to be revered today.

1xRun: What was the first piece of art that you bought? Do you still have it?

Queen Andrea: I’m not a huge art collector, but I trade with fellow artists.

1xRun: What else do you have in the works?

Queen Andrea: So far this year I’ve released 4 limited edition posters, new stickers, debuted my online shop, and released a large custom toy collaboration with Kidrobot. Later this year, I’m debuting my new t-shirt line called SuperFresh, as well as more limited edition prints.  I also have a solo show opening on July 11th, 2012 at Fuse Gallery in New York City, where I’ll be showing my new paintings, large-scale typography works, multimedia art and a large group of screenprints and giclee prints.

I will also be traveling to different cities for graffiti events and painting murals all over NYC throughout 2012.

1xRun: Where can people find you across the internette?

Queen Andrea:  Website – Store – Blog 

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A long time ago in a funky galaxy far, far away…Andrew Spear Has The Droids You’re Looking For With R2-DEESCO

Andrew Spear

Andrew Spear’s career started at age 5, just outside Boston in Weymouth, Massachusetts, where he would lie on his living room floor and draw on the back of Beatles albums. His love of music and coloring forced Andrew to renounce all types of sports which, living in New England, automatically put him in a class of rejects.

Andrew Spear - Three Types of Women - Colored Pencil 1999

At age 19, while attending the Art Institute of Boston, the state of Massachusetts decided he should move to a more appealing climate to pursue his artistic endeavors. (He agreed.) Spear chose what he believed to be the California of the east coast, Sarasota, Florida, where he attended art camp for the rich, aka Ringling School of Art & Design. After graduating, he decided to go out into the world to see if he could become part of the 10% of artists that actually make a living off their artwork.

He didn’t.

Andrew Spear - Paul's Boutique - 1999

Instead, he found himself in the San Francisco Bay area, working at an art supply store along with the other 90%. This small detour forced Spear to lock himself in his one-bedroom apartment and focus on getting his shit together. His visual motivation was to create images of the things he loved most — music, movies and pop culture. He decided to get serious, move back to the east coast and put his career into overdrive. Relocating to New York City was the equivalent of enrolling in art boot camp: there, no one cared about him or what he was doing, so he had nothing to lose. He relentlessly pursued anything and everything that would pay him: scenic work, illustration, freelance photography, screen printing — even bartending — and completely immersed himself in the city’s cultural military.

Eventually, Andrew was recruited for scenic work in sunny Orlando, Florida, where he currently resides today. He started his own scenic and design company, Metro Finishes (Metrofinishes.com). As the co-owner of this venture, Andrew has had plenty of time to perfect his craft and take on commercial projects, which have kept him from living in a cardboard box.

Andrew Spear - Chicken Bird - 2006

In addition to not becoming homeless, Spear was a featured artist in Juxtapoz magazine and he designed murals for the 2011 season of MTV’s The Real World, in the Hard Rock Hotel’s penthouse in Las Vegas.

Andrew Spear - Real World Vegas Mural 2010

Aside from all of this nonsense, Andrew continues to draw inspiration from his never-ending love affair with sound, one he’s had since he was 5 years old.” via Spearlife.com.

Here for his second RUN with us, Andrew Spear brings us the funky Star Wars inspired giclée print “R2-DEESCO” available exclusively here at 1xRUN.com. Read on for time lapse videos of past murals from Andrew, more past works and our 1xRUN Thru Interview with Andrew Spear where he talks about past influences and more.

1xRun Thru Interview

Andrew Spear – R2DEESCO

1xRun: Is the original still for sale?

Andrew Spear: It is SOLD!

1xRun: When was the piece drawn/created?   

Andrew Spear:  This piece was drawn this past March after attending a Mega Con in Orlando.

1xRun: Anything immediate you would like us to highlight?

Andrew Spear:  This piece is definitely self explanatory!!!

 

1xRun: Tell us how the idea and execution came about?          

Andrew Spear:  I just thought it was a cool idea after i made a comparison of R2D2’s head looking like a disco ball to a friend. . . then when I got home, i laid out the ruff idea. Like the fact that he has a disco ball head, a double disk cd player, ever ready turntable arms, a tape deck, surround sound, and I believe he’s also a Karaoke machine !!!

1xRun: How long did the piece take?

Andrew Spear:   Somewhere around 2 weeks.

