SKEWVILLE INTERVIEW

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Interview with twin Ad from SKEWVILLE about their solo show in London at High Roller Society.

Check out more images from the show on Butterfly's flickr stream

SKEWVILLE, BRITISH BEEF

Nuart 09 favourites Skewville hitting up London Town with their very own unique brand of street art in support of their solo show at High Roller Society next week.

SLOW YOUR ROLL: solo exhibition by Skewville
19 March — 24 April 2010
Private View 18 March 7:00-10:00 pm

From the site

“Slow Your Roll”: a term commonly used by Skewville to keep themselves in check.

Growing up in the underground NY Art Scene was all about respect and paying your dues. After a decade of deviance, Skewville is as well known for their creative, aggressive questioning of this popular street art culture as they are for being a monumental part of it with their wooden sneaker mission. The growing popularity of this art movement has made Skewville check itself, always remembering why they started in the first place. Just as street art began as a way of reclaiming space from the advertising that had overrun it, Skewville reclaims the gallery space to communicate its thoughts on the loss of a counter-culture and the rise of consumerism. In a constant self battle to not “Sell Out”, while maintaining success in the art world Skewville presents… “Slow Your Roll”. Featuring selected artwork from previous years that will showcase the classic Skewville Style along with new paintings and sculptures that reveal their dedication to steadily evolving that Skewville Aesthetic.


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NOVEMBER 20TH. FACTORY FRESH

Something for all our Brooklyn fans and network, hope some of you can make it down for this community event. Nice feel to it and also a chance to catch the debut film "Dots" on Burning Candy crew.

Brooklyn Street Artists Paint 200 Foot Wall + Burning Candy Crew Debut Film at Block Party

• Live painting
• Calexico taco cart
• DJs
• Art for sale from participating artists
• Burning Candy's Dots film premiere

A street art iphone app is teaming up with Factory Fresh gallery in Bushwick Brooklyn to open up 200 feet of wall and turn it over to Brooklyn street artists. Chris Stain, Gaia, Skewville, Imminent Disaster and several guests artists will be tackling the project. Tek33 and Dscreet of London's Burning Candy crew will also be in town painting and premiering their film Dots.


Factory Fresh's Bigger Picture for Vandervoort Place:
The All City Block Party is the first of many events to come as Factory Fresh aims to establish a community park on an underused and garbage-strewn street in Bushwick. With the help of Skewville and Trust Art our hopes for the park itself will be simple, created by blocking off Vandervoort Place, using the existing walls for murals, and installing sculptures on the open street. The artwork placed in the Bushwick Art Park will rotate on a seasonal basis. At the ends of Vandervoort Place permanent storage units will be built and the structures can double as information booths during events.


The second aspect of the project includes inviting other street artists and local businesses to participate in the park transformation. By cultivating a spirit of community, collabortion, and cooperation between the long-time residents and new creative class, the Bushwick Art Park has the potential to become a hub for renewal across the entire neighborhood.

CHOE & DVS1'S HORSE REAPPEARS

Originally the piece by David Choe and DVS1 created during Nuart 2009 appeared too strong for the public, and certainly for the owner of the wall, who angrily pointed out that an evil devil riding a cyber stallion with a massive hard on into his family bistro, was not what he had in mind when first approached.

The piece was subsequently whitewashed and replaced by a Skewville storefront piece. As the Skewville pasteups have been removed, the devil horse is reappearing from the hinterlife. Could be something to do with the guys recent flirtation with the nine levels of hell.

We've read an abundance of articles on how the ephemeral and transient nature of street art is intrinsic to the form, but this is the first time we've ever witnessed a piece come back to life.

Not unlike Brad Downy's recent experiments on Vienna's Graffiti Wall of Fame.

Photo courtesy of GT