In Honor of the White Walls Gallery of San Francisco, HUSH’s New York City exhibition Found opened yesterday Friday, November 19 in NYC at Angel Orensanz Foundation For Contemporary Art; Juxtapoz had legendary street artist Blek le Rat ask HUSH a few questions in regards to his 25 new mixed-media works and installation he will be presenting.

Blek le Rat: Hi Hush. One of the first things, among others, I am interested in is the fusion between Eastern and Western culture in your work. It seems to me to be more than a style but a kind of philosophy in your life. Could you please explain this way of thinking and working? What was your experience in Asia?

HUSH: Hello Blek le Rat. First of all, thank you for conducting this interview. Asia was an extremely important influence on my life both philosophically and visually. The way the East, especially the youth, adopt western styles and cultural influences but struggle with holding onto traditional values is of interest to me and my work.

Read Blek le Rat’s entire interview of HUSH at Juxtapoz

And don’t miss HUSH’s  show in New York this weekend only!

Jaime Rojo and Steven Harrington, co-founders of BrooklynStreetArt.com, featured artist and immigration activist, Ernesto Yerena Montejano, as a proof of the fact that art really doesn’t have borders!

ERNESTO YERENA: ART WITHOUT BORDERS

Ernesto Yerena knows about borders. The Mexican-American has been crossing them since he was born on the national border in tiny El Centro, CA. Now the 24 year old is crossing the border from Obey Giant studio assistant to featured artist in his first solo show at White Walls Gallery in San Francisco.

For the past few months Ernesto has been at work in his garage/studio in Los Angeles preparing. With help of the talented photographer Todd Mazer, we get to see these exclusive images of Ernesto finishing his final piece for the show, “Ganas 20/20″.

Read the entire article at BrooklynStreetArt.com

If you are in New York this weekend be sure to check out this limited time showing of Found, the New York debut exhibition by UK-based artist, Hush!

Transitioning street art practices to the studio setting, Hush creates a body of work that brings to light the essence of “action painting” and “pure expressionism”. His new collection of work is comprised of 25 mixed-media works ranging from small to large sized pieces and installation, and a limited edition hand embellished print.

When: Opening Reception – Friday, November 19, 2010 7–10PM
The exhibition is on view November 19 – 21, 2010
Saturday and Sunday (Nov 20-21) noon to 5pm
FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

Where: Angel Orensanz Foundation, For Contemporary Art

172 Norfolk Street, New York, NY 10002

Why: To view the new body of work, “Found”, by HUSH

Please RSVP at info@argotandochre.com

Go out our flickr to see all the action shots of Hush in New York, and definitely stop by to see the show Saturday and Sunday!

Interview with Ernesto Yerena Montejano

So can you talk a little bit about what GANAS means to you, and how it inspired the work for your show?

Ganas is a kind of feeling of motivation – like, you gotta have ganas, you gotta want it. It’s something that is such a part of our culture, it’s something we have as a people. We work really hard, and I personally come from 2-3 generations of total workaholics who always inspire me to keep doing more. They’re like “you gotta push boundaries, you gotta really go after what you want.” They’ve encouraged me to know myself, and to really work hard to do what I’m here to do in life. Ganas is sort of like having the energy to chase after your true goals in life sooner than later. You hang out and enjoy life, but when it’s time to work, you work hard and prosper.

The work from the show is for the most part about this kind of empowerment.

I feel like everything else in the world is for or about white people, and I really want to see something out there for my people…and I feel like the only way for that to happen is for me to put them in the work. The people in the work are in there because I want them in there, they’re people from the community that inspire me, they’re my good friends, and the kinds of people that embrace this kind of empowerment that I’m trying to talk about.

And it’s empowerment for all kinds of people, people of color, women, women of color, people from the LGBT community, anyone who deals with oppression on any level. These ideas of white privilege exist, and the question is like – how do we counter this? The idea is to empower people to educate their own, so we can all be aware of the situation and mix on our own terms. I always feel like people try not to acknowledge it this kind of oppression or separation, and that if we choose instead to acknowledge it, people will have more power to fix the problems that exist there.

Read the entire interview with Ernesto
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The San Francisco Chronicles’ 96 Hours came out today and, there is a familiar image on the cover. White Walls artist, Ernesto Yerena Montejano. His show opens this saturday, November 13, 2010 at White Walls. Be sure to grab a copy of 96 Hours to read Alexandria Regilios’ entire story on Ernesto and his new series of work, Ganas 20/20.