1xRun: What is unique about R2-DEESCO?         

Andrew Spear:  You tell me .

1xRun: Why should people buy this piece?          

Andrew Spear:  Because it’s a different twist on a pop icon between film & sound.

Run #00205 // Apr 05, 2012 - Apr 11, 2012 - Andrew Spear - R2DEESCO - www.1xRUN.com

1xRun: When did you first start making art?

Andrew Spear: When I was 4 years old drawing and coloring on my playroom floor listening to Beatles albums.

Andrew Spear - George - 2006

1xRun: What was your first piece?

Andrew Spear: You’d have to ask my mum about that one.

1xRun: What artists inspired you early on?

Andrew Spear: My family, The Beatles, The Monkees, & Star Wars naturally.

Andrew Spear - Evolve - 2009

1xRun: What artists inspire you now?

Andrew Spear: Man, Im inspired by everything. . . really, I couldn’t even begin to answer this.

1xRun: Do you listen to music while you work? If so what? If not then what is your environment like when you work?

Andrew Spear: I’m actually more of music collector than a visual artist collector. I’ve got about 2000 cd’s and about 5000 albums !!! I have a huge vinyl collector. Always have been.

1xRun: If you could collaborate with any living artist who would it be and why?

Andrew Spear: Stevie Wonder, because I want to show him color … I know I could !!!

Andrew Spear - What Stevie Sees - 2009

Andrew Spear - Stevie Sings - 2006

Andrew Spear - Talking Book - 2005

1xRun: If you could collaborate with any deceased artists who would it be and why?

Andrew Spear: Picasso & Michael Jackson of course.

Andrew Spear - Remember The Time - 2009

1xRun: What was the first piece of art that you bought? Do you still have it?

Andrew Spear: The first artist I collected was my dad, who past away when i was 20.

1xRun: What was the last piece of art that you bought?

Andrew Spear: I get to barter with other artists!!! It’s one of the good perks.

1xRun: Where can people find you across the wide world of the internette?

Andrew Spear: My Website – Facebook – Art Facebook Fan Page – Twitter – My Business – My Business Facebook Page

 

 

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John Dunivant Reveals The Last Tarot Card The Fools Out Now

John Dunivant is a painter and multimedia artist working out of Detroit, Michigan. One of his largest artistic accomplishments—Theatre Bizarre—violated an untold number of laws and gave attendants an immersive Halloween masquerade experience that was unrivaled anywhere in the world before being shut down by the city in 2010.  To be blunt it is the Greatest Masquerade on Earth. To be honest it’s unlike anything else. Read on for the 1xRUN Thru with  John Dunivant discussing his latest print “The Twins” which drops 3/19 at 12pm EST.

1xRUN Thru Interview
The Fools by John Dunivant
1xRun: When was The Fools drawn/created?
John Dunivant:  The fall of 2010
1xRun: What was it originally created for?
John Dunivant:  It was the completion of an intentionally partial tarot card set, an enigmatic leave-behind used as a way of bringing awareness to Theatre Bizarre.  If you found them and looked deeper into it’s origins, it would lead you to a carnival that existed only in the aether and only for one night.
1xRun: Where did the Fools sit in the context of Theatre Bizarre?
John Dunivant:  The folks on the Fools card represent a few different things. The central head, Edgar, is the vessel in which this world takes place and all those around him are his manifestations.  If you look directly at the figures they may appear to be real, yet in the peripheral, they are revealed to be man-made and constructed. Props cobbled together from lifeless forms.  Actually, all of the images in this tarot series are in some ways meant to be dioramas, mythological displays in Edgar’s natural history museum.  The 4-legged woman, like the Twins in the previous print, represent the physical desires of the fool, by his literal addition of more body parts.
1xRun: Tell us how the idea and execution came about?
John Dunivant:  The Fool has usually been interpreted as a spirit in search of experience. He represents “the childlike ability to tune into the inner workings of the world” so it seemed appropriate that Edgar would be the fool.  It was originally drawn in pencil and is reproduced as a giclee with a hand-pulled, gold screen print.
  
