Kenny Scharf
Living Proof Magazine: Kenny Scharf Interview
1 week ago
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Growing up in the San Fernando Valley of LA, Kenny Scharf became immersed in the visuals of 1950s cars, television, and the architecture that surrounded him, thus shaping his interests in popular culture, the arts and the surreal. In a sit down interview with Joseph Ian...
The Boneyard Project “Return Trip” Video
2 weeks ago
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Continuing their original 2010 project, Eric Firestone and Carlo McCormick invited a number of artists to the Arizona desert to paint their own decommissioned planes in a Tucson boneyard. Featuring art from Retna, How & Nosm, Saner and Nunca, The Boneyard Project "Return Trip"...
The Boneyard Project “Return Trip” @ Pima Air & Space Museum
3 weeks ago
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Once the metal birds that soared the sky, decommissioned planes have now been largely relegated to the junkyard. However an initiative that began in 2010 by Eric Firestone and Carlo McCormick is taking shape with another exhibition to beautify these massive canvases. The...
Here Comes the Neighborhood Vol. 3 – Kenny Scharf
December 5, 2011
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In Volume 3 of the riveting art series Here Comes the Neighborhood, the spotlight falls on Los Angeles-based artist Kenny Scharf as he expands on a piece he started in 2009. Having seen street art evolve from the New York City graffiti scene in the 1980s, to its status today as...
ABC Journal: Daze with Kenny
September 28, 2011
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Kenny Scharf's career has spanned over 30 years, first gaining prominence in the early '80s New York art scene with good friend and roommate Keith Haring, who he started the Cosmic Closet parties with. At first the parties were held in their closet with black lights and trash...
Kenny Scharf Mural in Philadelphia
July 11, 2011
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Following up on his most recent mural on the corner of Bowery & Houston in New York City, artist Kenny Scharf has packed up his cans and headed over to the City of Brotherly Love to complete his latest work. Covering the side of a tall building in Philadelphia, Scharf was...
Liu Bolin & Kenny Scharf Mural Video
June 24, 2011
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We gave you a peek at Liu Bolin's project painting himself into the Kenny Scharf mural on Houston and Bowery the other day. New from the Wooster Collective, however, is a video of all the action going down. Chronicling Liu's transformation from man-into-mural, as well as the...
Liu Bolin x Kenny Scharf Houston Mural
June 22, 2011
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Known for painting himself in urban camouflage in order to sink into the background of a variety of situations, Chinese artist Liu Bolin recently began a New York City-based photography project by blending into Kenny Scharf's mural on Houston and Bowery. Despite...
Kenny Scharf: More, Newer, Better, Nower, Funner!
May 10, 2011
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The Levi's Workshop presents a new video featuring the work of Kenny Scharf, directed by Nathan Meier and Malia Scharf. The piece was filmed in New York, Los Angeles and at The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (MOCA) in conjunction with the exhibition "Art in the...
Kenny Scharf at MOCA “Art in the Streets”
April 18, 2011
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Known best for his bright, colorful imagery which depicts cartoon-style characters, Kenny Scharf is a prominent New York City street artist who rose to popularity during the '80s. A key figure in the East Village art scene, Scharf was good friends with the late graffiti...
The Fun’s Inside – A Film Portrait of Kenny Scharf
April 3, 2011
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The Fun's Inside will explore the life and work of American artist Kenny Scharf whose “surrealistic pop” paintings shook up the New York art world of the early 1980s and turned him into an art star. Offered here is a glimpse of the final project which is still being...
Kenny Scharf “NATURAFUTURA” & “THREE DOZEN!” Exhibition Recap
February 2, 2011
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Kenny Scharf was born in Los Angeles and rose to prominence alongside his friends and contemporaries Jean-Michel Basquiat and Keith Haring in the 1980s. Born from the transitional zone where the jungle meets the sea, the paintings in "NATURAFUTURA" explore the richness of...
Kenny Scharf Mural in New York City
November 30, 2010
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The latest mural at NYC’s Houston & Bowery has just been completed. Designed by famed pop-artist Kenny Scharf, the colourful work features an array of tessellating characters. Interestingly, the piece wasn’t sketched or planned beforehand, but was rather created...
The Bowl Project by PAWS/LA
November 16, 2010
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PAWS/LA are participating in the upcoming Made in California art project with a series of artist dog bowls. The roster of painters contributing their own respective painted bowls include David Hockney, Ed Ruscha, Robert Longo, Ross Bleckner, Chuck Arnoldi and Kenny Scharf....
“WALLWORKS” @ The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas
November 1, 2010
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The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas recently commissioned several prominent contemporary artists to decorate their parking garage. The works collectively known as “WALLWORKS” includes pieces from Kenny Scharf, Retna, Shepard Fairey, and Shinique Smith. If the rumours are to be...
