Quantcast
Channel: brooklyn – Upper Playground
Browsing all 50 articles
Browse latest View live

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

The kaleidoscopic watertower in Brooklyn by tom fruin

From DesignBoom: “tom fruin has unveiled his newest kaleidoscopic structural installation ‘watertower’ as the premiere work completed in the united states for his series ‘icon‘. the brooklyn artist...

View Article


Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

New Grizzly Bear!: “Sleeping Ute”

What wonderful news to get on a Tuesday evening. Grizzly Bear, the ever-detail orientated Brooklyn band, are set to tour, release a new album on Warp (no title yet), and be really good this Fall. And...

View Article


Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

New David Ellis Mural in Brooklyn

David Ellis, along with Doze Green, created one of the more memorable exhibition at our FFITY24SF Gallery back in late 2007, and one of our longtime friends just completed a new mural at the...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

SWAMPY: New Mural in Brooklyn

The elusive Swampy, who has seemed to be hidden since his show with us last summer at FIFTY24SF Gallery, is showing up in Brooklyn, with this new mural. (via)

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Another Nychos dissection mural going up in Brooklyn

Austrian artist, Nychos never stops working. Back to back to back on a mission to plaster his dissections wherever he goes, he is working on a second mural in Brooklyn to be finished this week: Photos...

View Article


Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Brooklyn with new Orca Mural and a collab mural by Smithe and Nychos

The ever prolific Nychos, who recently worked with Upper Playground to finish a large scale Tiger mural in San Francisco, dropped at least four more murals that we know of in the past two weeks....

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

The 200ft Smithe Mural at Bushwick Art Park, Brooklyn

Upper Playground collaborator and  famed Mexican muralist, Smithe completed this 200ft x 20ft mural at Bushwick Art Park in Brooklyn this August: Photos by Paula Villanueva.

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Joshua Gabriel’s First Murals in Brooklyn

Check out these large and elegant murals which popped up this year in  Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn. Painted diligently by first time muralist Joshua Gabriel, the two murals accompany each other with...

View Article


Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

TSUKASA KANAWA X SHINYA KATO Exhibition: Close Enough to Walk Apart

Matsuyama Studio is pleased to announce Tsukasa Kanawa and Shinya Kato’s first joint exhibition,  Close Enough to Walk Apart at ShapeShifter Lab in Brooklyn, from October 18 to November 22, 2014. Long...

View Article


Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Gangstas Paradise by Justin Hager Opens March 26th 2015 at Kinfolk 90 Project...

Opening reception for artist Justin Hager’s exhibition ‘Gangstas Paradise’ at Kinfolk 90 Project Room is Thursday March 26th at 7pm in Brooklyn. The show will feature new works and a mural by Hager....

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

The Paintings and Memories of Charlotte Evans

Charlotte Evans is a London born artist who recently moved to Brooklyn, New York. Her work, with it’s dreamlike color, always start in reality as Evans successfully attempts to paint the feeling born...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

SURREAL WATERCOLORS BY GRAHAM YARRINGTON

by Ariadna Zierold Check out this  selection of work by Brooklyn-based illustrator Graham Yarrington.

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

PAINTINGS OF OUTER SPACE BY MICHAEL KAGAN

by Ariadna Zierold Brooklyn based artist Michael Kagan draws upon themes relating to space and man’s triumph over nature in his texture-heavy paintings. His self-described obsession with space imagery...

View Article


Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

DISGUISE: MASKS AND GLOBAL AFRICAN ART

by Ariadna Zierold Disguise: Masks and Global African Art connects the work of twenty-five contemporary artists with historical African masquerade, using play and provocation to invite viewers to think...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

ETHEREAL INSTALLATIONS BY DIANA AL-HADID

by Ariadna Zierold Diana Al-Hadid, Brooklyn-based, Syrian-born artist’s work can be difficult to describe, monumental and ethereal mixed media works with a myriad of references throughout art history....

View Article


Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

HANDMADE COLLAGES BY MICHAEL DESUTTER

by Ariadna Zierold Michael DeSutter is a mixed media artist and graphic designer living and working in Brooklyn, NY. He holds a Bachelor of Arts, in Art Studies with a concentration in Photography,...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

REFRESHING ILLUSTRATIONS BY HAEJIN PARK

by Ariadna Zierold Haejin Park is a Brooklyn-based illustrator. Her illustrations are packed with intriguing and fun details and abundant color palettes. Each piece in her portfolio contains happy...

View Article


Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Sculpting in the Dark | RUSSELL CAMERON

Darkness is said to be the absence of light, but what if darkness is the evidence of life? One look at Russell Cameron’s grotesque sculptures may have you gagging, but then suddenly a realization can...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Iggy Pop Bares All for Art | JEREMY DELLER

Haven’t seen enough nudes on social media this year? How about male nudes? Seen any good ones? Probably not….. until now. One of the greatest rockstars of all time, Iggy Pop, will have his royal jewels...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

BRIGHTLY COLORED FOLK-ART BY KRISTEN LIU-WONG

by Ariadna Zierold Kristen Liu-Wong is an artist, living in Brooklyn. Her body of work is significant and spans a series of mediums – oil & resined paintings, illustrations, silkscreens,...

View Article
Browsing all 50 articles
Browse latest View live