1xRun: How long  did this piece take?
John Dunivant:  About a week and a half.
1xRun: If you could collaborate with any living artist who would it be and why?
John Dunivant: Kris Kuksi would be amazing to work with, I’d love to build miniature worlds with him and I can only imagine what his studio must be like. Or build a pirate ship/raft with Swoon. I’d love to do a stop-motion film with Wes Anderson or an unwieldy puppet-show with Julie Taymor. They both communicate so well through such confident and precise applications of their craft, and they make it look effortless. I would want to work with them, if only to witness their process first-hand.
1xRun: If you could collaborate with any deceased artists who would it be and why?
John Dunivant: George Melies, that would be incredible. His films were like magical paintings come to life.  John Singer Sargent, although all I would be able to do is sit back and watch him paint.  I’d like to do at least one large collaborative piece with Dr. Suess, Hieronymus Bosch, Goya, P.T. Barnum and Lux Interior.  That might just make a big mess, but it sure would be fun!
1xRun: Do you listen to music while you work? If so what? If not then what is your environment like when you work?
John Dunivant: The music that I choose to work to depends greatly on the type of work that I’m making. Although often, no matter what the subject matter, I love to paint to the Hedwig and the Angry Inch soundtrack.  Either the original live production or the film, I don’t care. Or anything by The Cramps or The Jesus and Mary Chain.

1xRun: What is unique about this piece?
John Dunivant:  It’s made with love and a few drops of goat’s blood.
1xRun: Why should  people buy The Fools?
John Dunivant:   If they enjoy it.  I don’t know.  It’s the one that I would buy, it’s my favorite out of this series.
1xRun: Describe this RUN in one gut reaction word.
John Dunivant:  Leggy.

Run #00197 // Apr 03, 2012 - Apr 09, 2012 - The Fools by John Dunivant

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BASK’s Camping With Mole Man Print Release and Q&A

Back again we are proud to showcase one of our favorites as  BASK has given us his second piece from his latest exhibition entitled “Camping With Mole-Man.” Check out BASK in the 1xRUN Archives to see past RUNs.

1xRUN Interview

Camping With Mole-Man by BASK

1xRUN:  Tell us how Camping With Mole-Man came about.

BASK:  It was the signature piece that I did for my most recent show “A Scenic Riot” at OHNO!Doom.  I came up with the name of the show first and then I set out to making a piece that the entire show would revolve around and that’s how the Camping With Mole-Man came to fruition. It doesn’t really have any profound or deep analysis to it, there’s just a stream of consciousness of taking the words “scenic riot” and just following it through my stream of consciousness. I started thinking of a variety of dark animals, then I thought of moles, then I thought of Mole-Man. Then I wanted to bring in the scenic part, so that’s where the KOA came in, along with the little kids playing around, and then Camping With Mole-Man was born.

1xRUN: It seems like you take some significant risks in applying your medium. Can you talk about that part of your style and just in general taking risks as an artist?

BASK: Sure. I personally like to build images up, and then efficiently break them down again. I like to torture the shit out of my paintings, not holding them sacred. So it’s like I toil and get meticulous with things in the process, only to then deface it and defile it, give it some wear and tear. When you do that it actually makes you look at the image a bit harder, and a little bit longer. In a weird way it makes me appreciate it more. I can see that it was something that was built up over time. It’s almost like how the Buddhist do the sand sculptures only to be washed away by the tide. Not to say this is on the same level as that, but I think the same kind of impermanence is the same vein, not holding anything sacred.

1xRUN: You also work on a lot of re-purposed wood, some of it has maybe seen some better days, do you want to touch on that for us?

BASK:  Absolutely. That kind of flows into what I was saying earlier. I like to scour alley ways and junkyards and find things that have been discarded. I like to find panels that have that natural wear and tear in them. I never work on a brand new canvas or anything that’s new. Even if I get panels brand new, I’ll let them sit and weather, I’ll use them for other purposes before I eventually use them in a painting. It’s the starting point in every single piece, for the medium to already have a history. For the piece to already had this string of events that it’s gone through, then the final destination is whatever I paint on it.

 

 

Adam Caldwell’s Protest Piece “As He Rose & Fell” Drops May 4th To Mark Kent State Shooting

 Here for his first RUN with us is Adam Caldwell. Adam has shown in galleries throughout the world and we’re excited to bring his first piece entitled “As He Rose & Fell” to our collectors here on 1xRUN. Read on to see embellishment photos, see the story behind the piece and Adam’s past and present influences.