Or, read the whole article Here.

To mark HUSH’s up and coming NYC show on November 19th there will be a free  print giveaway!!

The giveaway is going to last 5 days, instructions will be posted on HUSH’s blog.

You have to download and keep the NYC Found Flyer Image . You will be asked to send this with your email, name and address next week. Instructions change daily! In order to win you must follow all of the instructions given by HUSH on his blog.

The WINNER will receive :
1 NYC print release: If I was Today
(Hand Finished Screen Print) 20″ x 20″ (AP)

25 RUNNERS UP will receive:
1 Mini Print:
(Hand Finished Screen Prints) Oversize A5, Signed & Numbered

for more info go to HUSH’s blog.

GOOD LUCK!

More great news on the HUSH prints! The exquisite print “If I Was Today” is an edition of 50, hand finished with acrylic and spray paint. The prints are hand pulled with base ink, antique white, 2x black, 2x red, and topped with a spot gloss UV varnish on Somerset Soft White Textured 300gsm paper. All prints are signed and numbered by HUSH! $450 each.

His prints are extremely uniquely detailed and hand finished with extreme precision and care. Perfect gift for the holiday season!

Prints will be sold at the NYC show “Found” this November 19th-21st, 2010 at the Angel Orensanz Foundation for Contemporary Art. The opening reception is on Friday November 19th, 2010 from 7-11pm. The gallery will be open for show on Saturday and Sunday from 12-5pm. The gallery is located on 172 Norfolk St. New York, NY 10002. To RSVP to the event contact: info@argotandochre.com

If you aren’t able to attend the show, and still want a print, call White Walls NOW at 415.931.1500! These puppies are going fast!

If you are on the East Coast next weekend make sure to check out HUSH at Angel Orensanz Foundation on Friday November 19th from 7-11pm, AND the awesome Dan Witz at Clic Bookstore & Gallery Monday November 22nd, from 6:30-8:30 for the release and signing of his book “IN PLAIN VIEW: 30 Years of Artworks Illegal and Otherwise”.

If you can’t make it out to NYC to see Dan, don’t worry… He will be giving the West Coast some love this January with a solo show at White Walls!

NEW YORK, November 9, 2010 – Clic Gallery is proud to present the book release and signing of internationally recognized street artist Dan Witz’s new book “IN PLAIN VIEW: 30 Years of Artworks Illegal and Otherwise” on Monday, November 22, from 6:30-8:30 pm. At the evening event, Dan Witz will not only be signing books, but will also be hand painting the cover of a limited edition of 120 copies. Each signed and numbered edition will feature a fine linen, hand painted cover, in a classic tromp l’oeil style by the artist, merging his two worlds of fine art and street art through a new medium: the printed book. Hardcover, clothbound, 216 pages, 250 color illustrations, 9” x 12” (229 x 305 mm), $150, Ginko Press.

More than just a documentation of Witz’s public artworks, this book is a diary of three decades of thoughtful and emotional engagement with the ever evolving surfaces of New York City. Embracing a meticulously disciplined aesthetic inspired by the old masters, Witz has spent the last decades making easel paintings as well as street art, leaving various love letters in plain view on the doorstep of his beloved New York City.

Dan Witz is in conversation with both the conventional and street worlds of art. His work is inclusive. It is obsessive. It is acknowledged as an original voice, an inspiration and a catalyst.

Fine art prints by Dan Witz will be on view and available for sale as well as signed copies of his Hummingbirds 2011 accordion calendar, also published by Gingko Press. The Birds of Manhattan was the first of Dan’s large scale street art projects where he painted over 40 hummingbirds in lower Manhattan below fourteenth street. This twelve month calendar draws on a selection of the artist’s hummingbirds painted in 1979, 2000 and 2010, bringing the collection full-circle and completely up-to-date. The Dan Witz In Plain View book signing event is free and open to the public.

This just in from Hugh Leeman:

“I recently completed a 12′ x 26′ mural collaborating with artist David Young and Eddie Colla. This wall was made possible by the owners of Kokoro gallery in San Francisco, who are throwing an Indian Summer party, of all the walls I’ve covered I’ve never had the opportunity to move a teepee before I could start, much less one that has zebra print and a massive long horn skull with electric red light bulb eyes on it. Between the mural and acid trip teepee people walking down the street ranged from incredibly excited to pure bewilderment. Happy to have made this addition to what was an otherwise bland wall in a marginalized district of San Francisco.”

Check out some photos after the jump!

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