Tag: artists

The Sharpie Show at Crewest Gallery Attracts Top Street and Graffiti Artists, Fans, and Musicians including George Clinton and Rage Against the Machine’s Zach de la Rocha

Sharpies, the artistic weapon of choice for many street and graffiti artists, finally gets it%uFFFDs own show and it goes off!

Street Artist Shepard Fairey’s”Barack Obama” Artpiece Inducted into the Smithsonian and How Inauguration Marketing is Sweeping the Nation

Hope floats.

Lifestyle Choices in 2009: Craftivism, Living Virtual, and Interactive Solutions Among Top Youth Culture Lifestyle Choices in Label Networks’ New Year’s Zeitgeist Report

Youth culture lifestyle choices provide forecasts for effective brand strategies across the board -from entertainment and news, to fashion, technology, music, sports, and choices in living.

Street Artist Shepard Fairey’s Iconic Image of President-Elect Barack Obama Graces the Cover of Time Magazine’s”Man of the Year”

How a street artist tapped into the power of the masses, inspired a new generation, and captured the attention of a new President.

Urban Outfitters’ Space 15Twenty Officially Opens and Brings Fresh Ideas to the Concept of Progressive Event Retail

You could call it pop-up retail made permanent but that still doesn’t quite capture the full-picture of Space 15Twenty’s mercurial landscape.

Mickey Gets an Urban Make-Over with Bloc28 Program Featuring Re-Interpretations by Top Street and Graffiti Artists Courtesy of Disney

Fresh exhibition pics illustrate how Disney has turned to street and graffiti artists to bring cred to the world’s most famous Mouse.

Burton X Playboy Backlash Continues with Protestors Outside Vermont Office as the Board Graphic Drama Continues

Sexploitation board graphics divide Burton Snowboard%uFFFDs “freedom of expression” pledge and protestors.

WeSC, the Street-Contemporary Fashion Brand from Sweden, Featured Top Activists’ Artists in an Well-Curated Art Show at Robert Bergman Gallery Attracting a Who’s-Who List of Street Artists, Action Sports Industry, and Press

We Are the Superlative Conspiracy (WeSC) is a fast-emerging street fashion apparel brand with collections ranging from denim, dresses, tops, button-downs, jackets, and unique accessories -including designer headphones -which may well be accounted for by their reputation for creative grassroots marketing and branding campaigns. On March 1st, following the opening day of the new street and contemporary fashion trade show Class (see next story for details), WeSC launched an exhibition of the artwork created by the artists from their flock of “We Activists” -someone that is extremely good at what they do (but not necessarily famous) and chosen by WeSC to represent the brand in their own way–in a well-curated art show at Bergamot Station at the Robert Bergman Gallery in Santa Monica, CA.

Street Fashion Meets Art at the Premiere of THELABELLAB Exhibition at Crewest Gallery Featuring Cardboard Robot, Miss Wax, Andrew Hanson, Original Hip-Hop Chocolate

Fashion art have always maintained an intertwined relationship, particularly when it comes to street fashion and graffiti art. On March 15th during the wrap-up of a busy LA Fashion Week, Label Networks debuted its first LABELLAB EXHIBITION at Crewest Gallery in downtown Los Angeles featuring live fashion art installations created by THELABELLAB members’ Cardboard Robot, Andrew Hanson, Miss Wax, and Original Hip-Hop Chocolate. The Exhibition marked the first live incarnation for emerging street fashion brands to depict their independent style through artistic installations in a unique gallery in downtown Los Angeles.

Urban Lifestyle Profile Report: Skurban, Urban Freeflow, Freestyle Rolling, Fixed Gear: How Urban Culture is Influencing Latest Trends in Sports, Street Fashion, Lifestyles

In the past 2 years, we have had a range of stories about various aspects of the growing influences that urban culture has on the evolution of sports, streetwear, music, and youth culture lifestyles in America -with a ripple effect that’s felt around the world.