Adam Caldwell - Hand-Embellishments

1xRUN Thru Interview

As He Rose & Fell by Adam Caldwell

1xRun:  Tell us a bit about As He Rose & Fell.

Adam Caldwell:   The piece is a combination of photos of a performance art piece and a 1960’s civil rights protest.  It had drawn a negative reaction from members of the LAPD during the art exhibition as they were kicking out the late patrons.

1xRun: When was the piece drawn/created?

Adam Caldwell:  It was painted in 2010.

1xRun: Anything immediate you would like us to highlight?

Adam Caldwell:  I was painting a series of images involving images of protest from current and 1960’s photographs.  It is based on a fragment of the T.S. Eliot poem “The Wasteland”

A current under sea

Picked his bones in whispers.  As he rose and fell

He passes the stages of his age and youth

Entering the whirlpool.

 

1xRun: Tell us how the idea and execution came about?

Adam Caldwell:   Slowly.

1xRun: How long did the piece take?

Adam Caldwell:   I took the canvas on vacation with me and painted most of it sitting on the porch at my mother’s house in Rhode Island. It took about a week.

1xRun: What is unique about this piece?

Adam Caldwell:  I like its simplicity and centered composition.

1xRun: Why should people buy this piece/print?

Adam Caldwell:  I am not giving up on becoming a decent artist. One day the stuff I am making now will be valuable. Plus it’s a good piece.

1xRun: Describe this piece in one gut reaction word.

Run #00202 // As He Rose & Fell by Adam Caldwell // May 04, 2012 - May 10, 2012

Adam Caldwell - As He Rose & Fell... w/ Hand-Embellishments

Adam Caldwell:  Troubling.

1xRun: When did you first start making art?

Adam Caldwell:  Since I could hold a pencil.

1xRun: What was your first piece?

Adam Caldwell:  first recognizable drawing was of Captain Hook at age three or four.

BRING ME PETER PAN!

1xRun: What artists inspired you early on?

Adam Caldwell:    Andrew Wyeth, All the Marvel comics artists, moebius & Rodin.

Auguste Rodin

1xRun: What artists inspire you now?

Adam Caldwell:  James Jean, Neo-Rauch, Justin Mortimer, Gerhard Richter, Barron Storey &  David Choong Lee

Justin Mortimer

1xRun: Do you listen to music while you work? If so what? If not then what is your environment like when you work?

Adam Caldwell:  I listen to a massive variety of music and podcasts and spoken word.

1xRun: If you could collaborate with any living artist who would it be and why?

Adam Caldwell:  I would collaborate with Christo and have him use my  huge painted canvases to wrap up something.

Adam Caldwell In His Studio

1xRun: If you could collaborate with any deceased artists who would it be and why?

Adam Caldwell:  I would collaborate with Vermeer to see how the hell he could paint like that.

1xRun: What else do you have in the works currently?

Adam Caldwell:   I have a show at Rook and Raven Gallery in London in April. I will also be showing with Brett Amory at Thinkspace in August, as well as, my own solo show at The Shooting Gallery in San Francisco in November.

Adam Caldwell @ Thinkspace

Adam Caldwell @ Rook & Raven

1xRun: Where can people find you across the internette?

Adam Caldwell:  Website – Blog

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Artists Tes One makes statement with “Stand Our Ground” print release.


Like millions of others, when Tes One first heard of the Trayvon Martin tragedy, he was appalled at every circumstance. The questions of how this could happen / why did this happen, continue to swirl when no answers have been given at all.

As a resident of Florida, Tes One felt inspired and compelled to create an image that symbolizes the struggle and visually interprets the message so many Americans feel about the Trayvon Martin tragedy.

All proceeds from the release of “Stand Our Ground” will be donated to the Justice for Trayvon Charity and their advocacy efforts.

Here for his first RUN is graffiti artists and graphic designer Tes One. We recently had a chance to talk with Tes One about his latest RUN “Stand Our Ground.” Read on for the 1xRUN Thru Interview with Tes One and check out “Stand Our Ground” at 1xRUN.com. 100% of the proceeds will go to Justice For Trayvon Martin.

1xRUN: Do you want to give me a little background on yourself?

Tes One:  I’m an artist out of Tampa, Florida, and I’ve been creating art as my living for quite a while now. Working in paintings and graphic design. I started as a graffiti artist in the early 90s, then my art evolved into something else. I’m never really sure how to explain it. It’s a mix of my background in graffiti art and my graphic design aesthetic. I do art for myself and occasionally for clients, and I really enjoy it. This is my first print release with 1xRUN and I’m happy to be working with you guys.

