White Canvas Project

Maxi — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 09:00:03 +0000

From the street art collections that don the office walls, to the doodle-jams that took place in our old skate shop spawning the brand Supremebeing has today, they have always had an affinity with street art and the culture in which it exists. Providing constant inspiration for t-shirt and graphic designs, street art has helped develop Supremebeing into a clothing brand well known for its use of color in design.

The White Canvas Project became the gallery for all collaboration t-shirts as well as giving us the platform to release mid-season collabs and one-off designs. The project will continue to explore the different areas that art exists in and offer platforms for new projects and events to happen. With different artists and locations coming into play each event will have a different style and vibe all with the same goal of bringing creatives together.

The first event dubbed ‘CamJam’ was located in a disused warehouse that backs onto the river. Surrounded by gardens and wildlife, the location provided the perfect fusion of urban and country inspiration. There were boat trips, fishing, clay ovens, home brew, bell tents, camp fires, songs, and of course lots and lots of painting. Some of the random objects that got painted included rusty 60′s medicine signs, car parts, authentic wartime helmets, ammo boxes, an entire office. All of which got ‘prettied up’ by the featured artists: Will Barras, MrJago, SheOne, David Walker and Blue the Warrior

Basically the artists, all long-term friends with complementing styles, went over to Cambridge over 2 weekends, and painted on everything they could get their hands on – from old car doors, old bits of furniture, and odd bits of wood. Journalist Helen Soteriou was invited to tag along and took some exclusive pictures.

Their efforts will all be displayed in a show, curated by SheOne, on Thursday, October 13th, at 81 Leonard Street, London.

Primary Flight

Maxi — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 12:00:43 +0000

Our heroes Harlan, Lori and Abner Preis weren’t the only ones in Miami this December. Kid Acne, Will Barras, EMA, TLP, Galo, Pixel Pancho, Ephameron, Mr. Jago, Logan Hicks and many others were invited to Primary Flight to transform and design in the Wynwood Districts into their very own canvas.

“Primary Flight is Miami’s original open air museum and street level mural installation that takes place annually throughout the Wynwood Arts District and the Miami Design District. Primary Flight is arguably the world’s largest event of its kind, having featured over 250 world class artists from around the globe since its inception, the majority of whom travel to Miami during Art Basel. Artists from all walks of contemporary art headline our annual event, collaborating on high profile walls throughout Miami’s urban landscape.”

This year Primary Flight welcomed approximately 150 artist to Miami this Basel. Primary Flight launched its new space, “Primary Projects,” with a solo exhibition by Retna (Marquis Lewis). The breakout artist is quickly rising, named one of Basel’s top five most important artists by Esquire magazine.

Trusto Corp, whose mission is “dedicated to highlighting the hypocrisy and hilarity of human behavior through sarcasm and satire,” produced an interactive circus in Cafeina’s lot. Common products, brands and games were given new meaning under this group’s warped, artful eyes, while artists Ron English, Tristan Easton, Reyes, Mr. Jago, Bask, Tes One, Tatiana Suarez and more created larger-than-life murals.

Above you will find special shots by Remi/Rough, Primary Flight and Martha Cooper to skim through and wish you were there.

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White Canvas Project

Primary Flight