BOOK RELEASE AND SIGNING

Wed, 25 Aug 2010 09:27:00 -0400

FOUR CITY LAUNCH

Saturday, Aug 28th:

AE District Gallery

3852 N. Miami Ave.

Miami, FL 33137

8-9:30pm

Carmichael Gallery

5795 Washington Blvd

Culver City, CA 90232

6-8pm

17 Frost Gallery

17 Frost St

Brooklyn, NY 11211

6-9pm

Pure Evil Gallery

108 Leonard St

London EC2A 4XS

4-late pm

For Immediate Release:

Art Fans and First Amendment advocates unite! Carmichael Gallery is proud to present the Los Angeles launch of POSTER BOY: THE WAR OF ART, the debut monograph from the notorious New York City-based Poster Boy.

The 96 pages of this attractively designed, compact book from Mark Batty Publisher showcase some of the most eye-catching and controversial subway mash-ups created by Poster Boy to date, including his infamous attack 2009 on the Museum of Modern Art’s advertising campaign. Many of the featured works have never been seen before and include a number of collaborations with Aakash Nihalani and a selection of witty homages to fellow artists, including Keith Haring, Damian Hirst, Invader, Princess Hijab, Decapitator, MOMO and Booker.

Join the Poster Boy Collective at four different parties in four different cities on the same night to get your copy of THE WAR OF ART, view a series of videos featuring Poster Boy’s work to date and celebrate the launch of K.A.R.A.T.E, a legal defense fund created to support artists in times of need.

“Art does change the world, but only for those who have the imagination to realize it.”

– Poster Boy

Signed books and limited edition prints by Poster Boy will be available for purchase on the evening. A portion of book and art sales will be contributed to K.A.R.A.T.E.

If you can’t attend the LA launch but live in New York, Miami or London, you can meet Poster Boy and pick up your copy of THE WAR OF ART at 17 Frost Gallery, EA District Gallery or Pure Evil Gallery, respectively.

This one night only event is not to be missed!

About Poster Boy:

Poster Boy is an anonymous New York City-based street art collective whose only utensil is a razor. Poster Boy is known for collaged works created by cutting out sections of the self-adhesive advertisement posters in the platforms of New York City subway stations and pasting them back in different positions. Garish corporate communications become bold, satiric, socio-political statements at the hand of Poster Boy.

“Danger is part of the medium…” a representative of Poster Boy observed in a recent interview for Where The Pieces Fall. “As far as aesthetics and provocation goes, both are necessary in art. Well, good art least.

“For better or worse, I don’t plan much. For me, improvisation is protest against the urge to preserve, polish, and market everything. Something I learned from jazz and hip hop.”

Interviewer Javier Hernandez-Miyares commented that “what inspires me the most about your art, and the movement in which you are one of its leaders, is that a dialectical relationship exists between the work and the audience. In your case, other Poster Boys and Girls have adopted your methods, and have become protagonists. Were you surprised that this occurred?”

The representative responded, “I wasn’t surprised at all. I actually anticipated this by establishing Poster Boy as a platform for anyone willing to participate. People want to feel alive, but apathy is a serious hurdle for some. This is probably why the act of illegal poster alteration, however trivial, has been so inspirational and empowering.”

As the Poster Boy manifesto states: “More important than the longevity and popularity of the art, or vandalism, is what Poster Boy stands for: understanding the difference between what is legal and what is right.”

Poster Boy’s artwork and activism have garnered a wide stream of online and print press from media outlets such as The New York Times, NY Magazine, The Guardian, The Wall Street Journal, The Huffington Post, Gawker, Wooster Collective, The Art Street Journal, Giant Mag, Untitled II: The Beautiful Renaissance, ANIMAL New York, Hyperallergic, Friends We Love, NY Post, Street Art New York, Brooklyn Street Art, Unurth, Graphotism, Vandalog, Banksy Prints, Curated Magazine, Hip Hop Press, NY Press, Glltn, FAD, Public Ad Campaign, Celebrifi, Politifi, Urban Interventions, SlamxHype, Juxtapoz, Anti Advertising Agency, Bushwick BK and The New Yorker. He is also featured in Exit Through The Gift Shop.

Poster Boy’s Flickr

About Mark Batty Publisher:

Mark Batty Publisher is an independent publisher dedicated to making distinctive books on the visual art of communicating, showcasing the visual power and innovation of contemporary culture in all of its varied poses. Today, the visual comes at us from more places than ever, and its dissemination is faster and more advanced every year. Books from Mark Batty Publisher capture this acceleration on the pages of every book. Affordable, well designed, thoughtfully created, and produced to last, MBP books are artful products that readers want to hold onto forever.

Mark Batty Publisher

About Carmichael Gallery:

Carmichael Gallery is recognized as one of the world’s leading establishments for discovering and launching the careers of the best in emerging international talent. Founded in 2007 by husband and wife team Seth and Elisa Carmichael, the Los Angeles-based gallery focuses on a select group of artists breaking ground in painting, mixed media, photography and sculpture. The annual program consists of a series of solo and group exhibitions that document the progress of these artists.

Carmichael Gallery is situated at 5795 Washington Blvd in the Culver City arts district of Los Angeles.

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