1xRUN: Same here, we’re really excited as well. Do you want to touch on maybe some of your earlier influences from when you first got started and also what some of your current influences are?

Tes One: I have a wide range of influences from my life and the things I’ve been into.  When I started out as a graffiti artist, I remember really working hard at it and to have the respect of my peers, to be known as a graffiti artist. Where I’m from in Tampa there wasn’t much in the way of graffiti; that was something that you would only find in other cities. When I was younger it was something that completely captivated me, I loved the medium and I loved being a part of it. It wasn’t until years later that I realized graffiti doesn’t summarize everything that I am creatively. It was a strange discovery period for me – to come to terms with the fact that I wanted to do things creatively other then graffiti.

I started exploring painting and graphic design. Working in minimalism and finding inspiration is artists such as Saul Bass and Milton Glaser. Developing an appreciation for simple and effective design / composition, and applyingthat to the work I create.

1xRUN: Do you want to talk about what were your initial thoughts when the Trayvon Martin story broke?

Tes One: Sure, I think just like everyone, wherever you were when you heard the story it was one of those things that kinda hits you in the chest. How this tragic, terrible story could be anybody’s son or daughter, anybody in America could unfortunately fall under these circumstances because this law is so poorly written and exploited. It’s not protecting people, it’s doing the exact opposite. The law has created a loophole for aggressors to get away with murder. That’s what I tried to point out in “Stand Our Ground”. It was something that I really felt compelled to do what I could, to help spread the awareness of what this law is and how it affects all of us.

Run #00201 // Mar 29, 2012 – Apr 04, 2012 – Stand Our Ground by Tes One

1xRUN: So about how long did this take? Did you see the news story and get started immediately? How did the execution take place?

Tes One: As ambitious as I may be to create something and get involved in various issues, I try to allow inspiration to find me rather then force something. In the case of the Trayvon Martin tragedy, I was instantlyinspired. From the initial concept to the finished work, the piece was completed in a day. 1xRUN is playing a huge part in broadcasting the work with others and assisting the Martin Family in their pursuit for justice.

To donate to Trayvon Green’s family click here

To see “Stand Our Ground” on 1xRUN click here

More about Tes One – TesOne.com or on Facebook  & Twitter @TesOne

  All proceeds from “Stand Our Ground” will benefit  Justice Trayvon Martin Charity.

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Detroit Artist Tom Thewes Drops BÄDguys Print RUN – AlsoAvailable on Metal

der Lärm formed in 1990, a renegade band of Detroit-based graphic designers and painters, artists burning with passionate angst and fed up with the lackluster, antiquated and obesely cheese-filled remnants of the “golden age” of advertising which maintained a sweaty vice-grip on the creative output of the “commercial” or “applied” arts, as well as the lethargic, top-heavy monolith of “fine art” criticism which floated high above mortal perception in the heavenly ether of hyper-intellectualized elitism.  der Lärm fervently modeled itself after the modernist movements of the early Twentieth Century, a time when the greatest creative minds of the era banded together and splintered apart again and again in an attempt to break ties with the perceived nostalgic aesthetics of the past and constantly re-define the very nature of art.  Groups like Die Brüke, Der Blaue Reiter, the Futurists and the Vorticists were the first punk rockers, owning and manipulating the long-sacred tenets of truth and beauty for themselves, damn the past. Taking cues from his absurd admiration of those first romantic masters of artistic dissention, one of these intrepid aesthetes, Tom Thewes, developed a style which by some has been dubbed Retro-Futurism. He has illustrated for such clients as Playboy, Vibe, Ride Snowboards, Automobile Magazine, Guitar World, Madison Square Garden, Ford, The New York Rangers, Compuware, The Sacramento Kings, The Cotton Bowl and Gatorade, been written about in every major Metro-Detroit based publication as well as Juxtapoz, How and Blue Canvas magazines and exhibited in galleries across the country and in Lithuania.

