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JUXTAPOZ INTERVIEW WITH POROUS WALKER AND KRISTIN FARR

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Juxtapoz posted a little interview with Porous Walker and Kristin Farr online about their ongoing show at FIFTY24SF… it runs until July 26th, and is still causing smiles from everyone who walks into the gallery.  Here’s a little snippet of the interview…

I asked both Kristin and Porous to answer this question twice, once as themselves and once as the other person. “What is this show, and the artwork you’ve created for it, all about?”

Porous Walker: Well Katie, this is a show of art. Yes, the art was created for it. About? What? Duh, it’s all about doing it better than Kristin Farr.

Kristin Farr: That’s a very great question Katie. I am hesitant to answer the question, because whatever I say, Porous will have probably already said the same thing like 10 years ago. If you were to have a contest between Porous and Kristin, like an ass kicking contest, I would win that, but if we had a who has a fat stomach, bad teeth, partially stupid brain and extreme mouth breathing, Porous is the world champion.

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Stanley Donwood: Beginning to Explain

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Stanley Donwood just posted some hints of what's to come on his website.  Stay tuned for more about his U.S. premiere opening September at FIFTY24SF Forgive me if you've heard some of this before. This starts in L.A. I found myself there once, trying to make artwork. It was the first time I had been to the west coast of America. Part of the massive scale of Los Angeles involves the many advertising materials employed along the multilane highways that dissect the built environment. I was in the car with my notebook, and for something to do I was writing down what all these signs and advertisements had to say. I realised that they only used a very few colours, and the colours were bold, brash, and used in very visually compelling combinations. About ninety per cent of the messages that flicked past my retinas were using seven colours. I noted these colours down; red, green, blue, yellow, orange, black and white. All, I think, made from pigments derived from the petrochemical industry, the same hydrocarbon trade that has made modern Los Angeles possible. The colours were red, green, blue, yellow, orange, black and white. I decided to paint using these colours, straight from the tub. This was some time ago, back in 2003, I think.

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Erica il Cane Coming November to FIFTY24SF Gallery

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Checkout their work at "Breakin' the Wall":

The artists invited to participate in “Breakin’ the Wall” are prominent representatives world urban art: Mudwig (Bristol), Dem (Milan), Fefe Telavera (San Paulo/Madrid), Vova Vorotniov (Kiev), Escif (Valencia), Erica Il Cane (Bologna), Jiem (Lille), SickBoy (London) and Zosen (Barcelona). Their murals will reflect on the identity and existence of the post-1989 generation, as well as the celebrated anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. Even though there was no concrete structure to pull down in Wrocław’s history, it is clear that there will be lots of walls to get rid of in the future. Just as the Berliners struggle with the demons of their history, the residents of Wrocław, marked with their own tempestuous past, will have to face problems to solve as well. World War Two and the post-war times had a powerful impact on the mentality of its citizens. What was – and still is – the city we live in? For young people, Wrocław is a blank sheet – they see the burden of its history as a challenge rather than a liability. If our life is conditioned by the past of the place we live in, then it’s the capital of Lower Silesia that appears to be a perfect place for such a confrontation.

Curators: Joanna Stembalska and Sławek ZBK Czajkowski