Part Two: The Ericailcane mural at Upper Playground

Ericailcane Mural Part 1: The changing of the murals

The paint has peeled, the colors fading, we are sad to see it go but it was time for Upper Playground to get a new mural above it's store.

Charlotte and Andrew prep the wall

But first, the side wall.

We'll give you the rest of it soon. . .

Cemetery Photography by Herbert Baglione

Ericailcane Day 1 @ Fifty24SF Gallery

Erica il Cane arrives today

Another short film in anticipation of November 11th . . .

le corbeau from ericailcane on Vimeo.

le corbeau from ericailcane on Vimeo.

A Sneak Peak at Some of the Work Coming from Erica il Cane

FIFTY24SF Gallery presents 'We Were Living in the Woods' new work by Erica il Cane

FIFTY24SF Gallery, in association with Upper Playground, is pleased to present a solo

exhibition by Italian street muralist and fine artist, Erica il Cane, entitled, We Were Living

in the Woods. The exhibition will be the second solo show that Erica has held in the United

States.

As a major contributor to an increasingly progressive and elaborate street art and mural

movement occurring in Europe over the past 5 years, Erica il Cane (translating to “Eric

the Dog”) gained international recognition for his anthropomorphic building-sized animal

murals throughout Italy and the continent. With fellow contemporaries Blu, Sam3, Escif,

and San, Erica’s large-scale murals have been viewed as fine art done within the public’s

view. We Were Living in the Woods will feature works on paper and on-site installations.

Born and studied in Bologna, Italy, Erica’s evolution to gallery work has seen depictions of

animals in unique, human situations rendered in Victorian-like style illustrations, etchings,

and short animated films. The art is often described as imagery from a dark fairy tale,

in which animals are shown within the darkness of human nature, focusing on themes

of alienation, satire, existentialism. Both gallery and mural work has also been hailed as

influential works advocating vegetarianism and animal rights.

Erica il Cane has shown throughout Europe, including Lazarides Gallery, Banksy’s Santa’s

Ghetto, the Fame Festival, and gallery shows in Milan, Rome, London, and Barcelona. He has

also shown in Los Angeles and Chicago.

We Were Living in the Woods

will run from November 11th – December 30th, with an

opening reception on Thursday, November 11th, from 7:30PM – 10:00PM.

New Creepy Uncle Fish Episode 4

Previous Episodes:

The Lower Haight Mural: Doze Green, Mars-1, David Choong Lee

doze green lower haight art mural david choong lee, mars1

From the Famiglia Baglione: the San Paulo Biennale Street Video

Look for the Herbert Baglione pieces in this video by the Baglione Family on the Streets of Sao Paulo.

Ericailcane: 'We Were Living in the Woods' Opens Nov. 11th at FIFTY24SF

Erica il Cane, is showing in our FIFTY24SF Gallery this November-December, 2010. Erica does a mix of really fine pencil and drawings, and then some really big, impressive murals throughout Europe. Here's a look at some older work . . .

David Choe underground in London

David Choe painting a wall for Lazarides Galleries' 'Hell's Half Acre' show, in the underground tunnels under London's Waterloo Station. The show is open for viewing through the 17th of October, 2010, and is a reinterpretation of Dante's nine circle of hell by a roster of artists including Conor Harrington, Vhils, George Osodi, Antony Micallef,Doug Foster, Todd James, Paul Insect, Mark Jenkins, Boogie, Ian Francis, Polly Morgan,Jonathan Yeo, Zak Ové and an interview with David Choe.

Coming Soon from Greg Simkins

"Story Teller" Solo Exhibit Opens Nov. 5th at Gallery 1988 in L.A.

Stanley Donwood Interview on The World's Best Ever

The World's Best Ever sat down with FIFTY24SF exhibiting artist for a few questions about the current show, Over Normal. Read the interview here.

JASON JAGEL GETS A NICE WRITE-UP ON SFMOMA BLOG

Former exhibiting artist at FIFTY24SF Gallery, Jason Jagel,has a nice write-up on the SFMoMA “Open Space” blog right now.

Stanley Donwood interviewed by Pitchfork for his FIFTY24SF Gallery show

The good people of the highly-influential music website, Pitchfork, have interviewed our very own exhibiting artist, Stanley Donwood, about his new show at FIFTY24SF Gallery (that is up now, go see it, now) as well as doing artwork for a little band called Radiohead.

Go read it here.

And check out the prints we have of Stanley Donwood in our webstore.

The Hypebeast x Porous Walker short: Rest in Artistic Peace

The Hypebeast x Porous Walker short filmed at the Fifty24SF Gallery titled, Rest in Artistic Peace:

HBTV: Porous Walker - Rest in Artistic Peace from HYPEBEAST on Vimeo.

The Final 'You Can't Win' blog post from Josh and Pez

Maria brought PEZ and I to a hidden fortress on top of a mountain. It was probably the best part of the trip.  We walked for like an hour in each direction in total darkness, through the woods the get to a stone house where we chilled and listened to sick Dub music and smoked cigarettes. I actually got like 20 minutes of sleep there, as well. Honestly, to go there at night like that was something out of a dream.

Read the rest on  here.