Now abandoned by those he once held dear, Thewes stands as the last of these brave idiots, the last der Lärm boy. He continues his proud yet tragic battle to remain true to his creative values against the forces of darkness and elitism. Lurking about the environs of the dead city, the bleak urban landscape known to many as Detroit, he is often seen rummaging through piles of debris with Jaspar, his faithful sidekick/dependent offspring, and/or one or more of Jaspar’s obedient sibling minions, Mika, Josh or GoGo, in search of sustenance and material for for what will surely be his coup de maître.”

Here for his first RUN Tom Thewes has brought us BÄDguys his quasi-homage to the late Dr. Kevorkian and his attorney Geoffrey Fieger. Read on to check out the 1xRUN Thru with Tom and more.

 1xRun Thru Interview

BÄDguys by Tom Thewes

1xRun: Is the original still for sale?

Tom Thewes:   Sorry, no. The original has been sold.

1xRun: When was BÄDguys drawn/created?

Tom Thewes:  The drawing was created for my first ©POP Royal Oak exhibit, “Sawbones”, in 1996 and the final painting was made for the final ©POP Detroit exhibition, “© Stands For…” in 2009.

1xRun: Tell us how the idea and execution came about?

Tom Thewes:   der Lärm’s first studio space was in a leaky basement on the corner of 3rd and Main in Royal Oak, Michigan, We shared a parking lot with the restaurant and apart

ments next door. In one of these apartments dwelt “Dr.” Jack Kevorkian who also owned the building. At first we thought him a quirky old kook, just another of the interesting cast of characters in a creatively burgeoning Detroit suburb, as yet undiscovered by mass culture. That first year Dr. Death, as we affectionately dubbed him, rose to prominence and a solar storm of media hype. At that time my brother was studying medical ethics at Georgetown University and as we both held similarly late working hours we held many early morning phone conversations discussing the serious issues surrounding physician assisted suicide and contrasting them with the wildly flamboyant antics of Dr Death and his egomaniacal, ambitious lawyer Geoffrey Fieger. These discussions led to a series of pieces, finished and unfinished, which I exhibited in my first gallery show at ©POP, which began a business relationship that would define my life for the next decade and a half.

1xRun: How long did the piece take?

Tom Thewes:   2 months on and off.

1xRun: What is unique about BÄDguys?

Tom Thewes:  it is I think the most refined example of my desire to meld style and materials seamlessly.

1xRun: Why should people buy this RUN?

Tom Thewes:  I need money to live.

1xRun: Describe BÄDguys in one gut reaction word.

Tom Thewes:  Deceptive.

Run #00194 // Mar 27, 2012 - Apr 02, 2012 - BÄDguys by Tom Thewes / der Lärm

Run #00194 // Mar 27, 2012 - Apr 02, 2012 - BÄDguys by Tom Thewes / der Lärm

1xRun: When did you first start making art?

Tom Thewes:  I grew up before video games at a time when there were only 3.5 VHF tv stations in a lower middle class family with 6 kids and 2 overly taxed parents who saved every penny. We did a lot with scraps of paper.

1xRun: What was your first piece?

Tom Thewes:   I’m not sure, but I do remember selling drawings of superheroes for a quarter at lunch time in 4th grade.

1xRun: Do you listen to music while you work? If so what? If not then what is your environment like when you work?

Tom Thewes:   Lately I’ve traded my usual angst ridden Big Black, Einturzende Neubauten, Rammstein, Ministry and Trent Reznor for teenage LG (Little Girl, as dubbed by my daughter) pop music. It’s so wickedly decadent. Also if I’m working late I like audiobooks.

1xRun: What else do you have in the works?

Tom Thewes:  An epic mural for Woodward Windows.

Woodward Windows Detroit

1xRun: What medium(s) will these be created in?

Tom Thewes: der Lärm employs the latest technology to produce print work of the highest caliber with the finest achievable resolution and broadest color range possible. Though not specifically on wood (at least not as one usually thinks of wood, e.g. wooden planks or board) BÄDguys has been printed for 1xRUN on a material made from the finely ground pulp of wood and cotton which we call museum quality, 100% rag, heavy weight fine art paper. In addition, we have created a very limited edition of 10 pieces on specially coated and protected sheet metal exclusively for 1xRUN. These prints maintain the same exquisite quality as those on paper while glowing with the reflective radiance of a finely brushed metal.

1xRun: Where can people find you accross the internette?

Tom Thewes:   Website – Facebook – CPOP – Etsy

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David Foox Special Print Release of Lionhead Life

This surprise drop by FOOX marks our 200th RUN.   We’re proud to contribute to the art we love with this platform and thank our many customers for your support of what is, in our opinion, one of the most astonishing periods in modern art.  We are consistently blown away by what we see on the streets and in the galleries and will continue to do our part to bring you the most collectible work.  And with that said, we proudly present edition #200, new work from our friend and long time collaborator, David Foox..

“Lionhead Life” by David Foox
18 x 20 inch Archival Pigment Print on 310gsm Hahnemühle Fine Art Paper

LIONHEAD LIFE is “the face of an angel”. Angels have often appeared in human form with the head or face of a lion. Lions are regal and more often than not represent righteous honorable action and thought. There has never been a better time to be righteous than now. The fractal pattern throughout the face lends balance and symmetry to the lion face and there is a sense of movement between the two dimensions top and bottom. The fractal pattern is seen throughout history and can be found in the ruins of ancient Egypt (in pyramid tunnels), Sumerian tablets, Christian Hermeticism, and modern Kabbalistic theory.

This print is based on the original painting of the same name and on show in NYC this coming April 18th for two months in a new art space on Greene Street in SoHo NY.

We had a chance to talk with FOOX this morning to catch up and find out what’s been going on in his world.

1xRUN: What have you been up to these last 6 months?

FOOX: They say time is an illusion personal to every one of us. Time is personal and unique to each one of us. And that’s how I feel about these last 6 months. It’s all a blur of items being crossed off to do lists! Most notably I was blessed to work on my first movie project and after checking out Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, I am ready for more moving pictures. I am working on new paintings and they are in various stages of completion as my thoughts coalesce around an idea or concept. I like to create for the sake of creating – and as long as it is pleasing to the eye, I think I am doing something right.

1xRUN: Tell us about Sundance and the movie you helped produce

FOOX: Sundance was a fun festival to attend. It was my first time and you know you are up at 7000 feet above sea level in the middle of snow storms. Alcohol hits you faster so you have to be careful. Park City is a small town of only a few thousand people but during Sundance this explodes to over 50,000 movie going celebrants and all of them are not necessarily accustomed to the altitude so it makes for a fun and funny festival. The movies are typically the best selection from around the world and it’s a blast.

“ME @THE ZOO” opened the festival with huge fanfare and HBO picked it up right away and we are now super excited to premier it on JUNE 25th on HBO.

1xRUN: What are your plans for the next 6 months?

FOOX: Time is blurring… As we progress through the next equinox, time will in fact start moving in other directions: up, down, backwards, forwards – and hopefully we will all have the joy of perceiving such a different vision of time. Times… they are a changin’.

I have started production on a new film project in Asia for Summer 2012. I have a truly packed Spring 2012 (as seen below) and I am looking forward to my first art showing in San Francisco in August of this year! I have my work cut out for me and it is a little daunting!

SAKS FIFTH AVENUE x FOOX
Saks Fifth Avenue has invited artist David Foox (FOOX) to create a symbol of life through mural painting in their New York Flagship store. You can see FOOX’s mural unfold live at Saks Fifth Avenue from March 29 through April 1. The mural, reflecting this season’s trends of high voltage hues and urban sport, will be on display at Saks through the month of April in the 5th floor atrium.

STELLA MCCARTNEY x CHRISTIES AUCTION HOUSE x FOOX
Stella McCartney has asked David Foox (FOOX) and 7 other artists to design a limited/exclusive handbag for auction at Christie’s on April 11th.  In addition to the handbag design exclusive, Christie’s will auction off an original David Foox print titled “Love is a Battlefield” at their much celebrated annual charitable GREEN AUCTION

DAVID FOOX SOLO Exhibition “The Air is So Thin Between Here & There”
A study in esoteric symbolism and otherworldly characters, David Foox incorporates his self-taught pop iconic style of painting into symbols and creatures from across the spiritual divide.
Opening: April 18 (all night)
MINY (Made In NY) Gallery
26 Greene Street, SoHo NY
Show runs from April 18th through May 2nd

THE CANDY COATED CUSTOM SHOW
Tenacious Toys’ first custom toy show: A group, themed custom toy show featuring 30+ artists!
Come check out some of the coolest custom toys, hand painted, sculpted, treated & polished.
Opening: April 21 from 7-9pm
The London Candy Company
1442 Lexington Avenue, NY NY